When Su Shi came to Chen Xiaolan's stall half an hour ago, there were only three people in front of her stall, which seemed extremely deserted.
However, although there were only three people in front of the stall, two people caught Su Shi's attention.
One of them is an old man with gray hair, wearing a gray robe and thousand-layer cloth shoes.
Although the old man was very old, his body was straight and his hands were steady. Although there were wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, they could not hide his wise gaze.
No one could help but take a second look at an old man like this, even Su Shi.
But what interested Su Shi the most was another person.
Because although this person was dressed as a scholar, Su Shi could tell at a glance that she was a woman.
Of course, if this woman was just pretending to be a man, Su Shi would not be very interested in her. What really interested Su Shi was her next behavior.
She had always paid close attention to Su Shi's behavior and made no secret of her interest in him. So she didn't leave after drinking the plum soup, but stood quietly by the woods behind the vendor.
Another reason why Su Shi was very interested in her was that she was very beautiful, because her handsome and unrestrained appearance in men's clothing attracted the secret gazes of those pregnant girls.
A man who dresses so handsomely in men's clothing will naturally not be ugly, and a man will naturally be more interested in beautiful women.
So Su Shi walked straight towards her, and the woman didn't seem surprised by Su Shi's arrival.
When Su Shi walked up to her, he smiled and said, "My name is Su Shi, I don't know..."
Just when Su Shi was still hesitating to call her young lady or young master, the woman already said, "I met Mr. Su next week."
She deliberately spoke in a rough voice, making her voice deeper, like a man's voice.
Of course, Su Shi would not expose her, but just smiled and said, "Master Zhou is waiting for someone?"
Zhou Yan nodded slightly and said, "Yes."
Su Shi looked around, but did not come towards them, and said, "It seems that Mr. Zhou's friends haven't arrived yet."
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "He is already here."
"Coming?" Su Shi couldn't help but be startled, and couldn't help pointing to his nose: "Are you waiting for me?"
"Yes, I'm just waiting for you."
Although Su Shi knew that the woman in front of him was very interested in him, he didn't expect that she didn't hide it at all.
"We don't seem to know each other, why are you waiting for me?"
"Because I'm interested in you."
When a woman is interested in a man, at least she won't hate him, and most likely she has other meanings.
And when a man hears a woman say such things, and this woman is incredibly beautiful, most men will become intoxicated.
It's just that Su Shi is not like most men. He rarely gets self-indulgent, especially when faced with a woman who is so beautiful that it makes one blind.
So his expression didn't change at all, he just looked at Zhou Yan quietly.
However, Zhou Yan also changed the topic and asked curiously: "Obviously it's just a 25% discount, why has the business become so good?"
"Are you in business?" Su Shi asked.
"My family runs several small shops." Zhou Yan didn't mean to hide it.
Zhou Yan had a jade pendant hanging on his waist, and the jade pendant was inlaid with a gemstone.
Su Shi pointed to the jade pendant around her waist and said, "One day if the gemstone on your jade pendant falls off, you go to the jewelry store to pick out a gemstone worth one thousand taels. When you pay, the same gemstone suddenly only sells for five cents. One hundred taels, what do you think?"
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Of course I feel like I'm at a disadvantage."
"Then what will you do?"
"Of course I'll buy another one..."
At this point, she suddenly realized.
If all the gems are at a 25% discount and she only needs one, she will naturally only buy one.
But the second cup is half price. After you buy the first cup, and think that the second cup is only half the price, most people will buy another cup, whether they feel that they have suffered a loss or want to take advantage.
This is much smarter than selling at a 25% discount.
Zhou Yan thought about it seriously, and then said seriously: "Thank you Mr. Su for your advice."
At this time, the square suddenly became commotion, because the poetry meeting had begun, and the talented people who had accepted the invitation boarded the boat one after another.
The talented people who were able to board the boat were naturally elated, while the eyes of those who could not board showed all kinds of envy, regret, jealousy, and resentment...
Su Shi sighed. Since he failed to meet Qin Nan before the poetry meeting, he had no choice but to attend the poetry meeting.
Thinking of this, Su Shi said goodbye to Zhou Yan and said, "I still have something to do, so I'll take the first step."
Zhou Yan looked at the magnificent boat, then at Su Shi, and then said with a smile, "Master Su, are you going to participate in the Jinghu Poetry Festival?"
Su Shi thought for a while and said hesitantly, "That's right."
"Then why don't we do it."
This surprised Su Shi. He didn't expect that this woman who was very interested in doing business would be as talented as Qin Nan.
He looked Zhou Yan up and down and said with a smile: "It turns out that Mr. Zhou also wants to participate in the poetry meeting."
Zhou Yan shook his head.
When Su Shi was surprised, Zhou Yan said calmly: "Although I will not participate in the poetry meeting, this boat is mine."
The two of them did not board the boat with the tide of people, but came to the lake.
There was a small boat waiting by the lake. Su Shi and Zhou Yan boarded the boat. The boat went around the boat to the other side, and an inclined ladder was immediately launched from the boat.
Zhou Yan and Su Shi got on the boat. Su Shi was about to thank Zhou Yan and then look for Qin Nan on the boat. At this time, Zhou Yan suddenly said: "Master Su, please stay."
Su Shi was stunned and couldn't help but ask, "Is something wrong?"
Zhou Yan said slowly: "I still have something to ask Mr. Su. Could you please move to Mr. Su's study?"
"Ask me? Now?"
Zhou Yan said sternly: "Exactly. But please rest assured, Sir, it will not delay Young Master's business."
Seeing that Zhou Yan's attitude became serious, Su Shi could only smile bitterly and said, "I don't have anything else to do to delay him."
Zhou Yan smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you, Mr. Su. Mr. Su, please come."
Su Shi followed Zhou Yan to the study room on the third floor of Huafang. Standing at the window, he could faintly hear the laughter of people on the first floor.
"Master Su, please sit down. I'll ask someone to make tea right now."
Su Shi said hurriedly: "You're welcome, Mr. Zhou, just tell me if you have anything to do."
Zhou Yan naturally thought that he was speaking politely, so he just saluted him and left the study.
Su Shi had no choice but to wait in the room. He looked around. The study was comfortably and elegantly decorated, and there was no trace of makeup.
After an unknown amount of time, Su Shi got a little bored of waiting and had no choice but to stand by the window and look down.
There were only nine round tables placed on the first deck. At this time, there were many talented people standing on both sides of the boat or sitting at the table, all talking loudly and high-spirited.
Su Shi was watching intently when suddenly a voice as sweet as an oriole sounded behind him.
"Master Su, I've kept you waiting for a long time."
As soon as he heard this voice, Su Shi was stunned for a moment, and then almost jumped up. He turned around suddenly, and saw a stunning woman wearing a bright yellow gown standing in front of the study door, looking at him with an indifferent expression.
Su Shi looked at the woman in surprise, exhaled softly, and said slowly: "So it's you."
