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Chapter 49
As soon as the twelfth lunar month came, every household began to prepare new year's goods, and classes in the Runze School were also suspended. Chen Tiegui was busy building walls all day long, and his courtyard wall had already been completed. Dr. Wei's house was still short of a wall. It's the end of the twelfth lunar month, and I haven't prepared any decent New Year's goods at home, so I discussed with Chen Tiegui to take Runze to the town by myself.

Dr. Wei heard about it, and asked Mrs. Wang to buy some new year's goods by the way. Mrs. Wang originally wanted to agree, but she was afraid that Mrs. Wei would give a piece of silver when she was building the wall last time, so she felt a little embarrassed.

Dr. Wei entered the house, came out after a while and took a piece of jade pendant to Mrs. Wang, laughed a few times, with a bit of embarrassment on his face, "Uh, last year I was busy collecting herbs, and I didn't take good care of the crops, and I didn't have any money on me. Son. I will take good care of it from next year, this jade pendant girl will pawn it in the pawn shop first, and the money from the pawn will buy some food and clothing for the four children, and then buy some new year's goods. "

Mrs. Wang stared blankly at the jade pendant, not knowing whether she should reach out to pick it up. Chen Tiegui saw it from the side, and urged his wife, "Why are you still standing there! Take it when Big Brother Wei tells you to take it. What time is this?" , New Year’s Eve will be celebrated in a few days, hurry up and do some shopping for the New Year!”

In her heart, Wang complained about her husband's carelessness, thinking that jade pendants are rare items, and she doesn't know the market price, so she might as well give some money directly, in case it doesn't work well, the money given is less, I have to post some money myself, it's okay to post money, but if there is too much money, I'm afraid that there will be some misunderstandings in it. Naturally, Wang has no selfishness, but he can't guarantee what others think.

Seeing Wang's hesitation, Dr. Wei smiled and said, "This jade is not a very good thing. It's not bad if it can be worth half a tael of silver. Don't worry, sister, it's just as much as you want!"

Only then did Wang accept the jade pendant, went back to the house to tidy up, left the two younger ones at Dr. Wei's house to accompany his father, and walked to the town with Runze.

Dr. Wei said that the jade pendant is worth half a silver, and half a tael of silver can be converted into four pennies, which is not a small sum!Wang's heart was also very uneasy, Wang thought, since Dr. Wei entrusted this matter to her and said the price, it must be done anyway, and it must not be less than four pennies.

Mrs. Wang couldn't read, so she went to the town and asked many people before she found a pawn shop. The owner was a thin old man. He looked around at the jade pendant and said, "Five hundred dollars!"

Mrs. Wang snatched the jade pendant, wiped it on the lapel of her clothes, and put it back carefully, "Five hundred? Do you still think I don't understand? This pendant is worth a couple of dollars at least!"

The old man blew his beard and stared at Wang and said: "As always, you should just take it if you don't want it!" When Wang heard this, he turned his head and left. The old man shouted anxiously behind him, and Wang was secretly happy. , stopped walking, turned around and said: "One tael, I won't sell a penny less!"

The old man took out his handkerchief to wipe his sweat, sighed and said: "I will not lie to my sister-in-law, the jade pendants in our town really can't pay a tael, if you really want a big price, you have to go to the city Go. Seeing that my sister-in-law also needs money, my pawn shop is the only one in our town, and if my sister-in-law really wants to be a pawnbroker, just ask for another price?"

Mrs. Wang snorted, "I'm going to another town!"

The old man chuckled, "At this time, the Chinese New Year is almost over, and other pawnshops in the town are probably closed! I sincerely want this number!" The old man stretched out his hand and gestured, and Wang looked at it and asked uncertainly: " Liuguan?"

The old man sighed, "Up to six guan, if my sister-in-law is not satisfied, this business will not be possible!"

Thinking about it, Wang's six pennies had already exceeded expectations, so she still reluctantly took out the jade pendant, "It's a pity that I have such a good jade."

The old man smiled and accepted the jade pendant, "This is the price in our town, but it's no loss to my sister-in-law!"

After taking the money, Mrs. Wang immediately went to the cloth shop, hesitated for a while, but did not pull the cloth for her three children, but pulled a piece of dark blue for Wei Yuan, and another piece for Xiao Sipei. blue.

In fact, Mrs. Wang was still a little tempted, and Dr. Wei also said that he would give each of the four children a piece of money, but Mrs. Wang felt that if she really wanted to use Dr. Wei's money, she would be sorry for her conscience.Baozhu’s grandma taught Wang since she was a child that if a person is poor, he must be poor and have a backbone. If he is short of money, it is better to earn it by himself than to eat someone else’s. Besides, Dr. Wei is a good person. Have you been so tight?You can't worry about the money at all.

Later, the Wang family made two copies of the new year's goods, and the family paid for it by themselves, that is, they didn't have much money with them, so they bought more for Dr. Wei's family, so that the Wei family would have more eat for a while.

There were two big buns on her back, and Runze carried a cloth bag in her hand. The couple had just entered the village, and Mrs. Wang was a little tired, so she beckoned Runze to rest on the small bun.

Mrs. Wang summed up, the money for the New Year's shopping today is still obtained by selling the hundred or so eggs she saved.After the new year, the money on hand is not enough.Chen Liushi can't be counted on. At that time, she will have to go back to her natal family to ask her mother to help her. She will pay back slowly after the harvest. Building a house and buying things, even if I am hungry, I can't starve my three children.

Just as she was thinking, two young men came from the village. Mrs. Wang did not look like locals in their clothes. They were wearing cotton round-neck gowns with exquisite cuffs. It looked like they were from the city. So he took a second look strangely.

Feeling rested, he sat up and called Runze to go on his way. Suddenly, one of the two people was heard shouting: "Sister-in-law, go slowly! Brother, I have something to ask."

Mrs. Wang stopped in her tracks, looked up and down the young man who was talking, and asked, "What's the matter?"

The man asked, "Is there an outsider in the village with a three or four-year-old baby?"

Mrs. Wang stared blankly at the jade pendant hanging on the man's waist. The sunlight glaringly pierced Mrs. Wang's eyes, and somehow she replied: "There have been no foreigners in our village for many years. They are all born and bred here, if the little brother wants to find someone, he has to go to another place to ask."

The young man asked how many villages there were in the north. Mrs. Wang answered in detail and asked, "Little brother, did you lose your baby at home?"

The man smiled, and said that he was looking for it for his employer. He thanked Mrs. Wang politely, and went to his companion. Even looking back, after a while, seeing those two people walking away, they rushed back with some restlessness.

(End of this chapter)