Chapter 8: Who Do You Think You Are, Some Big City Dude?

Su Chanzi was shocked.

“Who are you, lady?”

“You’re just talking nonsense here!”

Hearing Jiang Ning’s slightly contemptuous tone as she called him a “little kid,” he was so angry he almost laughed. He forced himself to calm down.

“Sis… alright, you’re the older sister, I’ll call you sis.”

He casually put his hands on his hips, his eyes unfriendly: “Sis, you should know, I’ve been around for years, you call me a little kid? Ha, you’re really something.”

Jiang Ning scoffed, her eyes sparkling even as she smiled.

She pretended to be disdainful: “I am something, but I don’t think you are. I need to take these things today, so find a cart for me to take them back. I won’t blame you for the loss this time.”

Su Chanzi: …

His head was spinning. This girl looked neat and pretty, but her brain seemed a little… off.

Did she know this was his territory? Coming here pretending to be some big city dude?

No wonder she was sisters with Jiang Mei.

Even if the girl was beautiful, Su Chanzi didn’t want to deal with her anymore. His face changed, and he was about to coldly chase her away, but then he heard her speak again.

“Xiao Su, don’t be so stubborn. Don’t think we don’t know what you’re doing. Passing off inferior goods as high quality, faking things…”

“That’s your way of making a living, it’s none of my business, I won’t tell anyone outside. But why did you do such a bad job for me this time? You should be careful, I can’t afford to lose this money.”

Su Chanzi’s brows tightened as he listened to her light words.

“What do you mean?” His voice instantly turned cold.

Jiang Ning glanced at him lazily, as if tired of standing, she found a stool and sat down, smiling slightly: “You’re still a young boy, what are you so nervous about? I know about your little business, don’t you? Who did you use to get in touch with me? You still don’t know?”

She looked at him lightly: “Your master’s surname is Tian, right?”

“…”

Su Chanzi was only nineteen now, compared to the later old businessman, he was much more naive at this time.

Jiang Ning saw his reaction and immediately changed her approach, deciding to bluff him.

She knew his master’s background from the story, and his master had long left this area and returned to his hometown. Perfect, she could use this to manipulate the still naive Su Chanzi, wouldn’t that be easy?

Su Chanzi was surprised. Did this Jiang Ning really know his master?

Didn’t her sister Jiang Mei get introduced through the accountant at the cotton mill?

But his master, Lao Tian, was a secret, few people knew about him. He had followed Lao Tian since he was ten, and later Lao Tian had some trouble and returned to his hometown to retire.

However… Su Chanzi’s expression was slightly strange.

Being called a “young boy” by a girl who looked younger than him, he felt a little stifled and annoyed.

Even if she knew his master, so what? He felt deep down that this girl was just an outsider, and he didn’t bother to say more.

However, glancing at the bright yellow figure, the words on his tongue turned into a cold humph:

“You can take all those things, but you won’t be able to sell them. Don’t blame me for not warning you.”

Jiang Ning followed his gaze to the pile of things in the corner, went over to take a look, frowned and said: “Really, I thought you had collected some good stuff, just this? Who would buy these things? I still need to pay off my debts!”

Her pretty face was full of disappointment and disgust, as if these broken things were too dirty for her to even look at on the road.

Seeing her like this, Su Chanzi snorted, his contempt deepening.

Jiang Ning brushed off the dust on her hands, too lazy to pick through it anymore, she stood up in self-abandonment: “Forget it, let you sell them, whatever you can get is what you get. Really, it was a waste of time coming all this way…”

Su Chanzi was speechless.

This city girl was really unpredictable, wasting his time.

Jiang Ning’s face was very unhappy, she pretended to finally leave, her eyes swept around casually, and finally she seemed to find something she liked in a corner of the yard, she excitedly picked it up:

“Hey, I think this little jade Buddha is good, the texture is smooth, it should be real, right?”

“What’s that saying? Men wear Guanyin, women wear Buddha. This should look good on me, wearing jade can bring peace.”

As she spoke, she was shining her eyes and wiping off the dust, holding it to her chest to try it on.

The jade Buddha she picked up wasn’t from her own pile of goods, Su Chanzi saw her randomly rummaging through things in the yard, he was about to get angry and stop her, but then he saw her just picking up a piece of low-quality jade carving of a little Buddha, and she was so happy as if she had found a treasure, the corner of his mouth twitched in speechless mockery.

“You say it’s real, then it’s real. Alright, I have something to do, go back, sister. I won’t argue with you today for my master’s sake, but don’t come again.”

Jiang Ning didn’t want to give up the jade Buddha: “Can you give this jade to me?”

Seeing Su Chanzi’s face change, she quickly said: “Don’t be so stingy, I really like it! How about this, you give me a price, I’ll buy it from you, okay?”

Su Chanzi was really convinced, but scamming was in his blood, he hesitated for two seconds, then stretched out a palm.

“How much? Five yuan?”

“…Girl, are you buying vegetables?” He laughed, “Friendship price, fifty!”

Jiang Ning widened her eyes in surprise: “You’re ripping me off? Fifty? This thing is worth at most fifteen! Don’t think I haven’t seen good things?”

Su Chanzi was really laughing in his heart, have you seen good things?

He frowned on the surface, hesitating:

“Don’t say I’m not being fair, for knowing my master, fifty is already my concession price, if you want it, I’m losing money, if you don’t, then forget it, anyway, I don’t want to sell this thing.”

Jiang Ning heard him say this, her eyes lit up even brighter, she was like a person who had been wronged, she insisted on bargaining with him, and finally she got the price down to twenty-five.

Su Chanzi’s tone was very reluctant, finally he agreed.

“Alright, I don’t have time to argue with you, consider yourself lucky, twenty-five it is! Oh, why did I meet you today? I’m losing big time!”

Jiang Ning had bargained down the price so much, she was relieved, she laughed: “It wasn’t a waste of time coming here after all, I got a bargain.”

She generously paid the money, but she felt it was a pity, she hesitated and curiously searched around: “Hey, Xiao Su, can you give me a few more books? And I think this jar is good, it’s big enough for me to bring back to pickle vegetables.”

Su Chanzi saw that she really paid the money generously and was slightly surprised, he had made a fortune without going out today, even his gaze towards Jiang Ning became more tolerant.

He had already labeled her with four big characters in his eyes: Stupid and Rich.

He quickly took the money, laughing and waving his hand: “Jar? Sister, do you know what this jar is? It’s worth much more than the jade Buddha in your hand!”

Jiang Ning frowned and looked at it: “Really? It’s just a pickle jar?”

“How can you be so stingy? I just spent a lot of money, why don’t you give me a jar?”

“…”

In the end, Su Chanzi was so entangled by her that he couldn’t give her the jar, but he gave her a few worthless old books and a teacup lid with a chipped edge.

“The size is right, it’s good for my kitten to drink water from.” Jiang Ning put the randomly picked lid in her bag, and the few books were stuffed into her bag carelessly.

She had gotten everything she could, before leaving, she couldn’t help but complain to Su Chanzi: “So stingy, I won’t come next time.”

“Alright, I’m stingy? Sister, don’t come back.” Su Chanzi laughed half-heartedly.

When she went out, he didn’t care about the books she took, but he did look at the broken lid in her bag, his eyelids twitched slightly.

Was there something fishy about it?

But she really did pick it up casually, and he had carefully checked it before she took it, it wasn’t a real antique, at most it was a fake from the Republic of China period, not worth much.

As for the piece of junk jade Buddha she bought, it was even more inferior, the kind you could get a bunch for a few yuan at a street stall.

Su Chanzi chuckled, thinking he was overthinking.

Maybe he was tired from dealing with this girl all afternoon, now she was finally gone, watching the woman’s graceful back disappear, he shook his head and closed the door.