The Beginning of Troubled Times Volume 43 Buying a Bow
Su Jingchen walked out of the small door, spared for a long time, and finally found a shop that sold weapons, all kinds of weapons were stacked together at random, the boss was standing outside the shop and bragging and chatting with the workers on the dock, Su Jingchen walked over, looked down and looked at the intertwined weapons, most of them were knives and swords, and a few halberd weapons leaning against the corner, which were covered with ash.
Su Jingchen's hand rubbed lightly on those cold swords, and he looked like an expert as he walked, the boss saw this, didn't continue to chat, turned around and walked to Su Jingchen's side, and asked him, "What, son, do you want to buy weapons?" ”
Su Jingchen raised his head and smiled, "Just take a look." ”
"Then the boy will just take a look." The boss also laughed, these weapons are actually defective, people who know a little about weapons will not buy them when they see them, just put them here, and wait for some big heads to come, and they can sell one piece, which is also the reason why things are cheap in Qingpu Port, cheap, and generally there are no good goods.
The boss leaned on the door frame on the side, put his hands around his chest, yawned, and watched Su Jingchen choose weapons, Qingpu Port is mixed here, and there are many people who do those petty thefts, although it is said that unless the head is kicked by a donkey, no one will come to steal the weapon shop, but after so many years of business, this burly boss knows that it is always good to have multiple hearts.
"This son, the weapons sold in my store are of the highest quality," the boss picked up a sword casually, waved it twice at will, and said with a blushing face and a heartbeat, "Look at this sword, the system is exquisite, hold it in your hand, or carry it on your back, it is definitely a beautiful decoration, you look at the hilt of this sword, the side is inlaid with gold wire, adding a luxurious atmosphere to the sword, if you tie a sword spike in the back, it will be perfect!" Coupled with your romantic appearance, tsk tsk, the little girl in Huaiyang City saw you and couldn't walk. ”
Su Jingchen smiled and listened to the boss's compliments, raised his head and looked at the boss and said, "Boss, why are you scolding." ”
"Huh?" The boss scratched his head, and said in his heart that could it be that the show talent of the dog day lied to himself again? These words were all learned from him, plus some of his own polish, and he also said that when those sons and brothers heard it, they would be willing to pay for a sword.
"The word merry, you can't say it with your appearance, if you want to do it again next time, you can say, 'plus Gongzi, you are long and suave', and there may be more people who buy swords." Su Jingchen lowered his head to look at those weapons again, and said with a smile, "Also, the sword you are holding is rusty." ”
The boss sneered, threw the sword back into the distance, smiled and scratched his head, and said, "Okay! I remember, Childe, if you fancy any weapon, I'll give you a discount! ”
"Then thank you boss first."
"You're welcome, you're welcome." The boss waved his hand, and said in his heart that the things that were put here were all bargains anyway, and I would give you a 5% discount, wouldn't it delay me to make money?
Su Jingchen finished reading the outside, and suddenly asked, "Boss, can I go inside and have a look?" ”
"Look at it," said the boss, leaning against the doorframe, "and the stuff inside isn't cheap." ”
Su Jingchen snorted, "I'll just take a look." ”
He walked sideways through the small aisle, walked inside and carefully examined the gorgeous weapons, and admired them lightly from time to time, but never touched them, and the things placed on the weapon rack inside were wiped clean, and it could be seen that they had been carefully maintained by the boss.
"Hey, Childe!" The boss suddenly called Su Jingchen.
"What's wrong?" Su Jingchen looked back with a puzzled expression.
"The sword you have in your hand has a great history." The boss said with a serious face.
Su Jingchen smiled, stood in front of the sword, and looked at it carefully, "What is the origin, tell me about it." ”
The boss walked in quickly from another fellow road, stopped next to Su Jingchen, and said loudly, "I heard that this sword, back then, was under the hands of an old general, the old general fought with those barbarians in the north, I don't know how many barbarians were cut off with this sword, but later the old general's family fell into the middle of the road, and this sword was sold by his descendants and came to me, this is the treasure of the town store in my store!" If Childe wants it, for the sake of us being so familiar, I'll give you a nine-percent discount! ”
"Huh? Isn't it still 50% off just now? Su Jingchen forced a smile, planning to see how this boss would blow it.
"That's the ones on the outside," the boss smiled awkwardly, "and the inside can't be discounted." ”
"It's okay, it's okay," Su Jingchen patted the boss on the shoulder, "I don't buy your treasure of the town store, if I buy your store, how will I open it?" ”
I knew that his mother would still give him a little more discount, and the boss felt sorry, if he sold it, it would not be in vain that Lao Tzu had been maintaining this sword for so long, and he made up such a good story, but it's a pity.
"I'll see." Su Jingchen walked straight past the boss and went to look at the other weapons.
The boss followed behind Su Jingchen, adding oil and vinegar from time to time, and the discount was also stronger, as if he decided that Su Jingchen would definitely buy a weapon here today and be a big wrongdoer, so the boss was very hard at selling today.
Su Jingchen looked at it so seriously, the boss always thought that the weapon he was looking at was what he wanted to buy, but Su Jingchen always patiently listened to the boss's introduction, and then smiled and said to take a look, which made the boss a little crazy, and after talking for so long, his mouth was also a little dry, so he said to Su Jingchen, "Childe looks at it first, I'll go drink saliva." ”
Su Jingchen nodded, turned around, and suddenly there was a gentle sound under his feet, he lowered his head, his eyes lit up, grabbed the dirty bow over there, held it up and asked the boss, "Boss, how do you sell this bow?" ”
The boss drank the water, turned his head and glanced at it casually, and said vaguely, "If Childe likes it, I will sell you two silver leaves." ”
"Didn't you say a 50% discount?" Su Jingchen asked with a smile.
"Okay, okay, that's one." The boss put down the water scoop and walked to Su Jingchen's side.
Su Jingchen quickly took out a silver leaf from the money bag and gave it to the boss, who put it in the palm of his hand and put the money away.
"Boss, do you have any arrows? The kind that I shot. Su Jingchen turned his head to look around, as if he had not found any trace of the arrow.
"Yes, but in the back," the boss suddenly stretched out his hand to Su Jingchen, "Give me the bow first, and I'll wipe it for you, otherwise it won't look good if you take it out." ”
Su Jingchen nodded, handed the bow over, and the boss pulled out a piece of cloth of unrecognizable original color from the pile of weapons to wipe the dust and stains on the bow.
Fortunately, it was finally sold, a silver leaf, it was a small profit, no loss, no loss, thinking about it, the boss laughed, Su Jingchen saw this, took two steps back, and opened the distance with the boss.
But rubbing and wiping, the boss's face became more and more ugly, the expression on his face was like stepping on dog shit, he wiped off the stain on the bow, and the word "Yan" slowly appeared on it, he had heard of this kind of bow, it was a standard bow used by the archers of a certain army in Xiliang, the production was extremely complicated, and because it was extremely difficult to pull it apart, the circulation range was very small, and he didn't know when he had a bow like this on his side, according to his style of doing business, how could this bow have to be sold for seven or eight silver leaves to be suitable.
He turned his head and cried with a sad face, "Childe, how about discussing something with you?" ”
"Tell me about it." Su Jingchen smiled.
"Why don't you give me some money? This bow only sold for one silver leaf, and I lost my money. ”
Su Jingchen shook his head and said earnestly, "You have to pay attention to honesty in business, boss." ”
"Then I won't sell this bow, the money will be returned to you, and you can choose any sword outside, I will give it to you, okay?" The boss asked tentatively.
Su Jingchen still shook his head, "Those swords outside you are not enough to be defective, it's okay to use them as decorations, if you really use them as weapons, maybe they will be cut off with one sword, and I am about to travel far away, if I meet mountain bandits outside, you will kill me like this." ”
"Then I won't sell this bow!" The boss held the bow in his arms and said viciously, "It's a big deal to refund you more money." ”
"Boss, you are like this, maybe tomorrow there will be a rumor in Huaiyang City, there is a weapon shop in Qingpu Port, specializing in selling those defective weapons, and the sale is still very expensive, and it is not honest to do business, don't say that there are no customers, maybe your shop will be closed by the Chamber of Commerce," Su Jingchen shook his head with a regretful face, "This is more than worth the loss." ”
"Then you can add more money to me......" The boss looked aggrieved, looking like he was about to cry.
"Didn't you just say that you have to be honest in doing business." Su Jingchen patted the boss on the shoulder and pulled the bow into his arms, "Take the arrow, boss." ”
The boss had no choice but to walk into the inner room dejectedly, and took out a large quiver, which was stuffed with at least fifty or sixty arrows, and it was not even easy to take it out, he threw the quiver onto the weapon board, and said angrily, "Fifty arrows, one silver leaf." ”
Su Jingchen lowered his head and carefully tapped the number of arrows, which was not much different from what the boss said, he smiled and took out another silver leaf from the money bag, handed it to the boss, and said, "Fifty arrows are a little expensive, but after all, if you buy a good bow here, you will make more money." ”
After speaking, Su Jingchen put the quiver and bow behind his back and waved at the boss, "Let's go, thank you, boss." ”
The boss looked at the direction that Su Jingchen left, suddenly scolded, kicked the board where the weapon was placed, and then squatted on the ground and covered his feet and shouted, the boss's friends outside the door couldn't help laughing, what, this ghostly Lao Li will also be pitted?
Su Jingchen walked out of the store, it was late, only a touch of afterglow on the horizon, the mountains and clouds over there were reflected in red, there were few clouds in the sky, the outline of the stars and the moon was vaguely visible, the lights in Huaiyang City were also lit up one after another, some places gradually became deserted, and some places began to be lively, Su Jingchen carried a bow behind his back, and a heavy quiver, holding a crude rag doll in his hand, in the afterglow of the sun and the moonlight and starlight, slowly walked towards the small courtyard of Aquarius Lane.