diskusbooks Chapter 291 Wild Ginseng
Chapter 291 Wild Ginseng
Gu Wenxuan looked back and saw two men walking into the street. The one walking in front was an old acquaintance.
He looked and recognized the person behind him. It turned out that he knew both of them.
It turns out that the Chinese character in the front is Li Erdan, whom I met when I went into the tunnel, and the one in the back is Chen Xiaoer.
But they are from Hebei Province, so how come they came here?
Chen Xiaoer and Li Erdan seemed not to notice Gu Wenxuan and the other man wearing sunglasses standing next to them.
Li Erdan put a bag of things on the counter: "Boss, please take a look at how much my wild ginseng is worth!"
The shopkeeper then raised his head and pulled the cloth bag in. He opened the bag in front of them, and inside the bag appeared a ginseng as thick as a child's arm!
The pawnshop owner was shocked at this, as such a big ginseng must be at least 500 years old. This was the first time he had seen such a big ginseng since he started working in the pawnshop.
The pawnshop owner suddenly went offline. I'm afraid these two people must have hit their heads. Such a rare ginseng was actually pawned in their pawnshop.
Doesn't he know that if he takes this ginseng to one of those big Chinese medicine shops, it will fetch a sky-high price?
At least it would be half the price at the pawn shop compared to the herbal medicine shop. Who are these two people? Are they here to cause trouble or are they really fools?
Gu Wenxuan had already sensed the spiritual energy contained in the ginseng. He was very curious, where did Li Erdan and Chen Xiaoer get such a big wild ginseng? This was a rare treasure that only appeared once in a thousand years.
The pawnshop owner asked Li Erdan tentatively, "Boss, how much do you want to pawn your ginseng for?"
Li Erdan and Chen Xiaoer were both from the Central Plains and had rarely seen this kind of ginseng. They only knew that ginseng was relatively expensive.
He really didn't know how expensive it was. Besides, they collected this ginseng accidentally in the mountains!
"Shopkeeper, we got hold of this wild ginseng accidentally, and I don't know how much it is worth.
Anyway, you can't charge us too cheaply. We are just passing through here and urgently need money. How about you give us 500 taels of silver!"
500 taels of silver. Gu Wenxuan almost fell to the ground when he heard it. 500 taels of gold is about the same.
He could tell that this wild ginseng was definitely thousands of years old, but these two people were outsiders. They only recognized it as ginseng and did not know how to collect it, so they stepped on many of the roots and broke them!
As soon as the pawnshop owner heard the two men's bids, he knew they were amateurs. However, in order to keep them in check, he was afraid that if he agreed too quickly, they would go back on their word. After all, it was a business! He had to make a counteroffer, at least a little lower, so he said:
"Boss, I think your ginseng is not wild, it is probably cultivated artificially.
So I'll give you 400 taels of silver, what do you think?"
When Li Ertan heard that 400 taels of silver was beyond his psychological price, he asked for 500 taels of silver, thinking that the pawnshop owner would at least return him 300 taels of silver. Unexpectedly, he immediately agreed to 400 taels of silver.
Chen Xiaoer was smarter. Seeing the pawnshop owner trying hard to suppress a smile on his face, he knew that they might have asked for too low a price, so he quickly grabbed Li Erdan's hand.
"Erdan, how about we look for another one? They actually said ours are not wild ones. It seems like they don't know the value of the goods!"
Li Erdan was a little hesitant, not knowing whether to agree or not.
When the pawnshop manager saw that they were trying to run away with the goods, he quickly stepped out from the counter and stopped them.
"Please sit down and have some tea. Business is done through bargaining. If you think it's too cheap, I can give you another 50 yuan!"
Even Tan Tai Ming Yue knew when she saw such a big ginseng that it was definitely not worth 500 taels of silver. She said to Gu Wen Xuan:
"Brother-in-law, these two people are obviously amateurs. They want to sell such good ginseng for only 500 taels of silver.
Brother-in-law, aren't you buying precious Chinese medicinal materials? Why don't you go buy them from me?"
Gu Wenxuan said with some embarrassment: "Of course this ginseng is a rare treasure. I estimate it is worth more than 500 taels of gold. But they are talking about business, it seems bad for us to butt in, right?"
When Tantai Lengyue heard that this wild ginseng was worth more than 500 taels of gold, he was immediately attracted.
She doesn't care whether they are doing business or not. Anyway, you haven't made any deal, so what's the point of me interfering?
Besides, we even robbed banks, so what if we robbed a little business? Thinking of this, she didn't care whether her brother-in-law agreed or not and rushed over.
"Hey, brothers, I bought your ginseng. I'll give you 1000 taels of silver!"
When the three people who were thinking about doing business heard the price, they all looked up and saw that it was a young girl.
The pawnshop owner was immediately furious: "Little girl, are you being reasonable? We are doing business, why are you butting in?"
Li Erdan and Chen Xiaoer looked at each other, and immediately they wanted to sell the ginseng to the little girl. Even if she offered twice as much, even a fool would sell it to her, regardless of whether it was a business or not.
However, when the two men saw the little girl, they were afraid that she could not find 1000 dollars, so they were still a little hesitant. It was Chen Xiaoer who asked:
"Hey, little girl, are you serious? Do you have 1000 taels of silver? This is more than 1300 dollars!"
Seeing that his sister-in-law had already rushed forward, Gu Wenxuan had no choice but to step forward, take off his sunglasses, and said to Li Erdan: "Erdan, do you still recognize me?"
Li Erdan saw a well-dressed man walking in front of him. He didn't recognize Gu Wenxuan at first, but as soon as he took off his sunglasses, he immediately recognized it was Gu Wenxuan.
Li Erdan and Chen Xiaoer both recognized Gu Wenxuan. They were overjoyed and quickly stood up from the bench and grabbed Gu Wenxuan's hand.
"We know each other! We know each other! Mr. Gu, how could we not know each other? If you want this ginseng, we will give it to you for free!"
The pawnshop owner was very angry when he saw that this huge business was about to run away:
"What's wrong with you two? You agreed to sell it to me, why are you selling it to someone else? Do you have any sense of propriety?"
Li Erdan didn't care whether he followed the rules or not. He immediately said to him:
"What a jerk you are, shopkeeper! When I wanted to sell it to you, you complained it was too expensive, and then you said our life was fake. Now I want to give it to my friend, can't I? I'm not selling it to him, I don't want his money!"
The pawnshop owner was not happy with this. He was not a pushover either. He clapped his hands:
"Brothers, come out and beat up this ignorant person. He has come to steal our business. He really has no idea what he is doing!"
After a while, seven or eight big men came out from the back room, each holding a stick, and surrounded Gu Wenxuan and his friends with ferocious looks.
Gu Wenxuan took out two box guns from his waist, held them in his hands, pointed them at them and said:
"I'm from the military police. Do I need your approval for something I like? If you move again, I'll shoot you dead!"
Tan Tai Leng Yue also took out a pistol from his waist and pointed it at them.
The pawnshop owner was stunned for a moment. He didn't know whether Gu Wenxuan was really a member of the gendarmerie or a fucking bandit.
Gu Wenxuan then took out a certificate issued by the gendarmerie and waved it in front of them.
"Look carefully, this is my ID. If you are smart, don't mess with me again, or I will arrest you and take you to the military police. I will make your pawn shop shrink by at least half!"
The pawnshop owner suddenly felt guilty. He thought that the people from the gendarmerie were really not easy to deal with, so he just thought it was bad luck today!
The pawnshop owner waved his hand, and several of his men went back to the back in shame.
"I'm sorry sir, I didn't know you were from the military police. Since you want to buy this wild ginseng, then go ahead and buy it!"