Ye Chuqiu handed over twenty cents. Fortunately, she had left some money when she exchanged rice with the villagers. Otherwise, she would not be able to enter the city now.
After taking the money, the two officials looked at Ye Chuqiu. Seeing that she didn't look like a refugee, they raised their eyebrows and said, "Let's go in."
Donghui City is larger than Lusu City, the streets look wider, and Donghui City has not been attacked by rebels. Although everything in the city is not in order, it is undoubtedly much more prosperous than Lusu City.
The inside and outside of the city are also separated into two worlds by a wall.
In the city, the sounds of hawking were heard one after another, and from time to time there were people carrying haystacks selling candied haws of sugar-coated haws; doctors holding banners, telling fortunes and treating patients; and small vendors carrying food stalls selling wontons passing by.
Because the entrance fee to the city has increased, the city is not as prosperous as it used to be, and there are only a few people there, but these people who make a living still have to continue.
"Boss, bring me a bowl of wontons." Ye Chuqiu stopped the small vendor selling wontons.
"Okay." The vendor stopped his load aside and served Ye Chuqiu a bowl of wontons. After taking them out of the pot, he sprinkled them with a handful of chopped green onions. They looked delicious.
The vendor placed the bowl of wontons at one end of the load, and took out a small folding bench from the side of the load. Tong Ye Chuqiu said, "Sir, please sit here and eat."
Ye Chuqiu slowly tasted this bowl of wontons. The hot wontons were fragrant. In the mouth, the dough blended with the meat filling. The dough was soft, the meat filling was delicious, and there was the fragrance of chives. The taste was really delicious.
Absolutely.
Ye Chuqiu was moved to tears. Ever since she finished eating the steamed buns hidden in the space, she had been eating plain porridge with pickles every day. Finally, she could eat food other than plain porridge again. It was delicious. It was so delicious.
After eating, even the soup was not spared. Ye Chuqiu stood up with satisfaction and asked the vendor, "How much did it cost?"
"Fifty cents for your sincerity," the hawker replied with a smile.
"Fifty cents?" Ye Chuqiu was stunned for a moment, and the vendor quickly explained: "During this period, prices in the city have skyrocketed. In addition, it is now expensive to enter the city, and people from outside the city cannot come in, so the prices are even higher.
It’s expensive.”
"Okay." Ye Chuqiu handed over fifty coins and asked, "Where do you have a pawn shop here?"
"Go forward about fifty steps, turn left, walk about two hundred steps, and you will see the pawn shop." The vendor pointed the way to Ye Chuqiu.
Following the path pointed by the small vendor, Ye Chuqiu quickly found the pawn shop. Different from what she expected, the location of this pawn shop was a bit remote. After seeing the sign of the pawn shop, she walked several dozen meters inside.
Upon entering the pawn shop, the first thing that caught your eye was a counter with an iron grate on top and a big hole in the middle through which you could pass things.
Viewed from the outside, the counter is very high. With Ye Chuqiu's height, standing outside, it is half a head taller than the counter. You have to stand on tiptoe to see inside. However, the shop assistant inside can expose most of his body and can see from above.
Come down and look at you condescendingly.
From this, we can see the arrogance of the pawnshop owner. Of course, who would come to pawn something unless they were desperate?
When Ye Chuqiu walked over, the store clerk was sitting behind the counter, flipping through a book. Ye Chuqiu knocked on the counter, and then he raised his head and suddenly saw the bright red turban on Ye Chuqiu's head. Under the turban, he looked yellow and old.
His face was shocked, "Are you a human or a ghost? At such an old age, you still dress like this, I'm scared to death!"
"Of course I'm a human being. I came here today to pawn my family's ancestral treasure." Ye Chuqiu didn't mind his attitude. He just looked around, looking worried about being robbed, and asked: "You pawn shop?"
, can you make the decision? Otherwise, I’ll ask your shopkeeper to come out?”
"Of course I can make the decision. If you have any treasures, just bring them out."
Seeing Ye Chuqiu's cautious appearance, the store clerk just thought it was funny. What good things could a poor old lady have?
"Don't underestimate me. I'm originally from the capital, a son of an official. I suffered a lot at home, so I ended up living here." Ye Chuqiu said, taking out the glass beads in his arms and waving them in front of the store clerk,
"Look."
The waiter in the shop only saw a bead that was as transparent as water, with a touch of blue in the middle like a ribbon. Before he could take a closer look, Ye Chuqiu took it into his arms and said, "How about this, my baby, it's enough to please you."
Is the shopkeeper here?"
"Show it to me again, I haven't seen it clearly yet." The waiter stretched out his hand towards her.
"No, what if you rob me?" Ye Chuqiu refused to give it to me. The waiter in the shop felt itchy, but Ye Chuqiu refused to give it to him, "My treasure is worth thousands of gold, can you make the decision?"
The two were at loggerheads. The waiter in the shop wanted to buy Ye Chuqiu's treasure for five taels of silver, but finally increased the price to ten taels, but Ye Chuqiu refused.
Seeing that Ye Chuqiu was resolute and didn't want to miss the treasure in her hands, the waiter went in to find the shopkeeper. After a while, a middle-aged man with a mustache, a sheepskin hat, and camel-colored armor came out.
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The shopkeeper looked like a slippery and treacherous person with a pointed mouth and monkey cheeks. When he saw Ye Chuqiu, he was also shocked. How could there be an old lady in her fifties or sixties dressed like this?
Country women are exposed to the wind and sun every day and look older, so Ye Chuqiu is only in her thirties, but in the eyes of the shopkeeper, she looks like she is in her fifties or sixties.
But that was not important. He quickly came to his senses, stroking his moustache, and looked at Ye Chuqiu condescendingly, "What good things do you want to give us? I have to ask the shopkeeper to do it myself."
"The ancestral aquamarine beads are taken from the Mermaid's Tears in the deep sea."
Ye Chuqiu then took out the glass bead. When the shopkeeper saw the glass bead, his eyes widened.
He has been running a shop for so many years, but he has never seen such crystal clear beads.
The surface of the bead is as round as water, and there is a blue ribbon in the middle, which is as blue and deep as the sea water. This must be a rare treasure.