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Chapter 128: Chapter 129 Redeem Silver_1
In the afternoon, Qiao Duo’er specially asked Sun Erhu to leave early, for she had to visit the bank to exchange some silver and could also drop by Ren Xin Hall to buy some medicine and silver needles.
The stewed meat earned only copper coins, which not only took up space at home but also posed a safety risk.
Each night, Qiao Duo’er would count the copper coins, threading one hundred of them with a red string to make a hanged money, and she now had saved up to one hundred hanged money.
According to current prices, that was exactly enough to exchange for a silver ingot.
Arriving at the bank, Sun Erhu carried the basket filled with copper coins inside.
A basket full of copper coins was quite heavy, and it required someone with considerable strength to handle it.
As soon as they entered the bank, a clerk came over to greet them, "Honored guests, what can I do for you?"
The two people who came in might be wearing tattered clothes, but the basket they were holding was hefty—it might be filled with a basket of coins.
So, it was necessary to provide proper service regardless.
Sun Erhu put the bamboo basket down from his shoulders, pulled away the cloth covering it, and then said, "Young man, please exchange these for whole silver coins."
The clerk hurriedly agreed, "Alrighty, do you want to deposit this silver? Your copper coins are neatly counted, and if you’re not depositing, I will charge you two wen money, but if you are, there’s no charge."
If it were a basket of loose copper coins, they would typically charge ten wen money.
They couldn’t just count the money for others for free, could they?
Qiao Duo’er handed over two wen money to the clerk, "Please hurry, we have other matters to attend to."
"Rest assured, it will be counted shortly. Please take a seat, and I’ll have someone bring it over in a moment."
The clerk promptly carried the copper coins inside.
Before long, the silver coins had been counted, and the clerk brought over a silver ingot.
"Honor guest, that’s exactly ten tales, which has been converted into ten tales of whole silver."
After securing the silver, Qiao Duo’er went to meet up with Tan Zhenghong, who had been eagerly waiting by the cart under a tree.
Passing by the pharmacy, Qiao Duo’er also went in to purchase some herbal medicine and a set of silver needles, spending five hanged money in the process.
By the time Qiao Duo’er finished her shopping, the group made their way to the dock, where the Li Clan and Tan Zhongzhong had also arrived.
Learning from yesterday’s lesson, they had followed Qiao Duo’er when they saw her set out.
However, because Mrs. Li was pregnant, she walked slowly and was soon left behind.
But because Qiao Duo’er had stopped at two additional places, they arrived around the same time.
Mrs. Li was in high spirits today, as she had finally concocted her solution.
But still, there were more customers at Qiao Duo’er’s stall because people preferred the cheaper vegetables and soy products and could even enjoy the taste of meat!
Mrs. Li’s face twisted a bit, as Qiao Duo’er always had more ideas and earned more than she did.
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and shout!" Mrs. Li pushed Tan Zhongzhong. All he ever did was daydream!
Tan Zhongzhong shouted energetically, "Intestines for sale, delicious and affordable, come and buy now!"
Upon hearing that intestines were also for sale over here, finally, a few people came over to buy some.
Two people bought some and left, but there were always those who were not reassured and took a sniff first.
"These intestines haven’t been cleaned properly, they stink, I don’t want them, give me my money back!" complained the customer.
Tan Zhongzhong hastily said, "Don’t talk nonsense, I’ve cleaned these intestines very well, don’t slander me."
The customer retorted discontentedly, "You don’t believe me? Smell it for yourself. I have no grudge against you; I just came to buy something. Why would I slander you?"
Tan Zhongzhong couldn’t help but lean in for a sniff, indeed, there was a smell of pig intestines!
