Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied.

一个子儿一个子儿在杂货店老板、菜子和肉店老板那儿硬赖来的，每次闹得脸发，这种掂斤播两的交易实在丢人现眼。