Chapter 307: A Gratifying Harvest
On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, because it was a 2 o'clock flight in the afternoon, there were no attractions arranged in the morning.
Anyway, the seven most famous must-visit attractions in Kyoto, they have been to play in the past five days, although the rest of the attractions are quite attractive, but first, there is not enough time, and secondly, the He family is looking forward to the next time to send their children to college to play again, so on the morning of the ninth day of the first month, they did not arrange any more amusement items, but arranged free activities.
Mother He wanted to go to the largest department store in Kyoto, and it just so happened that Xu Huixiang also wanted to buy two spring clothes for her husband and children, so the two housewives hit it off and went shopping hand in hand.
He's father didn't particularly want to go, so he followed his three children to the antique street to see the world.
He Chifeng, as the most reliable driver of the two companies, first sent the two ladies to the door of the department store, and then pulled the four of He's father to the antique street, told them a few words, and made an appointment to take a taxi back to the hotel at half past ten, and went back first. He still has a lot of things to do, first he has to return the borrowed business car, and then drive his own car to He and Xu to pull luggage.
Their family also flew back to Qing City in the afternoon, although he and Yuanyuan still had a few days of winter vacation, but his wife was going to work, so he simply left with the He family.
In addition to the family's luggage, there are also specialties prepared by the elders of the two families for the He family.
He was determined that the He family refused to accept it, so he had to go and pull the special products to the hotel, take them on the plane as his family's luggage, and when he returned to Qingshi and delivered them directly to people's homes, they refused to accept them.
As a result, when I arrived at He's house, in addition to the scary-looking Kyoto specialties, there were two other people who also had to go to Qingshi.
"Dad. Yuanyuan they came with Hu, why did you follow Hu too? The little girl was followed by two big men, what did she look like...... "He Chifeng held his forehead.
"Why don't your heads shine as your son?" Old Man He took a slow sip of tea. glanced at his son with disdain and said, "Isn't that girl a celebrity?" What if someone is following? β
He Chifeng paused for a moment, thought about it carefully, and had to admit that the old man's consideration still made some sense, but he still felt that this method was not very appropriate.
"Haicheng is not as good as Kyoto, and there are very few school-going children with bodyguards, and as far as I know, Haicheng Ichigao has never set such a precedent. You asked Vivi to take two big men to school, how do you explain it to people when you turn around? β
"Why do you have to explain to someone?" Old Man He snorted, didn't he just bring two bodyguards. Neither breaking the law nor committing a crime, who is in the way?
"Dad, don't always think about how good you can be, since it's for Weiwei. Then you have to stand in her shoes and think for her. Do you think she can agree? β
"What's so you can't agree to a matter of safety?"
"That can't affect people's normal life and study."
"Then what do you say?" Old Man He glared at him and asked fiercely.
He Chifeng thought for a while and said, "That's it, I'll take this person away first, but whether I go to school with Weiwei, I asked Weiwei what she meant before making a decision." She's not a child anymore, and you can tell. She's an assertive person, no matter what she thinks. It's better not to hide from her and make up your mind directly. β
Seeing that he was willing to take people away, no matter what reason it was, Old Man He waved his hand impatiently and said, "Okay, okay, anyway, this matter is left to you, just don't cause anything wrong with my eldest granddaughter-in-law when you go back, I don't care about the rest." β
So, He Chifeng pulled a cart of specialties and two retired special forces who were brave and good at fighting, and went to the Mandarin Hotel.
When they arrived at the hotel, it was almost half past ten, and the four of them came back from a round of antique streets, and He Mu and Xu Huixiang fought too hard, until He Chifeng called to urge, and suddenly remembered that they had to catch a plane after lunch, so they mentioned the spoils of the morning, called a taxi, and rushed back to the hotel in a hurry.
"These two are colleagues of a friend of mine, going to Qingshi to do some errands and go with us." He Chifeng hadn't figured out how to tell his goddaughter about this, so he had to find such an excuse.
Except for He Chifeng and the two who knew about it, everyone else didn't care much, and after politely saying hello to the two, they went their separate ways: He Wei followed her brother to check out, and the others sat in the lobby to guard the luggage, chatting about the morning's harvest by the way.
"Yuanyuan, my mother bought you a baseball uniform, and your aunt also bought it for Dongzi and Weiwei, you can wear it in physical education class at that time, and the material can be soft. If you all go out dressed together, you'll be like brothers and sisters......"
Xu Huixiang said as she took out the new spring dress she bought for her son, opened it and asked happily, "What's the matter?" Pretty, isn't it? β
When He Xu promised to hear that He Xidong's brothers and sisters also had it, he nodded: "It's okay." β
"That's it! Your aunt and I both think it's good-looking, but you still don't think it's good-looking. β
Xu Huixiang happily stuffed the clothes back into the suitcase, packed up a few new clothes, and asked casually: "Did you go to the antique street to buy anything?" After the eighth day of the new year, the antique street should be very lively. β
"Yes, Brother Dongzi and Sister Weiwei both bought it, I wasn't interested in those, so I bought something to eat, and I can eat it when I wait at the airport for a while."
In addition to selling old goods and antiques, there are also many food shops, including Inakamura, one of Kyoto's most famous confectionery shops. It just so happened that He Xidong remembered that he had to bring some pastries from Daoxiang Village back to He Xin, so Yuanyuan Children's Shoes volunteered to be a food buyer.
Waiting for He Wei and her brother to walk around, He Father and Yuanyuan, who were waiting at the gate of Daoxiang Village, were already full of large boxes of delicacies in their hands.
"You foodie! How old are you, and you still want to eat all day long, I don't know if you eat too much in adolescence and it's easy to get fat, it's easy to lose weight when it's fat, and then the fat one really becomes a ball, don't cry your nose if no girl likes you......"
When Xu Huixiang heard that her son was not good to accompany the two brothers and sisters of his goddaughter to the antique street, and what kind of food was he going to pick up, he couldn't help but be angry and funny, pinched his son's soft cheeks hard, and said hatefully: "How much is it okay to give your mother a little bit of moderation?" β
He Xu promised to blushed and dodge his mother's hot hand: "Mom, don't pinch my face all the time." Pinch it again, and it's really going to be round. Where am I fat? Our PE teacher said that a height-to-weight ratio like mine. is the healthiest, Sister Weiwei is on the thin side......"
"Which of your PE teachers? Hurry up and communicate with him. Xu Huixiang pretended to be serious and said.
"You don't have to find a physical education teacher, I can show you the evidence." He Xuyu snorted and opened a small software on his mobile phone, entered his height and weight, and saw a health index evaluation popping up on it, and proudly pointed out that he should show his mother: "Oh, this is it." I'm not wrong, Mom, I'm a golden figure, a healthy ...... in health."
"I'm also a fighter in the plane." Xu Huixiang slapped his head amusedly. When he turned around and saw that the brother and sister were back, he picked up the big bag and urged: "It's eleven o'clock, it's time to go." β
He Chifeng walked over from the lobby manager and said, "The hotel has provided a minibus. Except for us. There are also two tourists who are also rushing to the airport. β
"That's just right, we don't have to take a taxi."
The group carried their luggage onto the hotel's minibus, each carrying two or three pieces in their hands, and even the two special forces comrades, who had few words, took the initiative to carry a few duffel bags.
After getting in the car, He Wei was pulled by Yuanyuan to the middle of the three-seater, with her brother on the left and Yuanyuan on the right. The two-seater across the aisle sat her mother and godmother. One after another, everyone else began to find their seats to sit down.
"Sister. Hurry up and show me the treasure you and Brother Dongzi found in the antique street. When my mom asked me what you bought, I couldn't answer. β
He Wei glanced at him with a smile: "I showed it to you when I was in the taxi just now." You still say no. β
"Isn't that eating mango tart, I'm afraid of staining the treasure you found."
He Wei smiled, didn't make fun of him anymore, and took out from her crossbody bag the small objects she had found in the antique street in the morningβan ivory carved cicada and a wrench that was said to be made of Bodhi fruit.
"I bought two snuff bottles, and I looked at some of the vintages, but it could also be that the seller had used them and brought them back to my master." He Xidong also took out the results of the morning from his backpack.
Since the snuffbox had been sold for a high price last time, he has been far more interested in this kind of object than in other curios.
Picking up leaks is certainly one thing, on the other hand, as his master said, the water in the antique industry is very deep, and how many people pounce into it, not even making a splash. If you want to be brilliant, you can't go long on this road just by luck, and you have to rely on strength in the end. For example, when someone encounters a snuffbox next time and wants to find someone to identify which dynasty and which generation is the product, the first thing that comes to mind is him, and that is called success.
"Huh? Little brother, can you show me this walnut snuff bottle? β
A passenger in the back row saw the snuffbox in He Xidong's hand, stood up in surprise, and leaned on the back of the chair to ask for a close appreciation.
He Xidong saw that there were so many of his own people in the car, and he was not afraid that the other party would cheat, so he even handed him a handkerchief.
"Look at this carving, it looks like it was from the Yongqing period, and this lid is not like an ordinary red agate, like a red jade coral ......"
When He Xidong heard that the other party was professional, he leaned on the back of the chair and asked with great interest: "Uncle, do you think this snuff bottle has a history of four or five hundred years?" β
"That's how I estimated, you see, this is a picture of a lady carved on the head, and the dress of the lady on the picture is very in line with the customs of the Yongqing Dynasty. Of course, the possibility of imitation in later generations is not impossible, but you think, if it is really an imitation, who will carve such a laborious figure on a peach pit, and if you want to carve it on jade and jade, it will be more valuable, don't you say? β
The passenger in the back seat took out the magnifying glass he brought with him and pointed it out to He Xidong little by little.
He Xidong also looked at it more and more surprised: "What Uncle said is, why didn't I think of this just now, I think this thing is exquisitely carved, and it can have such a mellow feel, presumably the year is not short......"
"It's good that you think of that, I don't even know what a snuffbox is when I'm your age, haha." The balding middle-aged uncle in the back row smiled heartily.
He Xidong also smiled happily, and took out another snuff bottle, which was white and transparent, the body of the pot was decorated with Tibetan silver, and the lid was made of Tibetan silver.
"It's hard to say this, if you're lucky, maybe it's also from the Yongqing period, and it's called a discoloration material; If you're unlucky, it's probably a post-modern imitation of clear plastic. The uncle took a magnifying glass and took a closer look at it and came to this conclusion.
"Uncle's conjecture is the same as mine, and I'm not sure, so I bought it."
He Xidong and his sister looked at each other and smiled.
In fact, his sister took a lot of credit for picking these two snuff bottles, saying that they felt good and looked unique, so she bought them. If he were alone, he would probably choose those enamel colors, Tang Sancai or white jade and jadeite. However, the price is not too expensive, two are a total of eighty-eight, even if it is not handed down from the previous dynasty, it is worth this money to buy these two pieces.
After admiring the snuffbox in his hand, the uncle asked for the two pieces of He Wei to take a look, and said that most of the hopes were antiquities from the previous dynasty, and gave a thumbs up to the brothers and sisters.
The other people in the car were envious when they heard that the brother and sister had found a treasure in the morning.
As for the father and mother of the brother and sister, the He family, they couldn't stop smiling happily. The baby that my son bought last time earned a lot of money for the family, otherwise he wouldn't have had the opportunity to buy a furniture factory.
As a result, the original groups and various topics on the car gradually focused on antique appreciation.
The uncle is also happy to popularize the knowledge of treasure appreciation to everyone, so along the way, the people who listen are relishing, and the people who talk are endless.
If you weren't afraid of missing the plane, you wouldn't want to get off the bus when you get to the airport.
After the uncle got out of the car, he dragged his suitcase, stuffed a business card to the brother and sister, and said that if there is anything that needs to be done, just contact him, and if you can't determine the authenticity, you can also find him, and he has a very professional chief appraiser who is responsible for identification and valuation, and guarantees that he can give them a clear answer.
Only then did He Xidong know that this bald, ordinary facial features, and slightly obscene smile middle-aged uncle was actually Yu Guanghui, chairman of Bole Auction Company with the highest turnover rate and the best reputation in the domestic auction industry.
He was so excited that he jumped three feet high, hugged his sister and laughed.
I didn't expect to have such a big harvest when I came out for a trip.
He Wei pulled him away funny: "Brother, don't laugh, it's weird." β
She still doesn't know that these pieces are authentic antiquities from the previous dynasty, there is a system of monarchs, and all antiques are paper tigers.
However, it is indeed quite surprising to be able to meet the leading boss of a domestic auction house on the hotel bus. In this way, whether it is her or her brother, if they find any treasures in the future, they will not be afraid of running out of sales. Moreover, if you go out through the auction house, the safety is also relatively guaranteed. Overall, the harvest of this trip is really gratifying! (To be continued......)
PS: The last chapter was reviewed when it was released.,I don't know if you subscribed later.γ I said that the existence of the previous chapter was a bit abrupt.,I read the first few chapters twice.,I think it's quite coherent.,Because if you don't explain it like this.,The follow-up events are not easy to write.γ The starting point of everything is for the plot.,Meow~