Dinon

It was a piece of jade the size of a baby's palm. The color of the jade was warm and moist. There were three parts of green and one part of vermilion in the crystal clear. The surroundings of the jade were inlaid with gold along the frame. A sling made of gold strands, like an ornament worn on a person.

Yuan Shuyi became interested in this piece of jade. Judging from her many years of experience in appreciating gold and stones, the material for this piece of jade is either suet jade or Hetian jade.Wanting to verify whether her guess was correct, Yuan Shuyi reached out and took it off the shelf.

As soon as he took it, the jade was warm and cool, and his heart was drenched with a layer of crisp and moist drizzle. Yuan Shuyi picked up the piece of jade and looked at it carefully in the light facing the room. I was surprised to find that this piece of jade is not only Hetian jade, but also the best of Hetian jade - Tian Huangyu. What is even more surprising is that there are faint red lines looming in the middle of the jade, which I didn't see clearly just now. Now that the light is sufficient, those lines are clearly a word.

A "chen" character.

Yuan Shuyi stared at this piece of jade for a long time, unable to regain her senses for a long time. As far as she knew, Tian Huangyu was a high-quality jade that only the royal family could have, but now it clearly appeared in a remote place with engraved Thinking of the name of the silly girl... She felt a little confused, picked up the piece of jade and walked quickly to the shopkeeper, stood still and asked, "Shopkeeper, how do you sell this piece of jade? "

The shopkeeper was very happy to see Yuan Shuyi brought something over, but when he saw the things in her hand, he shook his hand and sighed, "Guest officer, you should buy something else."

"Oh——" Yuan Shuyi squinted her long and narrow phoenix eyes, and there were waves of light in her eyes, and there was a faint blue light. She pretended to be puzzled and continued to ask, "Why is that? I watched it for a long time and only liked it." Where is this piece of jade!"

"Hey!" The shopkeeper sighed again, waved his hands, and said, "Guest officer, it's not that I don't want to sell it to you, but that I can't sell it to you!"

"That's why," Yuan Shuyi was really puzzled this time, "Why didn't the deal you love and what I want come to fruition?"

"Because this thing doesn't belong to me. It was mortgaged by someone else. It is a deed of living. It will be redeemed after its owner raises the money soon. The old man has been in business for half his life. Although this item is rare, it can’t ruin the reputation of the shop I’ve worked so hard to run for most of my life, guest officer, you’d better take a look and see if you need anything.” After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he shook his head Continuing to settle accounts, the gray hair at the temples proved the vicissitudes of his life.

Yuan Shuyi listened to the shopkeeper's words, her heart moved, and she asked tentatively, "Do you still remember the appearance of the pawn?"

"Of course." The shopkeeper nodded, with a slight smile on his wrinkled face, "I've been running a pawn shop in this place for most of my life. It's the first time I see someone pawning such a treasure. Of course I'll notice it. Otherwise If he stole something and snatched it, wouldn’t the old boy become an accomplice too. Then he needs to order the shackles.” Then, the shopkeeper stroked his gray beard, looked carefully at Yuan Shuyi and said "Probably a young man who is as young and handsome as the son."

"Is he on crutches and his legs and feet are inconvenient?" Yuan Shuyi asked anxiously.

"Oh, it's like this, that young master is still very thin." The shopkeeper recalled, "At first I thought it was some young young gentleman who had not yet been crowned weak to buy some things, but he said that he came to mortgage the family heirloom."

"Purchasing a family heirloom?" Yuan Shuyi recalled that Tuo Bachen once told her that his ancestor was an official, and he was appreciated by the emperor at that time. If he said that, it made sense for her to have such a jade.Yuan Shuyi let go of the heart that was on his chest, loosened the hand that was holding Nayu tightly, and continued to ask, "It's very good, what heirloom is she pawning?"

The shopkeeper was questioned by Yuan Shuyi like a prisoner for a long time, but he didn't think she was annoying. Maybe Yuan Shuyi's good looks played a role, and he continued to answer, "I don't know the specifics, I just heard that young master said , her relative is sick, she wants to mortgage this heirloom to find a doctor for her."

It was so!

Yuan Shuyi stood stiffly in the pawn shop, holding the piece of jade tightly in her hands, unable to tell what it was like in her heart.She once wondered, when she first met Tuo Bachen, she hadn't eaten for several days in a row, how could she have the money to ask a doctor to treat her seriously injured herself, and how could she have the money to buy so much money? Good wound medicine for myself, how can I have money to buy supplements for myself, and how can I have money to buy good silk gauze for my injured self, so that my wounds will not fester in early summer?

Tuo Ba Chen, Tuo Ba Chen!If you treat me like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to understand it in this life.

Yuan Shuyi bit her lip hard with her silver teeth, she had already made up her mind that she must love Tuobachen from now on.With a hoarse voice, she managed to force back the liquid from the corners of her eyes, and asked the shopkeeper, "I am an acquaintance with that young master. Let me see, old man, how much silver can I redeem this jade?"

"So the young master is an acquaintance of the young master." The shopkeeper nodded clearly, "The old man is not a crafty and cunning person. When the young master came to mortgage it, it was stated in black and white that the property would be sold within one year. Redeem it with 500 taels of silver. If you want to redeem it within one year, you can follow the agreement between me and him; if you want to redeem it in the near future, you need 650 taels. After all The old and the children also rely on this to eat."

Thinking about what Tuo Bachen told her, the Mid-Autumn Festival is her 15th birthday, and now it is the fifth day of April, and more than four months should be enough for her to raise money.Yuan Shuyi thought about it, and categorically gave a salute to the shopkeeper and replied, "The old man took care of me, this junior is very grateful, but this junior wants to get the family heirloom from his best friend earlier, so how about this junior raising money to get it before the Mid-Autumn Festival?" ?”

"Of course." The shopkeeper reached an agreement with her, and said with emotion, "Unexpectedly, the young master and the young master are close friends who share weal and woe. There are not many people who value love and righteousness like this now."

Yuan Shuyi smiled slightly, but did not answer.

Really, there are not many people who value love and righteousness so much now.

When Tuobachen trotted to the cloth shop, his little face was flushed from the long-distance running, and there were many beads of sweat on his face, and she didn't care about the girl's home that her mother often taught her When you are about to arrive at the shop, you will shout inside, "Seventh Uncle, I'm here to exchange money!"

"Oh, good! Good! Good!" A gray-haired man who was also limping on crutches heard Tuobachen's still childish voice, repeatedly shouted "good", and walked slowly on crutches. Opened the curtain in the backyard and went into the shop in front, looking at Tuoba, who was flushed and sweating profusely, smiling lovingly, "Why is Chen'er in such a hurry today? I'm not afraid of falling." The abductor brought a wet towel from the sink next to the shop, handed it to Tuo Bachen and said, "Come and wipe it, your mother will say you again when she sees it."

Tuo Bachen stuck out his tongue, took the towel handed over by the man she called "Seventh Uncle", and slowly covered his face bit by bit, so as to cover her face full of shame.

In order to sell the embroidery, she had to lie to Uncle Qi, saying that these things were embroidered by her mother, and she just asked herself to bring them over to sell when she went to the market.And that Uncle Seven pityed that she was lame since she was a child, and he felt sorry for her, so he didn't care too much about the price. Whenever she wanted to sell embroidery samples, she would come here by herself, even the big brother who often helped her. I didn't know that I would sell embroidery samples to support myself.

"Chen'er, why are you so happy today?" Uncle Seven saw the unfading joy on her brows, and teased her, "Are you going to marry a wife? Remember to invite Uncle Seven to have a wedding wine when the date is fixed."

"Seventh Uncle, you are talking nonsense again." Tuo Bachen blushed, but she was not in the mood to chat too much with him, she hastily handed the things in the cloth bag she brought to Uncle Qi who treated her like her own child, and said, "Seventh Uncle You count, this is the embroidery pattern you asked for that day."

"Oh, good." Seventh Uncle carefully ordered the things she gave, and said with satisfaction, "Chen'er, your mother's skills have improved again. This time the things are better than last time. I will give you five taels of silver." .”

"No, no, no..." Tuo Bachen blushed and waved his hands again and again, "Seventh Uncle, take care of me... We have enough mother and child, I..."

"Stupid child," Uncle Qi patted her head, and said with a smile, "If your embroidery is not good, I can't give you so much money. Uncle Qi loves you, but Uncle Qi also has limits, don't worry." Well, you deserve the money. If you go to a slightly larger city, it will be more than this price. Silly boy, remember to ask your mother to make up for you when you go home, and see how thin you are .Here, I will give you the silver."

"En." Tuoba Chen obediently stood there and took the silver, bowed to Uncle Seven and thanked him, "Thank you Uncle Seven, I'm leaving first, my mother is still waiting for me at home."

"Hey, be careful on the mountain road."

"Understood." Tuo Bachen replied without turning his head while running on crutches.Her figure quickly turned black and smaller, and disappeared after a while.

"This child, is it true that he is going to marry a wife?" Uncle Qi looked at her receding back and said to himself, "I can't wrong this child, although he is lame, he is honest and hardworking. "As he spoke, he thought of something again, and sighed, "It's a crime!"

Tuoba Chen was out of breath, but still trotted to the Rouge Pollen shop, which was the favorite of the rich ladies on the street, ignoring the women in the shop pointing at him and laughing at him from time to time, Concentrating on looking left and right, I kept looking at the things of the girl who sold in the shop, and finally said to the middle-aged proprietress, "I want a bottle of hand oil."

The proprietress saw her shy appearance, handsome but thin body, and immediately understood that the young man in front of her was probably going to give something to her sweetheart. After thinking it over, she twisted her waist and recommended to Tuo Bachen, "Young master." Do you want to give something to the girl? I have all kinds of jewelry and rouge here, why don’t you choose one?”

"No need..." Tuoba Chen said shyly, "I won't choose, I'm afraid she won't like it."

"Oh, let's take this." The proprietress smiled and chose a blue jade phoenix for her, and said, "Girls generally like such things."

"En." Tuo Bachen looked at that Bu Yao, it was really beautiful, nodded and said, "I want this, and a bottle of hand oil.

"Oh, okay, young master, this is five taels of money..." After finishing speaking, the proprietress looked at Tuo Bachen's embarrassed expression, guessing that he didn't have so much money, and then said again. "This step shaker is indeed a bit expensive. In this case, I will give you the hand oil, how about it?"

"Okay." Tuobachen replied obediently, she happened to have six taels of silver.

When Tuobachen happily returned to Nanjiaomen to wait for Yuan Shuyi, Yuan Shuyi had already returned, leaning on the bullock cart and smiling at her, "Shall we go sell salt together?"