Its a nice day today, and since our driver is still off for the holiday I rode my bike to the store. On my way there I passed a flower cart. I promised the man I would be back. So after I purchased my groceries and loaded them onto my bike, I made my way back to the flower cart. I made my selection (yellow tulips and two bunches of other flowers that I do not know the name of) and began bargaining. I suggested 75rmb (about $10usd), he said 90rmb. I smiled and took off my sunglasses and kindly asked again "how much?" We finally settled on 80rmb. As I was loading the flowers into my bike basket, the man pulled a bunch of yellow flowers from his cart and handed them to me saying "for you." Even though the man barely spoke any English, it just goes to show you what a little smile can get you.p.s. Molly helped with laundry today.
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