Chapter 54: Crazy Wednesday
Her roommates were stunned.Immediately, the roommates realized that what Tang Xinjue said was quite reasonable.
In their habitual thinking, the image of a salesman was always tied to door-knocking sales, so they subconsciously assumed that the other party needed their "permission" to enter the dormitory.
But what if this "salesman" did not need that at all?
Thinking along Tang Xinjue's lines of thoughts, if the salesman was already in the dormitory... the atmosphere suddenly felt a little creepy.
Guo Guo quickly held her water drop jade pendant, "They can't be invisible, right? Are they possessing us?"
The elusive wandering spirits in the "Four Seasons Protection Guide" were the representatives who could enter the house silently, possess them and disguise themselves as humans.
The atmosphere in the dormitory suddenly became solemn. Liang Jing's hand, which was returning the ointment, froze in the air; her eyes widened: "Ah, what are you talking about?"
Weren't you talking about the student mall salesman? Why did the topic suddenly change to——
Seeing that the dormitory was beginning to develop into a horror dungeon atmosphere, Tang Xinjue snapped her fingers to bring everyone back to their thoughts:
"Don't worry, Guo Guo, have you forgotten your abilities?"
Guo Guo realized, as if waking up from a dream: "Yes!"
She had yin and yang eyes, so even if the salesman sneaked in in ghost form, there was a high probability that he would be discovered. "So, the other party should most likely be an entity. If that's the case, why can't we detect it..."
Tang Xinjue said, turning to the inside of the dormitory, her eyes roaming the entire space, and finally fixed on the corner.
"Unless... it's much, much smaller than we thought."
*
Tables and chairs were moved on the ground, making loud scraping sounds.
In Dormitory 606, several people quickly searched the entire dormitory, especially the small corners blocked by various facilities.
Liang Jing moved a desk with a bang - she didn't know why, but somehow joined the search team of four people in this dormitory.
The key was that she had no idea what she was looking for. She was completely confused. Tang Xinjue's guess was still playing in her mind. She still didn't quite believe it; it shouldn't be so bizarre... right?
The girl who had just lifted the desk suddenly stopped, her pupils shrank and she looked towards the corner.
Liang Jing: "F*ck!!"
Hearing the shout, the others immediately rushed forward, their eyes fell on the corner of the wall, and they took a deep breath:
"F*ck!"
In the corner, they saw a little man in red clothes about the size of a palm struggling under the table leg, with a red horned hat swinging on his head, looking very helpless. Frightened by the crowd's voices, it raised its little head no bigger than a thumb; its eyes like two blank grapes.
When Tang Xinjue used the toilet plunger to suck it out, the little man in red hugged the rubber head tightly and sat inside. Several people noticed that it had a small colorful backpack on its chest.
Tang Xinjue put it on the table and said in a gentle voice, "Are you the salesman sent by the mall?"
The little person nodded vigorously, straightened up the backpack on its chest, and saw a big word "Hui" sewn on the cloth.
*This 'Hui', 惠, meaning benefit/favor/kind act
Everyone:? ? ?
Discounts coming to your door... It turned out that the so-called "salesman" was actually a little puppet?!
The little puppet nervously adjusted the hat on its head, revealing its white round wooden head. If it didn't move, at first glance they might even think it was a doll that just fell off the shelf.
Liang Jing came back to her senses, "So that's it, I'm going back first!"
The other "salesman" might be hiding in a corner of their dormitory right now, and it might not be too late to find it now!
The balcony window was hurriedly opened and closed, and there were still fifteen minutes left in the session. Tang Xinjue didn't waste time and asked directly: "Since you are a salesman who delivers discounts to customers, it should be your task to make deals with customers. So, how can we get [discounts]?"
In other words, how can they get the “super jackpot”?
The little puppet seemed to understand, and nodded and started to sign: "Yeah yeah yeah!"
"..."
Tang Xinjue raised her eyebrows: "You, can't speak human language?"
The little puppet nodded, shook its head again, and patted its head with both hands: "Yeah yeah!"
"..."
Guo Guo said quietly: "I knew that the game would never stop digging holes."
No wonder the rules of the event say, "If you communicate with him, you have a chance to win a prize." How could a salesman who couldn't speak human language at all communicate with them?
Those black grape eyes stared at the four people. The little puppet seemed a little anxious. It patted its head hard and pointed at its backpack: "Ye, ye, yeah, ah!"
Tang Xinjue watched the puppet's every move carefully and said, "Although you can't speak, can you understand what we say?"
The puppet nodded: "Yeah."
"Well, we ask questions and you give us answers, just nod your head for yes, and shake your head for no, okay?"
The wood head thought for a moment and nodded.
"The goods are in your backpack, isn't it?"
"Yeah." Yes.
"Can we get the merchandise inside?"
"Yeah." The little puppet continued to nod.
But soon, it shook its head again, bent its legs and squatted down, patting the table in front of it and then patting itself.
Tang Xinjue understood: "We have to bring out things to exchange with you before you can give us the things in the bag?"
"Yeah!" the little puppet clapped.
So you are doing second-hand recycling?
After a brief exchange, the four of them looked at each other and immediately started to take action: they dug out a lot of items, no matter what type they were, they just took them out.
What if in the salesman’s value judgment, it’s worth a lot?!
Tang Xinjue used a marker pen to write several symbols on the paper, including check marks, crosses, and numbers from 1 to 10.
"Mr. Salesman, how many products are there in your bag?"
The little puppet hesitated for a few seconds, wavering between the numbers 5 to 10.
It seems that it doesn't know exactly how many products it has brought.
“On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you think the items in your bag are worth?”
The little puppet jumped from 1 to 10, crossing its arms inexplicably.
Although it didn't speak, Tang Xinjue could inexplicably read the meaning inside: the value of the things it brought varied, and how much they could get depended on the abilities of the four of them.
…
A few minutes later, the lipstick, thermos cup, dressing mirror, and skin cream were kicked to the ground one after another.
With its hands behind its back, the puppet looked like it was patrolling the streets, shaking its head and kicking away things it didn't like. After a while, the tabletop was empty, and various things fell all over the floor.
Guo Guo wailed: "This lipstick is my birthday gift! I haven't used it even once! There is still an unopened cover film, which is worth a full four figures!"
The puppet also groaned angrily, tightened its grip on its bag strap, turned to the corner and refused to communicate.
Obviously, it felt that this dormitory was not sincere in their dealings and always tries to fool it with things it doesn't like.
Everyone was also at a loss. They had already tried props bought from the mall, radios from the dungeon, and various expensive treasures they purchased in the real world, but they were all rejected.
Tang Xinjue changed direction: "Then do you think there is anything in this dormitory that interests you and is of good value? You can look for it yourself."
The puppet raised its head, with a "suddenly enlightened" expression on its little eyes, and immediately sat down on the toilet plunger, and with the help of Tang Xinjue, began to walk around the dormitory.
"Er!" After a full circle, the little puppet suddenly shouted to stop, jumped down and ran to Guo Guo's desk, struggling to drag a book.
It's Guo Guo's "Book of Changes".
Seeing this, they all asked tentatively: "Do you think this book can be exchanged for your things?"
The little puppet nodded, then lowered its head happily and was about to open its backpack, but was unexpectedly stopped by Tang Xinjue.
The girl looked gentle and easy to talk to, but her questioning was faster than a bullet: "How many products can we exchange from you in total?"
The little puppet was stunned, its mouth flattened into a line, and it reluctantly moved its body to stand on "1".
"If I collect your stuff, can I return it and trade it again?"
"..."
The puppet slowly walked to the "cross" position.
Zhang You reacted: "We were almost tricked by it just now!"
The salesman had many products, but he could only exchange one with the students. Once the salesman takes out something and the deal was concluded, no one can exchange it for other items.
If the value of "The Book of Changes" was not high, then they have undoubtedly missed out on better products.
Unexpectedly, this salesman didn't look very smart, but he was very cunning and deceitful.
The little puppet pointed at the clock angrily and kept babbling.
There were only the last five minutes left. Do we still want to make a deal?
Tang Xinjue also reacted decisively: "Look for books, all the books!"
In less than a minute, a large pile of books almost overwhelmed the little puppet. From classics to street literature, from ancient documents to advanced mathematics teaching aids, Guo Guo even contributed his own private collection of little pornographic books, eagerly waiting for the salesman. determination.
The little puppet pulled out several books with difficulty: "The Book of Changes", "Zhuangzi", "Three Kingdoms", "Zizhi Tongjian"... and "Five Hundred Tang Poems and Song Lyrics".
All related to ancient documents.
Adding these up, Little Puppet reluctantly gave it a 6-point rating.
Zheng Wanqing held a pile of literature and materials and scolded the puppet: "Look, this is the original English literature that I bought online to write my thesis. This is the printed material that I stayed up all night to review. Look at the upper curve, how beautiful..."
Couldn't be bothered, the other party hurriedly opened its backpack and shook out a black pocket card.
Then as the event countdown reached zero, the little puppets and several selected books disappeared into the air with a bang.
It was a pity for them not to be able to gather more wool*, but they immediately focused on the cards.
*gathering wool is an internet slang for making profits (on the internet) from coupons, discounts, promotions, etc. Baidu said the English translation would be "get the best deal" but the original idiom is more interesting imo.
"This card is..."
Guo Guo stretched out her hand curiously, but before she touched it, she retracted in surprise: "Wait, why did it get bigger?!"
Under the gaze of four pairs of eyes, the "little black card" on the table quickly grew in size. In less than tens of seconds, it expanded dozens of times, and its shape became clearer——
When it finally stopped changing and stayed quietly on the table, several people opened their eyes in unison:
What was placed in front of them was a 32-inch LCD TV about 60 centimeters long and 40 centimeters wide?
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(24/12/2023 | T/N) Happy holidays! Hope everyone's having a good time :) A very good timing in the translation; the dormitory is getting a gift: a new TV haha.
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