Chapter 2 Pawn

The shopkeeper couldn't laugh or cry, our pawns are all antiques, why do you bring something to it, and said, "This master, this watch...... How to identify it? ”

"Sir, you can't pawn this here? Ho's pawn, but that's it. Okay, okay, I don't force you, I'd better go to Sanhezhai, I heard that that is the number one pawn in Beijing. It seems that you really can't come to this little pawn shop. "The Sanhe Zhai in the mouth of the young man is another pawn shop on the street, and He Baozhai is an old enemy, Sanhe Zhai is a place specializing in pawns, and it is also He Baozhai's old opponent.

His loud shouting immediately attracted the attention of many people, these shopkeepers, mostly some Beijing City boys, a few boys with birds came over, a sword-eyed starry boy with a bird cage asked: "This watch...... It's too exquisite, can't this be hundreds of oceans? ”

"This dude has eyesight." The young man handed over the watch and said, "Brother, can you identify which country this watch belongs to?" ”

The bird took the watch, looked at it carefully, and said uncertainly, "Is it French?" I've heard that French watches are the best, and the word is like French. "How does he know if it's French, this son is the son of the nobles of the previous dynasty, he doesn't learn how to drill and love flowers, birds, fish and insects, and he looks at the same alphabet of any country, but I heard that all the luxury goods are French at the moment, so I guessed randomly.

The young man immediately looked surprised and exclaimed, "You are all right? He explained, "Under Wang Maoru, whose name is Xiusheng, has just returned from abroad, and I heard about the great changes in the Qing Dynasty two years ago, and when I returned home, my family was already empty. Alas, but although I bought this watch from England, it is an authentic French product, but the French specially wrote the trademark in Chinese letters in order to curry favor with the British. Brother Tai can actually point out the origin of this watch from the craftsmanship, which is really admirable, and I dare not ask Brother Tai's name? ”

The young man who took the bird immediately laughed and said, "In Xiapuji, the third young master of the Longbeile family in the previous dynasty, if this is the previous dynasty, how can I at least be a shellfish." This person looked proud when he said it, and Wang Maoru just wanted to laugh, but at this time he still complimented: "It turned out to be Pubeile, Pubeile is auspicious, if this is the previous dynasty, I won't have a home and can't go back, alas." ”

"This man." Mr. Long Coat hurriedly interrupted him and said, "Although we mainly buy antiques here, we don't refuse Western watches. ”

"What about death? How's it going? Wang Maoru asked.

Unexpectedly, the disciple of Pu Ji's family stretched out his hand to stop him, and said magnificently: "What should I be, they are all people who cherish their homeland, I bought this watch, how much does it cost?" ”

Wang Maoru said with a smile: "Since Pubeile wants to buy it, I have a fate with Pubeiler, and I will buy it at half the price when you and I bought it, and I bought it for 1,000 taels of silver, and sold it to you for 500 taels." Pubel, if it weren't for the five hundred taels to make our royal family prosperous, I would like to give it to you. ”

Pu Ji turned around and said, "Yao Quan'er, give money." ”

The attendant Yao Quan'er said with a bitter face: "Master, we didn't bring so much today. ”

"Didn't bring that much? What do you eat? I don't bring money when I go out, so what is it? Pu Ji kicked Yao Quan'er angrily and shouted, "How much silver do you bring out?" ”

"Hey, hey, Xiaoxiao Qianchao Beizi also dares to come out and mess around?" A young man wearing a top hat, holding a folded folding fan, and a pair of round-rimmed glasses walked in, followed by two rather tall men.

"Yes......" A few sons wanted to reply, but when they saw the comer, they hurriedly lowered their heads, bowed their waists, and said with a smile: "Second son, it's you, it's a coincidence, it's a coincidence." ”

Pu Ji hurriedly said: "If the second son likes it, take it first, take it first." ”

This boy spoke with a Henan accent and a very proud expression, walked over and took the watch directly from Pu Ji's hand, put it on his hand, turned around and said, "Little San, give money." He looked at Wang Maoru and said, "I don't take advantage of you, I heard your words at the door, you bought it for 1,000 taels, I want 700 taels, and 300 taels is the wear and tear fee." "He doesn't look bad for money, and the people around him are also taken for granted, it seems that this second son is really not bad for money.

Wang Maoru received the cashier's note of the Bank of Communications of 700 taels of silver, with which all the ticket numbers in Beijing can be exchanged for huàn, although now President Yuan Da gradually introduced Guangyang to replace the silver taels, but the people are still accustomed to using silver to settle.

Watching a few people walk away, Wang Maoru asked Pu Jidao curiously: "Who is this arrogant person?" ”

"Hmph, the old 2 of Yuan Shikai's family, Yuan Kewen, used to be our minion, but now he has rebelled and become the master" Pu Ji hated, Wang Maoru patted his arm and whispered: "Young Master Pu, don't be angry, in fact, I only want to sell this watch for five hundred yuan, and there is more than one piece in my hand, let this kid be the big head, haha." ”

When Pu Ji, a disciple of the clan, heard his words, he smiled happily and patted Wang Maoru on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, the second son also dares to provoke, our brothers have long wanted to rectify the grandson." Interesting, yes, let's go to Shouchun Building, I'll invite you, Yao Quan'er, go to Shouchun Building to book a private room, and then go home to get five hundred taels of silver. ”

Pu Ji felt that Wang Maoru slaughtered Yuan Kewen for a few hundred taels of silver to help him kill the prestige of the traitor, and it was a very righteous act, so he pulled him to the Shouchun Building in Bada Hutong, which turned out to be a green building, called two fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls to accompany the wine, and let a few people sing a small song. Wang Maoru took out another watch and said with a smile: "Pu Beile, I said before, if you don't lack money to start a family business, this watch will be given to you, now that the money is available, I will collect this watch again, isn't that a slap in the face for me."

Pu Ji excused himself a few times, but still accepted it, and said: "I can't take advantage of you in vain, our ancestor is also a famous prince, in this way, there is a small courtyard next to my house, which belongs to a relative of my family, but unfortunately he was killed by Yuan Shikai because he was preparing for restoration." This yard is empty, and our family helps to take care of it, and it will be two hundred taels of silver, and I will give it to you, change your watch, and we will be neighbors in the future. ”

"Well, with a wonderful person like Pubeile, I am confident that I will return to Beijing City in the future." Wang Maoru said with a smile, and then talked to Pu Ji about a qiē in Beiping, he said that he had gone abroad when he was a child, and he had no impression of where his home was.

Pu Ji is also an old man in Beijing, and he talks about the big and small matters in Beijing, especially when he brags to a person who has grown up abroad, it is a surging river, and before he knows it, in the evening, Pu Ji has already called Wang Maoru a brother. The two returned to Puji's house in a foreign car, gave Wang Maoru the deed of the courtyard house in the backyard, and sent an old servant to him to help, Wang Maoru gave Yao Quan'er twenty taels of silver, and Yao Quan'er said bluntly: "In the future, if you have any needs, just ask." ”。

Wang Maoru didn't expect that his luck could be so good, he just came to the Republic of China, had a house, and had a place to settle down.

It turns out that Wang Maoru is not a person of this era, he is a modern person, he went to a normal school in college, after graduating from university, Wang Maoru worked as a teacher for two years, deeply felt the filth of the education department and the distortion of education by these officials, instilled the interests of children from an early age, and made the morality of growing up lower and lower, deeply disappointed, so he resigned and went to the sea. Wang Maoru's first girlfriend was a college classmate, and she came to the same unit with him, and when she saw that he was determined to resign, she said that he couldn't be a man, couldn't make sycophants, and was not self-motivated. Immediately after his resignation, she followed someone else. Wang Maoru was not very sad in his heart, he felt that the two of them were just physiological needs together, so he started business with peace of mind.

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