Zhou Qiqi picked up a piece of fish, ate it slowly, and began to speak.
"Do you remember when I suddenly pulled you guys along when I first saw those cars ahead?"
Deng Cuixiang was slurping down her noodles when she heard this, so she quickly swallowed the noodles in her mouth and nodded vigorously.
"How could I not remember! I was thinking back then that Master Chen was asking for 350 yuan, which was much higher than the agreed 200 yuan. I had to figure out a way to bargain properly! But you didn't even try to bargain, and just pulled us away!"
Zhou Qiqi took a couple of bites of fish and, finding that it was a sea bass with few small bones, she confidently scooped a piece into Chen Duzhou's small bowl next to her and continued speaking.
"We agreed on two hundred yuan, but he suddenly asked for three hundred and fifty. If he was really afraid of haggling, he wouldn't be so afraid. Besides, look at those bikes. The handlebars are shiny, but the frames are covered in a thick layer of dust. Phoenix brand bicycles are supposed to be in high demand, so how come they're just sitting there untouched?"
She had her doubts at the time, feeling that Mr. Chen didn't seem to genuinely want to sell the car.
"So I just went along with him and acted that way."
Zhou Qiqi lowered her voice, her almond-shaped eyes curving into crescents, "Pretending to think it was too expensive and leave, I didn't expect to actually trick him into revealing his little trick!"
"So that's how it is!"
Deng Cuixiang placed her chopsticks on the rim of her bowl, then looked as if she had just realized something and almost knocked the bowl over. "Then how did you figure out that those were refurbished cars? What about the welding seams, what about the thickness of the paint? I was completely baffled!"
Zhu Yingying, who was next to her, also put down her chopsticks and looked at Zhou Qiqi with bright eyes, "That's right, Qiqi, you know too much, like you've worked in a bicycle factory!"
"Well..."
Zhou Qiqi put down her chopsticks and deliberately imitated Chef Chen's head-shaking manner, drawing out her words, "What would a little girl like me know about bicycles?"
This made Deng Cuixiang and Zhu Yingying cover their mouths and laugh.
After she finished laughing, she took out a copy of the Guangming Daily from her cloth bag.
This was given to her by Xiao Li last night when she went back to return the flashlight.
After she left after receiving the call, Shen Huaichuan called again on the way, specifically mentioning that there was a report in this issue of the newspaper about someone being scammed when buying a refurbished car on the black market.
He asked Xiao Li to find it and send it to her, and repeatedly reminded her to bring a flashlight when buying the car so that she could carefully inspect it inside and out.
"At first I thought he was making a mountain out of a molehill," Zhou Qiqi said, spreading the newspaper on the table. "I never expected it would actually come in handy!"
Zhu Yingying took it and looked at it, then said in surprise.
"This is from last November's newspaper. Commander Shen's memory is amazing! You only mentioned buying a car, how did he remember it?"
Deng Cuixiang also looked envious.
"I never expected that Shen Huaichuan, who usually has such a cold face and can scare the female members of the art troupe to tears, would be so gentle and considerate towards Qiqi! He really cares about her!"
Zhou Qiqi had vaguely heard about this before, but never had the chance to ask.
She leaned forward, her eyes full of curiosity.
"Sister Cuixiang, did he really scare a woman to tears?"
"How could it be fake!"
Deng Cuixiang put down her chopsticks and said in a serious tone.
"Last winter, a performing arts troupe came to our area to perform for the troops. There was a girl in the troupe who played the lead role. She was incredibly beautiful, with a great figure. Many young men couldn't take their eyes off her."
As it turned out, she took a liking to Shen Huaichuan. After the performance, she chased him to the camp to ask if he had a girlfriend. They seemed to have gotten a little too close, and guess what? Shen Huaichuan immediately accused her of trying to steal the training plan and turned her over to the security department on the spot. Lots of people saw it!
She leaned forward and lowered her voice.
"That girl's name is Huahua, she's really pretty, but Shen Huaichuan didn't even give her a second glance. However,"
Deng Cuixiang changed the subject and looked Zhou Qiqi up and down.
"Compared to our Qiqi, she's still a tiny bit lacking."
When Zhou Qiqi first married into the family, she was as thin as a stick, and her face was sunken.
It's been over three months since I started raising it, and its little face has become round and plump, like a ripe peach, pink and glossy.
Her figure has also improved, and you can see her curves even when she's hiding under her trench coat.
As Deng Cuixiang was talking, her hands started to itch. Taking advantage of Zhou Qiqi's inattention, she reached out and pinched her butt. After pinching her, she tried to touch her chest.
"Sister Cuixiang!"
Zhou Qiqi reacted quickly, twisting her body to dodge, only to be tickled in the armpit.
The two burst into laughter, causing the bowls and plates on the table to shake.
"Alright, alright, I'm not teasing you anymore,"
Deng Cuixiang sat down, panting. "Let's continue talking about buying the car. When did you get a second uncle who works in the quality control department of the bicycle factory? How come I didn't know?"
Zhou Qiqi winked at her, her eyes gleaming with mischief.
"If I had a second uncle like that, would the three of us still need to linger at Master Chen's place? We would have gone to my second uncle to pull strings long ago! I was just trying to scare Master Chen!"
"You! You!"
Deng Cuixiang tapped her nose, "You're such a clever little devil! That Master Chen was feeling guilty, and you really fooled him!"
As she spoke, she patted Zhou Qiqi's hand again.
"But to be honest, it's a good thing you were here, otherwise we would have been in trouble if we had actually bought that refurbished car. When I heard him quote such a low price just now, I almost couldn't resist taking out my money."
"That Master Chen is a real sly old fox,"
Zhou Qiqi's expression turned serious. "First, bring out a few nice cars and quote high prices to make people think they're too expensive to buy. Then, bring out refurbished cars and quote low prices, specifically targeting people's desire for bargains."
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