Chapter 127: Chapter 127: One Point Five Cents per Photo
The two of them, after all, have been in a boss and employee relationship for many years, and are very familiar and understanding of each other.
So after seeing each other’s eyes, they instantly understood what the other was thinking.
The waitress was so angry she was grinding her teeth, after hearing Jiang Xin’s words, she wanted to roll up her sleeves and go find Jiang Xin’s husband for a reckoning.
Unfortunately, she isn’t Jiang Xin’s parents, so she doesn’t have the right to go and stand up for her.
Otherwise, she would definitely go and give Jiang Xin’s in-laws a good lesson; isn’t this just bullying a young girl?
This waitress, after coming back to her senses, blurted out her first question:
"So you’ve been bullied by your in-laws like this, don’t your parents know? Wouldn’t they stand up for you?"
Shouldn’t they?
How could parents let their own daughter be bullied?
This waitress was quite angry in her heart too, there’s no reasonable parent who would be like Jiang Xin’s parents, letting their daughter marry so young.
Obviously, there are some unreasonable aspects. After all, the waitress doesn’t know the hidden facts about this situation, she thought that Jiang Xin’s parents were not good to her, so they rushed into marrying her off early.
After hearing the waitress’s words, Jiang Xin suddenly felt that her lie might have been a bit too big. She indeed got married, but since the marriage, she hasn’t even seen the groom. How could there be an affair?
What she said was actually to make things seem more reasonable when developing photos, so she wouldn’t arouse the suspicion of the photo studio owner.
In reality, it’s all fake, but only she knows that. But now that she has said it, she can’t explain it anymore, she can only build onto the lie, making it more real.
So when she heard the waitress ask what her parents were doing.
Jiang Xin thought for a moment, the original person’s experience was indeed quite embarrassing.
She couldn’t possibly say she secretly got married without her biological parents knowing, that’s way too outrageous, and even if she said it, no one would probably believe it.
Therefore, you shouldn’t lie easily, once you lie once, you’ll have to lie countless times to cover it up.
Jiang Xin thought quickly, and continued lying:
"Isn’t there some hidden reason behind all of this? Actually, I’m not too comfortable saying it, but my parents didn’t agree with my marriage."
"My parents felt that the family I married into wasn’t good, so they disagreed. Besides, I’m quite young, and they didn’t want me to marry so early."
"However, at that time, I was already blinded by love, and only thought of marrying this man no matter what. Who would’ve thought he would turn out this way after marriage."
"Don’t even mention it, my parents were heartbroken over this and even cut off parent-child relations with me, so they don’t support my marriage."
Jiang Xin lied expressionlessly, and from her tone, you couldn’t tell at all that what she said was fake.
The shop owner and the waitress completely believed her.
The waitress, after hearing Jiang Xin’s explanation, had a sudden realization. No wonder Jiang Xin suffered so much grievance, her parents weren’t by her side, feeling that her family absolutely didn’t agree with her daughter marrying this family. If you don’t heed the advice of elders, disaster will come before you. Now, she’s suffering a big loss.
But ultimately, they’re just outsiders, without the right to evaluate someone else’s marriage.
Nor do they have the right to say that Jiang Xin shouldn’t marry a man not approved by her parents.
So at this moment, all they feel is pity and helplessness.
After all, they’re traditional in thinking and feel that once married, you shouldn’t easily divorce, even if the man cheats and has affairs, in the end, he will return to the family one day.
That’s why they advise reconciliation rather than separation.
There’s no reason to advise a young couple to divorce, since getting together probably took quite some effort.
The assistant and shop owner summed up their many words into one word - helplessness.
The photo studio owner, after receiving the waitress’s signal, immediately reacted. He thought about the profits and costs of developing each photo, and finally decided to give Jiang Xin a discount, charging her only the cost price, considering she’s a young girl facing such difficulty, it’s indeed hard for her.
Ultimately, after doing some calculations, the photo studio owner thought five hundred photos were indeed too many; realizing Jiang Xin’s purpose, he also couldn’t advise her to develop fewer photos to save some expenses.
Ultimately, after calculating the price, the photo studio owner spoke:
"Since you’re developing photos for this purpose, my shop is just a small business. I don’t know how I can help you."
"So I thought, why don’t I give you a discount and charge you the cost price, so you can save a bit of money. It’s tough for a girl like you out there."
"And also, hearing you say your husband’s having an affair, he surely won’t live with you, so a girl should have some spare money at hand."
"Moreover, your family is far away and can’t return, you’re practically isolated, with no support."
"Having some money would at least provide some security."
"Normally, each photo costs fifty cents to develop, more would be half price, twenty-five cents a piece. Since we’ve met today, it’s fate."
"I’ll reduce another ten cents per photo for you, let’s say fifteen cents each, how about it?"
Jiang Xin was originally still contemplating.
Because she heard the photo studio owner say he would give her the cost price.
She thought, isn’t that a bit embarrassing?
She shouldn’t take advantage of someone’s sympathy to make them do business at a loss.
She would feel uneasy.
So she was originally considering that if the price was too unreasonable, she should ask the owner to raise the price.
But hearing fifteen cents a photo, it seemed like this price was still acceptable.