Siheyuan: The romantic and suave Xu Damao

"That's not the case. After all, they have different values. Some people value this cloisonné vase, and naturally some people have a special liking for that ancient pottery dog ​​figurine."

"But relatively speaking, there are more people who like cloisonné. After all, its appearance is so stunning and beautiful. In addition, the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties loved it so much that they even banned it from leaving the palace."

Xu Damao replied with a smile.

"Well... then you can give it as you see fit, little brother. If it really doesn't work, just be like this dog. I only want ten dollars."

Sister Yang seemed a little embarrassed...

"Sister Yang, you probably didn't spend too much money when you bought this thing, and I don't want you to suffer a loss, so how about this, I will still take these two bottles for fifty yuan!"

As Xu Damao spoke, he stuffed a fifty-yuan bill into Sister Yang's hand.

Sister Yang also reached out to take the money with an embarrassed expression on her face.

"Oh, now that you've mentioned that, it suddenly occurred to me that there's another large bottle of a similar color hidden in this room. It seems to be an incense burner."

Sister Yang quickly said to Xu Damao.

"What! It's a cloisonné incense burner?"

Xu Damao instantly attracted all the attention.

"It should be correct. After all, the color is almost the same as this one."

"Oh, that thing is a valuable thing."

Xu Damao spoke excitedly, but his hands and feet did not stop. He swiftly entered the side room and began to move the sundries inside into the yard.

"In my previous life, a cloisonné double crane incense burner from the early Qing Dynasty was sold at a Christie's auction in Hong Kong for 1.29 million yuan!"

"No matter how shabby this furnace is, it would have been worth at least several dozen W in my previous life!"

Xu Damao thought secretly in his heart while speeding up the moving process.

After moving away a piece of worn-out furniture and some messy wooden boards, a small wooden box was revealed on the ground below.

When Xu Damao went in again, he carried out the wooden box alone.

"Sister Yang, there is a small wooden box inside. Take a look at what's inside."

Xu Damao also placed the wooden box on the open space in the yard.

"Alas, this is my dowry. I have been so busy these years that I have forgotten about it."

Sister Yang slapped her forehead and said somewhat embarrassedly.

"Sister Yang, I'm not saying anything too much, but it's too hard for you to take care of this restaurant by yourself! No matter how capable you are, you work around the clock every day and have no time to rest. If someone wants to hold a banquet or something, you will definitely be too busy to handle it. It's better to find a reliable man to help you..."

"Thank you for your kindness, little brother. I understand what you mean. In fact, the restaurant business in our town is not too busy. It may take several months for us to hold a banquet. If that happens, I will find a way to find someone to help."

Sister Yang seemed a little absent-minded. While talking, she opened the wooden box in the corner and took out two exquisite silver hairpins and a gorgeous pearl necklace.

"Sister Yang, judging from the style and texture, your family must have been very rich in the past, right? These pearls are not treasures that ordinary people can own."

Seeing the jewels in front of him, Xu Damao couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Well... maybe. I only vaguely remember hearing my father mention it when I was a child. It seems that our family was indeed quite wealthy in the past."

Sister Yang answered thoughtfully.

You should know that before the popularization of cultured pearls, real natural pearls were extremely precious and rare high-end luxury jewelry both in China and around the world. The "pearl" in the word "jewelry" refers to the unique warm luster of pearls.

"Little brother, are these things valuable?" Sister Yang carefully held the necklace, silver hairpin and two identical silver bracelets in her hands, looked at Xu Damao with expectant eyes, and asked softly.

Xu Damao glanced at the items in Sister Yang's hand and nodded: "Yes, it is valuable, but... this is your dowry, Sister Yang, you should keep it for yourself, so that you can have something to think about. How about this, bring those two bracelets over to me."

Xu Damao's tone seemed a little casual, but his eyes were fixed on the silver bracelet in Sister Yang's hand. Sister Yang hesitated for a moment, but still handed the bracelet to Xu Damao.

After receiving the silver bracelet, Xu Damao examined it carefully, with a hint of surprise in his eyes: "Hey, this bracelet is really nice! But Sister Yang, I heard that most girls only wear one bracelet. How come you have two identical ones?"

Sister Yang frowned and said thoughtfully, "Yeah, I wondered too. I heard from the old people in the town that it seems that a woman should only wear one bracelet. So I always thought these two bracelets were strange."

Xu Damao stroked the silver bracelets in his hands, feeling their heavy weight, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "This bracelet is so beautiful!"

The bracelets were exquisitely crafted, with a unique twist-like texture that rose from top to bottom. However, when he looked closely, he found that the silver inside the bracelets was engraved with someone's name.

However, due to the long time, the silver has oxidized and turned black, and the font is extremely small, so it is almost impossible to recognize the specific words engraved on it.

"This pair of silver bracelets are twisted wire bracelets. I can be sure that your ancestors, Sister Yang, must be from a wealthy family! Otherwise, it would be impossible to make or buy these two silver bracelets."

"And I now understand why these two bracelets are exactly the same."

"why?"

"Hey, Sister Yang, listen to me. When your family was still a wealthy family, the head of the family must have had several concubines, and at least two concubines."

"If the head of the family wants to buy some jewelry for his concubine, he should treat them equally and not favor one over the other. Otherwise, if he only buys one bracelet, no matter who he gives it to, the other concubine will definitely feel uncomfortable..."

"Also, there are words on this silver bracelet. They must be the names of the two concubines, hehe!"

Xu Damao explained to Sister Yang with a chuckle.

“Ah, so that’s how it is…”

Sister Yang didn't comment, put the jewelry into the jewelry box, and walked into the main room carrying the box.

Xu Damao continued to clean up the debris in the side room, and finally saw an incense burner.

This cloisonné incense burner is about fifty centimeters tall, which is considered a large piece. The most valuable thing is that it actually has a lid.

You should know that in the past, whether it was porcelain or other similar antiques, the lids were generally lost, and it was rare to come across antiques with intact lids.