kingnovel Chapter 500 We Don’t Bargain
Chapter 500 We Don’t Bargain
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "How can it be that there is no one to rent it out? Didn't Master say that there is war going on in the south, and only the north is more stable. More and more people are fleeing here. Maybe there will be more and more people in the future, and naturally we can rent it out."
Several people nodded. The money was earned by her, so what she said made sense. If they wanted to buy, then buy it. It didn't matter if they lost it all. Anyway, the money came suddenly and they often felt like it fell from the sky.
A man went out carrying a jewelry box.
I found that Zhou Mi and the other two had not come out yet, and the old man was not there either.
Several people had no choice but to go to the bookstore.
The bookstore in the provincial capital is much bigger than that in the county town, with six rooms and two floors.
At this time, there were people upstairs and downstairs. Judging from their clothes, most of them were scholars. When they saw the women come in, they all looked over. There were very few women entering the bookstore.
Zhou Xing had never been stared at by so many young men before, and she blushed. She tugged at Li's sleeve and said, "Second Aunt, shall we go out and wait?"
Li also felt uncomfortable and nodded, "Okay, let's go out and wait."
He said to Zhou Guo, "You go find them yourself. We'll wait for you outside. We don't know how to read anyway, and we don't want to buy books."
As he spoke, he pulled Zhou Xing and Xu out, looked at Zhou Su and the other two, and pulled Li Lai and Li Wang, who could barely read, out as well. They felt uncomfortable when they entered here, so they decided to leave.
Zhou Guo and Zhou Su looked at their backs as they hurried out, were stunned for a moment, then looked at each other and began to look for people.
After searching for a long time, I found it on the second floor.
I saw that there was a basket in front of each of them, with more than ten or twenty books in it. They sat cross-legged on the ground, huddled in a corner, holding a book and reading it with great fascination.
Zhou Su walked over quietly and touched them lightly.
The two looked up and saw Zhou Guo standing not far away. They were overjoyed and stopped reading the book. They put it on the bookshelf, walked over with the basket, and whispered, "You're here. We've been waiting for you for a long time."
Zhou Guo raised an eyebrow, looked at their heavy baskets, and understood, "Waiting for me to pay the bill? Aren't you going out to look for me?"
Zhou Mai smiled and said, "I walked into such a big bookstore and saw so many books that I couldn't even move my feet. I just wanted to walk around a little bit. It would be good to read one more book. Do you want to take a look and see if there are any books you want to buy?"
There are as many books in her room as in theirs.
Zhou Guo nodded, squatted down and rummaged through their baskets. It would be bad if he bought duplicates.
He also picked up a basket and walked around the bookstore with Zhou Su.
Zhou Mai and Zhou Mi sat back down with their baskets, took out the book they hadn't finished, and began to read it calmly. They were much more relaxed now, and they didn't need to look at the door after a while to see if anyone had come, for fear that the waiter would kick them out.
Zhou Guo and Zhou Su walked around up and down, and there were more and more books in the basket, but she still carried it as if nothing had happened, as if she was carrying an empty basket.
Many scholars reading in the bookstore were already paying attention to a young lady like her, and when they saw her buying so many books, they looked at her sideways. Few people noticed her great strength.
A book is not cheap. To be able to buy so many in one breath without blinking an eye, one must be either rich or noble. But judging from the girl's clothes, she doesn't seem to be particularly wealthy either. I guess she is a maid from some family who came out to buy books.
They couldn't afford to offend such a family, so they all turned their heads away.
When Zhou Guo picked out a basket of books that interested her and walked up to Zhou Mai and the others, their mouths opened wide when they saw her. They thought they had bought enough, but this girl bought books without blinking an eye.
They both sighed silently in their hearts, wondering how much money this would cost.
Fortunately, there are enough pens, ink and paper at home. After Manager Qin sent half a box to their family last time, the other two managers of Baoyue Tower also sent more than a dozen sets each. Especially paper, it added up to a large box. They don’t need to buy these things in the short term.
But even so, the total cost of these books is not small, more than sixty taels of silver.
The shopkeeper with a white beard looked at them with a smile. Zhou Guo coughed lightly, pulled up his sleeves, took a step forward and started bargaining.
The shopkeeper was stunned, and so were the other people in the store. They had never seen anyone bargain in a bookstore.
A bookstore is such a sacred place, how can it be tainted by the stink of money? Everyone immediately looked at Zhou Guo and his companions with contempt.
Someone said: "It is simply insulting."
"Defile the saint!"
"The woman shouldn't have come in. She thought this was a market and was bargaining with people."
Everyone was talking, even if they were speaking quietly, but Zhou Guo had good ears and heard it all, but he ignored it.
The shopkeeper listened to the discussions around him, straightened his chest, and said with a smile: "Young lady, this is not a vegetable market. It is not allowed to bargain. No one has ever come to the bookstore to bargain before."
Zhou Guo also laughed: "What's wrong with bookstores? Aren't they all open for business? Who can be more noble than anyone else? How can it be that bookstores don't allow bargaining? Is there any law that says that?"
"This..." The shopkeeper frowned, "I haven't heard of it."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Then it's settled. Since it's not written, it means that the price can be negotiated. Besides, it doesn't make sense for your bookstore to not allow bargaining. It's even an unfair clause. You know, the people who read books in this world are ordinary people like us, except for the wealthy families. We don't have that much money. We can buy two books with the little money we have. But you don't allow bargaining, so we can only buy one. What if the book is particularly important? Wouldn't the bookstore be a stumbling block on their road to the imperial examination? What if they can have a good future? Wouldn't the bookstore be guilty?"
The shopkeeper was stunned. No matter how the matter was discussed, it was still their bookstore's fault.
What's more, he found that after she said this, the buzzing sound of voices disappeared.
Although the financial situation of those who can afford to read books is not too bad, there are not many who can buy books without restraint. This concerns the interests of all the scholars in the bookstore, and everyone thought about it and immediately changed camps.
"You're right, even a jewelry store can bargain, so why can't a bookstore?"
Everyone nodded.
Zhou Mai and Zhou Mi kept ordering.
The shopkeeper was helpless, feeling that these people were here to mess things up.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Shopkeeper, you don't have to sigh. You have been a shopkeeper for so many years, you must know that there are all kinds of people in the world. It is not uncommon for me to bargain in a bookstore. Our family is poor, and the little extra money we have is used to buy books for my brothers. Just think of it as taking care of us and erase these three taels and four cents. Sixty taels is not good, so how about reducing it by two taels, fifty-eight taels? Fifty-eight fifty-eight, it means I want to be rich, I want to be rich! How auspicious!!"