Chapter 11 Pawnshop
Chu Qing followed the crowd along the street. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 It was almost noon, and he hadn't eaten breakfast yet, and he was already hungry! But, in view of the incident at the gate of the city, he really did not dare to take the spell silver rashly to spend it, and if he was caught as a thief, it would be more than worth the loss.
Chu Qing walked down the street with an empty stomach, relying on all kinds of new things to distract him, and it was not very uncomfortable. I thought to myself, if you are hungry, you will be hungry, and you will not be called a problem. As I walked forward, I looked at the various shops and vendors on the street. After a while, I was hungry and didn't feel uncomfortable. But when he passed by a rice stall, the smell of his nose aroused his hunger again, and he swallowed four or five times in a row. But there was no way, I didn't dare to spend it directly. Secretly watching others buy rice, that bowl of white rice is only one copper shell, and a spell silver top ten silver coins, which is equivalent to 1,600 copper shells, and there is still a surplus to buy the entire rice stall, so it is really a bit risky to buy the curse silver. The value is large, and the origin is unknown. I can't say that this is someone who has an awkward quarrel, pulls me as a shield, apologizes to me when the matter is over, who believes it, I am such a low-level person who can no longer be a low-level person, dressed in such tatters, who has water in their brains and uses me as a shield? Although Xiong Yue and Sanhu do have water in their heads......
I have so much money, but I don't even dare to buy a bowl of white rice, it's really embarrassing!
Chu Qing was reluctant to leave the food stall and continue to hurry, and suddenly looked up and saw a shop, the store was called Liujin Pawnshop. The thought in his heart moved, and he stopped. Standing at the door of the pawnshop, he rubbed his rumbling belly, hesitated for a moment, made up his mind, and stepped into the pawnshop.
There weren't many people in the pawnshop, only a few shabby-clad customers pawning things. Chu Qing waited a little behind an old man, and the old man took the money from the counter and left, and it was his turn.
The counter of the pawnshop was very high, up to Chu Qing's neck. The counter is separated by a wooden railing, and only a small window opens.
The guy in the small window condescended and glanced at Chu Qing. I saw that the person in front of him was shirtless, his hair was tied up randomly, his face was covered with mud, he hadn't taken a bath for a few days, and his lower body was wrapped with a pair of torn pants full of patches. The guy glanced back and forth several times, but he didn't see anything on Chu Qing's body. Generally, this kind of dress comes as a thing, either carrying a burden, or holding a basket, or to be a tool, or a piece of clothing. And this one, who has nothing, has nothing. Is he going to be that pants? Isn't he going out naked? It's too embarrassing, not only to lose his own face, but also to lose the face of our store! Then he can only refuse to be it! No, is he here to sell himself into slavery?
The man frowned, and said impatiently, "What should we be? ”
Chu Qing was stunned when asked, what is the deed of sale? You just sold your body, your whole family sold yourself! He said politely on his face: "I'll do something." ”
The guy was amused and smiled disdainfully, "What do you have to do? Don't delay me, let's go." He shouted, "Next!"
Chu Qing unhurriedly buckled a piece of curse silver from his belt, handed it over, and said, "Don't be busy, don't be busy!
The guy took the spell silver in his hand in disbelief, and his eyes widened!
A piece of cursed silver! This stupid hat dressed like a beggar actually took out a piece of cursed silver?!
didn't know that Chu Qing still had ten pieces hidden in his waist!
The professional quality of the guy is still good, and when he realized that he was out of shape, he immediately coughed twice to hide his embarrassment, and wondered a little in his heart: Come to the pawnshop to make money? Why don't you just go to the ticket number to change ?...... Thinking about it, where could I have thought that Chu Qing had just arrived, and he didn't know that there was a special ticket number that could be exchanged for money!
"Ahem, this, well, I'll take a look at ......"
The guy turned the spell silver over and over, glanced at Chu Qing out of the corner of his eye, saw Chu Qing looking at him expressionlessly, coughed dryly, and said, "Well, that's good." This is a piece of silver, "A flash ......of inspiration, this stupid hat must not know that this is a curse silver?" Thinking of this, he had a bottom in his heart, and said: "This thing, according to the word, is not worth a silver coin!" But seeing that you are so pitiful, I will make the decision, and I will give you a silver coin!"
When Chu Qing heard this, what was a silver coin? Open his eyes and say nonsense! He shook his head and said, "Exchange for fifteen silver coins and one hundred copper shells." ”
The man found that his trick had been exposed, and his face did not change and he was not embarrassed, so he immediately changed his method, smiled and said: "Oh! Really, big brother, let me tell you this, we are pawnshops, and no matter what comes, we will give a maximum of 50% of the price! Eight silver coins, no more! When you come to redeem the pawn, you will also redeem it at this price! This is our rule. ”
After hearing this, Chu Qing said, "Okay, eight silver coins and one hundred copper shells!"
The guy shook his head and said, "No, no, you can't break the rules, you can't give more!"
Chu Qing nodded and said, "Okay, then die!"
The man quickly pulled out two bamboo boards from the cabinet, lifted the brush and dipped it in ink, and wrote a few lines on the two bamboo boards. After writing, he handed the brush and bamboo board to Chu Qing from the small window and said, "Write your name." Then he took out nine silver coins and a bag of copper shells from the cupboard.
Chu Qing took the bamboo board and found that he didn't know any of the words on it! Besides, let him sign it, it's okay to sign simplified characters, he really can't write the characters of Chu State! I had to look up and ask the guy: "How can I get it if I can't write?"
The man sneered, what if he could take out the spell silver, he was not a villager who couldn't even write, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the blank space under the bamboo board and said, "Just draw a circle there." ”
Chu Qing drew circles on the two bamboo boards, and handed the bamboo brush back to the guy from the small window. The man gave him a bamboo plank and told him to keep it for himself. Chu Qing took the bamboo board and pinned it to his waist, took the money from the small window, tucked the silver coin into the belt, untied the mouth of the copper coin bag, and counted, no more, no less than a hundred copper shells. Then he turned around and walked out of the pawnshop with the copper money bag.
I bought a bowl of white rice porridge on the street with a copper shell and drank it, and finally filled my stomach. Subsequently, I went to the garment shop and bought a linen placket and a pair of linen shorts, and went to the shoe store to buy a pair of hemp shoes. At a well under a tree in the street, I fetched some water, washed my face, wiped my body, washed my feet, and hid behind a tree to change my clothes and shoes. The patched pants and dead bamboo planks from before were thrown away.
Now this dress, although it is still a little shabby, it is still much better than before.
It was almost noon, the weather was getting hot, the streets were no longer as lively as they were in the early morning, and there were many fewer walkers.
Chu Qing continued on the road, inquiring as he went, and it took an hour or so to finally find the place where the Wushan Academy Palace was elected.