Song Yan, whose Qilin was all black, wanted to pick it up and take a look. But he couldn't manage to lift it.

“That piece of iron that’s so stubborn is really heavy,” Cao Zhang said.

Song Yan used considerable strength to lift it. The density of iron is 7.86 g/cm³, and this Qilin is only a little over three inches tall, so how could it be so heavy?

In the brigade, Song Yan had handled many iron objects, but none of them were this heavy.

Gold is more than twice as dense as iron.

If the old man knew his descendants couldn't hold onto the family's possessions, he would claim the valuables were "guardians of the house." Perhaps the descendants would think they were worthless, yet still protected the house, so they wouldn't touch them. But… "That's a truly unfilial son!"

"Before the old man died, he told me to put away the talismans that would bring good fortune to the family in the future. What a pity..." Cao Zhang shook his head.

Song Yan: "If you buy things at a high price and then sell them to me, wouldn't I be losing out?"

"Xiao Mu, I'll give you the same price I paid for this. If you think it's suitable, keep it; if not, you can look at other things," Cao Zhang said.

"That unfilial son might eventually give in and dig out the remaining ones."

I really want this thing to ward off evil spirits; if he's selling it, you should keep it for me.

Cao Zhang thought the Ghost Craft Ball was the most valuable, but Song Yan disagreed, believing that the most exquisitely crafted was the ivory Ghost Craft Ball.

There is also a pair of Ru ware porcelain vases; if they are genuine, their value is incalculable.

A pair of jade-carved incense burners.

Moreover, there is another item whose authenticity is difficult to discern.

Adding all these items together, Cao Zhang asked for 2,000 yuan.

Song Yan couldn't tell whether these things were real or fake. But to say that Song Yan lost out is not accurate.

The two jade carvings here are definitely genuine jade pieces. The jade carving of the landscape bonsai with its mixed colors is particularly striking; the craftsman skillfully utilized these variations. This reminded Song Yan of a pomegranate carving he had seen in his later life. It was a piece of low-grade jade with many impurities. However, the carver cleverly used these impurities to carve it into a pomegranate. So much so that it was difficult to distinguish it from a real pomegranate when placed next to one. Later, the pomegranate carving sold for hundreds of thousands.

This one carving alone can make money.