The Yuan Family Pawnshop

Name: The Yuan Family Pawnshop
Author: Galloping Meatball

元家当铺

by Galloping Meatball (飞奔的肉丸子)

Status: Completed
Length: 497k Words
Genre: Mystery
Subgenre: Female-Channel Mystery
Updated: 11mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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Supernatural folklore + food + episodic cases + palace intrigue + ancient secrets + emotional growth In an alley deep in the heart of the capital lies a pawnshop. It takes more than gold and silver: it accepts your memories, love and hate, luck, and years of life. The owner appears to be a gentle cook, but she is actually the pawnshop’s guardian, versed in the forces of yin and yang. With a pot and spatula, she can make spiritual dishes that soothe restless souls, or simmer the deepest desires of the human heart. She abides by her ancestral creed: “Ask nothing of the next life; settle all accounts in this one. Anything can be pawned, but the price must be fair.” Until one rainy night, a man kicks down her door. Silver hair, red eyes, and a beauty almost too otherworldly, he says, “The fragrant stuff. Hand it over.” His next words are, “…It’s awful.” (He licks the bowl clean.) He is an ancient ferocious beast, his soul captivated by the aroma of her spiritual cooking. He complains that she has too many rules, that resentment tastes bad, and that her work of guiding spirits onward is inefficient, yet refuses to leave. “I’ll work off the cost of my meals. Deal?” And so the pawnshop gains the fiercest employee in history. She transforms resentment through food; he swallows the heavens whole. She talks about cause, effect, and the price to be paid; he asks, “Can’t you just do it?” She wants to keep the peace; he flips the table. “I’m sick of this. Let’s just swallow everything!” “Hey, Yuanbao.” The divine beast licks the blood from his fingertip and grins. “For this deal, are you joining forces with me or calling it quits?” She sets down a fresh batch of osmanthus cakes. “Work first, food after.” Dear customer, what would you like to pawn this time? (A friendly reminder: don’t touch the owner’s pot, and don’t steal the divine beast’s food.)

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