Siheyuan: The romantic and suave Xu Damao

"Sister Qian, I bought some beautiful clothes in the city. Try them on to see if they look good on you."

"Nice clothes? Then let me try them on?"

Sister Qian originally looked like she had no desires, but when she heard about beautiful clothes, she changed her mind. After all, that woman doesn't care about beauty.

Xu Damao got up, dressed, and walked out to his bicycle.

After cleaning up, Xu Damao also came in with two bags of cakes and two pieces of clothing.

"Come on, Sister Qian, try this bright red dress and this blue one."

Xu Damao handed two pieces of darker-colored clothes to Qian Longmei, who looked like a queen.

"So lovely."

Sister Qian's eyes lit up. She took out a bright red dress and put on the new clothes on the spot without even noticing that Xu Damao was right beside her.

"How's it going? Does it look good?"

"She looks very beautiful! Her temperament immediately improved, just like a queen."

"Little brother, you are so sweet and good at praising others. Please don't praise me like that."

"Sister Qian, everything I said was true. It's a pity that there is no big mirror at home, otherwise you would know that what I said is true."

"And these two pieces of clothing, since Sister Qian likes them, I'll give them to her."

Xu Damao waved his hand generously, very heroically.

"Hey, little brother, you are so generous. But for today's matter, Sister Qian has to give you a big red envelope. How can I take your clothes for nothing?"

"These two clothes are not cheap. I'll go get you something good."

Qian Longmei walked into the inner room and pulled out a large wooden box with a copper lock from under the bed.

He opened the wooden box, took something out and handed it to Xu Damao.

"Little brother, open it and take a look. I guarantee you have never seen this thing before."

In his hand was something wrapped in red paper. It was very heavy. After Xu Damao had opened half of it, he already knew what it was from its appearance.

"Sister Qian, where did you get this? If you weren't a wealthy family, you wouldn't have had this thing before."

Xu Damao asked curiously, holding a silver ingot in one hand.

"Have you forgotten what Sister Qian told you? My family used to be big landlords. Not only this, but they also have a lot of money!"

Sister Qian responded to Xu Damao with a giggle.

"Oh, really? Then bring it here so I can see it. I prefer old money. If you have one that's even older, that's fine too."

Xu Damao held the silver ingot in his palm as if it were a treasure and couldn't let it go.

This silver ingot weighs about ten taels, and its outer surface is blackened due to natural oxidation. It looks like an old man who has experienced the vicissitudes of life, revealing a simple and mellow atmosphere. It is definitely something that will catch your eye at first sight.

Soon Sister Qian came out with an exquisite little box. She opened it and handed it to Xu Damao to see.

Xu Damao took the box and did not look at what was in the box at first. Instead, he closed the lid of the box, then held up the exquisite box with both hands and began to observe it carefully.

The purple-black box is about 15 cm high, 20 cm long and 15 cm wide, and feels very heavy in the hand.

"Sister Qian, this small box alone is very valuable. This should be your dowry, right?"

"Yes, little brother, you are really smart. I like this box very much. Liu Guaizi even wanted me to sell this box and the things inside it, but I didn't agree."

"Fortunately, he didn't sell it. With his knowledge, this thing wouldn't sell for much money."

"What's so special about this box?"

"This box is made of genuine small-leaf red sandalwood, and it's a full-grain red sandalwood."

"Also, these wooden boards are not made of spliced ​​pieces. They are all made of a single piece of red sandalwood. They are extremely rare and precious."

"Such a large piece of material could probably only be found in the palace and the homes of princes and ministers in the past."

"Little brother, you are talking about something so miraculous. How much is this wooden box worth?"

"Sister Qian, we are both generous people. I will not hide it from you. Although this wooden box is small, it is definitely worth more than three hundred yuan. If you are willing to sell it, I am willing to pay three hundred yuan for it!"

"Ah! Is this box so valuable?"

Sister Qian exclaimed, took the box from Xu Damao, looked at it carefully, and then handed it back to Xu Damao.

"It's just a wooden box, not gold, so why is it so valuable?"

Qian Jie's question makes sense. After all, Xu Damao's current salary is only 27 yuan per month. This wooden box is equivalent to Xu Damao's annual salary...

However, the price offered by Xu Damao was not high. After all, this era was not very stable, and the prices of antiques and rare woods were not as outrageous as in the previous life.

In the past, this kind of rosewood box from the Qianlong period would definitely be an item that went on auctions.

"Sister Qian, I know a little bit about this. This wood is called small-leaf red sandalwood, also known as sandalwood red sandalwood. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that a hundred years of red sandalwood can only grow an inch, which means that this wood only grows one inch in a hundred years! It grows extremely slowly."

"I'm not talking nonsense. This is still an exaggeration. It takes about 100 to 150 years for this small-leaf red sandalwood to grow one inch. It is a rare thing presented to the imperial palace as a tribute."

Xu Damao explained the knowledge about these woods to Sister Qian in detail.

"Oh, so that's how it is. I used to dislike it because it was heavy and hard to hold."

"And the carvings on it. Look at the figures, flowers and plants on the four sides and the five bats on the top of the lid. They are so vivid and lifelike that you can tell they were made by a master. To be honest, even if I give you three hundred, I think it's too little."

"No need for three hundred, little brother, just give me some money. To be honest, I have no use for this thing, so I'll sell it to you at a low price."

"That won't do. Sister Qian is so good to me, I can't take advantage of her."

"Hehe, just think of it as a red envelope from Sister Qian."

Xu Damao couldn't respond to this. After all, he was currently playing the role of a young man. Well, that was the case more than an hour ago.

Xu Damao lowered his head and stopped talking, looking a little embarrassed.

I shook the box and a series of "hula, hula" sounds came from inside.

Xu Damao placed the box on the stone platform in the yard, opened it, and saw that it contained some silver dollars from the Republic of China period.

Xu Damao had done some research on these silver coins in his previous life, and he began to examine them one by one.

The silver dollars are well preserved and there are no signs of damage on the outside. There are Guangxu Yuanbao, Xuantong Yuanbao, Qing Dynasty silver dollars, Yuan Datou, Sun Xiaotou and so on.

Xu Damao habitually picked up a few coins to check their authenticity. After finding that several of them were real, he stopped checking.

This era is not the time when fake silver coins were rampant in the past. For example, Xixi is offering buy one get one free for 9.9 yuan with free shipping...