With Wang Liang leading the way, there was no need to worry about finding the way. The two of them talked about old times and headed towards Fugesi Town. They arrived at Fugesi Town in less than half an hour.
Along the way, Chen Ran also briefly talked to Wang Liang about his experience during this period. Of course, he did not go into details. He just said that he made some money tinkering with antiques, and the purpose of going to Liushu Village was not concealed from Wang Liang. Wang Liang
Hearing this, he was surprised and happy for Chen Ran. He asked Chen Ran whose house he was going to, and Chen Ran told him what Uncle Huang had said.
"Are you talking about Liu Laogen's house at the entrance of the village? The big willow tree is right in front of his house. You go to his house to collect antiques? How can he have antiques in his house? When we enter the village, I will take you to ask..."
Wang Liang thought for a while and said.
When they arrived at Fugesi Town, since Wang Liang rode a bicycle from the village to Fugesi Town, he first went to the place where Wang Liang stored his bicycle and put the bicycle into the trunk. Then Chen Ran went to the store to buy some gifts.
, After all, he was going to Wang Liang's house. It was his first time to visit, and it would undoubtedly look bad if he didn't bring something with him. Wang Liang stopped Chen Ran from buying it, but he didn't stop him. After buying it, he rushed towards Liushu Village.
Although Liushu Village belongs to Fugesi Town, it is a bit more remote. Along the way, the road has become increasingly difficult to walk. Fortunately, Chen Ran drove an off-road vehicle. If it had been anything else, it would not have been possible.
The road we drove through was full of bumps and hills. I don’t know how Uncle Huang managed to get here. Chen Ran was really impressed.
It took more than half an hour to finally arrive at the entrance of the village. A group of naked children appeared out of nowhere, chasing after the car and playing. At first there were only a few children, but later the adults were called out.
Under Wang Liang's guidance, after he parked the car in front of his house, the chasing children immediately surrounded him. Wang Liang jumped out of the car and greeted the onlookers.
There are seven people in Wang Liang's family. In addition to his parents, brother and sister-in-law, there is also a younger sister and a nephew. His parents are not at home, his brother has also gone out, and only his sister-in-law is at home. She is quite enthusiastic towards Chen Ran.
Busy outside to entertain.
After sitting down and drinking tea, Wang Liang took Chen Ran to Liu Laogen's house at the entrance of the village. Along the way, Wang Liang greeted everyone he met. When he arrived at the entrance of the east village, he saw a big willow tree.
There was a house across a river from the big willow tree. Wang Liang took Chen Ran to the door. Rural people didn't bother to knock on the door, so they just pushed the door open and went in.
"Xiao Liang, didn't you go into the city today? Why are you back so early..." There were two children playing in the water in the yard, and their clothes were all wet, but no one cared about it. When they saw Wang Liang bringing
After Chen Ran walked in, a shirtless middle-aged man with a tanned body walked out of the room and greeted Wang Liang with a smile.
"I went to the city and brought some Chinese medicine to my dad and came back..." Wang Liang handed over a cigarette. Wang Liang's father, Wang Fu, is an old Chinese medicine doctor, or a herbalist. He also opened a small one at home.
The medicine store has a small business, but it is quite famous in several nearby villages.
After saying hello, Wang Liang also introduced Chen Ran and let him into the house. After a few polite words, Wang Liang directly explained the purpose of his visit: "Uncle Lao Gen, do you have any of those older gadgets at home?
My classmates just came to see this..."
Chen Ran also looked at Liu Laogen. He heard from Wang Liang that people collecting ancient coins often appeared in the village, so he didn't want to hide his purpose.
Liu Laogen was startled: "An older thing? No, there were a lot of silver coins in the past, but they were all taken away. How can I still have this thing at home? If I had it, I would have sold it long ago. How can I still keep it?
Now……"
After hearing what Liu Laogen said, Wang Liang looked at Chen Ran. Chen Ran was not disappointed. Even if the other party had a Flower God Cup hidden in his home, the other party might not know about it. If ordinary people didn't pay attention to this kind of cup, they wouldn't know it at all.
As an antique, even if the antique dealer has not seen the Flower God Cup before him, he may not pay attention to it. As Liu Laogen said, if he knew that he had a Flower God Cup at home, he would have sold it long ago.
, which still remains to this day.
"Look, it's this kind of cup..." Uncle Lin's pair of Flower God Cups were placed under the back seat of the off-road vehicle by Chen Ran, but the three pieces of porcelain he got from Uncle Huang were wrapped in them.
He took out the big piece from his bag and handed it to Liu Laogen. According to Uncle Huang, Uncle Huang probably picked it up in the yard of Liu Laogen's house.
Liu Laogen took it and took a look and was surprised: "Isn't this the cup containing honey that I dropped some time ago? There is honey sauce on it..." He put it to his nose and smelled it.
Chen Ran's heart moved. He didn't care that Liu Laogen recognized the piece of porcelain as belonging to his family. He nodded and asked, "Can you still find the other porcelain pieces that were dropped? Do you still have a cup like this at home?"
"Wait a minute, this jar is quite old. There seemed to be a pair before. I don't know if I can still find that one. I remember it was in the West House..." Liu Laogen nodded, stood up and walked out, entering the West House.
.
Hearing Liu Laogen's words, Chen Ran also breathed a sigh of relief. This trip was really not in vain. Within two minutes, Liu Laogen walked in with a jar and said cheerfully: "I remember a pair.
Yes, I used to catch scorpions in the mountains and bring them back and keep them in this jar. Later, my mother made them pickles."
He came in holding the jar, and sure enough, there was a smell of pickles.
In fact, ever since he walked in with the jar in his arms, Chen Ran could no longer look away from the jar he was holding. Yes, the jar he was holding was actually a Flower God Cup.
The Flower God Cup has a relatively high waist, so it is not an exaggeration to say it is a jar.
What surprised Chen Ran was that the Flower God Cup in front of him turned out to be a May pomegranate cup. Counting the broken one, it means that the pair of Flower God Cups in Liu Laogen's family were both May pomegranate cups.
It’s really strange. There are twelve Flower God Cups in the set. These twelve are the Twelve Flower Gods. There are no duplicates at all. Generally speaking, there should be no duplicates in the collection of cups, unless they are exchanged with others.
For a moment, but Liu Laogen’s family is obviously not.
Could it be that Liu Laogen’s Flower God Cup also appeared in many numbers at once like the August Osmanthus Cup?
Chen Ran's eyes lit up, he really needed to ask this carefully.
Liu Laogen took the jar and handed it to Chen Ran. The Flower God Cup had no lid, so Liu Laogen's family made a lid with plastic film. Chen Ran opened the lid and took a look. It contained pickled garlic moss.
. He held the cup and checked it over and over. From Chen Ran's point of view, it should be the genuine article. However, this was his first time getting involved with the Flower God Cup, so he still used the energy aperture to detect it. The result was that it was indeed the genuine article.
"Uncle Lao Gen, do you want to sell this jar?" After confirming, Chen Ran put the jar aside and thought about how to bid. He didn't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face. With Wang Liang here, how could he?
Since he couldn't speak to the other party, he naturally couldn't pick up the leaks. In fact, he had no intention of picking up the leaks. As long as he collected enough sets, even if he collected them at a high price, the value of the cups he collected would at least double.
You can still make money by picking up leaks, and Wang Liang's family is also in Liushu Village. After he takes it away, I guess the other party will find someone to inquire about it. When he finds out that the price is low, he will undoubtedly harm Wang Liang and his family.
Liu Laogen was startled: "You want to buy it?" He didn't expect Chen Ran to really want to collect this jar. This jar didn't look like an antique. When an antique dealer came to his house to collect old things, he turned over all the bottles and jars.
It came out, including the pair of jars, but the antique dealer didn't even look at it.
"Yes." Chen Ran nodded and said
Liu Laogen rolled his eyes and did not answer Chen Ran. Instead, he looked at Wang Liang and said: "Xiao Liang, this is your classmate. I don't understand this either. I can trust you. You can give me an idea."
I sold it as soon as I told him to sell it."
This Liu Laogen is really not stupid. He can't trust Chen Ran, but he can trust Wang Liang. Wang Liang is an honest man. Everyone in the village knows the details. Lao Wang's family is still very reputable in the village, and so is Wang's father.
I'm a good old man. If anyone in this village is sick, there is basically no charge to see a doctor. Because after the king's father saw the doctor, he just told him to boil some herbs and drink them. These herbs are available in the mountains. If you are sick, you can go there.
Dig some and boil it yourself. Even if there is no such herb on the mountain, the Wang family’s medicinal garden has almost all of it. It’s not rare to find one or two of them. Unless you don’t want to do it yourself, or there is no such herb in the mountain, and the Wang family’s medicinal garden does not grow it.
The Wang family only charges money for the traditional Chinese medicine brought back from the city, so the villagers in the village respect Wang's father. Of course, the most important reason is that Wang Liang's family belongs to the village. As the saying goes, a monk can't escape the temple if he runs away.
Naturally, I can trust Wang Liang.
"Chen Ran, look at this, Uncle Lao Gen's grandfather and my father's grandfather are brothers..." Wang Liang didn't expect Liu Laogen to push this problem to him all of a sudden. He was also quite embarrassed. If Lao Gen
The uncle suffered a loss. He didn't look good, and his family must be criticized. But in his opinion, since Chen Ran is a collector, he must make money. If he doesn't make money, who would go so far?
, he also really wanted Chen Ran to make money, so he was in a dilemma, so he could only say this to Chen Ran, which meant that Chen Ran would make less money from this relationship.
Chen Ran waved his hand and did not let him finish his words. He smiled and shook his head: "Uncle Gen, my relationship with Wang Liang is at stake here. You are Wang Liang's uncle Gen, that is, my old man."
Uncle Gen, I won’t hide it from you. This cup of yours is of some use to me. I took it and didn’t think about making money from you. How much it’s worth, I’ll give you a penny of the amount. Wait until I collect it.
After you leave, you can ask someone to find out whether the price I gave you is high or low. I can guarantee that the price I gave you is definitely the highest price. Wherever you go to sell it, you won't be able to sell it.
If someone says the price is low, you can ask Wang Liang and ask him to contact me. I will make up for the lower price. Of course, the person you ask must know the goods. I will bid you 400,000 for this cup.
What do you think about the price?"
According to the auction house's records, the highest auction price of a pomegranate cup in May was 500,000 yuan, but this was the highest price. The average price was about 450,000 yuan. His price of 400,000 yuan was definitely not low. He quoted this price directly.
There is also consideration. If he gives 200,000 first and then the other party makes a counter-offer. If he raises the price again, it will undoubtedly appear dishonest. People will definitely not trust him. If he is a stranger, this is okay, because he
I didn't believe him at first, but now he relies on the credibility of Wang Liang's family. Although everyone doesn't believe him, but they can trust Wang Liang's family, that means they believe him. If they strangle the price without counter-offering, it means they have directly stated their psychological price.
"Four hundred thousand!"
Liu Laogen was startled, his hand shook, and the cigarette in his hand suddenly touched his face, burning a small red mark, but he didn't feel it either.
Wang Liang was also shocked. Although he wanted to ask Chen Ran to give him a good price, he thought it would only be a few thousand yuan. He estimated that it would be twenty or thirty thousand yuan at most, but he didn't expect it.
Chen Ran unexpectedly quoted a price of 400,000 yuan, which really shocked him...
