As Lin Jiujiu spoke, she placed the hairpin on the tray in front of her, showing no sign of reluctance.
After all, she could make this herself if she had the time, and she could even make it more exquisite.
Seeing her like this, the shopkeeper was also unsure. This item had been sitting there for months, and many people had looked at it, but no one had actually asked the price and wanted to buy it.
Lin Jiujiu was the only one willing to haggle. The shopkeeper gritted his teeth, held up two fingers, and gestured.
"My lady, fifty taels is really not enough. If you really want it, how about eighty taels?"
When Lin's mother heard that he had given her twenty taels of silver, she was quite surprised.
After the initial shock, she became even more determined to stop Lin Jiujiu.
He thought to himself, "Not only can I not buy this hairpin, but I can't even take the bracelet."
This is clearly a rip-off shop. They gave away twenty taels so easily; who knows how much they're trying to make off them?
Lin's mother quietly tugged at Lin Jiujiu's sleeve and gave her a wink as she turned her face away.
Lin Jiujiu understood what she meant, but only gave her a reassuring look and did not give up on buying it.
"Shopkeeper, we both know that this hairpin is only sold for a fleeting trend. If it sits unsold for a few more months, and some new style comes from the capital, it will be worth far less than fifty taels."
"At that time, this hairpin will be hard to sell for even ten taels of silver."
The shopkeeper knew that what she said made sense, but the boss had also instructed that the price could not be too low, otherwise it would tarnish his reputation.
Seeing his troubled expression, Lin Jiujiu didn't say anything more, but instead looked at the other hairpin.
Seeing her like this, Lin's mother secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The gold hairpin looked quite substantial, unlike those light and flimsy hairpins that, when put together, didn't even weigh much.
Lin Jiujiu's attitude made the shopkeeper a little anxious.
It's not for any other reason than that the owners of these shops all have performance targets.
If they fail to complete the task, the amount will be deducted from their wages.
He had his pay docked for the same hairpin he'd had displayed there for months.
Don't be fooled by the fact that these kinds of ornaments would be snapped up in the capital; they're really hard to sell in a small county like theirs.
Although many people look at it, the price alone makes them hesitate to buy it.
They are not far from the capital. The truly wealthy and influential people will not want products that have been phased out in the capital. They will send people to the capital to pick out the latest seasonal products for them.
However, few people who don't care about these things can actually afford them.
Selling even one item occasionally is considered lucky, but the supplier delivers goods about once every two months.
There are actually quite a few of these items, which are considered the store's prized possessions, already displayed in the store's warehouse.
He just didn't dare to display everything, fearing that if he displayed too much, he wouldn't be able to sell it for a higher price.
Since it was rare for someone to take a liking to him, the shopkeeper naturally didn't want to let him go.
But eighty taels was already his bottom line, and even then, he still had to put some money into it himself.
But if he doesn't sell it, the money deducted from his monthly salary will almost equal the cost of this hairpin.
After much consideration, and after Lin Jiujiu had picked out a few more items, the shopkeeper finally couldn't help but speak up.
"My lady, fifty taels is really not enough for those hairpins. If you really like them, how about adding a little more? I'll give you a discount as well?"
Lin Jiujiu glanced at him, slightly curled the corners of her lips, and placed the gold hairpin and gold locket she had chosen together in front of the shopkeeper.
"Could you please calculate the total cost for all of these?"
Seeing that she had chosen all the items but hadn't mentioned the hairpins at all, the shopkeeper became even more anxious.
He wanted to say a few more words of advice, but when he met Lin Jiujiu's smiling eyes, he couldn't say a word.
Finally, she sighed and carefully calculated all the items. Combined with the earrings she had brought earlier, it came to exactly fifty taels.
Lin Jiujiu took out a hundred-tael silver note from her sleeve and asked the shopkeeper.
"Since I've bought so many things, does the shopkeeper have anything to give me as a gift?"
The shopkeeper was confused by her words. Their jewelry store had never had such a precedent before. However, considering that she could buy so many things at once, the shopkeeper also wanted to make a good connection.
He gave the waiter a wink, took out a box of gold beads from the bottom of the cabinet, strung two beads on a red string, and said with a smile.
"This is our store's new lucky charm, a gift for you, wishing you good fortune in the future."
Lin Jiujiu looked at the tiny gold bead and a cryptic smile appeared on her lips.
"Shopkeeper, your vision is still too limited. How about I buy the pair of gold hairpins you have for eighty taels, and you give them to me as a gift?"
As Lin Jiujiu spoke, she fiddled with a gold bracelet and a gold hairpin beside her.
She was watching the shopkeeper do the accounting just now, and the two items together totaled exactly thirty taels.
In this way, the pair of gold hairpins still ended up in her hands for fifty taels.
The shopkeeper took a moment to process what he heard.
In the end, he gave a wry smile and had someone wrap the things up and give them to her.
Lin's mother watched from the side, her heart bleeding. In her opinion, that thing was out of fashion and wouldn't be worth anything at the pawn shop.
Lin Jiujiu was losing money by buying it for fifty taels of silver.
Even if you don't like it anymore, you might not be able to make even a pair of earrings if you take it to a jewelry store and melt it down.
But the money was her own, and even if Lin's mother felt bad about it, she would just give her a hint and let it go, and she couldn't force her to stop her.
He could only console himself in his heart that no matter what, as long as Jiu Jiu was happy, that was all that mattered.
Lin Jiujiu came out of the jewelry store with the things she had bought, feeling very happy.
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