Yu Li's head was full of question marks. Who ran away from home?

Oh, she's gone, leaving this house to Lou Xiao'e. Dream on!

Yu Li pulled Chen Mengqi back and scolded her, "You better watch the occasion."

Chen Mengqi felt extremely wronged: "Mom, didn't you ask for my opinion?"

Yu Li glared at her and said, "Your opinion is not important."

Ah, Chen Mengqi really wanted to question her: "Whose side are you on? I'm doing this all for your own good!"

However, sensing the extremely dangerous signal in Yu Li's eyes, he didn't dare to say anything.

Yu Li thought Chen Mengqi was talking too much. Yu Wanlin and Chen Mengxiao exchanged a glance, both understanding each other's meaning, and quickly shut their mouths in cooperation.

What I fear most is sudden silence, when there's no sound at all; it feels like the air is thick with awkwardness...

Chen Mengqi silently considered the situation and came up with several points of analysis.

First, the guy in front of me should be my long-lost younger brother!

Secondly, his great-aunt brought him here today to confront his mother.

Third, her mother has been dragging this out until now, it seems she is waiting. What she is waiting for is not important, the point is that she has not made up her mind yet.

"..."

Just when Chen Mengqi felt lonely, desolate, and bored.

Yu Li suddenly moved. She walked to the phone and skillfully dialed a number.

The call connected quickly, and the fat man actually started accusing him: "Where have you been all day? Are you going to get paid or not? Everyone's waiting!"

Yu Li held the receiver, her eyes darting between Chen Mengxiao and Yu Wanlin, growing colder with each glance.

Yu Li whispered into the phone, "Auntie is coming over."

The fat man suddenly realized: "Oh, it was your aunt who went to see you. It's alright then. You should stay with her. I'll tell them that the salary will be paid tomorrow."

Yu Li continued, speaking to herself, "She didn't come alone."

"Yu Qian came along too? Are there also locust flowers?"

"She brought someone I didn't know."

"You don't even recognize him? Who is he?"

The temperature around Yu Li finally dropped to freezing, but she couldn't help but smile slightly: "He said his name is Chen Mengxiao, do you know him?"

Then the fat man shouted, "Oh no! The pressure cooker has exploded!"

Then, then, I heard a "beep beep beep" sound from the receiver...

That bastard, he hung up the phone?!

Yu Li could no longer contain her anger. She stood up, grabbed the phone, and was about to smash it on the ground!

Yu Wanlin and Chen Mengqi stopped her on either side: "Mom, don't scare me!"

Another person shouted, "No way! This phone costs over a thousand yuan!"

Yu Li was extremely frustrated. She desperately wanted to disregard everything and have a good time.

But what time is it? Who cares how much this broken phone costs?!

Yu Wanlin quickly grabbed the phone, put it down carefully, and said to her, "If you're really angry, go and smash that vase. It's so ugly, it's definitely not worth much."

Yu Li nearly snorted smoke; that vase could buy several telephones, it was an antique…

Speaking of antiques, it's something Fatty started getting into in the last year or two.

He insisted that he had studied archaeology with a great professor.

In reality, he simply leveled up his archaeology skill to the maximum level in Stardew Valley.

This was originally something you could only find in the game: ancient seeds, dwarf scrolls, chicken statues, and eerie dolls...

Hidden artifacts and relics, such as those found in Stardew Valley, allow players to learn about the history and culture of the valley.

In the fat man's hands, however, it became a skill to teach him how to distinguish the authenticity of cultural relics.

However, he entered the industry relatively late.

The first wave of "antique fever" in our country appeared in 1980. At that time, cultural relics began to receive attention, people's love for collecting cultural relics began to revive, and various cultural relics gradually began to appear on the market, and the antique fever followed.

Later, I heard from some big names in the collecting world that the best time to find a great bargain was between 1980 and 1981.

At that time, enthusiasm had just been ignited, but professionalism was far from satisfactory.

The market is flooded with all sorts of things, and many people are unaware of their value.

In the TV series "The Little Tavern," Xu Huizhen and Cai Quanwu first dealt with huanghuali wood around that time.

In the capital, right under the emperor's nose, after the Qing dynasty was over, many people who relied on government stipends continued to maintain their extravagant and luxurious lifestyles.

They had no choice but to sell these family heirlooms.

Even many items that originally belonged to the palace were transferred to the common people.

Therefore, at this time, it was possible to find treasures in Liulichang.

Some people have asked, why not go to the famous Panjiayuan? That's because Panjiayuan only opened in 1992.

Liulichang was originally a factory that produced gifts for the emperor's weddings, and it gradually transformed into a cultural street.

During the Republic of China period, a detailed division was carried out.

That is, Liulichang is divided into East Liulichang and West Liulichang, with South Xinhua Street as the boundary.

Dongliulichang mainly deals in antiques, cultural relics, jewelry, and jade; Xiliulichang mainly deals in bookstores, paper shops, and calligraphy and painting shops.

This bottle was picked up by Fatty from Dongliulichang.

It's not a great find; it's something from the late Qing Dynasty, called Liling porcelain.

Why did I buy this bottle? Do you all remember the first time Fatty drank with Lou Xiao'e and said that her Dehua white porcelain wine cup was yellow, and that was him flirting with her?

What defines a wealthy family? This is it. Even the ordinary drinking cups in Lou Xiao'e's family are made of white-glazed porcelain.

Of course, this cup is from the Dehua kiln in Fujian, but it's not an antique; it was made a few years ago.

But ladies and gentlemen, back in those days, in the 1960s, even if an ordinary family had money, there was nowhere to buy a complete set of white-glazed porcelain!

That's why the fat man thought of bringing a few antique porcelain pieces to his own home.

This Liling porcelain vase is his first memorable piece.

This bottle features underglaze blue enamel, leaving the central leaf veins white and then brushing them with cobalt blue pigment. The veins and petals have white veins, resembling okra flowers...

Later, Fatty actually had a university professor examine it, who said it should be a representative piece from the Liling kiln.

However, the price is not high, only worth a few thousand yuan.

Even so, the fat man was quite satisfied.

He only spent 200 yuan to buy the bottle. Although the seller knew it was an antique, he couldn't tell and could only sell it for a pittance.

Thanks to his archaeological skills, the fat man later found several more items.

For example, a pair of colorful hat stands from the Republican era.

As the name suggests, this thing is for putting hats on.

But these weren't ordinary hats; they were official hats. Later, they gradually became mere decorative items.

The price of these hat stands is similar to that of the Liling kiln bottle, worth about five or six thousand yuan, but they are both genuine.