The cousin who was listening to his mother's nonsense on the other side was obviously puzzled, "Mom, didn't dad go to the shop today? And why does our family have no money?"
As soon as he asked this question, his aunt's face also looked a little embarrassed. She just explained in a panic, "Your father went there today, and we don't have much money left!"
After explaining, she didn't care whether the kid believed her words or not. She just waved her hand and said impatiently, "Okay, kids, don't mind adults' business. Have you finished your homework today?"
The cousin immediately shook his head, "No!"
"Since you haven't done your homework yet, why don't you hurry up and do your homework and why are you staying here?" the woman scolded.
After being scolded by his mother, the boy still said, "Mom, but every time my cousin came over in the past, didn't you always ask me to spend more time with my cousin?"
The face of the woman who was being demolished by the young man was so expressionless.
"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Why don't you hurry up and do your homework!" the woman scolded directly.
Then she said loudly, "Butler, take the young master down to do his homework!"
Although the boy was a little reluctant to let go of his cousin, after all, his mother would let him play for a while only when his cousin came over. Therefore, he was still looking forward to the arrival of his cousin.
But now he didn't dare to disobey his mother's order, so he could only reluctantly say to his cousin, "Cousin, I will take you to play after I finish my homework. Do you want to stay at home for a longer time?" day."
Chen Huanan actually knew very well that he would probably not be able to stay here anymore. He would probably be kicked out of the mansion after the boy finished his homework. However, his cousin was considered the best person since his father's accident. The only one who unleashes kindness on himself.
Although his parents were quite snobbish, there was no need for him to take his anger out on a young boy.
Therefore, Chen Huanan just smiled and said "Hello".
When the young man saw this, he immediately left happily.
However, after Chen Huan'an watched the young man leave, the woman immediately said nervously, "Huan'an, your cousin is very busy with homework now. I'm afraid he doesn't have time to play with you, not to mention what happened at your house." Even if it’s a big deal, I can’t keep you here, so you should go back as soon as possible.”
After she finished speaking, the woman then said, "How about this? I'll give you thirty taels of silver for travel expenses. It's definitely enough for you to hire a carriage with this money!"
However, when Chen Huanan heard what his aunt said, he suddenly showed a sneer on his face, "Auntie, are you sending beggars away? No matter how poor I, Chen Huanan, am, I won't ask for that little money from you! If you don't want to, just forget it. Now, there’s no need to act so hypocritical! My uncle doesn’t have to hide from me either! I can’t do anything to you now that I’m like this, right?”
After the words fell, Chen Huanan turned around and left.
For a while, the expression on the woman's face only turned red and white.
However, the woman could not help but breathe a sigh of relief that the god of plague could leave so happily.
After Chen Huanan came out of his uncle's mansion, he realized what it meant to stump a hero with just one pen.
The waiter from the Su's Tavern has been running with me for so long, and he is obviously a little impatient. "Mr. Chen, can you settle the payment? We are going somewhere else."
Chen Huan'an snorted, "I don't owe you money! Didn't you say we can go to the pawn shop? Let's go to the pawn shop now!"
Hearing this, the waiter in the shop couldn't help but said, "If I had made this decision earlier, nothing would have happened. I really don't understand what you people are thinking."
Chen Huanan felt unhappy after hearing this, "Shut up! If you say one more thing, I won't give you a penny."
Hearing Chen Huanan's words, the waiter in the shop was not frightened. On the contrary, he just said, "Okay! Okay! Okay! You are the uncle, I will listen to you."
When Chen Huanan heard this, he was too lazy to talk to the waiter. The two of them walked through several streets and finally stopped at the door of a small pawn shop.
At the same time, the waiter in the shop explained to Chen Huanan, "It is better to choose a relatively small pawnshop. A big pawnshop cannot sell at a high price, and it is easy for the shop to bully customers. It is not good for a small pawnshop to sell black goods." Selling price. This type of pawn shop offers the most reasonable prices.”
that shop
Although it was rare for the waiter to be kind enough to talk to Chen Huanan about the secrets of the pawn shop.
However, at the moment, Chen Huan'an didn't have the slightest intention to listen to what he said. Although he was not too filial, he would be worried about his parents, brothers, and his own family when there was such a big change in his family. Those few concubines.
It's a pity that if he doesn't have money right now, he might not be able to return to Leiyang City.
So when he thought of this, his originally boiling mind cooled down again.
"Boss, let's pawn something!" The waiter swaggered as soon as he came in, as if this place was his own home.
The shopkeeper just smiled and said, "Why did you bring someone here today?"
The waiter immediately pointed at Chen Huanan and said, "Do you think the jade belt he is wearing is worth?"
When the shopkeeper heard this, he also walked out. He pointed at the belt and said, "Young master, do you just want to use this belt?"
Chen Huan'an did not answer his question. Instead, he just asked, "Boss, how much can you sell this belt for?"
The boss gestured "ninety taels."
Upon hearing this, Chen Huanan was disappointed and said, "Ninety taels? I bought this jade belt for two taels back then. Why is it so worthless when it comes to you?"
The shopkeeper was not angry when he heard this, but took the initiative to explain with a smile, "Sir, this thing was new when you bought it, so the price is naturally not cheap. There is even a premium here, but you should also know that there is In fact, there will be some premium. The bigger the store, the more serious the premium will be! So we can’t buy things like you did when you bought them.”
"Ninety taels is too outrageous!" Chen Huanan said dissatisfied.
"That's better than this. I'll give you a little more, how about one hundred and twenty taels? Now we have to make some money, right?" The shopkeeper did the math and then said with an expression as if he was getting an advantage.
Although Chen Huanan was dissatisfied, he couldn't say anything at the moment?
He thought for a moment that the bill was one tael. Even if the store gave him one hundred and twenty taels, he still owed the store thirty taels.
And if he had no money, he wouldn't be able to return to Leiyang City.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but take the initiative to say to the store owner, "Boss, what do you think my clothes and the golden jade hairpin on my head are worth?"
The shopkeeper touched the fabric of the coat, and then said with a smile, "This is good brocade material, and it can be sold for a certain price. I'll give you thirty taels for this."
Although the shopkeeper made it sound like Chen Huanan was taking advantage of him, Chen Huanan was still very clear that he was losing money on the clothes. After all, the clothes cost him more than a hundred taels of silver. Woolen cloth.
But now he didn't care about bargaining with the store. He just pointed to his hairpin and said, "What about this hairpin? How much is it worth? I originally bought it for more than 900 taels of silver."
Upon hearing Chen Huanan's words, the shopkeeper couldn't help but shake his head: "This thing is not worth nine hundred taels. Even if it is brand new and sold in Yuxue Pavilion, it is only an ordinary item for three hundred taels. Other stores It’s cheaper to sell.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Huan'an felt a chill in his heart, "This... is impossible! Are you deliberately lowering my price?"
After hearing what Chen Huan'an said, the old man immediately said, "Young master, why should I lower your price? We are not one of those black pawn shops. If you don't believe it, you can go to Yuxue Pavilion and ask. I guarantee that you will go The price they sold over there was the same price.”
Upon hearing the shopkeeper's assurance, Chen Huanan unconsciously believed the other person's words. He asked with uncertainty, "How much money can you give me?"
The shopkeeper compared
Chen Huanan asked uncertainly? "
When the shopkeeper heard this, he immediately laughed, "Young master, you are not joking. If this little old man doesn't deserve to die, I will."
Upon hearing this, Chen Huanan thought that he didn't want to change it, "This hairpin can't be worth just this little, how about you increase the price?"
But the shopkeeper smiled and said, "Sir, this thing is indeed only worth so much right now. If you are not satisfied, you can go to another store."
After hearing what the shopkeeper said, Chen Huan'an immediately said, "Go and have a look at other places. It's impossible for these things of mine to be worth just this little."
After the words fell, Chen Huanan was ready to leave. He didn't want to follow Chen Huanan at this time.
But the guy on the way to Huan'an quit.
"Master Chen, where are you going? This thing is worth this price right now. It will only be more expensive to go to other stores. Just listen to my advice and don't bother anymore!"
After hearing what the guy said, the young master of the Chen family was still unwilling to give in. But thinking about the wall he had hit, Chen Huanan hesitated in the end. .
At the same time, the shopkeeper just said, "Master Chen, if you don't like this, I will give you a little more. I originally planned to give you two hundred taels of silver for these three things, but I also know that you are in difficulty. Then I’ll give you some more, two hundred and twenty taels, what do you think?”
Hearing this, Chen Huanan did not say a word.
But in the end he agreed to the store's proposal, and when he came out of the pawn shop, he honestly handed the one tael to the clerk. After that, he only had seventy taels of silver left in his hand.
It's ridiculous to say that when the shopkeeper of his uncle's house gave him twenty taels unconditionally, he felt insulted and left angrily, but when his aunt gave him thirty taels, he felt it was too little and left angrily.
But in the end, he pawned it as his own clothes and jewelry, and the store just added twenty taels of silver to the original price, and he sold the hosta he bought for nine hundred taels of silver.
Isn't this stupid?
When he thought of this, Chen Huanan felt a little regretful, but if he went there again, he wouldn't be able to save face.
So in the end he decided to go to the horse market in the east of the city to rent a carriage and return to Leiyang.
