Siheyuan: The romantic and suave Xu Damao

Lin Jiashuang quickly waved his hands and explained, "Aunt Wang, don't worry! We are all legitimate businessmen. We will sell the things we receive in the market and will never do anything illegal. Moreover, the price we give is reasonable and fair. We will never let you suffer a loss."

Xu Damao also echoed, "Yes, Aunt Wang, we are just trying to make a living, how dare we do anything bad!"

"Yes, Aunt Wang, the price this young man gave is really fair! Look at the things in my two boxes. They are usually useless at home, but now they can be exchanged for more than ten yuan!" Lin Jiashuang lied. She clearly sold them at a high price of nearly three hundred yuan, but she deliberately lowered the price and said it was only a dozen yuan. Was she worried that her neighbors would borrow money from her?

"Shuang Mei, you have to be careful! I've heard from others that these people who collect goods are very shrewd. They buy our goods at a low price of a few cents or a dollar, and then take them to the city and sell them for several dollars or even dozens of dollars! Don't be fooled by them! Besides, how can a peddler come out to collect goods so early? Don't they have to go out in the middle of the night?"

Aunt Wang pretended to be concerned about Lin Jiashuang, as if she was afraid that she would be taken advantage of.

Lin Jiashuang muttered to herself, "Why does Aunt Wang always like to meddle in other people's business? I run my own business, so I know what's going on." But she smiled and said, "Thank you for reminding me, Aunt Wang! I know, I will be careful. But this little brother looks honest, he shouldn't lie to me."

Aunt Wang shook her head and sighed, "Alas, you are too kind. These days, people's minds are hard to predict! But since you have made up your mind, then it's up to you. But in the future, when you encounter such things, you must be more careful."

Lin Jiashuang secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Aunt Wang no longer thought about it that way.

"Aunt Wang, you see, I'm not one of those people who specializes in purchasing items, right? I just come out to purchase items occasionally. Don't worry about the price, I will definitely give you a fair and reasonable price. As for why I choose to come out in the middle of the night, I believe you can understand. I'm mainly worried about running into those professional buyers. If they find out that I'm competing with them for business, I'm afraid I'll get beaten!" Xu Damao made up an excuse and wanted to quickly get rid of Aunt Wang who suddenly appeared, then he got on his bicycle and prepared to ride away.

"Hey, little brother, don't be in a hurry to leave! I do have some old things in my house. Why don't you come with me to take a look?" Aunt Wang said as she turned and walked towards home.

"Okay! Aunt Wang, I'll go in with you to take a look. Wait a moment, this box is too big to put it in, I'll tie it up with a rope." Xu Damao waved at Shuangjie, motioning her to come over and help.

So the two of them hurriedly moved the huge wooden box to the back seat of the car and tied it up tightly with ropes.

Lin Jiashuang nervously grabbed Xu Damao and said solemnly, "Damo, don't tell her anything about us! Aunt Wang is a famous gossip girl in our village. If you accidentally let it slip, it will spread to several nearby villages within a day."

Lin Jiashuang looked anxious, his eyes full of worry and fear, as if he was afraid that his secret would be leaked.

Xu Damao patted his chest with a confident look on his face and assured: "Don't worry, Jiashuang, I keep my mouth shut and will never say anything nonsense." He patted Lin Jiashuang's shoulder as if to comfort him, making him feel a little more at ease.

Xu Damao waved to the Lin family and walked into Aunt Wang's house. At this time, Aunt Wang just came out of the house with the two treasures. Xu Damao had a strong night vision ability. When he glanced at the two things from a distance, he couldn't help but get excited. He couldn't wait to walk in with big strides.

"Come on, little brother, come and take a look at these two things. Especially this jade cup. A few months ago, someone came to buy it and offered ten dollars, but I still couldn't sell it! And this copper wine pot, the offer was also ten dollars, but I was a little cautious and didn't want to sell it to them."

Aunt Wang enthusiastically handed the item in her hand to Xu Damao with a proud smile on her face.

"Later, those people came twice more and the price went up to fifteen dollars. I definitely couldn't sell it. You can take a look. But I made it clear in advance that I would not sell either of these two items for less than twenty dollars!"

"If you offer less than twenty dollars, we won't have to talk about anything else. I'll keep the stuff and you can go back to where you came from."

Aunt Wang directly stated the lowest price and then just looked at Xu Damao.

"Aunt Wang, please light the lamp first. It's so dark, and I can't see well."

Xu Damao said while standing in the yard.

"Then come in and take a look. There's a light on in the house."

"Okay, I'll push the bike in."

Xu Damao was about to go outside to push his bicycle into the yard when he was stopped by Aunt Wang who had reacted.

"No, just leave the bike outside, it won't get in the way."

Xu Damao was stunned for a moment, and muttered to himself: "This Aunt Wang is quite cautious. Is she afraid that I will rob her by force?"

"You'd better watch it in the yard. I'm the only woman in the family. If you come in and are seen by others, people will gossip about you." Aunt Wang said a little embarrassedly.

Aunt Wang looked around and saw that there was no one around, so she pushed open the gate, walked into the house carefully, and soon came out holding a lantern.

"Aunt Wang, are you the only one at home?" He Yushui asked.

"Well, I'm the only one here now. My son has gone to work in town." Aunt Wang replied.

"Um, let me take a look at these two things." He Yushui looked at the two things under the lantern and said to Aunt Wang.

Xu Damao was at the gate of the yard, checking the two things with the light of the kerosene lamp, and signaled Aunt Wang to put the jade cup on the ground. After all, jade is not easy to handle, and if it falls to the ground and breaks, who will be responsible...

Xu Damao was shocked when he took the copper wine pot from Aunt Wang. The amount was wrong! So he started to check it carefully. After just one minute, Xu Damao had a clue. He put down the copper wine pot calmly.

"Aunt Wang, you don't know that this wine pot is a genuine antique, and it's from the Ming Dynasty! After my professional appraisal, it is a treasure from the mid-Ming Dynasty, and it has a history of several hundred years. You see, the highest bid of these buyers is only 15 yuan. Their hearts are as black as the ash at the bottom of the pot. It's really dishonest!"