wind and rain scissors shop

Chapter 99-99. The Lion Opens His Mouth

Old man Tian ran out of the house with the jade bracelet he stole from his daughter, and went to the pawnshop to exchange the money.

The pawnshop owner arrogantly picked up the jade bracelet and looked at it, his heart was full of joy, but he didn't show it on his face: "The jade bracelet is not full of water, and the wide mouth is narrow. I can only give you a hundred coins."

"One hundred coins? This is a jade bracelet that was rewarded by a wealthy daughter. How could it be worth only this little money? I'm wrong." Old man Tian grabbed the jade bracelet, stuffed it into his arms, and walked out.

Seeing that he was going out, the shopkeeper hurriedly stopped him: "One tael of silver, is that okay?"

Old man Tian hesitated: "Three taels of silver."

"Two taels. It's only worth this, and you can't get that much from another house. You are holding the jade bracelet in your hand, and if you accidentally bump it, it will be worthless. I will give you two taels of silver, which is already a lot gone."

Old man Tian was dizzy by his persuasive words, he had no idea, took out the jade bracelet, hesitating.

Suddenly, a hand stretched out and snatched the jade bracelet away.

Old man Tian saw his daughter's face changed: "What are you doing here? Hurry up and return the bracelet to me."

Tian Erya put away the bracelet: "Father, this bracelet was given to me by Miss Wu's family, so I will naturally dispose of it."

Old man Tian wanted to grab him, but Erya Tian dodged and ran out quickly.The old man Tian followed closely behind.

Tian Erya was rushing forward, when she suddenly heard her father crying, she turned her head and saw her father laying on the ground crying in pain.Knowing that he was pretending, she sighed softly and ran back to help him up.

Old man Tian grabbed her arm and squeezed out two tears: "Ah, it's not that father is greedy and insists on looting everything on you. Rather, the family is too poor and has no money to buy wedding items for your father. If we hold the wedding ceremony too shabby, others will look down on our family. You should pawn the jade bracelet, hold a few decent banquets for your brother, and buy a silver bracelet and gold earrings for your future sister-in-law."

"Father, I don't have silver bracelets and gold earrings either. In the future, when I get married, what dowry will you give me?"

"When the women in our village get married, they always bring two sets of quilts. At that time, I will also have your clothes and two sets of quilts made for you. Don't think it's unfair. Other families do this. Your surname is Tian. , you have to think about our Tian family. If you don’t want to embarrass your father, pawn the jade bracelet and give the money to your father.”

Tian Erya had the feeling of being stuck with brown sugar for a moment, and was extremely annoyed, but seeing her father's wrinkled face and patched clothes, her heart softened again: "Father, the jade bracelet can be exchanged for silver. However, it cannot be used as a pawnshop, because the silver they give is too little. This bracelet was given by Miss Wu, who runs a gold shop in the city, and we will go there to exchange silver."

Old man Tian was frightened: "Is the gold shop a place that we poor people can step into? Don't make fun of yourself and be kicked out."

"The gold shop is also a business. As long as it is open to the outside world, anyone can enter. Dad, if you don't want to go, just wait at home, and I'll go change the silver."

Old man Tian was afraid that she would hide the money, so he was just about to say to go with her, when an acquaintance walked up to him and said hello: "Father Tian, ​​you don't have to go to work in the mine today, you have to ask for leave."

The old man Tian slapped his forehead: "It's broken, Mr. Wu punished me to do hard work in the mine. I asked for half a day off yesterday, and I have to go today. Erya, you go and do things yourself. If you want to lie to me, I will never stop with you!"

Seeing her father walking like flying, Tian Erya shook her head helplessly and went to the Wu family's gold shop.As a result, she had just walked halfway when she suddenly felt someone touch her shoulder. She instinctively protected the money on her body, but when she came across a hand, she felt angry and immediately grabbed him.

The other party wailed in pain.

Tian Erya scolded angrily: "How dare you steal things in broad daylight? Don't you have hands and feet yourself? Don't you go out to make money?"

As soon as the other party waved, a person came over and immediately hit Tian Erya with a stick.

Tian Erya took out a pair of scissors from her body, clicked twice: "Whoever dares to come up, I will cut him."

Wu Xiangrong passed by on horseback, watching this scene with great interest.He saw the two men rushing towards Tian Erya at the same time, and was considering whether to rescue her, when he heard the two men fall to the ground with two ouches.

Tian Erya kicked them down, took out the stick in the opponent's hand and pinned it to her waist, and was about to leave when she heard a cool sentence, "It seems that I don't need a hero to save the beauty." She turned her head and looked over, only to see A man riding a black horse looked familiar.

Wu Xiangrong saw her blinking, and frowned slightly: "It seems that you haven't remembered who I am! It's true that you use people to look forward, and you don't need people to look back. When I begged me before, Mr. Wu was long and Mr. Wu was short. do not know."

Tian Erya grinned happily: "Brother Wu, I heard that you reported to the Ministry of Military Affairs, so you're back so soon?"

"Yeah. I saw your heroic demeanor just after I came back." Wu Xiangrong looked her up and down, "Is the Zheng family down and out? They can't bear to wear even a good piece of clothing for you, or do they let you wear rough and rotten clothes with patches?"

"Mr. Wu, you really asked the question! Your sister came back and explained clearly that Zheng Yuansheng and I have nothing to do with each other. We are both innocent, so I left the Zheng family."

Wu Xiangrong jumped off the horse: "I really don't know about it. I just came back from the capital, but I don't know that she went back to Zheng's house. Where are you going now?"

"Go to your gold shop."

"Do you want to buy jewelry?"

Tian Erya grinned: "Your sister gave me a jade bracelet and said it was worth fifty taels of silver. But the pawnshop said it was only worth two taels of silver. I have to ask your gold shop. Your lady only has two taels of silver on her." A bracelet?"

Wu Xiangrong glanced at her: "Bring me the bracelet, let me have a look."

"No."

Wu Xiangrong was surprised: "Why not?"

"If you accidentally break the bracelet, wouldn't it be a big loss for me?"

"Isn't it just a few dozen taels of silver? You think I can't afford it? Take out the bracelet." Wu Xiangrong knocked her down.

Tian Erya was in pain and took out the cloth bag from her bosom.

Wu Xiangrong found it interesting to see the ball of velvet: "What are you packing?"

"It turned out to be my winter cotton gloves. I thought this jade bracelet was too expensive, so I changed the gloves and wrapped it up."

"Just a bracelet, as for?"

Tian Erya pursed her lips, a full man doesn't know a hungry man is hungry, how could his young master know the importance of these dozens of silver to him?

Wu Xiangrong also guessed her financial situation from her clothes, and turned his eyes: "Seeing that you are so poor, I will help you and accompany you to our gold shop. When the time comes, you tell the shopkeeper that it will cost 100 taels." Silver. You share 40 taels with me, how about it?"

Tian Erya looked at him like an idiot: "Did you make a mistake? Your sister wanted to use this bracelet to pay 70 taels of silver to me. It is estimated that this bracelet is worth 100 to [-] taels at most. You still want me Isn’t it a joke that the lion opened its mouth and asked for [-] taels of silver?”

(End of this chapter)