The Purchasing Station was always bustling, but most of the talk was about what had been fetching good money lately, what was easy to buy, and what new goods had turned up where.
So something as gossip-worthy as Tie Jinbing coming to see Sun Jiaqiang easily drew everyone's attention.
Tie Jinbing had not thought that much about it. He was simply short of money, so he followed his sister's old approach, buying goods and bringing them to the Purchasing Station to sell.
In Tie Jinbing's mind, it was easy: buy low, sell high, and pocket the difference. That was all.
The problem was that he had paid slightly more for these goods than Gu Boyuan was offering. If he sold at this price, he would not only have wasted a day's effort, but lose money too.
His father, Tie Yinhu, controlled all the family's money. He had only managed to get this money by tricking his wife, and even that had taken some doing.
So he was very satisfied and said to Gu Boyuan:
"Is that how you appraise things? Are you doing this on purpose? How could these hides of mine be worth so little? Didn't you boast that a hide could sell for fifty yuan?"
"Fifty yuan is for a full hide." Facing this fool, Tie Jinbing, Gu Boyuan thought of Tie Lanhua, who came from the same family and was also Hui, yet was extraordinarily tenacious. Naturally, his tone was not particularly pleasant. "Is this a full hide? Look, there are at least two bullet holes in it, and it was torn during skinning. You even pasted a greasy scrap of hide over it. Who are you trying to fool? Ask them how much a hide like this is worth."
The resellers nearby played along, laughing as