How can I go back to the past?

Chapter 8: Master Liu, a descendant of the Eight Banners
After returning home, Li Le took out a wild rabbit from the space, skinned it, cleaned out the internal organs, and put the whole thing into the pot.

After adding the water, Li Le directly grabbed a handful of red peppers and put them in. Because Li Le loves spicy food, it can be said that he can't live without spicy food.

After adding some seasonings and salt, Li Le started to light the fire. Yes, Li Le was going to stew the rabbit.

In weather like this, it's nice to have a particularly spicy stewed rabbit.

After adding the firewood, Li Le went back to the house to move things. He wanted to sleep in another room because he planned to designate the room he was living in as a pass-through room.

When he gets good things in the future, he will put them in this room, and when he returns to the real world, these things will go back with him.

There weren't many things in the room, so it didn't take long to empty it. Looking at the empty room, Li Le nodded with satisfaction.

After moving here, the stewed rabbit meat was ready. As soon as I opened the lid of the pot, a spicy aroma wafted to my nose.

Li Le was very satisfied. This was the taste. It was the first time that Li Le tasted this taste after traveling to this era.

I couldn't wait to take out the rabbit meat, so I tore off a leg and started chewing on it. Immediately, I felt a sense of satisfaction.

After eating a whole rabbit and drinking half a bowl of soup, Li Le patted his stomach contentedly and said, "It feels so good."

After dinner, Li Le washed the pots, bowls, and spoons first, and then went back to the room to sleep.

The next morning, Li Le did not cook, but went out to have breakfast, including soy milk, fried dough sticks, and two big meat buns.

Li Le spent 2,300 yuan on breakfast, which is really not cheap. It is enough for one person's daily living expenses.

After breakfast, Li Le went to Liulichang. In the real world, no matter who talks about antiques and curios, they will mention two names, one is Panjiayuan and the other is Liulichang.

Panjiayuan was built in the 1980s and 1990s, so it doesn’t exist now, but Liulichang does!
So Li Le came here. He wanted to see if he could get some antiques to take back. That way, he would not be short of money in the real world.

It’s a pity that Li Le’s major was not this, otherwise it would be much simpler.

Liulichang is not far from Li Le’s home and can be reached by strolling. After arriving here, Li Le found that it is really lively.

This is not a few years later. The country has just been founded and it is considered a prosperous time. As the saying goes, antiques are valuable in prosperous times and gold is valuable in troubled times.

It was normal for it to be so busy here. There were many people coming in and out of the antique shops on both sides of the street, so Li Le just randomly went into a shop.

This store is not very big, only about 50 to 60 square meters, which is not as big as the others, but better than the others.

There were a lot of people in the store. Li Le didn't understand this stuff, so he didn't say anything and just watched.

Watch them buy and sell, and discuss prices.

The price is really not low. A vase made by Li Le, which doesn't look particularly good, is traded for over one million yuan.

Even a small snuff bottle costs two or three hundred thousand, which makes Li Le not know what to do.

When we read novels in the real world, doesn’t it say that a relatively famous piece of official kiln porcelain only costs a dozen or twenty yuan?
This doesn't match up at all!

What Li Le didn't know was that the timeline he traveled through was too early. If it was a dozen years later, the price would be cheaper than what was written in the novel.

It was even said that a few years later, the prices would not be too high, but this was not the case in the 1950s.

Now that the country has been founded, many people believe that a prosperous era has arrived, including some capitalists, so the prices of antiques are of course high.

Even many capitalists would buy them back for collection, which also caused the prices of antiques to soar, especially some rarer antiques, whose prices were simply beyond Li Le's imagination.

To put it bluntly, he couldn't afford it. Even if he took out all the money he had, he couldn't buy one. After looking for a long time, Li Le shook his head and left. Anyway, no one entertained him. They probably thought he was just here to watch the fun.

Li Le went into another store. This store was much bigger than the previous one and there were more people inside.

As soon as I entered, I heard a middle-aged man say, "Boss, how about this blue and white porcelain being cheaper?"

"Master Liu, this is really not cheap. I charge a high price! Please let me make some profit."

"One million and two hundred thousand, you will definitely make money!" said the middle-aged man called Master Liu to the shopkeeper.

"Master Liu! One million and two hundred thousand really can't be sold. If you really want it, you can take one million and five hundred thousand."

Master Liu shook his head and said, "One million and a half is a bit high. Let me look at something else!"

Li Le didn't know much about antiques, but he knew that blue and white porcelain was more valuable because he had heard of it! Of course, he also knew that blue and white porcelain was different from blue and white porcelain.

However, this does not mean that this piece of blue and white porcelain is not good, otherwise it would not have been favored by Mr. Liu.

And at first glance, Mr. Liu is a regular customer, otherwise the shopkeeper wouldn't have called him that.

In the imperial capital, anyone who is called "Master" is no longer an ordinary person, especially in this era.

As for those who called themselves masters in later generations, most of them were just kidding, and only a very small number of them were descendants of the banner.

"Okay, then, take a look at something else and let me know if you like anything."

The shopkeeper did not continue to discuss the blue and white porcelain with Mr. Liu, which meant that the price could not be lowered.

Li Le didn't understand this, but there were people who did! So Li Le followed Mr. Liu.

Mr. Liu looked at this and that, but didn't seem to like anything.

At this time, he also noticed Li Le, turned around and asked, "My dear comrade, why have you been following me?"

"No... nothing, I just want to buy some antiques for collection, but I don't understand anything." Li Le scratched his head stupidly.

Li Le told the truth because he knew these people's tempers and that telling lies would only backfire.

"Hey! Now young people know how to collect the treasures left by their ancestors?" Grandpa Liu said jokingly.

"No, no, I just like it." Li Le waved his hands quickly.

"It's good that you like it! This is a good thing, but the water is very deep here. I advise you..." Master Liu looked around and didn't finish his words.

But Li Le already understood what he meant.

The reason why he didn't finish his words was that he couldn't say it because it would offend people, but it also served as a reminder to Li Le.

"Yeah!" Li Le nodded and didn't ask any further.

"Since we have met, it seems like we are destined to meet. What are you interested in? I can give you some advice." Master Liu said.

"No, no, I'm just taking a look."

"Yes! That's right." Grandpa Liu patted Li Le on the shoulder and said.

(End of this chapter)