Chapter 41
Susie picked it up casually and was about to throw it back into the pile of scrap metal when she suddenly took a guessing look.
This thing has three legs and two ears, and looks a bit like an incense burner.
The things were heavy in my hands and were either iron or copper.
Susie's heart moved, and she rubbed it with her fingers a few times. Some of the dust was rubbed off, revealing a chestnut-like color.
Susie glanced at the old man, who was still listening to the radio with his eyes closed.
She turned the incense burner over in her hand and wiped it hard on the bottom of the incense burner. The writing engraved on the bottom of the burner appeared, "Made in the Xuande Year of the Ming Dynasty".
Susie's hands couldn't help but tighten.
Xuande Furnace!
She had seen a Xuande stove at an auction. The base price was the same as this one and the color was similar. She remembered that the Xuande stove seemed to have fetched more than five million yuan.
The auctioneer also told a story at that time, saying that during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a fire in the palace, and some gold, silver, and bronze wares were burned in the fire. The emperor asked craftsmen to make the fused metal into an incense burner, and personally participated in the design.
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This batch of incense burners are Xuande burners.
Susie didn't know whether the story was true or false, but today, the Xuande furnace worth millions rolled to her feet.
It was as if God had given it to her specially.
She suddenly remembered a saying, if God doesn't take what he wants, he will suffer the consequences!
She has to get this thing!
Her mind was spinning rapidly. This thing was thrown into the pile of scrap metal. Obviously, the owner of the scrap collection station did not know its value.
If she hadn't discovered it today, it would not be long before the Xuande furnace would turn into a puddle of copper water along with the scraps of copper and iron.
Susie has never studied antique appraisal, but she has no doubt that this thing is fake. Nowadays, these things are not valuable and no one wants them, so naturally no one will make them fake.
Only when there is demand in the market will fake products become rampant.
Susie squatted down again, grabbed a handful of ashes, and smeared it on the bottom of the Xuande stove. Then she took a few books from the pile and walked to the old man, "Uncle, take a look, how much do these cost in total?"
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The uncle opened his eyes and first stared at the Xuande stove in Su Qian's hand. He said "Hey", "Why is there an incense burner?"
Su Qian didn't say anything. The uncle took the Xuande stove and looked at it, and suddenly said: "This thing is not cheap!"
Su Qian's heart skipped a beat. Did the uncle discover something?
She then thought about it, forget it, she discovered it when she discovered it, which means she has no fate with this thing.
Then the uncle continued: "This incense burner is made of copper. Now the copper is only eight cents per catty." He weighed the Xuande stove in his hands, "This is at least two or three catties."
Susie smiled at him and said, "Then please figure out how much it will cost. My grandma often burns incense for my grandpa, but she needs an incense burner."
Tian Xiaohui and Zhao Tingting listened to Su Qian's nonsense and looked at each other. They didn't know why Su Qian suddenly wanted to buy an incense burner.
The uncle thought for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and said, "If you want it, I'll give you five yuan for this incense burner."
When Zhao Tingting heard this, she turned around and said, "So expensive? Didn't you just say that copper costs eighty cents per catty? It's probably two yuan and fourty at most."
The uncle waved his hand and said, "Little girl, that's not how the account is calculated. I received it at the price of copper, but when I sold it, I was selling a usable object. The price is naturally different."
Susie only felt that what the uncle said was very reasonable. She was about to agree, but she was afraid that she would agree too readily. The old man would sit on the floor and raise the price, or find something. She thought for a while, stretched out the books in her hand, and said, "Five yuan
Then you have to include these books, otherwise it will be a big loss."
Tian Xiaohui, who was squatting on the ground, suddenly stood up, took two books and put them in Su Qian's hands, "Add two more."
The old man shook his head repeatedly, "No, no, there are six books, and I will lose money together."
"Five dollars and sixty cents, not a penny less!"
Before Su Qian could say anything, Tian Xiaohui shouted, "Five dollars a piece, otherwise we won't want any of this."
Su Qian silently shut up and listened to the back and forth between Tian Xiaohui and the old man. Finally, the two agreed on five dollars and four.
Susie happily took out the money, took a piece of scrap newspaper and packed the Xuande stove, and then put the book and the book into the basket.
Coming out of the scrap collection station, Tian Xiaohui asked curiously, "Qian Qian, what do you want this for? This one doesn't look good and is useless."
The furniture Susie bought looks good and is useful, she can understand it. But this thing is a dark mess, and I really don't know what I bought it for.
Susie said vaguely: "I'm useful."
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Tian Xiaohui stopped asking.
Su Qian then asked Zhao Tingting, "You walk behind me and help me keep an eye on the backpack to prevent the thieves from stealing the contents inside."
Zhao Tingting nodded, "Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on you."
Several people came out of the alley and went to the market.
The market was crowded, so the three of them walked for a while and bought some vegetable ingredients and a broom. I don't know what kind of plant it was made of, but it was quite useful.
Susie remembered that she had lost her stamps, so she took them to the post office.
While squeezing in the crowd, I suddenly heard someone shouting: "Susie—Susie—"
Su Qian turned around and saw Ruan Zhonghua not far behind her. He was tall and stood out among the crowd.
Susie turned around happily, "Hua Zi! I was planning to go to your team to find you."
Ruan Zhonghua doesn't know why Su Qian always likes to call him Huazi. Everyone in the family calls him Zhonghua, and grandma calls him Xiaohua. Huazi is Su Qian's exclusive name for him.
The tips of Ruan Zhonghua's ears began to turn red as he thought about this, and he walked quickly towards Su Qian, "What do you want from me?"
Susie smiled and said, "As I agreed last time, I'll treat you to a meal when the autumn harvest is over."
Ruan Zhonghua waved his hand, "No need, I -"
"No, I have to eat this meal." Susie interrupted him, "There happens to be food today, so I have to go whatever I want today."
"If you're afraid of being late and having trouble walking, just spend the night with the male educated youths from our team."
Ruan Zhonghua was a little embarrassed, "Okay, but I still have a friend."
Only then did Susie realize that there was a young man beside him. The young man looked to be in his early twenties and had a dimple on one side of his face, which looked quite pleasant.
"Wang Jihong is also an educated youth from our seventh platoon."
Su Qian smiled at Wang Jihong and said, "We just happen to be visiting our team together."
Wang Jihong was a little shy and nodded.
Su Qian saw Wang Jihong pushing a bicycle with a bag tied to the frame, "Have you bought everything? If so, we will go back and make lunch in time."
Ruan Zhonghua said: "After buying it, put your backpack in the car."
He helped take off the panniers from Susie's back and fixed them on the bicycle, while the others squeezed out from the crowd.
Chapter completed!