Chapter 35: Snow Plum Department Store
Seeing that everyone was busy, I slowly walked out of the store, stood in front of the store and looked at the busy street, and found that the store next door was a grocery store.
The grocery store is equivalent to our department store at this time, and there are veritable old things in it that really belong to this era, so you can go in and have a look.
Thinking of this, I walked in, looked around in this store, this look, but opened a lot of eyes, this shop sold all kinds of porcelain from the Qing Dynasty and even beyond, even Tang Sancai.
I also have a little research on porcelain, thanks to Xu Linqing, a classmate in the same dormitory in college, who is in the antique business at home, and he told us about this when he was fine.
Could it be that at this time, Tang Sancai is not a valuable thing? It's all lined up with all kinds of kitchen bottles and jars.
In addition, there are some fabrics, tea, farm tools, all kinds of daily necessities, and even rouge gouache with beautifully made boxes, but the most common ones are all kinds of porcelain.
These things seem ordinary in this era, but in the modern era of my life, they are extremely rare old things that can make people rich overnight.
There are a few pieces of Tang Sancai's bottles and cans that are very good, I am about to take them away, and when I was watching, there were footsteps behind me, and then a woman's voice said:
"You are the shopkeeper of the grain store next door...... Ah, ahem...... cough cough cough ......"
I turned around and was startled by the woman. It's not because she's ugly, it's because her neck looks like it's bloody and blurry, as if it has been cut by a sharp weapon.
What's going on? I blinked my eyes a few times, but there was no more, but as long as I wanted to see, as long as I stared, I could still see a blur of flesh and blood on her neck, the flesh seemed to have been cut many times, new wounds and old wounds, the flesh and skin were turned open, and even the esophagus could be seen inside.
"Oh, good boss, I think these pieces of porcelain are good, how do you sell them?"
I adjusted my mood and asked, pointing to the few pieces of Tang Sancai.
"Hey, what boss lady, my name is Huang Xuemei, and the big officials call me Xuemei...... These ...... a tael of silver...... Uh, cough cough ......"
The woman said as she reached out and covered her neck, looking like she was going to pull at the wound that only I could see.
This is the karma of the present world, it seems that this woman has provoked someone.
Huang Xuemei, is it the Huang Xuemei who died of a sore throat in "Strange Tales of Mountains and Rivers"? The notes of "The Strange Story of Mountains and Rivers" recorded:
On March 26, 1929, Huang Xuemei, the shopkeeper of Xuemei Department Store in Shanhe Village, died of a sore throat.
The note also described in detail that Huang Xuemei had dreamed of being cut her throat every night for three months, at first she dreamed that her throat was cut once a night, and the skin on her throat was opened, and later, she was cut five or six times a night, and she could clearly see that the murder weapon used was a silver-white scissors, which was extremely sharp.
In the end, it can be seen that the person who cut her is a person named Bai Yuxuan in Shanhe Village.
Huang Xuemei's neck hurt day by day, she couldn't bear it, and in the end, it was so severe that as long as she spoke, the pain was unbearable, and she couldn't make a sound, and she couldn't swallow when she ate. If you swallow it reluctantly, it will flow out of the throat, but there is no wound on the throat.
Huang Xuemei has a good appearance, Bai Yuxuan began to be fascinated by her, but Huang Xuemei designed a "fire hoard" with others, deceived Bai Yuxuan into a trap, and then worked in the countryside, and finally plotted to rob Bai Yuxuan's family wealth.
"Piercing the fire" is a kind of fraud in ancient times, similar to the current "immortal jump", Bai Yuxuan seems to have been planted on this woman.
So when Huang Xuemei shouted, "Bai Yuxuan, stop and spare my life", everyone didn't understand what was going on, because Bai Yuxuan was obviously alive and well, and there was no ghost revenge at all, and on the day Huang Xuemei died, the Bai family said that Bai Yuxuan slept in the room all day, and even the neighbors could testify.
In the end, the matter was settled, and Huang Xuemei died.
I recalled the incident of Huang Xuemei recorded in the notebook, and then looked at the woman in front of me, and felt that the matter in the middle was very complicated.
I didn't pay attention to the name of this business house when I came in just now, and when I thought of this incident, I walked out the door and looked at the plaque, "Xuemei Department Store", confirmed, that's right.
Then the woman in front of her must be Huang Xuemei.
My behavior may be a little weird, that Huang Xuemei covered her neck and stared at me, but she didn't make a sound, at this time, look at her again, the seven spirits have dispersed and the four spirits are afraid that her life will not be long.
"Oh, are these pieces of porcelain together for a tael of silver? I didn't bring any money, you wrap it up for me first, and I'll go find someone to pay for it. ”
The woman nodded, and began to take the pieces of porcelain off the shelf and put them in the box, still not speaking.
I walked back next door to find Zhao Donglai and asked him to come over and help me pay a tael of silver, and then look at other things in this store.
Seeing that there was nothing else to buy for a while, Huang Xuemei also covered her neck at this time and coughed violently, coughing and coughing and going inside, as if drinking water.
I saw that there was no one else in the store, so I didn't bother to go back with these porcelains, so I crossed back directly.
After I got home, I hurriedly contacted Xu Linqing, a classmate who was in the antique business at home, and took a few photos and some videos and sent them to him for him to estimate.
After sending it over, I thought about digging a cellar over there and taking a shower, so I went into the bathroom and took a hot shower.
After washing it out, I found that there were several missed calls on my phone, all of which were from Xu Linqing.
I called back, Xu Linqing's voice was a little excited, and he said that he wanted to come over to see these things in person, if they were all true, he was willing to accept them at a high price.
So I waited for Xu Linqing to come to the house.
Xu Linqing has been helping his family in the antique business since graduation, and he is very talented in this area, and he keeps the family's business in order.
In the evening, Xu Linqing came, and after carefully appraising these porcelain, he asked me where I got it, and I said that it was handed down by my ancestors, and I wanted to use money recently, so I took it out and sold it.
Xu Linqing asked how much I wanted to sell.
I really don't know much about this, but I also searched for a long time, and I knew an approximate price, and I originally thought that if these things could be sold for five or six million, then if they were exchanged for food, it would be enough for Shanhe Village to last for a few years in the war.
Thinking of this, I said:
"I have more, better than these in front of me, except for porcelain, there are other things, you give me an honest price, don't fool me, I will sell you later."
I think of Shanhe Village in 1929, and there were more than a dozen grocery stores on Daxiang Street, so it must not be difficult to collect another batch of good things inside.
"Is this really your ancestor?"
"Of course, my ancestor is a giant businessman, and he was on an errand in the palace during the Qing Dynasty, isn't it normal to have some good things?" I laughed.
Next, I saw Xu Linqing walking around on the ground thinking, going to the bathroom to make a phone call, and then moving his fingers frantically and sending text messages, as if he was in contact with someone.
"Lin Qing, if you can't make up your mind for a while, you can bring someone to see it another day......
"No, no, I want it, don't contact other buyers...... These pieces together are 13 million, which is already the maximum price that can be accepted after discussing with my father, and it is also for you to sell the rest to me later, you also know that the antique market has shrunk in recent years......"
"Deal!"
One is afraid that the other party will not sell, and the other is afraid that the other party will not buy, and the transaction will be much smoother. What's more, what Xu Lin Qing gave me was a price two or three times higher than I expected.
If all this money is exchanged for money and food and brought to Shanhe Village, then another plan can be implemented.
Xu Linqing transferred the account directly to me, and then went out with a few pieces of Tang Sancai, I was worried that he wouldn't be able to take it, and wanted to help him take a few pieces and send them to the car, but he kept shirking it, but as soon as he opened the door, there were two bodyguards standing outside the door, and he directly took the box in his hand.
Good guys, even people were called.
Xu Linqing told me again and again to contact him next time I had the goods, and then left.
Originally, I was thinking about what to eat for this meal at noon, buying buns or cakes, until more than 13 million yuan was credited to the account, and I decided to give the tenants something good.