"Are you really going to Lijiabao?"

Liu Rumei asked me, although the pattern on the keel is very similar to the painting of Li Erjia in my impression, I can't be sure that the two are the same.

"Let's go check it out, or I won't be able to sleep." I said to her in a joking tone.

Liu Rumei saw that I had made up my mind to go, and after thinking about it, she said, "Go but go, but there must be an excuse." ”

"It's an excuse." I nodded, then pointed to a blue and white porcelain jar on the Baibao grid and said, "Isn't this a ready-made excuse?" ”

"What?" Liu Rumei was puzzled.

I walked to Baibaoge, took the porcelain jar in my hand, looked at it carefully, and then said to Liu Rumei: "This blue and white porcelain jar was left by Li Er when he sold silver dollars, I didn't have time to give the money at the time, but I didn't expect it to come in handy now." ”

Liu Rumei understood what I meant, she nodded and said, "This excuse is really good, and it saves people from suspicion." ”

I nodded, "Uh-huh." ”

Liu Rumei asked, "Then what are you going to do?" Estimate the price and bring the money over, or bring the jar over? ”

"Uh......" I pondered for a while, and then said: "Bring the jar and the money, just say that someone wants to sell, let's come over to ask for advice, after all, the jar hasn't been paid yet, it's Li Er's thing." ”

"Well, that's better." Liu Rumei agreed, she thought about it and asked, "Do you have Li Er's phone?" Do you want to find a way to contact us beforehand? ”

"No phone from him." I shook my head and said, "Wouldn't it seem more suspicious that we have to go on a trip to something that can be explained on the phone?" ”

"yes." Liu Ru raised his forehead and said, "Why didn't I think of this layer, it's fortunate that there is no contact information for him." ”

I then nodded, "Uh-huh." ”

Liu Rumei looked at me carrying the jar in my hand and asked, "Just carry it to his house like this?" ”

After thinking about it, I put the blue and white jar in my hand on the table, and rummaged under the counter for a while, and finally found a box of the right size. This box is specially customized by me, it looks quite beautiful, there are a lot of large and small counters stuffed under the counter, in order to sell it for customers to pack. I wrapped the blue and white jar and put it in the box, and then said to Liu Rumei: "That's it." ”

"Hmm."

……

This time I went to Li Er's house, Liu Rumei did not bring a driver, but I drove my own "Little Hyundai", and the two of them went together. Because the road is not too far, and I have been there once before, it didn't take much effort on the road, and I quickly found Li Erjia. Luckily, when we arrived, it was just in time for Li Er to leave the house.

Li Er saw that it was us, he looked surprised, after all, we are just a business relationship, and the last time we could come over for a glass of wedding wine was already the limit, this special visit was very abrupt.

After greeting each other, I carried the bag in one hand and the box in the other and said to Li Er: "Second brother, why don't we go in and talk." ”

Li Er saw that I was still holding something, and probably couldn't figure out what medicine was sold in my gourd, so he nodded vaguely and led us into the yard.

After entering the hospital, I deliberately looked around, lowered my voice and said to Li Er, "Second brother, is it convenient to talk here?" ”

Li Er saw that I was so mysterious, he was even more vague, and he also lowered his voice and asked, "Boss, what is the matter with you coming here this time?" ”

I patted the box in my arms with my hand, then raised the bag in my hand and whispered to Li Er: "Antique ......"

Li Er was obviously very sensitive to these two words, and he immediately interrupted me and said to me: "Boss, say it in the house, say it in the house." ”

In this way, he let us go to the room where the ancient paintings were hung, and after adding tea and pouring water for a while, Li Ercai frowned and asked, "Boss, are you going to regret it?" I've spent all the money, but I don't have the money to return you. ”

I put the box in my arms and the bag in my hand on the table, and then said with a smile: "Second brother, what are you talking about?" How can there be a refund for the business that has been sold? ”

Li Er continued to frown and asked, "Then ...... you come over this time?"

I opened the box, let the blue and white jar inside be exposed, and then said: "Second brother, you can't always keep this jar with me, two days ago, a customer asked for the price, and I can't sell it, so I thought about sending it to you." ”

"Yikes!" Li Eryi was a little anxious when he heard this, and said: "Boss, that's a can, and let you run it yourself, besides, I said it that day, you helped our family so much, I don't want this can, I'll give it to you." ”

"Second brother, don't worry." I continued to smile and said to him: "One yard for business, the blue and white jar is yours, and you have the final say on whether you want to sell it or not." ”

Li Er continued: "Boss, but ......"

"Second brother, don't do it." I interrupted Li Er's words, opened the bag on the table, took out 20,000 cash from it, and then said to Li Er: "Second brother, you see that I also brought the money, either you leave the jar, or you leave the money." ”

Li Er saw the 20,000 on the table, his eyes straightened, and then asked, "Boss, you're not mistaken, right?" Can such a jar sell for 20,000? ”

I smiled and shook my head and said to him: "Second brother, this is the price offered by the guest, I don't earn a penny from you, but the thing is yours, and it depends on you whether you sell it or not." ”

Li Er reacted at this time, and hurriedly said to me: "Boss, sell, sell, but I can't ask for all this money, I have to leave some for you." ”

"That's all easy to say." I said as I picked up the money and stuffed it into my second-hand bag.

Li Er excused himself and asked me to keep some of everything. I said to him: "Second brother, you put this thing with me, this is friendship not business, if the second brother has any antique goods in the future, let's talk about business." ”

When Li Er heard me say this, he looked at the money in his hand again, and then said, "Then I will stay, I didn't expect this jar to be so valuable." ”

I said on the side: "It's not worth it, if someone wants to buy it, it's worth it, and if no one buys it, it's just a can." ”

Li Er nodded, thought for a while and said, "Boss, I still have some porcelain at home, why don't you take a look at it too?" I always feel that I can't let you run for nothing, you can collect some things and go back, and earn a travel fee. ”

"Hmm." I smiled and said to Li Er, "That's not bad, where is the thing?" I'll take a look. ”

Li Er hurriedly said to me: "Boss, you just rest here, I'll go look for it and come back immediately." ”

"Okay." I nodded, then looked at Li Er about to leave, and hurriedly said to him: "Second brother, as long as it is some years old, you can bring it over, don't care what that thing looks like, even if it is a pickle jar, maybe it is a good antique." ”

"Hmm." Li Er nodded and left.

Liu Rumei and I were left in the room, and I hurriedly asked her, "How is it?" ”

Liu Rumei secretly observed the strange painting on the wall as soon as she entered the house, and it wasn't until after Li Er left that she took out the photo from her bag for comparison. When I asked, she replied, "Except for the lines on the sides, the middle is exactly the same." ”

"That's right." I wasn't surprised when I heard it, after all, I had felt similar to each other before.

Liu Rumei took out the camera from her bag, quickly took a picture of the strange painting, put away the camera, and asked, "Qin Fen, what do you think is going on between the two?" ”

I shook my head and said to her, "I don't know, but my gut tells me there must be some secret hidden in this house." ”

Liu Rumei was puzzled and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

I briefly talked about the long and short lines around me and the circles on the short lines, and then I came up with my own conjecture that the circles represented the buried treasures.

"That's right." Liu Rumei suddenly, she thought about it and said, "If that's the case, it's going to be difficult." ”

"yes." I also have a headache, conjecture is conjecture after all, and Li Er can't let Li Er demolish his house because of conjecture.

Liu Rumei thought for a while and said: "Anyway, the two are connected, even if there are any secrets here, they can't escape, and we will find a way when we really need it." ”

"Uh-huh." I nodded yes.

Liu Rumei and I waited quietly for Li Er, and after about ten minutes, Li Er finally came back. He held a particularly large cardboard box, put it on the ground gently after entering the house, raised his hand and wiped the sweat on his forehead with his cuffs, and then said to me: "Boss, that's all, you see." ”

"So much?" I opened the cardboard box with some curiosity, looked at the bottles and cans inside, and couldn't help but complain in my heart: Did you bring all your own tableware?

Li Er said: "Boss, these are all left by the elders, you have to see what they are." ”

Li Er's box of things can be described as varied, except for some locally mass-produced clay pottery has no value, and other bottles and cans are worth a little money.

I picked them up one by one, and gave Li Er an introduction to each one, telling him the origin and price of this thing, and telling him to keep it even if it was inferior. In the end, I picked out two cans and two bowls in this big box and decided to take them away, and told Li Er that the rest is not just that there are still stocks in the store, and let him keep the things well, and I will collect them when I have the opportunity in the future.

These two jars are not blue and white jars, they are black glazed jars from Yaozhou, the single estimate is not very high, fortunately, the quality is complete, the two are a pair, I think someone should like it. The two bowls are the things of the kiln in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, the workmanship is also fine, and the quality is relatively intact, although it is not as good as the things of the official kiln in the same period, but it can be worth some money. For four things, I gave Li Er 20,000 yuan, which is a lot, and basically I can earn a fraction when I sell these four things.

Li Er smiled from ear to ear when he got the money, it can be imagined that he had just married his child, and his hand must be surprisingly tight, and with the 40,000 yuan added out of thin air, the tight days will definitely ease a lot.

Saying goodbye to Li Er, on the way back, Liu Rumei and I talked about the weird pattern again, guessing what the pattern was and why the same pattern appeared in such different places.

We talked about it for a long time and still no result.

I smiled and said to Liu Rumei: "Maybe what your dad said is right, that thing may really be a map." ”