On the other side, Manager Liu had already checked the goods and was inwardly stunned by the quality of the abalones. He came up with a plan within his heart and said to the siblings, "You're troubling me, this manager, just for these few abalones? Alright, since you guys seemed to be in a difficult circ.u.mstance, I'll make an exception and take these abalones for eight hundred copper coins!"
"Eight hundred copper coins?" Yu Xiaocao and Yu Hang looked at each other, then she pursed her lips and s.n.a.t.c.hed the earthen jar with the abalones back from Manager Liu's hands, "Manager Liu, do you really take us as beggars?"
"What do you mean by that?" Manager Liu looked like a craftly old scoundrel as he twirled his beard and sneered, "With the quality of these abalones, my offer of eight hundred copper coins was already quite a lot. If you can sell them for six hundred copper coins elsewhere, then that just means you're a skilled seller!"
When Yu Xiaocao saw his firm expression, a sense of uncertainty emerged within the heart. She doesn't know the market price for abalones! She couldn't help but s.h.i.+ft her gaze towards Yu Hang.
Yu Hang was completely unaffected by Manager Liu. He gave his youngest sister a soothing smile and said, "Business is all about mutual consensus. Since we aren't satisfied with Manager Liu's offer, then we should excuse ourselves!"
Manager Liu had originally thought that these two children would be easily fooled. He had planned to coax and scare them into selling the abalones at the lowest price possible. However, they didn't fall for his tricks. They directly turned around to leave without making any unnecessary comments. He felt somewhat anxious inwardly, so he hastily stopped them by saying,
"You guys should consider carefully! Once you pa.s.s up this offer, you won't be able to find a better deal! Who would dare to accept goods that our Fulin Restaurant had rejected?"
"Ha!" A laughter that carried a slight sense of childishness sounded, "Manager Liu, you're speaking in such an imposing manner. When did your Fullin Restaurant become the overlord of this street?"
Manager Liu abruptly raised his head, narrowed his eyes, and replied with a smirk, "I was wondering who it was! So, it turned out to be Zhenxiu Restaurant's Third Young Master! What? Is Zhenxiu Restaurant trying to interfere with our Fulin Restaurant's matters now?"
"Interfering with your matters? This young master doesn't have that much free time! I'll just leave that for your own master to worry about!" Zhenxiu Restaurant's third young master, Zhou Zixu, faintly smiled and said, "I just can't stand seeing people, on the pretense of doing honest business with all customers, taking advantage of others and forcing them to their precious seafoods at a lowered price."
"You--" Manager Liu noticed that a crowd was forming and knew that he shouldn't continue to argue with him. Thus, he turned towards the siblings and said, "You two come in first. I'll definitely offer you an appropriate price!"
"It's probably a price that only you will be satisfied with!" A faintly indifferent smile emerged on Third Young Master Zhou's handsome and somewhat tender-looking face, "Tanggu Town is located near the sea. Therefore, most of the locals are familiar with determining the quality and market price of marine products. Little sister, would you please show everyone the abalones that you're holding? Let us see if our Fulin Restaurant, who does honest and fair business, gave a 'fair' price."