Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

"Ah, Xiao Liang is here, come in, come in!" As soon as he passed through the porch and entered the hall, Fan Meng's mother, a fat Eastern European woman, greeted Liang En in fluent Chinese.

"Xiao Meng is ready and ready to go at any time. And if you haven't had lunch, I will ask the chef to prepare something you like to eat now."

Because of the relationship between the two families, Liang En and Fan Meng's families were relatively familiar with each other, so Mrs. Fan became so enthusiastic when she saw Liang En coming over.

"No need to bother, Aunt Natalia, I just came here after eating at the museum. I'm not hungry now." Because the meal has passed, there are no customers in the restaurant. So Liang En said it while sitting at an empty dining table.

Soon, Fan Meng walked out of an empty box next door. Judging from his attire, he should have been helping to clean up the trash in that box just now.

"You go about your business first, there's no need to rush." ​​Liang En said after looking at Fan Meng pushing a cart of garbage out, and then turned to Aunt Natalia. "Because I still have some things to ask about Chinatown."

"No problem, as long as I know, I will definitely tell you." After hearing what Liang En said, Aunt Natalia sat down opposite Liang En and said.

"After all, we run a restaurant. If we want to be well-informed, there aren't many people on the street who are better informed than us. And if I'm not sure, I can also ask Xiao Meng's grandfather."

"That's great." Liang En smiled and said, "I just want to know about the general situation of the collector named Jack Lee on this street."

"You are talking about the old Li who just passed away last week." After hearing what Liang En said, Natalia just thought for a moment and found what she needed in her mind.

"To be honest, he is indeed a good man. I remember that he would come to the restaurant once a week and order a delicious soup with some seasonal dishes to eat alone. It is a pity that his children are really—— "

Speaking of Mr. Li, Aunt Natalia does have a lot of memories. After all, this gentleman comes here for dinner at a fixed time every week and has maintained this habit for more than 20 years. It is difficult not to leave a deep impression on people.

According to her, Mr. Li was a sailor when he was young. After saving some money, he opened a laundry here, and then gradually developed and became a wealthy Chinese man in Ireland.

"It's a pity that when he was young, he devoted most of his energy to his career, so he neglected to discipline his children." At the end of the sentence, Natalia shook her head and sighed.

"You know, when an immigrant leaves his hometown and comes to a new country, he always faces a choice between the local culture and his own culture. Under normal circumstances, immigrants will find a balance."

"This balance is very important. On the one hand, it is difficult to live locally without being able to experiment with local conditions. On the other hand, it is not a good choice as an immigrant to completely forget the habits of your own nation."

"Especially for you Asians, as long as your appearance remains unchanged, you will never be able to integrate into the local society. And if you give up your traditional culture at this time, you will soon have a clear sense of loss. .”

As a descendant of Russians, Aunt Natalia naturally has the unique Russian habits developed between the East and the West. For example, she has a hometown sentiment that is very similar to that of the Orientals, so she has her own unique opinions on certain issues. View.

"And Mr. Li's children chose a path that was not so suitable. They were a little too Westernized. As soon as Mr. Li passed away, he was eager to sell his father's collection and completely cut off their bloodline. .”

"That sounds really -" Liang En shook his head. Although he believed that everyone had the right to make their own choices, from his point of view, the children of the Li family clearly went too far.

But this is not a bad thing for him, because if the other party is eager to get rid of the collections that represent the past, he should be able to spend a lot less money when the time comes to buy them.

After understanding the general goal this time, Liang En and Fan Meng set out from Fan's Restaurant and crossed one block eastward before arriving at a shop with a rolling shutter pulled down.

Are we in the right place? "Looking at the rolling shutter that was pulled down, Liang En showed a puzzled expression. "Why is there no one in this place? ""

You should be right. "Fan Meng looked at the house number and the notice posted next to the house number, and then took out his mobile phone. "Anyway, the other party left his phone number. We can just call him." "

Sure enough, after Fan Meng dialed the number on the notice, the call was quickly connected. Within a few minutes, a red-haired young man wearing a suit and tie walked over.

"Hello! I am John, a trainee lawyer, and I am also the client of the Li family. I am the sole agent for the sale of all items in this store." After meeting Liang En and the others, the young man shook hands with them , and introduced himself.

"By the way, I need to confirm that you are really here to buy something. You need to prove that you have more than 5,000 euros of liquidity that can be used for shopping."

"No problem." Because he had heard about this from his mother before, Fan Meng quickly took out his bank card and swiped it on the POS machine brought by the other party to complete the capital verification. Then John opened Roller shutter.

This shop was one of the first laundries run by Mr. Li. However, as soon as he passed away, his children closed this unprofitable laundry and laid off the staff, and then used it as a collection of various items. of warehouse.

After the rolling shutter door was opened, the sunlight shined through the curtains onto the messy pile of things on the ground. Apparently, Mr. Li's children regarded their father's collection as garbage, so they piled it up in such a messy pile.

But judging from the empty seats next to those items, someone should have bought some of them before. All they see now is what's left.

"There is a note on each of these things with the price marked on it. If you think it is suitable, take it away. If not, just put it here." John pointed to the pile of things and introduced them.

"What's going on with those boxes over there?" As soon as John finished speaking, Liang En pointed to a pile of wooden and iron boxes in the corner and asked.

"Some of Mr. Li's collections were bought in boxes. My client inspected the boxes and priced them uniformly. The items inside are not sold individually." After hearing Liang En's question, John immediately answered.

"Understood." Liang En nodded, and then checked the things in this room.

After taking a general look, he found that the items collected by Mr. Li were too mixed. Everything ranges from ancient stoneware to copperware that was freshly baked last week.

It's a pity that although these things look dazzling, they are not only mixed and unsystematic on the whole, but also full of a large number of things that can be easily seen as fakes. Liang En estimates that this is the reason why museums and large auction companies refuse to accept orders.