These days, the old men don't play chess anymore; they've started doing pull-ups on the horizontal bar in the square, and their physique is much stronger than that of many young people!

An old man dressed in festive red was hanging from a horizontal bar and spinning around in the air, a move that completely stunned Yu Qiuchi.

Gu Xiaojun was a large man with a muscular build. After spinning around in the air, the old man waved to him and said, "Young man, you look impressive with those muscles. Dare to have a contest?"

According to several other elderly men in the area, this man was undefeated in the town and still holds the record of 136, which no one has surpassed!

Gu Xiaojun agreed. He took off his coat and draped it over Yu Qiuchi. He then stretched his arms and legs, picked the highest horizontal bar, and started pulling himself up.

That old man was quite something. Seeing Gu Xiaojun's momentum, he quickly shouted, "You're young, this isn't fair!"

“I’ll give you fifty!” Gu Xiaojun said during a pause for breath.

Yu Qiuchi stood next to the equipment, holding a thermos and a coat, and kept count for Gu Xiaojun.

In the end, he hit exactly 187, one more than the old man, and the town's horizontal bar king easily became the new champion.

[I want to go too! I can pull a thousand!]

[I want ten thousand!]

[Tickets bought, let's go and shock them!]

Gu Xiaojun jumped down and wiped the sweat from her face.

Yu Qiuchi hesitated whether to offer him the water or not, since he had a cold and it wouldn't be good to share a cup of water with him.

"Is there anything else?" Gu Xiaojun asked.

Ah! Yes!

Gu Xiaojun took the thermos from Yu Qiuchi's hand. Since it had a straw, he unscrewed it and tilted his head back to pour it into his mouth.

After exercising, Gu Xiaojun's muscles were even more defined, with his pectoral muscles faintly visible; his hormones were practically overflowing from the screen. This caused quite a stir among the viewers in the live chat!

"Junxiao, put on your coat!"

Considering that Yu Qiuchi still had a cold, we didn't eat anything too greasy for lunch.

Yu Qiuchi was happily drinking his sweet pear and white fungus soup when Assistant Tang made a grand entrance. "President Mo said that you should drink your medicine, young master."

Yu Qiuchi frowned but still accepted it. However, seeing that Assistant Tang showed no sign of leaving, she looked over with some confusion.

"Mr. Mo said that I should watch you finish drinking it and then take the empty bowl back with me."

Yu Qiuchi knew this meant they didn't trust him and were afraid he would turn around and collapse.

"Mr. Mo said you have a criminal record." Assistant Tang's expression remained unchanged despite Yu Qiuchi's disapproving gaze, after all, it was double pay.

[No way, none of my family members understand. It reminds me of when I was in school, and if I didn't eat properly, my mom would have my grandpa bring me food, and he had to watch me finish it!]

[I did the same thing when I took medicine; I'd turn around and pour it on my orchids. In the end, I didn't get better, and the orchids died too.]

To prove himself and not be afraid of the bitter medicine, Yu Qiuchi downed it in one gulp. The bitterness in his mouth was extremely unpleasant, along with an indescribable spiciness that stung his eyes, making tears well up but not fall.

But he calmly handed the bowl to Assistant Tang and sent him away.

Once he was sure Assistant Tang couldn't see him, Yu Qiuchi quickly lowered his head and took a big bite of the pear. Then, he slowly looked up and met Gu Xiaojun's gaze. His eyes widened in shock and then blankness: "If I said it wasn't bitter, would you believe me?"

Gu Xiaojun didn't believe it, but he still nodded.

"Qiu Chi, I've been tricked!"

Yan Qing burst into tears the moment she saw him.

Yu Qiuchi turned his gaze to the people behind him, and Tang Ke smiled with a gloating expression: "He and Zhou Shen bought the same pendant at the same store. Zhou Shen spent ten yuan, and he spent twenty-seven yuan."

The difference of seventeen yuan, though not a huge sum, is still quite heartbreaking; Yan Qing is like a victim of a great injustice.

Yu Qiuchi looked at Jiang Chenzhou, who looked completely innocent: "He wasn't really worth the original price."

Got it, this is negotiation.

Yu Qiuchi patted Yan Qing's head reassuringly.

"How exactly do I bargain?" Yan Qing asked, looking up at the sky. He had always been too embarrassed to bargain since he was a child.

The entire room fell silent; only Jiang Chenzhou could answer that question.

"First, halve the price, then round it down to zero," Jiang Chenzhou calmly summarized.

Yu Qiuchi seemed to be deep in thought. He had never bargained when buying things, but he understood it today. However, understanding and being able to do it are two different things.

For example, the stall owner now wants Yu Qiuchi to get out of here! A collectible ornament originally priced at 600 yuan was sold at a significantly reduced price by Yu Qiuchi.

Yu Qiuchi: "Three hundred."

Stall owner: Four hundred

Yu Qiuchi hesitated, then looked at Jiang Chenzhou, gesturing for him to lower his head, and asked in a low voice, "How many zeros should we round down?"

They were so close that Jiang Chenzhou could feel Yu Qiuchi's hair brushing against his ear. Before he could even process what Yu Qiuchi meant, he blurted out, "One."

Yu Qiuchi was still a little hesitant. Was this possible? But Jiang Chenzhou looked so calm.

He seemed to have gained confidence and said, "Thirty!"

"Get lost!" the stall owner said without any politeness.

Yu Qiuchi's words, "Thirty," silenced the entire audience. Jiang Chenzhou felt like his CPU had exploded; so this was how zeros were rounded down.

Yu Qiuchi looked at Jiang Chenzhou again, her eyes innocent.

Yan Qing, oblivious to everything, pulled Yu Qiuchi along and continued the act: "We don't want it anymore!"

"Wait, fifty-fifty is the lowest I can go!" the stall owner called out to the people, his voice hesitant. "Sigh, since you two seem to have a connection... fifty... I'm losing money like this..."

Yu Qiuchi paid the money readily.

Then the five people squatted by the roadside, heads down, examining the "Jade Cabbage" in their hands.

"Did I overestimate it?" Yu Qiuchi asked tentatively.

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