IACF [QT] Chapter 22.1

In the blink of an eye, it had been more than two months since Su Yi transferred to another school.

When she and Grandma Qu came to City S, it was just the beginning of autumn, and now it is early winter.

Winter in City S seemed to be colder than the small fishing village by the sea. The leaves on both sides of the street were scattered, but the Xiao family mansion was still lush and green, and the tall trees isolated the noise outside.

The early morning sun shone on the balcony, bringing with it the unique coolness of winter.

Su Yi yawned and ran down the stairs.

Today was the weekend, but Su Wanting and Xiao Xing were still busy. She just saw their car leaving home.

Downstairs, Xiao Yan was sitting at the dining table eating breakfast, while Grandma Qu was sitting by the window in the living room, basking in the sun while crocheting a sweater.

Hearing the noise coming from the stairs, she looked up and said helplessly: “You are so old but you still don’t walk properly. You will be ugly when you fall down.”

Su Yi smiled and nestled beside her, “Grandma, what are you knitting?”

Grandma Qu picked up the semi-finished product in her hand and pouted at the golden retriever in the yard, “It’s getting cold. I’ll knit a sweater for Mimi.”

Su Yi pretended to be unconvinced: “Why give it to it? I don’t have any.”

Grandma Qu smiled and said: “I made it according to Mimi’s size. You can take it if you want it, as long as it fits you.”

Su Yi snorted twice, ran to the table, said good morning to Xiao Yan, and put a bun in her mouth.

The golden retriever was bought by Su Wanting to accompany Grandma Qu because she was worried that she would be bored at home.

At first, when she heard that a dog cost several thousand yuan, she said that it was a waste of money. As a result, it didn’t take long before Mimi came, and now she even knitted a sweater for it, just like a second grandson.

In fact, it was not that Grandma Qu didn’t want to knit one for Su Yi. When she was a child, she made many of Su Yi’s clothes by herself. But now the environment was different.

Even if she didn’t go out much, she knew that City S and the small fishing village were two completely different worlds.

Everything here was novel and fashionable, and so were people. If Su Yi wore her knitted sweater again, she might be laughed at.

“Grandma can’t knit anymore.” Grandma Qu said loudly.

“I just want to mention this to you. You haven’t bought new clothes this winter. Do you want to invite a few classmates to go shopping on the street in the next two days?”

Su Yi swallowed a mouthful of milk and asked, “Won’t you accompany me?”

“What’s the point of shopping with an old woman? I don’t understand the fashion of you kids. Besides, the shopping mall here is too big, and it makes me dizzy. You should find a classmate to accompany you.”

“Okay.” Su Yi’s mouth drooped down.

Her mind searched for someone who could go out with her.

Usually, the girls in the class would say that they wanted to go shopping every other day, but Su Yi had never gone with them. Now that she wanted to buy clothes, she couldn’t find anyone for a while.

Xiao Yan suddenly said, “When are you going?”

“Hmm?” Su Yi tilted to look at him.

“I’m going out to buy some things this afternoon. Do you want to go with me?”

This was timely, so Su Yi nodded repeatedly, “Okay.”

It was approaching Christmas and New Year’s Day, and it was also the weekend, so the mall was crowded.

The glass was covered with snowflakes and Christmas trees, and the expressionless mannequins twisted their waists and hips in the window. The latest styles of clothes on them attracted the eyes of people coming and going.

Su Yi held an ice cream in her hand and focused on the promotional information in front of each store.

“One piece 10% off, two pieces 20% off, three pieces 30% off…”

She read it once, looked up at the clothes in the store, and felt that she couldn’t choose three pieces she liked. If she only bought one or two pieces, she couldn’t enjoy the highest discount. Wouldn’t it be a loss?

So, she shook her head and walked to the next store.

“68% off new winter models.”

Su Yi’s eyes lit up, and just as she was about to walk in, she suddenly saw a very small ‘Start’ next to ‘6.8’, which meant the new models were 6.8% off!

She paused, frowned, and walked away again.

This kind of store was very cunning. They used low discounts to fool people. When you really wanted to buy something, you would find that nothing was really 68% off because the discount started at 6.8%. She had been fooled before and would not be fooled a second time.

“A hundred off for every thousand you spend? That means the maximum discount is only 10%? That’s too stingy. No, no, no.”

“Double points during the event? This store is even stingier, not giving a penny.”

Xiao Yan stood aside and watched. He bought everything he wanted within a few minutes after entering the mall. Now he was waiting for Su Yi, who had been mumbling about various discount information for more than ten minutes without entering any store.

Fortunately, he was patient and mentally prepared. After all, he still remembered her bargaining in the small town before.

 

 

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