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Chapter 24 Lamb Kebabs

My mother told me that it cost ten taels of silver when I bought it, but after so many years, the shop would definitely not be willing to accept it at the original price. Luo Ziya thought she could sell it for five taels of silver.

But the pawnshop I went to only offered a maximum of one or two taels of silver. The clerk said that this was the rule for pawnshops and it was up to you to pawn things.

Only here, the shopkeeper spoke politely, without any arrogance, and was willing to pay such a high price for her hairpin.

Thinking of this, Luo Ziya looked at Shen You with gratitude.

"Thank you, shopkeeper. I will return the remaining silver to you when I return to my grandparents' home!"

Shen You reminded: "You may not be able to come into this shop next time, so think carefully, the things I collect in my shop cannot be redeemed."

Hearing this, Luo Ziya was stunned. She didn't understand what it meant that she might not be able to come in next time.

She looked at the hairpin in her hand with reluctance, but finally put it on the tray and nodded solemnly.

This is not a pawnshop, so it is reasonable that we cannot redeem it.

Presumably, her mother would not blame her. The widower's previous wife was beaten to death. If she had not run away, she would have died too.

Her grandfather was a doctor and owned a pharmacy. He often provided free medical services and was somewhat well-known in the local area. She wanted to study medicine from him so that she could survive there.

Shen You exchanged ten taels of silver from the fifty taels in the cash register system.

They are all Da Qi currency, so there is no handling fee.

A silver ingot would be too conspicuous, so she changed it into loose change and gave it to the other party.

Luo Ziya walked out of the shop with the silver, and looked back, but could not find the door and the particularly beautiful shop.

She quickly opened her purse to make sure the silver was still there.

So this was what the girl meant. Luo Ziya stood on the street for a long time before she came to her senses.

Have I met an immortal?
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Shen You got up at 11 o'clock in the morning. Half of the water purification tablets he ordered had been delivered, and the rest were said to arrive around seven in the afternoon.

She paid half of the money immediately after receiving the goods, and now the items are piled in the garage.

Since I got the garage ready, it has become very convenient to receive goods.

There is no need to move the goods through the main gate to the shop and worry about the things inside getting bumped. You can just open the rolling door of the side garage and unload the goods quickly.

The shop renovation is also entering the final stages and is almost complete, with only some solid wood shelves to be installed and decorations to be placed.

For complex furniture, such as beds, she would look for merchants that provide installation services. For simpler items, she would look for source manufacturers that definitely did not include installation services in order to save money.

It’s not cheap to hire someone to do it, and it’s enough to have a good meal, so Shen You went out and bought a screwdriver and did it himself according to the video.

It was all done in one afternoon. She just put on some fake antiques and real handicrafts that she found online, and that was it!
Li Heng and Zhong Jing came in exhausted to pay the balance.

Then there was a box full of goodies, including red sandalwood and agarwood, as well as porcelain fired in official kilns, jade hairpins and jade carvings.

There was another thing she couldn't move on from when she saw it in the museum.

The Tang Dynasty silver hollow incense ball can be hung around the waist. No matter how you turn it, the contents will not fall out. The exquisite patterns add fragrance with every step. Who wouldn’t want one after seeing it?
The inkstone that Li Heng brought was also made of Hetian jade, with three-dimensional tree branch patterns carved on the entire piece of jade. The brush came as a set, and if they were sold together, they could be worth over one million.

And she only spent more than 300 yuan on those two solar lights.

There are also Zhong Jing's paintings, which would be at the master level even in modern times, and would cost at least hundreds of thousands if hung in exhibitions.

"Half of the water purification tablets you ordered haven't arrived yet. They should be here soon." Shen You looked at the time. "How about you come back later? I can prepare some food for you to take back."

"Is it the barbecue we had last time?" Li Heng's eyes brightened.

"It's different from last time. It's baked." Shen You said with a smile.

Barbecue takeout is suitable for sitting down and eating slowly. There is no electricity in Da Qi, so it is quite troublesome to take the barbecued meat out.

She planned to go to a barbecue restaurant near her home.

"How much is the food?" Li Heng asked. He was the crown prince of Da Qi after all, and he couldn't eat other girls' food for free.

Shen You waved her hand generously, "No need, what you brought is enough for a few meals."

With such a huge profit margin, it doesn’t make sense to ask big customers to pay for a meal.

"Is the gold ingot I brought last time enough to buy so many water purification tablets?" Li Heng asked again.

Shen You nodded, "That's enough."

Not long after Li Heng and his companion went out with the solar lamps, another batch of water purification tablets arrived.

Shen You is now very efficient in her work of receiving and counting goods. After the work is done and the money is paid, she grabs her cell phone and goes straight to the barbecue restaurant.

In fact, she herself wanted to eat the grilled lamb kebabs from this restaurant, so she arranged some for the customers as well.

"Boss, 40 skewers of lamb and beef."

Shen You stood in front of the freezer, took some other skewers and put them in the basket, and ordered a dozen grilled oysters and two large servings of fried rice noodles.

She came early and the shop had just opened, so she didn't have to wait in line.

There are not many milk tea shops nearby, so it is cheaper to order takeout. I estimate the time it will take me to get home and order the takeout in advance so that I can pick it up when I get home.

When packing up, Shen You specifically asked the boss to divide it into several portions. She wanted the normal spicy one, and the rest had the slightly spicy one.

She found a few biodegradable paper bags left over from previous ordering at home and packed the food into the bags. The food for the VIP guests was ready.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Li Heng and his friends arrived.

The other half of the water purification tablet was transferred over, and then two paper bags were given to them.

"This one is for you and Liu Zheng." Shen You said to Zhong Jing.

"Thank you, Manager Shen!"

Zhong Jing looked at the plastic bag inside the paper bag. Even if it was tightly packed, it couldn't cover up the strong smell of spices.

He finally understood why His Highness, who had never shown any preference for food, couldn't stop thinking about milk tea after returning that day.

He and Liu Zheng both thought the food made by the chef tasted good, but His Highness said it was different.

Just the smell makes me hungry. The food here is really unique!
"By the way, my shop is accessible from your capital. It is located in Qingshi Lane below Hongguang Temple outside the north gate. It opens every three days."

The business value is enough to open another entrance to [Da Qi].

Shen You chose the capital without hesitation. She was very interested in the real living style of the ancients, even though it was not a dynasty that existed in modern history.

Moreover, big customers will definitely not stay in Yunzhou. They will choose Beijing as there are more opportunities to make money.

"That's great." Li Heng nodded with a smile.

He was originally thinking that he might not have so many opportunities to come to the shop in the future, but he didn't expect that it would be possible in the capital.

In this way, it will be much easier to meet Manager Shen in the future.

After the two customers left, Shen You closed the shop and went upstairs to eat skewers on the desk.

By the way, I bought the tools to repair the hairpin online.

Li Heng and Zhong Jing left the alley and took a carriage to the government office. On the way, they smelled the fragrance wafting from the bag and felt that the carriage was driving particularly slowly today.

I want to go back quickly to try these foods.

They all looked like they were skewered with bamboo sticks, which was really not elegant to eat in a carriage.

This can only be said to be in ancient times. In modern times, let alone eating in the car, even if you wear slippers and shorts and eat on the side of the road, it is no problem.

The carriage finally arrived, and the guard driving it was puzzled. Why did His Highness and Mr. Zhong leave in such a hurry? Did something serious happen that required them to go back and discuss?
(End of this chapter)