Chapter 9: A Precious Mirror and Five Taels of Silver
But... this girl dares to threaten me at such a young age. The old man believes that he has eaten more salt than the little thing in front of him has eaten rice, so she is naturally not someone who can be scared.

In order to avoid being at a disadvantage due to his momentary caution, he decided to test it out again and said.

"Hmph, the owner of this pawnshop is not an ordinary noble, so he is not afraid of you. You can make a fuss, and this shop will accompany you to the end. But you little girl, if the situation becomes awkward, how will you end it? I am the dignified shopkeeper, and I am not afraid of my reputation for many years. But you are a little slave, and you have lost the face of the master and exposed the master's secrets. Do you think you can survive after that?"

"You!" This old guy is really old, cruel, vicious and poisonous.

The shopkeeper felt that he had hit Li Yaoguang's soft spot, and then his expression softened.

"Haha, little girl, don't be angry. I'm not that cruel. I'll leave a way out for you so that we can meet again in the future. I understand this principle! In this case, I'll take a step back. If I die, I'll give you five taels. This is the bottom line. Otherwise, I'll report to the police now, or wait for you to invite your master to come?"

This was definitely a naked threat, but she lacked the confidence and actually accepted it.

"Okay, you're so cruel! Five taels is five taels. I want four pieces of silver, each of which is one tael. And the other one tael can be exchanged for Tongbao coins."

"can."

Seeing that the other party responded happily, Li Yaoguang was worried and couldn't help but add a warning, "Shopkeeper, don't take advantage of my young age and give me fake goods. Otherwise, the worst that can happen is that both of us will be destroyed."

The old man at the counter raised his eyebrows, disdaining to cheat even for such a small amount of money. He just nodded, feeling that he had got a great deal, as if he didn't care about Li Yaoguang. He first carefully put away the mirror with a smile, and then counted the silver and money in the counter. Finally, he put the silver dimes and one hundred Tongbao coins that Li Yaoguang specifically asked for on the tray, raised his hand to grab a pen and dipped it in ink, then grabbed a piece of yellow paper on the counter and started to sketch. After writing a few strokes on the pawn ticket, he put it together with the silver and money, put the tray on the counter, and pushed it.

"Sir, please count."

Li Yaoguang hated his short legs and short stature. Looking at this inhumane counter, he finally understood why the counter of this damn pawnshop was so high. It seemed that they were just being high-handed and bullying the customers openly.

As long as you get through the door, even if you encounter unfair treatment and don't want to be a value anymore, you will not be able to get your things back for a while and can only be at the mercy of others. Look, she is a living example.

Li Yaoguang glared hatefully at the guy who was guarding the gate behind him and trying hard not to look around. He originally wanted to ask him to get it for him, but when he thought of the mask the man had worn before, Li Yaoguang didn't trust him and was afraid of being bullied again.

To be on the safe side, she glanced at the armchairs on both sides of the desk under the plaque in the main hall. She immediately walked over, dragged one over and brought it to the counter, placing it in front of her. Li Yaoguang climbed up, stood on the chair and tiptoed, finally reaching the counter.

Li Yaoguang leaned forward and began to count the money. What she didn't notice was that the two people in front of her and behind her couldn't help but twitch their eyelids and mouths when they saw her action. They really didn't expect Li Yaoguang to do such a thing, which was quite embarrassing.

He checked the money carefully according to his memory. Not sure about the weight, Li Yaoguang asked the shopkeeper for the scale on his counter. He observed the scale and the small scale to make sure that nothing had been done. Then he weighed the silver in his hand one by one to make sure that every silver dime was in full, and not a penny more. Only then did Li Yaoguang feel relieved.

As for the other one hundred Tongbao coins, there is an explanation for this.

After the unification of the Dajing Dynasty, the second successor unified the currency. The powerful and wealthy still used gold, silver and silver notes for transactions, but ordinary people rarely saw gold and silver, and the most commonly used coins were copper coins.

Dajing copper coins were divided into two types for the convenience of carrying. One was the lowest denomination copper coin, with a value of one cent, round outside and square inside, hollow in the middle, light in weight, and one thousand of them equaled one liang. The other was one size larger than the copper coin, solid in the middle, and printed with Dajing Tongbao. One of these coins was equivalent to ten copper coins, and one hundred equaled one liang.
Li Yaoguang counted and checked the hundred-yuan bills one by one, with a look of distrust at all, which made the shopkeeper's eyelids twitch.

Not only that, after confirming that the silver and big coins were safe, Li Yaoguang pulled the silver and a string of hundred-dollar bills in front of herself, protected them with her small hands, and pointed to the shelf behind the counter where many pawned items were placed.

"I have nothing to put this much money in. Give me a cloth bag."

"Hiss!" The shopkeeper's hand couldn't help but tremble, and he looked at Li Yaoguang in disbelief, "Also, you want a cloth bag?" How can this person be pawnshop for his master? He must be a poor bastard!
I have to say, this old man is telling the truth. Li Yaoguang was very confident, and raised his neck, "Yes, I want it, otherwise how can I carry the money? What if I lose my money on the way? Will you accompany me?"

"You! You little girl are being unreasonable! You can't be reasonable!"

"Haha, can I be as unreasonable as you? Well, you have tricked me into giving you a mirror, be content. I don't know how to explain to my master when I get back. Why, I spared you a cloth bag and still took advantage of you?"

No matter how thick-skinned he was, he was speechless after being silenced by the iron-headed Li Yaoguang. The shopkeeper took a deep breath and secretly comforted himself that he had already gotten a great bargain and made a fortune today. He could just give her the small torn pocket as a gift to fill her medicine.

After thinking about it, the old man felt relieved. He gritted his teeth and agreed. He turned around and went to the shelf at the back to pick and choose. He didn't find a cloth bag, so he finally found an old bag that was used to pawn something and gave it to Li Yaoguang.

"I don't have a cloth bag, I just have this bag. Do you want it?"

Li Yaoguang naturally wanted it, without any disgust. Although the bag was a bit old, it was not torn, so it was still a good thing.

Li Yaoguang spread out the bundle, piled the big coins on it, tied the bundle tightly, put the silver coins in the secret pocket of his chest, then glanced at the torn pawn ticket on the tray, without any intention of taking it. He jumped off the armchair, threw the bundle over his shoulder, snorted at the shabby shop and the people, then turned and left.

The shopkeeper was so angry at Li Yaoguang's attitude that he fell backwards and couldn't help laughing. The waiter at the door saw that Li Yaoguang was rolling his eyes at him, and he couldn't help but spit at Li Yaoguang's back as he left.

"Bah! Why are you so proud? I've seen many servants like Yangzi. What do you mean by pawning for the master? Bah! I'm afraid he must have stolen his master's things and pawned them secretly!" Otherwise, why didn't Yangzi dare to say anything after his shopkeeper tested him just now? "Bah! Dog servant!"

"Okay, Shuangxi, don't haggle with a little girl. You have done a great job today. Since you have performed well, I, the shopkeeper, have decided to reward you with two taels of silver."

The clerk was venting his anger when he turned around and saw his boss coming out of the counter and saying a lot to him.

Seeing the other party's skinny hand with age spots patting his shoulder, he, who had worked in this pawnshop for five years, knew everything and nodded and bowed in response.

"Thank you for the reward, shopkeeper. Thank you for the reward, shopkeeper. I will definitely listen to you, do my job well, and do my best."

"Hahaha, very good, very good. This shopkeeper likes sensible guys the most."

"Yes, yes, the shopkeeper is wise."

"Well, Shuangxi, what about today?"

"Today? What do you mean today?" The waiter scratched his head, looking at the old man, and said, "Boss, today is just like usual, nothing happened, right?"

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, "Hahahaha, yes, yes, yes, Shuangxi, you're great, I'm optimistic about you."

The clerk named Shuangxi just watched his powerful old shopkeeper slap him hard on the shoulder, then leisurely walked behind the counter, lightly collected the pawn tickets that someone didn't want on the tray on the counter, and tore them up one by one.

Then, when Shuangxi was taking inventory and clearing the warehouse the next morning, he found that on the shelf corresponding to the number of the pawn ticket on the counter, there was a palm-sized worn-out bronze mirror lying there...

(End of this chapter)