Chapter 121: Chapter 121: The Brat is Just Unlovable
Now that the weather is so cold, the elderly and children at home are all wearing cotton-padded clothes from years before, which are not warm at all. If they catch a cold, we’ll have to spend even more money on medicine and seeing the doctor.
But the woman still tried to haggle, “Comrade, it’s not easy for us rural people to earn money. Can you give me a discount if I buy more?”
“Big sister, my price is really not expensive. Look at this freezing weather, we walked all the way here to sell, and this cotton doesn’t even require coupons. I dare say, apart from what I offer, you won’t find it anywhere else.” Jiang Changhai boasted with absolute certainty.
In reality, it wasn’t entirely boasting; Old Niu was also selling at the same price, and in the whole town, just the two of them didn’t have any competition.
He had hoarded the goods for so long, just to sell at a higher price!
After another glance at the cotton, the woman gritted her teeth and said firmly, “Alright, then weigh five jin for me.”
“Okay, just a moment.”
Having made the first deal, Jiang Changhai happily brought out the scale he had prepared in advance and weighed out five jin of cotton.
The woman took the cotton and said, “Wait here for a moment; I’ll go inside to get the money.”
She had come outside to sweep the snow and hadn’t expected to buy anything; she didn’t have a cent in her pocket.
“Alright, go ahead, we’ll wait for you here.” Since it was right in front of her house, Jiang Changhai wasn’t afraid that she would run off.
The woman returned in just a few minutes with the money in hand. After giving him four and fifty cents, she was about to go inside when Jiang Changhai quickly called out to her.
“Big sister, wait a moment.”
“Hmm? What’s wrong? I didn’t give the wrong amount, did I?” The woman looked back at Jiang Changhai, puzzled.
Jiang Changhai said with a smile, “No, no, you didn’t give the wrong amount. I just wanted to ask if you could help me go around the village and ask who needs cotton. Tell them to come to me to buy, and I will give you twenty cents as a reward.”
Upon hearing this, the woman’s eyes lit up instantly. Were there such good deals? People in their village were often anxious because they didn’t have cotton coupons and couldn’t buy cotton.
If she told them someone was selling cotton, they would definitely be grateful to her.
Plus, there would be an extra reward. This was truly killing two birds with one stone, but she couldn’t let the man selling the cotton know that.
She quickly agreed, “Okay, then you wait here for a while, I’ll go ask if anyone needs cotton.”
She then took off in a hurry, as if afraid that if she delayed even a second longer, the other party might change his mind.
Jiang Changhai watched as, with just one jin of cotton, he had managed to find someone to run errands and drum up business for him, and he felt quite proud of himself.
He even took on a superior tone to teach Yu Cheng a lesson, “Buddy Yu, did you see that? Your Uncle Jiang is smart, isn’t he? Now we just wait here, no need to go wandering around or worry about being reported. People will come to us to buy.”
“Smart,” Yu Cheng nodded, although not comparable with the people around him, he was pretty astute, and good at dealing with situations.
It seems Little Lamb’s smartness and quick-wittedness come from her father.
Seeing his nonchalant reaction, Jiang Changhai pursed his lips, thinking the kid was just not endearing.
His own sweet and soft little daughter was better; whatever he did, she would look at him with adoring eyes and sincerely praise him with her sweet little voice.
Thinking of his sweet and well-behaved daughter, Jiang Changhai couldn’t help but smile with the foolishness of a doting father.
“Uncle Jiang, someone’s coming.”
Hearing Yu Cheng’s reminder, Jiang Changhai turned his head to see two women hurrying towards them.