Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

He Yuzhu followed Guan Xuezong through many twists and turns and arrived at a courtyard. Guan Xuezong said, "The owner of this courtyard was a senior official in the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the Qing Dynasty. Come with me later. Don't say anything. Just follow my instructions." He Yuzhu nodded, and then Guan Xuezong led He Yuzhu into the courtyard.

After entering the yard, Guan Xuezong stood in the yard and shouted, "Is Old Wu at home?" Hearing his master call the owner of this house Old Wu, He Yuzhu guessed that the owner of this house should be a Manchu who changed his surname to a Han surname like his master.

After a while, an old man with white hair walked out of the house slowly and asked as he walked, "Who is it?"

Guan Xuezong smiled and said, "Old Wu, it's me, Guan Xuezong."

Old Wu glanced at Guan Xuezong and said, "Xiao Guan, what a rare guest, why did you think of coming to see me?"

Guan Xuezong didn't hesitate and said directly: "Old Wu, I want to ask you to do something. Can you still contact the people below now?"

Old Wu glanced at He Yuzhu without revealing any expression and said, "Xiao Guan, who is this person?"

Guan Xuezong said: "This person is my disciple, we are all family, just speak with confidence."

Old Wu then spoke with confidence: "What do you want to do? Tell me, there are still people who can do it now, but if you wait a few years, it will be hard to say."

Guan Xuezong didn't hesitate and said to He Yuzhu: "Tell Master Wu what you want to make. Just tell Master Wu boldly and don't worry that Master Wu won't be able to make it."

After listening to his master Guan Xuezong's words, He Yuzhu said without pretense, "Master Wu, I'm going to get married soon, and I want to make a set of phoenix crowns and bridal robes for my wife, and if possible, a few sets of jewelry."

After listening to He Yuzhu's words, Old Wu turned to look at Guan Xuezong and said with a smile: "The young man is quite arrogant, Xiao Guan, the things he wants will cost a lot to make."

Guan Xuezong said seriously, "Don't worry about the money, Old Wu. Just ask."

After hearing what Guan Xuezong said, Old Wu stopped wasting time and said directly, "According to the specifications of the empress's wedding in the past, a set would cost 10 RMB. Do you still want to do it, young man?"

After listening to this, He Yuzhu turned to look at his master Guan Xuezong. Guan Xuezong nodded, and He Yuzhu said, "Master Wu, there is no problem with the money, but I don't know how long it will take to finish it?"

Seeing He Yuzhu agreed so readily, Old Wu knew that the person in front of him was really capable. After thinking for a while, he said, "It won't be that much effort to make the jewelry, but the phoenix crown is a bit troublesome. How long do you want it, young man?"

He Yuzhu replied: "It would be best if everything could be done within two months. Any later would be a bit too late."

After hearing this, Old Wu said calmly, "It can be done for you in one month, but young man, you have to provide the body size of the woman who will use these things."

He Yuzhu heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. It seemed that he could get married in time. Even if he couldn't, he would still want it. But at least he could give it to Lou Xiaoe before the wedding. With a relaxed look on his face, He Yuzhu said, "Master Wu, I just don't know what size you need?"

After Old Wu glanced at He Yuzhu, he said to Guan Xuezong, "Okay, Old Guan, you can take him back now."

Guan Xuezong turned around and walked out after hearing what Old Wu said. He Yuzhu followed behind his master Guan Xuezong in confusion. After they walked out of Old Wu's courtyard, He Yuzhu couldn't help but ask, "Master, what does Master Wu mean?"

Guan Xuezong explained to He Yuzhu as they walked: "Old Wu means that he will ask you for the measurements only when you send the money. Before seeing the money, he won't ask you for the measurements. When the time comes to send the money, you can just bring your unmarried wife with you."

He Yuzhu finally understood and continued, "Then I will prepare the money when I get back. Master, when the time comes, should I just give all the money to Master Wu at once, or?"

"Just prepare the money and give it all to him. Don't worry about Old Wu's character, nothing will go wrong. Zhuzi, we are master and disciple, so you don't have to call him Master Wu anymore." Guan Xuezong said with some dissatisfaction when he heard He Yuzhu calling him Master Wu all the time.

He Yuzhu asked with a puzzled look: "What's wrong, Master?"

Guan Xuezong patiently explained to He Yuzhu: "Old Guan was from the Bordered Blue Banner, but I, your master, am from the Plain White Banner."

After hearing what Guan Xuezong said, He Yuzhu immediately understood. His master was from the upper three banners, and he was somewhat arrogant in front of people from the lower five banners. It was because this was a new society now. If it was the Qing Dynasty, his master probably wouldn't even look at Old Wu straight in the eye. Thinking of this, He Yuzhu couldn't help but smile as he looked at his master's back. He didn't expect his master to be so face-saving.

After He Yuzhu sent his master Guan Xuezong home, he turned around and walked directly to Old Wu's house. Halfway through the journey, He Yuzhu found a remote alley, and after confirming that there was no one around, He Yuzhu flashed directly into the blessed land and cave. He Yuzhu came to the Wuji Hall, first found a larger sack in the corner, and then came to the big wooden box where the money was kept. He Yuzhu opened the wooden box and took out 100 bundles of banknotes from it and put them into the sack, then a thought came to his mind, and he disappeared directly from the blessed land and cave and appeared in the outside world.

He Yuzhu carried the sack on his shoulders and walked towards Old Wu's house in big strides. After a while, He Yuzhu arrived at Old Wu's house. Old Wu looked at He Yuzhu who came back so quickly and asked curiously, "What's the matter, young man? What's the matter?"

He Yuzhu put the sack on his shoulder lightly on the ground, and said to Old Wu with a smile on his face: "Uncle Wu, I have nothing else to do. I am here to give you some money." After that, He Yuzhu untied the sack and showed it to Old Wu.

Old Wu took a look at the sack full of bundles of brand new black silver coins and could not help but look at He Yuzhu with surprise. It seemed that he had underestimated the young man in front of him. It had only been a short while and the young man had brought 100,000 yuan to his door. Old Wu looked at He Yuzhu seriously and said, "Young man, take your things and go into the house first. I'll go close the door." After that, Old Wu walked towards the gate, and He Yuzhu walked straight into the house carrying the sack.

After a while, Old Wu closed the door and went into the house. Then he closed the door and pointed at the sack and said, "Young man, take out your money and put it on the table. I'll count it."

Hearing this, He Yuzhu took the money out of the sack and put it on the table. After a while, He Yuzhu had neatly stacked the money on the table. After arranging it, He Yuzhu said, "Uncle Wu, please take a look. There are 100 bundles in total, and each bundle is 1000 yuan." After that, He Yuzhu sat on the chair next to him and waited for Old Wu to finish counting.

About a quarter of an hour later, Old Wu finished counting all the money and said with a smile, "It's just the right amount, not too much or too little. Young man, take some time to bring your wife's money over. I'll arrange for someone to measure her size."

He Yuzhu thought for a moment and said, "How about this time tomorrow?"

After hearing this, Old Wu replied, "Okay, just bring your wife here at this time tomorrow."

"Mr. Wu, I'll take my leave now. See you tomorrow." After saying that, He Yuzhu stood up and prepared to say goodbye.

Old Wu sat motionless in the chair, not knowing what he was thinking about, and ignored He Yuzhu. Seeing this, He Yuzhu turned around and walked out of the house without saying anything. Just as He Yuzhu was about to open the door, Old Wu said, "Young man, I have a few good things here, do you want to take a look?"

He Yuzhu stopped walking when he heard the voice, turned around and looked at Old Wu, and asked curiously, "Mr. Wu, since you asked, let me take a look?"

Old Wu got up from his chair and walked to the inner room. After Old Wu entered the inner room, He Yuzhu stood at the door and looked at everything in the room. After a long time, Old Wu finally came out of the inner room. After Old Wu sat on the chair, he took out two silk-wrapped things from his pocket and put them on the table. He said to He Yuzhu, "Young man, the things I want to show you are inside. Open them and have a look yourself."

After Old Wu finished speaking, He Yuzhu came to the table. He Yuzhu carefully picked up one, opened the silk wrapping on it and found that it was a top-grade Hetian white jade bracelet. He Yuzhu looked at it again under the light, wrapped the bracelet with silk and put it on the table. Then He Yuzhu picked up another silk-wrapped object on the table, opened it and found that it was a glass jade bracelet. After looking at it, He Yuzhu wrapped the bracelet and put it on the table. Then He Yuzhu looked at Old Wu with a puzzled look and asked, "Uncle Wu, what do you mean?"

Old Wu picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, then he said slowly: "Since you are Xiaoguan's apprentice, you must have seen the extraordinaryness of these things, right? I have 11 bracelets like the one on the table. I also saw that you took out 10 yuan so easily, and I felt that you are quite capable, so I wanted to sell these things to you."

After listening to Old Wu's words, He Yuzhu did not speak in a hurry. Instead, he thought for a while and said, "It's a good thing, but I don't know what price Mr. Wu is going to sell it for?"

Old Wu put the teacup on the table, looked at He Yuzhu and stretched out his hand and said directly: "5 yuan, take all 24 bracelets."

After listening to this, He Yuzhu said calmly, "Master Wu, although your things are good, the price you mentioned is a bit high. If you are sure of this price, then I'll be forgiven for not having these things."

Old Wu originally wanted to take advantage of He Yuzhu by seeing how easily he took out 4 yuan, but he didn't expect that He Yuzhu actually knew the market price of things. Old Wu gritted his teeth and said, "Then I'll give you another yuan less, and you can take all the yuan."

He Yuzhu gave Old Wu a fist bump when he heard that, and turned around to open the door and walk out. When Old Wu saw that He Yuzhu was about to leave, he quickly said, "Young man, name a price. As long as the price you say is right, I will sell it to you."

He Yuzhu stopped walking when he heard what Old Wu said, turned around and looked at Old Wu and said, "Uncle Wu, it's not that I don't want to buy it, it's that the price you mentioned is a bit too high. Although your thing is good, it's not the price you mentioned. If you really want to sell it, I won't talk nonsense with you. I'll pay 2 yuan for it. If you think the price I mentioned is too low, then you can only find a suitable buyer." After He Yuzhu finished speaking, he looked at Old Wu quietly, waiting for Old Wu to speak.

After hearing the price He Yuzhu said, Old Wu's face changed. He couldn't help but calculate in his mind that these bracelets would normally cost 1000 yuan at most on the market, and he was lucky to meet a buyer who knew the value of the goods. After all, they had just experienced decades of war, and the country was suppressing capitalists. There was not much demand for these things among the people, and it was too hot to keep them in his hands. Thinking of this, Old Wu finally said, "Young man, I have two more bracelets here for you to take a look. If you like these two bracelets, I will give you all of them, including the other 2 pieces, for a total of 24 yuan." After saying that, Old Wu took out something wrapped in silk from his pocket and put it on the table.

He Yuzhu curiously opened the silk and saw that it contained a pair of top-grade imperial green jadeite bracelets. He Yuzhu looked at the bracelets in his hand with joy and said, "For this pair of bracelets, I agree, Master Wu."

Old Wu said with a smile: "Then when you come to measure the size tomorrow, we will pay and deliver the goods."

After hearing this, He Yuzhu said directly, "Then do as Master Wu said. Tomorrow afternoon, when I bring my future wife here, we will exchange the money and the goods. But Master Wu, I have a small request. I want to take this pair of bracelets today. When I give you the money tomorrow, I will take the other 24 pieces away."

After hearing this, Old Wu said cheerfully, "It's okay even if you take all the bracelets away today. I have your 100,000 yuan as a guarantee. I'm not afraid that you will run away." After saying that, Old Wu patted the money on the table.

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Wu, one thing first. I will come to your house at this time tomorrow afternoon to give you the money." After that, He Yuzhu rewrapped the bracelet and put it in his pocket, turned around, opened the door, and walked out.

After Old Wu got up and sent He Yuzhu out the door, he quickly locked the door from the inside and went back into the house. Looking at the pile of money on the table, Old Wu put the money into a sack and prepared to put the money on the floor of the inner room. After putting all the money into the sack, Old Wu prepared to carry the sack with one hand to put the money into the inner room, but when he just used the force, Old Wu almost sprained his waist. Old Wu saw He Yuzhu lift it up so easily with one hand, and thought that the bag of banknotes was very light, but he didn't expect that the bag of banknotes weighed forty or fifty kilograms. He was not a young man, so Old Wu could only lift the sack with both hands and carefully put it in the secret room under the bed in the inner room.