Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 80 The Pawn Shop

In the end, Yao Shi was persuaded by Luo Baiqiu, and he didn't bother with Widow Xu, but he came out of Luo Baiqiu's shop in a daze, and couldn't tell the north from the south.

She sat on the side of the road for a while, finally stood up slowly, and went to the only pawn shop in the town.

In Yao shi's mind, it is a very embarrassing thing to enter the quality warehouse. She always thinks that only lazy people or stupid women who are lazy and can't manage the house will mortgage the valuables at home.In the past, in order to make money for Luo Baihan, she also sold a lot of belongings, but those were all private transactions between the villagers. My family lacks this, and your family happens to have it and it will not be needed for a while. Or change, there is no disadvantage, and Yao can accept it psychologically.

This was the first time she was in a pawn shop, so she felt ashamed and kept her head down, just wanting to pawn things quickly and go back earlier.

However, pawnshops do business by buying low and selling high, and the interest is heavy. Nine out of ten people who go to pawnshops lose money.

The pawnbroker only glanced at the things that Yao brought, weighed them in his hand, and then casually offered a price of six pennies.

Even if he had no experience, Yao knew that the pawn shop was bullying, and said to the clerk, "You think I am old, and bullying me is not good for my eyesight? How can this gold hairpin, jacket, and jade be worth six slings?" ?” When it’s that jade, it’s worth twenty or thirty hanging coins.

The guy was used to being said this way, with a smile on his face, he said: "Auntie, our shop has been open in Qiushui Town for decades, and the most honest thing is, this jacket looks good , but you have to look at what day it is now. In this dog days, no one wears jackets. They keep them until the end of the year. Huainan jade is actually just an ordinary stone, worth a few hundred coins at most, and there are words engraved on it. Even if I keep it, I can't sell it. No one will want a stone with someone else's name engraved on it. The jade, don’t you think so? I still paid the price for the gold hairpin for the Liudiao money, so I paid the money back.”

When Yao heard the young man say that the jade was engraved with characters, he couldn't help asking suspiciously: "What kind of characters are engraved on that jade?"

The young man was literate, so he held the jade under the sunlight, squinted his eyes, and said, "It seems to be a character Gu."

Gu?Yao shi was heartbroken, she still remembered that the woman's surname seemed to be Gu.So, this piece of jade was really not left by the old man, but by that woman to Luo Baisu?

Immediately, Yao shi felt that the jade was still in his hand, and he just wanted to get rid of it quickly and hold it in his hand, even if he just thought of having such a thing at home, he felt uncomfortable.

When that woman was in Luo's house, she was disgusting, and she left such a thing to burp her when everyone left.

"Twenty hanging coins, this jade will be pawned, dead." Yao Shi pursed her lips and said.

The guy picked up the jade, tossed it twice in his hand, and said: "One sling of money, no more money will be gone."

Yao didn't believe it, and scolded: "You can get things that cost dozens of dollars if you want to. Do you really think that we farmers don't know the goods?"

The guy talked for a long time, but he didn't get so angry, so he sneered and cursed: "What, I took a piece of marble to charge Nanhuai jade, and I'll give you a penny for the sake of its excellent workmanship. Twenty hangs? I’ll buy your broken jade for twenty hangs, and I’m not crazy. Ahhhh!”

Yao shi was ashamed and ashamed, and went home despondently with her baggage.

Luo Tian was still a little surprised when he saw her come back with a burden. After all, Yao was lying on the kang two days ago because of heat stroke, unable to even get off the ground. It has only been a few days. Running outside in the sun, do you want to get sick again?

But when she saw Yao shi's collar with a small piece of fox fur protruding from the bundle, she knew what Yao shi was doing.

Seeing that the deadline given by the official errand was getting closer and closer, did Yao shi go out to find money?It's just that I didn't pawn things for some reason.However, she didn't care about Yao Shi's affairs at all. After all, for a Yao Shi who was so single-minded as to ruin their family, it was considered generous for her to deal with it calmly like now. It is to open the door of others.

When Fang saw Yao entering, she pulled Luo Tiandu into the room and said, "It's sunny outside, let's go inside and sit down."

Luo Tian responded, and obediently followed Fang into the house.

After sitting in the room for a short time, Yao Shi came to the door.

When Yao shi came in, both Fang shi and Luo Ming stood up nervously, staring at Yao shi warily.

Luo Tian also waited intently. In the past, Yao Shi would send Luo Baining over to ask them to go to the main room to discuss anything. He had never come to the door like today. Luo Tian didn't even know what tricks Yao Shi was going to play this time. , and dare not take it lightly.

Seeing her reaction, Yao Shi was also very unhappy, but too many things happened recently, which made her temper a lot, and she knew that at this time, she had to hold back no matter what.

"I don't have anything else to do here today, but I spent a dime to treat Xiaodu's eyes, but the money was my private money, and I came here today to ask you for this money." Yao said slowly. Explained his purpose.

Fang frowned, the money was paid by Yao, but at that time the family had not been separated, and Xiaodu was injured, so the public should have paid for it, Yao now said it was her private money, without any evidence According to, who can tell?What's more, Yao shi withheld Luo Baisu's piece of jade, and now Yao shi is coming to settle this old debt again. Is it really time to bully their family?

Luo Tiandu also felt very angry. She couldn't understand Yao's behavior, and immediately retorted: "Grandma, I was knocked down on the firewood by my sister, if my sister hadn't sent me to Mr. Li in time. Caotang, I was afraid that my eyes would lose my sight. At that time, my father and mother had no money, and the whole family waited in the Caotang, hoping that grandma would bring money to let Langzhong Li treat my eyes. But after waiting for a long time, grandma never came over. Later, my mother took out a piece of jade pendant from home and gave it to Langzhong Li, which was considered as the consultation fee. Although grandma later took a sling of money to Langzhong Li, but the jade was taken by grandma. Get up. Now grandma asks my family for this penny, the money is spent on me, and I don’t want to rely on it, this penny will be returned to grandma.”

Hearing what she said, Mrs. Yao's face showed a look of color, thinking that Luo Tian was really scared, after all, she was just a little girl of a few years old, no matter how courageous she was, she would be honest once she entered the yamen. .

Luo Tian didn't even have time to worry about the change of expression on Yao's face, and continued: "It's just that grandma wants us to return this pendant to you, but please ask grandma to return the jade pendant from my house. The things my grandma left to my father, at least let him think about it."

Yao shi's face, which was originally quite gentle, turned into a pig's liver color at this time, and he only felt that Luo Tiandu's kissing grandma sounded particularly harsh.

She said that it was no wonder that Luo Tiandu was not close to her at all. It turned out that Luo Baisu and Fang Shi had been secretly instigating Luo Tiandu that she was not a grandma.After all, he didn't raise it by himself, or he couldn't do it. All he thinks about is that short-lived wild woman.

Yao shi thought of this, and the only bit of guilt disappeared without a trace after returning, and the only thing left was hatred for Luo Baisu and Fang's family.

"It's useless for me to hold this piece of jade in my hand, and I'll burp when I look at it. If you take out [-] dong, this jade will be returned to you." She calculated just right, [-] dong to pay the fine, and [-] dong to pay the fine. It can be left to Luo Baihan for the money for the exam.

Luo Baiqiu's cry today strengthened Yao's determination to train Luo Baihan. If Luo Baihan didn't pass the exams, Luo Baiqiu would never have a chance to stand up in his life, unless Widow Xu died.But seeing Widow Xu so lively and energetic that she scolded Luo Baiqiu from time to time, she must be an old scourge, and she still has decades to live.Luo Baiqiu can't be oppressed by that old widow all his life.

Mrs. Fang was very happy when she heard that Mrs. Yao wanted to return the jade pendant. Anyway, it was left by Luo Baisu's mother. One thing is always a thought.As soon as she heard that Yao shi asked for [-] hanging coins, Fang shi was in a dilemma again.

If she had money, she would naturally not be stingy. Anyway, this is the only relic of her mother-in-law, but her family has a dozen or so coins left over from selling oil. She bought a scalper and used it again when she went back to the yamen. Quite a lot, counting the odds and ends of selling fried skewers, the family has a total of fourteen dong, which is not enough at all.

Luo Tian frowned, she was guessing how much Yao's psychological price would be before giving up the jade pendant.Seeing that Mrs. Yao went out with the bundle and came back with the bundle intact, he must be cheating by the pawn shop. The price was too low, so Mrs. Yao was not willing to change it, and because the deadline for the fine was approaching, he made up his mind. over their family.

The two families were torn apart, and Luo Tian didn't have to pretend to be filial in front of Yao shi anymore. Anyway, everyone knew what was going on in her family now, so they said, "Grandma, let's go to the pawn shop today. How much money does grandma open?"

Mrs. Yao was told that something was on her mind, her face was slightly embarrassed, and the veins on the back of her hands were swollen like withered bark. She glanced at Mrs. Fang, just thinking about Luo Tian's attitude of disrespecting her elders. She taught me a lesson, then thought about the lawsuit this time, and finally swallowed the words, saying: "At the beginning, Mr. Li said that the jade was worth [-] or [-] jin, but I only offered [-] jin. It depends on the family. For the sake of it, no lion opened his mouth, if your family doesn’t want it, I’ll find someone else.”

(End of this chapter)