The Three Kingdoms: Home Travel

"Are you kidding me?!" Jiang Zhe said angrily. "Don't you know what 'first come, first served' means? You're cutting in line!"

"What nonsense are you spouting?" The "young master" glanced at Jiang Zhe with some disdain and said indifferently, "All I know is that shops open to do business. What's wrong with him selling and me buying?"

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"Husband..." Xiu'er tugged at Jiang Zhe's sleeve and said softly, "Never mind, let's look at some others..."

"Hmph..." Jiang Zhe glared at the "young master" a few times, his cheeks puffed out. "A good man doesn't argue with a woman!"

"You!" The young man blushed and pointed at Jiang Zhe as if he wanted to say something.

Seeing that his two customers seemed about to argue, the shop owner, who was not far away, quickly came over and said, "We have recently acquired some exquisite silver hairpins. Would you like to take a look?"

"Let's take a look!" Jiang Zhe said, rolling his eyes at the young master.

The shopkeeper hurriedly went into the inner room and soon came out carrying a wooden box. He placed it on the table, inside which were two identical hairpins, gleaming with the unique luster of silver.

Huh? Jiang Zhe picked one up with some curiosity, and was immediately surprised when he saw that the craftsmanship of these two hairpins was truly extraordinary. In ancient times without mechanical manufacturing, it was extremely rare for two hairpins to appear exactly the same.

"Boss, how much is this hairpin...?"

"Shopkeeper, I'll take these two hairpins. Xiao Zhao, pay!" Before Jiang Zhe could finish speaking, that voice that he found utterly detestable rang out again.

"Young master, this is for women..." The shopkeeper, seemingly unaware of the imposter's true identity, kindly reminded him.

"Can't I buy it for my maid?" The young master glared at him. "Xiao Zhao, what are you standing there for? Pay and take the goods!" He said the last two words while looking at Jiang Zhe.

Xiuer looked at Jiang Zhe's face nervously, her hand tightly gripping his sleeve, afraid that Jiang Zhe might cause trouble in a fit of anger.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Zhe simply took a deep breath, his expression becoming even more peaceful, and chuckled lightly, saying, "Are you clearly trying to cause trouble?"

"Where have I caused trouble?" the young master sneered. "Are you allowed to buy things, but I'm not? Is there any logic to that?"

"You're something else!" Jiang Zhe pointed at the young master, thinking to himself, "This unruly girl deserves a painful lesson from me!"

Looking around, Jiang Zhe's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he hadn't looked closely before. "Boss? How much is this?"

Jiang Zhe was pointing to a jade bracelet. The bracelet was milky white and translucent, emitting a faint yellow light, clearly not an ordinary object.

"Oh! This is what you mean, sir!" The shopkeeper glanced at it and said sincerely, "This item has been sitting here for half a year. If you want it, sir, I'll give you two strings of cash..."

"Oh?" Jiang Zhe gave a strange look and muttered, "Nobody wants something like this? Perfect!" He turned to Xiu'er and said, "Xiu'er, what do you think of this?"

"Xiuer feels pretty good..." Xiuer was most afraid of Jiang Zhesheng's temper. No matter what Jiang Zhesheng brought, she would say it was good.

"Boss, I'll take this one!" Jiang Zhe said before the "young master" could speak.

"Okay!" It is said that the most important thing for a business owner to do business is to make money in harmony. They are most afraid of customers arguing in their own store. Besides, this boss is honest and kind. He never expected that Jiang Zhe was "malicious" at this moment.

"Wait a minute!"

"Hmph!" Jiang Zhe sneered inwardly, fearing the fish wouldn't take the bait.

"What are you trying to do now?" Jiang Zhe feigned anger. "I was the one who spoke first this time!"

"Hmph!" the young master said with a sneer, "You spoke first? Since ancient times, the highest bidder wins. I bid three strings of cash!"

"You...you..." Jiang Zhe seemed incredulous, pointing at the man and saying, "Just now you...I..."

"You could have made a bid just now, but you didn't..."

"Fine! Fine!" Jiang Zhe said fiercely, "I understand, I'll bet four strings!"

"Hmph!" The young master sneered. "I'll offer ten strings of cash... The more I look at it, the more I like it..." Silly girl! Watch me add fuel to the fire! Jiang Zhe secretly chuckled to himself, but his face remained impassive, displaying a desperate expression. "I'll... I'll... ten... eleven strings of cash!"

Xiuer anxiously tugged at Jiang Zhe's sleeve, but Jiang Zhe shook it off forcefully, like a gambler who had lost everything.

"Twenty strings of cash!" The young master glanced at Jiang Zhe, his eyes clearly saying, "Don't bother arguing, you can't beat me!"

"Hahaha!" Jiang Zhe suddenly laughed. Xiu'er panicked, wondering if her husband had fainted from anger. For the first time, the kind and virtuous Xiu'er looked at that man with eyes full of anger.

Huh? Did I make him go crazy? The young master was also dumbfounded, looking at Jiang Zhe who was holding his stomach and laughing.

"Haha, twenty strings of cash, twenty strings for you!" Jiang Zhe was in a very good mood at the moment, and said strangely, "Twenty strings of cash, to buy a bracelet worth two strings of cash, I don't think it's very worthwhile... Haha, I dug a pit for you and you're eager to jump into it, I've never met a person like this before, so interesting..."

Suddenly, everyone in the shop stared dumbfounded at Jiang Zhe laughing to himself. Xiu'er was the first to react, thinking to herself that her husband was really too wicked to scheme against someone like that. But... that woman was really too much. Today was the first time her husband had accompanied Xiu'er out...

The young master's expression was quite interesting. He stared straight at Jiang Zhe, unable to believe that the man who had just looked like a gambler who had lost everything could suddenly have such a different expression.

He had been tricked! The young master's face flushed red and then turned pale; he was so angry he couldn't speak.

"Hey, hey, hey, take good care of this bracelet worth twenty strings of cash, don't lose it..." Jiang Zhe said with a smile as he stuffed the bracelet into the young master's hand, adding deliberately, "Words spoken are like water spilled, they can't be taken back..."

Huh, her little hands are quite smooth. Jiang Zhe walked back to Xiu'er's body and suddenly felt a pain in his waist. He turned his head and caught a glimpse of Xiu'er pouting.

"Jealous about this too?" Jiang Zhe was speechless and lost interest in scheming against that person. He turned to Xiu'er and said, "Xiu'er, take a look, is there anything you like..." He glanced at the young master who was standing there like a wooden stake and chuckled, "Unfortunately, I don't have that much money. I can't afford one of those bracelets that cost twenty strings of cash..." He deliberately emphasized the words "twenty strings of cash".

"It's only twenty strings of cash!" The young master sneered, not noticing that Jiang Zhe had taken advantage of him. He casually handed the jade bracelet to the maid beside him, saying, "Here you go, wear it every day from now on!" He gave Jiang Zhe a smug look, as if to say, "A bracelet worth twenty strings of cash is only fit for my maid!"

"They're really rich and powerful!" Jiang Zhe said in a regretful tone, a sentence that should have been one of amazement. But then he turned to Xiu'er and said, "Xiu'er, do you know what it means to 'put on a brave face' when you're not truly wealthy..."

"My husband is really something..." Xiu'er felt both annoyed and amused. Knowing Jiang Zhe's personality, she pointed to a pair of seemingly ordinary bracelets and said, "I really like that style..."

"Boss, bring that down and let me see!" Jiang Zhe said, glancing at the shop owner who was standing there dumbfounded.

"Oh, okay! Okay! Okay!" The shopkeeper finally realized what had happened. He still couldn't believe that the bracelet that had been sitting on the shelf for so long without anyone wanting it had actually sold for an "astronomical price."

"This design is modeled after the Warring States period..." The shopkeeper handed the bracelet to Jiang Zhe, explaining, "It's cast in bronze, and the design on it is also from the Warring States period. It seems to be a mythical phoenix. This pair costs three... two strings of cash..."

The shop owner originally wanted to ask for three strings of cash, but then he thought that without this young master, how could he have made so much money today? So he lowered the price.

(I envisioned this shop as a boutique-style store; not many people would buy from it normally, but if I sold just one item, I could make a living from it for a long time.)

"Then let's go with this pair!" Jiang Zhe said quickly, seeing that Xiu'er seemed to like it too.

"Wait a minute!"

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