Chapter Sixty-Nine: Buying and Returning Pearls, Want to Get Rich?
Yang Fan stepped into the pawnshop at No. 8 Tianqiao, and bumped into the fat man who had just gouged out the cat's eye. I'm sitting there talking to people about business. The pawnshop has a clear division of labor.
The second uncle took the cat's eye and looked at it carefully, covering it with his hand from time to time, as if he was looking at something. The descendant on the side went over to serve tea to the outside, and stammered: "Shi Yuanwai is really good eyesight." These two things ordinary people can't see at all, just now the second uncle said, the night pearls from Persia, these two, to say the least, are worth five hundred taels of silver. ”
"Haha, do you know how I got this cat's eye?" Shi Yuanwai sat on a chair on the side, crossed Erlang's legs, and asked proudly.
Hou Sheng said upside down and asked, "How did you come here?" ”
"Haha, an old man sells an iron cat, saying that it costs thirty taels. The old man had sharp eyes, and saw that the two cat's eyes were not ordinary goods, and after a few interrogations, it turned out to be a big family in the middle of the road. Twenty taels, the old man picked out the cat's eye. ”
The latter snorted with a smile on his face and secretly scolded a little asshole! This cat also picks out people's eyeballs, which makes people how to sell it. As soon as Shi Yuanwai looked up, he happened to see Yang Fan and the iron cat he was holding in his hand. Suddenly stunned, he leaned forward and leaned back with laughter, and slapped his thighs continuously.
"Haha...... Hahaha, I'm laughing to death. How could there be such a fool in the world, I really laughed so much that my stomach hurt. ”
Hou Sheng was shocked and hurriedly asked what was the matter. Shi Yuanwai pointed to the iron cat in Yang Fan's hand and said, "See, someone really bought that blind cat." I'm really convinced, the world is so stupid. ”
The second uncle in the counter looked at it for a long time, put the two cat's eyes on the cloth, and said: "Outside the stone staff, these two cat's eyes are indeed the pearls of the Persian night, if you want to be it, six hundred taels is not a big problem." In terms of price, when the shopkeeper comes, you can also negotiate. ”
Shi Yuanwai got up and said with a smile: "Haha, it seems that the old man's eyesight is really good." This night, Mingzhu plans to make a fan pendant, so it's not appropriate. With that, he wrapped the cloth from the counter and put it in the pocket of his cuff.
"The stone clerk didn't even talk about the price, so he took it back like this, and he didn't plan to pawn it, right?" The second uncle snorted coldly with an old-fashioned face. A few hundred taels, he Shi Fengrao doesn't care at all, he just comes to show off.
Shi Fengrao smiled and said, "The second shopkeeper, don't be angry. It is indeed to be used to make a fan pendant, and it is to let you come to palm your eyes when you are old, in case it is not genuine, wouldn't this be a slap in the face? Oh, that kid's iron cat and this eyeball have the same root and origin, or the second shopkeeper also has the same palm? Shi Fengrao teased.
Yang Fan saw that the old man was empty, so he stepped forward, put the iron cat on the counter, and said, "Do you always give palm eyes?" The old man looked at the iron cat and played with it.
"This cat...... Where did the eyeballs go? ”
"Haha, didn't you just have your front foot over your eyes? It's those two pearls of the night. Shi Fengrao once again told him about picking the cat's eye, and said smugly, "Boy, you are still a little tender, this iron cat has lost its cat's eye, it is just a piece of scrap iron, what is the use of buying it?" ”
The second uncle took the iron cat and looked at it for a long time, then put it on the counter and said, "This son, how much did you buy this iron cat?" ”
"Thirty taels."
Shi Fengrao slapped his thigh and said in surprise: "Oops, that damn old man." You've been deceived, young man. Originally, the old man only needed thirty taels for this whole cat, and I bought the pair of cat's eyes for twenty taels. You're at a loss, so you'll have to be more attentive in the future. He patted Yang Fan on the shoulder, a little like an elder admonishing a junior.
"It's a loss. This iron cat is worthless, and if it is really done, it will only cost three taels of silver. ”
Is it really an eye-catcher? Yang Fan was a little skeptical: "Look at it again, is it really just an iron cat?" ”
"Haha, look at what you stupid boy said, this color, it's not an iron cat, is it difficult or a golden cat? Take it home and play with it. Shi Fengrao said sarcastically.
When Yang Fan said this, the second uncle picked up the iron cat again, picked up the tea cup lid on the side with his right hand, and scraped it the cat. The black lacquer on the top suddenly fell, and a golden color came into the eyes of several people.
"Really!"
"Huh?" Shi Fengrao's small eyes widened a little, was he really hit by his crow's mouth? In the hands of the second uncle, the lid of the teacup scraped over the iron cat like a glass ballast of shaved jade.
"Shhh The second uncle gasped, and a whole golden cat was placed on the counter, beckoning cat? He exclaimed, "That's it! ”
The busy folding goods inside hurriedly brought a small scale. The second uncle put the cat on the scale pole, trembling and shaking the weight, and said, "The scale is not enough!" Bring the big scales! ”
"Alas!" Folded goods, quickly get a large scale.
"Twenty pounds, thirty pounds...... Forty pounds...... Fifty pounds! This golden cat...... This golden cat is fifty pounds! The second uncle felt that his mouth was a little dry, so he picked up the tea and drank a few sips, saying, "If this is all gold, it is worth at least five thousand taels of silver!" ”
Five thousand taels, this number was buzzing in Shi Fengrao's ears. He has a lot of money, but he didn't expect that just a little effort just now, equivalent to half of his family wealth, slipped through his hands. His forehead began to sweat, and he seemed to have laughed at this kid, but he didn't expect that so soon, this slap was thrown his face.
The second uncle's eyes on Yang Fan became different, and he asked curiously, "Why did the son pay thirty taels to buy a blind cat?" Did you see something a long time ago? ”
"Where, you have seen it too, this iron cat is wrapped in thick paint, how can you see it. I just saw that the cat's eye was indeed not a mortal thing, and it was bought by this stone man. But looking back, how could such a treasure be placed on an iron cat? It's a bit of a cover-up. So in the next guess, there must be something greasy in it. ”
"Haha, Childe is really as thin as hair. Old decay admires and admires, do you want to pawn this golden cat? ”
Yang Fan smiled: "Can you eat the No. 8 pawnshop?" ”
The second uncle was stunned for a while, thinking that such a big business was indeed not something he could do, so he said: "I have to ask the shopkeeper and the owner to be the masters, or do you want the son to set a time?" Tomorrow? ”
"Three days later. I'd be interested in talking to your hosts. Yang Fan wrapped the black cat in a cloth, held it in his hand, and said to Shi Fengrao: "Outside the stone staff, don't do too much, it's too shameless to buy a cat and pick out your eyes." I took my leave under it. Then, he walked out of the No. 8 pawnshop. He glanced at the bald trees and muttered, "I don't know how many people will have to starve to death this winter." It's a ...... to save one."
The falling leaves are Xiao Xiao, and the sound of the wind in the alley is like the whistle of the two bastards, playing the autumn wind and the autumn wind......