Pawnshop inner courtyard.

A sharp-looking middle-aged man sat at the table, looking at the account books of the past six months.

The shopkeeper was quietly waiting aside, only to see the man frowning slightly, the shopkeeper saw it, and immediately sipped a little weak and lowered his head, he also knew that the pawnshop's business was not good in the past six months, and he had already done the accounts very beautifully, just a little luck, but now, he knew that his owner had seen it.

"Take a look at this month's pawn items." Liu Dongjia put the ledger in his hand, and shrewdly looked at the shopkeeper.

"Yes."

Soon, someone carefully carried a wooden box up, Liu Dongjia lifted the hem of his clothes and stood up, slowly walked to the pile of objects, and picked them one by one.

Looking at his movements, the shopkeeper only felt that cold sweat gradually oozed from his back.

"Redeem a few."

“…… Just two pieces. "The shopkeeper felt that he was a little unlucky, two or three months ago, there were a lot of redeemed objects, but the owner asked this month.

Although they always collect these valuable items at a low price, and if no one redeems them after three months, they can resell them, but now the competition in pawnshops is so fierce that even if they are resold, they may not be able to get a good price, and it takes a lot of connections to make a profit, so the proprietor pays special attention to these recovered items, whether they have this value.

A glance out of the corner of the shopkeeper's eye, oh no, how did that little guy bring these things up?! He regretted that he had exchanged seven copper plates for these broken copper and iron, and no matter how much he fiddled with them, he could not find them useful, and he was cheated by that little thief!

Of course he recognized that person was a thug in this border city, and he usually pawned something that he had stolen and couldn't get rid of.

"What is this?"

The shopkeeper sighed in his heart, and he had scolded the little guy a thousand times in his heart.

"The owner...... This is...... Someone sent a pawn yesterday. ”

Liu Dongjia only felt a little strange, and when he opened it, he picked up one of the daggers-like things in confusion and looked at them in front of him.

It is said to be a dagger, but it has many prismatic teeth on it, and it is inconvenient to use it to cut things. There is another one, similar to a child's slingshot, but there is no slingrope on it, no matter how you look at it, it looks like scrap metal.

Sure enough, Liu Dongjia's face changed, and he slowly raised his head and looked at the shopkeeper with a gloomy gaze.

The other party already smiled weakly, but he was afraid that soon, he would be scolded.

At this time, a voice came from outside.

"The owner, Gongzi Cao has arrived."

Liu Dongjia's slightly changed face converged in the blink of an eye, as if nothing had happened.

The simple figure appeared at the door, and Liu Dongjia's face immediately showed a smile, "Master Cao, you really believe in your words." ”

Cao Fang's hand in his sleeve was tightly pulled, and the expression on his face instantly stiffened after hearing Liu Dongjia's words, and then he smiled slightly, "Liu Dongjia is polite." ”

This modest tone is very different from when I met with myself before. Liu Dongjia immediately noticed something, his eyes immediately changed, he opened the hem of his clothes and sat down, looking at the man in front of him for a long time.

Cao Fang seemed to have lost a lot of weight, and although the clothes on his body were smooth, he could see that he had been wearing them for a long time, and they were a little old.

He looked at the shopkeeper on the side with some embarrassment, and the shopkeeper immediately understood something.

"The owner, if it's not a small one, step back first."

"No need, Cao Gongzi is his own person!" Liu Dongjia's tone was a little smiling, Cao Fang's face froze, he could obviously hear the other party's ridicule, but now it was different from the past, he was no longer the craftsman who was deeply valued by Emperor Xiao.

Since losing to the gold medal craftsman who had no one in his eyes in the competition in Chenguo, Emperor Xiao resolutely abandoned him alone in Chenguo regardless of his previous contributions, and Cao Fang still can't forget this great shame.

He didn't hate Emperor Xiao's ruthlessness, but he was still dissatisfied with Gu Xunfang in his heart.

He was just a little unlucky, and he believed that in terms of their Cao family's heritage, it was definitely not comparable to that gold medal craftsman.

And now that he finally returned to Yi Guo alone, the entanglement on his body was almost used up, just two months ago, he had no choice but to pawn his heirloom jade pendant to Liu Dong's family, and promised that he would come to redeem it today two months later.

But......

The silver in his hand was not enough for half of the pawn at that time.

If losing to Gu Xunfang is the biggest shame in his life, then using his heirloom jade pendant to pawn is the second biggest shame in his life! No matter what, he can't be an unfaithful and unfilial person!

Cao Fang took a deep breath, no matter what the result was, he had to give it a try.

"Liu Dongjia, Cao has a reluctant request, it's really ...... It's hard to speak. ”

"If it's hard to speak, you don't need to say it!" Who knows, Liu Dongjia is very direct, and the smile on his face is also with deep disdain. He waved his hand impatiently and looked at the shopkeeper on the side, "You can send Cao Gongzi's jade pendant to ......"

"Wait!" Cao Fang suddenly raised his voice, and the two people in the room immediately looked at him.

I saw that the young man's face was a little hesitant, and then he opened the hem of his clothes and bowed deeply, "Liu Dongjia, although the silver on Cao's body is not enough to redeem the jade pendant, I am willing to ask the owner to be tolerant for a while, Cao will definitely be able to scrape together enough silver, don't resell the jade pendant!" ”

"Tolerance? Can Cao Gongzi know what the current interest is? Originally, the price set by Liu was already particularly reduced in terms of the face that Cao Gongzi used to play for Emperor Xiao, but now that he wants to be tolerant, Liu feels that it is really inappropriate. Liu Dongjia smiled faintly, as if he was looking at some joke.

The shopkeeper on the side was a little sympathetic to this Cao Fang, he knew that his owner had made the same old mistake again.

He likes to see others begging him in a low voice, and then trampling on the dignity of others at will. Especially, it is a person like Cao Fang, who was once a smash hit.

There is no shortage of people in this world, and Liu Dongjia is one of them.

Cao Fang's face became more and more pale, "Cao knows that this will make the Liu Dong family embarrassed, but as long as he doesn't resell the jade pendant, how much silver...... Cao will definitely try his best...... After two months......"

"Two months later?" Liu Dongjia's tone was obviously not good, "Lao Xu, what are our rules here?" ”

This was asked to the shopkeeper beside him, and the shopkeeper immediately bowed his body, "If you go back to the owner's house, once the pawned items are not redeemed within three months, they will be resold immediately, and the one with the best price will get it." ”

"Did Gongzi Cao hear that? It's not that Liu doesn't sell your face, but this rule can't be broken, otherwise how can I run this huge pawnshop? Liu Dongjia seems to have discovered new and interesting affairs, and it just so happens that these days, he has suppressed enough.

It's better to play with this celebrity who used to be with Emperor Xiao.

Besides, this Cao Fang had offended him before.

Cao Fang's eyes were a little panicked, he had already seen a little servant bring up his heirloom jade pendant and fall into the hands of Liu Dong's family to play with it.

At this moment, he regretted that even if he starved to death, he should not have done this. Now, what face does he have to meet the ancestors of the Cao family!

Liu Dongjia looked at the person in front of him playfully, and his heart was extremely happy. It's just that he can't stand it? It seems that he is still too young to know how to forbear. Anyway, I've almost had enough of teasing myself, and it's time to let this proud young man know that this world is not so easy to fool.

"Cao Gongzi, although Liu is not a big person, this time is also extremely precious. If Cao Gongzi really valued this jade pendant so much, why did he pawn it in the first place? It's better to do this, after Liu resells this jade pendant, he will inform Cao Gongzi that Cao Gongzi can take the silver and go to the owner to redeem it, okay? ”

“…… This ......" Cao Fang was a little anxious, he knew that if this jade pendant was sold, it would definitely not be at this price, and it would be difficult for him to come back at that time.

I never thought that he Cao Fang would also have such a day, and this was all thanks to that Gu Xunfang!

"Let's go!" Liu Dongjia snorted lightly, then turned around and planned to leave.

At this moment, a man's eager voice came from behind him.

"Shopkeeper Liu!"

"How?" He frowned unhappily, this young man was really pestering enough.

However, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Cao Fang suddenly kneeling down on one knee, he bowed his head deeply, and he could still see his shoulders trembling slightly.

"In Cao's life, he only knelt to heaven and earth, and his parents knelt to his majesty...... I am willing to ask the shopkeeper Liu to raise his noble hand! In just two months, Cao will definitely try his best to make up enough money! Cao Fang only felt as if there was a boulder pressing on his heart, and today, he completely trampled his self-esteem under his feet!

The shopkeeper of the "...... of the owner" was shocked, he didn't expect that Cao Fang would actually do such a thing for a piece of jade pendant. It's just that he thinks he can impress his owner in this way?

Sure enough, the smile on Liu Dongjia's face deepened, "Why did Gongzi Cao make such a big gift, it was really difficult for Liu to bear." Although the man has gold under his knees, but when he comes to Liu, he is worthless, so please go back to Gongzi Cao! ”

What the?! Cao Fang raised his eyes in surprise, he didn't expect that this Liu Dongjia would be so unkind! He always knew that the other party just wanted to play tricks on him, and he was very cooperative, but he didn't expect it......

The hand in his sleeve was clenched tightly, and Liu Dongjia looked at him like this, what? The other party still wants to do it, there are dozens of strong men guarding this courtyard, if he dares to touch a cold hair of his own, he must let him come in vertically and go out horizontally!

At this time, Cao Fang's flickering gaze suddenly stopped on an open bag, and he frowned, as if he remembered something, just staring at the bag of things tightly.

"Liu Dongjia, what is in this baggage?"

This Cao Fang, what tricks are he playing?

"It's just some broken copper and iron, what's the matter, Cao Gongzi is interested?" The meaning of his words is that Cao Fang is like this broken copper and iron, and he cherishes each other