Chapter 21 Capital
"Ten taels?" Zhao Shouzheng looked embarrassed when he heard this, "This is too little. When he was collecting this jade pendant..." As he said that, he swallowed his words and said depressedly: "What is it going to do if you are slap in your eyes."
"Second Master, don't feel wronged. This is the rule in this industry. Unless you can call Lu Zigang, we can only estimate the price according to the quality of the jade material itself." Then Chao Feng said helplessly.
"It's wrong for you to do this." Mr. Zhang said with displeasure: "This is my brother, I asked for it to the door. Can you take the ten taels of silver?"
As he said that, he stretched out two fingers and said, "I'm going to make the decision, add ten taels and get twenty taels of silver."
"This, boss..." Chao Feng looked embarrassed.
"Stop talking nonsense, go." Mr. Zhang waved his hand and said nothing.
Na Chaofeng had to bring a tray. There was a written ticket on the tray, and there were also a small ingot of ten or two taels per one.
Although Zhao Shouzheng felt that twenty taels were a little short, Zhang Yuanwai gave face after all. Besides, he said big talk last night. If he returned empty-handed, wouldn’t he disappoint his son?
"My brother, please forgive me. This pawn shop is not my own. I will double it for you. I will have to talk to them." Mr. Zhang said warmly: "Of course, you can't be here, and it's the same with other people's houses. I will never have any objections."
"That is, our boss is nostalgic. If other families give more than ten taels, the villain will immediately wash his hands." The emperor said with confidence.
"Oh..." Zhao Shouzheng sighed. Although he was reluctant to part with the jade pendant, he thought that this would be fine, and the future redemption would be very little. He nodded and said, "Okay, thank you brother Shi for your care. If the time comes, there will be a good reward."
"I'll say this. You and I are as close as brothers. If you have any difficulties in the future, just say it." Zhang Yuanwai said with a smile.
Chao Feng placed the ticket on the coffee table and asked Mr. Zhao to sign it. Zhao Shouzheng lowered his head and looked at the sloppy handwriting, and could not bear to read it as the ticket... He did not forget his son's last reminder that before signing, he should first read the documents carefully.
‘What the hell is this?’ Zhao Shouzheng secretly complained, and he barely finished reading it as a ticket. Seeing that the interest rate was not outrageous for one month, he signed the letter and took the money and left.
Seeing that Chaofeng had put away his tickets, Zhang Yuanwai stood up and politely sent Zhao Shouzheng out.
Zhao Hao hurriedly looked inward and avoided Zhao Shouzheng's gaze. He prepared to wait a while before going out so as not to be caught by his father.
After sending Zhao Shouzheng out, Zhang Yuanwai and Chaofeng turned back to the living room and finally couldn't help laughing.
Zhang Yuanwai caressed the jade pendant and said to Chaofeng proudly: "North Emperor Longqing loves Lu Zigang's works very much, and he will probably be summoned to Danei within the year. This is his real work of great skill, and it is a rare Khotan jade pendant. Now it can't be taken down by 200 taels."
Zhao Hao turned around and was about to leave, but when he heard this, he immediately stopped his body!
It turns out that this jade pendant is not a fake at all!
These two people sang together, and even he was frightened, let alone Zhao Shouzheng...
"This is a waste, it's satisfying! The boss is still a good boss. Just a few words made Master Zhao believe it, and he regards the truth as fake." Goat Hu Chaofeng gave a thumbs up and flattered him. After saying that, he smiled proudly: "Also, Master Zhao Er didn't see it after watching it for a long time. This life can actually become a dead person."
"He nerd can tell, what other pawn shop I'm running?" Mr. Zhang smiled proudly and handed the jade pendant to Chaofengbao. "Without such a troubled young man who is not a common man, who can we make money?"
Seeing the two of them enter the inner room with laughter, Zhao Hao wanted to catch up and argue, but the pawn shop was both black and white, and the one who suffered the loss must be him, the boy.
The surname Zhang, please wait for me and see how I deal with you!
Zhao Hao gritted his teeth and left.
When Zhao Hao returned home, it was already dark.
Zhao Shouzheng stood at the entrance of the alley and looked out.
When he saw Zhao Hao coming in, he felt relieved and said, "Son, where are you going? If you don't come back, I will report to the official."
Zhao Hao sighed in his heart and said to Zhao Shouzheng's rare gentleness: "I worry my father, I will come back early in the future."
"Then there is no need, just tell me before going out." Zhao Shouzheng was a little uncomfortable with him, so he quickly brought his son a water wash and said, "Come and wash and eat. I've only made do with it these days, but I feel wronged."
"Yes." Zhao Hao nodded, washed his hands and face, and then came to the square table to sit down at the square table under the urging of Zhao Shouzheng.
There are three dishes and one soup on the table, both meat and vegetable. But it is much more frugal than the previous one.
Zhao Hao's eyes fell on the ten small silver ingots next to the dish.
Zhao Shouzheng handed the chopsticks to his son, and said proudly as if he offered treasures: "What, isn't you bragging for your father? You can just raise it casually."
"Not only did my other classmate keep me for wine, I also gave me a hundred taels of money. But Zhu Zi said that he was "stopped at the right time and was not greedy," so he did not take other people's money for his father."
"But don't worry, if my son feels it's not enough, I'll go find him for another day!"
Zhao Shouzheng spitted everywhere and gestured, almost even believed himself.
Zhao Hao's nose was sore, and he silently poured wine for Zhao Shouzheng one cup after another, hoping that he would get drunk soon. Don't force himself to act...
Fortunately, Zhao Shouzheng had a poor alcohol tolerance and was successfully drunk in just a few strokes.
In the main hall.
Zhao Hao carefully packed the twenty taels of silver first, then turned around and came back, struggled to help his father up, and sent him into the east room.
After getting drunk, Zhao Shouzheng no longer had a door on his mouth. He walked into the house with deep and shallow feet, and tears rolled up.
"Brother Liu, Brother Liu, when your father was seriously ill, who helped you ask for medicine? When you were buried without money, who gave me a hundred taels of silver? Why is it my turn to carry it, but you refused to borrow even one tael of silver?"
"Brother Feng, Brother Feng Xian, you ate and drank mine all day long and circled me for seven or eight years. Why didn't you even let me in the door?"
"Ah, human feelings are better than the coldness of Wujiang, and the world is even more like the difficult road to Shu..." Zhao Shouzheng sang an untuned song and fell asleep on the bed.
Only then did Zhao Hao realize that his father did not take the matter of the jade pendant to heart, but was saddened by the fact that he had been blunt during the day. When he was generous before, a group of classmates called him brothers and took advantage of them. Now that he was defeated, he ignored him.
It is probably difficult for outsiders to understand the warmth and coldness of this.
Zhao Hao sighed, bent down to help Zhao Shouzheng take off his boots, and then took off his robe.
The ticket that Deheng deserved floated on the ground.
Zhao Hao picked it up as a ticket and looked at the top of the post, "Zhao Shouzheng, the person who held the post, is urgently using his own money as cash. Now he uses cash money in and out of the box. The monthly profit is nine cents, and the term is one month. If the expiration date is over, the owner will sell it. The owner will be willing to do so. This post is a ghost-like talisman.
At first glance, there seemed to be nothing wrong. But when Zhao Hao heard the conversation between Boss Zhang and Chaofeng, he knew that there must be a mystery on the ticket, so he looked at it for a while and then suddenly realized.
It turns out that the word "month" with a "term of one month" has an abnormally short legs, and it seems more appropriate to say that it is the word "day". However, the word "month" in the previous sentence "monthly profit" is very normal. If you read it in sequence, you will certainly not associate it with the word "day".
I believe that the word "day" will be more standard on the pawn shop's ticket.
This is the trick to become "live" and "dead" as Chao Feng said. It is so simple and crude, and it is simply unscrupulous!
But thinking again, the other party has a background in the Ministry of Revenue, and his father is now just a poor student who failed the exams, which seems to be so natural...
Chapter completed!