sinovels Chapter 28
Chapter 28
"Lady." The person who came was a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old, who saluted her, and his eyes fell on the gold ingot in her hand.
"You want to find this?" She squeezed the gold coin between her fingers.
"Yes. This is exactly what my husband left behind."
Gold coins are said to be money but they are not money. They are things that noble people play with.In the past at the Li family, Li's father also gave Li Dan a few catkins, which are still treasured in the jewelry box.
Seeing the boy's soft and delicate face, his gentle voice, like a shy big boy in a high school class, she suddenly thought of making fun of him.
"There is no name or special mark on this gold coin, how do you know it belongs to your husband?"
The boy opened his mouth to say something, but he was speechless, looked down at the gold coin, and bowed to her again: "Please don't embarrass me, my lady."
"If I don't give it to you, are you going to grab it?" She asked with a smile.
The boy frowned slightly, with a troubled expression on his face. "I don't dare, please return it to me." His hands were stretched out in front of her.
She played the gold coin around her fingertips a few times, and asked with a smile, "What's your name? Who is your husband? Tell me, and I'll return it to you."
The servant raised his eyes to look at her, hesitated for a moment and replied: "My humble name is Dongqing, and my husband is Qilang of Taofu."
She looked towards the alley where the boy came over just now, "Tao Zhi, the third son of Tao Shangshu?"
The servant was amazed that she could call out her husband's name directly, and replied cautiously: "Yes."
She glanced at the gold coin in her hand, threw it into the air, stretched out her hand to grab it, and spread her palm to see the other side.Smiling, he put the gold coin in the servant's hand and walked towards the courtyard.
The boy looked at her curiously.
Tang Xiaoshi walked into the small courtyard, and all the things on the carriage had been moved into the courtyard.She asked the coachman, "Which direction is Tao Shangshu's residence?"
The coachman looked around the roof, identified the direction, and pointed to the back of the small courtyard, "It should be in the direction behind the small courtyard. It is only a mile away from the small alley next to Tao Shangshu's residence."
She turned her head and looked in the direction the coachman pointed, feeling a little puzzled in her heart.If the Tao Mansion is one mile behind, why did Tao Zhi's gold coins fall on the street in front of the small courtyard?No matter which door he walked in and out of the workshop, he could not reach this small street.
The boy ran to look for it, obviously he passed by here not long ago, and he probably returned home from a side alley.
She thanked the groom.
After the groom left, she and Yuzhu packed up.It was almost evening when everything was tidied up, and the whole person collapsed on the mat exhausted.
Yu Zhu poured her a glass of water and said, "Ma'am, this place is rough and rough, and I have to buy a lot of things."
She tilted her head to look at Yuzhu, and sighed, "We're going to sit and eat."
"Miss, with our current money, if we still pay the usual expenses and add the rent of this small courtyard, it will be empty in a year or two."
She patted herself on the head, she didn't become a house slave in the real world, she became a house slave even after wearing a book.
He sat up, poured down the whole glass of water in one breath, breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Yu Zhu beside him and said, "With our hands and feet, we won't die of hunger."
"But what can we do?"
This is really a problem.
After tidying up for a few days, tidying up all the small courtyards and purchasing all the necessities that should be purchased, Tang Xiaoshi began to think about how to make a living next.
Staying in a small yard has no chance.After breakfast, she took Yuzhu out to wander around, looking for opportunities.
At the end of the day, her legs were about to run and become disabled, and she couldn't find a job she could do. Even if she found it, others would despise her as a lady and not as good as a man.
After wandering around the West Market for a few more days, he still couldn't find a suitable job, and was teased by a greasy shopkeeper, and finally returned disappointed.
Sitting half dead on the stone steps under the porch, looking at the few pruned peonies in the courtyard, he sighed repeatedly.
"Miss." Yu Zhu stood in front of the kitchen door with a big bowl in his hand, with a bitter face, "The noodles are gone, so there is only so much rice left, and the vegetables are finished, and I have to buy again tomorrow."
"Then buy it, you have to eat." She propped her head in frustration.
"My lady forgot, we only have more than 100 yuan, what else can we buy?"
"Alas—" Tang Xiaoshi rolled her eyes and looked up at the sky, thinking that Li Danyi used to live a luxurious life of tens of thousands of dollars for a meal, but now she can't even afford a bucket of rice.If it's the real Li Danyi, I don't know how I would feel.
She reached out her hand to touch her hair bun, took out a pearl hairpin, and turned it around in front of her, it should be worth some money!
The next day, she took Yu Zhu to the pawn shop, the guy at the pawn shop sized her up for a while, and said with a smile, "Three hundred dollars."
She was so shocked that before she wanted to refute, Yu Zhu shouted: "Do you know the goods, this pearl hairpin is worth at least a thousand dollars, are you looking at our lady for being easy to deceive?"
The clerk shook his head and smiled and said, "That's not a pawn, I'll give you some more, 330 yuan." Seeing Tang Xiaoshi staring at Zhuchai's face calmly, she didn't speak.The clerk pondered for a while, then continued: "My lady, this pearl hairpin is a bit worn out, and its style is also old. If you really want to pawn it, I'll give you another 350 yuan, [-] yuan, which is the highest."
Tang Xiaoshi smiled at the clerk, stepped on her feet and reached out to snatch the pearl from the clerk's hand, and immediately said with a cold face: "Am I the one who lacks the 23 ten dollars?" Turning around, she left the pawn shop.
The guy was stunned and gave a cold snort.
Tang Xiaoshi looked at the pearl hairpin in her hand, the material and workmanship were both high-quality, how could it be only worth more than 300 yuan.
She went to two more pawnshops, and the highest price they offered was only five hundred yuan. In the end, she was still unconvinced and asked for the pearl hairpin back.
Walking on the bustling street, she sighed dejectedly, looking at the pearl hairpin in her hand, not knowing what to do.
Yu Zhu murmured softly at the side: "Young lady, you should pawn it for five hundred dollars!"
"Then how can I do it?" She was not convinced that this pearl hairpin cost her [-] yuan when she bought it, but it only took two or three years for her to sell it so cheaply.
"Go to Zhenbaozhai." I bought it at Zhenbaozhai at the beginning, and Zhenbaozhai also does the business of recycling old and damaged jewelry, so he had to go there and ask the price before he was willing.
The clerk of Zhenbaozhai looked at her pearl hairpin left and right, and finally gave a slightly higher price, which was only six hundred yuan.
She knew that this was her last chance, so in order to be able to buy a few more dollars, she and her buddy were talking to each other.The clerk was tortured to no avail by her, and finally sighed: "Wait a minute, lady, I'll show it to the shopkeeper, and see if the shopkeeper can give you a higher price."
The man went behind the curtain with the pearl hairpin.
She boredly looked left and right at the jewelry sold in the store, ranging from pearl hairpins and jade bracelets to pendants and jade fingers, and there were some new styles, which were very popular nowadays.
She turned around, and suddenly saw a pair of golden steps, very familiar to her eyes, very similar to the pair she wore on the wedding day when she married Liang Zhuan when she was dressed as Xiao Yi.
She walked over and stared across the counter, looking more and more like it.
"Dude." Before she opened her mouth to make a sound, she heard someone calling from behind her, "Show me that pair of walkers."
The guy came over immediately.
Looking sideways, she saw a 24-year-old man, a head taller than her, with a clean, handsome appearance and a well-mannered manner.He glanced at her, nodded and smiled, she smiled with the corners of her mouth pulled, and took a step aside.
The clerk took the gold step to the counter and said with a smile: "This is just produced by the goldsmith in our store at the beginning of the month. It is pure gold. Look at the workmanship..." the clerk Balabala introduced.
Tang Xiaoshi pretended to turn her head slightly to look away, but her ears were perked up listening to the salesman, and she glanced at Jin Buyao from time to time—it was too similar.
"Is this the only pair? Do you have a whole set of heads?"
"I don't have this one, but there are a few new full sets of hair masks coming out this month, sir, come with me." He led him to the teahouse at the back.The servant who was following behind looked back at her, and nodded with a gentle smile.
At this time, the guy who went to inquire about the price of the shopkeeper came back with a pearl hairpin.
"Lady, the shopkeeper asked if the surname of the mother's family is Li."
Tang Xiaoshi was a little surprised. Although Li Danyi came to Zhenbaozhai several times, the only thing she really bought was this pearl hairpin and a pair of pendants.How could the other party remember her identity?
After thinking about it, she nodded and replied, "Yes, what advice do you have?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "My lady was joking. The shopkeeper said that he remembered that this pearl hairpin was sold to Lady Li, so he asked me to ask. Although the hairpin has lost its luster, it is not damaged in any other way. The shopkeeper said it was a thousand dollars. Take it."
"A thousand dollars?" Tang Xiaoshi was surprised, the highest the buddy gave her just now was six hundred dollars.
"Yes, the shopkeeper said, after all, this is what our shop sells, and it is not damaged. Pearl hairpins are no better than other things, and there is nothing to lower the price. It was mine just now, don't blame my lady."
Tang Xiaoshi felt curious, but her words turned out to be the opposite.She couldn't help looking behind the curtain, but saw nothing.
She thanked her, and the man went to get the money.
The transaction here is over, and the gentleman who turned around and was about to leave the teahouse next to him also stood up and walked over, and said to the waiter: "Although these sets of makeup are good, they are a little less gorgeous and elegant, and they imply that they are not suitable for a lady's wedding makeup. Check back next month."
Tang Xiaoshi glanced at the pair of golden steps, and suddenly she had a flash of inspiration. Looking at the man who was about to step out, she rushed forward a few steps to call for him.
Lang Jun stopped to look at her.
She was a little nervous, forced a smile and asked, "Do you like that pair of Jin Buyao, Mr. Lang?"
"En." Lang Jun nodded.
"I can design a whole set of head and face samples based on the pair of Jin Buyao, and Mr. Lang can let the craftsmen in the shop make it."
Lang Jun was interested, and asked with a smile: "How do you know that I will be satisfied with the design you designed?"
"Lang Jun hasn't seen the sample picture yet, so it can't be said that he won't be satisfied."
Lang Jun smiled, thought for a while and nodded, "Isn't the lady helping for free?" He looked at the purse in Yu Zhu's arms beside her.
She felt a little embarrassed, but it was obvious that the other party didn't remember her at all, so she felt a little relieved.
"Of course it's not free. How about this, since the gentleman will come to this shop next month, I will show him the sample picture next month. If the gentleman is satisfied, how about we negotiate the price?"
"That's fine. Let's do it on the ninth day of next month!" After speaking, he bowed slightly to her and took the boy beside him to go out.
The clerk smiled and asked, "Madam, can you really design a set of head and face jewelry? This gentleman is very picky, and he didn't even take a fancy to the carefully designed ones by our craftsmen."
"You have to try." She said with a smile.
Now that her life is not settled, and she can't find a suitable way to make a living, she has to find a way to find a job with a source of income.