Jin Tingjiao

Chapter 99
Shen Xi knew he was playing football, but he didn't care.

She smiled slightly and said: "This jade bracelet is indeed a rare old pit ice-species floating green jadeite, it fits Madam Qi's style very well, and it is indeed worth a lot of money.

"However, upon closer inspection, the base color of this ice seed is still not pure enough, and the concentration of this floating green is too high. People often say that it is too much to go too far. If the green is too much, it will be discounted.

"I think the regular price of this kind of bracelet is about a thousand taels. My wife said that I bought it for 3000 taels. I'm afraid I was scammed."

She put the bracelet back on the table with a neither humble nor overbearing attitude.

It's only natural to lose money if you break something.

But it doesn't mean that she can ask for a lot of money, and it doesn't mean that they will pay as much as she says, even if the person being claimed is the long house who has a feud with her.

She is in the critical period of rectifying Shen Xin's principles of doing things, so she should take a good look at it.

Shopkeeper Liu cast his gaze over after hearing her finish.

When Madam Qi heard this, she also stared at her for another look, and said, "This is clearly a few thousand taels. What do you mean, I'm lying to you?"

"Ma'am, of course there is no need to lie." Shen Xi smiled, "It's just that the things are here, and there are not a few people who know the goods in the capital. There are results.

"If you bought this bracelet for more than 200 taels of silver, Madam is really at a loss.

"So let us spend 2000 taels of silver to pay for a bracelet with such a small gap, and the bracelet will not lose its original price after repair. We really can't accept this price."

It's a pity that the jade is damaged, but the gap is small, and it can be regarded as restoration if it is polished or carved.No matter which one you do, it is not worth the wages of 2000 taels of silver.

Mrs. Qi's complexion changed a little.

She stood up, stared at Shen Xi for a while, and said, "Young lady, do you know who I am?"

Shen Xi smiled slightly: "As long as you are not the empress of the palace, we will not pay the 2000 taels of silver."

Mrs. Qi sneered: "If you don't come out, who will come out? You broke this thing of mine, and I didn't ask you to come and get it. Now that it's broken, you still want to renege on the debt?!"

"I didn't say that I would renege on the debt. We will pay what should be paid, but we won't pay the extra penny." Shen Xi spoke calmly, without giving an inch.

In fact, she could tell that Mrs. Qi was not a member of a prominent family. If so, wouldn't her face be worth a mere 2000 taels of silver?

Not to mention showing off your identity to suppress people!

Anyone with status can't do anything to extort money!

Since she is not a great figure, what is she to give in to?Their Shen family is a third-rank official household, and they are not considered weak!
Mrs. Qi's face was completely sullen, she didn't expect this girl to have such confidence and courage!
And Huang Shi and Shen Xin have long since dared not make a sound, of course they don't want to pay this wronged money, 2000 taels of silver!
If Shen Xi can help them save money, wouldn't they be regarded as getting a big deal? !
"Hey, hey, I don't think it's like this. Miss Shen, take a look, how much can you pay?"

Shopkeeper Liu saw the atmosphere froze, and quickly stood up to smooth things over: "The two of you have something to say, the capital is so big, you don't see people who look up, why hurt your friendship."

Shen Xi smiled and pointed out two fingers to him: "Me, at most 200 taels."

"200 taels?!" Madam Qi exclaimed.

"That's right." Shen Xi suppressed his smile, "For such a bracelet with a gap of this size, the polishing fee is at most 50 taels, and if the pattern is carved, it can be at most 100 taels. I will pay 200 taels, and the extra 100 taels will be counted as us. Apologize to Madam!"

There were more than one or two pieces of jewelry and jade that she handled in the past?Prices in Dazhou are comparable to those in Daqin 50 years ago, so she has no reason to be inaccurate!

Asked for 2000 taels, as if they had never seen a baby like her!
"No! You have to pay me at least 500 taels!"

Mrs. Qi also saw that she had met an expert, and immediately started arguing with her.

Shopkeeper Liu was also a little embarrassed for a while.At this moment, a guy secretly winked at him.

He backed out quietly, and when he reached the stairs on the side of the veranda, Su Yan stood on the last two steps of the stairs with his hands behind his back, and said with downcast eyes: "The young master is dealing with official business, don't you know?"

Shopkeeper Liu dares to hide the truth?Immediately told him the ins and outs.

After hearing this, Su Yan walked down the stairs, looked at the other end of the inner hall, and sure enough, he saw Shen Xi and Mrs. Qi entangled.

He thought for a while, waved shopkeeper Liu away, and then turned back upstairs.

Xiao Huai, who was sitting behind the huge book case upstairs, raised his eyes when he heard the soft sound of the stairs.

Su Yan didn't expect him to pay attention, so he walked over immediately: "The relative and female family member of the Han family who came to Beijing broke a bracelet by the elder girl of the Shen family and wanted to extort 2000 taels of silver from the Shen family. Room out."

Xiao Huai frowned slightly when he heard about the Shen family.

Here he wrote a few more words with lowered eyes, then paused again, finally picked up his pen and stood up, walked to the window to look at the inner hall below.

Sure enough, he saw a few female relatives standing in the hall, a shrewd young woman stood to the west, and the one standing opposite her was Shen Xi who had been let off twice by him.

At first glance, the woman was not a fuel-efficient lamp.

But Shen Xi stood opposite her with a smile on his face, neither humble nor overbearing. It was different from the vigilance and guard he showed several times in front of him, and even different from the ruthless determination when he used the hairpin in the small alley to try to kill him. From this point of view, it was also Not very fuel efficient.

He looked down at them.

"If Mrs. Qi insists on this price, then I might as well buy a bracelet of the same quality and size to compensate you at my own expense, and then you can give me back the one you have in hand."

Seeing that the other party refused to budge, Shen Xi gave another choice.

It's only a thousand taels of silver when you buy one, isn't it much better than paying her 500 taels?

Take back the broken one, pay a hundred taels of silver to repair it, and then resell it, maybe you won't lose a penny.

Of course Mrs. Qi refused: "I want this one!"

"Then there is no other way!" Shen Xi spread his hands, "I can only pay so much. If Madam refuses to accept, I can go to Shuntian Mansion to submit the certificate."

Seeing this, Shopkeeper Liu hurriedly gave Mrs. Qi a step: "How about this, Madam helped repair this small jade shop, and the wages are not charged. Miss Shen's 200 taels of silver, I have the right to pay you. You see Will it work?"

Their store is making a lot of money every day. If they spend all their time here, they don't know how much business will be affected.

Although the owner of the Qionghuatai would not be offended if anyone knew about it, but no one knew about it.

On the bright side, he can't offend both sides, so he can only calm down.

Mrs. Qi hated her face, but she knew in her heart that it was almost time to end.

There were also people from the Han family who followed, and if the story of her tenacity with others for a few hundred taels of silver got to the ears of the Han family, she would not be ashamed.

Then he turned his face down and said to shopkeeper Liu: "For your sake, I admit it!"

After finishing speaking, he took the 200 taels of silver note from Mrs. Huang, took the jade and went to the front desk.

(End of this chapter)