Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Huang Baoguo and Gu Xinghua never expected that what was originally just a cupping session for Wang An would turn into an unexpected discovery that his cupping set was actually a treasure, worth tens of thousands of yuan.

Who can I reason with about this?

Huang Li and her brother Huang Zhong never expected that their family was actually a hidden tycoon.
If only I had known these cupping jars were so valuable, I would never have had to live like that before, barely having enough to eat and barely any clothes to wear!
After Wang An finished speaking, the room fell completely silent. Seeing that no one spoke, Wang An chuckled and broke the silence, saying:

"Alright, you should take these cupping jars back and store them properly. If they get bumped or damaged, they'll be worthless in no time."

Song Dynasty Ding ware porcelain with a date mark is not only very valuable, but also has high historical and cultural value. If it gets bumped or damaged while cupping Wang An, it would be quite embarrassing for Wang An.

The main reason is that these 12 cupping jars are in such good condition. Although they are only worth a little over 100,000 yuan now, in a few more years, in the 1990s, the price could more than double or triple. And if they were to be taken out in the 21st century, any one of them would definitely be worth more than 100,000 yuan.

Unexpectedly, after Wang An finished speaking, Huang Baoguo said:
“Hey, young master An, you should get cupping done. No matter how much they cost, they are still cupping sets. If you hadn’t told us they were valuable, how would our family have known about them?”

Turning his head, Huang Baoguo said to Huang Zhong in a very generous manner:

"Xiao Zhong, go and give your older brother cupping therapy. Whether it's expensive or not, we should use it."

Huang Baoguo spoke these two sentences without any stuttering; they were very fluent.

Strangely enough, just now, Huang Baoguo was stuttering because he suddenly learned that these fire cups were worth more than 100,000 yuan.

But when it came to cupping therapy for Wang An, he no longer cared about the value of the cups.

Upon hearing Huang Baoguo's words, Wang An couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Wang An could tell that Huang Baoguo wasn't pretending or reluctant at all; he genuinely wanted to use the Song Dynasty cupping set, which was worth tens of thousands of yuan, to give him cupping therapy.

After Huang Baoguo finished speaking, before Wang An could even decline, Gu Xinghua, a woman who had been relatively unknown, also spoke up:

“Yeah, his dad is right. Xiao Zhong, go and get your older brother cupped so he can relax. Without your older brother, how could our family live such a good life?”

Wang An initially wanted to refuse, but noticing the couple's eagerness to repay him, he swallowed his words of refusal.

For Wang An, hiring Huang Baoguo and his wife to work was simply to make his parents more relaxed and less tired.

But for Huang Baoguo's family, Wang An's hiring of them was tantamount to forcibly escaping their misery.

Moreover, whether Huang Baoguo's family was building houses or settling down in Kaoshantun and acquiring land, they all relied on Wang An's family.

Now that Huang Zhong is working with Wang An, he has not only learned how to hunt in the mountains and dig for ginseng, but he is also bringing home a lot of money.

Therefore, Huang Baoguo and his family had always wanted to repay Wang An's family, but unfortunately, they were powerless to do so. The main reason was that Wang An's family lacked nothing; they had money and influence, while Huang Baoguo's family still relied on Wang An's family's help on a regular basis.

For example, buying fertilizer, using Wang An's tractor and sowing plow to plant crops, using Wang An's harvester to harvest crops, and so on.
For Wang Anjia, these things were just something he helped out of the ordinary, requiring no effort or thought. But for Huang Baoguo's family, it was a completely different story.

Without Wang An's connections, his family couldn't buy fertilizer; without Wang An's tractor and sowing plow, they could only harness horses to pull the plows; without a harvester, they could only wield sickles to harvest the crops one by one in the fields.
Therefore, although these cupping jars, which were worth more than 100,000 yuan in the 1980s, were indeed treasures, Huang Baoguo and his family would be extremely happy to give them to Wang An, their family's benefactor.

After all, everyone wants to be a useful person, not a burden.

Therefore, if Wang An were to refuse, Huang Baoguo and his wife would be very disappointed.

The feeling of constantly receiving help from others but being unable to repay it, or even being able to help with the smallest things, is something that only those who have experienced it can truly understand.

Wang An nodded and was about to speak when Liu Guilan suddenly spoke up:

“Oh, Xiao An, why don’t you let Xiao Zhong do some cupping for you? Your aunt went through all that trouble to bring these cups over. It wouldn’t be right for you to just refuse to do them. You’d be letting your aunt down. These cups haven’t been bumped or damaged in all these years. You can’t just say they’ll break after you do some cupping.”

It must be said that Liu Guilan has a very keen eye for things; she instantly understood the intentions of Huang Baoguo and his wife.

Wang An laughed heartily and said:

"Alright, then I'll get cupping done. I want to experience what those high-ranking officials and nobles of the Song Dynasty used, hahaha."

Judging from the crystal-clear, flawless firing process of this set of fire pots, as well as the year inscription on them, this set of fire pots would have been considered a luxury item in the Song Dynasty. Luxury items in ancient times were certainly not cheap, and definitely not something that ordinary people in the Song Dynasty could afford. Therefore, the people who used them must have been either rich or noble.

Sure enough, after Liu Guilan and Wang An finished speaking, Huang Baoguo and his wife immediately showed very happy smiles, as if it was an honor for their family that Wang An could use their fire cupping device.

A dozen minutes later, Wang An lay naked on the kang (a heated brick bed), his shoulder muscles looking incredibly strong and firm. Huang Zhong squatted next to Wang An, sticking 12 white porcelain jars onto Wang An's back one by one.

Wang An felt the powerful suction of each cupping jar on his back, and he almost groaned out in comfort.

Although all cupping sets are essentially the same, the feeling of having this ancient luxury cupping set attached to his back was indeed a little different for Wang An.

But Wang An couldn't pinpoint exactly which part was different; in short, they were different.

If I had to say something different, it would probably be that using these ancient luxury items nowadays just feels a bit pretentious!

Yes, it's just pretentious, everything else is the same.

Cupping should not be done for too long; 10 to 15 minutes is optimal. Shorter sessions are ineffective, while longer sessions can be harmful, depleting blood and energy, damaging the skin, and potentially injuring the spinal cord. (End of Chapter)