My Courtyard Refuge

Gifts

===Section 143===

I came to Haixing Plaza again. This time, there were a lot more customers in the mall, and most of the businesses were open. It looked lively.

Xu Dong started to walk around from the first floor.

After shopping for ten minutes, he found a very suitable gift, which was an astronomical telescope.

“Boss, how much is this astronomical telescope?” Xu Dong asked.

The shop owner directly compared four fingers: “The price is 40,000 yuan. This is a professional-level astronomical telescope with automatic star-finding function. It is definitely worth the money.”

“It’s too expensive, can it be cheaper?” Xu Dong quickly countered.

In the current world, not everything can increase in value, especially for niche items like astronomical telescopes, it is not bad if they can maintain their original prices.

“Okay, 38,000, this is the lowest price.” The store owner put on a painful look.

Seeing that the store owner was dishonest, Xu Dong turned around and wanted to leave.

The other party got anxious and grabbed Xu Dong.

The shop owner spent more than 10,000 yuan to take back this astronomical telescope. He thought he had picked up a big deal, but he didn’t expect to drop it in his hand.

These days, everyone can’t even eat enough to eat. Who still wants to look at the stars? It can only be blamed on the rapid changes in society and the changing times.

“Brother, don’t rush to leave, we can negotiate the price.”

Xu Dong waved his hand: “Then just tell me the reserve price, I’ll buy it if it’s OK, and forget it if it’s not, I don’t have to buy it.”

He just searched for this thing on the Internet. Just this model, before the big flare, it was only in the early 30,000s. It doesn’t make sense to increase the price now.

“Fifteen thousand dollars…you take it!”

The shop owner turned his head away, this is really a low price in his heart.

Xu Dong was also very straightforward: “Put it on for me!”

“Please wait!”

The store owner showed a smile that was uglier than crying. This order did not make any money at all, and not making money was tantamount to a big loss.

After scanning the QR code to pay, Xu Dong took the box. The things are good things. If you have nothing to do, you can take the children to watch the stars together. It is really entertaining and educational.

After buying the astronomical telescope, Xu Dong soon fell in love with a beautiful big conch, which was 30 centimeters long.

this is comparable to cocoaThe conch the two of them picked up during their last spring outing was dozens of times bigger, and the colors and patterns were also very beautiful. The little padded jackets must like it very much.

Xu Dongmei thought about it, and finally became more and more satisfied with it:

“Boss, what kind of conch is this?”

The boss took a look at Xu Dong, perhaps because he saw that the person in his previous life was a rich man, so he replied slowly:

“This is a phoenix-tailed snail, the first of the four famous snails in the world. The price is not cheap. Are you sure you want to buy it?”

Xu Dong nodded: “How much?”

“Such a big snail, if it was in the past two years, it would not be worth 300,000 yuan, but now it is not as valuable as before. You can give it 50,000 yuan!” The boss sighed.

Xu Dong wasn’t stupid, so he checked it online immediately.

The boss is generally right, but the collection industry is very deep, and he is not 100% sure, so he tentatively said:

“Can it be cheaper?”

“No, this is already the lowest price.” The boss shook his head first, and then changed the topic: “But I can give you a pair of Wang Zi Bao Luo, which is equivalent to giving you five thousand yuan cheaper.”

Xu Dong was satisfied now, and paid the money neatly, as if he had picked up a big bargain.

After collecting the conch shells, the gifts for the precious daughters are complete, and then only the wives and parents are left.

Xu’s father and Xu’s mother are very easy to solve.

Mama Xu likes gold jewelry, so Xu Dong bought her a big gold bar, which weighed a full catty.

Father Xu has recently fallen in love with arty, and Xu Dong is going to give him a tea set, which cost thousands of dollars.

As for the gift for his wife, this needs more thought, so Xu Dong continued to wander around the mall.

After choosing and choosing, I finally settled on an emerald comb.

The comb doesn’t need to be worn on the body, it is not afraid of falling, and the comb is used every day, Xu Dong feels that there is no more suitable gift than this.

This is a jewelry store, and the brand is quite famous, so you don’t have to worry about buying fake jadeite.

“Waiter, what’s the price of this comb?” Xu Dong pointed to the underside of the counter and asked, mainly because the price on the label was too small to read clearly.

The waiter was very enthusiastic and helped to take out the emerald comb. “Hello, sir, this emerald comb is priced at 288,000 yuan. We are doing activities now, and we can give you a 20% discount on the original price.”

Xu Dong picked up the emerald comb and looked at it. At least from the outside, the comb is quite beautiful, especially the floating flowers inside, like flowing clouds and flowing water.

“How much is the 20% discount?”

The waiter pressed the button on the calculator and immediately replied: “I will erase the change for you, and the total is 230,000.”

“Can it be cheaper?” Xu Dong countered again, this habit of bargaining was formed in the previous life.

“Then wait a moment, I’ll ask our manager.”

After less than five minutes, the waitress came back with a smile on her face:

“Sir, our manager said that if you buy it sincerely, he is willing to deduct another 10,000 yuan for you. This is really the reserve price.”

“Is that so, is this emerald authentic?”

“You can rest assured that we have an appraisal certificate, and our boss won’t make fun of our own future. I think you know how strict the industry and commerce are now.”

Xu Dong nodded.

Seeing the customer, the waitress was still indifferent, so she could only throw out her trump card:

“Sir, if you buy today, we will also give you a jadeite bracelet worth 20,000 yuan.”

“All right, I bought it.”

The waitress finally breathed a sigh of relief, she was lucky today, not only overfulfilled the sales task for this month, but also got a huge commission, she was so happy.

After getting the jade comb and jade bracelet, Xu Dong turned around and went to the pawn shop opposite, which is the most authoritative appraisal institution.

Ten minutes later, he walked out of the pawn with a smile on his face. The jade was real, and despite the fact that the pawn shop deliberately lowered the price, the actual price was not bad, and the result was not bad.

…

At two o’clock in the afternoon, Xu Dong got on the high-speed train back to Yanjing, and three and a half hours later, he arrived at Yanjing Station.

Without telling his family, Xu Dong planned to surprise them.

After leaving the station, he immediately took a taxi, and after half an hour, he finally arrived home.

After arriving home, Xu Dong put down his luggage, turned around and went to the parking lot. The dried sea cucumber was still at Lao Fang’s side, and he wanted to get it back sooner.

He didn’t even send this batch of sea cucumbers to Aunt Zhang’s family, mainly because he promised Director Yu to keep it secret and to be a man of integrity.

In addition, sea cucumbers have no fat, and for ordinary people, they are far less affordable than food.

Besides, this batch of sea cucumbers weighed 100 catties in total, and he could barely eat them at home, so he didn’t plan to give them away, and the best way was not to tell anyone.