After burning incense, Ge Hong and Yu Tie drove the carriage to Ganquan County Yamenwai.
Ge Hong stepped forward and explained his purpose to the yamen officer on duty, and the yamen officer went in to make the announcement.
After a while, Xiaohuan came out.
"Uncle Ge, you are here..." Xiaohuan greeted with a smile.
Ge Hong smiled back and said politely: "Sorry, Miss Xiaohuan, we are late."
Xiaohuan shook his head and said: "It's not too late, Uncle Ge, please come with me..."
After Xiaohuan finished speaking, he asked them to drive to the side door at the back.
As soon as they arrived at the side door, Situ Jing opened the door and walked out.
Ge Hong and Yu Tie hurriedly saluted and greeted Situ Jing.
Then, Ge Hong wanted to return the carriage to Situ Jing and asked her where to park it.
But Situ Jing shook his head and said: "Uncle Ge, let's park the carriage at the inn where you are staying. I have something to do for a while. When the matter is finished, how about I go to the inn to find you?"
"Parked at the inn?" Ge Hong was a little confused, but he had not yet expected that Situ Jing had any intention of giving the carriage to him.
Situ Jing smiled and said casually: "Uncle Ge, it's like this. I just found out that the handyman in charge of the carriage was not in the government office today. I heard that he took a leave because of something at home, so I thought
, can you please ask Uncle Ge to take care of you for one more day..."
"So that's it... What's the difficulty? Don't worry, Miss Situ, we will definitely take good care of the carriage."
Ge Hong agreed immediately without thinking too much, and then drove away with Yu Tie.
After Ge Hong and the two men drove away in the carriage, Situ Jing said to Xiao Huan: "Go and get the things quickly."
"Yes." Xiaohuan nodded and ran into the government office through the side door. After a while, she came out carrying a gray bundle.
Wrapped in this gray baggage was Situ Jing's jewelry box, which contained the jewelry she had selected to pawn last night.
"Miss, are we really going to take all this seriously?" After a night, Xiaohuan was still reluctant to let go.
Situ Jing was tired of hearing these words, so she didn't even look back. She stretched out her hand and held the gray bundle in her arms, saying, "Let's go find the pawn shop!"
Situ Jing led Xiaohuan away from the vicinity of the government office first, and then began to ask passers-by if there were any big pawn shops in Ganquan County.
Situ Jing thought about it and found a reputable and powerful pawn shop, so that he would definitely get more money.
Xiaohuan asked passers-by for a while, then ran back to Situ Jing and said, "Miss, they said there is a big pawnshop not far away, it seems to be called Hengli Pawnshop."
"Hengli Pawnshop..." Situ Jing muttered the name in a low voice and said to Xiaohuan: "Okay, let's go to this Hengli Pawnshop first and ask..."
After that, the master and the servant walked away while inquiring about the location of Hengli's pawn shop.
After walking for more than a quarter of an hour, the two women finally saw the flag of "Hengli Pawnshop".
"Miss, look, it's over there!" Xiaohuan pointed at the flag and shouted.
Situ Jing didn't want to be too showy, so he immediately pressed her arm down and frowned, "Why are you so surprised!"
Xiaohuan immediately shrank his head and secretly stuck out his tongue.
Situ Jing and Xiao Huan came to a stop in front of the pawn shop. They found that Hengli Pawn Shop was actually higher than the adjacent buildings on the left and right. Other shops only had two or three steps to enter the store, but there were six or seven steps in front of Hengli Pawn Shop.
The steps are the most conspicuous among the buildings in this area.
Xiaohuan looked around and whispered: "Miss, look at this area, Hengli Pawnshop has the most steps..."
Situ Jing nodded slightly, then walked up the steps with the bundle in his arms. When they arrived at the door of the pawn shop, they discovered that the threshold of Hengli Pawn Shop was almost as high as their knees.
Xiaohuan couldn't help but complained: "Is it necessary to set such a high threshold..."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Situ Jing didn't want the people in the pawn shop to hear what he said and cause any unpleasantness.
With Xiaohuan's help, Situ Jing crossed the high threshold and entered the pawn shop.
After entering the door, there is a row of large screens in front of them. This screen blocks everything in the pawn shop, and almost nothing can be seen inside. However, the two fortune-seeking boys on the screen are carrying a huge gold ingot, which is lifelike!
The two women walked around the screen and walked in. They instantly felt that the space in front of them became wider. Probably because of the morning, there was no customer in the pawn shop hall except for two guys who were wiping tables and chairs.
In front of Situ Jing was a row of long counters that were higher than his head, giving people an uncomfortable sense of oppression. When he looked up, he saw that the roof of the store was also very high, but the surrounding windows were set high and small, so the light was inevitably a bit dim.
On a wall behind the tall counter, there is a huge word "Dang", which almost takes up the entire wall. There are also some red notes on the surrounding walls, which read:
"Lost tickets cannot be redeemed without an intermediary..."
"Insect-eaten and rat-eaten, everyone has to wait for fate..."
"The anniversary of antique jade is full..."
"The magic gun costumes are not appropriate at all..."
Situ Jing and Xiao Huan stood in front of the screen like this for a while, but the pawn shop clerk showed no intention of coming over to greet them, and just let them look at them casually.
"Miss, why is no one greeting us?" Xiaohuan asked quietly.
Situ Jing frowned and shook her head, because it was her first time to come to a pawn shop and she didn't know the reason.
In fact, there are quite a lot of rules for pawnshops. The six or seven steps and the knee-high threshold in front of Hengli Pawnshop, on the one hand, imply that the threshold of his house is high, and on the other hand, they prevent the shop from being damaged when the water rises.
Flooded.
There is also a huge screen at the entrance, not only to prevent outsiders from seeing what is going on inside the pawn shop, but also to prevent acquaintances from seeing the embarrassment of the people who come to pawn.
The counter of the pawn shop is deliberately made so high that an average-sized person standing in front of the counter cannot see the items on the counter. This is to create a sense of awe among pawnbrokers and prevent them from competing with the pawn shop for price.
Finally, there are the pawn shop clerks. They usually don't take the initiative to ask people who come in what they want to pawn, so as not to scare away some thin-skinned strangers, so they just ignore the people who come in and wait for a while.
After a while, some customers got over the mental struggle, and most of them would take the initiative to ask at the counter.
But by then, the situation of these customers will have already been seen by the shopkeepers or court officials, and they will press the prices of the customers even harder!
Situ Jing found someone at the counter, and vaguely felt that the person was secretly observing her and Xiaohuan...
After hesitating for a moment, Situ Jing finally found the courage, walked to the counter with the bag in her arms, raised her head and said, "Shopkeeper, I want to pawn something..."
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