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    "Ten taels?" Hearing this, Zhao Shouzheng said with a confused look on his face: "This is too little. When I first received this jade pendant" As he said that, he swallowed his words and said gloomily: "It's an eye-catching thing.  What does it do?¡±

    "Second Master, don't feel aggrieved. This is the rule in this business. Unless you can call Lu Zigang, we can only value the jade based on its quality." Na Chaofeng said with a helpless look.

    "It's wrong of you to do this." Zhang Yuanwai said with a displeased look on his face: "This is my virtuous brother. I have come to the door to ask for help. Can you give me ten taels of silver?"

    As he said that, he stretched out two fingers and said: "I make the decision, add another ten taels, and get twenty taels of silver."

    "This, my boss" Chao Feng looked embarrassed.

    "Stop talking nonsense and go." Zhang Yuanwai waved his hand and refused to say anything else.

    That Chaofeng had no choice but to bring a tray over.  There was a written pawn ticket on the tray, as well as ten ingots and two ounces of small ingots.

    Although Zhao Shouzheng felt that twenty taels was a bit small, after all, Zhang Yuanwai gave him face.  Besides, he had said big words last night. If he returned empty-handed, wouldn't he let his son down?

    "Forgive me, dear brother, I don't own this pawn shop. I'll double the price for you, so I won't have to argue with them." Zhang Yuanwai said warmly, "Of course, you can stop pawning here and go to another place."  It¡¯s the same thing, brother, I will never have any objections.¡±

    "That is to say, our boss is nostalgic. If other families give more than ten taels, the villain will immediately wash his hands in the golden basin." Nachao Fengyan said firmly.

    "Alas" Zhao Shouzheng sighed. Although he was a little reluctant to part with the jade pendant, he thought that it would be very cheap to redeem it in the future.  Then he nodded and said: "Okay, thank you for taking care of me, brother. If things turn out differently in the future, I will definitely be rewarded."

    "That's what I said. You and I are as close as brothers. If you have any difficulties in the future, just ask." Zhang Yuanwai said with a bright smile.

    Chaofeng then placed the pawn ticket on the coffee table and asked Mr. Zhao to sign it.  Zhao Shouzheng lowered his head and took a closer look at the scrawled handwriting that made it difficult to read suddenly He had not forgotten his son's last reminder, but before signing, he should read the document carefully.

    "What the hell is this written" Zhao Shouzheng cursed secretly, barely finished reading the pawn ticket, and saw that the interest for the current period was not outrageous for one month, so he signed and pledged it, took the money and left.

    Seeing Chao Feng put away the pawn tickets, Zhang Yuanwai stood up and politely sent Zhao Shouzheng out.

    Zhao Hao quickly faced inward, avoiding Zhao Shouzheng's gaze.  Prepare to wait for a while before going out to avoid being caught by your father.

    ??~~

    After sending Zhao Shouzheng out, Yuan Wai Zhang and Chao Feng turned back to the living room and finally couldn't help laughing.

    Zhang Yuanwai was seen caressing the jade pendant lovingly, and proudly said to the court: "The current Emperor Longqing loves Lu Zigang's works very much, and it is estimated that he will be summoned to Dauchei within the year. This is a true masterpiece of his skills, and  It¡¯s a rare Khotan jade pendant, and I can¡¯t even get it for five hundred taels now.¡±

    Zhao Hao turned around and was about to leave, when he heard these words, he immediately froze!

    It turns out that this jade pendant is not a fake at all!

    The two men sang and harmonized, and even he was frightened, let alone Zhao Shouzheng

    "I missed it, it's so fun! The boss is so smart. With just a few words, Mr. Zhao was convinced and regarded the truth as a lie." The goatee gave a thumbs up to Feng, making the mountain of flattery ring.  After saying that, he said with a smug smile: "Moreover, Mr. Zhao didn't notice after looking at it for a long time that this living thing can actually turn into a dead thing."

    "If he, a nerd, can see that, why should I open a pawn shop?" Zhang Yuanwai smiled proudly and handed the jade pendant to Chao Fengbao: "Without such an unconventional young man in distress, who would we make money from?"

    Seeing the two people chatting and laughing happily as they entered the inner room, Zhao Hao resisted the urge to catch up and argue, gritted his teeth and left.

    ??~~

    When Zhao Hao returned home, it was already dark.

    Zhao Shouzheng was standing at the entrance of the alley looking out.

    Seeing Zhao Hao come in, he felt relieved and said, "Son, where have you been? If you don't come back, I will report myself to the police."

    Zhao Hao sighed secretly in his heart and said to Zhao Shouzheng with rare tenderness: "I made father worry, he will come back early in the future."

    "That's not necessary, just tell me before you go out." Zhao Shouzheng was not used to him being like this, so he hurriedly brought his son some water to wash his face and said, "Hurry up and eat. I've been doing just fine these days, but I feel wronged.  Son."

    "Yeah." Zhao Hao nodded, washed his hands and face, and at Zhao Shouzheng's urging, he came to sit down at the square table.

    There are three dishes and one soup on the table, some meat and some vegetarian.  But it was much more frugal than the previous one.

    Zhao Hao¡¯s eyes fell onNext to the disc, there are ten small silver ingots.

    Zhao Shouzheng handed the chopsticks to his son and said with a proud face as if he was offering a treasure: "What, are you bragging as a father? You just raised it casually."

    "Another classmate of mine not only invited me to have a drink, but also gave me a hundred taels of silver. However, Zhu Zi said, 'Enough is enough and there is no greed,' so my father did not take any more money from others."

    "But don't worry, if my son feels it's not enough, my father can go find him some other time to get it!"

    Zhao Shouzheng was spitting and gesticulating, almost believing himself.

    However, Zhao Hao's nose felt sore for a while, and he poured glass after glass of wine for Zhao Shouzheng silently, hoping that he would get drunk quickly.  Stop forcing yourself to act

    Fortunately, Zhao Shouzheng was a poor drinker and was successfully drunk within a few moments.

    ??~~

    In the main room.

    Zhao Hao first carefully put away the twenty taels of silver, then turned back, struggled to lift his father up, and sent him into the east room.

    After getting drunk, Zhao Shouzheng stopped talking about the door and walked into the house with one foot deep and one foot shallow, while bursting into tears.

    "Brother Liu, Brother Liu, when your old father was seriously ill, who helped you seek medical treatment? When he had no money to bury him, who offered him a hundred taels of silver? How come it was my turn to carry the burden, but you didn't even get a tael?  You won¡¯t even lend money?¡±

    "Brother Feng, Brother Feng Xian, you have been eating and drinking from me all day long, and have been hanging around me for seven or eight years. Why don't you even let me in now?"

    "Alas, human kindness is as cold as Wujiang, and the world is as difficult as Shu's road" Zhao Shouzheng sang a tuneless tune, fell on the bed and fell asleep.

    Only then did Zhao Hao realize that his father did not take the jade pendant to heart, but felt sad that he had received so many looks during the day.  When he was wealthy before, a group of classmates became brothers and took advantage of each other.  Now seeing that he was defeated, no one ignored him.

    "It's hard for outsiders to understand the warmth and coldness here."

    Zhao Hao sighed, bent down and helped Zhao Shouzheng take off his boots, and then took off his robe.

    The De Heng pawn ticket floated to the ground.

    Zhao Hao picked up the pawn ticket and looked at it carefully, "Zhao Shouzheng, the holder of the ticket, has pawned twenty-seven taels of silver in cash due to urgent need."  Fengjin will use cash for all incomings and outgoings, and will make nine cents of profit every month. The term will be one month, and the store will be sold after the expiration date. The owner will be willing to do so. This post is for reference.  ¡¯ with ghostly characters.

    At first glance, nothing seems wrong.  But Zhao Hao heard the conversation between Boss Zhang and Chao Feng, and knew that there must be a mystery in the pawn ticket, so he read each stroke for a long time before he suddenly realized it.

    It turns out that the "month" character for "one month" has unusually short legs, so it seems more appropriate to say it is the character for "day".  It¡¯s just that the word ¡®month¡¯ in ¡®make profit every month¡¯ in the previous sentence is quite normal.  If people read it in sequence, they will certainly not associate it with the word "ÈÕ".

    Presumably on the pawn tickets kept by the pawn shop, the word "ÈÕ" will be more standard.

    This is the secret of what Chao Feng calls "a living thing" and a "death thing".  So simple and crude, so unscrupulous!

    But when I think about it again, the other party has a background in Nantobe, and his father is now just a poor prison student who has failed repeatedly. It seems so logical

    "Alas" Zhao Hao shook his head, carefully put away the pawn ticket, and gritted his teeth again and said: "Zhang, if you dare to hack my old Zhao family's money, I will make you pay it back a thousand times a hundred times!"  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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