Chapter 97: Selling Jade
"When Li Youtian and I got home, I asked my wife to cook for us, and he and I went to the inner room to see the piece of jade.
Alas~ This dead man's thing, you really can't be greedy, but how do you know that we took the contents of the iron urn?"
"It's not difficult, something happened to both of you, didn't it start after you took that thing?"
"Whew...... yes, but I found out too late.
Although these events happened more than ten years ago, they are still vivid.
After Li Youtian took out this piece of jade that day, I found a rag and wiped it, and we found that the thing was very thick, like jade but not like it, how to say, I don't know if it was blistered by the black water in the urn, it looks a little blue in color, but it doesn't have the moist feeling that jade should have, and it is a little dull, but the carved pattern on it makes it look special."
"What kind of pattern?"
"Well, I can't describe it, some of it looks like words, and some of it looks like symbols."
"What is that word that looks like a word?"
"It looks like a rain word, but the font is weird."
"Well, you go on."
"We don't know anything about jade, but we think that funerary goods are rarely fake.
Li Youtian said that he went to find the next home to sell, and the money from the sale was divided equally, although I was a little uneasy, but I knew where his family lived, and since this kid said that he could find the next home, maybe he had done this kind of thing before, he should be easier to sell, and save *** worry, so I agreed.
A week later, he came to me out of the blue, saying that this thing couldn't be sold, and I said what's wrong, and he said that this thing was a worthless piece of dead jade.
I don't know what dead jade is, but I don't think it's good to hear the name. He said that he asked someone to look at this piece of jade, and they said that this kind of jade was a jade slag that he didn't bother to pick up on the ground, and it was worthless and no one collected it.
In fact, he didn't know what dead jade was, and that person didn't tell him in detail, but he didn't believe that such a big piece of jade was jade slag, and no one wanted it.
But this thing really can't get out of our hands for a while, so we're happy in vain.
Li Youtian really had no choice over there, so he gave me this piece of dead jade, saying that I knew a lot of people, and I would see if I could sell it.
At that time, I thought that I might be able to make a move here, because some of the people I knew were nouveau riche and bosses who were not highly educated, and they liked to collect, but they didn't know anything at all, so I kept this piece of dead jade.
I wrapped the jade in a cloth and put it in a cupboard, waiting for an opportunity to sell it.
After a few months, I never found a suitable home, and I met a few interested people during the period, but these people seemed to understand very well, and they all saw that it was a worthless thing, and some people actually said that this jade was unlucky.
I was still a little angry at the time, and I almost opened my mouth to curse, but when I think about it later, it's ridiculous.
At that time, I stubbornly thought that if it weren't for the origin of this thing, even if it was a piece of dead jade, it should be some age, and if it was an object from the Ming Dynasty, I don't believe that there was no collection value.
Just back and forth, that piece of jade is no one wants, I don't force anything, no one wants it, no one wants it, if someone wants it one day, I will sell it at a low price."
"Wait a minute."
"Smack~" tape to the end, Qin Ding turned over the fifth tape.
"Okay, you can continue."
"About a month before the completion of the Xuanyin Road, I will not go after receiving the completion money, because we will not be needed in the future, and it is at this time that I suddenly met my acquaintance Wang Shulin.
He used to live in the vicinity, but then followed his uncle to the sea to do business, and he didn't see him for many years.
That day, I was greeting him while observing his dress, this kid mixed very well at a glance, and the clothes he wore were not cheap, and there was a fat man next to him, dressed more stylishly than him, but it was a little strange to put a jade wrench on his finger.
He introduced me and said that it was his friend, named Pan Dazhuang, who resold electrical appliances, which meant a lot
Rich.
You should know that in the 80s, the unfortunate people who sold at a low price and sold at a high price made money very quickly, so I knew that this person must be an upstart.
At that time, the word nouveau riche was not as pejorative as it is now, and I still want to be a nouveau riche.
I thought it would be nice to get to know these people, and maybe I would have the opportunity to work with them.
So I gritted my teeth and invited them to the restaurant with the wages for road construction, and sat down together to drink to enhance their relationship.
We chatted while drinking, I didn't know how, Boss Pan said that he likes to collect antiques or something recently, and showed me the jade wrench he wore on his finger, saying that Qianlong had worn it.
I laughed to myself. To be honest, I work on a construction site, although I usually have a little bit of knowledge, but the family conditions are like that, sometimes I pretend to understand a little, but I am measured, and it is easy to laugh and show timidity if I am too much.
But although this Boss Pan is rich and collects antiques, he seems to be playing elegant things, but he may not have much culture in his foundation, because I just don't have much knowledge, and it is impossible to wear a suit and leather shoes and wear a jade wrench, and he is not a prince, and such a thick thing is also put on his ring finger.
Boss Pan may have drunk a little too much, and he kept saying that he had a room full of good things, and it was at this time that I suddenly thought of the dead jade.
It would be great if he could sell this piece of jade to him, he probably didn't understand jade.
So I found a moment, and when he finished telling him about the origin of a collection of things, I interjected and lied to him, my grandfather dug up a piece of jade in his hometown and kept it at home for more than 20 years, and it was useless.
Before I finished speaking, this Boss Pan came to the momentum, saying that he would sell it to him if it was useless, and he was going to take a look now.
Of course, I can't say yes in one gulp, it seems too deliberate, so I said that he drank too much and said that another day, and the jade was not valued or anything.
When this man heard me say this, he became even more energetic, and he had to go to see it immediately, saying that he should not be afraid that he would not be able to pay the price.
I shirked it again, and Boss Pan began to stare at him, and I felt that the time was right, so I took them to my house.
I didn't want them to know where my family was, I was afraid that if Boss Pan asked for that piece of jade in the future, and found out that it was dead jade, he would come back to trouble me, but Wang Shulin knew where my family lived.
When I arrived at my house, I took out the piece of jade, and this Boss Pan picked it up and looked at it, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
I thought to myself, this person really doesn't understand anything, and the collection is all about liking and eyesight.
This piece of jade was held by Boss Pan and he didn't let it go, saying that he liked the pattern engraved on it very much, and immediately asked me to bid.
I said that this thing should be some old objects, I didn't think about the specific price, let him look at it, like to look at the eye to give more, I'm not afraid of more.
I'm joking, but I don't know the bottom of my heart, after all, it's something that no one wants, and the expectation has already been lowered, so thank God for being able to give a few dozen dollars.
As a result, Boss Pan directly stretched out five fingers. I was overjoyed and thought it was fifty dollars.
Fifty yuan in 1985 was amazing, at that time, it was rare for 10,000 households, everything could be bought for a few cents, and the maximum face value of RMB was only 10 yuan.
I looked at Boss Pan's five fingers and was a little stunned, Boss Pan thought that I was dissatisfied with the little he gave, and then he opened the leather bag, took out a pair of newspaper bags from it and put it in front of me.
He said 600 bucks should do.
When I heard this number, I looked at the money on the table and was directly stunned. This is rich, you think, he can make a lot of money by flipping a TV, so six hundred is not much for him, but for people like us, it is an astronomical amount.
I forced my composure, and Wang Shulin looked at me and smiled as I had never seen money. I put the money away, and Boss Pan couldn't put it down with the piece of dead jade.
I didn't feel guilty at the time, even if it was a dead jade, it was rare for people to like it.
After more than two weeks like this, nothing happened, and I don't think Boss Pan will be able to see that there is a problem with Yu for a while, he is sure
It's a collection, and even if someone sees it at home, it doesn't necessarily point out.
So I went to Li Youtian and told him that the jade was sold, of course, who it was sold to, and how much it was really sold, I didn't tell him.
I just made up a meal and said that I sold it for 100, and I gave him 50 yuan after I finished it, which also surprised him and said that I was a cow.
I thought that this matter would be done, but I didn't expect that half a month later, Wang Shulin suddenly came to me and gave me the piece of jade and a base for putting jade.
I was thinking about it, knowing that someone might have seen the problem and came back to find the account. But it's okay to return the jade, and it's unlikely to refund the money.
I was thinking about what to do, but Wang Shulin asked me where the jade came from and if there was a problem.
I lied hard, saying that it was dug up in my father's land, and it had been left at home for a long time, so what was wrong.
Wang Shulin slapped the table directly and asked me to tell the truth.
Although I was weak-hearted, I still insisted on it, and when he saw that I didn't change my words, he probably didn't believe it.
Then he sighed and asked me to put the jade away, and did not mention the return of the money.
As soon as he was like this, I was a little curious and asked him what was wrong, and he said that Boss Pan was dead.
I was really shocked at the time, and when I contacted it again, I wondered if it was really related to this piece of dead jade, but if there was a problem with this piece of jade, it would be fine if it was kept in my house for several months.
So I asked Wang Shulin what was going on, and he said that Boss Pan gave him this piece of jade along with the base a few days ago, and asked him to come to me to settle accounts.
Boss Pan told him that there was a problem with this piece of jade. Ever since he brought Jade back, he had daily nightmares about a ghost in a yellow robe but headless choking his neck.
He didn't associate it with the jade at first, thinking it was just a dream, but when he looked in the mirror in the morning, he found a bruise on his neck.
The dream was even more terrible, so he looked for someone to look at it, and the man said that he must have brought something home recently.
Boss Pan only thought of the jade at this time, and when he thought about it, he really started to have nightmares after bringing the jade back.
Boss Pan felt that I was not telling the truth, and he said that this thing was a bit evil, so he asked Wang Shulin to come to me for a theory.
But what I didn't expect was that Wang Shulin hadn't come to me yet, and Boss Pan's family had died in a car accident.
Wang Shulin couldn't be sure if the accident with Boss Pan's family was related to this piece of jade, but he didn't want to leave this piece of jade with him, so he sent it back to me.
After I listened, I didn't dare to say anything more, I was afraid that there would be no trouble and found my head again, and then the jade was sent back, don't let me explain and explain, people think it's okay and take it back.
I didn't know what was going on at the time, I didn't care about the fact that there might be a problem with this thing, mainly because this piece of jade had been with me for so long before, and nothing happened to me, and Boss Pan collected and took it back, not necessarily only this piece of jade, maybe it was just a coincidence, and the jade has been sent back, and I don't have to return the money, this kind of business can't be sought.
Wang Shulin didn't say anything more, but he probably didn't want to have anything to do with me in the future, so he felt unlucky.
After Wang Shulin left, I saw that not only had the jade been brought back, but there was also a wooden shelf for the jade, and the wood was shiny and shiny, and it looked very good."