After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 269 Cut in Half

When Xie Xingchuan heard this, he was still a little dazed.

Old Mrs. Gu was still muttering, "Child, you only grow taller but not smarter. Although I don't know why you want to buy a house and move out, the most important thing in life is money. You never know when you will need money for an emergency, so the more you can save, the better..."

Xie Xingchuan has always been taciturn. He should have been annoyed by these naggings, but at this moment he didn't find them irritating at all.

"Okay." Xie Xingchuan said suddenly.

This time it was Mrs. Gu's turn to be stunned. After she came to her senses, she said, "Xie Xiaoge, I'm glad you don't think I'm meddling in other people's business. You have to be frugal when you live outside."

Li Yaren took Xie Xingchuan to handle the house transfer, while Old Lady Gu took a bunch of little friends to the nearest street to buy things.

"A quilt is so expensive? Are you trying to rob me? Two cents of silver, if you don't want to sell it to me, I'll go to another store!" Old Mrs. Gu said righteously.

When the shop owner heard this, he immediately shouted, "Old lady, you are really killing me. The purchase price of this quilt is more than two coins. How can I sell it to you?"

Old Lady Gu squinted at him and said, "Do you think I've never made a quilt before? How much is this thing worth? Others may not know, but how can I not know? Two taels of silver. If you can sell it, then sell it. If you can't, forget it. Let's go to another store."

Old Mrs. Gu left as soon as she said she would, without any hesitation at all.

"No, no, no!"

The shop owner quickly stopped the man and said with a bitter face: "Old lady, let's discuss it again."

Old Mrs. Gu rolled her eyes and fixed them on a bamboo basket beside her.

"Okay, two cents of silver for this quilt, and you can also give me a bamboo basket as a bonus." said Old Mrs. Gu.

The shop owner said, "Madam, why are you lowering the price as you negotiate? Isn't this embarrassing?"

Old Lady Gu looked at him and said with a half-smile, "If this business really couldn't be done, you wouldn't have kept me here for so long."

The shop owner was seen through and had no way to deal with Old Lady Gu. He still wanted to make this deal, so he said on the spot: "Okay, Old Lady, I'll give you two cents of silver. Take the things and leave quickly. I'm afraid of you."

Old Lady Gu took the things and made another promise: "Boss, you are an honest person. Don't worry, I will introduce more business to you in the future. I'm telling you the truth. I'm helping the broker sell the house. If there are houses for sale nearby in the future, I will tell them that your products are affordable."

When the shop owner heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "That's great. I'm counting on you to give me a meal."

After leaving the shop, Shen Ling immediately asked, "Grandma Gu, what else do you want to buy? I'll help you bargain. I've learned it!"

The Shen siblings, who had just watched Old Lady Gu bargaining at close range, now felt that they were terribly powerful.

Old Mrs. Gu hesitated for a moment, and seeing that the two children looked eager to try, she finally nodded in agreement.

"Come on, Niuniu, look at how your senior brother and I kill everyone!" Shen Lingzhi was very proud.

Shen Changfeng also held his head high, holding Niu Niu's hand with one hand, and swaggering with the other hand, looking very powerful.

"How much is this iron pot?" Shen Changfeng asked.

"Four cents of silver." The boss selling iron pots said without even raising his head.

Shen Changfeng and Shen Ling looked at each other. According to the bargaining rules they had just learned, Shen Changfeng cut the price in half: "Sell it to us for two coins!"

Shen Ling also said: "Yes, and give us a spatula!"

When the iron shop owner heard this, he finally looked up at the Shen siblings, then slammed the things in his hands on the chopping board and shouted, "Where did these two young men come from to cause trouble? Go away, get out if you don't want to buy anything!"

Shen Ling and Shen Changfeng were driven out by the iron shop owner with a broom. Niuniu went in with them, and when she saw this, she immediately said obediently, "Uncle boss, I'll go out by myself."

The iron shop owner saw that Niuniu was cute and couldn't bear to be mean to her. He just forced a ferocious smile and said, "Little kid, your brothers and sisters are just as brainless as you. You must never learn from them!"

Niu Niu walked out a step behind and saw the Shen siblings standing on the street corner with their heads lowered, looking puzzled.

"It's obviously the same words, why did he hit someone?"

"Yes, why do you bully us so much? Is it because you think we don't have wrinkles on our faces?"

The two young masters and young ladies, who were out of touch with the world, could not figure out the secret behind it.

At this moment, they both turned to look at Niuniu and asked, "Guaibao, why?"

Niu Niu didn’t understand why, she could only walk over and sigh with them.

After taking a look at these unfortunate children, Old Mrs. Gu turned and went into the shop. After a moment, she came out carrying a large iron pot.

"Grandma Gu, how much did you buy it for?" Shen Changfeng asked immediately.

Shen Ling also opened her big eyes, anxiously waiting for the old lady's answer.

"Three hundred and seventy cents." Old Mrs. Gu said casually.

One coin of silver is equal to one hundred coins, and the price offered by Old Lady Gu means that she only cut down thirty coins.

Shen Changfeng asked directly: "Grandma Gu, you are so powerful, but you can only cut down this little money?"

Shen Ling also nodded vigorously, with a puzzled look on her face, and even asked in a low voice: "Grandma Gu, are we holding you back? Did the boss see that we are in the same group?"

Old Lady Gu shook her head and said, "This has nothing to do with you. The price of iron is there, and it's hard to get much lower even if you bargain."

Shen Changfeng and Shen Ling had never thought of this, and suddenly it dawned on them.

But even so, when they arrived at the next store, the brother and sister no longer asked for bargaining.

It was Old Lady Gu who took the initiative to mention: "How can you not try if you fail once? It is normal to encounter setbacks. Saving money depends on who can save more face."

Hearing this, the Shen brothers and sisters barely perked up, but this time Shen Ling learned her lesson and asked Old Lady Gu in a low voice: "Grandma Gu, can the things in this shop be cut in half?"

Old Mrs. Gu couldn't help laughing and said, "You can try."

Shen Changfeng walked in and asked a price.

"It's too expensive, can you make it cheaper, fifty cents!" Shen Changfeng bargained down to half the price as usual.

The shop owner immediately shouted, "Hey, young man, you are so young and don't seem to need money, why are you here to play tricks on us? I tell you, no one would dare to give you this price even if you ask from one end of the street to the other! I have an 80-year-old mother and a crying child, you are asking our whole family to die."

The shop owner's incessant chattering made Shen Ling and Shen Changfeng feel guilty.

Is the price I quoted really too high?

Shen Ling even wanted to pay the money on the spot and buy the item at the original price.

Old Mrs. Gu came over like a gust of wind, slapped the table hard, and said in a powerful voice: "If you can sell it, sell it. Stop talking nonsense!"