Song Shulin was originally afraid of his aunt, and now he didn't dare to go in and offend her.
So he turned around and went to the east to see Chunsheng and his children.
He saw Chunsheng's legs from a distance. When Chunsheng got on the ox cart, he fumbled out a few copper coins and wanted to pass them over, but when he saw the village head uncle actually took out a tael of silver, he couldn't afford to give away the few copper coins.
But no matter how much he takes, he can't bear to part with it, and he really doesn't have it. His wife was in charge of the family's money, and he only had a dozen copper coins on him to buy cigarettes.
He secretly put the money back into his pocket and listened to the women scolding Sanzhu, and couldn't help wanting to explain. After all, he is my cousin.
"Bah, what do you mean by not using enough strength? Song Shulin, how could you not use enough strength to beat your son to death?"
"I, I, ah!" Song Shulin sighed, speechless.
How could he bear to hit his son? When his wife at home scolded his son, he even wanted to persuade her.
Songjia Village is more than ten miles away from the county seat. It was already noon when we arrived at the county town.
Song Fuquan is the third grandson of the village head. He is not very old, one year younger than Song Chunsheng.
"Brother Chunsheng, should we go to Xinglin Hall or the Li Family Clinic?"
Xinglintang is a government-run clinic for the benefit of the people. It is good for treating headaches and fevers, but if you want to treat your legs, of course it would be better to go to Li's Clinic, which is famous for treating injuries.
Song Fuquan asked this because Xinglintang was cheap.
Chunsheng and his sister were obviously poor, so the one or two ounces of silver their grandfather gave them was not enough to go to the Li family clinic.
"Of course, let's go to the Li family clinic." Song Jinxiu said without waiting for her brother to speak.
"Brother Fuquan, please take me to the pawnshop first. My mother left me a hairpin, I'm going to pawn it first."
Song Fuquan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Oh, there are hairpins, that's great, there's a pawnshop in front, wait for me to park the car, I'll go with you."
Although he didn't know whether the hairpin was valuable or not, he followed her to give San Ya courage.
"No, no, there are too many in the county. If you leave, the cows will be disobedient and get hurt, which will be bad."
Song Jinxiu quickly winked at her brother, signaling him to stop the car, and then without waiting for the car to stop, she hurriedly got out of the car, pocketing the things in her clothes, and ran to the pawnshop.
What a joke! How could Song Fuquan see her things?
Letting my brother know was to reassure him. Besides, my brother would not tell anyone else. But if Song Fuquan knew about it, he might spread it out.
"Hey... slow down. Wait..."
Seeing Song Jinxiu walk across the street and enter the pawnshop, Song Fuquan shouted worriedly from behind.
He was still worried. This was a pawnshop.
"Brother Chunsheng, I'd better go and take a look. If your pawn shop doesn't want it, I can help mediate."
He thought that Chunsheng's mother had also lived a hard life in the past. I don’t know whether her hairpin is worth money. If it was a wooden hairpin, even the pawnshop might not want it.
Also, because he often drove an ox cart to the county town, he thought he was knowledgeable. Song Fuquan was afraid that San Ya was too timid to ask for a price, so he wanted to go and help.
"It's okay. When my legs can't move, she will have to be the head of the household. Let her practice more. Besides, there are really a lot of people on the street right now. You should lead the cow."
My sister lied and said she was going to be a hairpin, so we really can’t let Fuquan go with her, otherwise she’ll be exposed.
Song Chunsheng was also worried that his sister would be cheated by the pawnshop owner, but he had no way to deal with it. He didn't know how much the silver bowl, silver spoon and silver chopsticks could be pawned for.
Ten taels, that should be enough, right?
In the pawnshop, a shopkeeper with a goatee was looking at a glass cup.
A young man in a long gown said reluctantly, "Mr. Liu, this is a luminous cup, an heirloom in our family."
Song Jinxiu consciously lined up and stood behind the young man.
The goat-bearded man said, "Well, it is indeed a luminous cup, but it has a lot of impurities. If it is a dead pawn, fifty taels, this is the highest price I will offer."
The counter was very high, and Song Jinxiu stood on tiptoe to look over.
A glass cup with impurities on it is actually worth fifty taels.
Song Jinxiu's heart moved, and her thoughts probed into the space.
She tossed the silverware aside, rummaged through the trash can, and pulled out a crystal ball.
There was a landscape painting in the crystal ball. It was originally a decoration, but later the base broke and she threw it away.
The young man left with fifty taels of silver, and the man with the goatee looked at Song Jinxiu.
"Little girl, are you redeeming or pawning?"
"when"
Song Jinxiu quickly handed over the crystal ball.
"Boss, can you show me how much this is worth?"
Goatee took the crystal ball, and when he looked at it, he stood up excitedly, and his movement was so big that the chair behind him fell over.
"Little girl, come in and talk."
The man with the goatee quickly invited Song Jinxiu to the VIP room in the teahouse.
"Little girl, where did you get this? Do your parents know that you came to the pawnshop?"
Song Jinxiu looked at the eyes rolling around, looking at her and then at the owner of the crystal ball.
I thought, could this old man suspect that I stole it?
"This is my family's ancestral cave crystal ball. It was originally given to me by a fairy, but it is our family heirloom."
"A blessed place? Yes, it is indeed a blessed place."
Goatbeard looked at the beautiful scenery in the crystal ball and became more and more reluctant to let it go.
Song Jinxiu curled her lips. This was a small gift given by her parents when she bought a mobile phone. At that time, she just liked the landscape paintings inside and placed it on the table.
"Boss, give me a price. I'm in urgent need of money to pay for my brother's medical treatment. If the price is right, I'll give it to you. If not, I'll have to find another buyer."
The man with the goatee pondered for a moment, glancing at her with his small eyes, and said, "If it's a pawn, I'll give you this amount."
As he said this he gave a thumbs up.
Song Jinxiu: What does this mean? Is it one hundred taels or one tael?
Song Jinxiu didn't understand and asked, "Ten thousand taels?"
When Goatbeard heard this, he immediately showed a look of horror and said exaggeratedly:
"Oh my, little girl, you are really asking for such a high price. Do you know how much ten thousand taels is? My entire pawnshop is not worth that much."
"How much is that? One ounce is too little, isn't it? This is something that the immortal left behind. It's too cheap. What if the immortal gets unhappy and takes it back?"
Song Jinxiu also blinked and pretended to be innocent. Who asked you to stretch out a finger for me to guess?
Goatee was speechless as he looked into the crystal ball.
The material is crystal clear and flawless, and I don't know how the scenery inside was put in. It is indeed a treasure.
But one or two...
If it was a poor young lady from an official family, he might not dare to bargain too hard.
He looked at the patched tattered jacket on Song Jinxiu's body. He had a plan in mind.
He smiled bitterly and said, "Little girl, although this thing of yours looks nice, it is also just a plaything. I wanted to give you 100 taels, but since you are in a hurry for money, how about I give you 150 taels?"
"If I wasn't in a hurry for money, I wouldn't be willing to sell it even for a tael. What you're offering is too little. I won't sell it to you."
Song Jinxiu said this, and was about to get the crystal ball.
"Hey, hey, we can talk about it."
Goatee quickly stopped her.
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