The Most Ruthless Pawnshop in History

Someone: I want to pawn a hundred years of my life.

Shopkeeper: Lifespan has no value. You can only get a few taels of gold for it.

Someone: I want to pawn machine guns and cannons.

Shopkeeper: Machine guns and cannons have no value. You can only get a little money, food, and grain.

Someone: I want to pawn my martial arts techniques.

Shopkeeper: Martial arts techniques have no value. You can only get a few weapons and some provisions.

Someone, someone else, and yet another someone: I want to pawn...

Shopkeeper: None of the things you're pawning are worth much. You can only trade them for a few odds and ends.

Pawnshop No. 9, the most unscrupulous pawnshop of the century. Once you step inside, you're at the shopkeeper's mercy. You get scolded, sold into servitude, and then have to help the shopkeeper count his money...