Volume 1 Chapter 042 Yang House
Look at the behavior of this dead woman, she has never done housework before . It goes without saying that she must be a daughter from a wealthy family!
Now I’m going to make a fortune!
But I didn't feel happy for long before I thought of a serious problem. This dead woman used to be rich, but now it has been a hundred years, and there have been wars and wars during this period, but it is not peaceful. Can her previous money still be saved until now?
Sure enough, Qingzi thought about it and said, "All my money back then was deposited in the bank, so it should be gone."
I was speechless, feeling extremely depressed, and could only concentrate on eating steak. After finishing the meal, I walked out of the restaurant with my head down, thinking about how to spend the remaining 5,000 yuan. Qingzi walked in front, her hair tied with a purple headband, wearing a light blue pleated dress, with flying sleeves, floating like a fairy.
Whenever I was at this time, I always missed my uncle. Although my uncle couldn't catch up with this woman in terms of appearance, but good looks can't be eaten! If my uncle was still here, why would I, a twelve-year-old kid, worry about my livelihood and grow old here?
I thought about it along the way and finally decided to rent a house to live in. With such little money, it would be impossible to continue traveling.
The place where we are now is a small town in the south. It has a large population, is surrounded by hills, has a well-developed water system in the city, and has a relatively pleasant climate, making it suitable for living.
I took some time to ask the uncles and aunts nearby. Wow, the rent is not cheap. It costs eight hundred or one thousand yuan to rent a one-bedroom apartment. I thought Qingzi would sleep in one room and I would sleep on the sofa in the living room. But even so, the five thousand yuan we have will not last long.
I was so absorbed in my thoughts that I didn't notice Qingzi in front of me suddenly stopped and almost bumped into me. She took off a bracelet from her wrist and threw it to me: "Pawn it."
I took it and saw that it was a black silver bracelet, the body of the bracelet was hollowed out and carved with intricate and ancient patterns, it seemed to be quite old. I had seen her wearing it often before, it must be something she loved. But since she had taken it out, of course I would not be polite, although I didn't know how much it was worth, but I would exchange it for as much as I could, could a silver bracelet be more important than eating?
There happened to be a pawn shop nearby, so I put the bracelet in my pocket and went there. The owner was a skinny old man in his sixties or seventies, wearing a pair of thick reading glasses. When he saw me coming, he waved his hand and said, "Little kid, go somewhere else. Don't block our business." He was like chasing away a fly.
I ignored him, took the bracelet out of my pocket, slammed it on the table, and said, "Pawn it for this!"
The old man looked at me suspiciously for several times, probably thinking that I was some naughty kid who stole something from home and pawned it. I was impatient and knocked on the case: "Are you still doing business?"
The old man then came over, adjusted his reading glasses, picked up the bracelet and looked at it in his hand.
"This thing is quite old, and the carving is also fine, but it's black silver, so it's not very valuable."
Although I am young, I have been in the business with Uncle San since I was a child, so I understand what he said. The old man was just talking about this to lower the price.
I don't know the price of this black silver, but since it's on that damn woman Qingzi's hand, it's definitely not a cheap item, so I said, "This is an antique, sir, please take a good look at it!"
The old man looked at it over and over for a long time, then shook his head and said, "Although this thing is a bit old, it can't be considered an antique. It's worth this much at most!" Then he stretched out five fingers to me.
I looked at it and didn't know whether he was pointing at 50,000 or 5,000, or even 500. So I just held up ten fingers and said, "My third uncle said it's worth at least this much. If it's less than this, I won't accept it."
Just as he was about to ask him to take it back, the old man quickly protected it, gritted his teeth, and said, "This is the amount! Do you want cash or bank transfer?"
I said I would pay in cash to save the trouble of going back and forth. The old man said okay, and asked me to sit in the store for a while while he prepared the money. I took the bracelet back and put it in my pocket, saying, "Hurry up, my third uncle is sitting next to me drinking tea, don't make him wait anxiously."
The old man found a clerk and went to work. I was sitting alone in the shop, and soon a clerk came to serve tea. I looked at him but didn't move. I watched a lot of TV in the village before, so I was afraid that this was a black shop. If I was not careful and got drugged, I would be in trouble.
After waiting for more than an hour, the old man came back hurriedly from outside with a black leather bag in his hand. He closed the door and said to me, "Boy, I got the goods." Then he put the bag on the table in front of me.
When I picked it up, I felt it was quite heavy. I opened it and saw that there were several thick stacks of brand new banknotes inside. Based on my experience in counting money, this bag must have at least 100,000 yuan.
The old man smiled and said , "One hundred thousand, no more, no less." Then he spread out his hands.
I stared at the bag of money with my eyes wide open. It took me a long time to realize that I had lost my composure, so I took the bracelet out of my pocket and handed it over. The old man immediately smiled and turned it over in his hand.
In such a short period of time, I actually got 100,000 yuan. This solved my urgent problem. My mood improved immediately. I chatted with the old man and found out that his surname was Qian, and he was called Old Man Qian. He had been running a time-honored brand in Tan City for decades.
I touched the heavy wallet and wondered what to do with the money. If I took it back directly, it would probably be squandered by Qingzi, the spendthrift woman, in no time. After a calculation, I asked old man Qian how much it would cost to buy a cheap house in Tancheng.
Old Man Qian was feeling the bracelet, and he seemed to be in a very good mood. He said with a smile, "Although this is a small place, the housing prices are not cheap. The cheap houses cost about 200,000 yuan. Why, your family wants to buy a house?"
"Haha, I just want to buy a house, so my third uncle forced me to sell the family heirloom." I said with a smile. After calculating, the money was not enough, so I asked, "Do you have a cheaper price?"
"Something cheaper..." Old Man Qian frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Then we can only look for those old houses. I know many people in Tancheng, so I can introduce some to you if you need any."
"That's a good feeling!"
After chatting for a while , I said that Uncle San was waiting next door and was getting anxious, so I picked up my bag and left. I deliberately went to the teahouse next door for a walk, and when I saw that no one was following me, I went back to find Qingzi.
I was very proud of selling a bracelet for 100,000 yuan. But Qingzi was still indifferent, neither happy nor unhappy. I closed the door, took the money out of my purse and counted it again, feeling relieved.
At that time, I was completely obsessed with those red banknotes and never thought that the bracelet I sold for 100,000 yuan would cause a bloody storm a few years later. Many people were implicated in it and lost their lives and property. Their souls were scattered and they would never be reborn.
Qingzi didn't object to my proposal to buy a house. I went to the bank to deposit the money first, and then I went to Qian Laotou's store again while the iron was hot.
The old man was stroking his goatee and drinking tea. After listening to my purpose, he smiled and said, "You are a very capable boy." He invited me to sit down and have some tea and snacks.
I had no interest in the bitter and astringent tea, but the red and green cakes whetted my appetite, so I picked up a few and ate them. The old man said, "Let's go and take a look?" I said yes, took a few cakes in my hand, and ate them while walking.
Old Man Qian asked the shop assistant to look after the store and led me out, walking west along the street.
"If you have any inconvenience at home in the future, feel free to come to the store to find me." Old Man Qian said as he walked.
When I heard this, of course I understood. This old guy had obviously tasted the sweetness and wanted to get something good from me. No wonder he was running around so diligently.
I said, "Of course, of course." I followed him all the way to the west of the city, turned a few alleys, and saw a group of old, low houses in front of me.
Old Man Qian said, "This is the old district of Tancheng. The houses here are quite old and the environment is not very good, but the advantage is that they are cheap."
I followed him in. The place was full of low houses, some of which were quite dilapidated. The alleys inside were narrow and densely packed like a spider web.
Old man Qian said that this old city is called Yongchang District. Although it looks dilapidated now, there was a large fur market here decades ago and it was very prosperous. But in recent years, for some reason, it has become increasingly dilapidated.
I followed him and turned around a few times, meeting some local residents from time to time on the way, but I became more and more frightened as I walked.
