Seeing that the person who made the noise was a little girl, Han Qingru frowned and looked at Lin Jinyan.
"Miss, this is not a peaceful place. This black shop is going to beat people up. Please stay away."
When the boy at the pawn shop saw Lin Jinyan surrounded by many boys, he didn't dare to attack Lin Jinyan. Instead, he shouted at Han Qingru.
"Hey! Han! It's obvious that you can't pay for the things, so why do you call us a black shop?"
"You are a black shop! How dare you do this in Tai'an City in broad daylight, but you have done so many shameful things behind the scenes!"
During the quarrel, Han Qingru and the boy from the pawn shop started pushing and shoving, and Han Qingru was knocked to the ground.
Lin Jinyan spoke again: "Stop! I paid his ransom."
A rough-faced thug in the pawn shop glanced at Lin Jinyan with contempt on his face.
"Whose doll dares to come out and meddle in other people's business even before their hair is fully grown? Get out of here! This is Hong Anbo's shop. Is it your turn for a yellow-haired girl to criticize her?"
The Lin family boy stood up and said, "Keep your mouth clean! My young lady is the granddaughter of Mrs. Lin."
The thug disagreed: "A civil servant with no real power has the nerve to speak out."
The boy who spoke first in the pawn shop stopped him immediately.
"Shut up! Mrs. Lin is the head of the civil service! You are the only one who can say that!"
After scolding the thugs, You quickly put on a smile, walked up to Lin Jinyan, bent down and saluted.
"I'm sorry for my poor eyesight, but I didn't recognize Miss Lin. Now that Miss Lin has spoken, we should let him go. Why don't you guys help Mr. Han up quickly?"
Han Qingru waved away the boy's supporting hand, stood up on her own, her face already bruised, and bowed respectfully to Lin Jinyan.
"She turned out to be the Grand Tutor's granddaughter. Han Qingru thanked Miss Lin for rescuing her."
Lin Jinyan: "Since it's natural to help someone when you encounter one, there's no need to be polite, Mr. Han. I heard you said that you redeemed the painting to sell it for money to treat your father's illness. Such a filial piety means that you should help."
Lin Jinyan looked at the leading boy: "I paid the eighty taels of silver for him, and you redeem the painting to him."
Han Qingru waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, Han can get it together himself."
Lin Jinyan: "Aren't you asking for money to treat your mother's illness? If you are polite to me now, what should I do about my mother's illness?"
Han Qingru was speechless, and the leading boy stepped forward to please him.
"Ms. Lin, we can't get this painting out. We thought he couldn't get enough money and sold it yesterday. How about I go in and discuss with the shopkeeper and give him more money? Do you think?"
Lin Jinyan said calmly: "Go and ask the shopkeeper how much he can get."
The boy nodded and bowed in agreement and entered the pawn shop.
Han Qingru was very angry: "It turns out that he was sold to me a long time ago, so he is making things difficult for me!"
After a while, the boy came out and smiled at Lin Jinyan.
"Miss Lin, my shopkeeper said that for your sake, I will give him another hundred taels at most."
Han Qingru said angrily: "My painting is worth at least eight hundred taels. Now that the three-month redemption period has not come, you sold my painting privately and only gave me one hundred and fifty taels. There are no such rules in this world!"
The boy turned to Han Qingru, his face full of impatience.
"What are you shouting for? If we hadn't thought about you treating my mother, could we have accepted your paintings? Now it's for Miss Lin's sake that I'll give you an extra hundred taels, so be satisfied now."
Han Qingru wanted to go in to argue, but was stopped by Lin Jinyan.
