Siheyuan: I am a big capitalist after the founding of the People's Republic of China

Li Zihang explained to the salesperson a little embarrassedly, and then continued the previous topic.

"I'm sorry. You haven't told me yet whether you have any good stuff!"

"Yes, there is. I wonder if you are interested."

"What are those objects?"

"A complete set, a mother-of-pearl jewelry box. Fifteen pieces of various sizes. There is also a foreign watch sent by a soldier, who said it belonged to a captured general of the Northern Peninsula Bald Eagle."

"As for whether it's real or not, I don't know. As for the rest, it's just some old furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties."

"Oh, by the way, ten days ago, there was another person who put a whole set of headdresses here for consignment. He said it was a hairpin used by the empresses of the Qing Dynasty. But the price was very high. Several people looked at it, but they were short of money and couldn't afford it. It has been kept here until now."

When Li Zihang heard that there were so many good things, he asked the salesperson to take them out quickly.

The first thing taken out was the mother-of-pearl jewelry box.

Then she put the watch, the whole set of hair accessories, the hairpin and the box on the counter.

Li Shibai and the other two were also very curious about the consignment stores in the capital. They were all looking at their own.

That mother-of-pearl jewelry box is made of red sandalwood and abalone shell inlaid with patterns of pine, crane, and nine-colored deer.

It is about 40 cm long, 20 cm wide and 35 cm high. The mother-of-pearl inlaid on the shell is dazzling in the sun. It is magnificent. Whether it is a deer or a crane, or flowers and plants, the shapes are very lifelike. The wooden box is surrounded by auspicious clouds inlaid with gold threads.

Opening it, there are three layers. The large and small jewelry boxes are all the same. Mother-of-pearl inlaid, gold-thread trimmed. Long and square, fourteen neatly placed in the three-layer large jewelry box.

The more he looked at it, the more he liked it. He paid for it without saying a word. Another 285 yuan was gone.

The next item is the watch of the captured general of Bald Eagle.

The watch is a Patek Philippe custom-made watch from the early 50s. There is also an English name on the back of the case.

He saw the name and based on what he knew, he was sure that this was the real thing. The watch of the captured major general in the Northern Peninsula. The leather strap, case, sapphire mirror, and hollow mechanical dial were flawless. The time was also accurate.

As usual, good things don’t require bargaining, I got it for 370 yuan.

Then I looked at the set of Qing empress's step-shaking hairpin headdress.

Wow, wrapped in cotton cloth and packed in a nanmu box. There are 63 hairpins of different sizes.

He opened a box at random and looked inside to see what was inside: a Hetian jade hairpin with a phoenix head and cloud carved on it.

The jade is genuine old Hetian jade, and the craftsmanship is also from the Imperial Household Department of the Qing Dynasty.

The next item was a hairpin with a gilded pearl pendant. He could tell at a glance that it was a hairpin from a concubine in the palace. It was old.

I looked at more than a dozen pieces of various sizes, all inlaid with gold, silver, jade, gilt, agate, and gemstones.

Until he saw a nine-phoenix hairpin with golden flowers and jade butterflies, his eyes widened.

He carefully picked up the hairpin, asked the salesperson next to him for a ruler, and measured it.

The length from head to tail is 27.5 cm, not counting the golden flower, jade butterfly and nine phoenixes. It is also 12.5 cm.

The back headdress is 15cm long and 13cm wide at its widest point.

The part of the hairpin that goes into the hair is made of pure gold. The nine phoenixes of golden flowers and jade butterflies at the back are made of golden petals, wired and welded with jade butterflies. A 5 cm wide ice green butterfly is flying among the three golden flowers.

A golden thread is woven into the shape of a phoenix tree, which is interspersed from head to tail, and is inlaid with nine phoenixes of different colors cut from rubies, sapphires, emeralds, pink diamonds, jadeite and other gemstones.

The hairpin is well-planned, the craftsmanship is amazing, the materials are very expensive, and it is magnificent.

After carefully placing the hairpin into the nanmu box, he looked at other things.

Other hairpins were inlaid with pearl pendants or made of silver with carved patterns.

Some are gold hairpins inlaid with gemstones.

There are two of them that he couldn't put down.

One is a pure gold phoenix hairpin. The phoenix is ​​vividly shaped, with two wings that flutter up and down when you pick it up. It's like it's alive.

Another one is a jade hairpin with a pattern of birds and phoenix. The whole hairpin is carved from jade. What is amazing is that the jade is in three colors. Red jade, green jade, and yellow mist. All of them are on this hairpin. It is top-grade ice-type and the color is also bright. Apple green, ruby ​​red, and orange-yellow. The three colors are intertwined and different from each other.

The phoenix is ​​ruby ​​red, just like a phoenix reborn from the ashes. The other birds, red, yellow, white and green, are carved vividly and full of charm.

After seeing these three hairpins, step-shaking ornaments, and headdresses, other headdresses pale in comparison and become boring.

When I asked the price, it was seven thousand nine. My goodness, ninety-nine percent of the people in the city couldn't afford it.

But this headdress, even if it is placed in a museum, is still one of the top collections.

It was the right decision to go out today.

He wrote a check to pay for all the things he had bought. After receiving the check, he felt relieved.

Li Zihang raised his head and rubbed his sore neck. He found that Li Shibo and the other two were standing aside, looking at the headdress and discussing it.

It's not that there are no checks in this era. It's just that checks are something that ordinary people can't get, nor do they need.

For ordinary people, buying food, furniture, and paying for their children's tuition is only a few dollars at most. Loose change is completely enough.

Checks are only circulated by big capitalists when doing business.

The check that Li Zihang had was from the China Bank. The transaction number was written in capital letters with a fountain pen, and then stamped with a personal seal and his name.

This check can be exchanged for cash at the designated China Bank.

As the transaction amount was huge, the salesman did not dare to close the deal easily. He consulted his superiors and sent someone to the bank with the check to confirm it before letting Li Zihang go.

While waiting for the staff to confirm the authenticity of the check, he also took some time to look around the two-story wooden consignment store to see if he could find other treasures.

After a round, there were all sorts of objects, big and small. After a look around, nothing caught his attention.

But it feels like browsing in a flea market.

There is a European-style single sofa by the window on the second floor. Compared with the classical European palace-style sofa, this sofa is much simpler. It has a modern and simple style.

Li Zihang sat on the mahogany black leather sofa. The sofa was moderately soft and hard. The leather was also genuine leather. It was very comfortable to sit on.

I called the salesperson to ask about the sofa's origins.

"Comrade salesman, what is the origin of this sofa?"

"This sofa used to be in a foreign embassy. Later, for some unknown reason, it was taken by someone. Later, that person sold the sofa to the store. It has been there until now, for more than two years."

"Just a few days ago, our leader took this sofa out of the warehouse to see if it could be sold."

Li Zihang asked tentatively: "So, there is another set of this sofa?"

"Yes! There is also a single sofa, a long sofa, and a long coffee table. Our store is so small that there is no place to put them. The others are in the warehouse."

"Is your warehouse far from the store? How is the quality? Is it not damaged?"

"Our warehouse is the yard at the back. If you want, I can take you there."

"Okay then, let's go."

The two of them came to the courtyard in the backyard. No one lived there now. It was used as a warehouse.

I found the complete sofa set, which was covered with a layer of dust.

I looked around carefully. The multi-person sofa was 2 meters long, and the backrest was also simple and stylish. The other single sofa was exactly the same as the one upstairs.

There is also a long coffee table made of dark red rouge wood.

Although it was covered with a layer of dust, it was not damaged. It seemed that the previous owner took good care of it.

After asking the price, he was forced to pay 2 yuan for two single sofas, a long double sofa and a coffee table.

Nowadays, the price of a good set of Ming Dynasty red sandalwood furniture is only about this price.

Who told him to like it? Bought it.

It is worth mentioning that the whole set of furniture has foreign codes and name tags, which are inlaid with copper wire.

Although he didn't know the person, he might as well bet on him. If he turned out to be a celebrity, he would make a fortune.

It doesn’t matter if it’s not, he bought the sofa for practicality anyway.

Back to the noodle shop. After filling out another check.

He sat on a stool, drinking tea and studying the gadget in his hand.

At this time, a man who looked like He Daqing, about fifty years old, hurried into the store with a package.

"Comrade salesman, please bring out that set of jewelry quickly."

The voice caught the attention of several people.

"I say, old comrade, how many times have you come here? I've told you so many times. The seller doesn't bargain, and doesn't sell in bulk. Why are you still here to bargain?"

"Stop talking nonsense. I brought enough money this time. Not a penny less for you."

"That won't work. You're too late. The things have been sold. You should look for something else."

When the man heard that the things had been sold, he was almost angry to death.

He worked very hard, sold his family property, sold his house, and borrowed some money to finally raise enough money to buy the set of hairpins.

Then I rushed to buy the set of treasures. Unexpectedly, the salesperson said that the item had been sold out. Who wouldn't be furious?

"Didn't I tell you? Leave it for me, I'll come over to buy it. Why don't you understand me?"

"Who did you sell it to? Do you have their address?"

Seeing how anxious the old man was, the salesperson still went against professional ethics and revealed the information about what Li Zihang had just bought.

The old man saw the salesperson pointed his mouth in the direction where Li Zihang was sitting, and he immediately understood what it meant.