Chapter 32 Black Shop 2

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Zhou Jin actually didn't know how much this small mirror was worth. He asked for three hundred taels because he was so surprised by the perfume bottle he gave to Song Yayi. He thought that glass products in this world should not be cheap, so he asked for a high price to test Chen's reaction so that he could estimate it.

But seeing that although Manager Chen looked angry and embarrassed, he did not drive him away and even bargained with him, Zhou Jin felt that although the price he asked for was high, it was not unbelievable. In other words, the mirror should be worth about three hundred taels.

So when Shopkeeper Chen offered fifty taels, Zhou Jin shook his head, pretending not to want to sell, tucked the mirror into his arms, and was about to leave...

But he thought in his heart that if Manager Chen gave him more money, such as one or two hundred taels, he would pawn it. Anyway, his sister had a lot of such mirrors in her box, so one or two of them would not make a difference!

Now, in Zhou Jin's mind, the supplies in their entire RV space are not as good as his sister's two boxes of cosmetics!

When Zhou Jin thought about how he didn't help his sister collect these things, and even looked at her with disgust and secretly threw a lot of them to her, he regretted it so much that he wanted to punch himself a few times! And by the way, poke out his own ignorant eyes!

What was so useless about the stuff his sister had collected?! They were all priceless treasures, okay?! With all that stuff, they wouldn't even have to work for anything in their lives. With his sister's makeup and mirrors, they could just sit back and enjoy life, right?!

You can just treat it as one when you have no money, just treat it as one when you have no money...

Those two boxes of stuff are enough to feed their family for the rest of their lives, right?!

As Zhou Jin walked out, he was dreaming of becoming wealthy by pawning his belongings, while waiting for Manager Chen to stop him.

However, he didn't expect that when he was about to reach the door, someone did stop him, but it was not the shopkeeper Chen, but seven or eight big men with iron bars who suddenly emerged from the back room of the pawnshop and stopped him.

Then, Shopkeeper Chen came out from behind the counter, shook his ears towards him, and said with a smile:

"Kid! How much silver did you just say? My ears are not very good, I didn't hear it clearly, can you say it again?!"

Zhou Jin... Damn it! I was careless!

The wise one kept silent.

"The shopkeeper didn't hear clearly, but we all heard clearly. Just now you said thirty taels, so let's take it as it is, right?"

One of the big men saw that Zhou Jin didn't say anything, so he asked Zhou Jin with a grin while shaking the iron rod in his hand.

Zhou Jin was so regretful, thinking if he was stupid, how could he lose even the basic vigilance after being exiled? A ten-year-old kid, with bare hands, dared to come to this place to pawn things worth hundreds of taels, wasn't it obvious that he was asking for a kill?

Oh! I was careless, thinking this was the peaceful world they had before the apocalypse! I ended up bringing nothing with me and ending up in this shady shop, completely unprepared!

"Oh my god! Is this a pawn shop or a bandit den? Me? Can't I just not sell it?!?"

Zhou Jin pretended to be timid and questioned the big man in front of him, while looking around, trying to find a weapon or something so that he could have a better chance of winning in the fight.

But I found there was no one around!

If it were in his previous life, he might not be afraid of these ten people even if he was empty-handed. After all, he had been tempered in the apocalypse for several years, and he had dealt with a dozen zombies with his bare hands before. But now he was transformed into Zhou Jin who was too small and lacked physical strength. Even if he had more moves, facing a dozen heavyweights holding iron rods, he had no choice but to admit defeat!

"Haha, kid! Don't you see whose place this Baili Town is? Let me tell you, all the casinos and pawnshops in this town belong to us. If you know what's good for you, hand over your glass mirror and take the thirty taels the shopkeeper gave you and leave quickly! Otherwise, don't blame us for being rude!"

The big man really thought that Zhou Jin was frightened. He sneered, raised the iron rod in his hand, pointed it at Zhou Jin and continued to shout.

It was obvious that they had done this kind of blatant robbery many times, and the big man said these threatening words quite arrogantly and smoothly!

But Zhou Jin has always been a soft-hearted person, and at this point, let alone giving him thirty taels, even if he was given three hundred taels, he would still...

Well, he could still consider it!

But now it was clear that they would not give him three hundred taels! So Zhou Jin blurted out:

"You're welcome. What can you do to me?"

Zhou Jin regretted it immediately, thinking to himself, "Why would I bother with this place? I'm new here and I'm unfamiliar with the place. Why would I bother with any trouble? I might as well just take the thirty taels and leave!"

But the words were out of my mouth, and there was no way to swallow them back. I could only helplessly think, forget it! The words were already said, so whatever!

The big man who was speaking in front of him obviously didn't expect him to be so arrogant, and was stunned when he heard the words!

When Shopkeeper Chen saw this, he kicked him angrily and cursed:

"Why waste time talking to this brat! Hurry up and close the shop door and take him to the backyard! Since he won't accept my offer, I'll negotiate the price with him!"

One of the big men was about to close the shop door after hearing this, but suddenly he found that a ragged teenage boy was standing at the door, looking at them in shock!

No one knew when this guy came in, including Zhou Jin, but looking at his shocked expression, he had obviously heard a lot of the conversation!

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, the young man pointed at Shopkeeper Chen and the other big men and started shouting,

"You're a shady shop! How dare you blackmail me? I'll report you to the police right now!"

Zhou Jin couldn't help but hold his forehead after hearing this, thinking to himself, this kid is even more stupid than him. If you want to report it to the police, just go ahead and report it! What are you shouting about?! If they don't beat you up now, it would be a shame for you to shout "black shop"!

Sure enough, the big man who went to close the door grabbed him by the collar and pulled him in!

"Hey! Hey! Why are you catching me? Who gave you the guts? Uh, uh, let me go! I'm here to pawn my belongings! Forget it, I won't be a pawnshop anymore! Let me go! Otherwise, I'll report you to the police!"

The young man was grabbed by the collar by the big man and he struggled and shouted.

Shopkeeper Chen laughed when he heard this.

"Haha, what's going on today? I actually ran into a pair of stubborn guys. Come on, drag them all to the backyard!"

"Yes!" Several big men responded in unison. Except for the one who caught the sloppy boy, the rest rushed towards Zhou Jin!

No matter how big the pawnshop was, it was only about 40 or 50 square meters. Surrounded by several big men, Zhou Jin had nowhere to hide. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and pull up the bag on his back and throw it at a big man who was swinging an iron bar towards him.

He leaned back to avoid the iron rod from the other big man, then half turned around and punched the big man in the waist with his fist...

The big man cried out in pain and slowed down his movements. Zhou Jin took the opportunity to slip past him. Just as he was about to run out, three more people blocked his way and raised iron bars to hit him.

Zhou Jin...

Even if he could transform into Jackie Chan or Jet Li at this moment, he would be powerless facing three iron bars falling from above in a narrow open space without any shelter.

So, he could only reach into his pocket, took out the small mirror, and held it up high:

"Stop! Who of you dares to move? If you move again, I'll smash this mirror to pieces! Then no one will be able to keep it!"

"Stop it!"

This trick really worked. When Shopkeeper Chen saw it, he immediately stopped the big men. Then, looking at Zhou Jin who was holding a small mirror like a bomb, he smiled and advised:

"Why are you going through all this trouble? If you give me the glass mirror, I will let you go immediately!"

"How do I know if you'll turn against me and hit me again if I give you the mirror? Also, are you still going to give me the fifty taels of silver we agreed on when I gave you the mirror?"

Zhou Jin yelled in a defensive manner, while calmly taking a few steps back towards the pawnshop door.

When Shopkeeper Chen heard this, he thought Zhou Jin was frightened into agreeing to pawn the glass mirror for fifty taels of silver. He thought, "A little scare will do the trick."

"As long as you give me the mirror, I will not only not beat you again, but I will also give you silver immediately! How about giving you fifty taels as you said?"

I thought, being able to legitimately receive the glass mirror for fifty-two pieces of silver is better than robbing it by force. Although the boy in front of me is obviously without any connections, otherwise he wouldn't come to the pawnshop to pawn things himself, but, what if...

To prevent Zhou Jin from getting flustered and accidentally dropping the glass mirror, Manager Chen immediately went to the counter, wrote out a pawn ticket, took out the ink, and wrapped up fifty taels of silver, saying with a radiant face:

"If you hadn't asked for such a huge sum, why would I have resorted to violence against you? Here, here's fifty taels. Hurry and stamp your hand on this pawn ticket, give me the glass mirror, and take the money and go!"

He seemed certain that Zhou Jin wouldn't dare to make trouble again.

Zhou Jin thought to himself, go to hell!

He pretended to take the pawn ticket and took a look at it, then while no one was reacting, he threw the glass mirror in his hand along with the pawn ticket towards the marble counter in front of him.

"Oh! My glass mirror!" Shopkeeper Chen and several big men around him didn't expect that Zhou Jin would actually dare to throw the glass mirror. Seeing the glass mirror being thrown out, they rushed towards the mirror anxiously, trying to catch it.

Zhou Jin took advantage of this opportunity to turn around and run towards the door of the pawnshop. When he was almost there, he elbowed the big man who was stunned by the sudden change. He rescued the unlucky boy who was still being grabbed by the collar, and pulled him out of the pawnshop together!

He ran while shouting, "I'd better keep the fifty taels to buy you a coffin! I don't even like it!"

Shopkeeper Chen ran to save the glass mirror at the risk of his life, but he could not catch up with Zhou Jin's speed. He could only watch the glass mirror smash into pieces in front of him. Not to mention the mirror surface, even the stainless steel cat ears and tail were scattered.

"Ouch! My glass mirror!"

Shopkeeper Chen was so distressed that he almost gasped for breath. He thought to himself, if the boss knew that he lost such a precious glass mirror for a hundred or eighty taels of silver today, he would definitely punish him!

Hearing Zhou Jin's words of asking him to use the silver to buy a coffin, he was filled with fear and hatred, and angrily cursed at the big men around him:

"Why don't you go and get that kid back to me! You're a bunch of losers! What's the point of keeping you around?"

But after such a long delay, when those big men chased out, there was no sign of Zhou Jin...

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