Su Zhou lowered his eyes, and his gaze landed on her fingernails, which were as delicate as flower petals. He felt a fleeting moment of surprise; so this was what a woman’s fingers looked like.
He calmly withdrew his gaze and explained, "That peddler was involved in illegal grain coupon trading six months ago. He was locked up and only got out a couple of days ago. These guys specialize in scalping goods for a profit. For that sewing machine you bought, he actually picked it up from someone else and marked it up. Even at the twenty yuan price you paid, he still made a few bucks off it."
Chi Yin nodded in sudden realization. If it had been her, she probably would have offered sixty yuan the moment she opened her mouth, but Su Zhou had managed to haggle it down to twenty. She never would have dared to dream that she could get a sixty-percent-new sewing machine for twenty yuan.
Chapter 34