Lai Meiqi squatted down in front of the little boy, patted his head and asked, "Xiao Jun, what do you want to eat?"
He glanced at his grandmother, bit his lower lip, and said, "Thank you, sister, but I don't like snacks."
Her nose tingled, and she patted his shoulder: "I know, I understand."
Luo Shimiao asked Lin Mai to call a driver to take them to town.
Gu Nian sat down next to Luo Shimiao with Luo Luo in his arms. Thinking of what she had just said, he said, "Go ahead and buy whatever you want. Give me the money."
"I have money too."
Luo Luo took out the egg and played with it, her big eyes sparkling: "I have money too!"
"How much money do you have?" Lai Meiqi leaned forward and looked at her.
She placed the egg in Gu Nian's hand, carefully counting on her fingers, then looked up and said, "I don't know."
Luo Shimiao pinched her chin, a glint of shrewdness flashing in her eyes: "Luo Luo, you also want to buy a gift for that brother, right?"
"A gift?" She tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said, "Yes."
"So what gift do you want to give?"
"Buy candy."
"Okay, you give your aunt 100,000 yuan, and I'll buy it for you, alright?"
Luo Luo nodded heavily: "Okay."
"One hundred thousand?" Yao Bin raised his voice, a hint of surprise in his tone: "Luo Luo is only one year old and she already has so much New Year's money?"
Luo Shimiao crossed her legs and leaned lazily against the back of the chair: "Don't let her small stature fool you, she's actually a little rich woman."
Lai Meiqi complained, "You're so ruthless! How could you bear to hurt a one-year-old baby like that?"
“She’s ripped me off quite a bit.” She changed the subject: “Let’s not talk about that for now, let’s talk about how to help Xiaojun’s family.”
"He bought shoes and clothes, but his shoes were all worn out."
"We also need to buy furniture and appliances." Yao Bin recalled the cramped living room, which didn't even have a soft stool. "I forgot to check the rooms. Never mind, I'll replace everything with new ones. I'll take care of all of this, so don't try to take it from me."
Luo Shimiao: "Um...you've already covered everything, what do I need to buy?"
Gu Nian reminded him, "The house."
"Oh right, then I'll build houses for them."
Half an hour later, in Nalin Town.
Lai Meiqi pushed open a children's clothing store: "Clothes are easy to buy, but I don't know what size shoes Xiaojun wears."
Upon hearing her words, the proprietress greeted her with a smile: "How old is the child? Boy or girl?"
"Boy, a little over 4 years old."
"Boys of this age usually wear size 28 shoes."
"Thank you, ma'am." Lai Meiqi took a khaki tracksuit from the display shelf and asked, "How much is this set?"
The proprietress's gaze swept over them; each of them was fair-skinned and delicate-looking, probably from the city.
"It's not expensive, I'll give you a discount, it's 388 yuan."
"I'll take this set. Could you get me a size suitable for a four-year-old?" Lai Meiqi hung the clothes back up. "Could you give me a discount if I buy a few more sets?"
Upon hearing this, the proprietress looked at her as if she were a money tree and said, "Okay, you choose first, I'll definitely give you the best price."
Luo Shimiao stepped forward, touched the fabric, chuckled, and shook her head: "Boss lady, how much did you just say this outfit cost?"
"The discounted price is 388, the original price is 428. I'm giving you a discount of 40 yuan. If it were someone else, I would only give them 10 yuan less."
Lai Meiqi smiled and said, "Thank you, boss lady. I'll definitely buy a few more sets if there are any that suit me."
"Okay, okay."
"Would you sell it for 118 yuan?"
Lai Meiqi's eyes widened. Holy crap! That was a really brutal cut, it was a direct severing of a major artery!
The proprietress snapped out of her daze, clutching her chest, and exclaimed, "Beautiful lady, you're not just bargaining, you're trying to kill me!"
"388 is really the minimum; we can't recoup the cost even if we sell 118 copies."
Luo Shimiao turned the clothes inside out and found three or four loose threads stuck to them: "A 388 dress requires you to pick up the loose threads yourself? And the stitching, was it sewn by a factory worker who was drunk?"
Gu Nian leaned over for a look, a smile appearing between his brows: "This isn't a straight line, it's a winding mountain road."
"It's normal for clothes to have loose threads. I'll cut them off now." The shop owner walked quickly to the cashier, took out a small pair of scissors from the drawer, and cut off all the loose threads on the clothes.
She looked at the small wad of thread in her hand, her eyes flashing: "I'll tell you the real price, 288, that's really the lowest I can go."
Lai Meiqi rolled her eyes and realized that she had been taken advantage of.
Luo Shimiao crossed his arms and said without changing his expression, "108. If you don't sell it, we'll buy it from another store."
"It's indispensable, it's indispensable."
"Meiqi, let's go. How many outfits did you say you wanted to buy for Xiaojun?" She took Lai Meiqi's hand and walked towards the door without hesitation.
"Seven or eight sets, but I don't necessarily buy every one I like. I also need to match each set with a pair of shoes."
The proprietress overheard their conversation, chased after them, and pulled them back: "I'll sell it to you for 118."
Luo Shimiao brushed her hand away, a confident smile playing on his lips: "108."
She gritted her teeth: "Sell, sell, sell! If I ever run into a customer like you, how am I supposed to keep this little shop running?"
"Boss lady, I've already shown mercy."
Yao Bin gave a thumbs up: "Awesome! If I had this kind of bargaining ability, I wouldn't have spent a thousand yuan on a gourd last year."
Little Green asked curiously, "What kind of gourd is so expensive?"
"The Purple Gold Gourd, the same style as that of Laozi."
You actually believe that?
"I was a little dazed from filming all night that day, and the boss brainwashed me into buying it."
Luo Shimiao: "You two are really a good match, don't you really want to give it a try?"
Lai Meiqi said, both amused and exasperated, "If we really got together, wouldn't we get ripped off when we went shopping? I'd better find someone smarter."
"Meiqi, just keep what you want to say to yourself. Don't say it out loud and hurt me."
I bought four sets at this store, and then bought five more sets at a nearby children's clothing store.
Yao Bin, his hands laden with bags, sighed, "I should have called Xiao Wang." A sudden idea struck him, and he ran ahead of them, saying, "We have a lot to buy, why don't we hire a few people to help us carry it?"
Lai Meiqi raised a delicate eyebrow: "This isn't Kyoto, where are we going to hire people?"
"Hiring people is too high-profile." Luo Shimiao put his hands on his hips and looked around the shops on both sides.
“We’re not going to keep a low profile now.” Gu Nian stared straight ahead expressionlessly. “Miao Miao, do you know where I can find a mask to buy me one.”
She looked at Luo Luo sitting on Gu Nian's shoulders. The little guy was waving his arms and legs, waving to passersby from time to time, attracting many people to take pictures, and his head turned to look at him 200%.
"Luo Luo, tone it down a bit!"
Luo Luo buried her face in the top of Gu Nian's head and pouted, "Oh, oh."
Luo Shimiao glanced at the leather bag store in front of her and her face lit up with joy: "Buy the largest size suitcase, throw the stuff in, and then we won't have to carry it."
"How could I not have thought of that?" Yao Bin also saw the store and ran over carrying a bunch of shopping bags.
She watched his retreating figure and laughed, "Meiqi, do you know what I thought of when I saw his running style?"
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