Chapter 149: Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road

Lin Xiangnan learned some fighting skills from Gu Zhenhua and his confidence swelled a little.

After not staying at home for two days, she made an appointment with Aunt Hua to go for a walk in the city.

"Let's go. If anything goes wrong this time, I can handle it by myself. You don't have to do anything."

"Oh, you are so arrogant." Aunt Hua sat on the back seat of Lin Xiangnan's bicycle and said, "You'd better pray that nothing happens to us this time. Otherwise, we will be nagged again when we get home."

Aunt Hua said with lingering fear: "I'm fine. Only one person nags me. You are different. You are two."

After all, Aunt Hua's status in the family is there, so Chen Xiulan doesn't have the nerve to teach her as a mother-in-law. Only Political Commissar Xu, the son, would nag her.

"It happened a few days ago, and my son is still talking about it today. It's so annoying."

Lin Xiangnan said proudly: "I am different from you. No one at home dares to nag me. If Gu Zhenhua dares to say too much, I will beat him directly. Not to mention my mother, she has ignored me for a long time."

Aunt Hua laughed and said, "You can say whatever you want. I don't believe you. Anyway, when you are away from home, your family status is given by yourself. You can say whatever you want."

Aunt Hua just kept talking and didn't give Lin Xiangnan any chance to pretend.

They had just been to the museum two days ago, but today they changed their destination and went directly to the cultural relics shop.

"Look for yourself. If you like something, get a receipt and pay." The clerk at the antique shop ignored them.

Lin Xiangnan and the other person didn't mind. They looked at their own things and occasionally got together to talk about a product.

In the end, neither of them bought anything.

When it came to spending money at the antique shop, both of them were very restrained, and the amount they spent each month would not exceed their combined salary, in order to avoid a close examination and making it difficult to explain.

After coming out of the store, the two wandered around the street, observing those who went to the antique shop to sell things.

Seeing an old man with a sad face and in a hurry coming out of the cultural relics store, Aunt Hua winked at Lin Xiangnan.

Seeing this, Lin Xiangnan walked over quickly and bumped into the other person lightly.

"Hey, uncle, are you okay?" Lin Xiangnan asked quietly, "You were going to sell something just now, right? Did you sell it?"

The old man understood what was meant as soon as he heard it. He looked at Lin Xiangnan and said, "It's not sold yet. We need to go home and discuss it."

"Can I see what the good stuff is?"

"Let's go to the alley and talk." The old man took the initiative to walk in front.

In the alley, other people couldn't see what they were doing, but if they shouted, people would come to help immediately, so it was relatively safe.

When there was no one around, the old man took out an exquisite snuff bottle from his bag and said, "It's an heirloom from my ancestors. If my family wasn't really short of money, I wouldn't sell it."

Lin Xiangnan reached out to pick it up and looked at it. The old man stared at her nervously, fearing that her hands would be unsteady or she would run away with the thing.

"It's from the Qianlong period. At the antique shop, it costs at most 30 yuan." Lin Xiangnan said, "I can give 40 yuan here."

She only talked about real prices, no nonsense. There was no need for her to play tricks on someone for something worth just a few dozen dollars.

After saying that, Lin Xiangnan returned the things to the old man and waited for his reply.

The old man took a look at Lin Xiangnan's face and said, "I'll sell it to you for 50 yuan. This is a legacy from my ancestors. If my youngest son hadn't been sick..."

"Forget it." Lin Xiangnan slowly turned around and walked away slowly.

Although there are not many antiques on the market now, after the reform and opening up, those good things will appear like mushrooms after rain. Although it is to destroy the four olds, who would be willing to destroy the good things at home?

Those antiques from the 21st century didn't just appear out of nowhere. They were just kept well hidden.

It is indeed cost-effective to buy antiques now, but Lin Xiangnan is not prepared to be taken advantage of.

One step, two steps. Before Lin Xiangnan took the third step, the old man couldn't help but stop Lin Xiangnan, "Okay, forty is forty. One hand pays the other hand delivers the goods."

This price is at least better than selling it to a cultural relic store. Next time I want to sell it, I may not be able to meet Lin Xiangnan.

"Uncle is a sensible man." Lin Xiangnan turned around and simply took out the money and took the things.

As soon as the old man left, Aunt Hua came out and started looking at the new item in the alley with Lin Xiangnan.

"It's in good condition and well preserved." Aunt Hua said disdainfully, "It's hard to find good things in this world. Before liberation, my family even collected the phoenix crown of the empress of the Ming Dynasty. Now I can't even buy it if I want."

"Where is the phoenix crown?" Lin Xiangnan asked eagerly.

"I donated it." Aunt Hua said proudly, "I was such a noble person back then."

But there was nothing she could do about it. After something had been revealed to the public, she simply didn't dare to keep it for herself.

If it weren't for this, she wouldn't have been able to spend the past few years so peacefully. Just think of it as buying peace with money.

There are no phoenix crowns now, so we can only buy some small items like snuff bottles.

After buying the things, they didn't plan to go back to the main street. They planned to go directly through the alley and take a detour to eat.

The two walked forward about a hundred meters and just as they turned a corner, they saw someone who was even more sneaky than them.

Lin Xiangnan looked at the man intently for a second, then he was surprised, "Car thief?"

Only three of the car thieves were caught, and the other three got away. Who knew that the two sides would meet again?

"Enemies often meet on a narrow road." Aunt Hua chased after him without thinking.

Lin Xiangnan was a step behind her and quickly caught up with her, complaining in his heart: She is worthy of being a revolutionary. She is so passionate even at such an old age.

When the car thief saw the two of them, he cursed and ran away.

While running, he took eggs out of his cloth bag and threw them at people.

With a snap, the eggs broke at his feet, and Lin Xiangnan's pace slowed down unconsciously.

She really didn't want to be hit on the head by an egg. Just thinking about it would make her look so embarrassing.

But seeing that Aunt Hua was still chasing, Lin Xiangnan had no choice but to follow.

However, this car thief might be used to escaping. He turned a few corners in the alley and disappeared.

Aunt Hua bent over and panted, cursing, "This little thief is really a waste. He used good eggs to hit people."

"You can't carry rotten eggs with you."

Lin Xiangnan took out a handkerchief and wiped the egg liquid off Aunt Hua's arm. "I don't think this person came here on purpose to block us. This must be an accident."

"I know. If someone tries to stop someone, they will use a stick or an egg." After Aunt Hua had caught her breath, she said, "Let's go to the police station and ask. I don't know how they do things. Such a big fish that slipped through the net is still hanging around outside."