Zhong Qing smiled, Fang turned to the stone shopkeeper and said, "Okay, you are doing a good job in this business, you can also do without the pawn ticket of this pocket watch, I'm afraid you won't redeem it." ”

The shopkeeper sighed, but he seemed to be startled, and hurriedly said: "This doesn't dare to deceive Mrs. Meng, it is indeed sold by a guest, but I don't know that it is an old thing for Ling Mei." If you want to find a pawn ticket, it's at our counter, and I'll pick it up and show it to my wife. "Anyway, I didn't dare to slack off, and I called the guy to get the ticket for the pocket watch.

The man answered, and in a moment took a thin piece of paper, stamped with a few seals, and wrote on his brow the words 'Zhuda Shengbao', and on the right below the word, there were a few ghost drawings.

Zhongqing's family was wealthy since he was a child, and he had never been in contact with the pawnbroking industry, so he didn't know what the painting was about. Even the Yu family may not recognize it, so she had to ask the shopkeeper Shi.

The shopkeeper explained with a smile that the borrower went to the pawnshop to borrow money, mainly to meet the urgent needs of family life, and when borrowing, he should first send the physical acceptance as a mortgage, and the pawnshop would pay the "pawn ticket", indicating the goods and the mortgage price, as a voucher for the pawn to redeem the collateral at maturity. In order to make it unrecognizable to outsiders, special fonts are often used to write pawn tickets. Although the item is new, it must be written as old clothes or marked as "tattered"; For gold and silver are written as usual copper and lead; The word "waste" is used for utensils. The term of the loan, the amount of the loan, and the level of interest vary from place to place depending on the nature of the collateral and the size of the pawnshop. The term generally ranges from six months to two years. Most of the mortgage amount is around 50% of the value of the collateral, and if it is unable to redeem it when it expires, it will become a "dead pawn", and the collateral will be confiscated by the pawnshop.

Stone shopkeeper according to the special characters on the pawn ticket. Said to Zhong Qingdao: "This thing was pawned by a young lady surnamed Lu, and it was said that she had a very tight hand. In desperation, he made this decision. The pawn ticket in front of me is charged for half a year. It seems that the pawnbroker should have the intention of redeeming the pawn. ”

He tried his best to explain things clearly, so that Zhongqing could understand the whole story. Zhongqing is very strange, Shuyun should be surnamed Li, where did this Miss Lu pop up? Could it be that Uncle Yun has changed his surname over the years?

She hesitated for a moment, then said to Yu: "Mom, what is Shuyun's maid's surname?" ”

Yu thought for a moment before saying, "That nurse's surname is Xie, or did she later marry a gentleman surnamed Lu?" There was no conviction in his tone, because the nurse had met her on the way to refuge. is a good person, so she dared to entrust Shuyun to her. However, at that time, she was newly widowed, and her deceased husband was not surnamed Lu, if Shuyun's surname was Lu, it was possible that the nurse had remarried.

When Zhong Qing heard her mother say this, she made up her mind and said: "This beach is just a palm-sized place, and there are only a few households surnamed Lu near Yuyuan Road, but it is easy to find." Otherwise, I'll let you know when I turn around and ask him to transfer more people. Check along the street, or there will be news of Shuyun. ”

Yu said: "I think this is the only way, if I can find Shuyun this time, I didn't come to Shanghai in vain." ”

Their mother and daughter were talking. The shopkeeper heard it in a fog, what kind of uncle Yunyun, he didn't know this person at all. I was afraid that Zhongqing would misunderstand, so I said, "I forgot to say it." The young lady's surname is Lu, and her double name is Jianskirt. I wonder if it's her talking about her? ”

"What, Lu Jianskirt?"

Zhong Qing came back to his senses from the conversation with Yu and couldn't help but be greatly surprised. This name is so familiar, isn't she the sister of Vice Chief Lu, the daughter of the old lady Lu next door? But that man...... It doesn't look like the children of the Li family. Moreover, Mrs. Lu doesn't look like a nurse, when the nurse left the Yu family, she only took Shuyun a child, but Lu Jianskirt has an elder brother and a younger brother, I haven't heard that Lu Cichang's mother is a remarried woman. Even if she is a nurse, why is it that when she visits, she has no impression at all? If not, this pocket watch is indeed hers. The nurse is a mother, she can trust herself, this pocket watch is so valuable, how can she easily give it to others? Or is it possible to say that Lu Jian's skirt is Li Shuyun, and Li Shuyun is Lu Jian's skirt?

Zhong Qing recalled the scene when he first saw Lu Jianskirt, and he was unwilling to admit that such a pompous and vain woman would be the long-lost daughter of their family. If it is said that the nurse is not capable of educating her well, it is also understandable, but ...... But she had already promised Lu Jianhua to find a way out for her husband......

By the way, could it be that it was precisely because of her revealed tone that Lu Jianskirt wanted to pawn the pocket watch to earn money to buy officials?

Zhong Qing's mind was full of thoughts, if the person who pawned it was Lu Jianskirt, it would be easy to find, the old lady of the Lu family was in the ward next door to Wanchun, Lu Sub-Chief was not big, but he was also a famous person in the social arena, and he could know where they lived by asking someone. But what should I do if I find it?

No matter how bad Lu Jianskirt is, if she is really her sister, once they recognize each other in the future, wouldn't they say that her sister is fame and fortune? I can't help but regret it, I was too impatient at the beginning, for the sake of the interests of the stars, so that I was in a dilemma, in case I let my mother know, I would really be ashamed to death.

Although she was worried, she was still relieved to be able to find her missing sister, her mother had been thinking about the child for half her life, and finding it could also comfort her mother and make her not feel guilty. Anyway, things have come to this point, stretching out her head is also a knife, shrinking her head is a knife, she pretends to be a good person, if Lu Jianskirt is really Shuyun, then the money she recovered from her will be sent back as it is, and she will find an errand for her husband as usual. Lu Jianskirt looked frivolous, but she was not stupid, she would understand her hard work.

It's a pity that after thinking about it, Zhong Qing is still a little reluctant after all, she is from a wealthy background, and she likes people who know the rules and etiquette the most, like her fourth sister Li Wanchun is very good, she has a degree of advance and retreat, and her words are elegant, that is everyone's demeanor. Although she herself is spicy, she is suitable for dealing with others, and she learns from her mother, and her knowledge and insight are superior. That Lu Jianskirt has half the benefits of their sisters, and she can also be worthy of the name of Miss Li Jiasan.

She didn't say a word for a long time, and Yu Shi thought that she was thinking, but she just heard the words Lu Jian's skirt, and vaguely felt familiar, so she asked the shopkeeper Shi: "Then how old does Miss Lu look like?" ”

The shopkeeper Shi just looked at Zhong Qing calling the Yu family 'Mom', and as soon as his brain moved, he immediately guessed that it was someone from the Li family of the Secretary of State's Mansion, and said with a respectful smile: "Zuo is only twenty-three or four, and he looks very young." ”

The age is right, Shuyun is two years younger than Zhongqing, Zhongqing is twenty-five, and Shuyun should also be twenty-three.

"What does it look like, what does it look like?" Yu asked anxiously, she gave birth to Shuyun and handed it over to the nurse to feed, and she was separated in her infancy, more than 20 years have passed, Shuyun should also grow into a big girl, I don't know if it can be similar to her sisters and sisters.

It was the first time that the shopkeeper Shi had seen a customer who came to the antique store to inquire about people without buying things, and he had no patience to serve in the past, but at this time, it was the wife and young lady of the Li family in Beiling who asked him, and he didn't dare to be negligent even if he had ten guts. Because I really didn't understand what the mother and daughter of the Li family were chasing after and asking the pawnbroker, the shopkeeper Shi said: "That person looks like a serious lady, why am I embarrassed to stare at her?" But after two glances, the appearance is good, with a round chin and a pair of big eyes. ”

Round chin, big eyes? Although Zhong Qing and Wan Chun are also phoenix eyes and apricot eyes, they both have pointed chins, but they do not have round chins, and it seems that Lu Jian's skirt is not very similar to the sisters of the Li family.

Yu shook her head secretly, Zhong Qingcha had come back to her senses, she thought about it for a while, and she had already made up her mind, no matter whether Lu Jianskirt was Shuyun or not, if she found her, she would know the truth, as if she asked questions in this store, she said to her mother: "Mom, that Miss Lu I think I probably know who it is, wait for you to go back to the house first, I'll go look for her, what do you have to say to meet and ask her?" ”

"Do you know that Miss Lu?" Yu was deeply surprised, and asked after him, "Have you seen her?" Have you spoken to her, where does she live now, and with whom does she live with? I don't know if she eats and stays well......"

People say that care is chaos, but now she is completely confused, and when she thinks that she will be able to see her long-lost daughter immediately, she has completely dispersed the troubles of the old Beijing in the past few days, and asked several times again and again.

Zhong Qing made her ask funny, and hurriedly said: "Yes or no, my mother is in a hurry." Although I have met that Miss Lu and spoken a few times, I have not asked carefully, besides, how can I know some things? I went and brought her, and my mother is the most informed, so it will be clear to you if you ask. ”

Yu also knew that he was in a hurry, and smiled unconsciously: "It's okay like this, it's okay like this." And since thou knowest this, go and bring her with you, and I will wait for her in your house. You're a very grumpy person, and if she doesn't understand what you're saying, explain to her slowly and don't scare her. ”

"Ouch, what can I scare her?" Zhong Qing chuckled, pressed her mother's shoulder and said coquettishly, "Mom is too partial, I don't know if it's the third sister, you hurt like that, if it's really her, will there be a good life for me in the future?" ”

The Yu family couldn't stand the spoiling of their children the most, and when they heard her say this, they laughed and said: "I just told you plainly, look at your shabby appearance, who will you show it?" Go ahead, don't keep me waiting. ”

Zhong Qing smiled, Fang turned to the stone shopkeeper and said, "Okay, you are doing a good job in this business, you can also do without the pawn ticket of this pocket watch, I'm afraid you won't redeem it." ”

The shopkeeper said that he had opened the store for a long time, and he had dealt with people from all over the world, but he had never seen the mother and daughter of the Li family talk like this. What Miss Lu's third sister, he didn't know anything, he just thought that it was the secret of a big family, and he couldn't see the light, so he listened to it with his left ear and threw it away with his right ear. Seeing that he didn't come to return the goods, the light on his face rejuvenated, and he smiled and said to Zhongqing: "Thanks to Mrs. for looking up to our store, there will be a place for villains to serve in the future, even if Mrs. commands, even if you command." ”

"You're a smart man." Zhong Qing hooked her lips and chuckled, then took her mother's hand and took Na Lin and the others to turn back. (To be continued.) )