In this way, the farce ended, and some kind people came to remind Xiang Jin and her daughter.
"Ju Yun, you mothers should be careful about that old woman. She didn't succeed this time. Be careful next time she comes out to cause trouble for you."
Yang Juyun nodded, "Well, I know, don't worry, they won't succeed."
The man nodded, and after chatting with everyone for a few more words, they left one after another.
Xiang Jin turned around and asked Xiang Lan, "Where did you put the small scale I brought back?"
Xiang Lan said, "I put it in the study room of your room. What do you want to use it for? I'll take it out for you."
Xiang Jin shook his head, "No need for now, let's cook first."
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Xiang Jin followed everyone's opinions and asked them whether they wanted to eat porridge or dry rice in the evening. Everyone said they wanted to eat porridge. Eating dry rice in the summer will make you thirsty.
Aunt Liao brought out mung beans for Xiang Jin and asked her to cook mung bean porridge.
Xiang Jin put the rice into the pot and let Xiang Lan cook it, then went to prepare the dishes.
In fact, there is nothing to prepare, because most of the dishes are cooked food and semi-finished products, so they only need a little processing.
But Xiang Jin's mother insisted on helping. Xiang Jin saw that she still had plenty of time and there was some good pork belly left, so Xiang Jin made small crispy pork again.
Her mother said, "Why are you still making it? Will it be finished by then? If you can't finish it, wouldn't it be a waste?"
Xiang Jin said, "This is not going to be served on the table. When my aunt and others go back, you can take it back to them. They can use this to make soup."
"Can this be left alone?"
"It can be stored. It can be stored for at least two days at room temperature, and it can be stored for a week at low temperatures."
"Okay, then I'll tell your two aunts then."
After dinner, after seeing off the guests, Xiang Jin went back to his room, then took the small scale and weighed the stolen gold chain, and found that the chain actually weighed twenty-four grams.
The next morning, Xiang Jin went to the market and returned the steel scale belonging to Bingchong's father to them.
Yan Chen saw it and asked, "Have you weighed that chain?"
Xiang Jin was surprised, "How did you know?"
"The scale in your hand is called a scale. It is a precision measuring tool used in pawn shops and medicine shops to weigh gold, silver and medicinal materials. You don't have any medicinal materials to use a scale, so naturally you will weigh that one.
Chain."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, the reasoning is so reasonable!"
Yan Chen laughed, "Didn't you say that no one in Wan Tou has such a small scale? Where did you borrow this?"
Xiang Jin said, "Originally, I thought no one in Baytou had such a small scale, but when I saw the silkworm seed paper that Aunt Liao brought back, I suddenly thought that Bingchong's fathers might have such a small scale.
I had a scale, so I went to borrow it from them, and sure enough, they had it at home."
Then Yan Chen smiled and asked, "Then how much did you weigh it?"
Xiang Jin gave him a gesture, and Yan Chen said, "Twenty-four grams?"
Xiang Jin nodded, and then said with a smile, "You didn't expect that, did you?"
Yan Chen said lightly "Yeah", "It's indeed a bit unexpected."
After the two of them arrived on the street, they first went straight to the jewelry shop, but there were not many people in the gold shop at this time. Apart from a few tellers and the boss, there were only two customers, a man and a woman.
Picking there, it looks like they should be a couple.
As soon as the boss saw them, he immediately greeted them and led them to a secluded place.
"Young man, little girl, how are you? You plan to sell that jewelry. What is it? Take it out and let me see it first."
Yan Chen asked, "Can you first tell me what the price of gold is today?"
"Oh, there's not much difference between today and the past few days. It's just a little bit higher. It's seventy-two yuan a gram today."
The two of them nodded, then Xiang Jin took out the chain, and then the boss took it and looked at it, "This is 18k gold, so let's follow today's market price."
The two of them had no objection. It wasn't theirs anyway, so they could make some money by selling it, so they went to the counter to weigh it.
But what's interesting is that the boss actually tampered with the scale. Xiang Jin weighed it at 24 grams at home, but it turned out to be 18 grams at his place.
Xiang Jin said, "Boss, you are not being authentic. You look too ugly when you eat."
The boss said, "Hey, little girl, you're not right. What do you call me unauthentic and ugly? Look, this is obviously 18 grams. How could I be lying to you?"
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Yan Chen said, "This chain weighs twenty-four grams. To be honest, we have weighed this chain not only at home, but also at several Chinese medicine shops in the town. The final results are all twenty-four grams."
grams, but when it comes to you, it becomes 18 grams, which is a full six grams less.
Boss, we understand that the purpose of your business is to make money, but businessmen should also be based on integrity. As the saying goes, people cannot stand without trust.
If a person does not have integrity, no matter how well his business starts, I believe he will not be able to do it for a long time.
You already have 30% of the profit margin in this chain, but you are still not satisfied and want to do something about it. It is really unworthy of a businessman."
The boss was afraid that he would continue talking, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, don't say anything anymore. I'll calculate it for you based on twenty-four grams. But young man, little girl, you are not allowed to tell anyone about this today."
Tell me? Otherwise my store won’t be open for long and it will go out of business!”
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen nodded, and Xiang Jin said, "Don't worry, as long as you don't deceive us, we will definitely not talk too much. We have never been talkative people!"
The boss nodded, "That's good, that's good!"
Then he took a calculator and started pressing it, "Twenty-four grams. Today's market price is 72 yuan per gram, so the total is 1,728. Then multiply it by 0.7,
That's one thousand two hundred and ninety-six yuan? Tell me?" As he said that, he raised his head and glanced at Jin and Yan Chen.
The two nodded, "That's right!"
The boss said, "I'll give you 1,210 yuan."
Xiang Jin said, "Boss, look, in just a short time, you have earned more than 500 yuan. Is there anything you are not satisfied with?"
The boss's face turned slightly red, then he nodded frequently and said, "Oh, yes, yes!"
After the boss gave them the money, Xiang Jin said, "Boss, you won't give us fake money, will you?" She couldn't recognize the fake money anyway, so she was still used to transferring money.
The boss said, "Little girl, look at what you said, who dares me? If I give you fake money, won't you bring my place down by then?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "That's true!"
Yan Chen took the money and went to check it. Finally, he nodded to Jin, "It's true!"
The boss said, "Look, I didn't deceive you?"
Xiang Jin said, "You can't blame me. Who told you to treat us like that in the first place?"
The boss said, "Yes, yes, blame me, blame me, but don't worry, we will never do that again in the future!"
Xiang Jincai didn't care whether they would do that again in the future. She didn't plan to be a lawyer in her life. Why should she be so upright and righteous?
As long as others don't plot against her, play against her, or infringe on her interests in this life, she will turn a blind eye and turn a blind eye.
After the two left the jewelry store, they walked to a secluded and uninhabited place. Xiang Jin directly pressed six hundred yuan into Yan Chen's hand, "You don't mind if I take advantage of you for five yuan, do you?"
Yan Chen was startled for a moment, and then handed the money back to her, "No need to give it to me!"
Xiang Jin glared at him and said, "The person who agreed to meet you will have your share. Do you want to break the contract?"
"No, I don't think there's any need to give it to me!" Yan Chen said.
"I say it's necessary," Xiang Jin thrust the money into his hand again, and ordered at the same time, "Don't give it to me again, or I'll be in trouble with you!"
Yan Chen was a little dumbfounded, and then heard Xiang Jin say again, "If you are taboo about this money, you can give it to your grandparents to use, and just say that you picked it up. The older generation of them are very particular. When the time comes,
Why don’t you just use it to buy groceries?”
"Are you going to give it to your mother in this way?"
Xiang Jin shook his head and said, "No, I buy all the food for our family. I can use it myself."
Then Yan Chen reminded, "School will start in a few days. Are you sure you have used up all of it?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "It should be used up. When I go to school, I will use the money to buy food, and I will not steam the rice. Let me tell you, the steamed rice is simply too unpalatable."
, especially the morning meal, which was put away in the afternoon the day before
After entering the steaming bucket, the school workers will not steam it until four or five o'clock the next morning. For such a long time, the rice has been soaking in the water. Because the weather is hot in the first part of the summer, the rice is often cooked the second time.
The steamed rice this morning was sour."
Yan Chen frowned, "Have you always had breakfast like this before?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "I've had it a few times, but not very often." She heard Yang Hui say that there was a man over there who opened a shop on the street, and he and several of his companions from Wantou stayed at his place.
Then they would give the food to that family every week, and then that family would cook for them, and she would also work there. He asked her yesterday if she would still work there next semester, and she only found out that he
Said that two of them would not be working together there next semester.
Yan Chen frowned and said, "Don't eat it again!"
Xiang Jin said, "Well, I have money, why do I still eat that kind of food?"
Seeing her raised eyebrows and arrogant expression, Yan Chen's expression softened a lot, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.
Xiang Jin said, "I'm going to buy groceries next, do you want to go?"
Yan Chen said, "You gave me so much money, so naturally I have to spend some of it, otherwise I don't know when it will all be spent!"