Her departure caused quite a stir among the people queuing outside. Word spread quickly, and everyone realized that the things they had carelessly thrown away were actually quite valuable!
The second person in the group placed a stack of large bowls on the table in front of Li Xiangdong. Li Xiangdong glanced at them and noticed that there were corn husks on the rim of the bowls. They had brought over the bowls for eating.
Li Xiangdong picked up a bowl and examined it inside and out, then picked up another bowl and examined it again.
After examining all the bowls and confirming that they were all ordinary porcelain pieces made in contemporary folk kilns, Li Xiangdong said to the man opposite him, "You should take them back quickly, we still need to eat dinner tonight, don't we?"
Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this, and the man opposite him blushed with embarrassment and quickly left with his rice bowl.
The third person carried a pair of porcelain vases belonging to the Grand Tutor and Junior Guardian. He immediately said, "Kid, these vases are extraordinary. They were taken from the palace. They're worth more than Old Madam Long's fortune!"
Li Xiangdong didn't even need to pick them up to know that they were a pair of folk kiln porcelain vases from the Republic of China era, and that they were not as valuable as the large sum of money from before!
Five yuan!
"Wow, it's so cheap!"
"Next!"
"No, no, no, five yuan is fine. Anyway, it's useless at home and takes up space."
...
Even after the torches were lit, half the people still hadn't finished watching. Li Xiangdong stood up, his legs numb from sitting so long. "Fellow villagers," he said, "it's getting dark, you can't see clearly anymore! Come back tomorrow!"
People dispersed, leaving only the father and son and a pig trough in the yard.
One hundred and five baht
Grand Tutor and Junior Guardian Vase
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