Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

Xu Damao came to the door of the trust store closest to Nanluoguxiang with some excitement. This is the only trust store in the area, and it is relatively large and was rebuilt from a courtyard house.

There were not many people buying things here today, so the salespeople were also relatively idle. Xu Damao walked towards a young woman in her thirties. Don't ask why, the reason is that this young woman is pretty.

"Comrade, I plan to buy some things. Can you help me introduce them?" Xu Damao asked.

The young woman was also quite friendly and didn't show any disapproval. "Comrade, what do you need? We have quite a few things here, but they are all stored separately. Not all of them are here."

"I just renovated my house and I'm planning to get married, so I want to buy some furniture. Also, I like collecting, so I want to buy some antiques, calligraphy and paintings," said Xu Damao.

"Then I'll take you there. Furniture is a bulk item and can't be placed here. It's all in the warehouse next door. We have quite a few warehouses in this courtyard. Antiques and the like are kept together with the furniture. Wait for me to call our manager. He has the key."

After a while, the young woman came over with a middle-aged man in his forties. Xu Damao thought that this should be their manager.

The middle-aged man walked a few steps quickly, extended his hand and introduced himself, "Hello, comrade. My last name is Xu Weiguo, and I'm the manager here. I just heard from Xiao Zhao that you were interested in buying a large number of antiques and furniture, so I came along to take a look."

Xu Damao also extended his hand to shake hands with the other party. "Hello, hello, isn't this a coincidence? My last name is Xu Damao too. Maybe we were from the same family five hundred years ago. I work at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. This time I came here to buy some antiques for my collection. My house has just been renovated and I need some furniture."

"Okay then, Brother Damao, let's go now. I'll go with you to take a look." Xu Weiguo saw that Xu Damao was well dressed, and the watch on his wrist when he shook hands was obviously a valuable foreign product. It seemed that he was an important customer, so he had to accompany him in person.

You know, the pressure on their trust store is also very great. Several courtyards around them have been used as warehouses by them. There are a lot of good things piled up in the warehouses, especially antiques and calligraphy and paintings. But these things are not easy to sell in this era, and they have to accept people who want to sell them, which finally puts them under great financial pressure. Today, a big customer who is interested has come, and even if it is at cost price, they have to sell him more things.

After a while, the three of them arrived at a large courtyard. The person on duty at the door greeted them when he saw them coming.

Xu Weiguo waved his hand to signal them to continue on duty, then took out a bunch of keys from the briefcase he carried with him, and finally picked out a key, opened the door and walked in.

"Brother Damao, please. This is where the furniture is placed. Feel free to look around. If you like any of them, tell me and I'll give you a discount."

Xu Damao nodded, casually pushed open a warehouse door and walked in, but secretly used the two skills of scanning and identification.

Xu Damao walked while pretending to look at the various furniture in the room. In fact, he didn't really understand this, but when the skill was turned on, a barrage of text would appear wherever he looked.

"Qing Dynasty, a set of mahogany tables and chairs, authentic, of average value. Ming Dynasty, a set of Hainan Huanghuali official hat chairs, rare, of high value. Ming Dynasty, golden nanmu step-out bed, rare, of extremely high value. Qing Dynasty, red sandalwood chaise longue, rare, of high value..."

Xu Damao was dazzled by the sight. The things here were basically all treasures. It was estimated that any one of them would be worth tens of millions in the 21st century. To be honest, he wanted all these good things, but he was short of money. His main goal today was antiques and calligraphy and paintings. They were small in size and high in value, and were definitely the first choice for collection. As for furniture, they were too big and there was not enough space to put them.

To be honest, Xu Damao used to think that he was a rich man, with a family fortune of several thousand yuan, and a capitalist father-in-law, but after coming here, he found that he was still poor. There are so many good things in this warehouse alone, and there are five similar warehouses in this courtyard, not to mention other large courtyards!

Xu Damao went to other warehouses for a few rounds and finally selected two sets of tables and chairs, two beds, a couch, two cabinets, and a screen with better quality and the highest value. He also chose a set of leather sofas with a coffee table according to the dimensions he had measured before, for his own use.

What follows is the bargaining phase. These things do not have a fixed price, only a purchase price. As long as the selling price is not lower than the purchase price, Xu Weiguo has a lot of autonomy.

Xu Weiguo was also very happy to see that he had chosen so many furniture. He and Sister Zhao each took a large stack of lists to check the prices. The purchase price of these things added up to 480 yuan, and Xu Weiguo directly quoted a price of 500 yuan. (This is made up by the author, don't take it seriously)

Xu Damao nodded and agreed to the offer. To be honest, he felt it was a bit cheap. After all, the price of these sets of antique furniture had doubled. However, it was different from the previous era, so it was always better to spend less money. If he wanted to make money from these things, he would have to wait until the 21st century, when he would be over 60 years old. Hey, it doesn't seem too old! Then he would open a private museum for people to visit.

After the discussion, the next step was the highlight. Xu Weiguo took Xu Damao to the warehouse where antiques, calligraphy and paintings were stored. Xu Damao pushed the door open and saw rows of antique shelves filled with porcelain, including plates, jars, bottles and other types of utensils, with some larger porcelain bottles placed next to them.

On other shelves there are some jade ornaments, small bronze tripods, etc. On the ground there are more than a dozen boxes, which Xu Weiguo said are filled with calligraphy and paintings by famous artists from past dynasties.

Xu Damao's eyes widened, and the comments became denser. At this moment, Xu Damao had the idea of ​​killing the two and taking all the treasures for himself. After all, money can make people happy, even time travelers are no exception. Fortunately, Xu Damao finally gave up the idea. The guards at the door today saw Xu Weiguo bringing him to the warehouse to buy things. If he really did that, he would inevitably be on the run.

Xu Damao touched this and looked at that excitedly, and he couldn't let go of each one. Xu Weiguo smiled slightly when he saw him like this. It seemed that today's big deal was done. He no longer had to be criticized in front of his superiors, and maybe he could go further! This Xu Damao was really his lucky star. It seemed that he had to have a good relationship with him. Well, then he should give him more discounts!