Chi Tang immediately gave Manager Wang a toothless smile.
New shoes!
She's five months pregnant and still doesn't have any new shoes!
"Oh my, this child is really clever."
Manager Wang was surprised that Chi Tang could understand what he was saying.
Aunt Chi patted her daughter's bottom, signaling her to tone it down so as not to attract too much attention, and then thanked Manager Wang.
Afterwards, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed it and decided to buy more fabric.
Why be coy when it's such a rare opportunity?
Finally, I bought two bolts of grayish-brown coarse cloth, two bolts of royal blue fine cotton cloth, one bolt of pink fine cotton cloth, and one bolt of navy blue wool cloth.
Coarse cloth for the men to make clothes, royal blue for the boys, and pink for the daughter.
As for the navy blue woolen cloth, it was intended for the family's shoe uppers.
The mother-in-law and her daughters-in-law had nothing left.
"...The total is six hundred and twenty coins. You two can have six hundred coins."
In the end, the twenty coins were erased only because Chi Tang was so adorable.
Aunt Chi took out 620 coins, saying, "We can't take too much advantage. We're perfectly capable, so a few coins won't make a difference. But we appreciate the shopkeeper's kindness."
Even though they accepted the 40% discount, they still refused to take advantage of the extra twenty coins...
Manager Wang smiled.
Someone nearby gossiped, "Boss, why is this family so strange? They already got a good deal, but then they said they didn't."
"Accepting a 40% discount is our shop's way of apologizing; their acceptance means the matter is over. And that last twenty coins tells me they're not the kind of people who would take advantage of others... Though a bit crude, they're insightful and have integrity."
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