Chapter 161: Manuscript of Poems, Sketches of Orchids
Although Xiao Hua's tone of voice was very unpleasant, for the sake of the manuscript of the Red Mansion, Yang Kang still endured it and didn't say anything, and he didn't know the relationship between Xiao Hua and Li Sandi.
"Our boss has gone abroad and will not be back anytime soon." Yang Kang said, then he turned to Li Sandi and said, "Auntie, did you bring something, can you show it to me?" β
Li Sandi listened, and hurriedly agreed, saying, "Okay, I brought it, I found another book, but unfortunately it was broken!" β
"It doesn't matter, show it to me!" Yang Kang said in his mouth, but there was some heartache in his heart, if it was still the manuscript of the Red Mansion, it would be a loss if it was missing one or two pages.
Li Sandi was busy about to hand over a black nylon bag in her hand, but Xiao Hua suddenly said, "Slow! As he spoke, he snatched the black nylon bag from Li Sandi's hand.
"Xiao Hua, what are you doing?" Cao Juan frowned and said.
"It's an antique, do you understand an antique?" Xiao Hua turned white like Cao Juan and said, "Why are you so stupid? He is a fellow, he can see what is famous, even if he sees it, he has the money to buy it? β
Yang Kang was a little speechless, glanced at Xiao Hua, and said, "Is it an antique, you have to show me!" β
"Do you want to buy it?" Xiao Hua held his head high and said arrogantly, "If you can't afford it, you can say it as soon as possible, don't waste my time." β
Yang Kang frowned again, looked at Li Sandi and asked, "Auntie, who are you this gentleman?" β
"Boss, Xiao Hua is my daughter's boyfriend. This is my daughter Cao Juan. Li Sandi was busy introducing. Although she said that, Li Sandi was really dissatisfied with her daughter's boyfriend, she didn't care about no house or car, after all, she didn't have any money, and she couldn't ask the man to do this and that.
However, the young man is so self-motivated. However, Xiao Hua is usually idle, and he doesn't have a serious job. Fooling around outside all day. He also likes to eat, drink and gamble, has no money, and often squanders his daughter's small salary. , Li Sandi has already talked to her daughter a few times. If it doesn't work. Let's divide it early.
But every time my daughter hesitates, she is reluctant. She didn't know what to say.
Not long ago, she heard people say that antiques are worth a lot of money now. She sold a few old books at home for 80,000 yuan at the same time, and she thought that she seemed to have this kind of very old and broken books at home.
So, I went home today to look for it, and sure enough, I found a broken book, but she went to the Confucius Temple and asked around, but no one wanted it, and finally ran to the antique street, which was originally a chance to try her luck, but I didn't expect that this little boss actually bought it at a high price of 10,000 yuan.
Li Sandi was instantly so happy that she couldn't find the north, think about it, isn't there an old painting at home? Go back and find out and sell it to the little boss together.
But when she went back to rummage through the cabinets to find something, her daughter came back, so she told her about it.
When her daughter heard this, she was also happy, and she hurriedly called her boyfriend Xiao Hua.
Usually Xiao Hua doesn't have any concept of time, but when he heard about it today, he rushed over, waiting for Li Sandi to find the old painting, and there was also a broken book that was put together with the old painting.
Li Sandi knows his temperament, once he has money, he will go to drink and gamble, and he will not come back if he is not glamorous, where can he rest assured, so he doesn't agree to anything, but Xiao Hua is playing tricks, and almost quarreled with Li Sandi about this matter.
In the end, Li Sandi made a concession, that is, he and his daughter came to Ruyifang together.
"Oh? Mr. Shaw! Yang Kang nodded at Xiao Hua, thinking in his heart, this kid is not a normal person, this Li Sandi's daughter, her vision is not good.
"Show me if it's an antique, it's not up to you to decide." Yang Kang said.
"My things, I don't count if I say it, who has the final say?" Xiao Hua snorted from his nostrils and said.
"I'm the last one to pay!" Yang Kang smiled lightly.
"I sue you, boy, I'm going to sell this thing for 200,000, can you afford it?" Xiao Hua said disdainfully.
"I'm going to see something, it's worth 200,000." Yang Kang frowned again, then he glanced at Li Sandi and said, "Also, the thing is not yours, and you are not qualified to make an offer." Auntie, do you want to show me this thing? The most important sentence is that he said it to Li Sandi.
"Give it, give it!" Seeing this, Li Sandi immediately glared at Xiao Hua fiercely, she has been more and more dissatisfied with this prospective son-in-law recently. Then she couldn't help but say and took the black nylon bag from Xiao Hua's hand.
Xiao Hua wanted to say something, but was pulled over by Cao Juan.
"Don't make a fuss, you're making a fuss, there's nothing!" Cao Juan whispered, "When my mother sells things and the money arrives, we will have the money to get married, what are you making trouble?" β
Hearing Cao Juan say this, Xiao Hua was silent, but he was thinking in his heart, how could he coax this money to his hands first? Recently, this mother-in-law is like a thief, but she doesn't believe him at all, she has a valuable baby at home, and she doesn't sue him, if Cao Juan hadn't called him, he would still be in the dark, no, can you give all the money to that old guy.
Yang Kang opened the black nylon bag and took out a scroll of painting scrolls from it, which seemed to be not large, and the width was only more than thirty centimeters at most.
After starting the thing, Yang Kang carefully unfolded the painting scroll, inside is an ordinary rice paper ink painting, on the bank of a bay stream and water, there is a clump of bluegrass, on which is a bright moon, a few jackdaws, and there are words next to it-
"It coincides with the reunion of the three nos, full of clear light jade fences, and it takes a round in the sky to come out, and all the surnames in the world look up."
There is also the seal of "Cao Mengruan" below, of course, there is inevitably the seal of Cao Zhengguo, including the Baishi Sanren and so on.
"Qin Xi Lan sketch?" Yang Kang was full of doubts, could it be that there really is such a thing?
However, this seems to be a bit of a gap in the legendary "Qinxi Orchid Sketch", and people don't say that this is "Qinxi Orchid Grass"?
Yang Kang thought in his heart, and couldn't help but look at it with the Taiyin Treasure Book, a faint soft light filled his eyes, and the next moment, the "Qinxi Orchid Sketch" in his hand was already full of treasure.
"The painting is real, it should be the handwriting of Old Master Cao, but if it is not Qinxi orchid grass, it needs to be discussed." Yang Kang thought in his heart.
He put down the painting in his hand and picked up the book that Li Sandi said was very brokenβhe admitted that the book was indeed very broken, and the front and back covers were gone. He flipped through a few pages casually, and almost stomped his feet and beat his chest, this should be Cao Xueqin's poetry manuscript, most of which are in "Dream of Red Mansions", and there are traces of modification and smearing, but there are some manuscripts that are not in the Red Mansion, and the research value of this thing is too high.
I took a look at it with the Taiyin Treasure Book, and sure enough, the treasure light was steaming up, and it was extremely rich.
"Auntie, I like both this painting and the book, you make a price!" Yang Kang carefully put the manuscript of the poem aside, and then said.
"Really?" Li Sandi smiled happily, "You said you could give me 50,000." β
"Hmm!" Yang Kang nodded, Li Sandi shouldn't bring her daughter and son-in-law with her, otherwise, he can give her 500,000 yuan for these things in her hands, so that she can improve her life well and live comfortably in her old age in the future.
However, that Xiao Hua doesn't look like a serious person no matter how he looks at it, once he takes the initiative to raise the price, if this guy feels profitable, he won't sell it directly, and he has no way.
"I'll give you 50,000 yuan, do you take a check?" Yang Kang said, "Cash checks? β
"Little boss, I don't know much about cash checks, can you give me cash directly?" When Li Sandi said such a sentence, she was a little embarrassed.
"Okay!" Yang Kang nodded.
"Wait!" Suddenly, Xiao Hua shouted, "I didn't say that I sold it to you for 50,000 yuan!" β
"Huh?" Yang Kang was stunned, what he was most afraid of was that this Xiao Hua was messing around, and finally ruined his business.
If it's something else, if it's yellow, it's yellow, he really doesn't care, but he likes this poem and that painting very much, and he wants to get his hands on it very much.
"Mr. Xiao, what do you mean?" Yang Kang asked.
"Meaning, I'm not selling this thing!" Xiao Hua said as he put the manuscript of the poem and the painting into a black nylon bag, and then carried it and was about to leave.
"Auntie?" Yang Kang looked at Li Sandi, frowned and said, "You really don't sell?" β
"This ......" Li Sandi looked at Xiao Hua and said, "Xiao Hua, sell it, wait to get the money, I will decorate the house, and at the end of the year, I will do the happy event between you and Juanjuan, and you are all not too young." β
"Auntie!" Xiao Hua looked at Yang Kang, then pulled Li Sandi and Cao Juan back a few steps, muttering and discussing.
Yang Kang sighed, he almost couldn't help but take the initiative to increase the price, but he knew that if it was Li Sandi, he would buy this thing today or not, but that Xiao Hua really damned, I was afraid that if he wanted to buy it today, he would have to work hard.
So, he watched them talking and looked at his fried noodles, which were a little cold, and immediately took them, turned around and went to the kitchen to heat them, ignoring them.
Waiting for him to heat up the fried noodles in the microwave, he brought them out, and looked at the three of them: "Have you discussed it, do you sell it or not?" As he spoke, he sat down on the couch and began to eat fried noodles with chopsticks.
"Five hundred thousand!" Xiao Hua said, "One thing is 500,000, and the two things add up to 1 million, if you don't want it, I'll find someone else." β
"Ahem......" When Yang Kang heard it, he almost choked to death with fried noodles, and the tears of coughing came out.
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