Acai's Sky

Chapter 657: What Does the Heroine's Escape Have to Do with Me?

Ah Cai sat there, listening intently, not daring to blink.

I saw her holding the candied fruit in one hand and putting it into her mouth continuously, while with the other hand she picked up a piece of delicate pastry and put it into her mouth, chewing it carefully.

It looked like he was tasting the most delicious food in the world.

At the same time, the shopkeepers were sitting together, chatting and laughing, having a lively conversation.

Ginkgo, who was standing by, was also seeing for the first time how eloquent these shopkeepers of her young lady were, and she couldn't help but be amazed.

They all had smiles on their faces, sometimes joking with each other, sometimes arguing, as if they were performing a wonderful show.

At this moment, a burst of crying like a song and a tear came from outside.

The sound was melodious and graceful, like a yellow oriole singing out of a valley, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

Ah Cai widened her eyes, stretched her neck, and looked impatiently towards the window on the second floor of the teahouse.

Gingxing only glanced at her quickly before lowering her head and speaking in a low voice to Ah Cai, "Miss, it's a young woman who sold herself to bury her father. Seeing her crying so heartbroken, it's truly adorable. But having said that, she's quite pretty."

Ah Cai took a closer look at the body and asked curiously, "Gingxing, how much silver do you think it would cost to sell yourself to bury your father?"

Ginkgo pondered for a moment, then counted on her fingers, saying, "In my humble opinion, if you simply want to bury the body, two taels of silver should be enough. But if you want to make it a grand affair and treat the villagers to a feast, I'm afraid ten taels of silver will be enough."

Ah Cai opened her mouth in surprise when she heard this. She said in disbelief, "What? It's so cheap! I thought it would cost a lot of money."

As she spoke, she pointed at the young woman standing on the street selling herself to bury her father and continued, "Then look at the pearl flower on her head. How much is it worth?"

Ginkgo looked in the direction Ah Cai pointed, staring closely at the young lady's head, frowning slightly. After a long while, he finally answered:

"Miss, I've seen similar pearl flowers like this in a silver shop before. If I'm not mistaken, it's probably worth two taels of silver."

Ginkgo's mind raced, and she instantly grasped the deeper meaning of her young lady's words. The young woman clearly didn't need to sell herself to bury her father, yet she acted this way anyway. There had to be something fishy going on!

Ah Cai, who was standing by, shook her head with a playful look on her face, muttering, "Oh, they're clearly fishing. Let's just watch the fun from here."

After that, she told Ginkgo to go downstairs and join in the fun, and asked him to come back later and tell her in detail what he saw and heard.

After Ginkgo took the order and left, Ah Cai saw that everyone around her was attracted by the young lady downstairs who was selling herself to bury her father.

She waved her hand, and after a faint flash of light, Rong Mama, Gu Mama, Xiao Jia and other secret guards appeared before her. These people had obviously made preparations long ago, and all of them had serious expressions.

Ah Cai lowered her voice and quickly explained the task to them.

After a while, Rong Mama and others had prepared their speeches and left in a hurry.

The dozen or so secret guards led by Xiaojia were even more agile. They disappeared without a trace like ghosts in the blink of an eye and hid quietly in the surroundings.

"Deng deng deng..."

Ginkgo came back jogging. She stopped in front of Acai, panting, and tried hard to steady her rapid breathing.

After his breathing became steady, he could not wait to start gesticulating and telling Acai what he had just seen.

Ginkgo excitedly gave Ah Cai a big thumbs-up and said excitedly, "Miss, you didn't know that the young woman who sold herself to bury her father actually chose a young man in a brocade robe - Guan Xiucai! And he was so generous that he gave her a full twenty taels of silver!"

Hearing this, Acai couldn't help but be a little surprised, because she hadn't noticed this scene just now.

So she asked curiously, "What? She actually chose the buyer herself? Could it be that besides this young man in a brocade robe, Guan Xiucai, there are other people who want to buy her?"

Ginkgo nodded vigorously, like a chick pecking at rice, and quickly replied, "Yes, miss! Manager Cai of the restaurant on the front street also took a fancy to this young lady at the time and even offered her ten taels of silver! But unexpectedly, when that scholar Guan came, the young lady didn't even look at Manager Cai, but turned her head directly to him..."

At this point, Ginkgo and Acai both burst out laughing at the same time.

Ah Cai was laughing so hard that she fell backwards, saying with great delight, "Hahaha, Shopkeeper Cai is really embarrassed now! I think his face is going to turn into a shrunken eggplant!"

Ah Cai was extremely happy when she thought that Cai Xiaohu, who always competed secretly with the owner of her own restaurant, Weng, had been rejected so badly this time.

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Manager Wu of the chess club slowly turned around, an indescribable look on his face: "You all don't know, but that Scholar Guan is getting even more confused now!

Think about it, his family was poor, and he relied on his wife to work hard to embroider large pieces of embroidery to earn some money to support his studies.

But who could have expected that he would be so extravagant and take out a full twenty taels of silver at once…” After saying this, Shopkeeper Wu couldn’t help but shake his head repeatedly.

The shopkeeper at the nearby cloth shop heard this and nodded hurriedly in agreement, "That's right!

Every time my wife buys embroidery from him, she will give them a little extra money.

I thought that Guan Xiucai was a well-educated and well-mannered man and should know how to be grateful.

I never thought he would look like this!"

His words were full of dissatisfaction and disappointment with Guan Xiucai's behavior.

At this time, Qi, the shopkeeper of the rouge shop, also came over and sighed, shaking his head.

"Alas, I have been running a rouge shop in this town for so many years, and I have never seen that scholar Guan buy even a little rouge or powder for his wife.

Today, he's willing to spend a fortune, twenty taels at once!"

After hearing this, everyone sighed.

Meanwhile, in the teahouse, Shopkeeper Liu was carefully pouring tea for Shopkeeper Weng. Suddenly, he changed the subject and asked, "Why did Shopkeeper Cai want to buy a woman? What exactly did he want?"

Shopkeeper Weng curled his lips slightly and said with a hint of disdain, "Humph, it's because I heard that the two concubines Dong in Master Tong's mansion were sold out. This shopkeeper Cai must have thought of buying one of them and giving it to Master Tong, so that he can use this opportunity to show off and impress us shopkeepers!"