Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 266
Now that someone helped Liu Ya speak, she felt more confident.

Fushen said to everyone again: "To tell you the truth, I am just a little girl who sells bamboo baskets. The reason why I hurt people this time is because I was forced to rush. My father's legs are sick, so I can only Paralyzed in bed, but he is very skilled in weaving baskets with his own hands. The baskets we weave are exquisite, beautiful and durable. I plan to sell them to maintain the livelihood of the whole family. Although the selling price is a bit expensive, my father weaves The baskets are very particular, and others cannot imitate them. But when I came to sell the baskets again today, I found that Maliu was selling the baskets made by my father. Actually, I wouldn’t mind making the same baskets. Will be angry, if he wants to sell it, he will sell it according to his own basket; but he deliberately imitated my appearance and sold it cheaply, which even ruined my father's name. I don't know, I thought my father's craftsmanship is not good Well. So I couldn't swallow this breath, so I hit him."

Ma Liu endured the pain of his dislocated arm, and howled, "You are talking nonsense, why do you say that your father made such a basket first? Why do you say that I am imitating yours? I am selling my own basket Ah, why did you hit me?"

Liu Ya sneered and said: "I'm talking nonsense? You said it yourself, such an expensive basket would not be bought and used by ordinary girls. Since such an expensive thing, how could it be everywhere? Can it be exactly the same? I'm just angry that you use my cover to deceive people. It's obviously not the same thing, but you insist on saying it's the same. My father made baskets, each of which has a special mark, and I sell it for four dollars One penny, that’s because my family has such a good thing. Even if you sell it for only one penny, it’s still a counterfeit copy of a cat or a tiger. Tell me, can a cat be the same as a tiger? Someone buys tiger bone wine , but has anyone caught a cat to make wine? I bought his things, obviously aiming to spend a lot of money to make good use of them, but in the end I was cheated by him, such a person is the most hateful."

After Liu Ya finished speaking, she picked up the basket that she had trampled on Ma Liu before, brought it in front of a bystander, and said, "Brother, help me see what is so special about this basket. ?"

The man looked at it and shook his head, "Ah? It's just a bamboo basket, what's so special about it? The shape should look pretty good, but now that it's been trampled, you can't see anything."

After hearing what the man said, Liu Ya smiled and said: "Brother is right, this basket belongs to Ma Liu, and there is really nothing special about it. But, please take a look at this basket of mine again. Look at it Is it worth four denarii?"

After Liu Ya finished speaking, she picked out another basket from her pile, put it on the ground, and stepped on it vigorously.After a few strokes, the basket that Liu Ya stepped on was also flattened, and it didn't have the original exquisite appearance at all.

Everyone looked at it dumbfounded, not knowing what Liu Ya was going to do.But Ma Liu laughed while clutching his arms: "I said this is a crazy girl. She even stomped on her own basket. Do you still believe what she said? Anyone who believes in her is a fool."

Those who watched the excitement and sympathized with Liu Ya frowned slightly after hearing Ma Liu's words, thinking that Liu Ya's behavior was really confusing to people, and this way of doing things was too strange.

But Liu Ya smiled, picked up the basket she had trampled on the ground, shook it around in front of everyone, and said, "I want to tell everyone how special the baskets my father made are. Now that you have seen them Afterwards, I understood why the baskets my father wove can be sold for four renminbi."

After finishing speaking, Liu Ya held the handle of the basket with one hand and the edge of the basket with the other hand, stretched it with one hand, twisted it a few times, and straightened the crushed basket in front of everyone.And after straightening, a little tidying up, it changed back to its original appearance.If there is any difference, it is that when stepping on the ground, a lot of mud is stained, which makes it look a lot dirty.

After Liu Ya recovered the basket, she held it up in front of everyone again, and said, "Everyone is a witness who witnessed what I did. That's the advantage of my father's weaving basket. Even if you bent it and stomped it Yes, as long as it is not broken, it can be straightened, and it is exactly the same as the original one. My father's craftsmanship is not passed on, so no one can imitate it except my father. Tell me, this basket from Maliu , Can you compare with my dad? I sell it for four renminbi each, is it still expensive? Even if it is expensive, it is because of the craftsmanship. If anyone buys this unique thing, it is very difficult to carry it on the street. It’s pretty. Because anyone with a discerning eye will know that your value is there when they see the truth. Right?”

After Liu Ya finished speaking, everyone who watched the fun also nodded frequently, and some people said: "I really didn't expect that such a basket, which looks quite ordinary, would be so magical. I can also learn the craft of weaving, but sincerely There is no such ingenuity."

Someone said again: "From this point of view, the four silver coins may be really worth it. You know, it takes a lot of effort to weave a basket by one person."

Liu Ya also nodded immediately, and said approvingly: "Everyone is right, and they all make sense. You might as well think about it, many of the things sent to the capital as tributes are ordinary things. The dignitaries in the capital , also need to eat whole grains, but those people eat more exquisite food than ours. The basket made by my father is also the same. You may see it as ordinary, but if one day it can be sold in the capital , this worth is not four silver coins."

"You, you little girl is very eloquent. It's wrong for you to hurt people." Ma Liu was not reconciled, but his basket was indeed broken when he stepped on it. He was really not as strong and durable as the one in Liu Ya's hand, so he could only blame it. Liu Ya hurt people.

Liu Ya came over, knelt down and gave Ma Liu two big mouths, and then said: "You are selling fake products here to deceive people, and I haven't settled with you yet. Didn't you say that you sold [-] of them yesterday, and today they are all fake?" Did you sell another seven? If you return the money to others, I will forgive you, or else I will directly cripple your arm, and drag you to see the official. Let me say that you pretended to be a relative of the Xiangbao, Charming."

In fact, Liu Ya is not sure whether the officials here are in charge of this kind of thing, but she feels that "the world is as black as crows", and the officials here may not be so white.Moreover, a real good official would definitely not care about such trivial matters, let alone let a little liar like Ma Liu jump up and down.

(End of this chapter)