Quick travel to save a miserable life

After a dreamless night, Lin Hui fell asleep and woke up naturally.

She had just gotten up, her face was rosy, her eyes were sleepy, her black hair was spread loosely, and she casually sat down by the bed, giving off a lazy beauty.

After washing and tidying up, Li Gu was already waiting at the door, waiting for her to join Mr. Lin for breakfast.

There is no rule in the Lin family about greeting elders in the morning.

Because Lin Hui actually lived with Mr. Lin in the main courtyard before she was 3 years old. After she was 3 years old, she moved to the current courtyard. However, as a child, it was often Mr. Lin who got up and coaxed her up to wake her up and tidied her up. Let's go have breakfast together.

Later, when Lin Hui got older, she no longer had to be called by adults when she got up. However, Mr. Lin got up early and did not allow her to get up early to say hello. Therefore, the father and daughter had breakfast together in the morning and it was regarded as saying good morning.

Li Gu married into the Lin family and followed Lin Hui's behavior. At first, Lin Hui's behavior even caused him to slander him. He felt that the Lin family was really a merchant and did not pay attention to the rules at all.

After breakfast, Mr. Lin said that the batch of jewelry ordered by the county magistrate's wife from Jinyulou has been completed. If Lin Hui is interested, she can go to the shop with him to have a look.

Lin Hui became interested after hearing this. She had briefly seen the batch of gemstones at that time, and the quality was indeed good. She also wanted to see what the effect would be like when set into jewelry.

Besides, staying at home every day is quite boring. If you just go to your own shop or with Father Lin, you will always be safe.

So he asked the girls to pack up and prepare, and then went out with Lin's father. As for Li Gu, he let him do what he wanted.

Since she was with Lin's father, Lin Hui did not use her own carriage, but chose to ride in one with Lin's father.

At the gate, coachman Li Si had been waiting by the carriage shaft for a long time, and Steward Qi even came specially to see the father and daughter off.

Before getting on the carriage, Lin Hui asked Li Si: "Uncle Li, have you checked the carriage inside and outside before leaving the house, and whether the horse pulling the carriage is healthy?"

Li Si was a middle-aged man with a dark complexion. He had been a coachman for many years. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "Don't worry, Miss. According to the rules you set, Lin Wu checked it once and I checked it again. Everything is fine." !”

Lin Hui nodded: "That's good!"

Lin Hui asked if the nursing home following him was in place.

According to the rules she set, when she and Father Lin go out, each of them must be accompanied by at least two guards.

After receiving a positive answer, she nodded with satisfaction.

Mr. Lin said helplessly: "You are too busy. They are all old people in the house. Nothing has ever happened to them when they go out with me in the car. Besides, we are just going to our own shop, so we don't need to be so careful!"

Seeing that Lin's father didn't take it seriously, Lin Hui said sternly: "Dad, please be careful when sailing a thousand-year-old ship. Safety is not a trivial matter. It is related to the safety of our father and daughter. You can't be too careful."

Seeing that his daughter was concerned, Mr. Lin could only smile and shake his head: "Okay, okay, the eldest lady is now the head of our family, and everything will be at your command!"

He turned his head and raised his voice and said to the servants around him: "From now on, the affairs in the house will be subject to the orders of the eldest lady. You all obey the orders of the eldest lady!"

Upon hearing this, all the servants responded in unison: "Yes!"

Lin Hui and Mr. Lin arrived at Jinyu Tower together and saw the two sets of extremely exquisite and complicated jewelry.

Both sets of jewelry are made of gold. Different from the heavy weight of ordinary gold jewelry, they are made as thin and light as possible. They are much lighter than ordinary gold jewelry, but the production time is more than 5 times that of ordinary gold jewelry. , and there is only one master craftsman in the store who can produce this effect.

The master craftsman who made the jewelry said that because the quality of these gemstones was better than originally expected, the finished products were even better when they came out, which added luster to the set of jewelry.

The day after tomorrow was the agreed day to deliver it to the county magistrate's house, so after the father and daughter inspected it, the jewelry was packed and stored.

Mr. Lin was going to the Lin family's restaurant to discuss some business with people next. Lin Hui simply went with him. While Lin's father was discussing with people, she walked around nearby, and then ate at her own restaurant at noon.

The Lin family's restaurant Fuyuanju is actually not far from Jinyu Tower. It is located on the most prosperous street in the center of the county. It only takes a cup of tea to walk. In order to take care of Lin Hui's big belly, the father and daughter took a carriage there. .

Lin Hui got off the car at the entrance of Fuyuanju, taking Yuqi and Zhishu with her, and two servants following behind.

There are all kinds of business shops around the restaurant, providing everything you need for food, clothing, housing and transportation. There are also many stalls on the roadside, and things are often cheaper than in the shops. Lin Hui and others wandered around casually, occasionally buying one or two small things. , all held by the servants behind them.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the front, and people kept rushing forward to join in the fun. Seeing this, the two maids wanted to protect Lin Hui and turn around, but there were too many people who wanted to watch. The group of people were just wrapped up in the past. Go to the starting point.

Several people could only form a circle to protect Lin Hui in the middle to prevent her from being hit by the crowd around her.

The incident happened at the door of a pawn shop. Looking at the sign of "Yihe Pawn Shop" on the door, Lin Hui thought that many of the pawn tickets found at the house of the warehouse steward came from this Yihe Pawn Shop, and this pawn shop seemed to The same Yihe Silver House she knew was opened by another large family in the county, the Li family.

Sitting in the open space in the middle of the crowd was an old man who had fallen to the ground. He had gray hair and was wearing a washed white coarse silk gown. The shoes on his feet had been worn to the edges. Now his body was covered with dust, his forehead was red and swollen, and his eyes were He was half-closed and seemed to have injuries on his body. He struggled on the ground for two times but failed to get up. He had to support himself with one palm and lay half on the ground.

Faced with this scene, everyone was talking a lot. Some people said that this man came to the pawn shop to cause trouble, so he was beaten out. Some people said that the old man's belongings were defrauded by the pawn shop and he was beaten when he wanted to come back. Some people suggested that he should go to the pawn shop to report the crime directly. Official, let the government judge.

At this moment, someone finally came out of Yihe Pawn Shop. A middle-aged man came out and stood at the door of the pawn shop. He bowed his hands to the onlookers, then pointed to the old man on the ground and said: "Dear neighbors, this man took the pawn shop yesterday. I came to pawn a piece of jade pendant. Considering his age, I offered a high price of 1 tael of silver. Unexpectedly, he said the price was too low, at least 30 taels, otherwise he would have to pawn it elsewhere.

"But it was just an ordinary jade pendant. One tael was already too much, so I could only return the jade pendant as it was. Unexpectedly, he said that this was not his jade pendant. He said that we had lost the bag and kept making a fuss in the store. , it was so disruptive that we couldn’t open the door for business, so we had no choice but to ask him to come out!”

"So that everyone knows that our Yihe pawnshop has been open in the city for more than ten years. We have always been honest and upright. We did not covet his jade pendant. The injury on his forehead was caused by him hitting the door panel himself and not touching him in half. Just a finger, everyone, please look, this is the jade pendant of this old gentleman, no matter what, I can’t give him the high price of 30 taels.”

As the middle-aged man spoke, he raised his hand and showed a jade pendant to everyone. When everyone took a closer look, they found that the jade was indeed of ordinary quality and only cost one or two taels of silver at most. The price of one tael in the store was already considered benevolent.

The middle-aged man knelt down, placed the jade pendant in front of the old man, and said with a wry smile: "Brother, I'm really sorry. It's really hard for us to agree to your request."

The old man's face looked sad when he heard this, and his lips kept trembling. He opened and closed them several times, as if he had said something. However, the onlookers were talking too loudly, and no one could hear what he said.

After the middle-aged man said these words, he returned to the store. Only then did everyone realize that it was the old man who wanted to blackmail him, but he was kicked out of the store. He deserved to hit his head!

Everyone suddenly lost interest in watching any more and dispersed one after another.

Only the old man lying on the ground and the jade pendant in front of him were left.