Free Web NovelChapter 1208: Chapter 28: Debts of Joy (Part
The hairpin is made of rosewood, and the carving isn’t particularly exquisite; no one would buy such a hairpin.
The pawnshop would give at most ten copper coins.
This price truly shocked Princess Yinchuan, "Why is it only worth ten copper coins?"
"What else did you think it would be worth?" The pawnshop assistant was a bit displeased.
"How could it be worth less than a thousand taels?" Princess Yinchuan said.
Her father’s calligraphy and paintings, no matter how ugly, were worth that much.
A personally carved wooden hairpin was even more precious.
Unfortunately, the pawnshop assistant didn’t know the background of this wooden hairpin; even ten copper coins seemed too expensive to him, fearing the Shopkeeper’s reprimand.
He pondered how to change his mind, but then she demanded a thousand taels, so the assistant pointed at himself and asked, "Do I look like an idiot to you?"
Princess Yinchuan frowned.
Without saying anything, the pawnshop assistant angrily said, "You know I’m not stupid, yet you dare to ask exorbitantly; aren’t you leaving?!"
"Do you want me to call someone to throw you out?!"
A lousy wooden hairpin, yet asking for a thousand taels?
Do they think our pawnshop owner is foolish and has lots of money?!
Princess Yinchuan was pushed out of the pawnshop by the assistant; she only had this one valuable item on her, and she couldn’t possibly pawn her clothes.
She looked around.
Her stomach was growling with hunger.
She touched her hungry stomach and walked forward, not knowing what to do.
Su Yang couldn’t stop twitching his mouth.
He pulled out a gold ingot from his sack and threw it in front of her.
Princess Yinchuan saw the gold; her eyes lit up, and she quickly bent down to pick it up.
Finding money when in need couldn’t be better.
But after taking a few steps, she stopped again.
Her heart felt strange, uncomfortable.
She clutched the gold, went back a couple of steps, and tossed the gold back to where she picked it up.
"Whose gold fell?" She looked around and asked.
"Mine."
"It was my gold that fell."
A nearby woman heard this, immediately turned around.
She fumbled inside her clothing, bent down to pick up the gold, and gratefully said, "Young master, you are truly a good person."
After saying this, she quickly left.
Su Yang, "..."
What more could be said?
That was his own money.
Though all money looks the same, but...
Su Yang sighed.
Forget it.
Not taking what’s not yours is a virtue of Qingyun Mountain.
He probably should’ve smashed the gold against his forehead just now.
Leave it alone.
One should maintain personal integrity when poor and help others when successful.
If he has the ability to end up penniless, he should be able to find money to spend, surely not starve outside.
His stomach was hungry; he went to eat first.
Su Yang carried his sack up to the restaurant, ordered a table full of dishes, and added a jar of daughter’s red wine.
After he finished most of the meal, belching contentedly, he left the restaurant, ready to continue onward, when he saw Princess Yinchuan wandering the street.
She stood in front of a small stall selling buns, swallowed and said, "Can I... credit two meat buns?"
The lady boss laughed, "I see you are quite distinguished; surely you wouldn’t need to credit?"
"My money was snatched," Princess Yinchuan said, blushing.
"Really?" The lady boss chuckled.
Princess Yinchuan, seeing her laugh, furrowed her brows tightly.
She was already in such a state.
The lady boss, even if unsympathetic, didn’t have to laugh like that, right?
Before she could speak, the lady boss said first, "There have been plenty who claim money was robbed to credit buns, but none dressed as extravagantly as you."
"I’m just a small business, can’t earn much money; you’d better try another place."
Princess Yinchuan understood immediately the lady feared she’d default.
How could the noble Beimo Princess Yinchuan not repay for two meat buns?
Thinking of her status, reduced to credit buns, Princess Yinchuan fiercely cursed Su Yang.
If not for him, why would she have to flee the marriage?!
Su Yang’s nose itched, he sneezed.
He rubbed his nose watching Princess Yinchuan holding her stomach walking forward.
Lines of frustration kept falling from Su Yang’s forehead -
This might not be a journey of begging all the way to Nanlin Capital City?
Su Yang, "..."
Anyway, he’s not in a hurry to go to Nanlin Capital; he has never seen someone so weak, he decided to watch how she overcomes difficulties before moving on.
And also the sack—
Being weak to this extent, even carrying a sack is unsettling.
How does a man this weak have the audacity to go outside?
Why not quietly stay home and hit walls?
Hit a snag trying to credit buns, Princess Yinchuan couldn’t bear to try another place.
Without money and strength, she went to report the case to the government office, hoping the government would help retrieve her lost sack.
After all, local officials—
are supposed to redress grievances for the people.
Then—
Princess Yinchuan ended up in jail.
Princess Yinchuan, "..."
She hadn’t even met the County Magistrate; merely mentioned where and by whom her sack was robbed, Master had the government officials arrest her.
