Ma Zongze patted his chest: "Well, I'll pawn my whole body to you!"
Xu You smiled: "Mr. Ma, since you are a young master, it is not appropriate for you to work under me."
Ma Zongze said: "Can't you give me some money?"
Xu You asked: "Do you really want it?"
Ma Zongze said: "Isn't this nonsense? Miss Ruyi is still waiting for me."
Xu You said: "If you really want money, you can exchange it for Yang Shou."
Ma Zongze was happy when he heard this: "Boss Xu, you can't take away this Yang Shou even if I give it to you."
Xu You said: "Then don't worry about it. If you agree, I will give you some silver."
Ma Zongze waved his hand: "Yes, I can live to be ninety-nine, and I will give you twenty years in exchange for two hundred taels of silver!"
Xu You asked: "Master Ma, are you serious about what you said?"
Ma Zongze couldn’t wait: “Take it seriously!”
Xu You immediately brought two hundred taels of silver and said, "Mr. Ma, keep it!"
Ma Zongze only thought that Xu You was just using it as an excuse and didn't take it seriously, so he took the money and left.
Xu You looked out the door and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
When Ma Zongze got rich, he went straight to Qingzhixie.
The bustard sister came out and put her hand on Ma Zongze's shoulder: "Oh, Mr. Ma is here again!"
Ma Zongze couldn't wait: "Where is Miss Ruyi?"
The bustard sister said: "Miss Ruyi is waiting for the young master, and she has lost weight!"
Ma Zongze took the banknote and said, "Miss Ruyi, here I come!"
The bustard took Ma Zongze upstairs and entered a fragrance room. He saw the beauty Su Ruyi lying on her side on the bed and said softly: "Master Ma is here. I miss you so hard!"
The bustard sister said: "Serve Mr. Ma well!"
Ma Zongze couldn't wait and pushed the bustard sister out and closed the door.
Su Ruyi said: "Master Ma, didn't you tell me last time that you would never come again?"
Ma Zongze chuckled: "Boss Xu of the pawn shop is crazy, so he gave me two hundred taels of silver for free."
Su Ruyi curled her lips: "How could Boss Xu give you money for free?"
Ma Zongze said indifferently: "He said he would exchange my life for twenty years."
Su Ruyi was stunned: "Yang Shou?"
Ma Zongze sneered: "I said I could live to ninety-nine, so why not give him twenty years."
Su Ruyi said: "Master, why would you do this to me, a prostitute like me?"
Ma Zongze said: "As long as I can see Miss Ruyi, I am willing to die!" After saying that, he rushed forward, his eyes darkened, and he died in Su Ruyi's arms.
Su Ruyi called out: "Mr. Ma?" Ma Zongze didn't respond. Su Ruyi turned over his head and looked at him, only to realize that he was dead and screamed.
Two men died every year in Qing Zhixie. They were not surprised and no one held them accountable. Only Su Ruyi was a little frightened.
A few days later, in the morning, a young girl came to Xu Ji's pawn shop.
Xu You asked: "What does the girl want to be?"
The girl's name was Yang Liying. She hesitated and took off the silver bracelet on her wrist.
Xu You took it, weighed it, weighed it with a small scale, and said, "Look, girl, this is two taels of silver."
Yang Liying was greatly disappointed: "Only two taels?"
Xu Youdao: "How much can a bracelet weigh?"
Yang Liying asked: "How much is that worth?"
Xu You smiled: "Isn't two taels of silver just two taels of silver?"
Yang Liying bit her lips and was about to shed tears: "But my father's treatment costs two hundred taels..."
Xu You said: "Oh, you use the money to treat your father's illness."
Yang Liying nodded: "My father has pneumonia and is asking for money for medicine."
Xu You said: "If this is the case, the girl can pawn something."
Yang Liying took a step back: "What?"
Xu You said: "Yangshou."
Yang Liying stared and opened her mouth: "Ah?"
Xu You said: "Ten years of life, in exchange for a hundred taels, you are still young, but in exchange for your father living a few more years."
Yang Liying asked: "How to change?"
Xu Youdao: "You just take the money and leave."
Yang Liying hesitated for a moment and said, "I want two hundred taels."
Xu You took out the banknote and said, "Keep it, girl."
Yang Liying took the money, left the pawn shop, went straight to the drug store, bought medicine for her father, Yang Ye, and took it home.
Yang Ye suffered from lung disease and had been lying in bed for more than half a month.
Yang Liying came in happily: "Dad, I bought you medicine. The doctor said that you will be completely cured after five doses of medicine."
Yang Ye raised his head with difficulty and spoke in a murmur: "Where did you get the money to buy medicine?"
Yang Liying said: "Just leave it alone, Dad, just take the medicine and rest in peace."
Yang Liying prepared the medicine, sat down by the bed, and fed Yang Ye to eat it one bite at a time.
Yang Ye asked: "Daughter, tell dad, where did you get the money to buy medicine?"
Yang Liying said: "Dad, don't worry, my daughter has many solutions."
Yang Ye shut up and refused to take the medicine: "Dad is worried."
Yang Liying said: "I pawned the bracelet my mother gave me."
Yang Ye asked: "How much money was pawned?"
Yang Liying said: "Two hundred taels."
Yang Ye said: "Is that bracelet worth two hundred taels? Ying'er, tell dad the truth."
Yang Liying could only say: "The boss said that I can be a Yang Shou."
Yang Ye stared: "What?"
Yang Liying said: "Ten years of life can be exchanged for one hundred taels of silver."
Yang Ye shook his head after hearing this: "Yinger, you are confused! I am already so old, what will happen if I die, you are so young."
Yang Liying said: "Dad, how long can I live and let others take it?"
Yang Ye said: "Then they must have a way, otherwise could they give you two hundred taels of silver for no reason?"
Yang Liying said: "It's okay, Dad, I'm young anyway."
Yang Ye said: "Young? A few days ago, Ma Zongze from Yulin Lane left the pawnshop and died in Qingzhixie within an hour. How old was he?"
Yang Liying was frightened after hearing Sisi and said: "Then what should I do?"
Yang Ye said: "Go to Yulou Mountain tomorrow and ask the Taoist on the mountain. Don't take this matter seriously."
Yang Liying nodded and said nothing.
On the morning of the next day, Yang Liying fed Yang Ye medicine and left the city to Yulou Mountain.
Lin Xiaodong came to greet him: "Who are you looking for, girl?"
Yang Liying said: "I'm looking for a Taoist priest."
Lin Xiaodong said: "It's just me, the girl invites you."
The two went to the hall, and Lin Xiaodong asked: "What do you call the girl?"
Yang Liying said: "My name is Yang Liying, and my home is in Jicheng."
Lin Xiaodong nodded: "What happened to Miss Yang?"
Yang Liying said: "I gave my twenty years of life to the pawn shop."
Lin Xiaodong was stunned and blinked: "Then what does Miss Yang mean by looking for me?"
Yang Liying said: "A few days ago, there was a man in the city who also went to a pawn shop. He died within an hour of coming out. I want to know if I was really taken to Yangshou and whether I will die."
Lin Xiaodong asked: "Which pawn shop did you pawn in?"
Yang Liying said: "Xu Ji Pawn Shop, the person before died after leaving his house."
Lin Xiaodong asked: "What's the use of pawning the silver?" Yang Liying said: "My father is sick and needs the silver to buy medicine."