C3 Wooden Stone Tablet

Mu Sheng's life at Xinglong Pawnshop was very quick. Gradually, Manager Liu did not let him learn anything other than money and debts. However, in the second half of the second year of the second year, he had already arranged for him to learn from Ding Chaofeng, who was in charge of four cabinets.

The fourth cabinet, "Chao Feng," was on the right side of the door. On the appraisal of the goods, it could only be considered as elementary. At most, it could appraise ordinary clothes and miscellaneous goods. High-level items had to be invited inside, but the four boxes needed to learn how to look around. One had to be good at hearing and observing words and expressions. They needed to be skilled in the industry's secret language and be able to understand all kinds of things. Speak when you see someone, speak when you see someone, speak nonsense when you see a ghost. What he learned was his experience in dealing with the world. No matter who enters the door, you have to quickly size them up. As if he was a rich and powerful official, he treated them with great hospitality. If they are scholars or a small family, their tone should be more polite. If one looked at the items, they would lead them to other cabinets as if they were of higher quality. However, if they were poor people, the value of the items would not be high. It would be directly handled by the cabinet, and the items that the cabinet could not determine would be handed over to the other cabinets. What Mu Sheng did was to follow Ding Chao's learning and sending skills.

As expected, the saying human relationships are cold, warm, and the world is cold was the best explanation in the pawnshop. In just half a year, Mu Sheng had seen the world's cold weather. The originally wealthy could not resist the torment of their unfilial descendants had been defeated. From the pawnshop to the honorifics of the young master to the young man who was cleaning up his belongings, he had been honored with the title of 'young master'. There were also those who didn't come from a good family and suddenly became rich and came to the pawnshop to search for treasures. Their titles changed from dog eggs and pillars to princes and lords. Mu Sheng had seen a lot of things. He also changed from shock, surprise, regret, and envy to being heartless.

At the end of the year, there was a child who was two or three years younger than Mu Sheng. He often ran into the pawnshop. At first, it was still some jewelry and other soft items that were pawned, but later on, it was slowly pawned for fur and silk clothing. Later, they even pawned cotton clothes. Because Mu Sheng was about the same age as a child, his family had pawned things because of poverty. Therefore, he took good care of him from time to time. After getting familiar with them, he learned about their family's situation. He was also a child with a poor life. His surname was Su, and his name was Su Hee. His ancestor was Yun Meng Ze from the south. He had followed his parents and moved to Salu City to settle down. His father travelled with the desert caravan three years ago. He said that he was going to the Paluo Country to do some business. He returned a year later, but who knew that there would be no news of him after a year. His mother's body had been weak to begin with, and she had fallen ill after a moment of tiredness from both inside and outside. This time, she lost her source of income. His mother had to spend money to treat her illness, and Su Hee could not do anything at such a young age. He could only rely on the pawnshop to pass his days, because Su Hee's father was a merchant with the desert merchant group. That was why he had a lot of money, but he could not afford to sell it like this. In less than half a year, the house was basically empty.

Su Hee only came to Xinglong Pawn Shop when it was close to dusk, but he didn't see anything in Su Hee's hand. Su Hee paced back and forth in front of the door for a long time. After hesitating for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and entered the pawnshop. He took a plate from his neck and handed it to Ding Chaofeng.

"I'll take this plate. "

Ding Chaofeng took the plate and looked at it. This plate was as long as an index finger. It was three fingers wide, and there was a hole at the top with a silk ribbon. It just so happened to be worn as a decoration. It was made of wood and stone. There was a metallic sound when it was knocked, and the wood texture on the surface of the cloth could be clearly seen. On the other side, there was a pattern that looked like a talisman, a word, and a painting. The four sides of the plate were smooth and there was no carving at all.

Ding Chaofeng and Mu Sheng looked at it for a long time, but still did not recognize it. Mu Sheng held the plate and asked it one by one. All the way until the front cabinet elder looked at the sign and weighed it in his hand. He casually handed it to Mu Sheng and said, "The decorative sign made of thousand year wood buried underground is not worth much. This thing must be in the capital. If you accept it, then so be it. Perhaps someone will covet it and buy it back. In our small Salu City, you can only take it back and rot it in your shop. It's not enough to transport it to Shangjing, so the price of it is far less than old clothes. Let's go back. "

Mu Sheng had no choice but to return the plate to Su Hee. He used the pawn shop's words to reply, "Your treasure is too valuable. I dare not accept it. "

Su Hee became anxious when he heard this. "Mr. Mu, I beg you. This plate was given to me by my father. He said it was passed down from his ancestors. It must be used as money. I found out that my mother was seriously ill and urgently needed medicine, so I beg you to pawn it for me. "

Mu Sheng saw Su Hee saying this and said helplessly, "Do you see anything else in the family that can be used? This brand, our shop will not accept it. Or you can go to another pawnshop and try it. "

Su Hee did not have time to thank him and left in a hurry. The shopkeeper looked at the sky and saw that it was not early. He ordered the door to close and store the shop. Mu Sheng hurriedly tidied up the counter, table, and cleaning. When he finished tidying up the shop, Su Hee came again.

"Mr. Mu. " Su Hee called out timidly.

Mu Sheng turned around and saw that it was Su Hee. He asked, "What is it?"

"There is indeed nothing to be a pawn in the family. This brand was not accepted by any other family. Do you think you can make an exception and sell it to me? " Su Hee looked at Mu Sheng with a hopeful gaze.

"I really can't. You know I am just a little apprentice worker in this pawnshop. If the officials say I can't accept them, then I can't accept them. "

"Then. . . Doesn't that mean my mom is going to lose medicine tonight?" Tears flowed out of Su Hee's eyes.

Mu Sheng's heart softened when he saw Su Hee like this. He couldn't help but think of the events that had happened in his family two years ago.

"How about this, wait a moment. " Mu Sheng put down the door and ran to the inner courtyard. He carried a string of money and handed it to Su Hee. "This is half a yuan. Take it back and buy medicine for your mother. Don't delay her condition. "

"This. . . Thank you so much. " Su Hee was stunned at first, then he was overjoyed. He bowed deeply to Mu Sheng and said, "Then I will bet this card on you first. " After saying that, he didn't allow Mu Sheng to push it away and shoved it into Mu Sheng's hand and ran away.

Mu Sheng saw that Su Hee couldn't catch up with him in time to run away. He glanced at the plate in his hand and put it in his bag. He closed the door and closed the shop.

Ding Xiangfeng shook his head and sighed when he saw Mu Sheng. "You are too soft-hearted. How much is your monthly salary? But it has always been. Spring has just passed. In the third year, the boss only gave you a monthly salary of less than two months, and you gave that kid half a month. Your family's conditions aren't very good. What are you trying to do!? "

"Master Ding's right to teach you a lesson. " Mu Sheng bowed his head and returned.

"Alright, next time remember not to be so kind. You must learn to be hard-hearted in the pawnshop. " Ding Chao gave a few words of advice and left.

Mu Sheng returned to the dormitory and took out the sign from his bag and hung it on his neck. It was not that he wanted to take the plate for himself, but he was afraid that he would put it away. He wouldn't be able to return it to Su Hee the next time he came. Although he had given Su Hee half a month's salary, Mu Sheng didn't feel any pity in his heart. He only felt a little heartache. After all, it was five hundred wens. It was enough to cover a month's worth of food expenses for his grandfather and younger brother. But thinking about it again, it might be able to help Su Hee's mother get better. Now he was happy again.

Mu Sheng thought about the next time Su Hee came, he would return the plate to him. But he had to wait. It had been a long time since he saw Su Hee. While he was buying groceries at the kitchen market, he accidentally heard that Su Hee's mother had died. Su Hee sold the house and buried his mother. He didn't know where she had gone. When Mu Sheng heard this news, he couldn't help but sigh. He felt that life was unpredictable.

In the third year, Mu Sheng was able to take charge and did his job well. Manager Liu kept praising Mu Sheng for being smart and studious.

In two days, it would be grandfather's birthday. Mu Sheng told Shopkeeper to take two days off to return to Qinghe Town to celebrate his grandfather's birthday. During the feast, he told his brothers and sisters his story at the pawnshop. Everyone listened with envy. After the meal, his brothers and sisters asked his brother to perform some judo for them as usual. However, Mu Sheng had not practiced for a long time as an apprentice in the pawnshop, so he was a lot more unfamiliar with it. After the performance, he could not help but sweat all over his body. He suggested that the brothers go swimming by the river.

The few children were happily playing around in the river, playing to their heart's content. When they were about to go home, they calmed down and quietly took a bath by the river.

"Eh? What kind of brand is this? Since it can still float in the water. " The uncle's second brother, Lin Cong, asked.

"Stupid. Of course, this is Brother Sheng's wooden plate. " The third son of his uncle's family, Lin Ming, didn't wait for Mu Sheng to reply. After he finished speaking, the few children laughed out loud.

Mu Sheng didn't laugh along with them. He couldn't help but have a question in his mind, Didn't Old Chao Feng say that this was a wood fossil? How could a stone float?