Siheyuan: The romantic and suave Xu Damao

Xu Damao has no shortage of money now. He will buy anything he likes. Seeing how generous Xu Damao is, the stall owner gives him a preferential price.

After buying a lot of things that he thought were useful, Xu Damao started looking for an empty spot to set up his stall.

"It's time to go on a blind date and fall in love. Lou Xiao'e is Lou Bancheng's daughter, so you have to prepare more money. You will have to spend money when you go out to eat and buy things."

Although Lou Xiao'e might not care about these things, Xu Damao couldn't get over it.

A pair of large blue and white jars, a phoenix holding a pearl, an official kiln slag bucket from the Tongzhi period, a bamboo bird cage, a rosewood bird cage, a Hainan huanghuali bird cage, and some small items that had been acquired earlier were all displayed.

This time, Xu Damao did not take out the fish to sell. Instead, he bought a lantern and placed it in the middle of the stall. He was very attentive to this stall setting.

Although there are not many things on this stall, their value is not low at all.

Under the illumination of the lantern, the gilded wings of the phoenix holding the pearl reflected golden light, which soon attracted many people to watch.

Now there are two old men looking at Xu Damao's things. One of them is holding a bamboo birdcage, and the other one is carefully holding the phoenix pearl in his hand and looking at it carefully.

These two things are very valuable. Just to be on the safe side, Xu Damao moved closer to the two old men who were checking them out.

"Little brother, bring that yellow cup on the ground over here for me to have a look."

A middle-aged man wearing glasses pointed at Xu Damao and wanted to see the yellow cup next to Xu Damao.

"Brother, please wait a moment, I'm busy now."

Xu Damao didn't dare to be careless and couldn't let a third person take action. He stared at the two old men, and then used the corner of his eye to pull back some things from the stall.

"Okay, I'll come back later."

The middle-aged man shook his head, as if he disagreed with Xu Damao's attitude towards doing business, and turned and walked away.

"Hey, if you come over later I'm afraid it won't be there!"

When the middle-aged man walked away, Xu Damao muttered something, which was heard by the old man who was holding the Phoenix Pearl and examining it.

"Hey, it seems that the yellow cup is also a fun thing? Little brother, how about showing it to this old man?"

The old man held the base of the Phoenix Pearl tightly in his hand, and at the same time asked Xu Damao to see the yellow slag bucket.

"Old man, if you want to see another thing, that's fine, but you have to give this thing to me first."

Xu Damao pointed at the phoenix pearl in the old man's hand, meaning that they should look at each thing one by one.

"But I like this too. Don't worry, little brother. Even if the old man wants to run, he can't outrun you."

"No, this is the rule. You give it to me first. I won't let anyone else see this thing. I'll buy it for you first."

"it is good."

After hearing what Xu Damao said, the old man handed the Phoenix Pearl to Xu Damao with confidence, and at the same time took the official kiln slag bucket handed over by Xu Damao.

"Old man, this treasure is called a dregs bucket. It is not a cup. It was made in a first-class official kiln during the Tongzhi period. It was the batch used for Emperor Tongzhi's wedding."

"Grandpa, apart from the batch of porcelain fired when Emperor Tongzhi got married, there were no other fine products produced by the official kilns during the Tongzhi period. This was also one of the external manifestations of the serious decline of the Qing Dynasty's national strength at that time."

Xu Damao spoke eloquently and clearly. In the old man's opinion, although he was young, what he said was very convincing.

"Haha, little brother, you really know a lot. It seems that there will be no chance of getting anything for free today."

"How much is this bird cage?"

Another old man holding a bird cage asked Xu Damao.

"One hundred and fifty dollars, no bargaining."

"This is too expensive. This is just an ordinary bird cage. Although you can see that the craftsmanship is complicated, it is just a bamboo bird cage from the late Qing Dynasty."

"The old man is right. Even though the bird cage is just an ordinary bamboo bird cage, even if it was made by a master craftsman, it won't sell for much money."

"But the bird feeder inside is not that simple. If you don't believe me, you can take a closer look. If you think the price is too high, just leave it here."

"Oh, what's the name of this bird feeder?"

The old man pretended not to know and took the bird cage back. He reached out and took out the bird food can from it, and examined it carefully in his palm.

"I can't tell what it is. The painting on this little jar isn't very good. Don't try to fool me, young man. I think this bird cage is worth at most ten dollars. I like this kind of thing, old man. I'll give you five dollars more. How about fifteen dollars?"

The old man was still a little unwilling to give up. He thought that Xu Damao was too young to care about these things, so he just casually quoted a high price and asked Xu Damao to bargain.

"Fifteen dollars is not a bad price, old man. Then take down the bird feeder that you think is not very good and take away the bird cage that you like."

Xu Damao said calmly, why do these people always want to get bargains from him? Don’t you know the saying in the collection world:

"If you buy the real thing, it's a leak!"

"Hey... this... okay, okay, you are young but your eyesight is pretty good. One hundred and fifty is one hundred and fifty. I want this thing!"

After the old man finished speaking, he took out a stack of money, counted it and handed it to Xu Damao.

"Old man, you are so straightforward. I have two more bird cages here. Would you like to take a look?"

"This bird cage is made of small-leaf red sandalwood. Including the bird feeder inside, it only costs three hundred dollars!"

"This one is made of Hainan Huanghuali wood. It only costs two hundred yuan. After all, this bird cage is bigger than the other two."

Xu Damao was enthusiastically selling the items on his stall.

"Forget it. I didn't bring that much money today. I've already bought this bird cage. Although the wood used for the other two bird cages is very precious, it lacks a bit of craftsmanship. Forget it."

The old man sighed, rejected Xu Damao's sales pitch, and walked away holding the birdcage in one hand and the lantern in the other.

"Little brother, I really like these two things. How much do they cost?"

"Master, I am telling the truth. These two things are very expensive treasures."

"This is a pure silver gilt phoenix bead. You should have noticed the craftsmanship on it, including filigree, wire drawing, hammering, blueing, etc."

"There are also these two old mine jade turquoises and the Zhuchen Pearl hanging in its mouth. These things are incredible, the most precious sacred objects between heaven and earth..."

"Little brother, that is not a Zhuchen Pearl, it is just a turquoise."

The old man interrupted Xu Damao's boasting.

"Old man, this thing is still a treasure in my hands. As the seller, I want to sell it at a high price. It's not too much to flatter it..."

"Besides, the Phoenix Gallbladder is actually the Zhuchen Pearl. You can't deny this, old man."

"After your explanation, I know this thing is not cheap. And you are also right about this official kiln slag bucket."

"I don't have that much money on me, I wonder if I can exchange these two things for something else?"