Chapter Forty-Four Old Classmate
After strolling through the two small paths in the hall, Wu Xiaoli couldn't help but shake her head in disappointment. In the past, she could at least see one or two things that caught her eye, but it had been a year or two since she last came, and such good things were almost extinct now.
"Let's go upstairs!"
Wu Xiaoli has lost interest in other places that have not been visited yet. The first floor probably can't find anything good, and the second floor is a bit expensive, but there will be more good things coming out accordingly.
Li Yang followed with a bitter smile, still holding the large Buddha statue in his hands. Now he regretted not waiting to buy it later, as the weight of the statue was no joke.
The antique city has a total of four floors. The second floor is not like the hall, where there are stalls or simple glass cabinets everywhere. The second floor is all separate storefronts, very neat.
Compared with the first floor, there are much fewer things on the second floor, and the number of visiting customers is not large. A dozen or so people are constantly entering and exiting several shops.
After visiting several stores, Wu Xiaoli showed a disappointed expression again. In her eyes, these stores were not antique shops at all, but simply craft shops. Occasionally, she would see one or two really good items, but they were always placed there by the owner to attract people, and the prices were exorbitant.
"Xiao Li, take a break!"
Li Yang, who was following behind, couldn't hold on any longer and hastily grabbed Wu Xiaoli. This Wu Xiaoli had just pretended to be his girlfriend, but now she seemed like a person with nothing to do with him.
"Alright, let's finish this family and go out for a drink!"
Wu Xiaoli nodded, she also felt a bit tired. Looking at antiques was an activity that required great attention to detail, Wu Xiaoli had looked at so many things, it would be impossible not to feel tired.
As she walked into the last store, Wu Xiaoli's eyes lit up immediately, and she walked straight to the counter inside, carefully looking at a set of tea sets placed on the wall cabinet.
Li Yang sat at the entrance, unzipped his jacket to let out the heat inside, and finally turned back to carefully examine the last store he was going to visit today.
The store is only a dozen or so square meters in size, and its layout is similar to that of other stores. The front and left sides are glass cabinets, while the right side has an old-fashioned table with some small items such as ancient coins and old banknotes scattered on it.
The small shop had only one young man guarding it, and when Li Yang looked at the young man, the young man was also looking at him. Both of them immediately stood there in a daze.
Big Brother
"Sixth grade?"
Two voices sounded at the same time, Li Yang couldn't help but immediately walk inside towards the Buddha statue, he never thought that he would meet his old classmate and dormitory mate, Lao Liu, here.
"What are you doing here?"
Li Yang looked at his old classmate in surprise, during their university days they were six people in one dormitory, Li Yang was the oldest and ranked as the eldest, the young man in front of him was the youngest and was known as the sixth. Because he was the youngest, Li Yang took care of him a lot while they were in school. Moreover, among the six people in their dormitory, three people shared the same surname "Li", namely the eldest Li Yang, the fourth Li Pei and the sixth Li Can in front of him.
"This is my uncle's store. After graduating, I went to Guangzhou to struggle for a few months, but didn't achieve anything and came back. Then I've been helping out at my uncle's store all along. These days my uncle went to collect goods, so it's just me taking care of the store!"
The young man said excitedly, still sizing up Li Yang and Wu Xiaoli as he spoke.
"So that's why I couldn't get in touch with you!" Li Yang nodded, his face also filled with excitement. Seeing Wu Xiaoli watching them from the side, he quickly pulled the young man to her front: "Xiaoli, let me introduce you, this is my classmate and dormitory roommate Li Can, also our dormitory's lao liu (the sixth in their dorm)!"
"Xiao Liu, this is my colleague Wu Xiaoli, I'm currently working at Ming Yang An Shi Jewelry!"
"Is that your wife?" Li Can chuckled and said with a mischievous grin: "Your wife is really beautiful, I'm jealous of the old man!"
"Stop it, stop talking nonsense, we're just colleagues!"
Li Yang hastily pulled Li Can, took a sneak peek at Wu Xiaoli, the girl in front of him looked pretty, but her temper was not something ordinary people could handle. In case of misunderstandings, Li Yang would be in trouble.
"What Li Yang said is right, we are just colleagues, you are his classmate, I will also call you Xiao Liu, this name sounds better!"
Wu Xiaoli turned around and smiled at Li Can, while also secretly giving a dirty look to Li Yang. Li Yang could only stand by and bitterly smile, thinking that this girl still had complaints, but he didn't blow up in front of his classmates, so as to save face for himself.
"Okay, my former classmates all called me Xiao Liu, now I've taken Xiao Liu as my nickname!" Li Can smiled foolishly and responded with a sound, then suddenly patted his head: "Look at how confused I am, I was so busy talking that I forgot to pour tea, wait for me for a moment!"
Li Can hastily ran to the counter, taking advantage of Li Can's busyness, Li Yang hurriedly approached Wu Xiaoli and whispered: "My classmate likes to joke around, don't mind him!"
"What's it to you?" Wu Xiaoli shot back at Li Yang with a glance.
"Turn back and I'll make it up to you, or else this Buddha statue can be a birthday gift from me to your grandfather!"
Li Yang smiled wryly and turned his head to take another look at the Buddha statue. The Buddha's belly could hide a treasure, and if it weren't for Wu Xiaoli in front of him, he really wouldn't be willing to give it away.
Wu Xiaoli didn't even glance at the Buddha statue, and coldly snorted: "My grandfather wouldn't want something so crude. However, since you're being so sincere, I'll remember this for now and come find you later to collect!"
"Alright, don't regret it later!"
Li Yang shook his head with a bitter smile, and sent Bao Bei away for nothing. Li Yang was also helpless.
"Come, have some water, our store is small, sorry for the poor service, thank you for your understanding!"
Li Cuan walked over with two cups of water and handed them to the two people, smiling and asking: "What's going on? Don't regret it later! Tell me too!"
"It's nothing, I just bought a little something and said it was for Xiaoli's grandfather as a birthday gift, but she didn't even think it was good enough!" Li Yang rubbed his nose and said helplessly.
"What treasure did you find? Let me see!"
Li Yang turned his head and pointed to the large Buddha statue at the door. This Buddha statue was placed there, and he didn't have to worry about someone stealing it. If there wasn't a real treasure in its belly, Li Yang wouldn't be willing to carry this Buddha statue around everywhere either.
"It looks like an old thing, but it's not from a distant era, probably from the late Qing dynasty?" Li Can walked to the door and squatted down to observe carefully for a while, then looked up at Li Yang.
Li Yang smiled and nodded: "Not bad, Xiaoli and the boss both said it was from the Republic of China period, 800 yuan, how about it?"
"It's okay!" Li Can stood up and walked back with a smile.
There's something Li Cang didn't say, the price of 800 yuan is acceptable, but this thing has too low a collection value. Old things also have their own rules, rough and ordinary craftsmanship have very low appreciation potential, while those with good quality and exquisite workmanship will become more valuable over time.
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Thanks for the rewards of 588 starter coins from Xiao Kou Dai and 100 starter coins from Xiao Hao, hope Xiao Hao can be found back, hehe!
As for those updated tickets, Xiao Yu could only envy them, sigh!
