Jiujiu could understand Li Shuan's guilt.
Li Shuan was a man born and raised in ancient times, so it was normal for him to favor boys over girls. It was already very rare for him to not be willing to marry her off casually under such circumstances.
Jiujiu turned her head away to avoid looking at Li Shuan's guilty face. She said, "Let's first exchange this bean for money and find a place to stay."
After hearing Jiujiu's reminder, Li Shuan immediately reacted and nodded in response. He turned around to pack the luggage with Lian Shi.
Whether it was Wang Shi or Wang Gui, they both thought that by threatening to chase out Jiujiu's family, Jiujiu would definitely give in. However, they never expected that when Jiujiu said she wanted to leave, her family really left.
Without any reluctance, they picked up the ragged cloth bags and left without looking back. From Li Shuan's eyes when they left, they could tell that they would definitely not come back.
Wang Gui and Wang Shi were instantly stunned when the matter that they thought was in the bag suddenly changed. Especially Wang Shi. She quickly stepped forward and grabbed Jiujiu's arm. She acted as if she was thinking for Jiujiu and said, "Xiang 'er, I was just joking with you. What are you doing?"
In response to Wang Shi's joke, Jiujiu simply chuckled.
Hearing Jiujiu's cold laugh, Wang Shi's expression froze. She instantly had a bad premonition in her heart.
Because they had already fallen out, Jiujiu directly shook off Wang Shi's hand that was holding her arm. She glanced at Wang Shi and walked behind Li Shuan.
Seeing Jiujiu walk behind him, Li Shuan immediately reached out to protect Jiujiu. Even though his waist was still sore and weak, he protected Jiujiu with his body like a mother hen protecting her chicks. He said with an ugly expression, "We have troubled you for so many days, and we feel guilty. Now that we have found a new place to stay, we will go over now."
Li Shuan was an honest person, but it did not mean that honest people were easily deceived. At least, Li Shuan was not the kind of person who would be easily deceived. Therefore, after saying that he was leaving, he left with Jiujiu and Lian Shi without looking back.
Looking at the backs of Jiujiu's family of three, especially the obviously small and tattered clothes on Lian Shi that looked like a girl's clothes, Wang Shi clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, "They don't have any money at all. They will come back to seek refuge with us sooner or later. I think they just came out to scare us. Husband, don't be anxious."
Hearing Wang Shi's advice, Wang Gui's frown immediately eased a little. He pursed his lips and said, "What if Li Shuan really doesn't come back?"
Although Wang Gui and Li Shuan's wife were siblings, their relationship was not very good. Especially after Li Shuan's wife married Li Shuan, their two families did not have much contact. Therefore, Wang Gui's impression of Li Shuan was still that of an honest man.
Moreover, from Li Shuan's appearance just now, it was obvious that he did not intend to come back. Wang Gui did not care at all whether Li Shuan would come back or not. What he cared about was the one hundred taels of silver that Wang Shi's younger brother had promised them.
If they had this one hundred taels of silver, they would definitely be able to build a relationship with the examiner this time. When he thought about how his son would be able to get the set of questions that the examiner had promised and pass the examination, Wang Gui's lifeless eyes could not help but light up.
Wang Shi had been Wang Gui's wife for so many years. She did not know what Wang Gui was thinking, but because she knew, she reached out and put her hand on the back of Wang Gui's hand. She smiled faintly and said, "Husband, don't worry. They will definitely come back."
When he heard Wang Shi say that Jiujiu and Lian Shi would definitely come back, Wang Gui revealed a smile. He patted the back of Wang Shi's hand and said, "Then about the marriage, I'll need you to talk to your younger brother."
"Husband, don't worry."
Wang Gui and Wang Shi exchanged glances before they walked into the house.
Jiujiu and Li Shuan were originally penniless. Even the golden bean was taken out by Jiujiu from her space. If the three of them wanted to find a place to stay, they naturally needed money.
However, Li Shuan was a dull person and Lianshi was too young to hide things on the surface. No matter which one of them went to the pawnshop to exchange for the golden bean, they would be skinned alive by the old foxes inside.
Jiujiu directly used the excuse that she had picked up the golden bean and asked Li Shuan and Lianshi to wait for her at the same place. She went to exchange for the golden bean alone.
When Jiujiu went to the pawnshop, she had already asked Bai Ze to pretend to be someone who wanted to pawn something and walk around in the pawnshop.
The moment Jiujiu went in, she said that she wanted to pawn something and took out the golden bean.
The moment he saw the golden bean in Jiujiu's hand, the eyes of the pawnshop steward, who didn't want to pay much attention to Jiujiu, instantly lit up.
Jiujiu's golden bean looked ordinary and mediocre, but the patterns on it were extremely rare. Therefore, not only could she sell it for the price of one golden bean, she could also make more money.
The pawnshop steward saw that Jiujiu's skin was more tender and directly quoted a price.
This price was exactly the price of Jiujiu's golden bean. The steward raised his eyelids and glanced at Jiujiu lightly. He said indifferently, "Miss, don't think that the price is too low. You have to know that this bean is only worth this much if it is exchanged for silver. I can't give you any more."
It was clearly the steward who had taken advantage of her, but from his mouth, it sounded like Jiujiu had taken advantage of him.
Jiujiu understood and pinched the bean in her palm. She looked at the steward in annoyance and said, "I don't want to pawn this bean anymore."
Jiujiu turned and left after she finished speaking. The steward had thought that this little girl Jiujiu would immediately give him the bean after hearing the money he had mentioned. He didn't think that Jiujiu would directly say that she didn't want it. After being stunned for a moment, he subconsciously wanted to ask Jiujiu to stay. However, at this moment, Bai Ze, who had been watching from the side, suddenly said, "Fifty taels. I want it."
Hearing Bai Ze say fifty taels, the steward's eyes instantly widened. He looked at Bai Ze with a gaze that said 'this fellow is stupid and has a lot of money.'
Although Jiujiu's bean was exquisite, it couldn't be sold for fifty taels at most.
The steward originally wanted to open his mouth to remind Bai Ze, but after seeing Jiujiu's exquisite side profile, he instantly shut his mouth.
He reckoned that the young master had taken a fancy to this little girl and wanted to use this golden bean to curry favor.
Thinking of this, the steward returned to his previous attitude of not paying attention to what was happening outside. His unfathomable attitude looked incomparably pretentious.
Although to Jiujiu, fifty taels wasn't much, to Li Shuan, five taels was a lot, not to mention fifty taels. Therefore, Jiujiu directly brought Bai Ze over and had Bai Ze give the money to Li Shuan.
Sure enough, when he heard Jiujiu say that Bai Ze used fifty taels to buy the golden bean, Li Shuan was so shocked that he was stunned for a long time. After a long time, his arm shook as he said, "Xiang-er, you said, you said that the bean was sold for fifty taels?"
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