Fortunate Eighties: The Bewitching Female Rival Who Tamed Her Husband with Skill

Chapter 146: Chapter 146: It seems that being vain knows no age.

“Look at the clothes, while they’re having a discount, my clothes were 15, now they’re 12, straight away saving three dollars.

We’re always scrimping and saving, buying a pretty outfit to treat ourselves is well-deserved.”

“Niu Niu’s Mother is right, let’s have a quick look.”

Several women nodded and began to browse the pretty clothes, but the more they looked, the more dazzled they felt.

At this moment, Susu came out just in time to recommend some options, and in the end, the women together spent over fifty.

Susu gave Niu Niu’s Mother a look, and before long, Niu Niu’s Mother had walked away and then come back.

“How did it go, comrade?”

“Sister, we just spent a total of 53 dollars, I’ll pay out of my own pocket to give you two silk scarves.”

“Oh my, thank you, comrade. I’ll go home and spread the word for you.”

…

The week-long opening event saw many regular customers bringing relatives, friends, and neighbors, and it was usually busy from morning till night.

With Susu’s previous tactics, the staff learned from her and started giving away scarves to attract people; many came with acquaintances, and soon, there weren’t many scarves left.

It just so happened to be the weekend, and Tianyu and Xiao Yu came to help as well.

“Comrade, do you have Sun Wukong backpacks?” a young woman in work attire asked, leading a boy about ten years old.

“Yes, right this way.”

“Yang Tianyu?”

“Li Hao?”

The two boys grinned and gathered together, and the adults then realized that the kids were classmates.

“Oh, comrade, you have no idea, my kid saw your kid’s backpack and made a fuss about wanting one too, so here I am, buying it as soon as I got off work.”

Susu remembered her oldest son mentioning that his schoolmates were all envious of his and his sister’s backpacks and even promoted their family’s clothing store.

Thinking of her eldest son and niece’s enthusiastic promotions, Susu smiled and said, “We just finished an event, but since the kids are classmates of our Tianyu and Xiao Yu, I’ll make an exception and give you the opening discount today—20% off.”

“That’s really kind of you, thanks a lot, comrade.”

…

One morning, the cartoon backpacks sold out directly, and many who came late couldn’t buy any, leaving children crying and adults upset enough to scold.

Those adults who missed out on the backpacks ended up picking clothes, and the expressions of the parents and children varied distinctly, amusingly so.

The child who got spanked and didn’t get the desired small backpack sulked with a tear-stained face.

The woman who bought beautiful clothes, after scolding her son, grinned from ear to ear.

After the opening event, the foot traffic in the store decreased significantly, and Xiao Sun and Su Chenghe went back to selling marinated goods.

The store wasn’t busy, so Susu rode the tricycle to the store with the triplets.

“Mom, have a seat.” Pingping held a small stool, gesturing for his mom to sit.

Anan, not to be outdone, also wanted to move a stool and scurried about searching for one.

Lele, the little girl, stood with her hands behind her back, tilting her head back and gazing dreamily at the pretty accessories.

“Sister Su, Pingping and Anan and Lele are so well-behaved, not causing any trouble at all,” Yang Yu commented.

“Yes, my nephew was such a handful at their age, always getting dirty and causing chaos.”

Susu smiled and shook her head, “They’re not familiar yet; once they are, they’ll start acting up. But it’s normal for kids to be a bit mischievous.”

Li Xiaoxia had previously been unemployed, staying at home helping her sister-in-law with the children. She was busy as a dog both at home and outside, and her sister-in-law would disdainfully accuse her of living off others without earning.

Yang Yu was more or less in the same boat; the two little aunts often talked privately, and now that they were working, their families stopped constantly berating them at home.

Watching the two little aunts complain about their homes and sister-in-laws, Susu felt sympathetic.

“Do you guys talk about your salaries with your family?”

The two girls looked at each other and shook their heads.

“No, we just tell them the basic salary is 20 with a meal allowance, so we estimate around thirty or forty a month.”

Susu nodded, “You’re still young and don’t understand. Do you know there’s a term called ‘getting rich silently’? It means no matter how much money you make, keep your mouth shut about it to others and act like you’re broke.”

“Why? Isn’t having money something that makes people envious?”

“It’s good enough if you know you have money. Keep the money in your own hands and buy whatever you want to buy. You can give your family ten dollars a month for food expenses and save the rest for yourself.”

Susu didn’t want to see two families that favored sons over daughters, relying on their daughters to financially support their sons.

But if they didn’t listen to her advice, there was nothing she could do.

Yang Yu and Li Xiaoxia nodded, “Thank you, Sister Su.”

In the midst of their conversation, they hadn’t heard the bustling noises of the triplets, and Su Nian jumped up in fright.

My God, what kind of trouble are these three little ones stirring up now?

If the kids suddenly go quiet and stop talking, they’re definitely up to no good.

Susu stood up and immediately saw Pingping lying on the counter, covering her small mouth and giggling.

Little An’an was sitting on Zhang Guoming’s shoulders at that moment, laughing and looking incredibly happy.

“An’an, come down and don’t ride on uncle’s neck.”

Little An’an pouted her small lips, “Okay, I know, Mommy.”

“It’s okay, I lifted her up myself,” Zhang Guoming said, and Susu didn’t insist on the child getting down but just reminded her to behave and not to bully uncle.

“Lele? Little fairy Lele, where are you going…”

Susu looked up and saw An’an, who had somehow found a stool and, with her head full of accessories, was sitting contentedly on a high stool, admiring herself in the mirror.

The old mother couldn’t help but laugh and cry, hurrying to take the stuff off her daughter’s head, leaving only two little butterfly bow clips in her hair.

“Lele, be good, those are for selling in the store, you can’t mess with them. Mom will put two butterfly bows for you to wear.”

Little Lele, with a pretty butterfly bow on each side, held her mother’s hand and looked in the mirror.

“Hee hee, thank you, Mommy.”

Susu rubbed her forehead, it seems being vain isn’t limited by age.

…

On the way home, the two brothers curiously stared at the butterfly bow hair clips on their sister’s head.

Lele carefully touched the hair clip with her chubby hand, “Brother, does it look good?”

“It looks beautiful! Sister is the prettiest.”

The exaggerated tone of the brothers made Little Lele cover her mouth and giggle her eyes shut.

Once at home, Susu saw the two little ones bouncing along behind and laughed.

“So tell me, what mischief are you two thinking of causing now?”

Pingping, “Mommy, sister’s clips are pretty.”

Anan, “Mommy, brother and I want to play too.”

Susu chuckled and ruffled the two boys’ smooth heads, “Those are for girls. Boys have hair that’s too short to clip anything in it. Do you want to drink milk?”

“Yes.”

The two brothers were immediately distracted and forgot all about wanting the hair clips.

Susu talked about the morning’s events, both Mrs. Lu and Little Aunt laughing heartily with the three little ones.

Drinking milk contentedly, the triplets blinked their big eyes, completely puzzled.