The community where Uncle Xu lives is adjacent to the Huangpu River, and the housing prices here can be said to be an insult to the houses here with the word "every inch of land". There are no villas here, just an office-like building. According to the visitor, Xiaogao, this house has a floor area of about 4,000 square meters per floor, but there are only two households.

"Only two households on the first floor?" Tanzi's eyes widened and asked, "One household has 2,000 square meters?" How big does that have to be? How do you live? ”

"That's because each house has its own indoor pool. ”

It's really poverty that limits our imagination. After hearing this, Tanzi and I also looked at each other, and at the same time we were very excited, this legendary house type, finally had the opportunity to see the real face in reality.

As soon as I entered the room, I and Tanzi were attracted by the spaciousness of the building and the luxury of the decoration.

Uncle Xu, wearing a pair of pajamas, walked over from a distance, and asked with a smile how we had two days? That's good, of course. Then he let us into the drawing-room, asked us what we were drinking, and then asked us to prepare.

"Xiao Qian, it's not easy for you to come to my house once, come, Uncle Xu will show you my treasures." Uncle Xu said and led us to a room. This room is also a collection room, but it is larger and more luxurious, and the furnishings in it are not on the same level as Zhang Dongwei's room. Although I am a layman when it comes to antique calligraphy and painting, I still have this bit of eyesight. There aren't a lot of things here, but I'm sure they're all treasures.

"The things here are my hard work for many years, and they are my lifeblood! It's not easy to show people! Uncle Xu picked up a porcelain bowl and said to me and the jar: "Don't underestimate this bowl, it is a blue and white porcelain from the Ming Zhengde period, I spent 87 million at Christie's, and this is still a big bargain!" He said with a smile, as if the money spent was not 87 million, but 8,700 yuan.

"This one is a purple gold glaze printed cup in the Song Dynasty, and it is also a rare treasure......" I listened to Uncle Xu introduce his "treasure" to me and Tanzi, but a strange feeling rose in my heart. Even if Uncle Xu knew that I knew some feng shui techniques, he didn't need to show me these things as soon as he arrived at his house, after all, there was a difference between feng shui and treasure appreciation! What's more, he also said that these things are his lifeblood, and they are generally not easily revealed. But I didn't know him very well with Tanzi, and although I called him Uncle Sheng, I didn't have much contact, so how could he be relieved to let the next two strangers enter his treasure room?

At this time, I thought of the change in Uncle Xu's expression after hearing the origin of the emerald in the Zhang's cemetery. Could it have something to do with that gem?

"Xiao Qian, Xiao Qian......" Uncle Xu looked at me stunned and called me twice.

"Poor ghost!" The altar also stabbed me next to it, reminding me that Uncle Xu was talking to me.

"Ah, oh, what's wrong Uncle Xu?" I came back to my senses and answered.

"It'......s nothing," Uncle Xu said with a smile, "It's just that you look absent-minded, as if you have something on your mind?" ”

I shook my head and said, "Nothing, think of something else." ”

"By the way, have you had breakfast? If you don't have any food, I'll have someone prepare some for you! Uncle Xu suddenly asked.

I just wanted to refuse, and I wanted to say Uncle Xu, you don't have to be so polite, but the jar has already answered truthfully in front of me.

Uncle Xu smiled, then turned his head and ordered, let people go and prepare some early. Soon, it was already prepared early. A servant came and invited us to dinner. The jar naturally rushed over with a smile. I just wanted to go with me to taste the taste of the rich man's breakfast, but I was stopped by Uncle Xu: "Xiao Qian, wait a minute, I have something to say to you." ”

I confessed to the jar and asked him to eat first, and then followed Uncle Xu to his study.

After Uncle Xu motioned for me to sit down, he also sat on the chair and looked at me for a while.

"Uncle Xu, what do you think I am doing like this?" I was a little embarrassed by him, so I asked first.

Uncle Xu stared at me and asked, "Have you ever heard of 'Cloud Gate'?" ”

"Cloud Gate? What is that? I was stunned, then shook my head.

Uncle Xu stretched his body, and then he avoided talking about the so-called "Cloud Gate", but talked about our Xu Pei family: "Don't talk about this first...... You must be curious about what kind of friends my father and I were, right? And, since we're friends, why haven't you heard your father mention me before? I think you must have thought about these two questions more than once in the past two days. ”

I nodded.

Uncle Xu said: "Actually, if you want to talk about the relationship between our two families, you have to start from your grandfather and my father's generation......"

As soon as I heard it, I said to myself, obediently, I thought Uncle Xu was an ordinary friend of my father, but I didn't expect that our two families were still world friends. But since it's a world friend, why haven't we had contact before? I didn't make a sound, just listened quietly to Uncle Xu.

"Your grandfather and my father were fellow villagers when they were young, and they grew up playing in the same village. Later, your grandfather went to study Taoism, and my father started an antiquities business. Uncle Xu said slowly, "Even in those days, antiques were a lucrative business. Buy antiques from farmers or tomb robbers at low prices, and then sell them to wealthy people at high prices through special channels. Between buying and selling, it can be a hundredfold, a thousandfold or even a thousandfold profit...... I can have the family business I have now, thanks to the family foundation that my old man laid for me at the beginning......"

I suddenly remembered the events of the Republic of China in the TV series I often watched: "Didn't you say that fiat currency was cheaper than paper at that time?" ”

Uncle Xu laughed: "My father is not using fiat currency for checkout, but small yellow croaker." ”

"Little yellow croaker?"

"It's gold bars!" Uncle Xu explained.

"Oh." I answered.

Uncle Xu continued: "Although it is said that they were all in the same village when they were children, they have their own homes and affairs when they grow up, and they are inevitably a little estranged. And my father has money, so he can't help but be a little arrogant, and he looks down on the people in the village. Later, my father moved to the city with my grandfather and his family. ”

I thought to myself, what kind of world friend is this? It's just that my grandfather and his father played together for a while.

Uncle Xu seemed to see what I was thinking: "Of course, if the story is only here, then our two families are just general friends, how can they be considered world friends?" The real reason is still in what happened later. ”