The two of them ran down the mountain with great difficulty, but they were penniless, except for a lotus flower, there was nothing.

"You'll starve to death if you don't have anything to eat, right?" Ji Lan asked with a frown.

"That's not easy, I'll take you to make money, won't I?"

The scorching sun bakes this otherwise noisy and prosperous frontier, and at this moment, even the most prosperous areas do not show the bustle of the past, and the ground is almost as hot as a hard-boiled egg. There was not a single ghost on the road, except for the noisy and restless voices.

Nie Cang was penniless, but his clothes were very bright, his hair was neatly combed, and his face was very delicate. This outfit is also all the eating guys of Nie Cang, as the so-called Buddha relies on gold, people rely on clothes, first respect Luo Yi and then respect people, these simple things, although Nie Cang doesn't know a few words, but he also understands these truths.

Soon Nie Cang set his sights on a target, only to see a middle-aged fat man walking in the alley opposite, with a fat head and big ears, looking like a full nouveau riche. I saw that his face was covered with oil and sweat, and his body was already soaked, so he had to take a break after taking two steps and wipe the sweat on his face. The fat man had a burden on his shoulders, and his fat hands were tightly gripping the burden, and he was walking towards the alley on Nie Cang's side. Nie Cang looked at the surrounding environment, and then carefully looked at the burden in the fat man's hand, and saw that his hands had never left the burden, obviously there were extremely precious things in this baggage. The geographical environment around here is very familiar to Nie Cang, and there is a money village on the corner across the road. In Nie Cang's opinion, this man is very likely to have just come out of Qianzhuang, and his baggage is likely to be silver taels.

Nie Cang immediately took out a piece of jade pendant from his pocket, and when the fat man just passed by the alley, he slid the jade pendant from the ground to the fat man's feet, of course, this was also the result of Nie Cang's tedious and repetitive practice. The fat man suddenly felt that there was something under his feet, looked down, but saw a jade pendant on the ground, and hurriedly stepped on the jade pendant lightly with his foot, looked around, and when he was sure that no one noticed him, he was ready to look down and pick it up.

And at this time, it was time for Nie Cang to play, when Nie Cang took advantage of the fat man's failure to pick it up, he immediately took a step ahead of him, picked up the jade pendant at the man's feet, and said excitedly: "Wow, it's really pie in the sky, so you can also pick up the treasure?" Haha, get rich, get rich......"

Nie Cang said and took out a handkerchief from his pocket, kept wiping it on the surface of the jade pendant, then turned his head to look at the fat man, and asked, "This jade pendant is yours?" Saying that, pretending to be arrogant, the fat man saw Nie Cang like this, and wanted to say yes, but when the words came to his mouth, he immediately swallowed back, and quickly shook his head, and said, "No...... It's not ......"

Nie Cang looked at the jade pendant, then at the fat man, and said continuously: "It's not like ah, this jade pendant is so valuable...... " As he spoke, he hurriedly pulled the man to the side of the road, and said softly: "Since we saw this jade pendant together, I see that you are also honest and don't want to take advantage of you, so we will divide him, what do you think?" ”

The fat man hugged the burden nervously, looked at Nie Cang suspiciously, swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and asked, "How do you say it?" ”

Nie Cang said: "That's it, I think this jade pendant should be an antique of the Yuan Dynasty, although it is very old, but it is worth a thousand eight hundred taels, it is better for you to give me five hundred taels, I will give you the jade pendant, what do you think?" ”

As soon as the fat man heard Nie Cang talk about it, he immediately hugged his satchel tighter, and said in disbelief: "This jade pendant is really worth a thousand taels?" ”

Nie Cang pointed to the jade pendant and said, "Look at this luster, this moistness, it may be more than this price!" ”

The fat man saw that the color of the jade pendant was warm, and it really looked like a good jade, but after all, he wanted to give Nie Cang five hundred taels, he seemed hesitant, and there were too many people who had fake ideas. Nie Cang saw the opportunity and said with a smile: "I know, everyone meets in Pingshui, you don't believe me, I should, so let's do it, I'll give you five hundred taels, and I'll take the jade pendant!" So saying, he put his hand into his pocket, and took out every piece of silver for a long time, and the bits and pieces added up to less than fifty taels.

Nie Cang pretended to be embarrassed and said: "I didn't bring so much money when I went out, what do you say......

The fat man also seemed anxious, helping Nie Cang to find a way, but he couldn't think of a good way for a long time, in short, he made up his mind, it was impossible to ask him to pay, after all, there were too many liars, and it was indispensable to guard against people.

Nie Cang scratched his head, and pretended to think for a long time, and suddenly clapped his hands and said: "There is a way, there is a pawn shop around here, let's go and pawn it, and then we will divide five hundred taels each!" ”

The fat man immediately frowned and smiled, "This is the best!" ”

Nie Cang took the fat man to a pawn shop, handed the jade pendant to the boss, the boss carefully verified it, and then asked, "Are you sure you want to be this jade?" ”

Nie Cang glanced at the fat man, and saw that the fat man's eyes were wandering, as if he was very worried, Nie Cang smiled and said, "Of course, live as a thousand taels!" ”

The boss glanced at Nie Cang and the fat man a few times, and said, "A piece of jade pendant, the price is one thousand taels, and it should be done!" As he spoke, he wrote a pawn ticket, took out ten silver tickets of one hundred taels and handed them to Nie Cang, Nie Cang put the pawn ticket in his pocket, confirmed the silver ticket, and after confirming that it was correct, he went out of the pawn shop with the fat man.

Nie Cang took out the pawn ticket from his pocket and hesitated: "How should this pawn ticket be solved?" Then he said: "That's it, I'll give you three hundred taels for one thousand taels, and I'll give you the ticket as well, what do you think?" ”

The fat man's eyes rolled a few times, obviously thinking about it, Nie Cang immediately said again: "Then let's do it, in a few days, Xiaosheng's father's birthday is approaching, Xiaosheng is about to give him a gift, Xiaosheng will give you seven hundred taels, I will only take three hundred taels and a ticket, what do you think, if it weren't for Xiaosheng's lack of money now, Xiaosheng would immediately redeem it now!" ”

The fat man hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay! I'll take seven hundred taels! ”

Nie Cang smiled, counted out seven silver tickets and handed them to the fat man, and said, "Give you the money, goodbye friend!" As he spoke, he put away his three hundred taels of silver and pawn tickets, and was about to leave.

The fat man looked at the money in his hand, and couldn't help but hesitate for a while, and then immediately ran into the pawn shop and asked the boss, "How much is the jade pendant city we pawned just now worth?" ”

The boss glanced at the fat man and said, "This jade pendant is worth at least four or five thousand, what?" Are you going to redeem it now? ”

The fat man was surprised and delighted, and said continuously: "Boss, you wait for me, I will redeem it immediately!" ”

Nie Cang looked at the door of the pawn shop, smiled secretly in his heart, slowed down, and counted in his mouth: "10...... 9…… 8…… 7......" Before he could finish counting, the fat man had already run out of the pawn line, and hurriedly grabbed him and said: "Little brother, I remember, my father will have his birthday tomorrow, and I want to give him a gift, you might as well give me that pawn ticket!" ”

Nie Cang was surprised: "Friend, didn't we just say okay?" You take the money, the little student takes the ticket, you can't be untrustworthy! ”

The man hurriedly smiled and said: "I'm sorry, friend, my father is seriously ill, I just want to use this jade pendant to coax him to be happy, you see this, I will give you the remaining seven hundred taels as well, you give me the pawn ticket, what do you think?" ”

Nie Cang hesitated for a while, then looked at the man again, and scolded in his heart: "What a greedy ghost!" Then he noticed the fat man's satchel, and quickly shook his head and said: "You have to be filial, but Xiaosheng must also be filial, no, no!" ”

The fat man immediately said anxiously: "Friend, you see that your father is seriously ill, and time is running out, you can help!" ”

Nie Cang still shook his head, the fat man looked at the satchel in his hand, gritted his teeth and said, "That's it, in addition to giving you the seven hundred taels just now, I'll give you another three hundred taels, and I'll buy your pawn ticket for one thousand taels, right?" ”

Nie Cang smiled: "Friend, you want to buy my filial piety for three hundred taels, you can't help but look down on people too much, right?" ”

The fat man stomped his feet and said, "Good! Friend, I'll give you another 1,000 taels and buy your pawn ticket with 2,000 taels, and you'll be at home with little time left, so sell it to me? ”

Nie Cang sighed, showing great disappointment, and then his face showed a careful touch for the fat man, and said: "Alas, there are really not many people who are as filial as you these years, since you are so filial, Xiaosheng is so dominant, it seems that it is not close to people, okay!" Xiaosheng will sell it to you! As he spoke, he took the pawn ticket out of his pocket.

The fat man hurriedly took out two thousand taels of silver tickets from his satchel and handed them to Nie Cang, took the pawn tickets and hurriedly ran to the pawn shop. Nie Cang put away the silver ticket, looked at the fat man's back, and sneered: "Fool! ”

The fat man ran into the pawn shop, handed the pawn ticket to the boss, and said, "I'll redeem the watch!" The mouth was still calculating: "I spent a total of one thousand three, this jade pendant is worth four or five thousand, even if it is calculated according to four thousand, I still earned two thousand seven, haha, I am so smart!" Laughing as he spoke, he secretly praised himself for his good luck and meeting Nie Cang, a fool.

The boss handed the jade pendant to the fat man, and the fat man took the jade pendant and looked at it, and hurriedly said: "Boss, this jade pendant is not the jade pendant just now!" ”

The boss said slightly angrily: "This pawn ticket is not the pawn ticket just now!" ”