"I'm afraid it's unlikely that you would like to work as a patrol ward officer."
"Why?"
"The body is not strong enough."
"Brother Xu, I have all the strength..."
"Just having strength is not enough."
“…”
Xu Siqi thought for a while and said, "Don't be discouraged. Go to the patrol room and register your name first. I will try my best to help you fight for it. As for the outcome, it depends on your luck."
"Thank you, Brother Xu." Wu Yanhui bowed.
Xu Siqi thought for a moment and asked, "What are you going to do if you don't become a patrol officer?"
"If you don't want to be a patrolman, do something else."
"Aren't you going back to Tianjin?"
"Go back as soon as you come here, and you won't let the villagers laugh to death..."
"You're new here, and it's not easy to get established."
"I heard people say that when Du Wenlong came to Shanghai, he was just a half-grown child who didn't understand anything."
"Mr. Du first arrived in Shanghai when he was only 14 years old."
"He can achieve great things at the age of 14, and I am already 18. He can do it, and I am not bad either..."
"Have ambition!" Xu Siqi praised.
Wu Yanhui said: "When I came here, my cousin also said that with Brother Xu's help, even if I can't make a lot of money, I can at least make a living."
Xu Siqi smiled and said: "This Wang Shen is worried that I won't help you. A tall hat arrived before anyone arrived."
Wu Yanhui chuckled.
Xu Siqi looked around and said, "Take your luggage and come with me."
"where to?"
"Rent a house."
"Rent a house?"
"Since you plan to stay in Shanghai, you can't stay in a hotel for a long time, right? Besides, hotels are too expensive. Renting can save at least half of the money."
"Where can I rent a house?"
"Warren Road. Oh, the rent there is cheap and it's very close to the Hongkou Police Station. It's very suitable for you."
Warren Road is a small alley, and by comparison, the rent is really not expensive.
Wu Yanhui knelt down and pulled out the rattan box from under the bed.
Xu Siqi glanced at it and said casually: "It's very dirty under the bed. Why don't you put the box in the cabinet?"
Wu Yanhui grinned and said: "I'm so sleepy that I can't wake up even if I scream. There is money in the box, and I'm afraid that thieves will come in in the middle of the night..."
As he spoke, he put the box on his shoulders and explained as he walked out: "The handle of the box is broken, so I can only carry it."
The Ford sedan was parked outside the hotel.
The two got in the car, and Wu Yanhui praised the car again.
Xu Siqi drove the car and said casually: "Is Sister Dongmei okay?"
Wu Yanhui said: "I haven't seen Sister Dongmei for a long time."
"Isn't she in Tianjin?"
"I don't know. Sister Dongmei is very busy. I went to Tianjin twice and never saw her."
"oh……"
About half an hour later, we arrived at Warren Road.
The car slowly stopped on the street.
On the left is Ying Bai Office, with a rental notice on the wall.
Xu Siqi thought for a while and stepped into the Hengji Pawn Shop on the first floor, followed by Wu Yanhui.
There is a Chinese character "Dang" written on the wall of the foyer.
The pawn shop's counter is the tallest among the 360 rows, about five or six feet above the ground.
The people at the counter are high above them, and customers are forced to stand on tiptoes and raise their heads to hold up the items to be pawned with both hands.
Xu Siqi took a look and saw that the boy at the counter looked unfamiliar. He was not the previous boy named Shunxi.
The size of the pawn shop can only be considered average, and it seems unlikely that it would employ two clerks.
"Should we accept the trick?" Xu Siqi asked.
Seeing that the customer was well-dressed, the waiter was also very polite and said: "I'll take it. What do you want?"
He speaks Mandarin with a northern Jiangsu accent.
This is definitely not Shunxi, the little guy from Peiping.
The so-called weird things actually refer to some weird and evil items, such as the funerary objects unearthed from ancient tombs.
Out of reverence for ghosts and gods, many pawn shops dare not accept such items.
Due to unknown origins, tricks often end up dead.
Dead pawn means that the customer neither redeems nor renews the pawn, and the collateral belongs to the pawnshop.
Because of this, many pawn shops specialize in collecting pawns.
Xu Siqi opened his briefcase, took out a jade pendant, held it in his palm, and said: "The jade pendant of Li Yu, the Empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Please bring it out to hold the eye."
"Wait a moment." The boy hurried into the inner hall.
He can't be the master of such a big business.
Wu Yanhui came over, looked at the jade pendant carefully for a while, and said, "Brother Xu, is this piece of jade valuable?"
There are tables and chairs for entertaining guests in the foyer.
Xu Siqi sat down and said, "Of course."
"Is it really Li Yu's object?" Wu Yanhui asked curiously.
Xu Siqi smiled slightly and whispered: "I don't know which dynasty the confiscated stolen goods are from."
“…”
"That's the beauty of being a patrolman."
"ah?"
"As the saying goes, you live off the mountain and live off the water. This kind of thing is very common, there is no need to make a fuss. Who would want to be a patrolman when they are living on their salary..."
Wu Yanhui nodded frequently, as if he had suddenly realized something.
Li Jian opened the curtain, and a vigorous old man came out.
He looked to be at least fifty years old, wearing a sapphire blue brocade gown, a melon cap, and a pair of round glasses on the bridge of his nose.
When Xu Siqi approached, the old man clasped his hands in fists and said politely: "What's your surname, sir?"
"My surname is Xu."
Xu Siqi stood still, still sitting on the chair.
The old man said: "My surname is Sun, and I am the great minister of Hengji..."
To Xu Siqi, Sun Dachaofeng was another new face.
The name of Hengji Pawnshop has not changed, but the people inside have basically changed. The original Dachaofeng Fourth Master Zhao and his young boy Shunxi have disappeared without a trace.
Sun Dachaofeng turned to the boy and said, "Alai, go make tea quickly."
The young boy Alai agreed and walked quickly into the inner room.
Xu Siqi handed over the jade pendant.
Sun Dachaofeng took out a magnifying glass from his pocket and looked at it carefully for more than ten minutes.
He shook his head slightly and said, "The quality is okay. But that's all."
As a pawn shop owner, in addition to possessing rich identification skills, he must also be ruthless and ruthless. No matter who he is facing, he will bargain with his heart at critical moments.
Xu Siqi smiled and said: "Five hundred yuan. Three months' redemption."
Sun Dachaofeng waved his hand repeatedly, placed the jade pendant gently on the table, and said: "Mr. Xu, I'm sorry for my poor eyesight, but I can't tell the origin of the jade pendant. Please ask elsewhere."
Xu Siqi sat still and said, "You make a price and I'll listen. If the price is right, I'll write the paperwork right away. If the price isn't right, I'll leave."
Sun Dachaofeng thought for a moment, stretched out four fingers in his sleeves, and said, "This is the maximum number."
"Four hundred dollars?"
"Forty dollars."
"Are you kidding Dachaofeng?"
"Sixty dollars."
Without saying a word, Xu Siqi picked up the jade pendant and stuffed it into his briefcase, got up and walked out.
Wu Yanhui also came out, followed Xu Siqi step by step, and said: "Brother Xu, the price is not right, let's try another one."
Xu Siqi said: "I just stopped by to inquire about the market. Let me help you find a house first..."