Chapter 165 Chapter 165 I'll go again in the future!
In the alley.
Li Danqin held Mu Mian's arm and said, "Oh, no matter if it's real or not, just buy it and talk about it later."
Xixi understood that it was not so true. It was just that her aunt and sister Danqin were a little unreliable.
The alley here is really small, and there are not many people secretly setting up stalls. After strolling out, the three of them went to the area near Liulichang, where there is also a small market like this.
Li Danqin bought five or six pieces in total, and the total price was not expensive. Mu Mian did not buy any more because she did not find anything that caught her eye. When it comes to finding bargains, she trusts her intuition more than her eyesight.
The sun is high in the sky right now and it's really hot.
The three of them didn't hang around outside. They went to a nearby department store and took a look around. They didn't buy anything except for buying a beautiful pencil case for Xixi.
They had lunch at a state-owned restaurant, and it was already one o'clock in the afternoon when the three of them returned to the vicinity of the school.
Li Danqin did not go to Anfeng Hutong. She carried her things back to school and said she wanted to pack up and go home directly in the afternoon.
Mu family.
The few people who went out to sell food in the morning were now at home. When the aunt and nephew came in, Comrade Mu Fugui was watching TV while enjoying the view of an electric fan, looking very comfortable.
There were only him and Liu Yan in the living room. Everyone else had gone for a nap, but the two men were full of energy.
Hearing the noise, Mu Fugui turned his head and looked over, "What did you buy?"
Mu Mian showed it to his father and said, "Here, a pot and a hand drum."
Mu Fugui took a look at him, but of course he couldn't see anything.
Mu Fugui looked up at his daughter and asked expectantly, "Is this true?"
Hearing his question, Xixi started chattering about what happened in the morning, saying that her sister Danqin bought five or six pieces and she felt that every one of them was real.
Mu Fugui was stunned. "It can't be that easy to buy the real thing, right?"
And every bit of it is true, which sounds ridiculous.
Mu Mian laughed out loud: "Of course it's impossible, let's ask the teacher for help tomorrow and we'll know."
Liu Yan looked curious and asked, "How can I tell whether it is real or fake?"
Mu Fugui had an expression that showed he understood everything. "There are so many things going on here. It's hard to explain it in just a few words."
His daughter is so smart, but she still hasn't figured it out after studying for several years.
Liu Yan: "Second uncle, do you still understand these things?"
Mu Fugui held an enamel pot and drank a sip of tea calmly, "You don't know much, you just know this... During the Xuan and Xuande periods, am I right, girl?"
Teacher Yang and Teacher He said so much to the bird food can, and the old man remembered these words.
Mu Mian smiled and gave her father a thumbs up, "Yes, yes, yes, Dad, your memory is great."
Comrade Mu Fugui immediately panted as he followed the pole, "What did I say? You two brothers and sisters are all like me in your heads."
Comrade Mu Fugui has said this countless times.
Mu Mian stopped chatting with her father. Xinxin was still sleeping, but Mu Mian was not sleepy. She went back to the bedroom, took a handkerchief and wiped the leather hand drum and the purple clay teapot, and looked at them carefully while wiping.
The leather hand drum is really heavy. Mu Mian initially thought it should be something from the late Qing Dynasty, but now it seems a little different and he is not sure.
As for this purple clay teapot, Mu Mian didn’t look at it very carefully when he saw it at the stall before.
This is how antique transactions work: the more carefully you look and the more interested you appear, the more suspicious the seller will be, and the price will be much higher.
Now that he had some free time, Mu Mian looked at the building carefully inside and out for a long time. No matter how he looked at it, it seemed to be the work of a county magistrate in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
Mu Mian was so busy that Xinxin took a nap.
A little girl's voice calling for her mother was heard outside. Mu Mian put the pot and the drum away carefully. She was not sure by herself, so she could ask the teacher for help.
She had a hunch that there was a 90% chance that the purple clay teapot was real! !
At this moment, after Mu Mian put the things into the cabinet, he quickly opened the door. Xinxin and Beibei were previously taking a nap with Liu Shuangcui, and they were sleeping in the old couple's room.
The little girl who just woke up had a red face. She ran over in her skirt and threw herself into Mu Mian's arms, "Mom~"
Mu Mian moved her daughter, "Why are you like a little stove?"
Xinxin's hairy head was a little irritated. "It's too hot, the sun is so bright!"
Mu Mian: "It's too hot. I hope it will rain in two days."
As he spoke, Mu Mian re-tied the little girl's braids. The little girl, who was only two months away from turning three, had hair that was already quite long and could be completely tied up.
The mother and daughter, one sitting and the other standing, chatted with each other like friends.
Xinxin continued what her mother said: "I like rain. Rainy days are fun."
Mu Mian looked as if he had remembered something. "I wouldn't have remembered it if you hadn't told me. Was your raincoat scratched last time? Mommy will mend it for you this afternoon."
The little girl had a good memory, "Yeah, it was scratched and leaked when I wore it~"
Mu Mian: "I'll take a look and if it doesn't work I'll buy a new one."
In the time it took to say just a few words, the two pigtails were tied into ponytails.
After noon, everyone started to get busy again.
The weather is hot now, and snacks are only sold well in the mid-morning and evening. These days, Liu Yan and Shi Xiaolian have been selling black plum soup in the afternoon.
This soup was naturally made by Shi Xiaolian, and the recipe was also given by Xiang Xuewen, with two Chinese medicinal herbs added to it.
It is said that Xiang Zhiqing was able to build a factory in his previous life. He has such good things in his hands.
Quite a few.
Shi Xiaolian also got some ice cubes from her classmates. The icy black plum soup was refreshing and delicious, and it sold very well. However, it was also cheap, and she could earn some hard-earned money in half a day.
But as young comrades, they are full of energy and have money to earn, so they are not afraid of hard work. They are smiling every day.
Mu Mian spent half a day tinkering with hair bands with Nie Sihui in the afternoon. This small business can only rely on the strategy of small profits but quick turnover.
And although the styles she is designing now are not available in the market yet, it is conceivable that they will be imitated by others within a short period of time.
The aunt and sister-in-law discussed and decided to produce more in the next two days, and then stop when they can’t sell, and do something else later.
In today's market, everything sells well.
In the blink of an eye, it was evening. Today was Saturday. At about eight o'clock, Mu Zhuo came back in a military jeep.
Wen Zhan hasn't come back yet. He went out on a mission two days ago and it will probably take him a week to come back.
The next day was another sunny day.
Originally, Mu Mian was thinking about going to Teacher Yang's place when she had time yesterday, but in the morning, Yang Youqin came directly to Anfeng Hutong.
At the end of the semester, not only students are busy, but teachers are also busy. Yang Youqin has been busy for more than half a month and now she finally has some time to rest.
She had no children or relatives, so whenever she got something delicious or useful, she liked to send it to Mu Mian and his wife.
Of course, Mu Mian went to Yang Youqin many times.
It was just past nine o'clock when Yang Youqin came in from the door carrying a net bag of large peaches. She called out to the old lady who was sorting vegetables, "Aunt Zhao."
The old lady looked up and said, "Hey, Youqin, how come you have time to come here today?"
Yang Youqin: "I'm done with my work. Another teacher just gave me some big peaches. I can't finish them all by myself. It would be a pity if they go bad."
The old lady smiled and said, "It's this big. It looks bigger than the ones sold in the supply and marketing cooperative."
Yang Youqin: "Of course, one is enough to fill me up."
The voices of the two people in the yard naturally spread into the house. At this moment, the aunt and sister-in-law were tinkering with hair bands. They had a sewing machine at home, so the processing was actually quite fast.
Xixi, Xinxin and Beibei were also helping, but the two kids were just doing voluntary work while Xixi was paid.
Seeing that everyone in the family was busy making money, the little girl became very jealous and fought for it very seriously and actively. Then she went from being a free laborer to being paid according to her work.
After hearing Yang Youqin's voice, Mu Mian put down the cloth in his hand, and Xinxin ran out the door first, calling sweetly, "Grandma Yang~"
Yang Youqin had already put the peaches in the kitchen. She took two or three steps forward and picked up the little girl. "It seems a little heavy."
Xinxin said seriously, "I eat well, eat more and grow taller~"
Mu Mian stood at the door and said, "Teacher, please come in and sit down. We have black plum soup and herbal tea at home. What would you like to drink?"
Yang Youqin: "Stop busying yourself. I'm thirsty and I can drink it myself. The peaches in the kitchen are very sweet. You can cut some and taste them later."
Xinxin's eyes sparkled, "I like eating peaches."
Yang Youqin: "I just thought you like to eat. Is your dad not here?"
Xinxin: "Dad isn't home yet. He's working and he's so busy!"
Mu Mian added: "Fourth brother will probably be busy for ten days or so. After that he will have one more day off. He should be back next Friday night."
Yang Youqin looked at the bags of rags in the room and asked, "What are they doing?"
Xixi: "I'm preparing to make hair bands to sell."
Yang Youqin looked at the finished product and said, "It looks great. I've never seen anything like this."
The old lady said: "Mian Ya thought of this. I don't know where she gets so many ideas every day."
Yang Youqin sighed, "Xiaomi's brain is very flexible."
Mu Mian was very pretentious and modest, "It's just so-so~"
The room was noisy for a while. After eating the peach, Mu Mian remembered that she had something else to do. She leaned over to Yang Youqin, who was helping her fix her hair, and said, "I went to the flea market in Xicheng District yesterday and bought a pot and a drum. Teacher, can you help me take a look? I'm not sure."
Yang Youqin became interested, "Where is it?"
Mu Mian: "I'm in my room."
A minute later, in the bedroom.
Yang Youqin was attracted by the purple clay teapot at first sight and looked at it carefully for a long time.
Mu Mian sat next to her and expressed his judgment, then looked at Yang Youqin expectantly, "Teacher, what do you think?"
Yang Youqin looked at the pot, then at Mu Mian, and after a while she said, "Did you really just buy it randomly? Did you buy it at a small stall?"
Mu Mian: "Yeah, it's true. There are quite a lot of things. After browsing for a long time, I only found these two that looked like the real deal. I took a closer look at the front of the leather hand drum. I think I was looking at it the wrong way."
Yang Youqin put down the purple clay teapot, picked up the drum and looked at it. "It's quite substantial."
Yang Youqin took only two glances at the leather hand drum and came to a conclusion. Although it looked old, it was not from the late Qing Dynasty. It was just an ordinary hand drum and was not worth much.
The focus is on the purple clay teapot. Mu Mian's 90% probability becomes 99% for Yang Youqin.
Mu Mian smiled so brightly, he was used to the teacher's strictness, so the remaining 0.1 could be completely ignored.
If you put something worth ten dollars aside for a while, when the market gets better in a few years, you might be able to resell it for hundreds or even thousands of times the value! !
That little market is great, she will go there again in the future!
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