sbdcsierra Chapter 121: Rich People Also Bargain
Chapter 121: Rich People Also Bargain
"Two young men, you are not allowed to set up stalls next to our bookstore." The waiter said softly with a smile on his face.
Gouwei's face suddenly turned red and his hands began to move unconsciously.
"Well, then let's go to another place right away." After hesitating, Gouwei immediately lowered his head and began to pack up his brushes.
The young man lowered his head and looked carefully at the brushes in the wooden box, then nodded at Guangdan and left.
After walking about three or four steps towards the bookstore, the young man turned back and whispered, "Just go straight ahead. There is a fork in the road to the right. You can set up a stall there."
After saying that, he left without looking back.
"Brother, what are you daydreaming about? Let's go!" Guangdan, with green light in his eyes, nagged the dog's tail with his elbow.
"Oh, yes, let's go! Guangdan, I think that person just now was really nice!" Gouwei said while turning his head to look at the Donglai Bookstore.
Guangdan followed Gouwei's line of sight and spoke after a long while: "Let's keep a few brushes and come over later to ask the shopkeeper if they will accept them."
"to make!"
When the two brothers arrived at the fork in the road, there were only a few vendors setting up stalls.
After finding a similar location and placing the wooden box and the orchid, Guangdan began to observe his surroundings.
"Look, there are people selling flowers over there!" Gouwei said curiously, pointing at a stall in front.
Guangdan stood on tiptoe and saw an old man tending to potted plants.
"We have to go and thank that kind-hearted person later, otherwise, we may not be able to find a place." Gouwei said in a low voice while looking at the vendor who was sorting out old books next to him.
Guangdan nodded. Of course, he didn't think he couldn't find the place, but the guy at Donglai Bookstore was indeed nice.
In fact, he had prepared himself to be driven away, but the reality is that there are still more good people than good people!
"After I sell these flowers, I'll go next door to look at some old books!" Guangdan was eager to try as he looked at those little storybooks.
In fact, he saw that there were several other books mixed in with the storybook!
Gouwei looked at his silly brother with some pity and asked, "How much can this flower be sold for?"
I guess it’s not even enough to buy books!
It was still morning, and scholars were not so diligent, so there were few pedestrians on the road. Basically, the only sounds on the street were the vendors chatting.
When the sun was high in the sky, scholars with folding fans began to wander over one after another.
"A brush, a brush for children to learn calligraphy!" Guangdan really didn't know how to praise the elder brother's brush. After all, the craftsmanship was just average! It was not amazing.
"Brother, let's go together!" He was not satisfied with just shouting, so he pulled the dog's tail along.
But hawking was indeed effective, as a thin man in a blue shirt came over with a little kid of five or six years old.
"Can I pick it up and have a look?" the thin man asked softly.
"Please go ahead!" Gouwei's face lit up with joy when he saw the guests coming, and he was even a little bit at a loss.
The thin man took out a small calligraphy brush from the wooden box, looked at it carefully in his hand for a while, and then curled the corners of his mouth with satisfaction.
"Little brother, how much is this brush?"
Gouwei immediately responded, "25 cents each. This brush is very easy to write with. My two younger brothers, one seven and one six, are both in private school and use it!"
There was a hint of pride in his voice as he spoke.
"Oh? 20 cents, 20 cents for two." The thin man began to bargain seriously.
Guangdan saw Gouwei talking to the customer for a while, and in the end, the two brushes were still sold for 40 cents.
After seeing off the first customer, Gouwei became very excited.
"All gone, two sold in one go!"
Guangdan also nodded with a smile, but asked curiously: "Brother, where did you learn those words just now?"
The people who were interacting with each other just now didn't seem like novice vendors!
"I learned it from my uncle. He taught me a lot in private!" After saying this, Gouwei ignored Guangdan and started shouting on his own.
After shouting a few words, he glanced at the two orchids and asked uncertainly, "Don't we need to shout to sell these orchids?"
"No need, just put it here so everyone can see it!" Guangdan shook his head and stared at the passers-by.
With Gouwei's shouting, the brushes sold quickly, mainly because the people who came here were basically scholars.
Even if you don't use them yourself, you can give a few to your children at home. Moreover, the Lin family's brushes are very cost-effective among those in the same price range.
So it is not that difficult to sell them, but the orchids are just bare and no one is interested in them.
Guangdan observed the old man selling potted plants from a distance. Seeing that there were not many customers at his stall, he simply continued to wait.
It’s true that these guests were dressed very elegantly and respectably. They were obviously scholars, and almost everyone of them exuded a scholarly air.
"Wow, this flower is pretty!" Just when Guangdan was in a daze, this nonchalant voice rang in his ears.
She stood up immediately and saw a young man in scarlet brocade standing next to her orchid.
When Guangdan saw this man, two words instantly popped up in his mind: showoff!
"Young Master, look, these two plants were dug up by my brother and I from the deep mountains. We carefully nurtured them at home for several months before they bloomed!"
"Ah."
"I thought that vulgar people like me wouldn't know how to appreciate it, so I brought it here to see if anyone would like it!"
When Guangdan said this, he saw the man in front of him suddenly burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, you are a very honest person. People like you really don't know how to appreciate others!" After saying that, he glanced at the brothers' clothes.
Guangdan: The customer is God, I can bear it! ! ! !
"Sir, do you think it suits your taste?" Guangdan said as he bent down and prepared to move the orchid out.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't move, I just want to look at it like this! Don't damage the flowers! You are such a rude person!" As he said that, the showy young master also bent down and came closer to admire them.
Guangdan was very happy about this scene. It seemed that this man was indeed a show-off. Look at the jade hanging on his waist, right? Oh my, he is really a rich man.
Having said that, this person really loves flowers and is obsessed with looking at orchids.
"Okay, just these two. Sister will definitely like them!" After saying that, he looked at the dogtail.
Gouwei turned his head and looked at Guangdan at a loss, and then he was scared when Guangdan opened his mouth.
"Twenty taels of silver per plant, sir. This variety of orchid is very rare! Take a look around this street, we have the exclusive one!" Guangdan said with certainty.
"Haha, do you think I'm stupid? 20 taels? Forget it, seeing how shabby you are, 18 taels is enough."
Guangdan twitched his lips. It turned out that rich young men could bargain, but wasn't he a dishonest businessman who was overcharging his customers?