The shopkeeper probably didn't expect that a shy girl like her would bargain. He was stunned for a moment before saying, "Four hundred is too little. I see that this is your first time visiting us, so let's just make friends. If you really want to buy something, I'll buy you one for five hundred and thirty."
Su Yi still shook her head, "Summer is over, other stores are having discounts, you should have one too."
The store owner took the skirt off and touched the surface of the skirt to show her, "Our clothes are different from others. They can have discounts because the purchase price is cheap. Look at the material, it feels so smooth, and the lining inside is also very thick. It's all good material, and it won't show your underwear. Moreover, I brought this from Korea, not from Guangzhou. The cost is more than four hundred yuan, and the minimum is five hundred yuan. You can't let me lose money, my beautiful girl?"
"You won't lose money. Just sell it to me. I'll wear it to school someday and advertise for you."
The shop owner shook his head and smiled: "Five hundred, it can't be any lower."
"I only have 400 yuan. I can't afford anything more expensive." Su Yi said pitifully.
The shop owner looked at Xiao Yan and said with a smile: "Your boyfriend is rich, and he is willing to buy it for you. An expensive gift can show your love."
Sue said, "He's not my boyfriend, he's my brother. He's as poor as me."
After hearing this, Xiao Yan glanced at her.
The female shop owner naturally didn't believe this. If she was running a business, she would definitely have some good eyesight. Although the brand of the boy's clothes was unknown, the material, design and style were much higher than those in her store. And judging from his speech and behavior, he was not pretending to be arrogant, but really didn't care about the price. How could he be short of money
It was obvious that this was a big fish, but the female owner refused to give in. "How about you increase the price a little, 480? I really can't sell it for 400."
Su Yi drooped his shoulders regretfully, "Forget it, let's wait and see."
As he said this, he walked out, and seeing that Xiao Yan didn't move, he gave him a look.
Xiao Yan didn't know what he was thinking, and he really followed her.
The two of them walked out of the store without looking back. After walking a few more steps, they heard the female store owner raise her voice and say, "Forget it, forget it. I'll buy you one for 400 yuan!"
A victorious smile appeared on Sue's face.
His eyes and brows were relaxed, and he looked bright and cheerful, completely different from the timid and taciturn person he was before. Thinking of the natural words "my brother" he had just said, Xiao Yan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
When packing the skirt, the female shop owner kept muttering that Su Yiren was not to be judged by appearance, and was too good at bargaining, so she didn't make any money. She also asked her to remember to introduce customers to her.
Not to mention her, even Maotuan was dumbfounded. It was the first time for him to see Su Yi bargaining, and the most important thing was that the two of them were inseparable, but he didn't even know when she mastered this skill.
It kept asking, "Yiyi, when did you learn to bargain? Why don't I know?"
"No need to learn, you will learn it just by watching." Su Yixin said.
Hearing the smugness in her words, Mao Tuan was speechless. When he came to his senses, he was angry at her for not fighting back: You are a devil, you have chopped down countless opponents with your knife, are you so happy just to cut off a hundred or eighty pieces
Of course, it still didn't dare to say this, but only reflected silently. Was it really its fault that the good devil had become so greedy for money
Su Yi was in a really good mood now. She had always been eager to buy something when she saw Old Lady Qu bargaining before, after all, she would get money. But she usually only used her pocket money to buy food and stationery, and she had never found an opportunity to buy something. Today, she finally got the chance.
She still remembered the method her grandmother taught her. Clothes and shoes in a small town are generally not too expensive, so you can't cut much off. It would be good if you can save 20 yuan out of a hundred yuan. If you cut indiscriminately, it might make people unhappy.
But Old Lady Qu also told her that she had to be ruthless with the first cut, and then see how the store owner reacts. If the other party refuses to lower the price, then you can slowly increase the price a little bit. If the other party says it is cheap as soon as you bargain, then you have to stick to the bottom price and not lower it. If you can't bargain it down, the worst that can happen is that you can just leave and say you don't want to buy it anymore. Often the store owner will sell it to you as soon as he sees that you are leaving.
Su Yi also asked what to do if the store owner was stubborn and refused to sell the product even after seeing the customer leave.
Old Lady Qu stroked her head and smiled, "If you really like it, then you can go back shamelessly, raise the base price a bit, and then continue to bargain. Business people, no matter what, definitely want to make money. She wants to make a deal more than you do, so she will give you a lower price in the end."
So, she still had some tricks to use in the bargaining battle just now.
Maotuan also saw that she was happy not because someone gave her a skirt as a gift, but because she successfully bargained and saved money, although it was not her own money.
"But Yi Yi, isn't it not nice for you to accept his gift like this?"
"His father was talking to him just now. Didn't you prick up your ears and hear it? You can see from his expression that he must have taken his father's words as a task. In order to complete the task quickly, he would probably buy it even if I said no. After all, it would be easier if he bought it. In that case, let's not push it back and forth, so as to avoid making him feel annoyed and tiring too." Su Yi took the paper bag handed to her by the shopkeeper and waited for Xiao Yan to pay before leaving together.
Mao Tuan considered and said, "That's true, but you are a freshman in high school now. Isn't it too casual to accept gifts from others?"
"You mean, I should try to refuse twice before accepting?" Su Yi frowned. "And why do you sound weird to me? Little girls can't accept gifts, and if they do, they're too casual? Who made this rule? The Middle School Student Code? I really want to know, am I being casual, or are you just imagining things and thinking of something 'casual'?"
Seeing that she seemed a little unhappy, Maotuan didn't dare to respond.
Su Yi added, "Besides, are you sure that I don't plan to return the gift? Although I'm not as rich as him, I can buy him a drink, go fishing in the evening, and treat him to seafood when I come back. I have also collected a drawer of beautiful shells, each of which is carefully selected, and I can string them into a wind chime for him. Please evaluate it for me, is it too casual for me to use these junks as a return gift?"
Mao Tuan had nothing to say, so he had to beg for mercy with a shameless face, "Yi Yi, I was wrong, I was not thinking straight, I won't dare to say anything nonsense in the future, please forgive me this time."
Su Yi snorted coldly and ignored it. She turned to Xiao Yan and said, "Thank you for giving me the skirt. I know there is a shop that sells delicious milk tea next to the parking lot. Shall we go there and wait for grandma and the others?"
Xiao Yan lowered his eyes to look at her. Although the smile on her face was no longer so obvious, she spoke much more freely. She was not as reserved as she was at the beginning when she didn't dare to look at people.
He didn't want to wander aimlessly on the street, so he nodded in agreement.
When the three adults returned from the vegetable market with full loads, they saw the two of them standing next to the car, each holding a cup of milk tea, and Su Yi holding a beautiful bag in her hand.
"Yi Yi, what did you and Xiao Yan buy?" Xiao Xing and Su Wanting were carrying vegetable baskets. Qu Laokong had his hands free and leaned over to look at the paper bag in Su Yi's hand.
Su Yi smiled shyly, with joy in her eyes, "Xiao Yan gave me a skirt."
"Really?" Old Lady Qu looked at Xiao Yan and said with a smile, "Xiao Yan, I'm sorry for the expense. I'll make you a delicious meal when we get back."
"You're welcome." Xiao Yan's tone was still not very warm.
But in the eyes of Old Lady Qu, the boy was very polite because he was quiet. She asked Su Yi again, with a hint of anger that only close friends would have, "How could you let Xiaoyan buy something for you? Did you say thank you?"
It happened that Xiao Xing had just put his things away and closed the trunk door. When he walked around to the front, he heard this and said with a smile: "He is Yi Yi's brother. Isn't it normal to give him a gift? Don't be polite."
Before Old Lady Qu could say anything else, Su Wanting opened the car door and held her shoulders, “Mom, get in the car first.”
The car moved slowly away from the crowd. Old Mrs. Qu stopped muttering, took out the skirt and looked at it, and praised Xiao Yan for his good taste.
When she got home, she asked Su Yi privately: "Yi Yi, did you say you wanted to buy the skirt, or did Xiao Yan buy it for you?"
"I took a few glances at it outside the store and he thought I wanted it, so he bought it," Sue said truthfully.
Old Lady Qu thought for a moment and said, "That's probably what your Uncle Xiao meant. Forget it. Since he's giving it to you out of kindness, we don't need to be petty. Just accept it and think about how to respond to him later. But you must not ask for anything. It's not only impolite, but also makes people look down on you. Do you understand?"
Sue nodded obediently, "I know."
Old Lady Qu knew her granddaughter well. She was very sensible, unlike those spoiled children who had no sense of propriety. She did not explain much and asked again, "The skirt is not cheap, is it?"
Su Yi got excited when he heard this, and he made a number four with his hand, feeling quite smug: "The original price was 580, and I got it down to 400."
"Wow!" Old Mrs. Qu was really surprised, and smiled so much that wrinkles appeared on the corners of her eyes. "Our Yi Yi knows how to bargain now? She even bargained down more than a hundred yuan in one go. That's amazing!"
Su Yi smiled, her eyebrows curved, revealing a row of white teeth.
Old Lady Qu couldn't help but touch her head. Four hundred yuan for a thin skirt was certainly not worth mentioning to the Xiao family father and son, but it was still very expensive in her eyes. However, since the child was so happy, she couldn't bear to say anything.
In the evening, after the sea water receded, Su Yi put on rubber shoes, carried a bucket and a shovel and went out to catch fish. She had told Mrs. Qu earlier that she would give her family an extra meal in the evening.
There were many tourists on the beach and it was very lively, but there were only a few people on the mudflat, all from the village.
Sue found an empty area, put on gloves, and first turned over all the nearby rocks that had just been emptied by the tide, and dug out a few blue crabs. For some rocks that could not be turned over, he stuck the hook into the gap and stirred it, waiting for the irritable crabs to clamp onto the hook themselves, and then dragged them out.
She looked down on the small ones and only focused on the big crabs. She picked and chose, and finally put four or five crabs in the bucket.
There were many small round holes on the ground, which were often filled with fresh clams or razor clams, and sometimes shrimps. Sue didn't pick them out and threw them all into the bucket.
She also picked up an octopus from a crevice in a reef filled with sea water.
Some people were better equipped than her. They were rowing their boats and swaying onto the rocks not far from the coast. There were many mussels, barnacles, and if they were lucky, there were also plump oysters.
As soon as the sun set, she carried half a bucket of her harvest home, eager to prepare the seafood for dinner.
It was still bright at this time, and there were tourists returning on the road, as well as people from the fishing village who were out for a walk.
Su Yi had her hair tied in a ponytail and wore a long-sleeved work shirt with her sleeves rolled up and the hem tucked into baggy trousers, making her waist look particularly thin. The rubber shoes and bucket on her feet were covered in mud and looked gray.
It is rare for a beautiful girl to dress like this, and she looks very calm. Many people couldn't help but take another look at her when they saw her. After discovering that she is still very beautiful, they took another look at her.
"Su Yi!" Someone called her from behind.
She stopped, tilted her head slightly, and saw Su Xiaoyan running towards her.
"Where did you go this morning? I didn't see you when I went to your house. Eh... you're so dirty." Su Xiaoyan rushed over and quickly took a step back, keeping a distance from her, for fear of dirtying her newly bought skirt.
"What do you want to talk to me about?" Su Yi asked.
Su Xiaoyan pulled the hem of her skirt and turned around in front of her, her eyebrows dancing with joy, "Does this skirt look good?"
Su Yi looked up and down and nodded, "It looks pretty good."
Su Xiaoyan said proudly: "I begged my mother for a long time before she agreed to buy it for me. It was from the store in town, the most expensive one, you know?"
"Know."
Su Xiaoyan pouted again, "The clothes in that store are all very nice, but they are very expensive, and you can't bargain. This one of mine costs 500 yuan, and my mother is only willing to buy me one piece a month. She is so stingy."
After saying that, she looked at Su Yi and frowned, "Why are you dressed like this? It's so dark and ugly."
Su Yi didn't care about being despised. Anyway, she was really black and dirty now. "I went to the beach and now I'm going home to wash up. I'll talk to you later."
"Don't go, I haven't finished talking yet." Su Xiaoyan didn't let her go, "My family is going on a trip in a few days. We're going by plane. Have you ever been on a plane?"
The fur ball hid on Su Yi's body, and it kept rolling its eyes since Su Xiaoyan started talking.
In fact, in some ways, the Big Devil has a pretty good temper. At least, she only retaliates slightly when others say that she has no parents. She doesn't care much about people like Su Xiaoyan, who comes to show off and seek a sense of existence all day long.
On the contrary, Maotuan just wanted to complain after hearing this. But he said something wrong today, so he was keeping his tail between his legs and didn't dare to say anything more, feeling uncomfortable.
In Mao Tuan's opinion, Su Xiaoyan is extremely vain, and her whole family is of the same character. Although they may not have malicious intentions, they are really unbearable.
Whenever I buy a beautiful pen, I always show it to Su Yi. When I come back, I will definitely talk to Su Yi about where I went on weekends. If I buy a new skirt, I will definitely report it to her.
You can show off if you want, but you also like to exaggerate the price. For example, the skirt I'm wearing now, it's clearly negotiable, but they say it's not negotiable. In that store, Su Yi was able to cut down more than 100 yuan, and considering Su Xiaoyan's mother's character of never letting anyone take advantage of her, cutting down 200 yuan would not be too much.
He didn't know this before, but they just happened to visit that store today, and now seeing her bragging, he felt even more suffocated. Fortunately, he was going to S City soon, so he could be relieved if he endured it this time.
Su Xiaoyan had already talked about how to board the plane and was about to talk about the airplane meal, but Su Yi interrupted her: "I have guests at home, and my grandmother is waiting for the seafood to be cooked, so I'm going back first."
Su Xiaoyan's face was immediately unhappy. "Why are you like this? I even wore new clothes to come to see you. Do you have guests? What guests? Aren't all your relatives gone?"
Hearing this, Mao Tuan finally couldn't hold it in anymore, "Does this little brat know how to talk? You have lost all your relatives!"
Feeling its anger, Su Yi scratched it with his finger through his trouser pocket.
Maotuan was immediately flattered. This was the first time Su Yi had interacted with him since this morning. He thought the big devil would ignore him from now on. He rubbed her fingers carefully and threw Su Xiaoyan out of his mind.
As for Su Xiaoyan, Su Yi didn't plan to dawdle with her anymore. In the past, she would just listen to her chattering to kill time, and she found it quite interesting. But now she was in a hurry to go home and couldn't support her. And the other party's last sentence was really unpleasant to hear.
She glanced towards her home and happened to see Xiao Yan standing on the balcony.
The paint on the wooden fence at home had fallen off. Old Mrs. Qu bought new paint half a month ago, but she couldn't hire anyone to do the job. When Xiao Xing found out in the afternoon, he volunteered and took on the job with Xiao Yan. It looks like they have finished the work now.
Su Yi then said to Su Xiaoyan: "It was my brother who came. He arrived yesterday. This morning we went to town and he took me to the store you mentioned to buy a skirt, so you didn't find me this morning."
"Your brother?! He even bought you a skirt?!" Su Xiaoyan asked back loudly.
"Yes. I was just about to ask, were you cheated? You can bargain in that store. The original price of my skirt was more than 500 yuan, but I asked if it could be cheaper, and she sold it to me for 400 yuan. The owner must have cheated you, otherwise I would accompany you to the town to confront her and see how she can cheat again in the future." Su Yi had a look of genuine anger on her face, and even her tone was learned from Mao Tuan's previous performance.
Su Xiaoyan stuttered, her eyes wandering: "What, what... No need..."
She quickly questioned again: "Let's talk about this later. You said you have a brother? How come you have a brother!"
Su Yi raised his chin, "That's it."
Su Xiaoyan looked over there and saw Su Yi's blue building with a white balcony and many roses hanging from the pillars. A tall figure was standing there with one hand in his pocket, looking casual and nonchalant, tapping his phone.
Before today, Su Xiaoyan always thought that the school hunk in their school was more handsome than many stars, could play basketball and had a rich family. He was simply the most perfect prince charming. At least half of the girls in their class had a crush on the school hunk, including herself.
But now compared with this guy, the school hunk instantly became a follower.
She was stunned, then suddenly came to her senses, staring at Su Yi in disbelief, her voice sharp: "You said he is your brother? I don't believe it!"
Sue tilted her head, "Want to prove it to you?"
After saying that, without waiting for Su Xiaoyan to answer, she raised one hand and said, "Brother--!"
On the balcony, Xiao Yan was video chatting with his friends when he suddenly heard a voice. He looked up and saw Su Yi waving at him on the embankment not far away.
He wasn't sure what she had just shouted. The way she waved seemed a little abnormally enthusiastic, but after a pause, she still stretched out her hand and waved.
"Ayan, who are you greeting?" The person in the video saw it with sharp eyes and immediately became curious.
Xiao Yan didn't plan to say more, "No one."
"You said there was no one there, but I heard it all. It was a girl's voice, right? What did she shout... Did I hear it right? She seemed to be calling you brother?!" The other party was shocked.
Xiao Yan said: "You heard wrong."
Seeing him still want to pull the gauze to unload the question leisurely
On the other side, Su Yi said to Su Xiaoyan: "Look, I called him and he answered. I have to go back. Goodbye."
Su Xiaoyan still stood there blankly until she walked a long way away.
Mao Tuan looked back at her and spoke to Su Yi carefully, in a flattering tone, "Yi Yi, when you waved just now, how could you be sure that Xiao Yan would respond?"
Su Yi seemed to find the question funny and asked back, "What do you think?"
Maotuan fell silent for a moment. She was stupid and forgot that she was not an ordinary person. Even if Xiao Yan had no intention of paying attention to her, she had ten thousand ways to make people cooperate.
It added: "I thought you were going to make Su Xiaoyan fall and get bruised and battered as well."
"Don't talk nonsense," Su Yi said with a smile, "Girls love to be beautiful, how can we let their faces get hurt?"
Maotuan silently hugged his fat body.
Yes, boys can be allowed to fall and get bruised, but girls’ faces cannot be hurt, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they have fragile hearts.
What a devil who is very kind to women.