Chapter 22: Comparing acting skills with the movie queen?
Zhu Lan and Qiao Youyou looked at Qin Yuwei, and Qin Yuwei nodded slightly.
Before she traveled through time, she had seen all kinds of clothes and things to use. She didn't even need to touch these jewellery to know the grade of them at a glance.
Someone in the crowd said:
"Hey, isn't this the girl from Lao Qin's family?"
"It seems to be true! Old Qin has been dead for many years. I heard that his family is extremely poor. The girl has been with her stepmother and has never had a good day. She is so pitiful."
"Yeah, with a family so poor, how could we possibly afford agate and jade, and be able to tell the real from the fake!"
After hearing about Qin Yuwei's family background from people around him, the jewelry store owner felt more reassured.
What kind of knowledge can a poor man's daughter have?
Humph, little girl, you keep talking nonsense. I’m going to teach you a lesson today!
If you can't come up with thirty taels, then write me an IOU!
Wei was feeding chickens with rice at home when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.
When I opened the door, it was Aunt Wang from next door, panting:
"Your girl got into a fight with someone at the market. If things go wrong, you might have to pay the other person thirty taels of silver. Go and take a look!"
The rice in Wei's hand scattered all over the floor. He stomped his feet hard, his face distorted with anger.
"You little bitch, you're just looking for trouble!"
She didn't even have time to take off her apron before she went to the market in a rage.
She is not my own child, and I raised her up just in the hope that I could marry her off and get more dowry so that I can find a wife for my son.
Now, thirty taels of silver is something they can’t afford even if they sell all their fortunes!
Wei secretly gritted his teeth and made up his mind——
Even if I don't want the betrothal gift, and let her leave the house and sever all ties with me, I will never be involved in this debt!
Qin Yuwei was discussing with Zhu Lan and Qiao Youyou in a low voice.
"That agate is definitely dyed. The identification method is very simple. Just soak it in hydrochloric acid and you will know.
The difficulty is, where can we find hydrochloric acid? "
The three people racked their brains. Although they had learned how to make hydrochloric acid in chemistry class, this was ancient times after all. Where could they find the raw materials and equipment in such a short time?
Zhu Lan's eyes lit up: "Oh, right, let's find a coppersmith! I remember reading in a book that ancient coppersmiths would use acidic liquid to clean the oxides on the surface of copperware."
"Hey, you three little girls, don't even think about running away or refusing to pay your debts!"
The boss urged impatiently.
"I recognize the clothes you are wearing. Are you students from Longchang Academy?
Humph, if you don’t sort things out today and pay the money back, I will go to your academy tomorrow to make trouble. Let everyone see what kind of people come out of Longchang Academy! "
"Boss, please be patient."
Qin Yuwei smiled faintly and gave a wink, and Qiao Youyou and Zhu Lan squeezed out of the crowd to find the coppersmith.
A few hundred steps ahead there was an old man selling locks, and the two of them really asked for some dilute hydrochloric acid.
Qin Yuwei walked to the tea stall next to her, borrowed a porcelain bowl, poured the hydrochloric acid into it and placed it on the ground so that everyone around could see it clearly.
The boss couldn't suppress the smile on his face.
These two people went to get some water from somewhere, and thought that they could wash away the color by just washing?
What an ignorant little girl.
Oh, I have to find paper and pen to write the IOU for thirty taels!
Qin Yuwei threw the bracelet directly into the bowl, and everyone gathered around curiously.
"Ah, bubbling, bubbling!" someone shouted.
Small white bubbles began to appear on the green beads of the bracelet, and then the color gradually darkened.
The owner of the jewelry stall was startled and quickly pushed through the crowd to take a look, and he was suddenly panicked.
What the hell is this water!?
When I first got the goods, didn’t the other party say that the dyeing technology was flawless and could be mistaken for the real thing?
fraud! ! !
Qin Yuwei picked up the bracelet with a small wooden stick, rinsed the hydrochloric acid with real clean water, and rubbed it a few times with her hands.
The surface layer of material was rubbed off, revealing the messy and mottled colors underneath.
“It’s really dyed!”
"Oh, this guy is really selling fake goods to scare people!"
"The boss is trying to run, hurry up, catch him!"
The jewelry store owner was about to sneak out of the crowd when he was pinned to the ground by the crowd!
Qin Yuwei walked forward while playing with the bracelet: "Boss, you want to pay the money or see the official, it's your choice."
The boss had a sad face and begged for mercy:
"Compensate, compensate, I will compensate..."
Thirty taels!!!
A year's worth of fake goods were wasted!
The crowd took the boss home and got thirty taels of silver before they let it go.
Qin Yuwei took the money, took out one or two taels of silver, exchanged them for copper coins, and distributed them to passers-by who were eager to help.
Everyone's face suddenly broke into smiles.
Suddenly a peasant woman squeezed out of the crowd, her face wrinkled with laughter, and shouted loudly:
"Oh, my dear daughter, Hu Zi is so lucky to have a sister like you!"
Wei came up and was about to take the silver from Qin Yuwei's hand.
When Qin Yuwei saw this snobbish stepmother, alarm bells rang in her heart and she dodged backwards, "What are you doing?"
Wei's tone was full of complaints:
"Look at you, girl. You just had a few words with your mother, but you are so angry! How old are you? It's not safe for you to take so much money.
Besides, although you are not your mother's biological child, she has provided you with food and drink, and sent you to school for so many years. Now that you have some money, isn't it your responsibility to contribute to the family?
Huzi will have to marry in the future. As his sister, can you just watch him not even be able to pay the bride price?"
Zhu Lan and Qiao Youyou watched from the side and exclaimed, "Wow!"
The best relative in the novel, I saw him alive today!
It’s true that a shameless person is invincible!
Qin Yuwei looked at Wei coldly:
“Isn’t the money for my food, drink and education the one my father left behind before he died?
Your son wants to marry a wife, what does it have to do with me? If you have money, marry him, if you don’t have money, don’t marry him. You can do what you can, why do you have to outsource the bride price?”
"You--!" Wei saw her tough attitude and realized that this approach was useless.
He sat down on the ground, rolling around, beating his chest and stamping his feet.
"Fellow villagers, please give us some judgement. I have worked so hard for so many years, but in the end I raised an ungrateful person! Now that I am rich, I have turned my back on you!
Poor me, I can’t afford to go to school, and I won’t even be able to find a wife in the future…”
The combo is quite smooth!
The crying sound once again attracted a group of onlookers. Everyone frowned and looked at Qin Yuwei with some dissatisfaction in their eyes.
But many people had just received benefits from Qin Yuwei and were too embarrassed to blame her, so they just watched the fun.
Zhu Lan and Qiao Youyou were about to speak up for Qin Yuwei.
Suddenly, a more tragic cry echoed through the sky nearby—
"Mom! It's all my fault. I am sorry for my dead father!!!"
Qin Yuwei fell to her knees with a plop and cried heart-wrenchingly, her tears flowing like a faucet.
She cried so heartbrokenly!
She cried so hard that it was like the sky was falling and the earth was splitting!
Not only did Wei cry her heart out.
Everyone was stunned.
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