After breakfast the next day, Su Nuan had just sent Gu Chengfeng away when she received a call from Mayor Wang.
If a family wants to install a telephone now, the installation fee is basically about 10,000 yuan. In addition, they need a letter of introduction from their work unit and wait in line for a quota. Su Nuan learned about this in the 21st century. After returning to China, she troubled Mayor Wang and asked for two quotas, one for the future company and one for the Su family's old house. After the house was renovated, the telephone was also installed.
On the phone, Mayor Wang said, "The state has agreed to reward us with a house. We'll give you a 1,500-square-meter, four-story courtyard house in Shichahai. If Su Nuan still wants to buy a courtyard house, she can go to the Beijing Real Estate Bureau and get priority."
Su Nuan was ecstatic when she heard the good news early in the morning. After thanking Mayor Wang, she told him that she would go to Beijing during the Spring Festival. Mayor Wang asked her to contact the Minister of Commerce directly or the Real Estate Bureau to transfer the property directly. Su Nuan thanked him again and the two ended the call.
The Spring Festival is coming soon. Although Gu Chengfeng has not confirmed the time yet, she can start preparing gifts. Thinking of this, Su Nuan called Johnson and Jack in and told them that they wanted to go shopping for gifts. The three of them went straight to the Friendship Store.
As soon as the car arrived at the entrance of the Friendship Store, they saw Su Nuan getting off the car. The employees in the store directly notified the manager. The manager had previously instructed that Comrade Su Nuan should be treated well when he arrived. As soon as Su Nuan walked into the door, the manager came out to greet him.
"Comrade Su Nuan, a new batch of cultural relics has arrived today. Do you want to go and take a look?"
"Okay, I'll go take a look."
Several people came to the cultural relics display cabinet and looked at the counter, which was full of porcelain, ornaments, and bronzes. Su Nuan asked the manager directly
"Manager, do you have any ancient brushes, inkstones, or calligraphy or scrolls?"
"We do have these, but foreigners aren't interested in anything other than calligraphy and painting, so we don't display them. We have these things in our warehouse."
"Are there any jade jewelry, pearl hairpins, etc.?"
“There are some”
"Where are the ancient medical books?"
“There are some ancient books, but I’m not sure if there are any medical books.”
"Okay, I want everything in the display case now. Take me to your warehouse to have a look."
"Okay, please come this way," he said, directing Su Nuan to follow him, and instructed the counter staff to pack up the cultural relics.
Speaking of Su Nuan, why is buying cultural relics as easy as buying cabbage? The main reason is that they can be sold in the Friendship Store, and there are basically no fakes. Also, the cultural relics in the Friendship Store are all bought for foreigners. Instead of letting cultural relics fall into the hands of foreigners, it is better to keep them in our own hands. With this idea in mind, every time Su Nuan sees cultural relics, he buys as many as he can.
The three of them followed the manager to the Friendship Store's warehouse where cultural relics were specially displayed. The warehouse was not big, about 50 square meters, and all the cultural relics were placed in categories. Su Nuan went to see it first. There were shelves for ancient books, and two rows of wooden shelves were filled with ancient books. After looking through them carefully, he actually found some basic ancient medical books, and other books on calligraphy and agriculture. Su Nuan flipped through all the books, except for some unimportant story books, and asked the manager to pack up the others.
There were not many calligraphy and painting collections, only about 10 volumes, and Su Nuan packed them all up and took them away.
I didn't see much in the way of brushes, but I did see a few good-looking finished inkstones, which I packed up and took away as well.
After looking at two boxes of jewelry, hairpins and rings, both of which were very exquisite, Su Nuan bought them all.
Then he bought some exquisite porcelain and a few ornaments before leaving the warehouse.
After leaving the warehouse, Su Nuan went to the clothing area and bought some clothes for Gu Chengfeng's sister and brother. The girls bought several big-brand bags. Su Nuan didn't like the other things, so she didn't buy anything and planned to go back to the system mall to have a look.
After greeting the manager, the three of them drove back to the Su family's old house.
Not long after Su Nuan arrived home, the Friendship Store delivered the goods. Su Nuan instructed Johnson Jack to put the clothes in Gu Chengfeng's room and she would go and sort them out later. The antiques and cultural relics should be put directly in the secret room and she would go to choose suitable gifts later.
After giving the instructions, Su Nuan planned to go to the room to rest before shopping in the mall.
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