The South Bridge is the favorite place for the nobles in the capital to stay. There are many places to play here and there are many tricks. All the young men like to have fun here. Even if you are polite, you will also like the exquisite environment here. Finding an elegant teahouse to drink tea and listen to the piano is also a good pastime.
But I saw a shop at the bottom of the South Bridge. It was spacious and bright, simple and rustic, but it had an extraordinary sense of wealth. On the plaque above the door is a large golden character: Dang, it is actually a pawn shop.
The old shopkeeper is busy in the shop. The second floor of the pawn shop is an exquisite railing, which actually looks like a restaurant.
Looking down from the second floor, you can not only see the bustling crowd below, but also see the gurgling clear water under the South Bridge to the east, as agile and flawless as beautiful jade.
"This place is so nice, I'm afraid I can take in all the scenic spots." The man in red took a sip from the wine cup, his charming eyes were full of water. If it were on a woman, she would be extremely young.
The hanging gauze curtain is the latest fragrant vine in Beijing that is sunny after the rain. The refreshing swaying is really like the color of the sky washed by clear water. Outside the bead curtain, two beautiful women were playing the pipa gently. The sweet sound was like beads falling on a jade plate, which was enchanting.
The man sitting sideways on the other side is rich and noble, wearing a light golden robe. The buttons of the robe are all finely sewn with silver thread. He wears a crown of pearls. He wants to have the word "rich" written on his face. He held a piece of food with jade chopsticks in one hand and put it into his mouth. He said at the same time: "I've never seen a freeloader like you. I don't entertain idlers. What's the point of running here every day? The young master of the Helian family If you go to my wealthy building to have a meal, you won’t be afraid of making people laugh out loud if you tell me.”
He Lianyu smiled when he heard this: "What's so scary? You, Jiang Yulou, are the richest man in the world, but you only have one meal, so why are you so stingy? Besides, I'm not the only one who is cheating on you." He nodded his chin and said to the other side, "Why don't you talk about him?" "
"He is rich, but you are not." Jiang Yulou looked him up and down: "Why don't you come into my wealthy building and sing a little song or something? With your beauty, within three days, there will be countless The young master throws away all the red gauze."
"You!" He Lianyu hated people calling him a boy and a girl the most in his life, but the person opposite him was a thick-skinned man who could do nothing to him. In a fit of anger, she turned her gaze: "Yun Xi, you were staring downstairs just now. What's interesting? Could it be that you have fallen in love with some girl?"
That man was Fu Yunxi. He was sitting leaning on the railing, his dark eyes staring at a very ordinary carriage downstairs.
The coachman stopped the carriage in front of the pawn shop. After a while, two girls-like women came out of the carriage. The girl in a blue shirt stood in front of the carriage, opened the curtain, and helped the people inside to get out.
It was a young girl, about twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a thin cotton-padded jacket made of elastic ink silk, and only a dark-colored satin vest outside, which was extremely simple. She was wearing two round buns, her face could not be seen clearly from above, and she was holding a wooden box half a person's height in her hands.
He Lianyu had already come over. He was stunned at first glance. In his surprise, he forgot about his displeasure and asked Jiang Yulou, "Don't your shop only accept treasures?"
Jiang Yulou shook his head: "As long as you are rich, there is no reason to refuse. Whether it is a treasure or not is the next best thing."
"That's strange," He Lianyu said to himself, "I dare to enter your shop wearing such shabby clothes. You must have gone the wrong way."
"What kind of place do you think I am, Fugui Tower, where everyone can make mistakes?" Jiang Yulou said: "Wealth is not obvious, and the more valuable someone has, the more they have to hide it."
He Lianyu snorted, but when he saw Fu Yunxi next to him showing little interest, he looked down.
The girl in ordinary clothes is Han Yan, and the girls accompanying her are Ji Lan and Shu Hong. They are here to pawn something today. It's just that ordinary pawnshops may not be able to pawn this thing. Only Fuguilou, the largest pawnshop in the capital, can accept it. However, it is only possible.
The shopkeeper was an old man with a gray beard. When he saw Han Yan and the other three approaching, he did not treat them lightly. Instead, he welcomed them into the central hall. After serving tea, he said kindly: "Girl, I want to pawn something."
A glimmer of appreciation flashed in Han Yan's eyes. Anyone doing business in the capital was already an adult who was not observant of words and emotions. Today she deliberately wore ordinary clothes and put them in other shops. Seeing that she did not look like a wealthy family and she was still young, she might have been despised by others. However, instead of showing his intentions, the shopkeeper was so kind. No wonder he could Make the store's business the best in Beijing.
"Excuse me, shopkeeper, I have a little gadget here. Shopkeeper, let's see how much it's worth." After saying that, he asked Ji Lan to open the big wooden box.
There is a thick curtain covering the central hall and the outside of the pawn shop, and someone is guarding it to prevent criminals. So Han Yan was not worried. Ji Lan stepped forward and lifted the lid of the box aside, exposing the contents to everyone.
"This..." The shopkeeper was shocked.
Han Yan tilted his head and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, please estimate the price."
"What do you mean by this, miss?" The old shopkeeper's face turned pale: "Are you making fun of me?"
Han Yan said: "The shopkeeper doesn't recognize this thing?"
The shopkeeper was stunned when he heard this. To be honest, he really didn't recognize what he was seeing, and besides, it looked too ordinary. He has been doing business in Fugui Building and sees countless treasures every day, but his eyes are poisonous. Although the little girl in front of him just now was dressed in ordinary clothes and not very good-looking, the cautious manner in which she held the box made him pay no attention to what was in her hand. However, he did not expect to see such a thing when he opened it.
He looked at the box again and made sure it wasn't a treasure. He immediately felt a little unhappy: "I recognized it, it's not worth it! If the girl doesn't have anything else, just go to another shop to pawn it."
Before Han Yan could speak, Shu Hong had already said: "Old shopkeeper, if you just let our girl go like this, I'm afraid your master will blame you if he finds out."
The owner behind the pawnshop and restaurant of Fugui Building is not the old man in front of me, but Jiang Yulou, the richest man today. This man is very good at doing business. However, in his weak years, he has made his business so big and even opened it in Beijing. Such a decent shop.
The old shopkeeper looked at the girl in front of him. She was small and had a confident smile on her little face with baby fat. She just stared at him calmly, as if she was very sure that the thing was a treasure. He immediately became suspicious, but then he heard Han Yan say: "Don't worry, old shopkeeper, your master will definitely not reprimand you when he arrives."
The old shopkeeper glanced at her, and finally made up his mind and said to a boy beside him: "Go and inform Mr. Yi that this girl has big business to do."
When Jiang Yulou was tasting the grape wine worth a hundred taels of silver brought from the Western Regions, he saw a young man in gray shirt standing outside the bead curtain and said: "Sir, there is a girl downstairs who wants to be your treasure. Shopkeeper Fang can't tell her background." , please go down and have a look."
(End of chapter)