After entering the house with Han Xinyao respectively, Xue Chen took off his coat and shirt and threw them into the washing machine. After taking a comfortable bath, he lay down on the bed.
It has almost become Xue Chen's habit to take out the ancient jade and play with it before going to bed every day. However, the black ancient jade has turned into gray ancient jade, and there are still signs of changing to milky white.
Gu Yu has absorbed full spiritual energy for the third time, and now, he feels completely empty inside again.
The third time he absorbed enough spiritual energy, he spent a lot of effort and absorbed more than a dozen treasures and antiques worth more than one million. If it weren't for the preparatory auction items from the Fuji Auction Branch, he doesn't know when.
Only then can we complete this arduous task.
According to the rules, the amount of spiritual energy that needs to be absorbed for the fourth time will be even more terrifying. Thinking of this, he has a headache.
Every time he absorbs full spiritual energy, the ancient jade in his hand will bring huge changes to his eyes, and it is also the root of the earth-shaking changes in his life. He cannot help but not be anxious and careless. It can be said that absorbing spiritual energy is better than anything at the moment.
Everything is important.
"Hey, where can I find so many antiques for me to touch?"
Xue Chen put his hands behind his head, opened his eyes, and stared at the ceiling without blinking. Museums, antique shops, pawn shops? were all rejected by him one by one.
Tracing back to the source, he even thought of the birthplaces of many antiques, which were underground, historical relics or large ancient tombs.
Just thinking about it like this, he fell asleep in a daze.
Shen Wanjun gave him a paid holiday, but after careful calculation, he never had a day off and was busy with various things every day.
After finally having nothing to do, Xue Chen decided to have a good rest for the day. He got up in the morning and simply made something to eat. Then he lay lazily on the bed, read the news on his laptop for a while, and downloaded a Hollywood blockbuster to watch.
In this way, after a rather lazy day, in the evening, just as he was getting dressed and preparing to go out for dinner, Han Xinyao knocked on the door and said sweetly: "Brother Xue, my parents want to thank you for carrying me yesterday."
Me, treat me to KFC, and want to invite you to my house for dinner."
"Okay." Xue Chen said happily.
Han Xinyao's father's name is Han Jinsheng. He looks like he has been working outdoors for a long time. His face is red and a little dark due to the sun. When he smiles, there are crow's feet at the corners of his eyes. He is very kind, and his hand when shaking hands with Xue Chen is also very strong.
Han Xinyao's beautiful appearance was obviously inherited from her mother Guan Meiling. After introduction, Xue Chen also learned that this charming woman worked in the Academic Affairs Office of Haicheng City No. 1 Middle School.
"Xiao Xue, you have lived next door for more than half a year, and this is the first time I have come to have dinner with you. Xinyao told me what happened yesterday, which really bothered you and cost you money."
Guan Meiling and Xue Chen chatted for a while and then went to the kitchen to cook. Han Jinsheng and Xue Chen sat down in the living room.
"Uncle Han is so polite. It's just a little effort. As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Neighbors should help each other." Xue Chen smiled.
At this time, Han Xinyao brought the fruit plate and bent down to place it on the coffee table.
Han Xinyao wore a simple light blue home outfit with a loose neckline. When she bent over, the neckline was very open. As long as you were careful, you could easily see the wonderful scenery on her chest.
Han Jinsheng had been quietly paying attention to Xue Chen, and he felt a little relieved when he saw that Xue Chen was not squinting and had no intention of taking the opportunity to sneak a peek at his daughter's chest.
He went to see Xue Chen for dinner today. It was not just a meal, he wanted to get to know Xue Chen in depth as a person.
Hearing that his daughter said that Brother Xue who lived next door took her to dance classes and bought her KFC, he felt a little nervous. There were too many scum in society now, and he was afraid that Xue Chen would treat his beautiful daughter in a dirty way.
idea.
If Xue Chen really had a problem as a person, he would not let his daughter get hurt even if he moved. For the sake of his daughter's safety, he discussed it with his wife before making this invitation.
"Xiao Xue, what do you do?" Han Jinsheng asked.
"I am now engaged in antique appreciation and have also opened an antique shop with my friends." Xue Chen said truthfully.
"I heard from Xinyao that you bought a car?" Han Jinsheng asked again.
"Not bad, I just bought it recently."
"What kind of car is it? How much did it cost? It just so happens that I have plans to change my car recently." Han Jinsheng continued to explore.
"The new Lexus is priced at 700,000 yuan. Uncle Han, you want to change your car. The owner of Longhao 4S store is my friend. I can introduce it to you. There will definitely be a discount." Xue Chen said cheerfully.
Han Jinsheng gradually felt relieved. A young man who can buy a car worth 700,000 yuan in full can be considered to have a successful career, a wide range of social contacts, and should not have any psychological problems.
After chatting for a while, Han Jinsheng was completely relieved. He found that Xue Chen spoke very appropriately, politely, and modestly, without the impetuousness and arrogance of young people. He was much better than most young people of the same age he had seen.
Xue Chen also learned about Han Jinsheng's work in the Yunzhou Provincial Geological Survey Bureau, where he was now a section chief-level leader.
"Xiao Xue, you are engaged in antique appraisal. It just so happens that I have something. Please help me see if it is an antique." Han Jinsheng got up and went to the balcony. After a while, he held a black bowl in his hand.
Walked back.
Guan Meiling also followed out of the kitchen wearing an apron and said: "I took out your broken bowl again. Didn't you ask someone from the Archeology Bureau to take a look? They said it's worthless, so just treat it like a treasure. Hurry up."
It’s okay to throw it away.”
Han Jinsheng was probably a "wife-controller" and he didn't get angry when he heard his wife's scolding.
"If it's not valuable, it's not valuable. The most important thing is that I like it. A bowl doesn't take up much space, so why throw it away? This is also a testimony of my many years of working in the field. It will also be a memory when I grow old."
Xue Chen didn't listen to the quarrel between the two, because he was completely attracted by the black bowl in Han Jinsheng's hand.
Han Jinsheng wanted to hand it to him directly, but Xue Chen motioned for Han Jinsheng to put it on the coffee table first, and then he picked it up.
This is also an unwritten rule in the antique business. If two people are handing over their hands and it falls to pieces and breaks, the matter will be unclear.
Picking up the black bowl, Xue Chen rubbed it with his hands and observed that it was a black pottery bowl as big as the palm of his hand. It was very light and only weighed two ounces. It was covered with a layer of dust that could not be rubbed off and looked dirty.
Damn it, it's in very ugly condition and has very fine lines.
He raised his head and asked: "Uncle Han, where did you get this thing?"
"I picked it up from the soil five years ago when I was doing geological survey in a mountain village." Han Jinsheng said.
"Have you had someone identify it?"
"I asked someone from the Bureau of Archeology and Cultural Relics to help me identify it. They said it was black pottery. It has a long history. It must be thousands of years old, but it is not valuable. It cost 3,000 yuan to buy it. I didn't sell it. I also bought it online.
I checked it and found on the Internet that black pottery is crudely made, has a large amount of it in existence, and is worthless." Han Jinsheng sighed.
Xue Chen smiled: "Uncle Han, it's true that this is black pottery. It's true that most black pottery is worthless. However, you can't overturn a boatload of people with one pole. Fortunately, you didn't sell it for three thousand yuan, otherwise you would have suffered a big loss.
As for whether the person from the Cultural Relics Bureau is really ignorant or is lying to you, I don't know."
Guan Meiling said in surprise: "Xue Chen, you mean, this broken bowl is still a treasure?"
Han Xinyao also opened her eyes wide and looked at it curiously.
"Aunt Guan, this is not a broken bowl. If I read it correctly, it should be a fine clay black pottery bowl from the Longshan Culture period. It is a fine black pottery and one of the most collectible black pottery."
"It's so ugly, who would collect it?" Han Xinyao muttered in a low voice.
"Ugly? If it's cleaned, it doesn't necessarily look ugly." Xue Chen said with a smile.
"Dad has washed it many times and brushed it with a brush, but no matter how I wash it, it still looks dirty," Han Xinyao said.
"I didn't say wash it with water." Xue Chen smiled and said, "Uncle Han, do you have tung oil for cleaning the floor at home?"
"Yes, I bought it last year and there is still some left." Han Jinsheng was already looking forward to it and immediately went to find the tin can containing tung oil.
Xue Chen asked for another pure cotton cloth, dipped it in the tung oil poured into the bowl, and carefully began to wipe the black pottery bowl on his hand.
After more than a dozen wipes, the dust in the wiped area was pulled out, and it became much cleaner. It was no longer dusty, but gradually turned into deep black with a faint luster.
The three members of the Han family looked at it in amazement. Xue Chen seemed to be a great magician. Under his careful wiping, Xue Chen turned into a broken bowl as black as ink and shining with light in half an hour.
Glossy, very beautiful work of art!
Xue Chen tapped the black pottery bowl in his hand with his fingers, and the wall of the bowl immediately made a very crisp sound.
"It's not ugly now."
"Well, so beautiful." Han Xinyao said.
Guan Meiling was shocked: "Xue Chen, how much can this broken... this black pottery bowl be sold for? Is it enough to pay for Xinyao University's four-year tuition?"
"Not only the four-year tuition but also the living expenses are taken into account. This is more than enough. This Longshan fine clay wavy black pottery bowl is in good condition with no damage at all. The only flaw is that it is too small. It should be sold for around 200,000 yuan."
.If it goes to auction, the price will be higher." Xue Chen replied.
"Two hundred thousand!"
Han Jinsheng and Guan Meiling looked at each other and were shocked. Although both of them had good jobs, their combined annual salary was only 140,000 to 50,000 yuan.
Guan Meiling still couldn't believe it: "Xue Chen, you didn't lie to us, did you?"
"Aunt Guan, if you don't believe it, I can buy it for 200,000 yuan now and transfer the money immediately." Xue Chen said with a smile.
Hearing what Xue Chen said, Han Jinsheng and Guan Meiling completely believed it.
Han Jinsheng's face was red with excitement and his eyes were bright: "Meiling, hurry up and cook. Xinyao, go and take out the bottle of Moutai from the bedside table. Xiao Xue and I will have a few drinks." (To be continued)