The Fierce Farm Girl Has A Secret Space
Chapter 1125: Coral Bracelet (3)

Chapter 1125: Chapter 1125: Coral Bracelet (3)

Du Man stepped forward, took the bracelet, and handed it to Yang Ruxin.

Yang Ruxin examined the bracelet for a moment. Coral was valuable even in the future, let alone in an ancient time where diving technology was primitive. Thus, despite its modest size, the piece must be costly. However, Ruxin showed no expression and instead, with a disdainful curl of her lip, said, "Since it has come to this, it would be insensitive to refuse..." Speaking, she handed the item back to Du Man, "You go to the pawnshop in town, see how much they’ll loan on it, and when you return, we’ll convert it to an equivalent amount of silver..."

Du Man nodded and then turned to leave.

Dou Xuemei trembled with anger but had to suppress her outburst, tightly clutching her hands until the pain in her palm calmed her fury.

Du Man returned quickly, with a pawnshop valuation of one hundred taels for a "live pawn" and one hundred and twenty taels for a "dead pawn."

"Are we looking at a live pawn or a dead pawn?" Ruxin asked, arching her brow slightly. "A live pawn would barely cover the medical costs. I would still need to supply you with several doses of medicine, and we would have to settle food and lodging separately. If it’s a dead pawn, I won’t quibble. It should be just enough..."

Dou Xuemei silently bled two pounds of blood in her heart and could only offer a bitter smile. "Xuemei has nothing left to her name, so let’s go with a dead pawn..."

"Agreed," Yang Ruxin nodded. "Then, Miss Dou, please feel at ease while staying here." Having said that, she turned to walk away but halted after a couple of steps and glanced at Mei Ping, "Go ahead and get some food. As for medicine, go prepare it yourself in the kitchen. The pots for decocting herbal concoctions are free for you to borrow..."

"Thank you, Miss Yang," Mei Ping hurriedly said, offering her thanks with a bow.

Dou Xuemei also gave her thanks. There was no choice; one must bow their head under someone else’s roof.

Yang Ruxin took the bracelet to the Feng Family. "Aunt Feng, do you recognize this?"

Upon receiving the item, Feng’s eyes immediately reddened, "This belonged to madam..." She sighed, "This coral is quite rare. Originally, it was the Shu Family’s patriarch who acquired two strands from the south, giving one to the head madam and another to madam. Madam cherished it, often playing with it, but one time, she lost it. It was our young miss who found it, not minding the filth, crawling under the bed... Madam then gave the bracelet to the young miss..." She pointed to a bead on the bracelet, "This mark here is from when it was accidentally dropped and chipped..."

Yang Ruxin nodded. To be so crafty at just over four years of age was truly admirable.

Nonetheless, Dou Xuemei had ended up staying with the Yang Family.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Qian Er came with the transport team to deliver various goods from Beijing to the county shop. After setting the prices, the business officially opened on the tenth.

The county’s pancake and fruit stall would open at the same time.

Initially, Ruxin had wanted Guan Qingyue to help oversee the shop, but Aunt Feng reminded her it would be inconvenient for a girl to be there. Even with Liang Zi as the cook and the company of Qian Er, it would still be a situation of men and women alone together, which could tarnish her reputation. If anything were to happen, the Guan Family would be resentful.

Aunt Feng, after all, was a person of this era, seasoned and having seen much, having a clear understanding of many things, hence she had considered more. After being in contact for so long, she knew well the character of Yang Ruxin and would openly voice her concerns if she felt something was inappropriate.