Hearing her words, Chi Dahu couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly and turned around to look around.
Taking advantage of the surprise in the shopkeeper's eyes, Chi Qiao continued:
"If my family didn't urgently need the money, I wouldn't have taken it out for this emergency. I wonder what price you can offer, shopkeeper?"
If the price is right, I have a whole set of accessories that I can pawn for you.
But I'll only pawn it now; I plan to redeem it when I have the funds later!
The pawnshop industry is extremely profitable.
After receiving the bracelet, the shopkeeper looked at it for a long time but still couldn't figure out what material it was made of.
But he knew one thing: this was something he had never seen before on the market.
At least, it has never appeared in the Great Chu Kingdom.
Regardless of the size, color, or brightness of the beads in this bracelet, it is a unique existence in the Great Chu Kingdom.
His heart was pounding, but he pretended to be calm and said, "This bracelet is indeed a good thing, but I can't tell what material it is made of."
Therefore, if you pawn it, you can only get twenty taels!
Chi Qiao has the original owner's memories and knows that twenty taels is neither high nor low.
After all, a gold hairpin only costs a dozen or so taels of silver in a jewelry store.
But in her view, something so unique in the world should be priceless.
Twenty taels? That's just for a beggar!
"Since the shopkeeper isn't sincere, then forget it."
As she spoke, she reached out for the bracelet.
Fortunately, this pawnshop is considered a relatively honest shop in Anping County.
Instead of hiring thugs to deliberately steal the belongings of poor people who come to pawn their goods, and then turning around and driving them away.
Upon hearing Chi Qiao's words, the shopkeeper said, "Madam, please don't be in a hurry. Have a cup of tea to soothe your throat first. Let me go to the back to ask the owner for instructions."
After saying this, he summoned a waiter, who led the man to a private room on the second floor and instructed him to serve fine tea and snacks. He then hurriedly ran to the backyard.
Chi Dahu followed his wife up to the private room on the second floor.
After the fine tea and snacks were served, and seeing that there were no outsiders present, he cleared his throat and asked:
"Wife, this thing..."
Chi Qiao knew he had a lot of questions to ask, but fearing that someone might overhear, she said:
"You want to ask where this came from, right?"
This is something my mother gave me as a keepsake when I got married; it's normal that you don't know about it.
Given Xiaoyu's current situation, her child will likely need a lot of money in the future.
The little money the Qi family received in compensation was hardly enough.
I thought to myself, although this thing is precious, it's an inanimate object, how can it compare to a living person?
This skill is passed down only to daughters, not sons. We don't have any daughters, let alone granddaughters.
Rather than leaving it there, it's better to pawn it for some money to help Xiaoyu out.
Right now, I'm thinking of pawning it and redeeming it later when we have a granddaughter, or when we have the money.
Although Chi Dahu was completely confused by Chi Qiao's words, being as clever as he was, he followed her lead and replied:
"Yes, honey, you're right. But I'm afraid you'll have to go through this!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Alright, try this pastry, it tastes really good."
We'll ask around later where they bought them, and we can buy some for the kids to try.
And this tea tastes even better than what we make at home. It has a wonderfully subtle sweetness!
Just as the two were talking, there was a knock on the door of the room. Before they could answer, the door was pushed open.
When Chi Qiao and the others turned around, they saw a plump, fair-skinned man in his forties walking in front of the shopkeeper from before.
He was holding a bracelet in his hand, the very one that Chi Qiao had handed to the pawnshop owner earlier.
"Madam, this is the owner of our pawnshop, surnamed Bai."
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