"Brother-in-law, why did you suddenly bring this up?"
Li Chu found it strange. Wang Ziwen usually never cared about antiques. For example, he had only looked at the porcelain bowl in the study once out of curiosity and had never heard him talk about it again.
"I'm just curious."
"Brother-in-law, the antique business is a very deep and complicated one. Even the experts at Dongxing can make mistakes. If you don't understand these things, you must not step into it."
"Don't worry about that, I definitely won't touch those things."
Wang Ziwen has nothing to do all day long. He either plays chess and chats with people or wanders around aimlessly. Now he has a good place to go, which is Shichahai, but he still spends all his time dealing with old men.
These old men can be just as gossipy as the older women. Sometimes, after hearing too much about certain things, people can easily fall into a misconception and unknowingly be fooled.
Take the bronze artifacts I just mentioned, for example. He only told his brother-in-law about one, but he had actually heard a lot about it from others during this time.
Today someone earns so much money, tomorrow someone else earns so much money. Even if her family is not short of money, Wang Ziwen would get itchy to do it if she heard it too many times.
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His annual retirement pension is only a little over two thousand yuan. Others can easily earn enough for him to make ten or eight years' worth of income by simply reselling one item.
He just ran back to talk about this as a test, wanting to hear opinions and see if it could be done. If there's even a slight possibility, he'll definitely dive in headfirst.
As for not understanding those things? No problem, we can learn them. There's plenty of time.
Li Chu's words about spending his life in jail were like a bucket of cold water poured over his head, instantly sobering him up.
A while ago, Jiadong said that they had arrested a few people who were trafficking in cultural relics. They would be sentenced to at least five or seven years in prison, and he didn't want to experience that kind of life.
"Xiao Chu, is it illegal to buy and sell cultural relics every now and then?"
"That's not true. As long as you don't sell it overseas, and it's just a transaction between domestic collectors, there won't be any problems. It's like keeping the meat in the pot. Like my bowl, didn't many people want to buy it at the beginning? If it really couldn't be bought and sold, there wouldn't have been any people asking me to come and offer prices."
"Brother-in-law, if you're really interested in this, I have a few books you can take a look at. But they're all about porcelain; I don't have any on bronzes. Also, you can take my bowl to play with, just be careful."
“I can look at the book, but forget about the bowl. It’s so valuable. What if I accidentally break it? I’d be left to die.” Wang Ziwen shook her head like a rattle drum.
How to put it when it comes to antique collecting? If you really get your hands on something good, you'll definitely want to show it off, especially now that this trend has just started.
In the past two years, it was mostly people who knew what they were doing that, and then a bunch of people rushed in just to make money.
Once something becomes profitable, more ordinary people will want to get involved.
Antiques are valued in prosperous times, and gold is valued in chaotic times. This saying is not just a casual remark.
Although the conflict in the southwest is still ongoing, the overall situation remains peaceful.
In recent years, people's material lives have gradually become richer, and they no longer worry about not having enough to eat. Their spiritual lives must also keep up.
Rumors often circulate about how much this secondhand item sold for and how much that secondhand item is worth, naturally attracting a lot of people's attention.
Besides, how should I put it? If you want to do this, you need to know a little bit, right? What if you don't know anything? Learn it! If you're too lazy to read books, just listen to more. Then when you're chatting with your friends, you'll be talking about interesting anecdotes from the past, which will make you look very impressive.
Moreover, antiques have an air of elegance, unlike those who resell other goods and reek of money, which makes some people even more eager to enter this business.
So the collecting circle, which didn't make much of a splash last year, suddenly became popular after the Chinese New Year this year. When people get together to chat, six out of ten groups are talking about this.
Li Chu was busy with many trivial matters every day and really hadn't paid attention to this aspect.
"Where are those books you told me about?" Wang Ziwen genuinely intended to study them so she would have something to talk about when she went out.
"It's on the bookshelf in the study. Ask Qiu Nan to get it for you. She's working in the living room right now."
"Okay, you go ahead and do your thing."
"Oh, right," he turned back after taking two steps, "I almost forgot to tell you, I heard from Old Man Qiao that the government seems to have started studying the issue of keeping dogs in the city recently. He heard it from his eldest son, who works in one of the municipal government offices. You should ask around and see if they actually come up with any regulations that prohibit keeping dogs."
"I understand, brother-in-law. I'll inquire about it later."
"You're starting this now?" Li Chu was a little confused.
Actually, a few years ago, Beijing had some regulations. At that time, the sanitation bureau even organized a "dog-beating team" to go around the streets with big sticks and ropes and beat any dogs they saw, but it didn't last long and then there was no more activity.
In the past two years, with the improvement of living conditions, stray dogs have found a way to survive, and there are indeed many more dogs in the city. They can often be seen on the streets and alleys, and there have been many reports of dogs injuring people and disturbing the peace.
No, I must find out what happened later.
In his memory, the regulations issued by Beijing were the strictest ever.
If this is true, then his dogs are definitely among the prohibited breeds.
Li Chu was extremely frustrated and even lost the energy to knead the dough.
However, the news he received the next day put his mind at ease for the time being.
It was supposed to be a discussion and research, but it wasn't really anything; it was just a suggestion that was never implemented.
However, this also served as a reminder to him that regulations were bound to be introduced sooner or later, and he had to start thinking about the future of his dog in advance.
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"Uncle, this little girl is growing up to look more and more like Yueyue when she was little."
Li Chu had nothing to do today, so he came to the sanatorium to give these elderly people a check-up, and then rested with Uncle Wang.
Looking at the child sleeping in his arms, he felt that she was exactly the same child as Wang Yueyue when she was a child.
"Isn't that obvious? They're born from the same mother, of course they'll look alike."
Wang Jun was on leave today. He had just taken out a cigarette from his pocket when he felt a cold gaze on him. He looked up and saw it was his mother. He smiled sheepishly and put the cigarette back in his pocket.
"Alright, Junzi, I'll go back and take the child with me later. I'll take him home and raise him for a few days," Li Chu said jokingly.
"You should just rest, absolutely not." Wang Jun immediately got angry and refused to agree to anything this time.
As she spoke, she reached out to snatch the child away.
His protective manner amused Uncle Wang, Aunt Wang, and Li Qiaoyun.
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