He walked around the room, feeling around the tables, chairs, and benches for several times. Suddenly, he saw the Shanghai watch on his wrist and touched it with a smug look on his face.
God is helping me! This broken watch seems to have no other use except to tell time. Oh watch! Oh watch! I'm sorry for wronging you. Please help your master and solve the current crisis first! When I have money, I will redeem you.
As he spoke, he sat down on the bed, put on his shoes, stood in front of the mirror, combed his hair so smoothly that if an ant could crawl on it, he would have to use a cane. He walked out the door in a hurry with his head held high and his "briefcase" slung over his shoulder.
Arriving at a watch shop, the owner greeted him with a smile and asked, "Boss, what kind of watch do you want to buy?"
Wencai pretended to walk back and forth in front of the glass cabinet. Looking at the dazzling array of watches inside, he smiled and said to the watch shop owner, "Boss, this Shanghai watch of yours still costs 120 yuan?"
"Yes, it's authentic Shanghai brand, quality guaranteed."
"So, are you going to buy...a watch?"
Wencai asked the boss tentatively. He didn't know whether the shop would accept watches or not, and he hadn't found a place that specialized in buying watches. He couldn't afford to lose face before he was sure that the watch shop owner wanted to accept the watches.
"Buy? I sell watches, why would I buy a watch... Wait a minute, let me think about it. No, boss, you want to sell a watch?"
The watch shop owner scolded and laughed out loud, thinking that this man was here to have fun with him.
"Just tell me whether you're going to buy it or not? Why all that nonsense?"
Seeing the watch shop owner's malicious smile, Wencai felt as if he was being humiliated. Anger flared up in his heart, and he spoke to the watch shop owner in a very unfriendly manner.
"Yes, of course I will. I wonder if the boss has any good watches to sell me?"
"This is the same model as the one in your cabinet. It's 90% new. Give me a price."
Wencai took off the watch from his wrist and handed it to the boss. The boss took it in his hand, looked at it carefully, and raised his finger towards Wencai.
"What? 50 yuan? This is a 90% new, authentic Shanghai watch. The one in your cabinet is 120 yuan. I'm giving you a 10% discount, so this one should be worth at least 180 yuan!"
"Yours is second-hand, and mine is new, so how can they be the same? How about this! Since you're sincere about selling, I'll give you an extra ten bucks."
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After a fierce negotiation, Wencai finally sold the watch he had worn for less than two months at a satisfactory price of 80 yuan.
After leaving the watch shop, he carried his briefcase and headed home with his head held high, looking arrogant, as if he wanted everyone to know that he was rich.
As he walked into the courtyard, he deliberately coughed twice to attract the attention of his neighbors who were busy working in the yard.
Sister Liu, who was sitting in the yard pulling the soles of her shoes, heard the sound and looked up to greet him, "Wencai! You're dressed really smart today."
"Ahem... A big company out there had some trouble and asked me to come over and help them solve it. I have no choice. Nowadays, people out there are so many people who look down on others. If I don't package myself well, even if I am a gold, they will bury it."
Wencai straightened his back, as if he were really a capable and important person.
Sister Liu walked up to Wencai, holding the sole of her shoe. She looked him up and down with disdain, "Really? Aunt Huang would wake up laughing even in her sleep. The eldest son has a promising future in running a factory, and the younger son is also so capable."
"Aunt Liu, don't worry. I, Wencai, am a sentimental person. When I become successful in the future, I will definitely not forget our old neighbors in this courtyard. You are busy. I will go back to the house first."
After Wencai finished speaking, he walked proudly towards Zhang's house.
"Bah! Aunt Liu? You think you're still young. If you, Li Wen, can achieve anything, the sun will rise from the west."
Sister Liu looked disdainful, spat heavily on the ground, and muttered softly.
Another woman of similar age from the opposite door came out and saw Sister Liu with a gloomy face. She smiled and asked, "Sister Liu, what's wrong?"
"What's wrong? It's still that devil Li Wencai. Hey! Listen to what he said: Aunt Liu, don't worry, I, Wencai, am a sentimental person. When I become successful in the future, I will definitely not forget our old neighbors in this courtyard. You are busy, I will go back to the house first. Isn't it infuriating? How could we not know what kind of person Li Wencai is?"
Then Sister Liu was seen imitating Wencai's voice and Li Wencai's movements when he spoke, and she was laughing so hard that she fell forward and backward.
"Okay! Sister Liu, why are you arguing with that kind of person?"
"That's right. Any woman who marries a man like this will be unlucky for the rest of her life."
As they talked, they walked to the stone table in the yard and sat down. They stopped talking about Li Wencai, the devil, and started studying the soles of the shoes in their hands.
As soon as Li Wencai returned home, he put on a big show. As soon as he sat on the sofa, he roared like a lion.
"Nanny, nanny..."
When Shumei heard the roar, she ran out of the room in a panic. On her way out, she almost knocked over a vase on a storage cabinet at the door. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and caught the vase nimbly.
Although she caught it, she was still frightened. She walked to Wencai in a daze and asked, "Wencai, you called me?"
"Who told you to call me by my first name? Call me Master from now on."
Shumei was puzzled. Hadn't he always called her that? Why was he calling her that today? He was God, so whatever he said was fine! Shumei said "oh" in response.
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