Chapter 22 Five thousand catties
A moment later, the aunt came out of the west room with a faint sad look on her face.
"Child, what food do you have? How much does it cost to sell it?" She sat down on a chair opposite Zheng Yaqin, a little cramped.
It seems that there is insufficient money to buy food.
Zheng Yaqin lifted the tarpaulin casually, and the things in the basket were exposed.
There are ten kilograms of noodles, about four or five kilograms of millet, and four or five kilograms of rice. They are all good things that are difficult to buy even if you have money.
When my aunt saw Zheng Yaqin's things, her eyes lit up and she said in surprise, "So many..."
Then, the shiny eyes dimmed again. She coughed and said unnaturally, "Child, how are you going to sell these foods?"
Zheng Yaqin said, "No money. If you are happy, just live in your house for a week. As long as you live in the house for me for a week, all the food will be yours. And in a week, I can give you another twenty kilograms of rice!"
My aunt was stunned, "Child, aren't you kidding me? Is there such a lot of food, so live in my house for seven days?"
Zheng Yaqin said, "No joke, but in these seven days, you two must move out, and I will live here alone."
"Okay!" My aunt agreed without hesitation.
Although she didn't know what the little girl did or whether it was dangerous to do so, she had no choice. Her family had been cut off and if there was no food, she would starve to death.
Instead of waiting to starve to death, it’s better to take the risk of a deal with this little girl!
"However, you can't destroy my house and lose it, nor can you break it, otherwise you have to pay me according to the price." My aunt said very tactfully.
But Zheng Yaqin heard it, she was afraid that Zheng Yaqin would steal her things while they were not at home.
Zheng Yaqin looked at the empty and dilapidated house, smiled and said, "Auntie, you can dump the house for me later. I will bring you some deposit at that time, so you won't worry."
My aunt was a little embarrassed when she said this, and she smiled dryly, "I'm not worried, hey, my family has no decent things now, what else can I worry about?"
"No matter whether you let it go or not, it's better for brothers to settle the score clearly." Zheng Yaqin stood up, "Aunt, I won't disturb you anymore. Go and cook, I'll come over tonight."
"Okay, I'll wait for you!" My aunt wanted Zheng Yaqin to leave quickly. She and her daughter hadn't had dinner for two days. When the little girl left, she could go to cook!
Zheng Yaqin left this house and quickly walked towards the paper factory's family area.
When she found the family that the short fat man mentioned, she looked around carefully and was about to knock on the door when the door creaked.
The short fat man's round face was exposed, and it seemed that he had been waiting for Zheng Yaqin at the door.
"Come in!"
The short and fat man greeted Zheng Yaqin into the yard, poked his head out and ran around. He closed the door after seeing no one, and carefully inserted it to death.
After entering the house, the short and fat man didn't talk nonsense and went straight to the topic, "Little girl, you said you wanted antiques, how much food do you have to exchange for me?"
Zheng Yaqin lifted the basket he brought and said, "As long as this level of food, you need as much as you want."
The basket contained several small bags, including rice, millet, purple rice, oats, flour, cornmeal and buckwheat noodles.
The short and fat man looked at all kinds of grains with his eyes shining. He picked up a few grains of rice and chewed them in his mouth. He grabbed a handful of flour and put it under his nose to smell it. He looked very carefully.
After watching for a long time, he raised his head, and his fat face was filled with smiles, "Little sister, your food quality is excellent. If you are in a grain station, you can be evaluated as first-class food."
Zheng Yaqin said, "After reading my food, where are your antiques?"
The short and fat man smiled and said, "Everything is ready for you, you can wait!"
He walked to the cabinet, opened the lid, and took out an exquisite box from it. The box was actually sandalwood, with mother-of-pearl embedded on it and cumbersome patterns engraved.
The short and fat man rubbed the box with his hands before opening it.
There were many gadgets in the box, including jade pendants, coral bead strings, snuff bottles, finger rings, and a few pieces of raw stones of white jade with mutton fat.
Seeing these treasures, Zheng Yaqin couldn't help swallowing.
She is really God's daughter. She has such a good life. She just touches her at random and meets someone with a real guy. She is so lucky.
The short and fat man didn't know what Zheng Yaqin was thinking, and was afraid that Zheng Yaqin wouldn't know anything, so he told her, "My box is a red sandalwood, an old thing from the Daoguang period. This box alone is worth 200 to 300 yuan."
Without him introducing it, Zheng Yaqin could see it herself. In the past, Professor Chen also liked to study antiques and had a lot of collections at home. She often took her to the museum to observe, and the two of them often watched treasure appraisal programs on TV.
Under the influence of her, she had a very little understanding of antiques. She recognized precious woods like rosewood at a glance.
"And these are all treasures. Look at these stones, they look inconspicuous. These are the raw stones of white jade with mutton fat, which is worth the old nose."
"And this snuff bottle, look!"
The short and fat man took out a pair of glass-tied enamel flower and bird picture snuff bottles from the box and said mysteriously, "I tell you that this is something that flows out of the pseudo-palace, and it is said that Wanrong has used it."
Zheng Yaqin took the pair of snuff bottles and looked carefully. She saw that the pair of snuff bottles were crystal clear, colorful and exquisitely crafted. It was a masterpiece at first glance.
Zheng Yaqin liked it very much and said, "I want this pair of snuff bottles. I will exchange it for you with rice. How many kilograms of rice do you want?"
When the short and fat man heard this, his eyes lit up, then he opened his mouth and said with a smile, "Look at me, you are also a good person, I won't ask you for a guise. Let's have a price."
He stretched out a slap and said with a smile: "Three hundred pounds!"
I thought Zheng Yaqin had to bargain with him, but I didn't expect that Zheng Yaqin agreed immediately, "Okay, three hundred pounds are only three hundred pounds. What about these few pieces of raw stones and this coral bracelet? And this jade ring, how much rice do you need in total?"
Zheng Yaqin included most of the things in the box, and she wanted everything except the ivory ring and the rhinoceros horn cup.
Chapter completed!