He thought to himself, "These bracelets are quite nice. Most importantly, they have a small size, which seems to suit Shu Ning perfectly."
So he turned to Chen Shuning and asked, "What do you think?"
Chen Shuning smiled and nodded, saying, "These bracelets are very beautiful, but let's take a look at them some more."
Chen Shuning really didn't care. The jewelry she had received from Hei Zi over the past year was enough to open a museum, so she really didn't need another pair of bracelets. All she could think about now was a house.
Upon hearing this, the stall owner's smile vanished immediately.
He sighed inwardly: "Sigh, this young couple looks quite wealthy, why aren't they buying anything?"
He quickly said, "Gentlemen, this is a family heirloom. I can see you really want to buy it. How about I give you a discount?"
Seeing that the items were of good quality, He Chaoyang looked at the stall owner and asked, "Name your price?"
He thought to himself: These bracelets are really nice. If the price is right, I might as well buy them.
Seeing this, the stall owner knew there was potential for business, so his smile returned, and he said with a face full of wrinkles, "It's fate that you two have come to my stall today. I won't ask for much for this bracelet. Just give me two hundred coins, and the bracelet is yours, how about that?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Shuning curled her lip. She thought that if she got this bracelet from Hei Zi, it would only be worth thirty or fifty yuan at most. Two hundred yuan could buy a whole bunch of them.
So she looked at He Chaoyang, signaling him not to buy it.
He Chaoyang understood what she meant and said, "Boss, your price isn't fair!"
The stall owner thought for a moment and said, "Gentlemen, this is already the lowest price I can offer. These bracelets are family heirlooms and are definitely worth the price."
He Chaoyang could accept the price of two hundred yuan, thinking that he was getting married soon, even though his grandmother and mother had prepared some things for the little girl.
But he had never actually given the little girl these things before. Thinking that Grandpa always gave Grandma these pieces of jewelry and she was always very happy, He Chaoyang also wanted to give Chen Shuning some.
He happened to come across a good one today, so He Chaoyang decided to buy it.
Just then, a voice rang out from behind the stall owner.
"What family heirloom? He Laosan, you sell eight hundred family heirlooms a day! Even if your father left you mountains of gold and silver, you would have sold them all by now at this rate!"
Xie Xiangdong hadn't originally planned to come. He wasn't a masochist; he just enjoyed watching the girl he liked flaunt her relationship with someone else.
But this is his territory after all. If He Chaoyang gets taken advantage of here, he'll lose face.
He Laosan had been involved in the black market since before the liberation, and he could tell at a glance that He Chaoyang was already interested in buying it. Now, when he suddenly heard someone say that, he still dared to call him He Laosan.
His face immediately darkened, and he cursed, "Which blind fool dares to spout nonsense about how good I am here..."
As He Laosan cursed, he turned to look at the bastard who had ruined his plans, but when he met Xie Xiangdong's half-smiling face, he swallowed the rest of his curses.
He bowed and scraped, greeting him with a servile air: "It's Brother Dong! What brings you here? What brings you to my little stall today? If you need anything, just have someone tell me and I'll bring it to you. How could I trouble you to come all the way here in person?"
The fact that He Laosan's stall could be set up outside Xie Xiangdong's office showed that the two had a special relationship. Xie Xiangdong glared at He Laosan and said irritably, "Can't I just stay away?"
I said, "He Laosan, you've really got some nerve! You've gone and ripped off my brother! Whose face are you slapping?"
"Oh dear Dong-ge, what are you saying? You're embarrassing me! How could I dare to embarrass you? I just didn't know this person was your friend! If I had known, I wouldn't have dared to do it even if you gave me a hundred lives!"
He Laosan truly felt wronged; he genuinely didn't know, otherwise he wouldn't have dared to do it. Who was this person in front of him? Although he had also heard rumors.
It is said that the Xie family has recently encountered some trouble, but based on his many years of experience in the underworld, even a broken ship has three thousand nails, let alone a family like the Xie family, which was a prominent family before the founding of the country. They are not something that can be collapsed just like that.
Moreover, the person in front of him was a truly ruthless individual, someone who would kill with a mere glare; he dared not offend him.
Fortunately, Xie Xiangdong didn't really intend to do anything to him, and waved his hand to indicate that the matter was over.
When Xie Xiangdong looked up at He Chaoyang, he saw that the man was staring at He Laosan with a dark face, and he thought that the man was angry because of what had just happened.
He was about to speak up and plead for He Laosan, after all, he was a brother who had worked under him for many years, and he didn't want him to offend He Chaoyang over such a small matter.
Before he could even speak, He Chaoyang spoke first.
He Chaoyang stared at He Laosan and said, "He Laosan's name is not good. Change it in the future."
These words startled He Laosan, but Xie Xiangdong, who was standing next to him, was the first to react and burst into laughter.
After laughing for a while, he pointed at He Chaoyang and said, "I almost forgot that you are also He Laosan. Come to think of it, it seems like it's been many years since anyone has called you that, has it?"
He Chaoyang, who grew up with his grandparents, was naughty from a young age and often caused trouble. He was a real troublemaker in the compound.
The key point is that he wasn't just naughty on his own; he often led other kids in the compound who were about his age to be naughty together. One day he would get into a fight with kids from other compounds, the next he would break someone's window, or he would use boiling water to water the flowers in someone's yard.
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