"I don't even know you, so why should I help you?" Xia Chen snappily said. Although he was bored, he wasn't bored to the point of helping a stranger. He wasn't that kind.
Xia Chen's answer was clearly out of the middle-aged man's expectations. Usually, when people heard someone asking for help, they would ask what was going on. However, Xia Chen didn't even ask and directly rejected him, so the middle-aged man couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
However, the middle-aged man quickly reacted. He obviously didn't want to give up just like that. He looked at Xia Chen with a pleading expression and continued, "Sir, I beg of you, my daughter is ill and is being treated in the hospital, but I don't have the money to pay the hospital fees. The hospital has already said that if I don't pay this afternoon, they won't treat my daughter anymore, and my daughter will die."
"What does your daughter's illness have to do with me?" Xia Zhi was a little impatient. "It's not like I made her sick."
"Sir, I know that my daughter's illness has nothing to do with you, but can you buy my precious bowl?" The middle-aged man took a porcelain bowl and handed it over to Xia Xia, "This is our family's ancestral treasure. Originally, the ancestors had stipulated that no matter what, we couldn't sell it. But in order to treat my daughter's illness, I really couldn't care less. Can you buy it? I'm really in a hurry to use the money. "
"Nope." However, Xia Chen flatly refused, then pointed to a place not far away, "Hey, if you really want to sell bowls, then go over there. Look at that beggar, he's missing a bowl."
There was indeed a beggar over there, and that beggar did not have a bowl. Occasionally, a kind-hearted person would give the beggar money, but they would just throw it on the ground, so it was true that the beggar lacked a bowl.
"Sir, do you not believe me?" The middle-aged man seemed to have his eyes on Xia Chen and refused to give up, "This bowl of mine is really a treasure bowl. I even took it to the TV station's treasure appraisal program and asked an expert to appraise it. Look, this is the appraisal certificate. Those experts all said that this is worth at least 250,000 yuan!"
"Who are you kidding? This broken bowl is worth 250,000 yuan?" Xia Zhi curled his lips, "No one wants 25 yuan."
"How can you say that?" The middle-aged man suddenly blushed and shouted angrily, "Even if you don't want to buy it, you can't insult my family heirloom like this!"
"I can say whatever I want, what does it have to do with you?" Xia Zhi was a little dissatisfied, "I said don't bother me, or else I'll beat you up!"
"You, why are you so unreasonable?" The middle-aged man looked extremely angry. "This is my family heirloom. If I wasn't in a hurry to treat my daughter's illness, why would I sell it? It's fine if you don't want to buy it, but why do you have to slander my family heirloom for being worthless? The experts at the Forbidden City said that my bowl is worth at least 250,000 yuan. If I take it to an auction, the price will be even higher! "
"Go sell it to whoever said it's worth 250,000. Why did you come to me?" Xia Chen was very unhappy, "I already said, don't bother me. You can lie to whoever you like, I don't have the heart to care about you!"
"You, you actually said that I'm lying?" The middle-aged man became even more angry, and then he shouted towards the surroundings, "You guys come and judge, is there anyone as unreasonable as him? My daughter is sick and about to die. I remember that I need money for my daughter's surgery, so I'm willing to sell my family heirloom bowl. It's fine if he doesn't buy it, but he even slandered me for lying. Does he think that I'm easy to bully from the countryside? "
When the middle-aged man shouted, a few people came over, and someone immediately helped him.
"Young man, this is where you're wrong. It's already pitiful enough that her daughter is sick, how can you say that about her?"
"That's right, it's not easy for people from the countryside to bully them."
"Sigh, the people in the city are getting more and more outrageous …"
"Come, come, let me see …"
In the end, someone took the middle-aged man's so-called treasure bowl and carefully observed it. Then, with a pleasantly surprised expression, he said, "Treasure, it's really a treasure …"
"I already said it's a treasure. The experts in the Forbidden City said it's worth 250,000 yuan. Look, there's even an appraisal certificate here!" The middle-aged man looked angry, "But he insists that I'm lying!"
"Bro, how about this, you sell it to me. I'll give you 300,000 yuan. How about it?" This man was in his thirties and was well-dressed.
"Good, good, of course. Sir, you're such a good person, such a good person. Thank you, you saved my daughter's life." The middle-aged man looked extremely excited.
"However, brother, I'm only here to see a friend today. I didn't bring any money. How about this, you wait for me here for a while, about half an hour. I'll go get the money now, how about it?" The well-dressed man said.
"Sure, no problem. Half an hour is half an hour." The middle-aged man agreed.
"Then I'll be leaving first. See you later." The well-dressed man quickly left in a hurry, looking very anxious.
Seeing that the deal had been made, the onlookers prepared to leave as well. The middle-aged man hugged the bowl as if he was holding a treasure.
At this moment, someone's cell phone rang. The middle-aged man took out his cell phone and answered the call. After saying a few words, he angrily shouted, "What? How could they do this? Didn't they say it was at night? "Alright, alright, I'll think of a way, I'll think of a way. Wait for me, I'll be right back!"
After hanging up the phone, the middle-aged man had an anxious look on his face as he paced back and forth. As he walked, he muttered, "How can this be? They actually want to chase my daughter out of the hospital. I already said that I would pay the money before tonight, but they just don't believe me.
"Can't you just wait for half an hour?" Someone beside him reminded him.
"But that damned hospital isn't willing to wait. They said that we already owe a lot of money, and if we don't pay, they'll chase us away. Why is the hospital like this now? They're not even willing to wait for half an hour. They just think that I'm stalling and that I, a farmer, don't have that much money!" The middle-aged man looked very angry and helpless. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he pulled the man who was very close to him. "Brother, please help me. I'll sell this bowl to you for two hundred thousand. I only need two hundred thousand. When you sell it later, you can make a hundred thousand. I'm really in urgent need of money!"
"This, brother, it's not that I don't want to help you, but I really don't have any money." The man who was being pulled felt rather helpless. He then turned to look at the others and said, "If any of you have money, then help him. In any case, you won't lose out. If you can help others, you can also earn money. Why not?"
"I don't have that much money either." A person followed up.
"I don't have it either!" Another person replied.
Everyone expressed that they didn't have any money. Only Xia Chen remained silent, as if he was watching a show.
"Little brother, you should be able to afford it, right?" The man who was being held back finally turned to Xia Zhi and asked.
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