Chapter 229: Insatiable
The third man said that he spent ten taels of silver to buy the red rope bracelet, and Lin Mujie didn't ask much, so he made an oath and gave him ten taels of silver, which caused the people behind to see it, with different thoughts, and they were all making their own calculations.
When Lin Mujie saw it, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, trying to ignore the calculating eyes of some people, she smiled weakly at the next lady, and asked, "Auntie, how much did you spend to buy this red rope bracelet?" ”
The eldest lady didn't rush to speak, first put the red rope bracelet on the table to prove that she was not cheating money, and then made a "two" gesture at her.
When Lin Mujie saw it, she felt a little comforted in her heart, put away the hypocritical smile on her face, quickly took out two taels of silver from the box, and handed it to the eldest mother with both hands, and said, "Auntie, you take this silver, I don't need you to swear, take this money and go back." ”
The eldest lady's eyes lit up, she checked the silver in her hand, felt its weight, and her wrinkled face was full of indescribable pride, she put the silver in her pocket, stretched out her right hand, and beckoned to Lin Mujie with a blank face.
She frowned, she saw greed on the eldest mother's face, but thinking of her gesture just now, she should have understood correctly, right? She hesitated for a moment and asked puzzledly, "Auntie, is there anything else?" ”
"Nonsense."
The eldest lady had a straight face, and the "two" that was compared to the gesture shook and shook in front of her: "Are you blind at a young age, or are you not good at braining?"
I said that this gesture was twenty taels of silver, but you only gave two taels, and there is still a difference of eighteen taels? But you are in a hurry to drive me away, could it be that you bully me to be illiterate and want to monopolize my money? After saying that, she slapped the table vigorously, and her face, which had just looked kind, became hideous, like a vicious bandit.
Hehe, it turns out that this "two" refers to twenty taels, not two taels, it seems that she is really self-inflicted, thinking that she has met a normal person, but she didn't expect to be still an insatiable person, she pursed her lips and looked coldly at the eldest lady who was shouting in front of her.
These people, one by one, don't understand the gratitude, Maoya was already very angry, and at this time, this woman was still disrespectful to Sister Mujie, he was even more angry, and wanted to argue with her for a few words, but was stopped by Lin Mujie, she looked at him and signaled him to be calm, and Maoya, for the sake of her face, endured this evil breath.
The eldest lady didn't know, as soon as she said this, there was already an uproar behind her, and anyone with eyes could see that with her dress, it was impossible for her to take out twenty taels to buy a red rope bracelet, but she was ashamed to say it.
Some of them can't help but think, if they are also shameless like her, they can make a lot of money today, should they do this?
Lin Mujie looked at the eldest lady in front of her with an expressionless face, and then looked at the crowd that began to be restless, and the sense of powerlessness in her heart became heavier, look, who are these people, is it worth her painstaking efforts?
Seeing that Lin Mujie didn't speak, the eldest lady thought that she didn't want to give her the rest of the silver, she was in a hurry, the old man got the silver he wanted to get, why couldn't she? No, she doesn't give it, she takes it herself.
"Don't think you can swallow my eighteen taels without speaking.
If you don't take it, I'll take it myself, and I won't take more, but only take back what belongs to me. ”
The eldest lady walked to Lin Mujie's side from the front of the team, looked at her angrily with her hands on her hips, and when she caught a glimpse of the box of silver next to her from the corner of her eye, she could no longer control her hands, and immediately grabbed a handful, and did not count carefully, desperately stuffed it into her arms, and did not forget to say unashamedly: "Take this bit of silver again, it should be about the same, if there is any left, I will give it to you." ”
What she gave to her? It's funny to think about it, if it weren't for her, would she have been able to get her money back? Who's giving to whom?
When she turned to leave, she seemed to think of something, and the eldest lady said to her again: "If you know each other, don't find someone to secretly stop me, otherwise be careful that I will report to the official to arrest you." After saying that, she sensed the agitation of the crowd, she was in a hurry, knowing that her actions had caused others to be dissatisfied, she wanted to run quickly, but she was caught after not taking a few steps.
"Wu Chunhua, you old immortal, you want to take the big guy's silver and dream." Another aunt walked out of the team, grabbing her collar with both hands, also with a hideous face.
"I've been a neighbor with you for so many years, just your crumbling house, and your gambling husband and son, I can guess how much money you have, and you pretend to be generous, saying that you spent twenty taels to buy a red string bracelet? Don't say twenty taels, if you can take out two taels, my surname is written upside down. ”
The new lady originally wanted to snatch back Wu Chunhua's silver, but the latter held the silver in her pocket tightly with both hands, and she couldn't grab it for a while, so she had to grab her hair with both hands and pull it hard.
"Liu Yulan, you fart, how much silver does my family have, how can you know, you are not from my family, ah...... Let go, let go. Wu Chunhua screamed in pain when Liu Yulan pulled her.
"I'm not from your family, but I have eyes......" Liu Yulan and Wu Chunhua were on the bar, one wanted to run, the other didn't let them, and the two were entangled together.
Lin Mujie looked at the two women who were fighting fiercely, and then looked at the large group of passers-by next to her who could only watch the play, and saw that they had no intention of stopping it at all, she sighed softly, and had to get off the stool, ready to break up the two of them.
"The two ladies have something to say, don't move your hands and feet, it's not good if you hurt anyone, right?"
Wu Chunhua had to protect the silver, so she could only use one hand to fight against Liu Yulan, her scalp was torn and she was in pain, Lin Mujie came over at this time, and said a bunch of cool things against her, she was angry, turned her head sideways and yelled at her: "But it's all things that see money, what kind of good person are you pretending to be here?" ”
Liu Yulan saw that she was scolded, she didn't say a word for her, and glared at her viciously, in her opinion, she actually let Wu Chunhua and the old man just now easily take the money away, and she didn't consider them at all, and they were not good people.
Seeing that neither of them took her words to heart, she pouted her lips and spread her hands, yes, since someone didn't appreciate it, then she shouldn't be nosy, what should she do, arched her hand at the two of them, motioned for them to continue, and then turned back to her seat.
"Come on, next."
This time it was a young man who came, he looked at the woman entangled behind him, thought about the uncle in front of him, and then looked at Lin Mujie's face, seemed to have made up his mind, put the red rope bracelet in his hand on the table, stared at the ground weakly and said: "Because I am poor, I can't take out too much money, so after taking this red rope bracelet, I only put more than a dozen Wen in the bowl." "At the beginning, because this was a copper coin, not silver, after he put down the dozen, he fled as if he had run away, for fear that others would look down on him because of these dozens.
Young guys? Or did you come to line up for a dozen articles? She looked into the crowd and saw that the vast majority of the queue were older women or men, and only a few were young men and women.
After a closer look at him, I found that he was dressed very simply, and there were even patches in some places, but despite this, he was dressed neatly and neatly, and it seemed that he should have taken care of it before going out.
This money, rich people don't care, they won't line up here, young people want to save face, they may let the elders in the family come to line up, but he blushed and came to line up by himself, presumably because the conditions at home are about to be uncovered, so he pulled down his face and wanted to get back the dozen or so wen he spent at the beginning.
When she stretched out her hand and was about to get him a tael of silver, the person standing behind him waited impatiently and shouted, "It's just a dozen cents, and it's worth it for you to line up here and waste my time?" Get out of here. ”
The young man blushed, he stood cramped in place, looked up at Lin Mujie, and found that she was also looking at him, he immediately lowered his head, and when he was about to leave, he was stopped by her.
"Although there are not many more than a dozen articles, it is also money, and it is also your hard-earned money, if you want to take it back, you will not be ashamed, only if you are lazy to do it, or you will be embarrassed to cheat and steal." After saying that, she glanced in a certain direction, and found that they were still tearing, she reluctantly withdrew her gaze, handed him a tael of silver, and gave him a sincere smile, she hoped that he would not listen to what the man behind him said.
When he was about to call the next one, the guy stood still and didn't leave, he stared at the silver in his hand tightly, his brows furrowed tightly, as if he was struggling with something.
"Anything else?" You must not say that the silver is not enough, otherwise, her heart will really be cold.
The young man looked up, looked at Lin Mujie who asked him, and struggled to reply: "Thank you for comforting me, but I don't have any extra ......" He wanted to say that he only talked for a dozen yuan, but she gave him a tael of silver, and he had no money to find it.
As soon as he spoke, she knew that he did not dislike the lack of money, but that he had no money to find, and she breathed a sigh of relief, interrupted him, and said, "I know, but because of your honesty, I have decided to give you a tael of silver." ”
When the young man heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he was happy, he gave Lin Mujie a grateful smile, held the one or two silver in his hand, and left with peace of mind.
As soon as he left, Lin Mujie whispered a few words to Mao Ya behind him: "You go and ask him about the situation." Although he is poor, he seems to have a good character, and if he is a good person after understanding, she doesn't mind being a matchmaker for him.
Maoya also had a good impression of this person, so she followed closely.