He put the rice paper on her head, then raised the corner of his mouth and said, "I'll give you a whole piece of Chinese characters. Remember to give me a thousand taels of gold."
"..."
What a good dog!
Nan Qing originally wanted to deceive Zhang's calligraphy and painting and sell them to exchange for money to buy wine after he left the house, but who knew he would actually ask himself to give him money!
She held the rice paper stupidly and said: "Master, I can't afford your calligraphy. How about... take it back."
Xie Lingmu sat down on the chair beside him. He propped his chin and looked at her: "You can negotiate the price. I don't have to charge you a thousand taels of gold."
I still want to forcefully sell it to her.
"Ten taels of silver..."
"Little girl, that's not how you bargain. It's too little."
"Twenty taels of silver, that's all we have."
Xie Lingmu was curious about how she was going to take out twenty taels. She was really serious about it. She really liked his words?
"Okay, twenty taels, bring it." Xie Lingmu stretched out his slender fingers.
Nan Qing took the rice paper off her head, and at the same time raised her hand to take off a hairpin from her head. She handed the hairpin into his hand.
"When I was receiving the clothes and jewelry, the aunt said that there were twenty taels of hairpins each, which was just enough to buy this calligraphy."
Xie Lingmu looked at the silver hairpin in his hand and was stunned for a moment. Then he raised the corners of his mouth and said, "It doesn't count."
"Why?"
"This hairpin belongs to my family, not yours, so it doesn't count."
"But my aunt said that if you give it to me, it's mine."
"I don't count if I don't count. I'll give you the calligraphy. Keep it yourself. The twenty taels of silver for selling the calligraphy will be deducted from your monthly salary."
Because of Xie Lingmu's words, Nan Qing felt depressed all afternoon.
Xie Lengmu looks like a tough boss who wants to deduct employees' wages!
Er Er couldn't help laughing when he saw Nan Qing's defeat. Suddenly, a child's laughter came to his mind. Nan Qing said: "Er Er, you are making fun of me."
"No, I didn't."
Nan Qing came out of the study, holding a calligraphy in her hand: "It doesn't seem like a loss. This calligraphy can be sold for hundreds of taels of silver. I will buy wine immediately after selling the money."
"Take it easy, the original owner doesn't drink."
"You once told me that I don't need to maintain a personality."
"...I want it now."
"don't want."
Nan Qing can't compete even if he tries to cheat.
Nan Qing found Chen An with the words: "Guard Chen, I know you often have the opportunity to leave the house. Can you do me a favor and help me find a pawn shop to pawn this."
Chen An was mysteriously pulled under the bamboo forest by Nan Qing, thinking it was something big.
"What are you going to take as a gift? If it's the jewelry assigned to you by the government, then you can't pass it off as it belongs to the government."
"..." This follower really followed his master!
Nan Qing took out a bamboo tube, opened it and took out the neatly rolled rice paper: "I want to pawn this. When I go to the pawn shop, try to ask for a higher price, preferably more than five hundred taels."
Chen An smiled: "This piece of paper can be sold for five hundred taels. Are you crazy about money? This..."
He paused mid-sentence because Chen An saw the familiar handwriting on the paper. Isn't this the handwriting of the young master? This thing is really worth five hundred taels, and more!
Nan Qing looked at him in shock, and she said innocently: "This word was given to me by the young master."
"You stole it..."
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The author has something to say:
I'm so hungry. I'm going to have dinner. Good night. You guys go to bed early today. School seems to be starting tomorrow. Don't stay up late. (If you haven't finished your homework, just accept your fate and stay up late. Come on!)