C28 He Made It Worth Forty Taels of Silver

Ning Silian touched the half jade pendant in her bosom, feigning unwillingness. "May I ask if your shopkeeper is here?" I want to talk to him. "

The shop assistant paused for a moment before understanding. "Okay, please wait a moment. I'll call the storekeeper right away," he said with a smile.

Seeing that the shop assistant was so easy to talk to, Ning Silian's heart slightly relaxed as she quietly sized up the pawnshop. Although it looked simple from the outside, the things inside were all different, ranging from pots, pans, pots, and paintings to Chinese calligraphy and everything.

The curtain at the back was pulled back, revealing a middle-aged man with a long beard, looking rather scholarly. He had long since heard from the shop assistant that there was a young lady who wanted to see the shopkeeper. When he saw her in person, a flash of surprise appeared on his face, followed by an extremely strange smile.

Ning Silian felt a little guilty from being stared at, but she pretended to be calm on the surface and stood up to bow to him.

"I heard that you want to see me?" The head storekeeper sat at the top and waved his hand to get the waiter to leave.

Ning Silian didn't beat around the bush with him. Seeing that there was no one else in the room, she took out the jade pendant and said, "Please take a look, shopkeeper!"

The shopkeeper stretched out his hand to receive the jade pendant. It was round and smooth, a top-grade congealed jade. However, he frowned and asked, "This is for you, little lady?"

Ning Silian sat upright and had already thought of an excuse. "Yes, it was originally meant to be a marriage engagement. Due to the downfall of her family, she was forced to pawn it."

The shopkeeper took a closer look. This pair of fish pendant was quite suitable for betrothal items. It was just that this was supposed to be a piece, so why was there only half of it?

"Young lady, what about the other half of the jade?"

Ning Silian's heart thumped as she spoke with a trace of sadness on her face. "The other half is in the marriage engagement's husband's family. However, he has a magnanimous career ahead of him. I'm afraid he looks down on us siblings."

The shopkeeper understood in his heart and could not help but feel sympathy for Ning Silian. However, business was business, so he placed the jade pendant on the table and stroked his beard, "Young lady, what do you want to do?"

Ning Silian had already made up her mind, but she did not express it. She looked at the shopkeeper and asked, "Shopkeeper, can you tell me your kind heart?"

The tall-hat made the shopkeeper's heart feel like it was being pressed. He said, "Being dead is worth more silver taels, but I'm afraid I can't redeem this jade pendant. It's a bit less silver, but as long as you give me the ransom at the set time, I can still give it back to you."

When Ning Silian heard this, the shopkeeper told her exactly what Ji Ruchang said. She pondered for a moment and said, "storekeeper, I want to work."

"Oh?" This surprised him. Since the marriage had already gone bad, why didn't he want to die?

"This jade pendant is my betrothed. Although he is heartless towards me, I cannot refuse. I must return this jade pendant to him." Ning Silian said word by word.

"Alright, since this little lady has the backbone, then how much does this little lady want to be?" The shopkeeper touched the jade pendant and already knew in his heart that this jade pendant was worth more than three hundred taels.

"Shopkeeper, please name a price. As long as you can give me more time, I will be able to redeem it!" Ning Silian lowered her head and said in a low voice.

"Forty silver taels for an equal ransom for half a year. How about it?" It wasn't that he was unscrupulous, but it was just that doing business in the Imperial City was not easy.

Ning Silian was overjoyed when she heard this. It was ten taels more than what Ji Ruchang said. However, she pretended to be disappointed and sighed, "In that case, many thanks, shopkeeper. When I have the money in the future, I will come to redeem it."

Seeing this, the shopkeeper was overjoyed. He immediately got up and called the shop assistant over to get the silver and the contract.