Chen Feng picked out a pair of black shoes and asked, "How much are these shoes?"
"The original price was 150, but it's now 80 on sale," the salesperson replied.
"Find a pair in size 38 and wrap them up." Chen Feng squeezed the shoe upper, feeling that the quality was good and quite soft, and said readily.
"Okay." The sales clerk didn't expect Chen Feng to agree so readily, and smiled as she went to the warehouse to find him shoes.
After all, it's a small county town, and haggling is practically ingrained in people's bones.
Soon, the sales clerk came out carrying a bag of shoes and handed it to Chen Feng, saying, "You have great taste. These shoes are very popular now. They won't look cheap at all when you wear them out; they're very fashionable."
“She doesn’t wear them outside either. They’re just for my mom’s work shoes, which broke, so I bought her a pair to wear while she’s working in the fields,” Chen Feng said as the two walked toward the checkout counter.
If she really wanted to wear it out, Chen Feng would buy her a nice one. But for someone who does housework, it doesn't need to be too good; something decent will do.
"Wearing these while working in the fields?"
The aunt was shocked when she heard this. Such nice shoes for working, what a waste!
But she didn't say it out loud. Maybe it's because the other person's son is very filial and doesn't care about the money.
After all, no matter who you look at it from, given how bad the economy is now, eighty yuan is equivalent to several hundred yuan in a previous life.
If anyone heard that someone was wearing shoes costing several hundred yuan while doing farm work in the countryside, they would probably say it was extravagant.
After paying, Chen Feng picked up the shoe bag and left. The store was quite nice; they even gave him a pair of socks as a gift before he left.
After leaving the store, Chen Feng didn't go back. He planned to find another gold shop in the county town to buy back the goods he had acquired that day.
If they were to return the money to that Boss Bai's place, all their efforts would be in vain. Boss Bai would definitely tell everyone about it when he sees Zheng Ping and the others again; it would be impossible to keep it a secret.
After walking quite a distance, Chen Feng saw a newly opened gold shop and went inside.
The store wasn't fully stocked yet, and there was no one around except for a girl sitting behind the counter playing on her phone.
Hearing someone enter, the girl stood up and smiled at Chen Feng: "Hello."
"Hello, do you buy gold here?" Chen Feng asked.
"Ah... okay." The girl paused for a moment, then nodded in surprise.
She was a little excited just now, thinking that she was about to open her business for the first time.
It turned out he was there to sell goods; I got excited for nothing.
"Is it gold jewelry or loose gold?" the girl asked as she walked back behind the counter.
"Fragments of gold and silver," Chen Feng said as he took out a small bottle.
"Oh, so you're a gold prospector?" the girl said, somewhat surprised.
Although this was her first time receiving the goods, she had been watching her parents for a long time. Even though she had never actually tried it, she had learned how to do it just by watching.
A little bit of gold and silver is no problem.
Chen Feng took out the small bottle and handed it to the girl, who took it instinctively.
When she saw the bottle filled with gold and silver, her eyes widened instantly!
"This...this is all?" the girl said in disbelief.
"Mm." Chen Feng nodded.
In the past, when the girl accompanied her father to collect gold, the gold prospectors would collect a few grains at a time. If a bottle contained a third of the gold, it was considered a bumper harvest for the month.
When have I ever seen a bottle filled to the brim like this?
And this bottle contains not only silver, but also what looks like a large piece of gold. Wow, how much is that worth?
The girl looked at the bottle for a long time, then said in utter shock, "You bought this on Taobao in a month?"
"Hmm." Chen Feng nodded, without refuting.
"This is unbelievable! Your luck is simply incredible. You've found so many items in a month. I don't see this happen to me for years!" The girl exclaimed and sat down.
She never expected that her first delivery would be such a big deal.
Even if your own father has been collecting gold for twenty years, it's hard to find a gold prospector with such good luck.
Chen Feng couldn't help but chuckle at the girl's shocked expression. "So shocked after just one month?"
If someone told you they bought all of this in a single day, wouldn't your jaw drop?
The girl poured the goods into the tray, put all the silver into the crucible, took out a gas cylinder, and attached the nozzle to the musket.
Chen Feng could tell that this set of equipment was all new and had never been used before.
It seems this gold shop has just opened; I'm probably the first customer.
To be honest, it was the first time the girl had sat here to receive goods, and she was very excited. She imitated her father, lit the blowtorch, and heated the crucible intensely.
When the silver was half melted, the girl started sweating. She held the spray gun in her right hand and fanned herself with her left.
Once the silver had completely melted, the girl muttered to herself, somewhat uncertainly, "It should be about time, right?"
"It's fine to burn it a little longer..."
Chen Feng raised an eyebrow slightly as he listened to the girl's words. So you're just a half-baked guy?
Although the girl seemed unsure of the timing, it was clear that her technique was quite professional, not unlike Boss Bai's silver refining skills.
Once the girl felt it was about time, she poured the molten silver out of the crucible. After it cooled slightly, she used tweezers to pick it up and put it into a glass of water.
Just as the girl was about to throw the silver in, she realized that there was no water in her cup.
"Oh no, I forgot to pour water!"
The girl quickly put the silver back, grabbed a bottle of mineral water, poured more than half a glass of it, and then picked up the silver again and threw it in.
When she threw it, the girl subconsciously moved her body a little further away, as if afraid of being splashed.
This series of actions made Chen Feng chuckle in disbelief.
Once the silver ingot had cooled down sufficiently, the girl took it out, dried it, and placed it on the electronic scale.
"This scale is brand new, and you're the first person to use it," the girl said with a smile to Chen Feng.
"Hmm? Why isn't it working?"
The electronic scale didn't display any numbers, and the girl pressed it several times without any response.
"What's going on here? I remember this is the switch!" the girl asked, examining the electronic scale from all angles.
"Did you put the battery in?" Chen Feng asked, blinking.
"Don't all newly bought electronic scales come with pre-filled batteries?" the girl asked, her eyes full of surprise.
After saying that, the girl opened the back cover, and there were indeed two button batteries inside.
Chen Feng also stood up and looked inside the counter.
"See? I told you there was a battery."
The girl proved to Chen Feng that she wasn't stupid and how she could have forgotten to put the battery in.
Chen Feng examined it carefully and then reached out to remove the plastic sheet between the two batteries.
"This thing has something blocking it so it can't conduct electricity," Chen Feng explained.
"oh……"
The girl sat down somewhat awkwardly, coughed lightly, and turned on the electronic scale.
Who knows what the plastic piece in the middle of the battery is for? It's not mentioned in the manual!
"Wow, 60.3 grams."
"Multiply by eight, that's... 482.4," the girl said, fiddling with the calculator.
"Okay, I'll round it up for you, four hundred and eighty-two and a half."
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