Chapter 283 An Ordinary Photo
"Let's go eat?" Song Yunqing pointed two fingers downward and made a walking gesture.
Lu Youyou was indeed hungry, so she nodded and started packing.
When she moved, Jack and John followed suit. Song Yunqing looked at them both with interest, her eyes darting back and forth mischievously.
It was not convenient to say more in the library, so she held it in until she was out of the door before poking Lu Youyou's arm and saying, "Sister Lu, are these two your classmates?"
After receiving a positive response, Song Yunqing greeted them generously: "Hello, my name is Cecilia, and I'm Lu's roommate."
Jack immediately regained his sunny and cheerful character and introduced himself enthusiastically. John also greeted Song Yunqing with a smile.
Although Song Yunqing is not very old, she grew up in the United States and is too sensitive to the "restlessness of youth". She can sense Jack's thoughts at first sight.
And that John, he looks steady, but maybe he is harboring feelings?
To be honest, it is very normal for someone to like Lu Youyou. Song Yunqing even feels that it is not strange if eight or ten people are chasing after her.
Who doesn’t like a beautiful and fragrant fairy? If she were a man, he would definitely be the first one to pursue her!
"Sister Lu, how about having pizza today? There happens to be a flea market nearby, shall we go shopping?"
Song Yunqing knew that Lu Youyou was very busy, but people always need to combine work and rest. Going out to relax might make her more efficient.
"Are you talking about the Rose Town Flea Market?" Jack suddenly asked.
"Yes, I heard it's one of the largest flea markets in California. Have you been there?"
Song Yunqing has had no worries about food and clothing since childhood, and has never been to a place like a flea market. Today, on the weekend, the weather is good, so she wants to ask Lu Youyou to go shopping together.
"How about I take you there?" The opportunity was right in front of him, and Jack had no reason not to seize it.
John also said, "Why don't we go together? I'll drive the car and bring back all the stuff I bought."
Song Yunqing didn't care whether she had a car or not, she just wanted to go to the flea market.
Being stared at by Bambi-like eyes, Lu Youyou smiled and said, "Go if you want to."
It's a good opportunity for her to change her mind. Although her body can be considered gifted, she still needs some adjustments after working at a desk for a long time.
None of them were the type to drag their feet, so they bought some pizza to eat on the way and drove straight to their destination.
Rose Town is about 30 kilometers away from Stanford. It was just a small second-hand goods market in the past, but it has grown bigger and bigger in the past decade and has become a well-known flea market.
There are not only second-hand goods, but also agricultural products, food and drinks. Many people from other places come here specifically to shop on Taobao.
The open space in front of the entrance was full of parked cars, and everywhere you looked there were densely packed heads.
Since Lu Youyou came to the United States, she has never encountered a situation where there were crowds of people. It was just like going to a big market in China.
Song Yunqing has been living a life of luxury since childhood and seldom had the opportunity to visit street stalls. Everything she saw was strange to her and she looked more like a foreigner than Lu Youyou.
Lu Youyou was originally just looking around to relax, but she didn't expect that there were really good things on the stall.
Fortunately, she was rich enough in her previous life and had seen enough good things. Not to mention that she had the appreciation ability of a top expert, but anything that she thought was "good-looking" at first glance was most likely a good thing.
Just now, at the stall of an old lady dressed as a gypsy, she found an "unremarkable" porcelain cup. The blue and white pattern on the cup was, how should I put it, well, a bit abstract.
But she just inexplicably fell in love with this broken cup which was a little dirty and had some scratches on the rim.
Lu Youyou walked over and asked the stall owner if she could take a look. The old lady cheerfully told her to look at it casually, not taking the small cup seriously at all.
She couldn't tell the thickness of the porcelain body or the style of the pattern, but there was no way she didn't recognize the Chinese characters on the bottom - Made in the Jiaqing period.
It is not from the famous Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties, but as long as it is not a modern imitation, it is also a genuine Qing Dynasty cultural relic.
In the early 1980s, Chinese cultural relics had not yet made as much of a splash in the collecting world as they did in later generations, and a small teacup from the Jiaqing period did not have much value in imitation.
Lu Youyou decided to buy it. It didn’t matter if it was a replica. It was rare to like something so much!
After some bargaining, the price was finally sold at $5, a very low price, almost free.
Jack watched and thought silently, so Lu likes this kind of thing?
He didn't have much to buy originally, but now that he had a definite target, his eyes swept across the stalls on both sides like a searchlight, focusing on the various porcelain items.
What's more, he actually found a little gadget, a snuff bottle made during the reign of Emperor Kangxi.
Lu Youyou found this small bottle much more pleasing to the eye.
This is the normal aesthetic. Jiaqing's abstract painting style really does not suit her aesthetic taste.
Having found two small gadgets, Lu Youyou was in a good mood. He looked around and passed by a stall selling photo albums.
Photo frames and albums of all sizes were placed on a small wooden table. A young man was sitting at the back, staring blankly with his chin in his hand, bored.
It was indeed a bit strange to set up a stall to sell photos, so few people stopped to look. But when the stall owner saw Lu Youyou coming over, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes and he greeted him warmly.
"Would you like to take a look? These are old photos left by my grandfather. They were all taken by him himself. There are landscapes and portraits. He is a member of the California Free Heart Photography Association."
Lu Youyou didn’t know what the “Free Heart Photography Association” was. She stopped because she saw some very “famous” things in a palm-sized photo frame.
The black and white photo was not very clear. The camera focused on the person in the middle, and the background seemed inconspicuous. If Lu Youyou did not have almost animal-like vision, he would not have been able to find the key point in the ambiguous image.
"Can I see it?"
“Sure, sure!”
The stall owner became even more enthusiastic. Finally a customer came. God bless him to make a sale. He had been sitting there for most of the day, but no one wanted to pay.
"The middle-aged man is my grandfather. The one next to him might be his friend. I don't know. Everyone uses color film now. He suddenly became fascinated with black-and-white films a few years ago. This photo was taken by him two years ago..."
The young stall owner talked incessantly, wishing he could make up a wonderful story to add a little luster to this ordinary photo, but unfortunately there was really nothing much to tell.
This is just an ordinary photo. It is only two years old and cannot even be considered an antique.
Lu Youyou didn't care what the stall owner said. Her attention was completely attracted by the three blurry little things in the photo.
This photo should have been taken in summer. Various flowers are blooming in the garden. There are three black ornaments placed on the side of the garden path as part of the garden scenery.
This shape... looks like a horse, a cow, or a tiger?
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