Chapter 46

Nan Tao glanced at the oversized woven bag in her hand and wondered, "The bag is so big, and it's full. There must be a lot of waste."

Afraid that the lady boss wouldn't believe her, Nan Tao even opened the woven bag to reveal the plastic bottles, cans, paper boxes and other waste inside. "Look, it's quite heavy, there's a lot of stuff."

The lady boss looked impatient and said, "I said, how can you not understand what others are saying? You can only sell these for a hundred or so yuan at most, which is not even enough to cover the cost of sorting the garbage. Go away, don't bother me here."

Nan Tao was happy at first, as a hundred yuan was exactly the minimum price for her to complete the task. But after hearing the boss lady's tone as if she was begging for food, she felt unhappy and wanted to quit the stall. But she had worked hard for an entire afternoon, picking up waste and sweeping up garbage. If she gave up after encountering such a small difficulty, not only would her efforts for an entire afternoon be wasted, but her son would also have to go hungry at night.

After trying hard to brainwash herself, Nan Tao patted her cheeks and forced a fake smile. "Boss lady, you can't say such harsh words. I see that there are plastic bottles, cans, and cardboard boxes piled up at your door, which means you are collecting them. I have less, but I can still sell them. We are doing business, do you think we are making too much money?"

The proprietress looked Nan Tao up and down and said, "You are quite good at talking."

Nan Tao: "What do you mean, boss lady?"

The lady boss said: "Too little, too little, go pick up another bag and I'll take it."

Nan Tao: "Aren't you embarrassing me? The sun has already set, where can I get another bag of waste?"

The boss lady said: "This is your business, it has nothing to do with me."

Nan Tao took a deep breath and tried to suppress herself from getting angry. Getting angry would make her look ugly. The worst that could happen was that the task would be in vain and she would be hungry at night. She didn't believe that she couldn't handle this lady boss.

Just as Nan Tao was thinking about how to convince the proprietress, a woman in her sixties walked in with a snakeskin bag in her hand.

The eldest sister smiled and said, "Madam, you have guests here."

The proprietress hurried forward to greet him, "Who are you? You're here to sell junk."

The elder sister handed the snakeskin bag to the lady boss and said, "Please weigh them for me and tell me how much they can be sold for."

The boss lady: "The price is the same as before. Put it on the weighing scale."

Not long after the eldest sister put the things away, the proprietress calculated the price.

"Sixty-eight and eighty cents, I'll scan your code"

The eldest sister smiled and said, "Okay."

Nan Tao frowned. This older sister had much less stuff than she did, so why did the boss lady accept all of it? She must be targeting her on purpose.

"Madam, please help me check how much these are worth."

The lady boss said: "Why are you so stubborn? I told you I won't take your money. Please stop getting in the way."

Nan Tao: "This elder sister has so much less than me, and you accepted her, why don't you accept mine?"

The lady boss said: "She is my old customer. She often comes to me to sell her scraps. How can she be like you? Stop messing around here. I won't accept your goods. Go somewhere else."

Nan Tao pretended to be wronged, her watery almond eyes made people feel sympathy: "Madam, other places are too far away, and it's almost dark. It's too late for you to ask me to go to other places. I need money urgently. Please be kind and take it. You won't suffer any loss. At most, you can give me a lower price."

The proprietress was indifferent.

The eldest sister's heart softened after hearing this. She smiled at Nan Tao and said, "Don't worry, I'll help you persuade them." Then she said to the proprietress, "The mother and son must be short of money. It doesn't matter whose garbage you collect. When doing business, don't think the money is too little and you don't make any money. If you keep going like this, what will you do if no one comes to your shop anymore? Money always accumulates little by little."

The lady boss was so embarrassed that she said that she usually did not collect garbage worth less than 100 yuan. This lady did this because she was very prestigious in the nearby community and knew so many old men. She collected the garbage even though the lady sold little, mainly out of favor so that the lady could help promote her.

Fearing that this would leave a negative impression in front of the elder sister and affect her future business, the lady boss reluctantly agreed, "Okay, for the sake of the elder sister, I'll take it from you this time."

Nan Tao was happy and quickly thanked her elder sister.

The eldest sister waved her hand and took the money handed over by the boss lady, "You're welcome, it's just a small favor."

Nan Tao placed the bag on the spot where the elder sister had weighed it and asked, "Madam, how much is it?"

The proprietress calculated and said, "Eighty-two, scan the code."

Nan Tao frowned: "That's not right, mine is obviously much heavier than the one my elder sister just had, why is it only this heavy?"

The lady boss raised her eyelids and said with a fake smile, "If you want to sell it, then don't sell it."

Nan Tao: "I can sell these for at least 100, but you only gave me 82. Isn't that too little? People shouldn't be so unscrupulous when doing business."

The lady boss slammed the calculator on the table and said, "I can accept it because of my elder sister's face. If you are not happy, just get out and don't affect my business here."

Nan Tao pursed her lips, her bright almond eyes were stained with an indelible dark ink. Even a clay figure has some personality, let alone her. If it wasn't for the sake of completing the mission, who would be willing to suffer this injustice.

Nan Tao sneered: "I think the elder sister has just left. Maybe if I catch up with her now, I can have a chat with her."

The proprietress' eyes widened, "You...!"

Nan Tao smiled and said, "What do you mean by 'I'? I won't sell it. Come on, son, let's go talk to my elder sister. Maybe we can make her happy and ask her to come over to sell it. Then the price will be much higher than this."

As she spoke, Nan Tao grabbed the woven bag in one hand and walked away holding Yu Ze's hand with the other.

The lady boss stamped her feet in anger and quickly called out, "Alright, alright, I can't get past you, don't leave, let's talk it over."

Nan Tao stopped when she saw that she was ahead, turned around, and looked at the proprietress with a smile: "Isn't that right? We can discuss things if we have something to discuss. Why do we have to make things so unhappy?"

The proprietress glared at Nan Tao fiercely and said aggrievedly, "Tell me, how much is it?"

Nan Tao: "I am a very honest person and I never do anything shady. You should give me the normal price and don't try to take advantage of me. It's not easy for me to pick up these scraps. I worked hard all afternoon. If you give me an unfair price, I will advertise it around here so that the neighbors can see how you do business and bully others."

The proprietress's face turned pale and blue at the ridicule. "I'm afraid of you. The total is one hundred and three dollars and sixty cents."

Nan Tao was happy in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face. She said calmly, "Really?"

The boss lady said: "I swear to God, I didn't deduct a penny from you."

Nan Tao laughed: "Who said eighty-two just now?"

The lady boss blushed and said in frustration: "Okay, take out your phone and I'll scan your code."

Nan Tao had a headache. The production team had confiscated their cell phones to prevent them from cheating. "I don't have a cell phone. Give me cash."

The lady boss said: "What era is this? You don't even have a cell phone? Are you so poor? No wonder you bring your son out to pick up trash."

Nan Tao: "...Just give me cash anyway."

The proprietress was very angry and wanted to send the man away quickly to avoid having a stroke. She opened the drawer and took out some change.

After counting the money in my hand, I found that I didn't have enough change. The lady boss frowned so hard that she could pinch a fly to death. "There's not enough money. I'm going to the supermarket next door to change some money. You guys wait here for me."

As he was speaking, another person came in from outside.

The boss lady called out, "Son, you're back. Help mom to change money at the supermarket next door."

"Are you sick? I just came back and I'm exhausted. If you want to go, go by yourself. Don't call me."

Nan Tao looked over. The boy who was talking was not tall, only reaching her neck, but he was very fat, about four times as wide as her. He had dyed blond hair and looked like a gangster. Most importantly, he was ugly, with fat all over his face, and his facial features were squeezed so hard that they were invisible.

The lady boss was not angry at all. She looked at her son with a doting look on her face. "Did you just get back from school? How are you doing in school recently? Are your teachers treating you well? You kid, you didn't even let your mom go to your school to check on you."

The boy said impatiently, "Why are you going? You're a junky seller and you're embarrassing me." After saying that, he slammed the door.

The proprietress looked embarrassed and explained to Nan Tao, "My son is not like this usually, he is very filial. I guess he didn't get along well with his classmates in school because the school just started these few days. Let me tell you, my son's grades are very good. He was always among the top students in the whole grade in junior high school. This high school entrance examination brought honor to our Wang family. He was admitted to the best high school in our county, No. 1 High School. All our relatives are jealous of our son. He has brought honor to our family."

After hearing this, Nan Tao still felt unconvinced. The gangster looked like a bad boy, and he didn't look like someone with good grades. She looked at the smiling boss lady, and she didn't know what to say. What if the boss lady's son really had good grades?

Just as she was thinking about it, Nan Tao suddenly heard her son's inner voice and her eyes widened immediately.

[Tong, you said her son is a poor student? The test scores and rankings and the acceptance letter are all fake? ]

[She also cheated her mother out of money and spent all her tuition and living expenses before returning? ]

[What? Her son still...]

After listening to this, Nan Tao looked at the proprietress with sympathy.

[It's so pitiful. Seeing how proud the lady boss is, it's hard to say that her son is a poor student.]

[If I had raised a son like this, I would probably vomit blood. I would forge an admission letter and pretend that he was admitted to high school, and cheat him out of tuition and living expenses. I would only come back when all the money was gone.]

[This is such a bad character. He looks down on his mother for selling junk and cheating her out of her money. ]

When netizens saw the live broadcast, the message "Have you eaten melons today?" popped up on the screen and many of them spoke out.

[Oh my god, is this true?]

[Earlier I was angry for Taozi and wanted to give the lady boss a slap in the face. Now I feel relieved. The son she was so proud of turned out to be a poor student. Hahaha.]

[Like mother, like son. Wasn't she too harsh on Taozi just now?]

[Don't you all wonder "Have you eaten melon today?"]

[I have doubted it, but I have experienced it too many times and my face is swollen from being slapped. The facts tell us that what "Have you eaten melon today" said is true. 】

["Have you eaten melon today?" is too scary. Why does this person know everything? Is he a devil? ]

[You don’t have to be that scared. The country now advocates science. Don’t believe in superstition.]

[What is there to be afraid of? I saw this fat yellow-haired guy earlier. I can tell from his face that he is a poor student.]

Nan Tao didn't realize that her complaints in her heart had once again sparked a heated discussion on the Internet. She was still looking at the proprietress with sympathy, shaking her head and clicking her tongue.

The lady boss's scalp was numb and her hair stood on end when she was stared at. "Are you looking at me?"