Chapter 39: Ore 1
"Boss, stop it! This thing isn't recognized by many people, and the value of ten taels is already quite high. A woman like her who recklessly squanders money won't be able to appreciate its value. You'd better get rid of it early and use the funds for other things." Xīao Yóu tried to persuade him.
The stall owner fell silent, he indeed needed the money, although it was only ten taels, but he had already made a lot of profit, and this thing would only be bought by women, but there were not many women coming here, especially those with money.
"Little Jia Ding, what did you just say about me, a wasteful woman?" Nan Gong Su Xin asked sternly. Although she didn't want to argue with this little rascal, could she give him face after he bullied her like that?
"Hmm, it's clear that you can get it for ten taels, but you insist on offering a hundred taels. Isn't that being extravagant?" Xīao nodded in response.
"That's beneath me to haggle over prices!! This is a waste of my precious time!!" said Nangong Suzi coldly.
"No matter what reason, squandering is still squandering!" Xiao Yao would never lower his head to Nan Gong Su.
"Hmph! I don't want to haggle with you, young master. Give me this for twenty taels!!" said Nangong Suzhen, "Even if I throw it away, I won't give you a discount!!"
"Hey kid, what's your offer?" The stall owner looked at Xiao Yao, hoping he would raise the price. People who do this kind of business usually love to haggle, and only through haggling can they raise the price of an antique to its extreme, even beyond its original value.
Antique collection is like this, in a specific occasion and specific people, it may reach an unattainable height, but the same thing taken out again, maybe not even one-tenth of the price will be there.
So the stall owner was looking forward to such a bidding war, but he seemed to have overlooked one thing...
"What can I possibly mean, my entire body isn't even worth twenty taels, I'm just a small household servant, you should give it to her instead." Xiao Yao very unenthusiastically gave up, he was a household servant, would he be foolish enough to bid against the young mistress of a wealthy family?
No, should say, does he have this financial ability?
“……”
Damn it, I forgot, this kid is a house slave!!
Finally, the stall owner completed the transaction with a complicated mood. He now hated Xiao Yao to death. Originally, he was supposed to get 100 taels, but now it had turned into 20 taels. The most tragic thing was that the trading object was still the same person.
"Listen up, kid! Remember this: if there's a next time, I'll make you pay!" Nangong Suxin said fiercely to Xiao Yao.
"Nangong miss, don't hate me like this, you should thank me instead!" Xiao Yao said helplessly.
"Why should I thank you!!" Nangong Suzhen raised an eyebrow and said.
"I just saved you eighty taels, originally you would have had to spend one hundred taels to buy this thing, now it's only twenty taels, don't you think you should thank me?" Xīu Yáo said with a smile.
Nangong Suzi fell silent for a moment, thinking carefully, and indeed, as Xiangyang said, she not only didn't suffer any losses but also gained benefits.
But this feeling made her very uncomfortable!!
"Hmph!!" Nangong Suzhen still didn't give Xiao Yao a good face, and coldly snorted.
Xiao Yao didn't mind this and directly accompanied Guxing to leave, he wouldn't care what Nangong Su thought or how she felt about him.
What he least wants to see now is the resentful gaze of that boss, so the farther away the better. Of course, he also doesn't forget to take a look at what's on display at the nearby stalls, he wouldn't want to miss out on good stuff.
After a moment, Xiao Yao looked at the person in front of him, he was very suspicious...
"Are you following us?"
"Pfft, who has nothing better to do than follow a little brat like you? I just happened to be walking this way too!!" Nan Gong Su Xin said with annoyance.
"It's better this way, don't follow me!" said Xiao Yao.
Nangong Suzi felt a bit depressed, she was the eldest daughter of the Nangong family, beautiful and capable, yet someone as lowly as a house servant looked down on her.
But to say, the girls around this kid are really beautiful, and they're on par with me (is it true? Or is it just a woman's self-satisfaction? This question needs research!), no wonder this kid looks down on me.
No way, who is this girl? Why have I never heard of her before? In the Qingyun City, there's such a girl and I don't know about it?
"What's this girl called? Has she been abducted by this little rascal?"
"My name is Guxing! I am his boss, please give me more guidance!" Guxing replied very politely.
"Boss? Mo family's? Mo Gu Xing? Why have I never heard of you." Nangong Su Xin easily thought of Gu Xing as a member of the Mo family, because Xiao Yao was a servant of the Mo family and still wore the Mo family's servant attire.
As for the Mohist figures, Nan Gong Sheng was relatively familiar with them, because they were more hostile to each other. Generally speaking, people always know their enemies better than their friends.
"I'm just a forgotten person, you don't need to have heard of me, nor do you need to associate me with the Mo family." Lonely Star said calmly.
Nangong Suzi didn't quite understand this, but she also couldn't ask anything, after all it was someone else's business, and they had already made their attitude clear.
"Miss Nangong, you seem to be quite free." Xiang asked.
"Yes, what's it to you? Are you going to control me?" Nan Gong Su Xin said with a bad tone, at this moment her words seemed to have lost the superior attitude of Miss Nan Gong, and instead sounded much more familiar.
"No, I want to ask you a question. What does your third sister think of our eldest miss?" Xiangyang casually gossiped a bit, also counting as probing for the eldest miss.
"Mind your own business!! Hmph!!" The young mistress of Nangong turned her face away and walked to the side.
"It's great, she's gone!" Xiao Yao looked relieved, it was clear that his previous intention was to make Nan Gong Su Xin leave.
Why?
Because he found a good thing, Nan Gong Su would definitely interfere with his purchase if he was present, and that would be unlucky for him.
"Boss, what's this? It's all black." Xiangyang crouched in front of a stall, fiddling with this and that, finally picking up an inconspicuous small thing to ask.
"Little brother, you really know your stuff. I've had this treasure here for a long time and no one has ever discovered it. Today, it's finally met its owner." The stall owner said with a smile on his face, but what he was thinking in his heart, Xiao Yao was very clear about.
What is this thing? I just collected it when collecting junk, and I didn't even know what this thing was. Unexpectedly, someone asked about it.
Xiaoyao knew that this boss was just talking on the surface, actually didn't know what this thing was. If he did, he wouldn't say it like that, but instead directly point out the value of the thing.
Those in this line of work will either exaggerate or falsely report values, they absolutely won't hide them!
"Xiao Jiading, so you were trying to trick me into buying something good for myself! Luckily I caught on. What's wrong, Miss doesn't know how to ruin your good deeds, why bother playing tricks on me?! Now Miss is very unhappy and wants to snatch this thing from you!!" Nangong young lady suddenly appeared in front of Xiao Yao, then used an excuse to grab the thing that Xiao Yao had just asked about.
Although she didn't know what this thing was, she felt that since Xī Yáng had gone to such great lengths to get rid of her, it must be something valuable.
"Miss Nangong, don't be troublesome, what you're holding is worthless, it's trash!" Xiao Yao said immediately.
"You're kidding! Boss, how much is this!" Nangong young lady ignored Xiao Yao and directly asked the boss for the price.
The stall owner hesitated and stretched out a finger.
"Ten taels is it! Here you are!" Nangong Suzi took out ten taels of silver and finalized the deal.
Ten taels?! I originally only wanted one tael, what a huge profit!
The boss of the stall was overjoyed in his heart, but on the surface he still maintained that attitude, saying he had lost money and had to cut his losses.
"Never mind, boss. How much for this one?" Xiangyang pointed to another ore on the ground, which was covered with sparkling crystals. However, crystals were not valuable and the stall owner had just casually put them out for sale.
"This one, ten taels of silver!" The stall owner seemed to have gained confidence after just closing a deal worth ten taels.
"Boss, you have to consider the situation when making an offer. Is this stone really worth that much money? I'm not some rich man's daughter, take a closer look at my clothes, I'm just a small servant!!" The carefree helper corrected the stall owner, letting him recognize the huge difference between his own servant and someone else's young mistress.
"Alright then, take it for a few silver coins!" The stall owner thought about it and figured it was fine, anyway this thing wasn't worth much money, so he might as well sell it cheaply.
"One or two?! Then I'd rather buy something else. Buying a stone would be more worthwhile, I might as well go to Golden Jade Hall and have a fish head." Xiangyao said casually.
"Fish head? The Golden Dragon's fish jumping over the dragon gate is worth more than a few silver coins, that's their signature dish." said Nangong Suxin with a hint of disdain.
The golden hall's fish head only has one dish, that is "Fish Jumping Over the Dragon Gate", they don't make any other fish head dishes, perhaps because they think with "Fish Jumping Over the Dragon Gate" around, other fish head dishes are not qualified.
"I'm talking about eating fish head, not that thing!" said Xiao Yao casually.
"But there's only one dish with fish head!" Nangong Suzi continued to "poke" at Xiao Yao.
"I ate the head of a whole fish, while others ate the leftover heads..."
“……”
"Otherwise, you think I'm ordering food? If we eat there, one month's salary isn't even enough for a single dish!!" Xiao Yao said very honestly.
"Alright, considering we have a good relationship, I'll sell you this stone for 100 wen, can't go any lower." The stall owner directly quoted the lowest price and didn't bother to say more.
Maybe because he just made a big deal, or maybe it's because he saw that Xiangyang Ning would rather eat "fish head" than buy this, so he gave the lowest price, and the rest is up to you whether you want it or not.
