After hanging up the phone, Li Rong walked out of the house and saw that it was dawn and the house was quiet.
Zhao's mother sent the little boy to school. Zhao's father was not at home. It was time to go to the fruit shop.
Walking to the kitchen, sure enough, there was still hot corn and porridge in the pot.
Not long after Li Rong finished eating, Granny Mo and the others came to work.
What they had to do was pretty much divided before. Li Rong told them, picked up her bag and went out.
Department store.
Li Rong walked into a store selling sewing machines.
In the early years, sewing machines, which were beyond the reach of ordinary people, were still regarded as one of the four items that people bought for weddings. Now, when self-employed people do business, sewing machines are free of charge and there are no purchase restrictions. More people in the capital can afford sewing machines.
There are also specialized shops selling sewing machines.
However, the only difference between this kind of large items is that not many people come to the store every day, because they are not necessary consumables like rice, flour, grains and oils. If you buy one item, it can be used by three generations.
There was no one in the store. As soon as Li Rong came in, the sewing machine seller greeted him with a friendly smile on his face.
Walking up to Li Rong, the boss rubbed his hands and said, "Girl, I want to buy a sewing machine."
Li Rong: "Let me take a look first."
"Are you getting married or just for home use?" the boss asked, beginning to brag, "You came through my door today. You came at the right time. I have three brands of sewing machines here, some expensive and some cheap. They are all very easy to use."
"Boss, the store is big," Li Rong smiled, "What brands are they and how much do they cost."
"This Feiren brand sewing machine costs 145 yuan. The one next to it is Dongfanghong, which costs 168 yuan. You can see that this one is more high-end. This is the Butterfly brand and costs 185 yuan."
Li Rong uses the Bee brand at home, and she uses it very smoothly. She asked the boss: "Is there any Bee brand?"
The boss smiled sheepishly: "I just finished the last one. This Dongfanghong is also very good, and the price is about the same as the Bee brand. To be honest, fewer people bought the Bee brand, so I didn't buy it back."
"Dongfanghong costs 168 yuan per unit?" Li Rong asked again.
She doesn't want to buy the most expensive one, she wants to reduce costs;
She didn’t want to buy the cheapest Feiren, because the clothes she made were all her signature. She couldn’t just buy the cheapest one because the machine wouldn’t work and the clothes she made would be bad. That would be a penny gain.
Not cost-effective.
"Yes, that's right, 168."
"Can it be less?" Li Rong tried to bargain.
The boss looked embarrassed: "Dear... my daughter, we are all running a small business, and we don't make much money from such a big deal..."
"I'll buy four."
The boss's eyes lit up: "What do you think my daughter says?"
"About 150."
The boss's face was as wrinkled as a bitter gourd: "Oh, this is no good, the purchase price is not even worth it, let's go for 165."
Li Rong cut off 18 yuan, but she didn't expect the boss to agree immediately. If the other party made a deal immediately, Li Rong would be flustered.
"155 is the most." Li Rong also acted with him, looking embarrassed, "I'm going to buy four units at this time, give me less, boss. If it doesn't work, I can only go to other places to look."
Li Rong was about to leave, but the boss stopped her: "Hey, my daughter, it's 160, okay? The four stations are dozens of dollars less. I need labor and rent here, so you can leave some money for me."
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Li Rong thought for a while and said, "Will the boss deliver it to my door?"
"There is an additional charge for having it delivered to your door, about five yuan per unit."
"Hey, I won't give it away if I buy four units," Li Rong was a little disappointed.
The last thing she negotiated with the boss was a 162 unit, and four units were delivered to her house.
The boss asked Li Rong when it would be convenient for him to deliver it to his door.
"That'll do now."
The boss is going to call someone to load the stuff.
"That--"
"Hey, you are Li Rong, right?"
Li Rong was interrupted just as she was about to speak. She looked over and saw two girls walking in holding hands.
The two of them were dressed very beautifully, and their hair was styled into trendy curls, with bows tied on top.
I don’t know if they bought sewing machines, but it seems that they are more interested in Li Rong now.
Li Rong was very sure that she didn't know them, but the other party accurately said her name. She thought for a moment and asked, "Who are you?"
"My name is Wang Aizhen, and her name is Qi Cailan," one of the girls wearing an earth-colored coat said first, "we are both students of Tsinghua University."
"It turns out they are girls from the same school, hello." Li Rong still couldn't find any information about them in his mind. He even felt that he had never met them, but at least they were girls from the same school. Li Rong
Greeted politely.
"Hello, senior sister." the two girls responded.
Before Li Rong spoke, Wang Aizhen blinked and said with a smile: "Senior sister, you probably don't know us. We are from the Design Institute, majoring in clothing design. We also participated in the competition this time. I know that senior sister not only participated in the cross-professional competition in our institute, but also participated in the competition this time."
I successfully advanced to the competition. I think my senior is really awesome and she’s pretty. Who doesn’t know about you?”
Li Rong felt that what the other party said was strange, but she couldn't tell what was strange.
She asked casually, right?
Then, without waiting for the other party to answer, she asked casually: "Are you passing by or are you here to buy a sewing machine?"
A big-ticket store like sewing machines is not like a food and clothing store where anyone can go in and take a look at it at any time. Generally, people only enter the store when they have ideas and needs to buy.
Qi Cailan spoke for the first time, her voice was gentle and soft, and she showed a smile that seemed extremely shy to Li Rong: "We are here to see the sewing machine."
Her smile gave her a very familiar feeling.
"Isn't there a sewing machine in the school? Do you want to buy a sewing machine?" Li Rong asked more.
Wang Aizhen was a little proud: "How can she have the money to buy a sewing machine? The cost of a sewing machine is enough for her to spend a semester! Isn't it my birthday next month? My parents said that I studied fashion design and gave me one as a gift.
This sewing machine was just a birthday gift. I had time today so I came over to take a look."
Li Rong said in a very formal way: "Happy birthday to you in advance."
"Thank you, senior, but are you also here to buy a sewing machine?"
Li Rong nodded.
Wang Aizhen: "Senior, it's not easy for me to be a cross-professional person. In order to participate in the competition, I have to buy a sewing machine. But it's actually quite wasteful. You are not a professional, and you will not be able to do fashion design work in the future. You want me to
Tell me, you can go to Teacher Ana and apply to use our college’s sewing machine.”
Li Rong's lips curled up: "How do you know I won't do fashion design in the future?"
The smile on Wang Aizhen's face suddenly froze, as if it was cracking: "Ah? Senior sister, you want to be a fashion designer."
When she met a "school girl" whom she didn't know at all, Li Rong would not reveal everything about herself. She said vaguely, "Not necessarily, we'll talk about it when the time comes."
"Ah haha, I'm not sure. Senior sister, don't buy a sewing machine. It's unnecessary and expensive. You can just apply to use the sewing machine in the courtyard."
Li Rong narrowed her eyes and felt a little annoyed. Wang Aizhen's mouth was really noisy!
"Daughter, the master will be here soon. Are the four sewing machines all sent to one place?"
"Yes, please boss."
"You want to buy four?" Wang Aizhen couldn't help but laugh. She relied on her family and talked for a long time before convincing her family to buy her sewing machines. She didn't expect Li Rong to buy four at once!