The stall owner, having tried his best to sell, let out a sigh of relief upon hearing Su Xiaotian’s words.
“You have a good eye, little lady. Alright, I won’t make money off you. Eighty-five yuan, and you can take it!”
Su Xiaotian snorted inwardly. Who would fall for this, except for silly Brother Seven?
“A little cheaper, boss. Look, we’re all young and surely don’t have that much money.” Su Xiaotian continued to feign great admiration for the dress.
The boss listened, feeling a bit disbelieving.
These children didn’t look like they lacked money.
But after considering his asking price, he thought perhaps they genuinely didn’t have the funds.
After all, eighty or ninety yuan was nearly two months’ wages for a worker.
“Then you can pool your money together. If you have enough, I’ll sell it at a loss just to drum up business, and give it to you cheaply.” The boss put on a look of being taken advantage of, gritting his teeth as he spoke.
Su Xiaotian held out one hand, then withdrew her thumb.
The boss’s heart leaped when he saw Su Xiaotian hold out a hand, but he couldn’t help but feel a pang of sympathy as she retracted a finger.
He quickly shook his head and said, “Little lady, fifty yuan. It can’t be any cheaper. This is purely because you are children.”
Since the little lady could hold out a hand, it proved she had that much money.
He calculated that even if he sold this dress for forty yuan, he would be making a huge profit compared to not selling anything all day.
Su Xiaotian heard the boss’s words and smiled sweetly, saying, “Boss, you’re not quite right.”
The boss blinked and asked, “What’s not right about what I said?”
“I mean, four yuan!” Su Xiaotian said leisurely.
When she said this, it wasn’t just the boss who was startled; even Su Xiaotian’s other brothers were taken aback.
The asking price was ninety-five, and their little sister countered with four yuan. She was truly ruthless!
Su Xiaoqi was about to say something when Su Xiaoliu stopped him.
This silly younger brother still couldn’t see?
Su Xiaoliu had also realized that the dress was indeed cheap, made with the lowest quality fabric and craftsmanship. Four yuan was low, but not entirely outrageous.
The boss’s face turned red with anger.
Were these brats playing him for a fool?
Four yuan, weren’t they trying to rob him?
Perhaps it was because he had said it so many times, but the boss himself felt that eighty or ninety yuan was a reasonable price for this dress, completely forgetting that the actual cost of the dress was indeed four yuan.
“You…”
The boss was so angry he could barely speak.
Did this damned girl intend to anger him to death and inherit his stall?
“Boss, you said we should pool our money together. This is all we have!” Su Xiaotian said with a grin.
“Earlier, he said he only brought ten yuan with him when he left the house. How did it become four yuan when it got to you?”
The boss still remembered that.
Su Xiaotian said with a smile, “Boss, look at what we’re holding. Isn’t this money?”
After speaking, Su Xiaotian skillfully gave the boss a look, as if to say, ‘Boss, how can you be so foolish!’
The boss: “…”
“No, no, four yuan is too little. I’ll lose too much!”
“Boss, four yuan is just the cost price. If I’m not mistaken, you didn’t get this dress from Rongcheng, but from the outskirts of the capital.”
Hearing Su Xiaotian’s words, the boss looked at her in shock.
How did this little girl know?
All the clothes on his stall were sourced from a warehouse in the suburbs, all of them imitations.
There were several small processing factories in the suburbs that specialized in producing imitations from Rongcheng. They looked similar but were much cheaper.
Most people wouldn’t know, but why did this little girl know so much?
“Boss, being too greedy will lead to trouble!”
Su Xiaotian lectured the much older stall owner with a serious tone.
For a single piece of clothing like this, even charging ten yuan would be profitable. He was asking for eighty or ninety yuan, intending to get rich quick?
“Are you here to smash my stall?” The boss instinctively felt that this little girl was deliberately causing trouble for him.
Children this age were usually in junior high school. How could they know so much?
Someone must have taught her.
“Who sent you?”
As the young boss asked, he glanced around.
“Don’t think too much of it. I just happened to recognize it. I’ve been to Rongcheng several times and am very familiar with their clothing market.”
The boss clearly didn’t believe that a little girl would have been to the clothing market in Rongcheng. Who was she trying to fool?
Doing business at such a young age? Might as well say a newborn baby can walk.
“Clothes of this quality can be found in Rongcheng too, for three to four yuan each. Even if the price in the capital is slightly higher, it shouldn’t exceed five yuan!”
When Su Xiaotian said these words, the young boss was utterly speechless. Could it be true? Had he encountered a competitor today?
It wasn’t impossible. Looking at the clothes these children were wearing, they seemed to be the latest styles from Rongcheng.
Such clothes were selling very quickly in the capital now.
Today was truly unlucky.
“So your family is also in the clothing business. Since we’re in the same trade, you should leave quickly and stop causing trouble here.”
“Boss, in business, honesty is paramount. As the ancient saying goes, a gentleman loves wealth and acquires it righteously. You see us as children, and my brother is a bit silly, so you want to make a huge profit. While this might bring you money in the short term, it’s not a sustainable path.”
Su Xiaotian looked at the young boss with her clear eyes, her tone full of sincerity.
The young boss was surprised to hear such words from a mere child, and was momentarily taken aback.
A gentleman loves wealth and acquires it righteously, is that really true?
But if he only earned a few yuan a day, when would he ever get rich?
Seeing the young boss lost in thought, Su Xiaotian prepared to leave.
“Little lady, wait a moment. Why would you say that?”
Su Xiaotian hadn’t expected the young boss, who was deep in thought, to suddenly call out to her and ask a question.
“You were planning to trick us today because you thought we were young. If we had bought it at a high price and taken it home, wouldn’t our parents have come looking for you? Smashing your stall would be the least of it!”
Seeing that the young boss’s attitude was relatively good and he wasn’t enraged by her actions, Su Xiaotian became a bit more patient.
“You’ll surely say that by the time our family members arrive, you’ll have already moved your stall elsewhere, or even gone home. After all, you’ve made enough today by selling four or five yuan clothes for eighty or ninety.”
“But have you considered this? You can move your stall from here today to another place tomorrow to avoid trouble. But, have you considered this? Can you stay at this stall forever?”