Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 989: Xiao'e's Dream of Having a Son Come True

Han Chunming and Banggeng didn't have a good impression of Old Man Guan at first.

He was afraid that the old man would compete with his two brothers for the cloisonné bottle.

Fortunately, this old guy still abides by the rules.

The old man didn't say a word until Lou Xiao'e bought the bottle. The two brothers just got another 500 yuan.

I was in a good mood, and my sensitivity to Old Man Guan immediately improved a lot.

When he said he had something to discuss with us, I became secretly alert but also curious.

Banggeng knows that he is not as good as Han Chunming in speaking.

He simply nodded to Han Chunming.

Han Chunming knew what Banggeng meant, and said to Old Man Guan with a smile, "Uncle, just speak frankly.

We brothers will help you if we can, and please don’t blame us if we can’t help you.”

Old Man Guan smiled and nodded, which could be seen from the look in the brothers' eyes just now.

One is a taciturn person, and the other is an extrovert who talks a lot.

I don't know how these two became friends.

However, at this moment, Old Man Guan felt that Banggeng was a good idea.

Chinese people have always liked steady people and regard extroverts as frivolous.

This is especially true for older people.

Fortunately, Old Man Guan has lived for so long that he knows that a person’s character has little to do with how much he talks.

Han Chunming is a slippery person, and has been like a veteran since he was a child, but this guy knows how to be grateful.

In the TV series, the best thing Old Man Guan did in his life was to accept Han Chunming as his apprentice.

Bang Geng is much worse.

He occupied Sha Zhu's house and didn't provide him with any support in his old age.

Of course, the joke that a family has money and lives a much better life is actually somewhat different from the joke in TV dramas.

Old Man Guan smiled and said, “I don’t have money, but I have been collecting antiques all my life.

I think I have a pretty good eye. I'll accompany you to talk to this family.

I don’t ask much for each item I appraise, just 50 yuan.”

Banggeng and Han Chunming almost jumped up and cursed. 50 yuan per piece, do they think they are fat sheep?
Now Old Man Guan could easily see that Banggeng cared a lot about money.

Although Han Chunming also looked dissatisfied, at least he didn't curse directly.

He also held onto the stick, stared at Old Man Guan and said, "Uncle, your price is too expensive. We two brothers really can't afford you.

After that, he took out two yuan and said to Old Man Guan, "Uncle, this money is a token of our appreciation for treating you to a drink."

Old Man Guan naturally wouldn't reach out to take it, but looking at Han Chunming's eyes, he couldn't help but feel satisfied.

He smiled and said, "You two have no shortage of sponsors, and I have no shortage of insight.

If the item is not right, sell it to the girl from the Lou family.

Not only will you two lose your source of income, but you will also offend the Lou family, and you will suffer the consequences."

Banggeng thought to himself that although Aunt E's family was rich, her parents, brother and relatives had already fled to Hong Kong Island.

Moreover, Aunt E had severed her father-son relationship with her natal family a few years ago. Otherwise, no relatives would have visited her for so many years.

But Han Chunming didn't know all this. In his heart, Lou Xiao'e was the richest woman he had ever met.

Moreover, he is extremely generous. Naturally, we have to curry favor with such a good financial sponsor.

And Bang Geng actually knows very little.

Some are misleading error messages.

However, the two brothers were also sure that Lou Xiao'e would definitely be a good buyer.

I spent 600 on antiques and gave myself and the other two 500 as a reward.

Besides, these days, who would carry more than a thousand dollars with them at all times?

But when Lou Xiao'e took out the money just now, she was so straightforward.

It’s as if more than 1 yuan is no different from 1 yuan.

So Han Chunming and Banggeng couldn't help but feel that the old man was right.

If the two of them really gave Lou Xiao'e a fake item, it would be basically a dream to get another 500 yuan, or even ten or a hundred 500 yuan in the future.

Han Chunming quickly gave Old Man Guan a bright smile and stretched out his hand as a gesture of invitation.

He held on to Old Man Guan's hand like a lackey, "Uncle, be careful with the steps."

Old man Guan laughed, because he had a very bad relationship with his son and they basically had no contact with each other.

In the future, his son and daughter-in-law went abroad together and they never had any contact with each other until they died.

So the old man couldn't help but smile kindly at Han Chunming who was acting like a funny guy.

The three of them entered the house again and inevitably had a heated argument with the owner and his wife.

In the afternoon, Chu Xiangqian was called to the yard of Maoer Hutong by the two black dogs accompanying Lou Xiao'e.

Han Chunming and the other two had already seen more than a dozen interesting things from that family.

Among them was a Hongwu underglaze red vase with elephant ears and coiled floral patterns, which made old man Guan so fascinated that he wanted to sell his house to buy this porcelain.

Unfortunately, the couple are not fools.

Lou Xiao'e was so generous in paying before, and now Old Man Guan and his two companions have come back again, so how can she not raise the price?
Old Man Guan knew that Lou Xiao'e was deliberately showing off her wealth.

This forced other competitors to withdraw because they felt that the prices were too high and not cost-effective.

Moreover, the two of them will be going abroad soon, so showing off their wealth has no effect on Lou Xiao'e.

Old Man Guan simply asked Han Chunming and Banggeng to find Lou Xiaoe, while he stayed at this family's house and waited.

Otherwise, the things will be bought by others as soon as you go out.

As for the 500 yuan they had just received, each of them took out 1 yuan, a total of yuan as a deposit.

They also agreed that after selling it to Lou Xiao'e, the profits would be split equally between them.

Banggeng didn't care about it. In this respect, this guy is quite loyal.

When Banggeng took Han Chunming and hurried to the second-hand goods purchasing station.

Lou Xiao'e had already gone to the small courtyard in Maoer Hutong with Qin Huairu.

As soon as Chu Xiangqian entered the main room, he saw a colorful cloisonné bottle on the dining table.

Just one glance and you're sure it's real.

Then I heard from Lou Xiao'e that this bottle only cost 600.

He also gave a bribe of 500 yuan to Banggeng and his classmates who discovered the bottle.

Chu Xiangqian understood as soon as he heard that Lou Xiao'e was playing the long game to hook a big fish, and he couldn't help but give Lou Xiao'e a thumbs up.

And 1100 is really not expensive in Chu Xiangqian's eyes.

It's not even that different from the price of cabbage.

The fact that Han Chunming will be able to open a museum in the future has a lot to do with the fact that when he was young and picking up scraps, he would get a lot of interesting things for just three or five cents or one or two dollars.

Although people in Beijing all know that antiques are valuable, most of them cannot recognize the antiques they have at home.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many bargains.

There would not be anyone who would go from street to street or rob houses.

This bottle is in Beijing. If a collector likes it, he can easily sell it for two or three thousand yuan.

There is actually no shortage of wealthy people in Beijing. In the 60s, some people were willing to exchange dozens of gold bars for a painting by Zhang Daqian.

If this bottle is auctioned in Hong Kong Island, the starting price will be at least 30,000 to 50,000 Hong Kong dollars. The final transaction price is usually 70,000 to 80,000 Hong Kong dollars.

If you meet a Japanese, you can sell it for 200,000 or 300,000.

In the 1980s and 1990s, the prices of antiques from China were gradually driven up internationally, which had a lot to do with the wealthy people in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.

In Hong Kong Island, there are many companies that specialize in bidding on behalf of the Japanese at auctions.

These wealthy businessmen from Japan and Southeast Asia were the first batch of fat sheep to be cheated by foreign scammers.

But the price at that time was actually not outrageous.

When Chinese people started to become rich, they were persuaded by the powerful forces in the domestic antique circle to buy antiques as investments.

The prices really started to soar several times or even ten times.

As long as China becomes richer and richer, the prices of antiques will fluctuate, but in the end, they will only get higher and higher with the passage of time.

After all, this thing itself is a scarce commodity.

It has more cultural flavor and research value than gold, diamonds and other jewelry, so there is naturally more room for speculation.

Chu Xiangqian looked at the bottle for a few minutes before reaching out to touch it with satisfaction.

As expected, I heard the sound of "add gold coupons" in my mind.

Satisfied after putting the bottle back into the box, Chu Xiangqian hugged Lou Xiao'e and kissed her.

Qin Huairu on the side was not jealous either. Even if the two of them joined forces, they could not beat the man in front of them.

Because of this, the relationship between the three of them has been very harmonious over the years.

Not to mention that although Chu Xiangqian is 38 years old, he looks more and more mature and manly.

His generosity and sweet talk provided excellent emotional value, and the two women were reluctant to break up with him.

But after the game, when Lou Xiao'e was lying in Chu Xiangqian's arms and talking about baseball with Qin Huairu, she suddenly had the idea of ​​raising a child.

Chu Xiangqian was stunned, thinking that it was already 78 years ago, and the trouble of having a child out of wedlock was not as serious as it used to be.

Of course, society as a whole is still very conservative, but people won’t be paraded through the streets like in the past.

And at worst, Lou Xiao'e can be given a Hong Kong identity.

At this time, people from Hong Kong still enjoyed many preferential treatments in the Celestial Empire.

A dozen years later, Hong Kong people are also Chinese and are no longer considered immigrants.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiangqian looked at Lou Xiao'e's expectant eyes, hugged her and said, "Let's try again.

If you still don’t get pregnant before the Chinese New Year next year, we will adopt the child.”

Lou Xiao'e pouted, having already determined in her heart that there was something wrong with her body.

But it was only a little over a year, and Lou Xiao'e, who had been disappointed for so many years, was still able to wait.

Not to mention, Chu Xiangqian said that he would try again, and Lou Xiao'e was actually quite expectant and happy.

Chu Xiangqian hugged Lou Xiaoe and competed with her in boxing and kicking again.

The three of them sang until dark, and then they quieted down.

Chu Xiangqian did not hold back any longer and really gave Lou Xiao'e several hundred million.

But while the three of them lived happily, Banggeng and Han Chunming suffered.

The two brothers looked for her everywhere and their bicycles were almost smoking, but they couldn't find Lou Xiao'e at all.

Even her biological mother Qin Huairu didn't know where she had gone.

Finally, tired and hungry, Jia Zhang returned to her courtyard home. Naturally, she knew that Qin Huairu must have gone to have a secret meeting with that bastard Chu Xiangqian.

But for the sake of the sponsor, he still said to Banggeng and Han Chunming who were wolfing down their food, "Your mother and Xiao'e must have gone to collect pig bristles or chestnuts and other mountain products again."

Bang Geng also guessed this and could only sigh and nod.

Then he asked Jia Zhang, "Grandma, when I entered the yard, I heard Yan Lao San say that you went to the three uncles and Sha Zhu, Aiguo Uncle, and Aimin Uncle to borrow money today?"

Jia Zhang smiled, even though she could easily take out 2200 yuan.

Three hundred for a family is 1800, and I only need to take out 400 to raise enough money to buy a yard.

But being able to borrow money can also avoid a lot of trouble.

Besides, the three uncles and Sha Zhu, the second and third sons of the Chu family, dare not lend money to themselves?
The fact that the three uncles were secretly trading antiques with Chu Xiangqian might have been hidden from other people, but it certainly could not be hidden from Jia Zhang, who was also trading with Chu Xiangqian.

Sometimes, even if Jia Zhang was unsure about a coin, she would take it to the third uncle to look at.

As for the second uncle and the first uncle, they are just idiots in Jia Zhang's eyes.

The ability to acquire so many antiques was entirely due to their apprentices and the connections they had accumulated over many years at the steel mill.

The third uncle, Yan Laokou, is different.

He is a teacher and a cultured person, so naturally he knows more than the uncles.

Since everyone knows the secret, 300 yuan is not a lot of money.

Even the three old men understood that Jia Zhang was borrowing money on purpose just by thinking about it.

So that people wouldn’t know that her family is very rich.

Fortunately, Jia Zhang also said that she would definitely not live there.

That yard is only used for Banggeng’s wedding.

As long as Jia Zhang is still under their noses, the first and third uncles can rest assured.

Ai Min’s wife is Jing Ru, and Bang Geng is the nephew of Jing Ru and Ai Min.

My nephew wants to buy a house for his marriage, and Jingru is not short of money, so she naturally won’t be stingy.

Jingru even said that the 300 yuan would be considered as a gift from her family to Banggeng when he gets married.

Aiguo and Shazhu, if you really think about it, are also Banggeng's relatives.

Although the relationship is not close, they are still real relatives.

Not to mention, in Jia Zhang's heart, although Qin Huairu had no official status, she had been with Chu Xiangqian for more than ten years.

Moreover, over the past ten years, people in the courtyard knew something about Chu Xiangqian.

Adults like Shazhu can control their mouths.

He is the child of Aiguo and Yushui, Aimin and Jingru.

In addition, Sha Zhu and Yu Li's children often went to Chu Xiangqian's courtyard in Qianmen and the large courtyard in Shichahai to celebrate the New Year and pay New Year's greetings.

The children had a lot to talk about, and I met Xue Jinglan, Gangsheng, Feifei, Jinxiu, Jinzhi, Zheng Shufen, Alyssa, Linda, Liya and Lina.

There were so many women, including four foreigners. After slowly getting to know them, the children from the three families guessed that they were all their uncle’s wives.

So basically everyone in Siheyuan knows that Chu Xiangqian has a dozen women and seven or eight children in Hong Kong Island.

After hearing this, Jia Zhang cursed a few words in her heart.

But Chu Xiangqian was indebted to the entire courtyard. He helped find jobs for several children.

Naturally, no one wanted to cause trouble for Chu Xiangqian.

After scolding, the old hag, Jia Zhang, actually began to truly accept the relationship between her daughter-in-law and Chu Xiangqian.

When one’s strength reaches a certain level, many absurd things may seem normal to outsiders.

Even Jia Zhang felt a little proud.

No matter how capable you, Chu Xiangqian, are, you are still obsessed with the daughter-in-law of the Jia family, and you have been reluctant to let her go for so many years.

It can be seen that he had a very sharp vision when he arranged this marriage for Banggeng's father.

Unfortunately, Banggeng's father was unlucky and died of a work-related injury at a young age.

Of course, the biggest reason why Jia Zhang had these thoughts was that she had earned more than 3 yuan from Qin Huairu over the years.

In Jia Zhang's mind, this more than 3 yuan must be Chu Xiangqian's money.

(End of this chapter)