Chapter 932: The Qiao Family is Really Falling
That day, seeing Qiao Hongxi go out, the two of them followed him quietly in the car as usual.
The carriage was rented from a coachman's shop. It was driven by a turquoise stone. It could be rented in the morning and returned in the afternoon. It could be rented again the next day when needed. Although the price was a bit expensive, it was very convenient.
What they have to do cannot leave any traces that can be caught in the future, so they have to do it with their own people.
In the past two days, Qiao Hongxi has not gone anywhere except to the Hanlin Academy for duty and to go home.
But he just went out at this time this morning, so it was obviously a day off.
The two followed and saw Qiao Hongxi coming to a street selling antiques and collectibles, so they got off the carriage and followed him. They followed Qiao Hongxi into a collectibles shop.
Qiao Hongxi was wearing a bamboo green Confucian robe today, a square scarf wrapped around his head, and a folding fan in his hand - the standard equipment for a scholar.
But it has nothing to do with the powerful and wealthy.
It can be seen that the Qiao family has really fallen into decline!
Moreover, Qiao Xuan took a special look at the shop he entered, and found that it was just a very ordinary shop on this street.
I guess Qiao Hongxi can’t afford something more expensive?
Qiao Hongxi really couldn't afford it.
He now had fifty taels of silver in his arms and was planning to pick out a nice jade pendant.
Because he heard two days ago that this store had good quality goods at low prices and that you could occasionally find a good bargain, so he came here to try his luck.
How could Qiao Hongxi have imagined that someone like him would actually be followed? Therefore, Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan had been following him for two or three days, but he didn't even notice it.
At this moment he was picking and choosing jade pendants, while Shao Yunduan and Qiao Xuan were watching him from the side.
Qiao Hongxi finally found a piece he liked, but the shopkeeper asked for eighty-eight taels of silver.
How could Qiao Hongxi afford it? So he started bargaining.
Unexpectedly, Qiao Xuan interrupted and said, "Eighty-eight taels of silver for such a beautiful jade pendant is very fair and cheap. If you don't want to buy it, put it down. I want it!"
Qiao Hongxi and the shopkeeper, who were chopping the jade pendant into forty taels of silver, subconsciously looked at Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan.
Qiao Xuan raised her eyebrows proudly, glanced at Qiao Hongxi with provocation and contempt, and said to Shao Yunduan: "Husband, this jade pendant is really beautiful, I like it very much!"
Shao Yunduan looked very rich and generous, and laughed without thinking: "Then buy it! More than 80 taels of silver is not expensive, it's too cheap!"
The shopkeeper was overjoyed, and he smiled and bowed to the two of them: "You two really have good taste, good taste, haha! The goods in our shop are definitely worth the money!"
Qiao Hongxi was so angry that his face turned green, and he angrily said, "You two, I was here first!"
Qiao Xuan rolled her eyes: "Can you afford it?"
Qiao Hongxi: “.”
"If you want to buy it, then go ahead, but I see you haggling endlessly, you don't look like you want to buy it! Since you don't want to buy it, why do you not allow others to buy it?"
Shao Yunduan added: "My wife is right. If you don't want to buy it, please put it down! Why don't you look for another one worth forty taels?"
Qiao Xuan covered her mouth and chuckled, "Yes! I guess there are also forty taels worth of stuff in this store, right? You can ask the shopkeeper."
Qiao Hongxi was so angry that his face turned red and white, and his whole body was shaking: "You, you——"
That’s too much!
He was a man who cared about his reputation, but the Qiao family was poor and could not make ends meet. He wanted to maintain his decent status, and he was worried about clothes and decorations almost every day. He finally saved up 50 taels and was ready to choose a good piece of jade, but it turned out to be so unlucky!
(End of this chapter)
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