Chapter Twenty-Eight: Poor Performance
Sure that the Xuande furnace was a fine product, Xu Ran regretted that he was actually artificially destroyed.
The edge of the knife did not look like it was cut by a machine, but was cut by an extremely sharp instrument with great force and with a single sword.
Because of this, after the stove was split, it was left for a long time, so that it was a little deformed.
Looking at the owner of the stove again, this aunt is different from others, judging from her neat and clean, well-matched dress, she is not like an ordinary peasant woman, and she is quite distinctive, and she belongs to the kind of woman who has more charm and taste the more she looks at it.
Even though the years have made her look through vicissitudes and a little old, it has not completely covered up her elegant jade-like temperament.
Xu Ran glanced at the quiet woman and said, "This aunt, although your incense burner was almost broken in half with a knife, it was kept very carefully and meticulously, and it is not an imitation, so someone will definitely buy this incense burner and bid for you, right?"
"That's right, you're very eye-catching!"
The temperamental aunt nodded and said: "This furnace has been visited by several waves of people, and they all want to buy it back for restoration, but I didn't sell it, I don't think anyone can restore this furnace, most of them just repair it and use it to fool people and sell it for a high price......
Hearing this, Xu Ran became interested and said, "Auntie, hearing you say this, you seem to know where this knife came from?"
The aunt nodded: "Yes, the knife edge of this incense burner was cut by the ancestor with a treasure knife of unknown origin!"
Xu Ran said: "Then aunt, why do you conclude that no one can repair this incense burner, after all, the width of the knife edge is about one centimeter at most, and it is still possible to fill the gap with modern technology?"
The aunt shook her head: "My grandfather once tried to restore it, but he never succeeded, so I think that very few people can restore him, if it is repaired with modern technology, then it will lose its original characteristics, and it can only be reduced to a commodity, not a collector's ......."
Xu Ran agreed very much with this.
Even if the stove were to be restored with modern technology, it would be much less collectible, because it had a deplorable flaw that would not be tolerated by a collector with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Now that it is in a state of damage and deformation, Xu Ran naturally wants to buy it back, so he asked: "Auntie, this furnace has become like this, there will still be people who want to buy it, then you have never sold it, it should be the price offered by the other party that makes you dissatisfied, right?"
Aunt Temperament nodded and said: "At first, it was an expert who came to see the stove, and I didn't sell it if I planned to take it back for three thousand, and then someone came to ask one after another, and the bids ranged from four to five thousand, and then the highest bid was a boss, and he was ready to pay 15,000 yuan, just during that time my family was not in a hurry to use money, and I was a little reluctant, so I didn't sell it, but this time I ......"
Speaking of this, the aunt did not continue to speak and fell silent.
Aunt Qiao next to her knew the situation, and she also encouraged the other party to bring the stove to Xu Ran to show it, so Aunt Qiao answered: "Xiao Ran, his Aunt Siyi's doll is about to go to college, and his man was diagnosed with cancer last year, so the family is quite short of money, if you look good at this stove, you can pay a suitable price, right?"
Xu Ran thought about it, and noticed that the temperament aunt was full of misery and helplessness, presumably what Aunt Qiao said should be true, so he said: "Auntie, I will give 20,000 yuan for this stove, what do you think?"
Hearing this price, the temperamental aunt was still groaning, but the other aunts were talking about it.
"Wow, it's Aunt Siyi, this price is good, and your girl has a good place to go to college!"
"Yes, sell it, this young man is still quite kind!"
Aunt Qiao saw that Qin Siyi was still hesitating, so she said: "Aunt Siyi, I know that your family is in urgent need of money, so I brought you to Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran is a kind child, and the price he gave is very fair, if you take it to those bosses again, it is estimated that you will not even be able to see people, antique dealers and intermediaries are even darker, and it is impossible to get this price, and it is too late in time, your Xiaoyun University will start school the day after tomorrow, and the train ticket has not been bought yet......
Qin Siyi finally spoke at this moment and said, "Young man, then make a deal at this price!"
Xu Ran only had less than 10,000 yuan of cash left in hand, and he was thinking about whether to get some cash, when he happened to see Du Dongping standing behind the pile.
After he beckoned to Du Dongping, Du Dongping squeezed in from the crowd, glanced at the stove a few times, and said: "Xiao Ran, you really use 20,000 yuan to collect this rag, even if this furnace can be repaired, but if you remove the repair labor, materials and operating costs, you may not be able to make money?"
Xu Ran ignored him and said, "How much cash do you have, bring it to me first, I'll use it urgently, and I'll use the WeChat message to transfer it to you when it's over?"
"Okay!"
Du Dongping saw that Xu Ran insisted on collecting the stove, and he didn't say anything, so he went back to the car and came back with a bag, put it on the table and said: "There is 50,000 cash in it, you only took it at this time, and I was going to pay you in advance!"
Xu Ran took the bag and looked at it, there were five stacks of brand-new Grandpa Mao in it, so he took out two stacks and picked them up in front of Qin Siyi and said, "Auntie, this is 20,000, you order!"
Qin Siyi took the money and roughly counted it, then carefully put it in her bag and stepped aside.
At this moment, another aunt hurriedly put on the table an ancient bookcase with two broken legs and a few holes.
Without waiting for Xu Ran to speak, the aunt took out a few pieces of broken wood and put them on the table, and said with a sob: "Young man, this ancient bookcase is the most valuable treasure in my family, but my old man smashed it, this is all mine, I want to ...... back then."
"Stop, stop!"
Xu Ran saw that this aunt was about to start the performance of the sad mode, so he immediately waved his hand to stop it: "Auntie, I have no interest in listening to stories when I collect things, let's not mention that little thing in your family, right?"
"But I'm bitter in my heart, if I don't tell it, how do you know the story behind this bookcase?"
Xu Ran's head suddenly grew bigger, and he looked at the bookcase and the fragments a few times: "Auntie, I'm not doing the recording scene of a TV show, let's just talk about things, part of your bookcase is Huanghuali, yes, but most of these parts of the broken leg are patchwork of high-imitation pineapple wood, those few broken holes, the corresponding repairs to the holes you take are just ordinary wood, I didn't tell you, don't bring it if you can't put it together, I won't accept this thing......"
When the aunt heard this, she was anxious: "Although my thing is a little broken, but the yellow rosewood is very valuable, and this bookcase is an old thing, and others are still rushing to ask for it, how can you do this, young man?"
"Since someone is rushing to ask for it, then you can sell it to others!"
"I've got it to you, you don't want it, you don't want it, you don't have ...... for me."
Du Dongping, who was next to him, couldn't stand the way this woman's performance, and couldn't help but shout: "Even if you are the part of Huanghuali, it is especially broken and damaged, but it is glued together, and few places are intact, even if you pick out a few pieces separately and sell them, it is worthless, what are you yelling, if there is such a complete brick size, you will still get it here and sell it as rags?"