The proprietress's mouth twitched after hearing Shen Yao's words. Although many customers came every day, the young girl was so beautiful that she would definitely remember anyone she met.
However, the proprietress immediately became vigilant when facing Shen Yao. It seemed she had encountered a local young lady!
But it didn't matter; the girl was young. Even if she knew about bargaining for clothes, she would definitely not be a match for her.
"Oh, beautiful girl, my clothes are all new arrivals, just brought back from Guangshi. Take a stroll around, you absolutely won't find this style anywhere else. 100 yuan is just enough for me to break even."
Shen Yao: "Proprietress, I come here often. I know the prices of everything. Give me a sincere price, and if you lower it, I'll buy it."
Proprietress: "It really can't be lowered. Look at the craftsmanship, the quality, plus the shipping. However, seeing that you're sincerely interested, 90 yuan. Take it if you want it."
Wang Xixi: It can actually be lowered!!!
Shen Yao: "Proprietress, you're not doing business sincerely. 90 yuan is still too high. Lower it a bit, or we'll go browse elsewhere."
Proprietress: "80, 80, not a cent less!"
Shen Yao: "35! I'll take it if you agree, otherwise we won't buy."
Wang Xixi: Shocked my whole family!
Proprietress: "35 is really not possible. At 35, I can't even get my cost back. Give a little more, 60, 60 is fine, take it for 60."
Shen Yao: "Then let's meet halfway. I'll add a bit, 38."
Wang Xixi: This, this is really just a little bit!
Proprietress: "This really can't be sold."
Shen Yao pulled Wang Xixi and turned to leave, prompting the proprietress to quickly say, "Alright, alright, 38 it is. Consider it a gift from Auntie. Oh, this makes my heart ache!"
Wang Xixi looked at the proprietress in a daze, who nimbly packed the skirt in a bag and handed it to her.
"What are you waiting for? Scan the code and pay!" Shen Yao nudged Wang Xixi.
Wang Xixi blinked as if waking from a dream and quickly paid the money.
"You young girl, you're really good at bargaining," the proprietress said, giving Shen Yao a thumbs-up.
"Not bad, not bad," Shen Yao smiled politely and then pulled Wang Xixi to the next store.
Wang Xixi couldn't hold back and asked, "Yaoyao, you bought this for me for 38 yuan, won't the proprietress lose money?"
After all, the proprietress had asked for 100 yuan for this dress earlier!
Wang Xixi wasn't the only one with this question; the cameramen were also looking at Shen Yao with eager curiosity.
"Are you silly? Do you think she's telling the truth when she says the cost is 100 yuan? She's the boss, of course she wants to make money! Clothes like these here are all negotiable. They get them at half price, that's usually a good bet."
"But you didn't even cut the price by half!" Wang Xixi said. Half price would be 50, not 38!
"You don't understand. Even at 38, the proprietress is still making a profit, otherwise she wouldn't be so foolish to sell it to you," Shen Yao said.
Wang Xixi was utterly astonished. She was still making a profit at 38 yuan! Then how much was the actual cost of the dress!
"666!"
"Getting a 100 yuan dress for 38 yuan, this is the most incredible thing I've ever seen!"
"I'm stunned! This is the first time I've known clothes could be bargained for! This is even more ruthless than department store clearance sales!"
"Shen Yao's family situation isn't bad, why is she bargaining like this? What's wrong with letting the proprietress earn a little!"
"Exactly. This proprietress looks like a middle-aged woman from an ordinary family. She's actually fleecing this kind of wool!"
"Heh, you're the one who's ordinary, and you'd scare yourself if you knew. You might not even be able to match the net worth of that proprietress!"
"Clearly, you haven't experienced the harshness of society. Even if you lack education, you should have been online! You should know about those landladies in Guangshi who collect rent in slippers and pajamas."
"Whoever talks about fleecing wool is probably stupid. They don't even know Yaoyao, so why would they do business at a loss? The wholesale price of that skirt is at most 20-something, and the proprietress must make at least 10 yuan after costs!"
...
Having witnessed Shen Yao's bargaining prowess, Wang Xixi had now recovered. She was ready to show off her own skills and asked Shen Yao not to interfere.
Shen Yao naturally agreed, and then Shen Yao watched as she bargained a short-sleeved shirt priced at 65 yuan down to 30, and a half-skirt priced at 70 down to 30...
And then, Wang Xixi, who originally said she would only buy two pieces of clothing, ended up buying a whole pile of clothes without realizing it.
"Yaoyao, the clothes here are really too cheap. I bought so much and only spent over 200 yuan!"
Wang Xixi was extremely excited. She felt she had been amazing today! Saving so much money!
"I'll treat you to something delicious later!"
Shen Yao smiled and then led Wang Xixi to the very back of the clothing mall, where most of the items sold were fabrics and curtains.
Then, Wang Xixi's smile vanished because she saw several racks of clothes, short-sleeved shirts, with a sign pasted in front.
#Cheap, cheap, short-sleeved shirts 9.9 each, half-skirts 18.9 each, denim shorts 15 each#
Wang Xixi felt like the clothes in her hands were no longer appealing, and her head felt enormous, as if emblazoned with the words "sucker"!
She wondered why the stall owners always smiled so happily after she finished buying clothes! They had actually made so much money from her tearfully!
"Yaoyao, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Wang Xixi looked at Shen Yao reproachfully.
Shen Yao shrugged and then, mimicking Wang Xixi's words, repeated what she had just said to her.
Wang Xixi: You old sixth!!!
After finishing clothes shopping, downstairs was the wet market. Shen Yao took her to walk past places selling pork, fish, and shrimp.
This was Wang Xixi's first time experiencing a wet market, and it was completely different from the supermarkets she usually visited.
Shen Yao walked and stopped, buying a few vegetables that hadn't been planted at home yet.
Wang Xixi and the netizens in the livestream finally witnessed what a southern wet market was like.
She had always thought the jokes about peeling and shredding potatoes online were fake, but she never expected them to be true!
"Boss, give me a yam, peel it for me, I'm going to make soup tonight!"
"Certainly, that'll be 5 yuan."
"Boss, I'll take two corn."
"Okay, do you want me to husk them for you?"
"No, just cut them, I'll use them for soup."
"Boss, take 1 yuan of bean sprouts!"
...
Such conversations echoed in Wang Xixi's mind as she watched Shen Yao spend over 20 yuan to buy a pile of groceries!
Although they were all cheap vegetables, the sheer variety was astounding!
Shen Yao took Wang Xixi to a noodle shop and put down the groceries. "Boss, two bowls of wontons, two bowls of noodles, and 3.5 liang of rice noodles."