Chapter 642 [Cultivating a Successor]
At this time, Anne's small mouth opened in surprise, and she could stuff a small apple, and she was shocked for a while, and then she looked at her mother-in-law Yang Lan and asked.
"Mom, I don't have a problem with the carved scarab beetle amulets of those gems occupying the second level, so why can the scarab amulets made of sterling silver still rank 2nd with the highest value?"
"Is it not scientific that silver was worth more than gold and precious stones in ancient Egypt, and how can gold be a precious metal since ancient times less valuable than silver?"
As soon as Yang Lan saw his daughter-in-law Anne in surprise, his eyes lit up, patted Anne's little hand, and explained with a smile. "Girl, you're right to think so, but you forgot that these scarab amulets should have been cast three or four thousand years ago in ancient Egypt."
"Ancient Egypt has been famous for its abundance of gold since ancient times, gold was not a precious metal in ancient Egypt and was not produced, and pure white silver was more precious than gold."
"The ancient Egyptians compared gold to the sun and silver to the moon, and boys generally wore gold-carved scarab amulets, while amulets made of sterling silver were the preserve of girls."
"Because ancient Egypt did not produce silver, the silver that symbolizes the goddess of the moon is so valuable, and the value of modern art is not determined by the material."
"Ordinary people think that the scarab amulet made of gold is more valuable, but only those who really know history know that the value of the scarab amulet cast in silver is 10 times that of the gold scarab amulet."
"Anyone with some knowledge knows which metal scarab amulet is more worth collecting, because the silver scarab amulet is more valuable."
At this time, Anne was a little fascinated by what she heard, and asked dementedly. "I see, I never knew of a people who could price silver as a metal higher than gold."
Seeing Anne like this, Yang Lan touched Anne's hair lovingly, put his little brain melon on his shoulder, patted his shoulder and comforted.
"Girl, there are so many things you don't understand, don't you know that the American Indian civilization doesn't know the pricing of metals, gold and silver?"
"Another example is Genghis Khan, who frightened Europeans, was the founder of the Mongol Empire, but before the Mongols rose, there was a very powerful people who had been suppressing the Mongol nation, called the Nabarian tribe, and their tribe believed that silver was the most precious metal."
"It might be a bit far to say this, but I say a country that is a little closer, Japan, you know? Gold has been produced in Japan since ancient times, so silver in ancient Japan was much more valuable than gold. ”
"So girl, don't be swayed by your modern thoughts, the value of modern silver is not as high as gold, but the value of silver is higher in other countries and for a certain period of time."
Anne now finally understands where she is wrong, her mother-in-law Ms. Yang Lan explained simply and clearly, so that Anne understands where she is wrong, how outrageous her mistake is, it turns out that she is dominated by inertial thinking, and she has not jumped away from the thinking logic of being a modern person.
It is true that gold is valued more than silver in modern times, but at a certain time or in a certain region, silver is worth much more than gold in a certain country.
Anne has always been a very proud girl, with excellent academic performance since she was a child, and her family conditions are superior, she has developed the strength to not admit defeat, and she wants to do her best in everything, except for losing to Yang Nianzhong in terms of feelings, Anne has always been a strong woman.
But the proud Anne didn't expect that her knowledge reserve was too narrow, she was only at the level of a lawyer, and her knowledge reserve level in other places was not as good as that of a child.
Take the mistake you made in art appraisal, it is simply ridiculous and generous, who told you that the value of silver in ancient times must be inferior to gold, not only did you do it wrong, but it was too outrageous.
At the same time, Anne also has some self-blame in her heart, why do you say that? Because he is the No. 2 hostess of the Yang family and the wife of Yang Nianzhong, Yang Nianzhong's job content is Taobao.
There are all kinds of treasures found, but art is a big category, and as the No. 2 hostess of the Yang family and Yang Nianzhong's wife, he doesn't know any common sense in art identification.
This made Ai Yang Nian's love have some crazy Annie, and he can't forgive himself, because he, as a wife, didn't help Yang Nianzhong, the husband, share the pressure. Even these treasures that her husband risked his life to escape don't know how much it is worth, are you a bit too much of a failure as a wife? This made Anne feel sorry for Yang Nianzhong and the Yang family.
Thinking of this, Anne secretly made up her mind that she would make changes from now on, and she must learn how to authenticate artworks and antiques with her mother-in-law, Ms. Yang Lan, a master art appraisal.
As the mistress of the Yang family, she must be able to help her husband Yang Nianzhong share the pressure in her career, at least she can do a good job in logistics, instead of just being a waste person who doesn't understand anything and doesn't understand anything like now.
Anne, who made up her mind, began to ask more than just ask, and began to ask some common sense questions, although the questions were a little naïve, but Yang Lan, as a mother, was very happy to answer.
Because Anne's eyes have completely changed, Anne has become a little crazy, like a dry sponge, frantically absorbing water and expanding itself, absorbing her own knowledge.
And as he gets older and older, there are fewer and fewer opportunities to help Yang Nianzhong, and he will become powerless one day, and it will be too tiring for the entire Yang family to rely on Yang Nianzhong alone.
As a mother, Yang Nianzhong should be trained as an assistant, and there is no more suitable assistant who can be trusted than Annie, because he and Yang Nianzhong are husband and wife. Yang Nianzhong can not trust anyone, but he can't distrust Anne, anyone can hurt Yang Nianzhong, but Anne, who is a wife, will never hurt her husband Yang Nianzhong, let alone her children.
If Yang Lan can train Annie to be her successor and take on everything in the Yang family, she can help Yang Nianzhong make progress in her career, then there is nothing more happy for her as a mother than this incident.
So as long as you want to know something, Yang Lan will never be stingy with his knowledge, give full answers, and go to Anne to associate and explore at a deeper level.
Just when the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were chatting and chatting hotly, Yang Nianzhong, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly jumped up from the sofa with a loud scream, which scared the hearts of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were chatting.
The mother who almost didn't scare out the heart attack, Yang Lan gritted his teeth and got up from the sofa when he saw Yang Nianzhong like this, stretched out his hand and grabbed Yang Nianzhong's ear, and shouted while twisting it.
"Yang Nianzhong, you little bastard, didn't you see me and Anne chatting? What are you doing in a panic? Did You Know? You almost didn't scare my mother's heart attack out of me. ”