[Through the Book] The ancestor only wants to live a long life

After a cup of tea, all the things that were scattered on the table were sorted into several small piles by Zhang.

Zhang pointed to one of the piles and said, "These are the cheapest silver jewelry, which can be used directly as silver. There are a few pieces of jewelry with nice designs. If you take them to a pawn shop, you should be able to get a few more taels of silver."

Rong Enqing waved his hand, "Forget it. It's not worth the trouble to make a trip just for a few taels of silver. Just tell me, how much is this pile worth?"

Zhang had roughly weighed it when she was picking it up before. When Rong Enqing asked her, she replied, "I don't have a small scale, so it's not accurate. But I roughly estimated that it was at least 20 taels."

"Only worth twenty taels!?" Rong Enqing felt a little bit of a toothache. So this small pile of silver jewelry only adds up to two ten-tael silver ingots?

"Mother, these little things would definitely cost more than this if you bought them at a jewelry store. But now they are only worth this much if you want to use them as silver. If you take them to a pawn shop, maybe you can get a little more silver in return."

The main thing is that Yunluo and the others' jewelry are basically small silver ornaments, which are small and exquisite, with beautiful designs, but the weight is very average.

"Never mind, that's all. Just go on."

Then, Zhang pointed to another pair of gold ornaments and said, "These gold ornaments, especially the head ornament for mother, are finely crafted and complete. I suggest you take them to a pawn shop or a gold and silver shop. They should sell for quite a bit of money. It would be best if you also pawned or recycled these gold pendants. It would be a pity to just use them as gold."

"Name the price." Rong Enqing waved his hand, impatient to listen to those useless solutions.

Zhang thought for a moment and estimated, "These gold ornaments are worth about thirty taels of silver, but if they are sold as jewelry, they should be able to fetch more than four hundred taels of silver."

The difference is almost one hundred taels of silver!

Rong Enqing nodded without comment. "Go on."

The next pile was jade. This pile was the largest. Rong Enqing wore eight jade bracelets on his wrists and at least thirty jade pendants around his neck.

Zhang picked up a pair of jade bracelets that were lush green and transparent, and said, "Mother, this pair of jade bracelets is worth about two thousand taels."

Then he picked up a small peace locket and said, "This is only worth twenty taels."

"Is the price difference so big?" Rong Enqing's mouth twitched.

Zhang nodded, "The prices of these jades need to be negotiated individually."

"Then can you estimate how much this pile is worth?" Rong Enqing still wanted to know the specific value.

So, Zhang began to pick up the jade pieces one by one.

After a long while, Zhang frowned in embarrassment and said uncertainly: "I roughly estimated the price. These jades should be able to sell for about 20,000 taels."

Rong Enqing nodded in satisfaction. Not bad, it was worth her hard work to bring it out.

All the things added up together amounted to about twenty thousand four hundred taels.

Rong Enqing pondered for a moment, took out two jade pendants, and divided the other jade artifacts into six portions, five of which were given to Zhang, Yun Ye, and Yun Luo respectively.

"Each of you take some with you. These are our assets, and we will rely on them to live in the future. Keep them all. We will take out everything after we leave Beijing and settle down."

Several people were a little hesitant.

"Take it. Things are unpredictable. If something goes wrong, you can have valuables with you to deal with it."

As he spoke, he hung several small, light, but precious jade pendants around the necks of Yunluo, Yunying and Yunai.

He handed a few more to Yun Ye, "Hang it around your neck and hide it under your clothes."

Yun Ye quickly took it.

Zhang also took the jade pendant and two pairs of bracelets handed over by Rong Enqing and put them away carefully.

She hid the remaining bracelets and jade pendant back on herself.

After distributing the jades, she picked up the gold and silver jewelry, as well as the two jade pendants that she had taken out separately beforehand, and said, "I'm going to go out for a while. I'm going to sell these things for silver before dark. Then I'll buy some clothes and come back."

The clothes they wear now are too eye-catching. They look rich or noble. They are not suitable for them now.

"Grandma, I'll go with you." Yun Ye spoke first.

"I'm going too." "I'm going too."... Yun Luo and the others also spoke up.

Rong Enqing thought about it and shook his head, "No. It's too dangerous outside now. You all stay in the inn and wait for me."

Having made the decision, Rong Enqing did not hesitate. He asked Zhang to look after the children, then went out alone with his things in his pocket.

Rong Enqing's plan was to sell the gold and silver jewelry and jade pendants to several pawnshops and silver shops so as not to arouse suspicion.

Unfortunately, plans cannot keep up with changes.

As soon as I entered the first pawnshop, I pawned a jade pendant for two hundred taels. When I came out, I found that a lot of soldiers suddenly appeared on the street.

It was still early in the morning and many businesses had already started to close.

In a moment, the pedestrians on the street were almost invisible.

Rong Enqing didn't dare to stay on the street any longer. He quickly returned to the inn with two hundred taels of silver and a bunch of things.

"Grandma, are you okay?"

After Rong Enqing left, Yun Ye and his mother stayed in Rong Enqing's room, staying with Yun Luo and the others, and did not go back to their room.

Seeing Rong Enqing coming back, several people surrounded him worriedly.

"We just saw a lot of soldiers passing by the door of the inn. We don't know where they were going." Zhang's eyes were full of anxiety.

"There are also many soldiers on the streets." Rong Enqing also recounted what he saw.

"Are those people looking for us?" Zhang guessed anxiously.

"Probably not." Yun Ye shook his head. "After we left the Marquis' Mansion, we came directly to this inn without hiding our whereabouts. If Emperor Taihe has changed his mind, he can easily find us."

Rong Enqing nodded, "I don't know who they are trying to catch with such fanfare."

No one dwelled too much on this issue.

Rong Enqing called the waiter over and gave him a few silver ornaments, about five taels, "Brother, please bring us some food, and buy us some clothes for daily wear. The extra money will be your errand fee."

When the waiter saw the silver jewelry that Rong Enqing took out, he frowned slightly. After weighing it, he responded with a smile.

It wasn't much, and the waiter brought the food immediately.

One meat dish and three vegetarian dishes. It was nothing like the food we had in the mansion before. But after a whole day of hard work, everyone was tired.

Especially Rong Enqing and Yun Ye, who entered the palace early in the morning and it was almost dark now, so they must have been really hungry after a whole day.

So, the two of them didn't complain and quickly picked up their bowls and chopsticks and started eating.

The food tasted average and the rice was a bit hard, but it was enough to fill my stomach.

Seeing this, Zhang, Yunluo and others also picked up their bowls.

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PS: I was lazy yesterday and watched Thai dramas all day without writing a single word... Today I will write first and then watch dramas!