The fraud methods of later generations are pediatric compared to this trap!

In the spring of when Cong'er was fifteen years old, a customer surnamed Liu lived in the inn next door to the grocery store. The customer stayed for a long time, saying that he was doing a business. He often went to the grocery store to buy some daily necessities, and gradually got to know Cong'er's mother and daughter.

One day, Liu Keqi came to the store, took out a pair of jade Ruyi from his arms, and said to Cong'er Niang, "My business is in urgent need of cash turnover, and I want to take this ancestral Ruyi away, but the pawnshop shopkeeper's heart is too dark, and the price given is very low." I want to put it in the store for you to try it, I wonder if I can?"

Cong'er Niang is dealing in daily miscellaneous goods, does not understand jade, and is afraid of being deceived, so she immediately shook her hand and asked him to contact elsewhere.

Liu Keqi said: "There are profiteers everywhere, I'm a foreigner, can I not be bullied? If I encounter unkindness and injustice, and replace it with a fake one, where can I reason, and who will call the shots for me? I'm afraid it won't be too late to cry when the time comes! I see that you are a sincere businessman, and I can trust you, so I let you sell it on your behalf! My pair of Ruyi was rewarded by the ancestor Tang Ming when he was on an errand in the capital, and it was worth at least 800 taels of silver. I will put it in your store for consignment at 500 taels, and I will give you a commission of 10% if I sell it, and 50 taels of silver, and it will be mine if I can't sell it. You are a local, I am a foreigner; I put the goods in your place, and I will not let you make receipts or write contracts, I have absolute trust in you, and I am not afraid that you will go, so what else do you have to worry about?"

Cong'er Niang saw that Liu Keqi was sincere, and thought that she would not suffer a loss, so she agreed to sell it in the store and try it.

After a few days, two spacious customers came to the store, and one of them saw the pair of Ruyi and wanted to go over to have a look. He looked at it for a long time, looked at it very carefully, and after looking at it, he asked, "Is it for sale?"

"Sold for someone else!" Cong'er Niang replied truthfully.

"How much does it cost?"

"Five hundred taels of silver!"

"Can it be less?"

"The reserve price set by the guest cannot be less! I heard from the guest, it is actually worth more than 800 taels!"

The guest reluctantly handed the things back, and whispered to the accompanying guest as he walked: "The goods are good, and the price is not expensive!"

The accompanying guest sighed and said, "It's a pity that we can't afford it, and it's useless to be greedy!"

Cong'er Niang listened to the conversation between the two guests, and was reassured and very happy. You must know that the commission of fifty taels of silver is a profit that is difficult for the mother and daughter to earn in a year!

Another day, a rich merchant came to the grocery store, looked at the pair of jade Ruyi, asked the price, and was very happy.

He said to Cong'er Niang, "Our Futai Lord is my good friend, and he is going to celebrate his fiftieth birthday this year." I was about to give a big gift, but I ran to many places and didn't find the right one, and I didn't expect to meet here. He is very fond of antique jade, and I was about to give one away. This piece comes in pairs, also known as 'Ruyi', and has the meaning of 'all the best', which is really suitable!" After that, he turned around and said to the servant, "I bought this pair of Ruyi! Five hundred taels, pay the bill!"

The servant said, "Master, have you forgotten yesterday that you ordered the goods yesterday, and you asked you to pay a deposit of 1,000 taels? Now we have only more than 60 taels of silver left in our pockets, how can we pay the bill?"

The rich merchant patted his head, remorseful, turned around, and said helplessly to Cong'er's mother: "I want to buy it, but the silver is not enough, what should I do?

"And when are you going to pick it up?"

"I have to go back, bring money to handle the goods, and when the time comes, turn a corner, and pick it up by the way, at most a month!"

"What if you don't come?"

"I've paid all the money, why don't I come? If I don't come after a month, the money will be calculated as a penalty for you, and if I come to buy it again, I will have to pay 500 taels, right?"

Cong'er Niang thought that there was nothing wrong, so she accepted the guest's fifty taels of silver, typed the receipt, and wrote the terms of the agreement. When the rich merchant left, he locked the pair of jade Ruyi into the cabinet and waited for the rich merchant to come over.

Cong'er Niang counted the time, waited day by day, and saw that it was only a month, and the rich merchant had not come to pick up the pair of jade Ruyi, but Liu Keqi came to the store with tears on his face.

Liu Keqi wiped his tears and said to Cong'er's mother: "Sister-in-law Xiao, this is really a house leak that has been rained, and the boat is broken and the head wind is encountered! Sister-in-law, I have to go back quickly, I won't sell that pair of Ruyi!"

Cong'er Niang was taken aback and thought, "In a few days, it will be enough for a month, and the rich merchant will come." If there is no wishful thinking, wouldn't it be a violation of the agreement between the two parties? Even if the other party does not pursue the responsibility for breach of contract, it will cause people to wait for a month in vain and run for nothing, can they get by in their hearts?" Thinking of this, he discussed with Liu Keqi: "Liu Keqi, can you wait a few more days? Or will you go back first, and then I will send you the silver that I sold?"

Liu Keqi wiped away his tears and said: "I can't wait a day! I am away all the year round, I can't fulfill my filial piety, and my father can't see each other again when he is dying, is it still a person? Besides, the family property has been tossed up by me, and if my father dies, I still count on this wishful mortgage loan for the funeral! We said okay, let you sell it on your behalf, and sell it for fifty taels of commission, if you can't sell it, it's still mine, how can you talk and not count?"

Cong'er Niang is really in trouble. If Liu Keqi is allowed to take Ruyi, he will lose his faith in the rich businessman, but Liu Keqi's father is critically ill, and it is reasonable to take Ruyi back to fulfill his filial piety. She was in a dilemma, and the proprietress of the Fuller Restaurant, who often came to the store to care for help, interjected and said: "Why don't you buy this pair of jade Ruyi, not to lose your trust to the rich businessman, and to solve the urgent need of Liu Keqi, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds!"

"I have a small shop, how can I have so much cash!" Cong'er Niang said embarrassedly.

"What is four or five hundred taels of silver? You can make an IOU, and I will bring it to you on the counter of the restaurant." Who is our sister, the same as the biological one. For the sake of our sisterhood, it's worth it for me to quarrel with my old man! Not to mention that it will only take a few days, and I will return it if I sell it! Don't I dare to be this family?"

The proprietress of Fuller Restaurant is surnamed Li, in her thirties, and is nicknamed "Little Sugar Man". Not only does she look sweet, and men want to taste it when they see her, but her small mouth is also very poor, and she can spend half the night with others when she has nothing to do. Her husband Liu Deguang was also a wealthy family, and because he was lazy to eat, prostitute and gamble, the family property was soon wiped out. It is also a lucky star, and last year he suddenly found funding from rich relatives and opened Fuller Restaurant.

The little sugar man can speak well, and she is the proprietress of the restaurant, she is very familiar with the business circles in the town, and has introduced several post-sale payment businesses for Cong'er's mother;

At this time, Cong'er Niang saw that the little sugar man helped again, and of course she was deeply moved. While thanking her repeatedly, she immediately wrote an IOU of four hundred taels of silver.

The little sugar man took the IOU, went to the restaurant cabinet to take the silver, and handed it to Cong'er Niang.

Cong'er Niang added her own savings, scraped together four hundred and fifty taels of silver, and sent Liu Keqian on the road.

In a blink of an eye, the promised period came, and the rich merchant did not come, and after more than ten days, the rich merchant still had no shadow. In order to repay the loan of Fule Restaurant on time, Cong'er Niang only got the pawnshop and the pair of jade Ruyi. She felt that since this pair of jade Ruyi was precious, it would not be a problem to borrow four hundred taels of silver from Fule Restaurant, so the pawnshop owner looked at it carefully and said, "Sister-in-law Xiao, do you really not understand or tease me?"

"What's wrong!" Cong'er Niang's heart slipped away.

"This is a pair of counterfeit imitation antiques, and the jade quality is also very ordinary, and it is worth ten taels of silver!

With a "plop", Cong'er Niang's heart fell suddenly, and her body fell to the ground at the same time, staring at her eyes and fainting.

For more information, see the next episode: After waking up.