The little ancestor of the family

When the shop assistant saw Ye Xinran's attire, he concluded that she didn't have anything valuable in her hands, and asked lazily, "What do you want to pawn, young lady? Clothes or embroidery?"

Ye Xinran opened her bag and took out the scholar's clothes: "Shopkeeper, please let me see how much this dress can be pawned for?"

The waiter picked up the clothes and saw that it was just an ordinary brocade dress, so he lazily said, "50 cents."

"Fifty cents?" This is too little, Ye Xinran thought.

She put the clothes into the bag, took out the jade hairpin, and asked, "What about this?"

The waiter was impatient at first, but after seeing the jade hairpin, he immediately became interested.

This jade hairpin is crystal clear and the jade is warm and smooth. It is obviously a good thing at first glance.

He took the jade hairpin and examined it carefully, then looked at it in the sunlight for a long while before he spoke: "This jade is good, but the workmanship is a bit rough. I'll give you fifteen taels of silver."

Fifteen taels of silver is not a small amount.

According to my previous reading experience, these fifteen taels of silver are enough for an ordinary farmer's food expenses for a year.

But Ye Xinran took the hairpin back, tied up the bag, and said, "Thank you, shopkeeper. I'll go ask somewhere else."

The clerk asked quickly, "You don't want to sell it? You think it's too little? How about you give me a price?"

How would Ye Xinran know how much it would sell for?

She originally wanted to compare prices and see how much other shops offered, but seeing the waiter's expression, it seemed like there might be a chance, so she tried to ask, "One hundred taels?"

"One hundred taels?! Is this something that was worn by the emperor or the empress? How dare you charge one hundred taels for such a small hairpin!"

The guy was obviously pissed.

Ye Xinran felt that he was angry for no apparent reason.

"Didn't I leave you room for bargaining? Go ahead and bargain! Cut it in half first to see if I can accept it, and then we can bargain. You're a clerk, you can't ask me to teach you this."

"Okay, okay, we don't have time to deal with you. We don't want to accept this hairpin. You can send it wherever you want!" The waiter waved his hands at her.

Ye Xinran was too lazy to talk to him anymore and was about to leave when another waiter suddenly ran out and shouted, "Miss, please stay. Our young master wants to see your hairpin."

"Can he afford a hundred taels? It's not impossible to show it to him."

"Please give me the hairpin, young lady. I will take it to the inner room for our young master to appreciate it."

"No, the hairpin cannot leave my sight." Ye Xinran disagreed with this.

He took the hairpin in, what if it was switched?

The guy was in a dilemma when he suddenly heard someone shouting from inside: "Then let her come in with you."

The waiter immediately nodded and bowed, pointed the way for Ye Xinran, and brought her into the inner room.

The inner room is just behind the pawn counter. The space is several times larger than the counter. It is decorated in an antique style. The incense in the incense burner is rising, which looks very charming.

Ye Xinran was admiring it when she suddenly heard a male voice behind her: "Miss Ye, you really went to great lengths to see me."

Ye Xinran turned around and saw a handsome man standing behind her.

He was wearing a white brocade robe embroidered with cloud patterns and a white marble belt around his waist. He had thin red lips and dark eyebrows, and looked handsome.

He just had an arrogant look on his face, and there was disgust in his eyes when he looked at Ye Xinran.

Ye Xinran found that she knew this person.

This is the brother Zi Yu that the original owner had been thinking about all the time. I didn’t expect to see him here.

"Is this your pawnshop?" Ye Xinran reacted immediately.

"You're asking even though you already know the answer! Haven't you already done your research? There are so many pawnshops on the street, why did you choose to go into this one?"

Ye Xinran felt that she had to defend herself on this point: "I really don't know."

"You're lying!" Qiao Ziyu held his head high, not even looking at Ye Xinran: "The jade hairpin in your hand is obviously only worth fifteen taels of silver, but you deliberately asked for a hundred taels, and even argued with the clerk in front of the counter. Isn't your purpose to attract my attention?"

Ye Xinran: Is this person sick?

Before she could finish her complaints, she heard something even more unbelievable: "If you want to give me the hairpin, you don't have to resort to such means."

what?

Ye Xinran was very shocked.

He is so narcissistic, has he never suffered from the beatings of society?

"Forget it!" Seeing Ye Xinran didn't say anything, Qiao Ziyu continued to talk to herself: "I know you have feelings for me, but now the engagement has been cancelled and you are already married. I will accept your feelings for the last time. Put down the hairpin and don't come to me again!"

"Can you put down the hairpin? Will you give me one hundred taels?" Ye Xinran automatically skipped the other words and only heard the sentence "Put down the hairpin".

"you?"

Qiao Ziyu didn't expect Ye Xinran to actually ask him for money.

"How come you have become so materialistic in just a few days?" he said with disgust.

"Brother, you want my hairpin but don't want to pay for it. Do you want to get it for free?" Ye Xinran finally realized what Qiao Ziyu meant.

It's not that she's slow to react.

I have never seen such a shameless person in my life.

"How vulgar!"

Qiao Ziyu seemed to be unable to tolerate Ye Xinran any longer, so he just waved at her and said, "Go away, and don't come here again."

Ye Xinran laughed angrily.

Even though you are the son of the county magistrate, you can't just come when you are called and send away when you please!

She thought of the original owner, who treated this young master like a god. She carefully prepared small items such as purses and embroidered handkerchiefs and couldn't wait to give them to him.

Although it is not worth much, it is the best the original owner can offer.

"I didn't intend to ask Mr. Qiao for it, but since I've seen it today, Mr. Qiao, please return all the things I gave you before. I'm already married, and I'm afraid my husband will be angry when he sees these things in the future."

Qiao Ziyu sneered, "Those things have been thrown away somewhere long ago. Madam Ye, please rest assured that there is no chance that anyone else will see them."

"Lost it?" Ye Xinran pretended to be surprised.

"Mr. Qiao, you know, I spent several nights making it, and almost went blind. Since you don't want to return it, then give me some silver. Even if you see it in the future, just think you bought it outside."

"After all the beating around the bush, you still want money?" Qiao Ziyu's contempt for Ye Xinran became even greater.

He used to think Ye Xinran was ugly, so he didn't even want to look at her.

But no matter what, her temperament is still gentle.

My mother once said that since the marriage was arranged by a noble person, he couldn't refuse the engagement, so he should look at the good things about Ye Xinran and it would be good if they could treat each other with respect in the future.

But now it seems that she is not only ugly in appearance, but also has a vulgar character.