"About how much?" Du Wanchun asked.
The pawnshop owner held out five fingers.
Du Wanchun said: "Fifty taels of silver?"
The pawnshop owner shook his head, "Fifty cents."
"Fifty cents?!" Although Du Wanchun rarely saw pens made of ivory, he also knew how valuable ivory was, so no matter what, it wouldn't be fifty cents.
She quickly took back her pen and said, "Fifty pen is too little."
The pawn shop owner asked again: "How about a hundred coins?" ?.?????.???
Du Wanchun still shook her head. She looked at the pen in her hand and suddenly remembered the scene when Zhou Ruiyuan taught her to write that night.
Seeing her silence, the pawn shop owner then asked: "How about five hundred coins? Should I pawn it?"
Du Wanchun suddenly came back to his senses, holding the pen tightly in his arms, "I shouldn't do it, I shouldn't do it."
The pawn shop owner frowned and said, "Little girl, you can't be too greedy. You can only get 500 coins, no more."
Du Wanchun looked up at him and said firmly: "I won't accept it even for five hundred taels."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and ran out of the pawn shop, holding her pen.
Coincidentally, as soon as Du Wanchun went out, he met Aunt He, who was working as a cook at Magistrate Li's house.
Aunt He was very happy to see Du Wanchun and said: "Wangchun, why are you here?!"
Du Wanchun glanced at the pawn shop behind him, smiled and said, "Auntie, I came to the county to buy something for my husband-in-law today."
Aunt He stepped forward and pulled her with a smile and said: "Wangchun, do you still have those little radishes at home?"
Du Wanchun was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I still have it at home."
Aunt He quickly said: "Can you sell me some more?"
Du Wanchun said in surprise: "Auntie, do you still want to buy radishes?"
Aunt He nodded repeatedly, "Yes, I bought your radishes last time. County Magistrate Li and Mrs. Li liked them very much. Not only did they eat them, they also asked me to make some and send them to the Fang family. The old man of the Fang family also I really like eating your radishes, why don’t you ask me to buy some more.”
The Fang family is a well-known wealthy businessman in Cheng'an County. They did business in the capital in their early years. Later, after making a lot of money, they handed over the family property to their son and took his wife back to his hometown for retirement.
Du Wanchun was very happy, "Really? How many radishes does Mr. Fang want?"
Aunt He thought for a while and said: "Just the same amount as last time, so as not to buy too much and put it at home and spoil it. If they want me to buy it from you in the future, I will buy it again."
Du Wanchun nodded, "Okay, then I'll go back and pick radishes for you now."
Aunt He raised her head and glanced at the carriage behind her, and said with a smile: "That's okay, I'll wait for you in the backyard of Li's house."
"Okay Auntie." Du Wanchun thought that the Li family hadn't finished all the radishes last time, but he didn't expect that not only did their family still want them, but even wealthy businessmen like the Fang family wanted to buy them.
If their two old employers were always here, then the Zhou family would have a way to survive.
At this time, Aunt He took out a bag of copper coins from her pocket, handed it to her and said: "Wan Chun, you can take these first as a deposit for the carrot, and I will give you the rest after you deliver it to your house."
Du Wanchun weighed it in his hand and found that it was about a hundred yuan. "Thank you, Auntie."
After she took the money and said goodbye to Aunt He, she immediately rushed home with the carriage.
When Aunt Zhou saw her coming back, she hurriedly came forward and said, "Wan Chun, how much money did you pawn?"
Du Wanchun took out the money bag and put it in Aunt Zhou's hand.
Aunt Zhou opened it and said, "Ah, there are one hundred articles!"
At this time, Zhou Ruiyuan pushed the chair and slowly came out of the room.
Du Wanchun stood in front of him, with a dazzling ray of sunshine shining down. She raised the corners of her lips, revealing the two small pear dimples, and spread her hands with a smile.
It was his pen in his hand.
Zhou Ruiyuan was startled, looked at her star-filled eyes, and slowly stood up.
He walked towards Du Wanchun step by step, not as wobbly as at the beginning, his steps were much more steady than before.
Du Wanchun quickly took a few steps forward, trying to support him.
Who knew, Zhou Ruiyuan suddenly stretched out his hand and hugged her into his arms.
His embrace was warm and had a light fragrance that belonged to him.
Du Wanchun was in his arms, listening to his beating heart, and stretched out his arms to hug him, "Ms. sir... your pen... I didn't pawn it... "
Aunt Zhou on the side heard this and was very surprised: "Wan Chun, you didn't use your pen as a pawn! Then where did this copper plate come from?!"
"Wangchun..." Before Mrs. Zhou could finish her words, she looked up and saw the two of them hugging each other. In order not to disturb them, she quickly turned around and entered the house.
