MTL - Rebirth 1983: Starting From Taking Back the Family Property-Chapter 37 mortgage

Chapter 37 Mortgage

Lu Jiajie supported Lu Jiaxin in selling clothes, and he also expressed his thoughts: "The third uncle treats Jiaxin like this because he is now raising Jiaxin, and he is sure that Jiaxin will bow to her. If Jiaxin does business, Once you make money and no longer rely on him, you may change your attitude.”

Lu Jiaguang also knew him well: "Do you think Jiaxin can make money selling clothes?"

 Because Lu Jiaxin had told her that she hoped he would not tell anyone about Su Heming for the time being. Lu Jiajie was still very loyal. He said, "Brother, Jiaxin is very considerate in her actions. She said that selling clothes must be carefully considered, and I don't think she will lose money."

Lu Jiaguang was silent for a moment and said: "Since she wants to do it, let her give it a try. If she makes money, the third uncle will not dare to treat her like before if he is worried about it. It doesn't matter if he loses money, just treat it as an experience, which will help him in the future." There are benefits too.”

 “Okay, I’ll tell her tomorrow.”

That night, Lu Jiajie told her about the matter, and at the same time told her that there was a **** shop in Liulichang: "I will go with you tomorrow. I asked someone to find out, mutton-fat jade jewelry is very valuable."

　　Knowing that he was worried, Lu Jiaxin did not refuse. In her previous life, she returned to China to visit the ancient capital, and she specifically inquired about this matter. It's a coincidence that because it was such a sensation at the time, people still remember it even after more than thirty years.

The man who sold ancient books, calligraphy and paintings was called Sun Xun. His ancestor had been the Minister of Rites, and later he also produced several Jinshi and Juren. However, with the fall of the previous dynasty and successive wars, the Sun family also declined. They had to buy the house before Sun Xun discovered the secret passage antiques. Otherwise, it would cost a huge amount of money for this gambler to find antiques. Secondly, the most important thing is that it would be very troublesome.

 The next day, Lu Jiajie took Lu Jiaxin and Xue Mao to Liulichang. As soon as I entered, I found that there were many stalls inside. These stalls sold a variety of things, including copperware, porcelain, jade, calligraphy and painting, etc.

Lu Jiaxin took a fancy to a warm, simple, bright and azure porcelain vase. She thought it would be nice to arrange flowers after buying it, so she went up to the boss and asked the price.

The stall owner saw her brightly dressed clothes and thought she was a girl from a rich family who wanted to pick up leaks. It was best to fool such a person: "Eight hundred."

Lu Jiajie was very worried. Just when he was about to say that many of the things here were fake, he remembered that Lu Jiaxin went out without any money. He swallowed the words that came to his lips.

Lu Jiaxin glanced at the stall owner speechlessly. Could it be that there were three characters written on her forehead: "Two yuan, if you sell it, take it away. If you don't sell it, forget it."

“Two yuan, little girl, are you kidding me? I’m..."

Lu Jiaxin was too lazy to listen to his nonsense, so she got up and left. She just wanted to buy a vase, but she didn't want to be slaughtered as a fat sheep.

Upon seeing this, the stall owner hurriedly stopped her: "Five yuan, take five yuan."

Xue Mao said with disdain: "You shouldn't eat or drink. Two pieces are too expensive for me."

Seeing her like this, the stall owner lost his patience and waved his hands with a touching look of disgust: "Two yuan, who are you kidding? I can't even come back. Let's go, let's go, hurry up."

Lu Jiaxin didn't care, and went into a shop with Xue Mao and Lu Jiajie.

This shop not only collects all kinds of old objects, but also pawns them, which can be redeemed as long as you pay interest within the specified time. If it's overdue, they can dispose of it, but if they haven't sold it and want to redeem it, they can, but the interest will be different. Simply put, the longer the overdue period, the higher the interest, sometimes even several times the amount pawned. After all, we are running a shop, not doing charity.

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up when he saw Lu Jiaxin taking out a set of mutton-fat jade jewelry, but was disappointed to hear that it was a pawn. However, he would not push out the business when it came to his door. He checked carefully to make sure that every piece of jewelry was genuine and intact.

After reading it, the shopkeeper asked: "Girl, how much money are you prepared to pay?"

 “Ten thousand.”

The shopkeeper shook his head and said: "This set of jewelry is not worth so much money. I will give you two thousand at most."

“This is a whole set of mutton-fat jade jewelry, costing two thousand, how can you sell it? My brother’s friend also said that your shop is honest, but now it seems that it is all fake.”

The shopkeeper was not angry, and said with a smile: "Girl, although mutton-fat jade jewelry is rare, yours is not worth ten thousand. I will give in one more step, three thousand, it can't be higher."

 The two haggled for a while, and finally the set of mutton-fat jade jewelry was pawned for 5,000 yuan. More than thirty years later, everything costs hundreds of thousands more. It’s just that jade is not popular now, and top-grade jade such as mutton-fat jade and imperial green cannot be sold at high prices. However, it is limited to the mainland, and it is still very popular in Hong Kong City.

Selling things to a port city is a fantasy for ordinary people, but to be able to open such a large pawnshop in a lively and prosperous area like Liulichang, how can the people behind the scenes be simple.

The shopkeeper looked at her deeply and said, "The little girl knows quite a lot. Okay, it's only five thousand, but can you make the decision? We run a shop and don't want to cause trouble."

Lu Jiaxin said: "Don't worry, I am the only one with the household registration now, and I can dispose of everything in the house."

The corner of Lu Jiajie's mouth twitched. Those who didn't know her would have thought she was an orphan without a father or a mother. But thinking about what his third uncle had done, he didn't try to make trouble.

 The shopkeeper asked him how long he had been pawning.

 “half a year.”

Pawn items can be redeemed in advance, but the interest on early redemption will still be calculated based on the current period. As for the interest, they deduct it directly from the amount pawned.

 The pawned amount of 5,000 yuan, after deducting the interest of 300 yuan for half a year, is 4,700 yuan. Lu Jiaxin was still very satisfied with this amount. As long as the shopkeeper has good eyesight and does not receive fake goods, it is a sure-profit business. However, such a high-profit business cannot be established here without sufficient background.

Lu Jiajie sent the two of them home and told them to close the doors and windows before returning and get ready to go back to work.

Lu Jiaxin lowered her voice and said, "Fifth brother, don't tell your elder brother about the jewelry, so as not to let him talk about me."

Lu Jiajie smiled and said: "This jewelry was given to you by others, and it was not left to you by my third aunt. It doesn't matter even if you don't have the money to redeem it."

The meaning of this is that he will not waste any time.

“How can I **** the things my mother left me?” Lu Jiaxin said. The gestures left by Mother Lu had different meanings, how could she have pawned them. Even if she believed that she could redeem the things before they expired, she would not do so.

Lu Jiajie also felt that she acted appropriately, so he helped her.

Xue Mao is a restless person. When he came back, he took off his clothes from the corridor and hung them in the courtyard to dry, and then started sweeping the floor. It's autumn now, and there are a lot of fallen leaves on the ground.

Lu Jiaxin sometimes feels that he is like the snail girl in the book, too diligent. She can't do it. She doesn't like doing housework the most.

After cleaning the yard, Xue Maocai asked about the business: "Sister, Brother Su said that he has closed down the business and will not sell anything until his father and brother come back. Then we want to sell clothes, where will we purchase them? ?”

Lu Jiaxin was afraid that he would leak the news, so she decided to tell him her plan a few days later: "If Su Heming doesn't do business, shouldn't his brothers do the same? He introduced him, and his friends should give him a preferential price."

Xue Mao found it a bit difficult. Mainly because Su Heming seemed unreliable, and the friends he made didn't seem reliable either. However, he thought he would lose money when setting up a food stall, but he ended up making a lot of money.

 “You cook first, and I’ll call my eldest brother.”

"good."

Lu Jiaxin did not call Lu Hongjun, but Su Heming: "Brother Su, I want to find a bodyguard with good character and a strict tongue. Do you have any recommendations?"

 “Why should I find a bodyguard?”

 Lu Jiaxin said that she was going to the ancient capital.

 “What to do in the ancient capital?”

Lu Jiaxin had already thought of the reason: "The traffickers haven't been caught yet. If we don't catch this person, I won't be able to sleep well at night."

　That old woman killed the original person, she must avenge the original person. Now that the law and order is being tightened, as long as this old woman is caught, the other party will definitely eat peanuts. It happened to take this opportunity to let Xue Mao buy Sun Shao's house. It was good to kill two birds with one stone.

Su Heming knew what happened to her and wanted to teach Ding Jing and her daughter a lesson. It's just that Lu Jiaxin didn't agree and wanted to take revenge himself, so he didn't go ahead and said: "Sister Jiaxin, I happen to be fine recently, so I'll go with you."

Lu Jiaxin didn't want him to accompany her, so the **** would be the center of attention wherever she went, which would not be conducive to her actions: "If you go, my uncle and the others will definitely think that you are my target, and they will beat you to death. Brother Su, if you Just forget it if you feel embarrassed."

 In fact, it would be safest to go to Lu Jiaguang, but with his temperament, he would definitely stop her from going to the human trafficker. It was also too tight to ask other people for help, so I had no choice but to ask him for help.

Su Heming said with a smile: "Look, look, you have already spoken, I will definitely help you. You are a reliable person and have a tight mouth, right? OK, I will give you an answer tomorrow."

Turning around, Su Heming told Mrs. Xie about the incident.

That night when Su Heming called, Xie Kaixiao happened to go to the nursing home to visit Mr. Xie and Mrs. Xie.

Mrs. Xie had already received the call and knew that he would come. When she saw the person, she walked over and took the briefcase from his hand. She said with a smile on her face: "The food has just been cooked. Please take a rest first. It will be ready soon." time to eat."

Xie Kaixiao unbuttoned the top button of his coat, sat down and asked, "Where's Dad?"

Mrs. Xie said: "Dad went to Uncle Zhang's place next door to play chess and had dinner at their house. Don't worry, Dad is in much better health now than before."

Xie Kaixiao naturally knows that after several years of recuperation, the old man's body is much better than before. It's just that the old man is the talisman of the family, so he has to ask every day.

Mrs. Xie chatted with him for a while, then changed the topic to Lu Jiaxin: "This child heard that the trafficker hadn't been caught yet, so she said she was going to the ancient capital to find the person. She just suffered the same loss as last time, and she was worried about talking to Xue Mao The two of us will be targeted by bad guys, so we ask Heming to help find someone to protect us."

 (End of this chapter)