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At the checkout, the saleswoman quickly reweighed the bangle and bracelet: one was 62.5 g, the other 18.25 g. "Including the making charges, the total is 54,910 yuan. Will you be paying by card or QR code?" "Card." Chi Qing took out her card and was about to swipe it when she suddenly said, "Wait." The saleswoman paused, thinking, No way. Was all that excitement for nothing?
The middle-aged saleswoman who had ignored Chi Qing at first and had been watching from nearby also abruptly looked up, a hint of schadenfreude in her gaze. Hmph, gave me a fright. I thought I'd missed a big sale. I knew it...
"Pack this necklace up for me as well." Before that saleswoman could finish her thought, Chi Qing pointed to a men's gold necklace in the display case.
"Yes, yes, coming right up!" The young saleswoman felt as though she were on a roller coaster, and now she had shot straight into the clouds. After all, although plenty of people were buying gold these days, customers this decisive were still rare. Everyone compared shops and tried on all sorts of styles before finally deciding, just like those two elderly customers. Besides, she had only recently started at this gold jewelry store, and whether she passed her probation depended on her sales. With today's sale, becoming a permanent employee should be no problem!
Actually, Chi Qing had not originally intended to spend more than 50,000 yuan at a single gold jewelry store, since that would be a little conspicuous. She had planned to buy her father's gold jewelry and her own at another store, but when she happened to look up and catch the middle-aged saleswoman's astonished expression, she could not resist showing off a little more.
Soon, under the middle-aged saleswoman's disappointed and regretful gaze, Chi Qing paid without hesitation.
When the saleswoman busied herself getting her a conspicuous shopping bag, Chi Qing stopped her in time. She took only the small boxes and put them into the large handbag she had deliberately brought along that day.
"Ma'am, here's my business card. Next time you'd like to look at gold jewelry or check gold prices, you can contact me directly." Just as Chi Qing was about to leave, the middle-aged saleswoman stopped her. Chi Qing gave her an indifferent glance but remained polite. "Thank you, but I already have Xiao Wu's contact details." "Xiao Wu is new here. She isn't very experienced yet, and there's a lot she doesn't know very well. We can both assist you," the middle-aged saleswoman persisted.
"I think Xiao Wu's service is excellent. I'm very satisfied, thank you." As she spoke, Chi Qing turned and smiled at the saleswoman surnamed Wu, who had hurried over to help the two elderly customers after finishing the transaction and happened to look up just then. Wu Lingling nodded happily in return. Chi Qing felt a secret thrill of satisfaction.
Next, Chi Qing rushed up to the clothing stores on the fourth floor and bought her parents sneakers and casual clothes from brands she had previously been unwilling to spend money on. Remembering her father's belt, which had cost a dozen yuan or so on a certain bargain-shopping platform, she also bought him one from a certain famous brand, supposedly made from top-grain calfskin.
After making the rounds, Chi Qing returned to the gold jewelry floor on the second floor and entered another gold jewelry store, where she bought herself a diamond necklace she had long coveted. Although she knew diamonds were the capitalists' biggest lie, she could not resist their sparkle.
Of course, she did not buy a very large one-only 0.30 carats-but the delicate feather design paired with that sparkling point in the center was stunningly beautiful. Even that tiny little thing cost nearly 20,000 yuan. The power of a brand.
Afterward, Chi Qing picked out a pair of matching gold rings for her parents for 6,000 yuan, a gold necklace for her mother for 8,000 yuan, and a pearl jewelry set for 15,000 yuan. All those purchases had actually added up to more than 170,000 yuan.
Seeing that, apart from the 20,000 yuan she planned to transfer to her parents, she had less than 10,000 yuan left on her card, Chi Qing decided to move on to the food section.