Chapter 42: Yang House
Look at this dead woman's style, her ten fingers don't touch the spring water, and she can't even do any housework, needless to say, she must be a big lady from a rich family!
Now you can make a fortune!
But I didn't rejoice for long, and a serious problem came to my mind. This dead woman used to be rich, but now more than a hundred years have passed, and this period of war has been raging, but it is not peaceful, can her previous money be kept until now?
Sure enough, Qingzi thought about it and said, "All the money I had back then was stored in the money bank, and it should be gone." ”
I was speechless, depressed, and could only bury my head in munching on the steak. After eating a good meal, he came out of the store, lowered his head, and thought about what to do with the remaining five thousand yuan as he walked. Qingzi walked in front, her hair tied with a purple headband, and she wore a pale cyan frilly dress with a fluttering skirt.
Whenever I am at such a time, I always miss my third uncle. Although compared to the appearance, my third uncle can't catch up with this dead woman, but she is good-looking and can't be eaten! If the third uncle is still here, why do you need me to be a twelve-year-old hairy child who is about to be sad here for a living?
I thought about it all the way, and finally decided to rent a house to live in, and with this amount of money, it was impossible to continue traveling.
The place where we are now is a small city in the south, the population is quite prosperous, the surrounding hills are hilly, the water system in the city is developed, and the climate is relatively pleasant, suitable for living.
Halfway through, I took the time to inquire with the nearby uncles and aunts, and the rent is not cheap, and it costs 81,000 to rent a one-bedroom apartment. I thought about Aoko sleeping in a room, so I slept on a sofa in the living room. But even so, the 5,000 yuan we have in our hands won't last long.
I was thinking about it when I didn't notice that Aoko in front of me suddenly stopped and almost hit my head on it. She took off a bracelet from her wrist and threw it over: "Take it as a pawn." ”
I took it, and saw that it was a black and silver bracelet, the body of the bracelet was hollowed out, carved with a complicated and simple pattern, and it looked like it was very old. I've seen her wear it a lot on her hands before, and she should be a favorite carryover. But since she took it out, of course I won't be polite, although I don't know how much it's worth, but how much can I exchange for after all, and the silver bracelet can be more important than eating?
There happened to be a pawn shop nearby, so I put the bracelet in my pocket and went. The proprietor, a thin old man in his sixties and seventies, wearing a pair of thick reading glasses, waved his hand when he saw me coming, and said, "Children go somewhere else, don't get in the way of business." "It's like catching flies.
I ignored him, took the bracelet out of my pocket, slapped it on the table, and said, "Be this!" ”
The old man looked at me suspiciously several times, probably thinking that I was a bear child of some family, stealing things from the house. I was impatient and knocked on the case: "Are you still in business?" ”
The old man came over, helped his reading glasses, and took the bracelet in his hand to look at it.
"This thing is a little old, and the carving is also fine, but this black silver is not very valuable."
Although I am young, I have been mixing with my third uncle since I was a child, and when I heard this, I didn't understand anything. These words of this old guy's babbling are purely to reduce the price.
I don't know what the price of this black silver is, but since this thing is on the hands of Qingzi's dead woman, it is not a bargain after all, so I said: "This is an antique, uncle, you can see it clearly!" ”
The old man looked at it over and over again, looked at it for a long time, shook his head and said, "This thing, although it is some years old, it can't be regarded as an antique, at most it is worth this amount!" He held out five fingers to me as he spoke.
When I looked at it, I didn't know if he was comparing it to 50,000 or 5,000, or simply 500. So he simply compared ten fingers and said, "My third uncle said that it is worth at least this number, and it is not appropriate to be less than this number." ”
As he spoke, he was about to ask him to take it back, but the old man hurriedly protected it, gritted his teeth, and said, "That's all for this count!" Do you want cash or transfer? ”
I said just cash, so I don't have to go around. The old man said okay, let me sit in the shop for a while, and he went to prepare the money. I put the bracelet back in my pocket and said, "Hurry up, my third uncle will sit next door and drink tea, don't let him wait." ”
The old man found a fellow and went to work. I was sitting alone in the shop, and a guy came to serve tea in a while. I looked, but didn't move. I used to watch a lot of TV in the village, but I was afraid that this was a black shop, and if someone accidentally turned it over, it would be over.
After waiting for about an hour, the old man hurried back from outside, with a black leather bag in his hand, and when he came back and closed the door, he said to me, "Little boy, I have received the goods." "Put the bag on the table in front of me.
I took it, I only felt that it was very heavy, and when I opened it, I saw that there were a few thick piles of brand-new banknotes in it, and from my experience in counting money, this bag was about 100,000 yuan.
The old man smiled and said, "One hundred thousand, no more, no less." As he spoke, he spread his hands.
I looked at the bag of money, and I couldn't help but straighten my eyes, and it took a long time to realize that I was a little out of shape, so I took the bracelet out of my pocket and handed it over. The old man immediately smiled, and took it in his hand and looked at it over and over again.
At this moment, there are 100,000 starts, and now it is a solution to the urgent need, my mood suddenly improved, and I chatted with the old man for a few words, knowing that this person's surname is Qian, known as Qian Old Man, and it is also a time-honored brand that has been open for decades in this Tan City.
I touched my heavy wallet, thinking in my heart what to do with this money, if I took it back directly, I was afraid that it would not be long before I was squandered by Qingzi's ruined woman. After thinking about it, I inquired with Old Man Qian and asked him how much it would cost him to buy a cheap house in this pond city.
Old man Qian touched the bracelet, he was in a very good mood, and said with a smile: "Although we are a small place here, the house price is not cheap. That kind of cheap house costs 200,000 yuan after all. What, the family wants to buy a house? ”
"Hehe, I just want to buy a house, so my third uncle was forced to let me sell the family heirloom." I laughed and said that the money was not enough at all, so I asked, "Is there anything cheaper?" ”
"Cheaper ......," Old Man Qian frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Then you can only find those old houses." My old man is familiar with Tancheng here, and I can help you introduce you if you need it. ”
"That's a good feeling!"
After talking for a while, I said that the third uncle was waiting next door in a hurry, so he took his bag and said goodbye. I deliberately went to the teahouse next door and went around, but when I saw that no one was following, I went back to find Qingzi.
I'm very proud of selling a bracelet for 100,000 yuan. Qingzi was still the same cold and indifferent look, neither happy nor unhappy. I closed the door, took the money out of my purse and counted it again, feeling so refreshed.
At that time, I was so obsessed with those red bills that I would never have thought that the bracelet I sold for 100,000 yuan would set off a bloody storm a few years later, and many people were involved, and they lost their lives for it.
As for my proposal to buy a house, Qingzi did not object. I first went to the bank to deposit the money, and then struck while the iron was hot and went to the old man's shop.
The old man was drinking tea with his goatee, and when he heard me explain his intentions, he smiled and said, "You little boy is very capable." "Beckon me to sit down for tea and some snacks.
I wasn't interested in the bitter and astringent tea, but the red, green, and green pastries made me quite appetizing, so I picked up a few pieces and ate them. The old man said, "Shall we go and see?" I said okay, took a few pastries in my hand, and ate them as I walked.
Old man Qian asked the shopkeeper to take care of the shop, and then led me out of the door, along the street all the way to the west.
"If there is anything inconvenient at home in the future, just come to the store to find me." Old man Qian said as he walked.
As soon as I heard this, of course I understood, this old guy obviously tasted the sweetness, and wanted to dig something good from me, no wonder he ran up and down so diligently.
I said, "Of course, of course." He followed him all the way to the west of the city, and after turning a few alleys, he saw an old and low house in front of him.
Old man Qian said: "This is the old area of Tancheng, the house here is very old, the environment is not very good, but it is cheaper." ”
I followed him in, and the place was full of low, low-slung houses, some of which were quite dilapidated, and the alleys were thin and narrow, dense like spider's webs.
Old man Qian said that this old city is called Yongchang District, don't look at the current dilapidation, a few decades ago there was a big fur market here, which was very prosperous, but in recent years, somehow, it has become more and more dilapidated.
I followed him around a few times, and from time to time I met some local residents, but the more I walked, the more frightened I became.