pappabearbooks Chapter 1676: Being blocked by someone
Chapter 1676: Being blocked by someone
Lu Xinyu was still a little hesitant at first, but when he saw Lin Ran's serious eyes, he softened a lot for some reason.
"Okay, how much is that?"
Lin Ran put his hand on her ear and whispered the price.
Only 100 yuan!
She looked at the boss in disbelief. It was far below her budget and was completely acceptable!
"Shh, don't make any noise." Lin Ran saw her excited look and knew that if he didn't stop her, she would shout out the price, which would break the rules of the store.
"Okay, Master Hu, I want this!" Lu Xinyu said to Master Hu.
Master Hu's heart was broken. This was really a big reward for opening a business. He gave away all his commissions, and he might even have to pay back.
But the words have been spoken, and the man said exactly what he said.
"Xiao Liu, take this girl to check out. The price is right here." Master Hu pointed to the abacus on the table.
The waiter understood and guided Lu Xinyu to check out.
"Little brother, I didn't expect you to buy what you wanted so quickly. I originally had a few treasures, and I wanted to invite you to take a look. Are you interested?" Master Hu didn't want to miss this opportunity.
He felt that the boy in front of him was an expert and wanted to discuss more about identification with him.
Lin Ran was worried that his secret would be exposed, so he quickly waved his hand and said: "Master Hu, I am just an ordinary hobbyist, not a professional by any means. I think you should be much better at this than me."
While refusing and giving others a step down, Lin Ran can also be very tactful in his dealings with others.
Master Hu was a sensible person and understood that Lin Ran did not want to continue doing appraisals. He sighed: "Okay, little brother, if you come to Qihuo Zhai next time, you can come to me directly."
"Definitely." Lin Ran and Master Hu said goodbye with each other holding hands.
Sit on your seat and wait for Lu Xinyu to come back.
Lu Xinyu held a delicate plastic bag with packed porcelain plates inside.
After Lu Xinyu paid the money, she originally hoped that Lin Ran would continue to take them to visit other stores because they still had the budget.
Lin Ran smiled and said nothing. It was not until he was far away from Qihuo Zhai that he took a look around the surrounding environment. No one was paying attention to them.
He said slowly: "You know you've made a lot of money?"
"Make a lot of money? Are you talking about this plate?" Lu Xinyu was puzzled. In her opinion, it was just an old plate, and it was made from a folk kiln. Although she was not a professional, she still understood the price difference between official kilns and private kilns. . "What I'm going to tell you today, you must keep it secret. You can only tell it to your grandpa, understand?" Lin Ran said solemnly.
"The full name of this tray is the exquisite folk kiln companion tray of the Qianlong period. It is one of the collections of the Yuanmingyuan in the Late Qing Dynasty."
Lin Ran believed that although the era was different, there must be a reason for the folk kiln trays to be collected by the Yuanmingyuan.
As the saying goes, people rely on clothes, and the same goes for antiques.
Simply saying it is a product from a folk kiln would lead to the same misestimation of its price as Master Hu did.
But mentioning that it came from the Old Summer Palace brought a completely different shock.
Lu Xinyu was stunned: "Lin Ran, are you telling the truth?"
"Yes."
"How did you know?"
"It's too complicated to explain, but there will still be some marks on it." Lin Ran said with a smile, "I didn't mention it when I was appraising it just now. Take a look for yourselves when you go back. There should be a mark on the back, maybe it's already there." I’m not sure, but if you look carefully you can see it’s Spring Garden.”
Chunhe Garden is the name of a garden in the Old Summer Palace during the Qianlong period. It was renamed by Qianlong himself.
Just by looking at the mark, you can tell that this was even made before the mid-Qianlong period, making it an extremely rare masterpiece.
It's a pity that he agreed to the two little girls, otherwise Lin Ran really wanted to take it down himself.
Although Lu Xinyu didn't know how to appraise treasures, he was very excited when he mentioned the Old Summer Palace.
"really?"
"Yes, you can rest assured! This gift will definitely shine if given out." Lin Ran said, patting his chest.
"Thank you so much!" Lu Xinyu excitedly held Lin Ran's hand and shook it back and forth. The remaining money could be returned to his mother, and they no longer had to live a poor life.
Lin Ran scratched his hair and said, "You're welcome. I just hope you won't overgeneralize next time. Most of the businessmen in the capital are law-abiding and friendly to others."
"Well, I see!"
"Okay, it's getting late, I should go back to the store." After Lin Ran said this, he realized that he was really bored.
Just for a word from the two girls, I went to Panjiayuan and helped them work all morning, but I got nothing.
But the two girls hold such precious cultural relics in their hands. As the saying goes, they are guilty of carrying a treasure, so they must be sent home as soon as possible.
After Lu Xinyu and Lu Siyu said goodbye to him solemnly, Lin Ran touched Lu Siyu's head: "If we have a chance to meet in the future, next time you come to Shengshi Antiques, I will treat you to tea."
"Yeah, we'll come."
After Lu Xinyu and the others left, Lin Ran remembered something important.
"Oops, I forgot to ask them the name of their family." Originally, he was still confused as to which wealthy family was causing internal strife.
There have been a lot of big families that have been offended recently, and he has the idea of just watching the excitement.
"That's all, I'll ask you again when I have the chance."
Lin Ran walked out of the inner street and prepared to return to the store.
As a result, I just walked out of the inner street and returned to the outer street.
This is the junction and there are fewer people.
But impartially, on his way forward, several burly men appeared, looking very strong.
There was also a man carrying a snakeskin bag.
Lin Ran couldn't help but frowned when he saw their appearance.
Because this is the standard modern gangster.
There were no cameras in this era, and if you were caught fighting, you would be sent to a detention center, so the gangsters developed another method.
It means putting a snakeskin bag over someone's head and then beating them severely.
The person who was beaten often didn't see clearly who did it, and his head was bruised and bloody.
Even if people from the public security station conduct an investigation, with the manpower and material resources of this era, they can only consider who has been offended.
If no substantive evidence can be produced, the case will eventually be dismissed.
Lin Ran was ready to take a detour when he saw such a person, not knowing who would be the unfortunate person today.
He is not a savior and cannot help everyone.
However, when he was about to go around, he found that several people were blocking his way again.
Now Lin Ran understood that the other party was here for him.
He did not walk over directly, but chose to turn around and run away.
A gentleman will know that the other party is coming for him if he doesn't build a dangerous wall. Wouldn't he die in vain if he rushes towards him?