Hearing the old courtier’s words, Yuan Dongjia frowned.
The pawnshop had its own place for storing things, even the things that were replaced were kept there, just in different places.
“What’s going on?”
The old courtier gestured for him to go to one side before he whispered, “Miss came in a few days ago and asked me what I had to offer, so I brought out the jade bracelets, and Miss took them away immediately as soon as she spotted them.”
“Send someone to the house to get it for her.”
The old courtier answered yes, and was just about to instruct the fellows to go, when Master Yuan ordered again, “Go yourself, and if she is unwilling to give it, you bring her here.”
Old Chaofeng again answered, lifted the hem of his coat and went out of the door of the pawnshop.
“Someone, serve tea!”
Yuan Dongjia ordered, and arched his hand to Wei the shopkeeper and Song Si, “A few of you sit down and have a cup of tea first, the jade bracelet will be brought over later.”
“Thank you, Mr. Yuan.”
Boss Wei also arched his hand in thanks, and then said to Song Wan Yue and Song Si, “Miss Song, Mr. Song, have a seat.”
The few people sat down, and the fellow also brought a few plates of treats for guests and placed them in front of Song Wangyue.
Boss Yuan looked at her several times as if unintentionally, and something flashed in his eyes, which he concealed by serving tea, his right hand picking up the tea lid and gently fiddling with the tea leaves floating on it.
“Boss Wei, your young master is not very old, is he?”
“Yes, just turned nine years old this year.”
Boss Wei’s face did not change as he lied.
Yuan Dongjia was surprised, “So young?”
“Yes, our master has several daughters above him, and the young master is his oldest son.”
Yuan Dongjia understood and said with a smile, “No wonder your young master has a temper, so it is because your lord spoils him.”
The shopkeeper nodded after him, “Yes, our young master has always been a man of his word, as long as everything is not to his liking, he will immediately start a fight.”
Yuan Dongjia laughed loudly, “It’s the same, my youngest son is the same.”
He then raised his tealight again, “Have some tea, have some tea.”
……
Two quarters of an hour later, the old courtier returned in a carriage, and when it stopped, he got down from the front board and waited by the carriage while the maid opened the curtain and helped a woman of fifteen or sixteen down from it.
At a glance, Song Wan Yue saw that the bracelet the woman wore on her wrist was the one she had pawned.
Naturally, Mr. Wei also saw it and frowned slightly, then returned to his normal self.
“Father ……”
Yuan Min walked inside the pawnshop and asked directly, “Did you tell him to ask me for the bracelet?”
Naturally, Yuan Dongjia also saw the bracelet she was wearing on her wrist and secretly glared at the old courtier.
The old courtier was wronged by the glare, he went and gave the young lady a good talking to, but she just wouldn’t take it off.
“This bracelet belongs to the young lady, it is not yet out of date, it is Old Chaofeng’s mistake, take it off.”
Old Chaofeng had just told her what had happened, saying that it was the tavern’s owner, Wei, who had personally intervened.
It was just a tavern owner, Yuan Min hadn’t put him in her eyes.
“I don’t, this bracelet is mine once it’s on my hand.”
She would come to the pawnshop every now and then, and if there was something good, she would take it away, and this had been the case for many years.
“Nonsense!”
Yuan Dongjia put the tealight down heavily on the table, “I’ve told you, this is a mistake by the old courtier, take it off now!”
Yuan Min had just worn this bracelet for a few days, and it was very rare, so how could she be willing to take it off?
“If they don’t want to, just give them some more silver.”
Yuan was furious and ordered her two maids, “You two, take the bracelet off for her.”
“Who dares?”
The two maids were just about to make a move when Yuan Min gave them a fierce glare from one to the other, and the two maids were so frightened that they immediately dared not move.
Yuan Min looked at Song Wan Yue, her eyes were filled with disdain, “Say, how much do you want for this bracelet?”
“I don’t want it for any amount of money, please also return the bracelet to me, Miss Yuan.”
“Look at your clothes, you are just country people, you don’t know where you stole such a good bracelet from, this lady wears it just to help you cover up, since you have hired someone, then I will give you another two hundred taels of silver, take it and go quickly!”
“Shut up!”
Seeing that Wei’s face had sunk, Yuan scolded, “This is a betrothal gift from the young proprietor of Yue Hak Loi to Miss Song, why don’t you take it off quickly!”
“A betrothal gift?”
Yuan Min sniffed and lifted her wrist to look at it.
“I say how this jade bracelet is of such good colour.”
“Take it off quickly.”
Yuan Min dropped her hand instead, “Even if it’s a betrothal gift, she’s a country girl, she’s always digging in the dirt, it’s a pity to wear the bracelet on her hand, it’s better for me to wear it. Father, give her another thousand taels of silver and let her go buy one.”
“Nonsense!”
Yuan Dongjia was simply furious and scolded the two maids, “What are you still standing there for? Quickly take the bracelet off for me.”
The two maids dared not disobey again and went forward, one grabbing Yuan Min’s hand and jerking the bracelet with the other.
“It’s against you!”
Yuan Min slapped one of the maids across the face and gave the other a slap with her backhand, taking advantage of their pain to withdraw her hand and glaring angrily at Yuan Dongjia.
“Father, do you really want to return this bracelet to them?”
“Nonsense!”
Yuan Dongjia slapped the table heavily, “I told you, this jade bracelet was a mistake by the old courtier ……”
Yuan Min did not believe it, only knew that her beloved thing was going to be snatched away, her head was hot, raised her hand towards the table and knocked it hard, gritting her teeth and saying.
“Okay, since I’m not allowed to wear it, then no one should wear it!”
And then, with a snap!
The bracelet knocked heavily on the tabletop and was instantly knocked into several pieces and scattered on the table.
Shopkeeper Wei rose to his feet with a start.
Yuan Dongjia and Old Chaofeng did not expect her to do this and froze for a moment before reacting, without saying a word, Yuan Dongjia raised his hand and slapped her.
Yuan Min was dumbfounded by the blow and covered her face as she stared at him blankly.
As Yuan Dongjia was about to hit again, the old Chaofeng also reacted and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, “Dongyi, don’t be angry, dongyi, don’t be angry.”
“You actually hit me over a bracelet?”
Yuan Min, who had also been spoilt since childhood and had never received a single finger, covered her face and asked incredulously.
Yuan Dongjia was so angry that smoke rose from the top of his head, “I’ll beat you to death today!”
Yuan Min suddenly stretched out her hand and frantically pulled all the broken pieces of bracelets on the table onto the floor, and then crushed them with her foot, hating to crush them all into pieces.
All this happened so fast that it was already too late for the old courtier to stop him when he reacted and watched the jade bracelets turn into pieces.
Yuan Dongjia almost fainted from anger.
Boss Wei’s face sank, “Yuan Dongjia, you really have taught your daughter well, stepping on our young master’s face all to the ground.”
