Mu family's little lucky girl

Chapter 37 Quarrel
There is a pawnshop in the bustling market area of ​​Wanli Township. The business of the pawnshop is booming. There is an endless stream of pedestrians who come to pawn things every day, ranging from movable property such as clothing, food, gold and silver jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, copper and iron utensils, and real estate such as houses and fields. , It can even be living things such as cattle and horses, and even living people such as slaves and maidservants can be used as collateral.

Anything of value can be used as collateral.

Pawnshops are frequented by the poor.

When Xue Dahai came in, he met an embarrassed man in ragged clothes who came out of the pawnshop with a few copper coins in his hand, and the sound of singing and reporting resounded through the entire lobby at this moment.

"Bitten by moths and rats, frayed and fluffed, and a tattered coat!"

The pawnbroker agrees with the valuation of the outer queer, and after the outer queer "reports" to the middle queer, the middle queer fills in the pawn ticket and can go back with the money.

Xue Dahai was wearing cloth between his elbows, which was bought by Mrs. Meng in the town a few days ago to add new clothes for them. Now, because his family owed a lot of money, and the cloth was expensive, he, a countryman, had to face all day long. Those who turned their backs to the loess were not willing to wear such good clothes, so they took out the cloth as collateral.

As soon as the thin man in tattered straw sandals got the money and left, it was his turn.

Xue Dahai stood at the counter that was more than one and a half meters high, holding the pledge with both hands and lifting it on the counter. Outside the gap was a man with a kind face, about 50 years old, with a small beard in his middle, and the beard was shining Gray and white, wearing a black cap with melon skin on his head, his hair is braided and hangs down behind his head.

After some inspections, he said with a smile, "150 Wen."

"Master, please show me again, I bought this new one and never used it once."

Wai Que said: "Although you bought this new one, it's second-hand after a second hand. Not to mention that the first-hand is still second-hand. It's not good just because of the quality of the linen. 150 Wen is already considered a high price."

Xue Dahai lowered his eyes and raised them again, with a worried expression on his face: "You can raise the price again. My mother-in-law just bought it for 150 Wen a few days ago, and [-] Wen is really too low."

Wai Que was still smiling, and repeated: "150 Wen is the highest price."

That posture made it clear that there would be no further increase.

A posture of mortgage if you like mortgage, and leave if you don't like mortgage.

Xue Dahai still wanted to bargain a few more words, but Wai Que had already made a gesture to drive him away. When Xue Dahai came back to the pawnshop for the first time, he didn't know how deep the water was. Seeing that Wai Que wanted to drive him away, Xue Dahai was helpless. It is the largest pawn shop in Wanli Township. If you go to other places, you may not be able to pawn the money.

Xue Dahai had no choice but to hasten to say: "Then let's pay this price."

The price was negotiated, Outer Que reported to sing again, Zhongque filled in the pawn ticket, and agreed to redeem the fabrics one month later.

After taking the silver, Wai Que saw that he was still standing still, and there was a line of people behind waiting to be used as things, so Wai Que started to urge him.

Xue Dahai clenched his fists, loosened his fists again, clenched his fists again, and finally loosened his fists again. After several times, Xue Dahai took out his mother's silver ring from his clothes pocket as if he had made up his mind. Handed it to Wai Que and said, "Master, how much is this silver ring worth?"

Wai Que only glanced at it: "Top two hundred articles."

Xue Dahai couldn't believe it: "Master, take a closer look, my grandma spent several taels of silver on it for my mother, why is it only worth two hundred coins now?"

"There must be a mistake somewhere, you should take a closer look."

Wai Que is a very discerning person. He has been working in a pawn shop since he was a teenager. He has been in this business for more than 30 years now.

This silver ring is indeed more than two hundred silver, but in their business, there is an unspoken rule that outsiders don't know, that is "worth ten to five", and the current price is far lower than the actual value of the collateral.

In this way, they will be profitable.

For poor people like Xue Dahai, the clerk will give a very low valuation, because the possibility of them redeeming the collateral is very small, so they can collect the collateral at a low price and sell it at a high price, and can earn a larger price difference .

Seeing Xue Dahai's shabby clothes and a sad face, Wai Que tried his best to lower the price for him; if Xue Dahai changed his clothes, maybe the result would be different.

Wai Que Fu returned the ring to Xue Dahai again, and said: "Your ring has not been properly maintained for many years, not only is it dark in color, but also has many scratches on the ring, and some parts are still damaged. These are considered wear and tear, and the price is natural. It doesn’t matter how high it is, if you want to be, I can give you another thirty Wen at most, and there can be no more.”

Xue Dahai thought hard, the people behind him were already impatient.

"Aren't you supposed to be doing it right? Hurry up and make room, don't you just stand in the latrine and don't take a shit?" One person yelled dissatisfied.

Others followed suit.

"That's right, hurry up, all of us are waiting."

"Hawking and chirping, like a bitch."

"Boss, why don't you just give him two hundred and five, I think it's quite suitable for him."

Everyone laughed one after another, and the laughter echoed endlessly in the lobby. Xue Dahai blushed, ashamed and indignant, and rushed out of the pawn shop clutching the ring.

On the way home, Xue Dahai was frowning.

Counting the 68 Wen that was returned to Old Man Mu’s family before, plus the current 150 Wen, it is only more than 200 Wen, which is still far from the two taels of silver.

I don't know when I will be able to pay back the money.

When is this day?
Full of worries and depression, Xue Dahai returned home, and as soon as he entered the house, he saw that Mrs. Meng was drenched and embarrassed, with water still dripping from her hair.

Meng Shi heard the movement, put the hoe against the wall, and saw Xue Dahai as soon as he turned around.

Xue Dahai sullenly looked at Mrs. Meng with displeasure, and said impatiently when he came up: "What do you look like? Don't you feel ashamed enough? Thanks to you, everyone in the village is laughing at me and calling me Xue Dahai is afraid of women, and he dare not say a word when being ridden on his head by a woman, and I have suffered a lot of uselessness in the past few years of being married to you."

"The whole village knows your glorious deeds when you fight with this one and that one all day long. You don't think it's embarrassing, but I don't think it's embarrassing. It's only been a few days, and it's starting to make trouble again? I'm about to be embarrassed by you I lost it all, look at you making such a ghost in broad daylight, what are you still doing here? Go back to the house and change clothes!"

Xue Dahai has been holding back his useless anger for the past few days, thinking that all the hard-earned money these years has been taken by his mother-in-law to his gambler brother-in-law, he can't let go of his anger.

And when he thought of his mother's ring being stolen by his mother-in-law, causing her to die in depression, he felt very uncomfortable. On the one hand, he hated his mother-in-law, and on the other hand, he thought that this was his child's mother, Xue Dahai felt in his heart. It's so tangled and complicated.

Depressed and irritable.

The good life is stunned by her like this.

　Babies, I have the cheek to ask for collection and recommendation tickets again. Hurry up and hit me, hit me hard, I have a thick skin, and I can bear it~
　　Babies, I beg you to add more collections and recommendation tickets, my results in this water test are too dismal┭┮﹏┭┮
　　My heart hurts so bad┭┮﹏┭┮
　　It feels like my heart is going to break.

　　Babies, don't worry about anything, just hit me with favorites and recommendation tickets as much as you want.

　　hit me!
　　hit me!
　　hit me!
　　It is said that important things will come true if you say them three times~hehe~
　　Yes, there is one chapter left, and I will post it later in the afternoon, or it may be in the evening. I just moved everything from the old house and cleaned it inside and out again. I am almost tired and paralyzed, things Moving to a new house is a mess, and I haven't cleaned it up yet, and I feel tired just thinking about it.

　　I was so tired that I shed two lines of noodle tears.

　　The landlord is coming to inspect the house soon, I have to go down and return the keys to the landlord after I finish posting this chapter.

　　Woooooo~ I broke one of the landlord's cabinets some time ago, all the glass was broken, and the wooden boards were also bent. Let's see what she has to say later~
　　See you later, bye~
　　


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