It was getting dark, and Pei Yun prepared to find an inn to stay in.
But he had no money, so after thinking about it, he bought a bunch of glass beads from the two-dollar store in the mall.
"Boss, I don't have any money with me. Can I use this as rent?"
Pei Yun walked into an inn, took out a glass bead and placed it on the counter.
The shopkeeper's surname was Jia. When he saw the glass bead, his eyes suddenly widened. He picked up the glass bead with trembling hands and looked at it carefully for a long time before he stuttered, "This... is this a glass bead?"
Pei Yun said: "Can it be used as a room fee for one night?"
Shopkeeper Jia came to his senses and said hastily, "Yes, yes, yes, let alone one night, you can stay here for a year."
"I will take you to the best room now."
As he spoke, Shopkeeper Jia carefully put the glass bead into his arms, guessing Pei Yun's identity in his heart, thinking that he must be a rich young man from a big city.
You know, colored glass is a rare thing and very precious. Shopkeeper Jia traveled all over the country in his early years and only saw colored glass beads once.
But that one is far inferior to this one in terms of color and smoothness.
If he wasn't from a wealthy family, it would be impossible for him to have this glass bead.
Shopkeeper Jia plans to keep this glass bead as a family heirloom.
Pei Yun found it funny to see the shopkeeper placing the glass beads so carefully in his arms. He could have as many glass beads as he wanted. They were worthless at all. If he took them all out, the shopkeeper would probably be scared to death.
"Sir, please come in."
Shopkeeper Jia took Pei Yun to Room A, pushed the door open, and said a little embarrassedly, "It's a year of disaster now, so our restaurant will no longer provide food. Please understand."
Pei Yun nodded, and then he remembered something and said, "I heard that the daughter of your county magistrate was kidnapped by bandits."
"That's right. Those bandits are really hateful. They could have kidnapped anyone else but Miss Xue. I heard that Miss Xue was kidnapped because she went to the temple to pray to the Buddha for rain."
"Although he was rescued, his reputation was completely ruined."
Pei Yun said calmly: "His reputation is ruined? I heard that those bandits only rob people of their money but not their women. How could their reputation be ruined?"
"Who would believe such a thing? It's all over the county now. It's said that Miss Xue was raped by bandits a long time ago, and her original engagement was also cancelled. It's so tragic."
Seeing that Pei Yun was interested in the matter, Shopkeeper Jia told him the rumors in the county, describing them with details and details, as if he had experienced them himself.
After Manager Jia left, Pei Yun frowned. Could this be the reason why the officials came to attack the mountain stronghold?
I feel so wronged!
If something really happened between him and Xue Qianqian, and the county government came to beat him, he would admit it. The key point is that nothing happened.
Who is so lacking in public morality as to spread rumors? The hatred with the county government could have been resolved, but now the hatred has deepened.
Xue Qianqian must be in a lot of pain now. After all, reputation is more important to a woman than life.
Shaking his head, Pei Yun didn't think much about it and prepared to go to the pawnshop to pawn his things.
In years of famine, pawnshop business was better than usual, especially at the beginning of the famine. Food prices rose and people in the city could not afford to buy food. They could only pawn the valuables in their homes, and many people lost everything.
When the famine is over, the pawnshop will make a fortune by selling these pawned items.
At this moment, Pei Yun arrived at the pawnshop accompanied by Manager Jia.
Pei Yun just asked where the pawnshop was, and Shopkeeper Jia eagerly accompanied him, acting like a servile idiot.
"Manager Wu, a distinguished guest has come to visit. Come out and greet him."
As soon as he entered the pawnshop, Jia Quan started shouting.
Not long after, Shopkeeper Wu came out. He was a little old man, and like most people, he was skin and bones, but his eyes still revealed a shrewd look.
"I wonder what you want to pawn, sir?"
Pei Yun took out the glass bead, and Jia Quan's eyes widened again. There was actually another one. He thought the one Pei Yun gave him was the only one.
Shopkeeper Wu's eyes widened. He hurriedly and carefully picked it up, looked at it again and again, and was reluctant to put it down.
Pei Yun said: "You name a price. If the price is right, I will give you my death as my reward."
Shopkeeper Wu put the glass bead down and said in a trembling voice, "Sir, are you really willing to pawn this glass bead?"
"If it's not pawning, why would I come to your place?"
Shopkeeper Wu took a deep breath and held out a finger. "I'm willing to pay one hundred taels."
Jia Quan hurriedly said, "It's too low."
Shopkeeper Wu smiled bitterly, "I can't get much money out of my pawnshop. There are too many people who come to pawn their things. These things are still in my hands and have not been sold."
"If you were here on normal days, I would be willing to pay you one thousand taels for this glass bead, but in this year of great disaster, I really can't afford so much."
Pei Yun nodded. "One hundred taels is one hundred taels."
Shopkeeper Wu was overjoyed and hurried to the back of the counter and brought out a plate with ten silver ingots on it.
Pei Yun picked it up and put it in his arms, then he exchanged it for the balance in the mall.
After exchanging all ten ingots of silver, just as Pei Yun had expected, the balance increased by 20,000, and a smile appeared on Pei Yun's face.
Then he took out another glass bead.
"Shopkeeper, do you want more?"
Jia Quan was stunned. Where were the precious colored glass beads that were said to be precious? Why were they taken out one after another?
Shopkeeper Wu was also stunned. He actually saw two of the glass beads that were rarely seen in normal times today, and they were of two different colors.
He asked tentatively, "Sir, do you have a lot of these glass beads?"
He also felt that Pei Yun's identity was not simple.
Pei Yun smiled and said, "Do you have much money?"
Shopkeeper Wu gritted his teeth and said, "To be honest, sir, our shop only has 600 taels of silver."
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