Chapter 41: A War Caused by a Pair of Earrings
"Originally, this pair of earrings was one of the treasures of the town store of the store" Taifeng Pavilion, but today in order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the opening of the big reward and give back to the love of new and old customers, this pair of earrings that were originally priced at 380 red silver coins are now not sold for 380, 208, or 18......"
"How much do you sell? You just want to break your head, and you can't guess it, I believe no one present can guess, what did you say about this beauty?"
The one who shouted "thirty-eight" in the crowd was a middle-aged woman with heavy makeup, who immediately showed a smug look of "I guessed right".
The old shopkeeper Xi said with a playful smile on his face: "I'm sorry, you guessed wrong about this noble lady, it doesn't sell for thirty-eight, because it doesn't cost money at all." ”
He faced everyone and said with great certainty: "It is the prize of today's lottery, but it is obtained by luck, and it doesn't cost a penny." ”
"Oh, don't want money?" the crowd screamed for the third time.
What does this mean?
"Yes, from now on, anyone who buys jewelry in our store and buys more than 100 copper coins will receive a raffle ticket and have a chance to participate in our lucky draw today. The final draw is set for mid-afternoon, and now I announce that the purchase will begin!"
The shopkeeper Xi's voice was not loud, but it caused a great response, and he was listening to the women's expressions, and immediately began to go almost crazy.
"Rush!"
Countless girls, aunts and aunts began to rush into the store, choosing the jewelry they needed or didn't need, and their purpose was clear:
Spend more than 100 copper coins of the Red Kingdom, and then gamble on your luck today.
Even if this luck is only one thousandth, but as long as there is hope, you must gamble, not to mention that it is a woman's nature to love to buy, even if you don't have the pair of earrings in Bozhong, you won't suffer if you buy some jewelry back, right?
Shopkeeper Xi squinted his eyes, looking at this hot scene, and couldn't close his mouth with a smile.
This marketing method of "wanting to catch and indulge" is really tried and tested.
After all, I didn't sell it shrewdly, in fact, the real value of this pair of gold-swallowing cicada earrings was only twenty red silver coins, and it was not Lu Er's master who made it, but a disciple in Lu Gongmen.
However, as long as he doesn't say this kind of thing, Second Master Lu will never know about it, and even if he does, it is just that his disciples are inappropriate, and what does it have to do with him Xi Shopkeeper.
This wave of panic buying frenzy is estimated to last until mid-afternoon from now on, and it can reach thousands of people, and most of the jewelry in the store is basically not less than 100 copper coins.
After such an event, according to the gross profit of half of the jewelry in the store, how can you earn more than 500 red silver coins.
If you are lucky, even if it is thousands of silver coins, it is probably not a big problem.
As expected by the shopkeeper Xi, this rush to buy has not subsided, and one spread ten, ten spread hundreds, by the afternoon, it had reached more than 1,300 people, plus those unlucky guys who accompanied their wives and lovers, more than 1,500 people gathered at the scene.
The long-awaited Yin Shi finally arrived as scheduled, and people were all looking forward to it.
At the moment when the lottery was announced, not to mention the temporary stage built by Taifeng Pavilion, even the street next to it had been crowded.
Countless people stretched their necks and waited for the results of the lottery, and who would spend this pair of gold-swallowing cicada earrings suddenly became the focus of everyone's attention.
Shopkeeper Xi directly made a cameo appearance as another host, and said enthusiastically:
"In order to ensure the absolute fairness and openness of this event, we specially invited Mr. Lin Zhongyue, the deputy mayor of Dongshan Town, to draw the winners of this award. ”
With his introduction, a middle-aged man with a big belly came to the stage with a smile.
He took out a sub-ticket from the lottery box very closely, then unfolded it with a smile, cleared his throat and said:
"Now I declare that the recipient of the Golden Swallowing Cicada Earring is the four hundredth ......."
There was a sudden voice of regret in the crowd, because except for the person with the number starting with four hundred, all the other numbers had lost hope.
"Four hundred, sixty...... Number Seven. ”
In addition to countless lamentations, a brief silence began. Some people can't help but look around to see who the lucky one really is.
"Oh my God, my number is four hundred and sixty-seven!"
There was a young girl in the crowd who suddenly let out a cry of surprise, and then desperately covered her mouth, as if a heart was about to jump out of her chest.
She was dressed in a coarse linen red cotton jacket, her face was flushed, and she held a lottery ticket in her hand, as if she couldn't believe her eyes.
And beside her, there was an old man with a stiff hat, who was standing a little half-stunned, feeling a little overwhelmed.
"Wha," the big-eyed girl in the red jacket couldn't help but laugh happily at the moment.
She held up the lottery ticket in one hand, and proudly showed off to the old man:
"Hmph, just now grandpa, what did you say about me, spending money indiscriminately? disobedient? and said that if I can win, you will go home to cook and wash clothes, haha, now you are embarrassed. ”
The old man looked at the girl a little speechlessly, but he said in his mouth: "Won the lottery? Fortunately, I haven't dug the sweet potatoes in vain in the past few days." ”
The eyes of everyone present were a little strange, and they couldn't imagine that the final winner of this pair of cicada crystal earrings was actually such a rustic country girl.
is the so-called pearl secret investment, this pair of cicada crystal earrings that swallow golden cicadas, it seems that they have not met their owners.
Imagine a country girl, dealing with crops, yellow mud, grass chickens and cattle all day long, what is possible to bring the dazzling effect of this pair of earrings to the fullest!
Of course, more people are still full of envy.
People's luck is elusive, and seeing that this pair of earrings has a final destination, everyone has to leave dejectedly, at most complaining in their hearts about their bad luck.
Shopkeeper Xi also had a faint disappointment in his heart.
If this earring is obtained by a young lady from a large family, then presumably there will be one more big customer in the future "Taifeng Pavilion," but now it is actually taken away by a country girl, which is indeed a bit of a pearl.
However, since the rules have been set, they naturally cannot be easily changed, so he forced himself to smile and asked the girl to come to the stage to accept the award.
The local girl rushed to the stage with cheers, and took the earrings from the shopkeeper Xi with great joy.
"Wait!"
In the crowd that was slowly leaving, a cold voice suddenly sounded.
Immediately, several sword-bearing disciples from the outer gate, surrounded by a tall and beautiful girl, strode up to the stage and walked directly to the side of the girl in the red jacket.
"I fancy these earrings, so I asked for them, and from now on, you now have two options. ”
The girl's face was as cold as ice, and she was looking at the girl in the red jacket coldly, her disdainful eyes were like looking at a beggar, and her tone was even more unquestionable:
"One choice is that you give me these earrings, and I will reward you with some money. Another option is that I will beat you up, snatch your earrings, and not give you a big son. ”
Suddenly, when the girl in the red jacket heard this, she was full of smiles and immediately stiffened on her face.
Who is this girl who suddenly appeared? She is so domineering, she wants to rob it directly!
She naturally didn't know that in the outer gate of Donglan Jiufeng, there must be only one girl who could be so arrogant and unreasonable.
This person is, naturally:
Lingyunmen's eldest lady, Cheng Chen'er.
......
The crowd of the lottery has not yet astigmatized, and when they saw that there was a lively scene to see, most of them actually stopped, stopped in place, and began to watch and point.
For them, not winning the lottery is secondary, and watching a lively show is obviously more exciting.
"What do you mean by that, are you threatening me?"
The poor country girl looked at Cheng Chen'er with doubts in her eyes, she didn't seem to feel scared and frightened, but she felt very puzzled.
Cheng Chen'er shrugged her shoulders and sneered, "What's the matter, isn't my threat obvious enough?"
"Please give me a reason, why do you want to rob me of something?" the girl was not to be outdone, but was a little-for-tat.
Cheng Chen'er was finally touched, and the girl in front of her, who had a serious local atmosphere, didn't seem to be so easy to compromise and give in.
"There is no reason, there is only one reason, and that is that Miss Ben has taken a fancy to these earrings. ”
With an aggressive glint in her eyes, she said, "You may be unlucky, because you are about to lose these earrings." Of course you're lucky, because you can ask for a little more coins, and if Miss Ben is happy, why not reward you more?"
In fact, Cheng Chener doesn't particularly like these earrings, but most of them are deliberate.
Seeing other girls in front of her, with such beautiful jewelry, especially if the other party is still a country girl, this is the most difficult for her to accept.
The minds of girls have always been the most difficult thing in the world to fathom.
"You're so good-looking. The girl in the red jacket said coldly.
This sentence is quite strange, but then her next sentence immediately turned the previous strange sentence into a completely tragic sentence:
"If you open your mouth, you want to rob other people's things, I really don't know how to be ashamed, do you really think that you are really so good-looking?"
"Stinky girl, you dare to scold me?"
Cheng Chen'er's face changed, her pretty face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and she raised her eyebrows and said, "Do you know who I am?"
A rustic chick in the countryside dared to insult her face-to-face, which really made her angry.
"Two girls, don't hurt the harmony, everyone belongs to the Donglan Sect, everything is easy to discuss. ”
The one who spoke was the shopkeeper of the "Taifeng Pavilion" jewelry store, and he was used to seeing the boring battles of these female customers on weekdays, and it was not the first time to deal with such a thing.
He first tried to persuade Cheng Chen'er and said: "This young lady, the store has already set the rules, this pair of earrings already belongs to this little girl, if you forcibly ask for it, it seems unreasonable......"
"Shut up, what Miss Ben said is the rule. ”
Cheng Chen'er sneered, ignoring his words of persuasion at all.