Chapter 29 Chapter 29 (Update 1) I say! Stop pushing...
Chang Ruijia and Lu Baian walked around the market together and got a general idea of what was sold there.
It must be said that although the floating objects of those people were relatively common, they still brought her a great surprise.
Even though Chang Ruijia just walked through the crowd, she was attracted by a lot of things.
Especially when she saw a man riding on a bell with a string of bells in his hands, Chang Ruijia's eyes lit up.
This is really like giving away a pillow after you doze off!
Last night, she was thinking about how to find something to alert herself when she fell asleep at night. As a result, when she came to the market, she saw the bell in the man's hand at first sight.
Especially after hearing the man shouting about the bells, Chang Ruijia became more determined to get the string of bells.
A bell that increases its volume tenfold when shaken! It's like it was made just for her.
Chang Ruijia pursed her lips. If she could exchange the string of bells, she would just string them together with a rope before going to bed at night and throw them on the sea around her bed. Once someone approached her bed within a certain distance, the bells would give her an immediate warning.
Even if she is not aware of the danger around her in her sleep, the bell will wake her up in time like an alarm clock.
"Do you like that bell?" Lu Baian keenly sensed Chang Ruijia's mood. He glanced at the man riding the bell and introduced her. "He used to run a pet supplies store. It's said that before he showed up here, he just happened to have ordered a large batch of bells for storage, which is why he has bells as floating objects now."
This reason is very true. Chang Ruijia nodded in understanding. In addition to serving various small "customers" who come into the store every day, the pet shop owner comes into contact with the most is the inventory in the store.
"But for other people here, it's better to replace the bells with something more practical. They don't have the energy to buy something flashy right now, so his business is not very good."
Lu Baian shook his head and said, "So, if you want to exchange for the bell, you only need to provide the boss with one or two portions of food. Don't believe his exorbitant price."
With Lu Baian, a person who is familiar with the market, as a guide, Chang Ruijia can indeed save a lot of trouble when she wants to exchange things.
"Miss, do you want to exchange this bell?" Noticing that Chang Ruijia and Lu Baian had been staring at him for a while, the man looked up and asked with a smile. There was no trace of the worry that Lu Baian had mentioned about the poor business between his eyebrows. "The bells here have super sound quality. If I exchange them for a string, the sound will definitely resound across the sea for a hundred miles! Do you want to try one?"
"So amazing?" Chang Ruijia was well aware of the importance of bargaining, and with Lu Baian's prior warning, she looked at him with a critical look, not particularly interested. "What are you going to exchange this bell for? If it's cheaper, I might buy it just for fun."
"Hmm..." It seemed like no one had asked about his business for a long time. Seeing that Chang Ruijia seemed a little interested, the man rolled his eyes and said, "Five servings of food can be exchanged for a string of bells. It's definitely worth the money!"
"Five?!" Chang Ruijia's face was filled with shock at the man's exorbitant demands. "Why don't you just rob it? It's just a string of small bells. If I buy it, I'll have to worry about whether the sound of it moving will make me a target. How dare you ask for five servings of food?"
"Let's go," Chang Ruijia said to Lu Baian who was watching the fun from the side, "Why don't I exchange five portions of food for something else? Why exchange it for a useless little bell? You really took advantage of me."
Seeing the two girls in front of him turn around without hesitation, the boss who had been calm suddenly became anxious. How could he let the business that had finally appeared in front of him slip away?
Even though the daytime has just begun, his business has been closed since yesterday. If he can't exchange food today, he can only wait and try his luck again tomorrow.
He had originally thought that the two girls looked naive and would not be able to bargain with dignity, so he planned to set the opening price at a level that was not too high but still allowed him to make a small profit. However, who knew that the two girls would just turn around and leave so decisively!
"We can negotiate, we can negotiate! Little girl, don't go. Let's see how much you can offer. Let's talk about it." The boss looked at Chang Ruijia and Lu Baian, who had already cut a little, and persuaded them anxiously.
If Chang Ruijia knew her boss's original plan, she would definitely scoff at his idea.
When she first appeared on the sea, she had already recklessly used madness to block others' covetousness. Now she was still too embarrassed to bargain? What a joke.
"Can we negotiate?" Seeing the boss's uneasy look, Chang Ruijia turned around and glanced at him. "How about this, I only have two steamed buns left from yesterday. Do you want to exchange them or not?"
"Switch, swap, swap! I'll swap!" The boss was afraid that if he spoke too slowly, Chang Ruijia would just drop her shoulder and leave. He quickly responded, "Two steamed buns, not one less! Oh, you two girls are really good at bargaining. I'll lose money if I swap this thing with you."
Chang Ruijia didn't want to listen to the boss's nonsense. For Lingling, who had little food and drink, being able to exchange two steamed buns for a bell, this deal from the boss was a real bargain!
Chang Ruijia snorted in her heart as her eyes swept over the people around her who were listening attentively to the exchange between them. Besides, if this deal was not worthwhile, why would the people around her look at them with shining eyes?
However, Chang Ruijia is willing to do business at a loss for nothing.
Facing the boss's expectant eyes, Chang Ruijia took off a pocket from the bedside and rummaged in it. In fact, in an invisible place, she had already opened the system's built-in commodity warehouse and took out two cold steamed buns that she had exchanged for warmth during the storm.
For her, who owns a shop in Kan Yidao Mall, this kind of cold steamed bun is useless to eat and a pity to throw away. Even if she wants to eat it, she may have to wait until she has her own cooking utensils before she can take it out again.
But for someone like Mr. Ling who was short of food, what did it matter whether the steamed buns were cold or not? This was like a blessing from heaven.
So, when Chang Ruijia took out the steamed buns, Boss Lingdang's eyes were already fixed on the steamed buns, and he was reluctant to move away even a little.
He immediately stuffed the steamed bun into his mouth after getting it in his hand, for fear that others would covet it.
On the other hand, with the bell she got back in exchange with great satisfaction, Chang Ruijia's mood immediately rose to a higher level.
In the future, when she faces the dark night without turning on the lights, at least she will have an extra insurance for her life before going to sleep.
Although this early warning method is not practical for her own perception of danger, for someone like her who is always worried about something going wrong, this external insurance method is really the best!
"You gave me too many steamed buns," Lu Baian, who had remained silent throughout Chang Ruijia's conversation with the boss, suddenly spoke in her ear. "If it were a large bun like this, one would actually be enough."
Chang Ruijia turned her head and looked at Lu Baian who said this seriously, nodded silently, but did not explain anything.
Some things are indeed not worth it for people who are still struggling to make ends meet, but for people like her who have a higher level of security requirements, there is actually no question of whether two steamed buns are inappropriate in exchange for a string of bells.
Moreover, as long as Chang Ruijia is willing, there are still many cold steamed buns in her warehouse that can be "wasted", and she doesn't care about the loss caused by exchanging them for an inconspicuous little bell.
However, there was no need for her to explain this in detail to Lu Baian.
On the one hand, they are now in the crowd, and since Lu Baian hasn't spoken yet, she certainly won't speak first to expose his secret.
On the other hand, Chang Ruijia felt that she and Lu Baian did not seem to have a relationship that required explaining everything clearly, so there was no need to bother explaining anything.
What's more, looking at Lu Baian who didn't say a word until she succeeded in changing, Chang Ruijia chuckled in her heart. Wasn't it the reason why Lu Baian didn't remind her before that he could see what she could bring out?
After all, before entering the market, she saw with her own eyes how Lu Baian emptied his family's savings in exchange for a set of normal men's clothing.
The term "reciprocity" seems particularly important nowadays.
However, whether this reciprocity is what you see or what I want you to see is worth more in-depth and careful consideration.
Facing Chang Ruijia, who did not show any special reaction, Lu Baian said only that one sentence as if he had just suddenly remembered it and did not speak again.
However, silence fell between the two of them. The people around them who had watched Chang Ruijia and Boss Lingdang exchange could no longer bear the silence.
"Little girl, is there anything else you want to buy? Come and take a look at my place. I have a lot of great things!"
"Get lost! You're so short on weight, and you still have the nerve to let two girls come to you to take a look? Come to my side, it's absolutely fair and just..."
"Forget it, what's so good about you two? Girl, come over here. Don't look at the stone in my hand. It's bare now. If it was placed before we came here, one cut might be..."
After Chang Ruijia and Lu Baian left Boss Lingdang, many people around who were waiting to make a deal almost swarmed over, showing Chang Ruijia what they had in their hands one after another.
Looking at the dazzling array of goods in their hands, Chang Ruijia felt she was almost dazzled, and her ears were filled with all sorts of shouting.
"If there's anything I'm interested in, I'll go and ask everyone one by one, so please don't make a fuss!"
After hearing Chang Ruijia's words, the noise in the air stopped for a moment, and then became noisy again the next second. Some people even kept pushing towards Chang Ruijia and Lu Baian while talking.
Who knows how many steamed buns Chang Ruijia has left? What if she only has enough to exchange for one or two things? Then those who didn't squeeze in would be at a loss.
When faced with a hidden big customer like Chang Ruijia, no one wanted to miss this rare opportunity, and everyone tried their best to squeeze forward.
Looking at these people who were desperate to make a deal and pushing over, not taking Chang Ruijia's words to heart at all, Lu Baian, who was following behind them, didn't have a smile in his eyes at all.
It turns out that none of them can understand what people say!
Lu Baian's eyes swept over these people, each of whom had his own little thoughts. He didn't think Chang Ruijia was really as easy to bully as those people thought.
When they first met, Chang Ruijia's heroic deeds were always engraved in his mind.
"I say! Stop pushing! Don't you understand what I'm saying?!" Seeing these people turning a deaf ear to her, Chang Ruijia frowned slightly, took out a kitchen knife and slammed it on the bed in front of her.
The air suddenly fell into a silence that was enough to suffocate people.
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