Settled in Qixia Town, started with Qingwen

Chapter 2 Qingwen
On South Street, Li Xin led the way to Wanli Pawn Shop under the guidance of Bai Zhantang.

At first, Shopkeeper Qian didn't take it seriously.

Lao Bai is a poor waiter, and Li Xin, a raw face, is also dressed in cheap civilian clothes.

But when the latter showed two glass marbles, Shopkeeper Qian's plump and fat body almost jumped out of his seat, and he hurriedly sent his staff to call Madam Qian.

After serving good tea, several people sat down and talked in detail.

After drinking two cups of tea, the price still cannot be negotiated.

"1 taels! This pair of glazed orbs is the only capital for my comeback. If it is less than this price, I will go elsewhere!"

Li Xin bit the bottom line.

He said that his family suffered a catastrophe, and he only brought out two glazed beads, and he had no other cards.

"It's too high. The price is too high. Apart from us in Qixia Town, there is only one other small pawn shop, and it can't even afford this pair of beads."

Madam Qian was calm and relaxed, and refused to agree to the price.

She had plenty of time to spend.

Indeed, Li Xin couldn't exhaust her, and began to waver.

After all, to him, glass beads are not worth much at all, there are plenty of them in grocery stores, and even lower prices are acceptable.

"Madam Qian, these two glazed orbs are top-quality, and ten thousand taels is really not expensive."

Bai Zhantang offered to help at the right time.

"I'll give you the final number, 5000 taels, if you don't want it, forget it."

Madam Qian glanced at Bai Zhantang, and said with a hook of her mouth.

"It's too ruthless to slash at the waist! Brother Li, what do you say, if it's really impossible, I will accompany you to ask around?"

Bai Zhantang felt that the price was too low, but the item did not belong to him, so Li Xin had to make up his own mind.

"This……"

Li Xin frowned, looking very confused.

In fact, he decided to sell it, 5000 taels is 5000 taels, he is too lazy to toss around, but he still has to pretend.

"Guests can think about it, I'm not in a hurry."

Madam Qian showed a victorious smile, she felt that Li Xin was too tender, and the business was already secured.

"Ugh!"

Bai Zhantang sighed softly, he could also see that with Li Xin's appearance, the result must be a compromise.

And Li Xin pretended for a while, and then decided to let go. He was afraid that if he continued to act, his expression would be overwhelmed.

So he gritted his teeth hard, picked up the teacup and "Gulu Gulu" took two gulps, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and was ready to speak.

But at this moment, an old woman and a girl walked into the pawn shop.

The old woman is over seventy years old and well dressed.

The girl is about ten years old, beautiful and immature.

"Hey! Mammy Lai, why are you so free to come over today?"

Madam Qian stood up to greet her warmly, with a smile on her face.

Nanny Lai is one of the stewards in Jia's mansion, she is a person with great hands and eyes, Madam Qian dare not neglect her.

"No, I have brought a new seedling, and I am going to go into the mansion to show the old lady, and I will pass by you on the way, so I can recognize her face."

Nanny Lai also smiled, with wrinkles forming on her face, she patted the girl beside her on the arm and said, "Qingwen, this is Madam Qian, she has great abilities, please hurry up and ask for your respect."

"Hello Madam Qian."

Qingwen bowed her body and saluted with a clear and sweet voice.

"It's a beautiful embryo, come, take it to buy candy."

Madam Qian smiled and gave Qingwen a piece of silver.

This operation confused Li Xin and Bai Zhantang.

There is no way for a big family to give a broken silver as a meeting gift.

But the two figured it out immediately.

Madam Qian was jealous and stingy, seeing Qingwen being so pretty at such a young age, she must have felt unhappy, but for the sake of Mammy Lai, she still gave her a meeting gift.

Shopkeeper Qian remained silent, while Mammy Lai kept smiling, obviously she was used to it.

"Thank you, Madam Qian."

Nanny Lai urged Qingwen to take the broken silver.

Then he turned his gaze and noticed the two glass marbles on the table next to Li Xin, which were cushioned with a white cloth.

"What a pair of glazed orbs!"

Her eyes were bright, she stepped forward and looked closely at her face.

"1 taels of silver."

Li Xin said suddenly.

"Is this pair of orbs yours?"

Nanny Lai's immersive observation was interrupted, and she showed displeasure.

Seeing that Li Xin was dressed in cheap civilian clothes, his disdain flashed across his face.

She was very suspicious that this pair of treasures were actually owned by the poor people in front of her.

"its mine."

Li Xin smiled and nodded, not caring about Nanny Lai's obvious contempt.

After hearing this, Nanny Lai was still suspicious.

At this time, Madam Qian came over, pulled her aside, and whispered a few words to each other.

Soon Nanny Lai smiled again and said, "Since this is Mrs. Qian's business, I won't interfere. You can discuss it yourself."

"It's been discussed, 5000 two deaths, right Brother Li?"

Madam Qian sat back in her seat and returned to the previous negotiation state.

It's a pity that she didn't know that Li Xin originally wanted to compromise, but after an interruption, a change occurred, especially seeing that Madam Lai liked the pair of beads very much, he changed his mind.

"5000 taels! Not even a penny less!"

He even raised the price in an unmistakable tone.

"Brother, be tough!"

Bai Zhantang stretched out his thumb beside him, a little impressed.

"The 5000 taels you just agreed on, why did you change your mind?"

Madam Qian was in a hurry.

In fact, she is very aware of the rarity of this pair of glazed beads.

She just saw that Li Xin didn't understand the market, and she was sure that he was in a hurry to spend money, and he had no local channels, so she could only come to her pawn shop, so she crazily lowered the price.

But now the situation is beyond her calculation.

"5000 taels? Do you really think I'm stupid? The minimum is 1 taels! Plus this maid!"

Li Xin pointed at Qingwen: "I happen to be short of considerate servants around me."

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the people widened their eyes.

You have fallen in love with this pretty girl.

But they didn't think too far, they thought that he just wanted a servant girl to serve him.

After all, Qingwen is still young.

"Brother Li, you made a mistake. This girl is not mine. If you need someone to serve you, I can pick you two more, but the price is too high."

Madam Qian was very depressed and complained in her heart that Nanny Lai came at an untimely time and ruined the almost closed business.

Now all previous efforts have been wasted, and it has gone back to the original 1 taels.

"I want her! Add another 1 taels of silver, and the pair will be yours! Otherwise forget it, I'll change places, I don't believe no one wants good things!"

As soon as Li Xin turned the offensive, his attitude became extremely tough.

Naturally, he identified who they were by calling them "Nurse Lai" and "Qingwen".

In addition, Tong Xiangyu reminded that Wanli Pawn Shop has the background of Jia's family.

That can hardly go wrong.

Thinking of Qingwen's tragic and short life in the original book, since I met her by chance, I tried to rescue her from Jia's mansion.

Of course, at this time Qingwen seems to have not yet entered Jia's house, and is just a little girl belonging to Lai's family.

Although she has just turned 11 years old, she has a good head and can see the current situation clearly.

The man in cheap clothes wanted to buy her.

In this regard, her mood swings are not great.

Anyway, it has only been a few months since she entered Lai's house, and she was strictly trained in the etiquette of a wealthy family every day. She only felt the cold, without the slightest warmth.

So she felt that there was nothing wrong with changing masters.

"Mother Lai, look at this..."

Madam Qian looked at Nanny Lai in embarrassment.

The latter is also uncomfortable with constipation.

Qingwen is a seedling carefully trained by the Lai family. She is going to find a way to make Jia's mother happy. If she is sent to Jia's mansion, she may have a chance to enter the house of the second master Bao. It is like flying on a branch and turning into a phoenix.

Although the person surnamed Li in front of him is good-looking, he is dressed like mud legs, so he is not worthy of a well-raised and precious maid.

But then again, no matter how Jingui is, she's just a maid, so it's not difficult to find a beautiful girl to train from scratch.

Pairs of high-quality glazed beads are rare and rare.

It must be a great achievement to buy it and present it to the old lady of Jia's mansion.

"Is it so hard to decide? How about I go back first and give you time to think about it. If I can't sell this pair of treasures in a few days, I'll come to you again."

Li Xin saw that the other party was still silent, so he added fuel to the fire, and made a move to retreat.

After speaking, he got up from his seat and made a gesture to leave.

"Hey, don't! Brother Li, why are you in such a hurry? Nanny Lai has a deep relationship with this girl, and she can't bear it for a while, so you should be considerate."

Seeing that Li Xin was about to leave, Mrs. Qian was so frightened that she hurriedly asked him to stay, and even winked at Nanny Lai.

Nanny Lai's complexion changed for a while, and she squeezed out a smile: "Mr. Li, Qingwen is still too young and doesn't know how to serve others. How about I choose two gentle and well-behaved ones who are fifteen or sixteen years old? I promise you will be beautiful and you will be satisfied." .”

"Young Master" was all called out, Lai Momo was also shameless in order to keep Qingwen.

"I said that I only want her! Take my words as a deaf ear? Since you are not sincere, this business doesn't matter!"

It's a pity that Li Xin didn't like this, put away the glass beads and left.

"Yes, we'll sell it elsewhere."

Bai Zhantang also straightened his chest and followed Li Xin to the door.

"Don't go! It's up to you!"

Nanny Lai finally let go.

The next step was easy, Mammy Lai borrowed someone from the pawn shop and sent her to Lai's family to spread the word, asking Lai's family to send Qingwen's deed of sale.

Afterwards, the two parties signed the contract and completed the transaction.

Li Xin's calligraphy is too bad, and he didn't want to be ashamed, so he chose to press his fingerprints directly.

The other party was Mrs. Qian and Nanny Lai who signed together, and it was considered a partnership to buy the beads.

When the time comes to offer pearls to Jia's mansion, each person will get a share of credit.

Li Xin naturally doesn't care how to calculate the details.

He took Qingwen's hand and walked out.

Qingwen's small hands trembled slightly, and she turned to look at Lai Nanny.

The latter was happily rubbing the glass beads, not looking at her at all.

Seeing this, Qingwen frowned, and did not struggle with her hands, letting Li Xin lead her away.

After leaving the pawn shop and going to the street outside, Li Xindun felt refreshed.

He clasped his fists to Bai Zhantang and thanked him, "Brother Bai, thanks to your support this time, otherwise, just by myself, I will definitely not be able to hold back the scene, and I will definitely suffer a loss. If so, I invite you to go to a big restaurant to have a good meal." , don't give up."

"you are welcome."

Bai Zhantang smiled and agreed.

"I'm not familiar with the place here, and I still need brother Bai to point me to a place. Don't save me money."

Li Xin patted his chest and said.

The 1 taels of silver bills are kept inside.

"Then, why don't you go to Fenglai Tower? There is the newest girl Ruyan there. I heard that she is as beautiful as a fairy. I have long wanted to see her."

Bai Zhantang said with a subtle smile.

(End of this chapter)