“Riding my beloved bicycle~”
“The scenery is so beautiful~”
"biubiu haha, look at my nunchaku~"
On September 15th, Song Jiayu put on the new clothes that Wen Yun made for her as she rode her bicycle to keep her appointment.
An orange shirt with white lace on the collar. The cuffs are not vertical lines, and look a bit like puff sleeves. The cuffs are also made of white lace and a copper flower-shaped button.
The lower body is dressed in off-white straight-leg pants, which have slimming lines on the legs.
Wearing a pair of small leather shoes.
In the eyes of everyone in the compound, her outfit today was extremely fashionable.
Jiang Baizhou saw it in the morning, hugged her and nibbled her for a few times, and almost didn't want to go to work.
She rode all the way from Songshan County to Dongming Commune, and then to the open space behind the commune primary school. Compared with the first time she came to trade, the sound of children reciting textbooks rang in her ears.
It was still the same big tree, and Yang Yuehua was waiting there.
"You?"
Oh, my beauty is really invincible. Song Jiayu even turned around slightly and showed herself 180 degrees.
“There’s a bicycle?”
Song Jiayu: Hey, people are not as good as bicycles?
"Where are the two old things you mentioned? Who are they?"
Yang Yuehua stopped looking at the bicycle and took out a wooden box which contained two things: a well-preserved book and a bracelet.
"This is the Analects, one of the Four Books of Ancient China. It also has annotations written by a scholar who passed the imperial examination in Beijing in the late Qing Dynasty. You can take a look at it, but be careful when you turn the pages. It's been preserved for many years, and aside from a slight yellowing of the pages, the calligraphy is still very clear."
"The Jinshi (Jinshi) was named Zhong Rongguang. He was one of the four great figures in the literary world during the late Qing Dynasty. I asked my father to take a look. Whether it's the paper or the handwriting, it's rare for people to reproduce it nowadays."
The craze for replicating cultural relics really started in the 1990s.
In her previous life, Song Jiayu often saw news reports about cultural relics being indistinguishable from the real thing, and how appraisal masters could use seals left on paintings to distinguish the real from the fake.
As for now, we can’t even get enough to eat, and we’re still cheating?
"The other is a silver-inlaid jade bracelet, also a family heirloom, forty-five years old. It was made during the Republican era by a very famous craftsman. The seller couldn't even name the craftsman, as she's in her forties, and the bracelet was part of her grandmother's once-famous dowry."
Yang Yuehua knew that Song Jiayu not only wanted to collect this, but also wanted to know more about the origins of these items. This was the limit of what she could find out. If she found out more, even the owner himself didn't know, so how could she know? The most she could do was to judge whether it was real or fake based on her eyesight.
[Complete the mission to meet Yang Yuehua and learn the origins of two items. Successfully check in the Qing Dynasty Jinshi Annotated Four Books and the Republic of China Silver-Inlaid Jade Bracelet. Rewards: 156 yuan and 89 yuan.]
As soon as the system spoke, Song Jiayu had a good idea of the authenticity of the two items. She closed the box and asked, "Both of these items are very good. I want them. Did the seller say what they want?"
Yang Yuehua said, "The one selling antique books needs 150 kilograms of grain, plus 20 yuan. The one selling bracelets needs 200 kilograms of grain, plus two hens, a duck, and a ticket for a radio."
As expected, no matter what era, people know that gold, silver and jade are very expensive.
Just like ancient books, those who understand them think they are valuable, while those who don’t think they are not suitable to be used as toilet paper.
The bracelet is made of silver and jade, and you can tell at a glance that it is very expensive. Even after so many years, it is still very expensive.
In modern times, a jade bracelet of this quality would probably cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, not to mention the silver inlay craftsmanship on it, where the silver threads outline the flat flowers, leaves, and pavilions.
With such excellent craftsmanship, if you dig out the names of the craftsmen from the Republic of China and sell them for a piece of sentiment, it will fetch millions at the auction!
Song Jiayu felt that she had made a profit. Even if she could sell it at that price, it would take another forty or fifty years. But she thought the bracelet was very beautiful. Although she couldn't wear it normally, taking it out to look at it could satisfy her love for collecting.
"I want it. Let's make an appointment to trade it somewhere else."
Yang Yuehua thought Song Jiayu wouldn't agree. After all, not everyone could afford so much food these days. She wanted to persuade her again, as this thing would definitely increase in value in the future. "Do you agree?"
"Yes, I like these things."
The staple foods in the system warehouse include cornmeal, rice, flour, sweet potatoes, potatoes, taro, etc. There are 700 kilograms of these foods, which she gets from completing her daily tasks. She can't use them for her family for the time being, but they can be used to buy old items.
Now that the deal is done, there needs to be a place to receive the goods.
We can’t have so much food like last time.
Yang Yuehua said what she had thought of: "I have an empty room that originally belonged to my uncle. I want to keep doing this. It can be used as a storage space."
"Well, take me to see it."
Song Jiayu followed Yang Yuehua to the empty house. Of course, she remained alert the whole time. For today, she even opened a fighting technique learning card. After experiencing Xu Qinghuan's inhumane training, coupled with her wood-type ability, she became much stronger. Normally, two or three men could not beat her.
Yang Yuehua lived up to her trust. Although the outside of the house was sloppy, the inside was very clean. Perhaps because she thought Song Jiayu would not like it, she said, "I have cleaned this five or six times. The house is old, so it has to be like this."
"Okay, I'll take you to get the food in an hour. As for the delivery to the two companies, you'll be fully responsible. By the way, this time it's two old items. I'll give you 30 kilograms of food and 10 yuan."
After hearing the latter part, Yang Yuehua immediately thanked him and asked, "Can I exchange some of my grain for brown sugar?"
"Sure, I'll give you one pound of brown sugar in exchange for ten pounds of grain." Song Jiayu remembered that Yang Yuehua also had a father with "ischemic disease." "Is your father feeling better?"
"I'm much better now. I can walk around recently. You're my only relative by my side. I will continue to buy and sell old cultural relics. If you don't want to buy them one day, remember to tell me in advance." Yang Yuehua has no capital yet. She plans to serve sellers and buyers first. If Song Jiayu stops doing this one day, she will have saved a lot and can continue on her own.
An hour later, the two men transported food into the cabin separately.
"I'm leaving. Keep calling me for two months."
Song Jiayu took away the two old items and rode away on her bicycle.
He waved goodbye and left no cloud behind.
A carefree life is enviable.
Looking at the back of the bicycle, Yang Yuehua decided that she would be able to do the same in the future.
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