Lin Jinyan's worries disappeared after hearing this. After checking the accounts, she and Yutong left the grain store.
Seeing Li Ru respectfully sending the person away, the waiter stepped forward to ask.
"Shopkeeper, who is this? You want you to personally greet and send off a little baby?"
Li Ru: "What a little girl, this is the real owner of our shop. Be smarter from now on. When the owner comes, be careful and wait for her. Don't let anyone bump into her."
The waiter agreed repeatedly, secretly envious of Lin Jinyan's good pregnancy, and his own family fortune at such a young age.
After leaving Yongfu Lane, before getting on the carriage at the entrance of the alley, a man in shabby clothes was thrown out of the pawn shop and was thrown in front of Lin Jinyan. Yutong was so frightened that she quickly opened her hands and stood in front of Lin Jinyan. .
When the Lin family's servants saw this, they quickly came over and stayed by Lin Jinyan's side.
The boy at the pawn shop said fiercely: "I told you that your broken painting is worth fifty taels. You pawned it a month ago. If you want to redeem it now, you have to add more money."
The man in shabby clothes raised his upper body and said angrily: "My painting is an authentic work by Zheng Qiuming, how could it be worth only fifty taels! If my old mother was not critically ill and in urgent need of medicine money, how could I, Han Qingru, give this painting fifty taels of silver?" You guys! Now that I have collected sixty taels, you will naturally have to redeem the painting to me!"
When Lin Jinyan heard the name, she poked her head out from behind Yutong and looked at the man in shabby clothes.
The boy put his hands on his hips and said indifferently: "After such a long time, sixty taels of silver are no longer enough. At least eighty taels are needed."
The man who called himself Han Qingru stood up and argued.
"That's unreasonable! At that time, we agreed on a ransom of five taels of silver a month. It will only be two months tomorrow, and we just add ten taels of silver for a total of sixty taels! Where did the eighty taels come from?"
"It's true that the first month is five taels, but the second month is twenty-five taels. If the two months are added together, the two books with interest will naturally be eighty taels. I said Mr. Han, do you have the time to grind your teeth with me? , it’s better to find a way to collect the eighty taels as soon as possible to redeem the painting tomorrow, otherwise it will be more than eighty taels after tomorrow."
Han Qingru angrily cursed: "What a bastard black shop! Such a scammer, cheating and robbing customers, ignoring the law! Sooner or later, you will be punished and sent to jail, so it is better to close the shop as soon as possible! You should accumulate virtue and do good deeds!"
After hearing this, the boy walked up to Han Qingru and pushed Han Qingru's shoulder.
"Mr. Han, I advise you to keep your mouth clean, take your little money and go back to treat your mother. If you dare to cause trouble again, be careful that you will be imprisoned first, and your mother will be left without anyone to take care of you."
Han Qingru slapped the boy's hand away and stood upright with his thin figure.
"I just wanted to redeem the painting and sell it because I found a buyer, so that I could get money to buy ginseng to treat my mother's illness. I didn't want to encounter a shady shop like you!"
The boy said fiercely: "It's obviously because you don't have enough money that you can't redeem me, so don't make any more noise. If you continue to be ignorant, don't blame us for being unethical."
Han Qingru's face turned red with anger and she wanted to go into the pawn shop to argue with the shopkeeper.
The boy at the door stopped him when he saw this, and called two more boys to come out and start taking action.
"Wait!"
A childish voice shouted, causing both parties to stop their movements and look at the person who made the sound.
Lin Jinyan, who stopped him, walked out from behind Yutong.
"Miss."
"It doesn't matter."
Lin Jinyan smiled at the worried Yutong and stepped forward.
Seeing this, the young man of the Lin family quickly followed and protected Lin Jinyan.
