It was Bai Yi's first time out of the palace and he didn't know much about the outside world.
So he tried to find a tour guide, and the girl happened to show up.
"Hey, what's your name?" Bai Yi asked, letting go of his hand.
The girl didn't run, but she didn't react in any other way. She just continued to stare at him.
"You can't speak?"
Bai Yi asked, but the girl still didn't respond.
[It’s bad, you must be a fool, right?]
I felt a little bad, but still asked tentatively:
"Do you know where there is a pawn shop around here?"
When Bai Yi escaped, he deliberately took a few pieces of jewelry from Bai He's house in order to exchange them for money as start-up capital.
The girl responded this time, and she turned around and walked straight out of the alley.
Bai Yi hesitated a little, but still followed him out. Soon, the two of them came to the street.
Unlike before, there were already many more pedestrians on the streets at this time.
There are stalls and vendors everywhere on both sides, hawking and shouting hard, and it looks so prosperous.
Bai Yi followed the girl for a while, and during the process, everywhere the girl went smelled bad.
But the strange thing is that even though the passers-by smelled the stench, they frowned and looked puzzled after seeing the girl.
The scene was extremely strange, and Bai Yi couldn't understand it.
About ten minutes later, the girl walked into a deserted shop.
Bai Yi followed in and found that it was really a pawn shop, and its owner was a somewhat wealthy middle-aged man.
When he entered the house, he happened to see the shop owner looking at the girl with a frown. Seeing Bai Yi coming, he quickly changed his face to a smile and said:
"Hey, this lady, what do you want to sell?"
"Just treat it as a few things."
Bai Yi pinched his throat. If it weren't for the shop owner's words, he would have almost forgotten his identity as a crossdresser.
"Welcome, welcome, what do you want me to do?"
"Let's take a look and estimate the price."
As he said that, he took out a few pieces of jewelry from his pocket and handed them over.
The shop owner took it and his eyes suddenly lit up. However, he did not express his opinion immediately. Instead, he looked Bai Yi up and down more carefully and said:
"Miss, seeing that you are dressed in an extraordinary way, but you are so embarrassed, you must be a girl from a wealthy family. But the family has experienced changes and is now in decline, right?"
"The boss has a good eye."
"No, this is just scratching the surface. I wonder who the young lady is? Can you tell me? I have pretty good connections in this royal capital, so I can help you if I don't know."
"Thank you boss, but it's really inconvenient. Please understand."
"It's okay, it's okay. Since it's inconvenient, let's not talk about it. It's not a big deal."
Although Bai Yi was a little embarrassed, the store owner did not dare to neglect him at all, especially after seeing these pieces of jewelry.
Because in his eyes, Bai Yi was probably a member of the official family.
Although the family is in decline, the official connections are definitely still there.
And since I am just a businessman, it would be great if I could get in touch with officials.
It's just a pity that this lady doesn't seem to have that intention.
However, the shop owner did not intend to give up, so he saw him and said:
"Miss, I have seen all of your jewelry. They are all in good condition and are worth about 20 gold coins.
Well, for the sake of our fate, I will give you 30 and treat it as a friend.
And I will keep these pieces of jewelry in the store forever. If you want to redeem them in the future, you can come over at any time."
"This, how can this be so embarrassing?"
Bai Yi saw the boss's intention to please and immediately understood.
"Hey, it's my honor to be able to help you."
With that said, he pulled out the drawer, took another money bag, put 29 gold coins and 100 silver coins in front of Bai Yi, and offered it with both hands with a smile:
"Come on, there are thirty in total, can you count?"
"No, I believe you. Thank you boss. You have really helped me a lot. When my family gets through the difficulties, I will definitely visit you."
"Hey, where is it?"
The boss was already happy, after all, this was his real purpose.
——
"By the way, boss, do you know this kid?"
Bai Yi suddenly pointed at the little girl aside, but after hearing this, the boss's expression suddenly became confused and said:
"Child? Where are the children?"
"It's just this kid, can't you see?"
"Um...are you kidding me, Miss? I really didn't see the child, but I smelled a stench from just now...
Oh no, no, no, don’t get me wrong, miss, I’m not talking about you.”
He explained quickly, and his expression didn't look like he was lying.
Although Bai Yi didn't understand it, he quickly felt relieved when he thought that magic existed in this world.
He said:
"Hehe, just kidding."
Then he quickly left and returned to the street.
Looking back, the girl had followed him out, her pale face still dull.
Bai Yi hesitated and tried to walk for a while.
When he turned around, the girl was still following him.
And it attracted a lot of people's attention.
Like the passers-by in front of them, everyone frowned and looked at the girl, and then looked confused.
Until someone said: "Strange, what is so smelly?"
Bai Yicai was completely sure that no one could see the girl except himself.
People can only smell the girl's stench.
——
"Baozi, freshly baked buns~"
The shouts from the roadside vendors reminded Bai Yi of his promise to treat the girl to dinner.
The reason why the girl followed him was probably because she was letting herself fulfill her promise.
Bai Yi walked towards the bun shop and asked:
"How to sell it?"
"Two yuan each, how many do you want, Miss?"
"Two gold coins?"
"Miss, you are really good at joking. This bun is not made of gold, so how can it be sold at such a high price? Two copper coins, just two copper coins."
"Give me ten."
As he said this, he handed over a silver coin.
——
In this world, one gold coin is equal to 100 silver coins, and one silver coin is equal to one hundred copper coins.
The currency value of copper coins and Bai Yi in the original world is almost 1:1.
In other words, Bai Yi now has a huge sum of 300,000 yuan, which is enough to nourish himself for a long time.
——
Bai Yi asked the vendor to divide the buns into two bags, five on each side.
She handed the bun to the girl, who took it and ate it hungrily. She was very hungry.
This scene happened to be seen by the bun vendor, and his eyes widened with a look of disbelief.
"Little Miss, can you do magic?"
His attitude suddenly became respectful. After all, in the royal capital, those who knew magic were always officials.
"What did you see?" Bai Yi asked.
"That bag, that bag of buns is gone, it's gone suddenly."
"Gone?"
Bai Yi looked at the bun in the girl's hand suspiciously, took a dead leaf from the girl's hair, and said:
"What's this?"
"Tree, leaves, leaves. You really know how to do magic. How did you do this? Could it be some alchemy made out of nothing?"
The vendor opened his mouth wide and his expression was particularly exaggerated.