Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 208 - 74: A Spit, A Nail _1

Chapter 208: Chapter 74: A Spit, A Nail _1

The old man who hadn’t yet stepped out of the door also halted upon hearing Xiao Li’s words.

He was baffled for quite a while, unable to grasp what was going on. He had been working in this factory for many years, but he had never heard of such a thing as paying ahead before knowing how many catties of scrap iron one was going to buy. He turned around and asked, "Comrade Xiao Li, we don’t even know how much we’re going to buy yet. How does this payment method work?"

Comrade Xiao Li who was clenching his cards in his hand cried out to the bunch of people at the card table, "Nobody deal any cards! Wait for me, I am about to sweep the board this round, wait till I get the money."

He stood up still gripping the cards and said to the old man, "Isn’t he buying scrap iron? Look, he’s brought ropes and a pole, that means he plans to buy quite a bit, right? How much can he carry on his own? At least 100 or 200 catties, I guess!"

He then looked toward Yan Fei, "What do you think? I’ll give you a discount, 50 bucks, pick any amount you want, and don’t bother me about weighing it. Just grab and go. Hurry up and pay up!"

This guy was clearly smug about his own ’bright’ idea. He couldn’t help but grin at Xu Xiaoyan, "Miss, don’t you think it’s a good idea? Isn’t this convenient? 50 bucks and you can take anything, take more if you can lift more. If you guys take too much, my loss will be your gain, all because she’s with you!"

bucks isn’t much, is it? It’s not much. Scrap iron costs several dimes a catty now! 100 catties alone are worth more than 50 bucks. This is indeed a discounted price. However, it’s his attitude that rubs people the wrong way.

At his words, Xu Xiaoyan looked a little embarrassed and somewhat irritated. She was about to argue back, but suddenly she glanced at Yan Fei beside her. Her eyes rolled thoughtfully, and then she rejoined with a good-natured smile: "Yan Xiaofei, didn’t you hear what they said? Hurry up and give them the money!"

Seeing Xu Xiaoyan’s reaction, Comrade Xiao Li’s eyes sparkled, "Yes, that’s it! The lady here knows the ropes..."

The old man muttered to himself in disbelief, "How can they do this, how can they do this, this is not right..."

Yan Fei was also quite annoyed. This guy was so unkind! He talked rudely about his wife for no reason, was he asking for trouble? But Xu Xiaoyan was pulling on him, asking him to pay. Seeing him not making a move, she simply reached into his pocket and took out the money herself. He decided not to protest anymore.

Xu Xiaoyan pulled out some money from Yan Fei’s pocket while comforting the enthusiastic old man at the same time, "Elder, you need not say any more. If it weren’t for your help today, we would have returned empty-handed. We really appreciate it..."

While saying this, she pulled out a 50-dollar bill from a roll of money, boldly walked into the room, slapped the money on the card table, and declared loudly to several people at the table, "Take a good look, 50 bucks! A real man should keep his word, one pit for one spit, you better not go back on your word later!"

The tone taken by the lady seemed to have made everyone in the room a bit stunned.

They had certainly learned something new today. People knew that Xiao Li was a bit out of tune, but they didn’t expect the pretty young woman who came to buy scrap metal to follow suit!

They were still in the dark about the many more surprises that awaited them ahead!

Xiao Li, stimulated by the woman’s remarks, without a second thought, grabbed the 50-dollar bill, "Miss, you have my word, we men keep our promises. If others dig a pit with one spit, we will nail a nail in with one spit, if I go back on my word then I’m a deadbeat!"

After saying that, he added with a smirk, "If you’re afraid of losing out, you can take whatever, as much as you can..."

Xu Xiaoyan looked at him, just now swearing and then immediately grinning again. She ignored him, turned around with an elusive smile, and said to the surrounding people, "Everyone heard that, remember it! Whoever goes back on his word is a punk!"

After saying that, she flipped her ponytail, walked out the door dragging Yan Fei with her: "Let’s go, let’s pick up some scrap metal!"

She didn’t care about the laughter coming from the room behind her.

The old man was also stunned by her behavior for a while before he hurriedly caught up, muttering as he walked, "Ah...what’s going on here, what’s going on..."

"Don’t worry, elder! We won’t lose anything by simply taking! We may even make a profit!" Xu Xiaoyan reassured the old man.

Once they arrived at the scrap heap, she began urging Yan Fei, "Yan Xiaofei, hurry up! Take whatever you fancy. We have already paid for it, if you don’t take enough, then don’t blame me... Hey, what are you still holding that broken pole for? Give it to me! You just spread the rope and start picking, we will tie everything up and find something sturdy to carry it. How much can you carry with this pole anyways!"

While she hurried Yan Fei to pick the scrap metal, she herself was also scrutinizing the scrap heap with wide eyes. Suddenly her eyes lit up and she rushed towards the heap, "This one isn’t bad, later you can use this as the pole! It cost us 50 bucks! I’ve got to make this worth my while today!"

This girl, who had always been in school, had been somewhat wronged at home. But in school she had always been the teacher’s pet. When had she ever had to put up with such slander? It seems a big fight was brewing.

"Hey... Yan Xiaofei, what are you staring at? Come help! Can’t you see that I can’t move it?" She kept tugging at a metal pole on the scrap heap and tried to get Yan Fei’s attention.

Could she even lift such heavy things?