Small Shop Owner in the 1960s

Chapter 76

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The most embarrassing thing Xu Nannan felt was that he pretended to know what he didn't know, and then was exposed by someone who knew it. The most fortunate thing is that we are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, and decades apart, so it doesn't matter if we expose it.

God is sorry, she has been to People's Square for sightseeing in her previous life, so where else has she been to Dongtai Road

At that time, although I opened a small Taobao shop, the income of several thousand a month was not enough in Shanghai. How dare you wander around in a big city like Shanghai.

[Old Antique]: "It's okay, I know there are some ways that can't be said casually. I understand the rules."

People thought she didn't want to talk about collecting antiques, so she lied on purpose. Xu Nannan felt wronged. What do you know, let me tell you, can you take it

"Actually, you see, I don't even know Dongtai Road. I don't have any other way. I just try my luck."

Xu Nannan told the truth. She had never done this kind of business before, so how could she know where to find antiques? In her previous life, she sold such old things. Earn that meager price difference. Where can I play with such tall things as antiques

[Old antiques]: "From time to time, there are a large number of ancient bronze wares, and occasionally you can find a few antiques from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. You are so lucky."

Look, to be honest, the other party still doesn't believe it.

Xu Nannan thought for a while, and then he said nonsense, "Well, actually, these things were collected by an elder of mine. At that time, he went to the waste recycling station all day long, and buried them after buying them. Now they are all exchanged for money."

[Old Antique]: "The elder in your family is quite far-sighted."

That is. Xu Nannan smiled arrogantly.

[Old Antiques]: "Apart from bronze wares, is there anything else? Although there are many ancient books in your store, there are not many treasures. And I found that you seem to have no other antiques except books, calligraphy, paintings and bronze wares. Yes. Why didn’t your elders hide some porcelain at that time. That’s the only thing that’s valuable.”

When Xu Nannan saw the news, his eyes lit up. "Tell me how the porcelain from that time was preserved. I saw a lot of treasures, and we ordinary people are not easy to touch."

[Old Antique], "Too much porcelain was damaged in the past. It's a pity. At that time, except for some people who knew the goods, they preserved the porcelain, a large part of it was damaged. What you see is only a small part that survived. Yes. After all, these porcelains are useless if they are smashed. And those who survived by chance were left behind by accident, and were later discovered by people who know the goods."

[Old Antique]: "I remember, when I was a child, my grandma told me that when she was young, she found a lot of porcelain from the corners of many ordinary people's homes."

Xu Nannan's eyes are shining.

Your grandma is so smart. Why didn't I think of it. Bricks from an ancient city wall can be sold for money.

[Old Antique]: "Okay, I have to repair my bronze wares, try to find gifts for my friend, he has money!"

Xu Nannan was about to send a message to ask, which places in Shanghai have a lot of porcelain, but he went offline after sending a message.

We also want to look for it, and we must be able to find it.

All the way to Shanghai, it was calm.

Xu Nannan was familiar with the road this time, and found the guest house where he lived before. The little girl at the front desk greeted Xu Nannan with a smile, "Comrade Yu is on a business trip again."

Xu Nannan smiled and said, "That's right, what we do is just a job that can't be finished all day."

The girl at the front desk is called Xiao Jiang. Xu Nannan gave her a pack of melon seeds before, and they got on good terms with Xu Nannan.

After Xiao Jiang registered for her, she opened a private room and whispered, "The one on the south side is very bright."

Xu Nannan thanked her and touched her hand with a smile, "Thank you, I'll bring you something delicious later."

Xiao Jiang blushed, "Why are you polite?" I was looking forward to the delicious food that Xu Nannan said. Did she know that this girl likes to eat the most, last time she saw that she ate in that restaurant, and it was not the same every day.

I don't know how their unit is treated so well, they can live in a single room when they are on business trips, and they can eat so many things in restaurants.

Xu Nannan quickly went upstairs, took a shower and changed into clean clothes before coming downstairs.

After saying hello to Xiao Jiang, Xu Nannan walked out of the guest house refreshed.

Look at your watch, it's still eleven o'clock at noon.

Just went to a nearby restaurant for dinner.

I ordered Xiao Long Bao and Duck Blood Soup, and had a delicious lunch. When I went back, I brought Xiao Jiang a basket of buns by the way.

The little girl blushed with excitement. He kept saying, "How can this be so embarrassing?"

Seeing that Xu Nannan was so polite, it was hard to give up his hospitality, so he took it with a blushing face, "It doesn't matter if you come back later in the afternoon, I'll get you hot water. Put it in a hot water bottle."

At this time, not every room has a kettle.

Xu Nannan smiled gratefully, "Xiao Jiang is the best to me." Alas, people are really simple at this time, if you treat her better, she will immediately repay you.

After leaving the guest house, Xu Nannan took a car to Dongtai Road.

Although that place is not yet an antique street, Xu Nannan feels that there must be other factors besides the government's policy that this place can become an antique street in the first place.

For example, there may be some antique collectors in a small area around here.

No matter what, it's better to have a goal than to run around like a headless chicken. After getting out of the car, Xu Nannan saw a house. Very crowded house. They are all brick and tile houses, dusty, and the prosperity of Shanghai later cannot be seen. Looking at the streets on both sides, Xu Nannan felt a little depressed. In the future, there will be countless antiques here. Regardless of whether there are fakes or not, there must be real ones. When the time comes, if you want to collect antiques, you can come directly to collect them, how great it is. How can I find it by myself

Passing through a small alley, people on both sides are full of people, all of which are houses with small courtyards, and sheds are also set up in the courtyard. There are people living inside and outside the house, and it feels crowded just by looking at it.

Xu Nannan glanced at it, and finally found that there was actually a flowerpot in a yard.

But instead of flowers, vegetables are planted.

An old lady with white hair was pouring water into it. A few children wanted to come over to make trouble, but she stopped them.

The old lady turned around after pouring the water, saw Xu Nannan standing at the door, and asked, "Girl, who are you looking for?"

"Grandma, can you give me the flower pot in your house?" You can't sell it these days, it's speculation.

When the old lady heard it, her face immediately became unhappy, "Our family has to grow vegetables."

"Grandma, I don't want it for nothing. I'll exchange food stamps with you. Or fine grains are fine," Xu Nannan said.

Although I don't know if that thing is an antique, but in line with the idea that I would rather change the wrong one than miss it, I am determined to take the first step in this long march of thousands of miles. Get this big flower pot. At worst, take it back and grow vegetables for Grandma Yu.

Hearing the words fine grains, the old lady's old eyes lit up, she dragged Xu Nannan to the alley outside, and whispered, "Are you really willing to exchange fine grains for my flower pot?"

Xu Nannan nodded, "No, my grandma, like you, likes to grow some vegetables by herself."

"Oh, I'm so filial, so I'll give it to you in exchange. How much do you want in exchange?" The old lady looked at Xu Nannan shrewdly.

"Five taels of noodles?"

Seeing the old lady swallow, Xu Nannan said, "Okay!" Then he quickly walked into the yard, picked the vegetables in the flowerpot, and poured out the soil.

The flower pot is not too big, Xu Nannan thinks that this flower pot should be the kind of potted plants in the room before. Although the blue and white flowers on it are covered by mud, it can still be seen that it has a somewhat delicate appearance.

It's not a loss to exchange five taels of noodles for this.

The old lady didn't even wipe off the mud, so she just took it out. Xu Nannan didn't say anything, took out the noodles from his backpack, and estimated that it should be a little more than five liang.

The old lady was a shrewd person, she weighed it in her hand, and her eyes narrowed as she smiled.

Xu Nannan didn't know if it was an antique, so he found a place where no one would see it, threw it in Taobao, and went to the next one.

It's a pity that there are quite a lot of people living here, but there are not many porcelains. Even if there are, it is obvious that they are not antiques.

All the way down, I also collected four or five porcelains that looked like antiques. Anyway, as long as she can't tell the truth from the fake, she will accept it. One of them was missing a hole, but Xu Nannan thought the vase looked good overall, so he took it away. No cash was spent, but three tubes of noodles were spent. Carrying a newly received blue-and-white vase, he walked through two alleys and arrived at the street. Xu Nannan found that the street looked familiar.

When I saw the old aunt sweeping the floor with a big broom and the little boy sitting next to her, I remembered who it was.

Obediently, taking this family heirloom from others, this fate is also involved.

This can happen.

Xu Nannan didn't really want to meet this guy. This old lady is a shrewd person, it is impossible to buy antiques from her again. If her grandson hadn't been ill last time, the bracelet wouldn't have been in her hands.

She was about to go in another direction, when the child suddenly turned to look at her, his eyes widened, and he pointed at Xu Nannan and shouted.

"Medicine, medicine." The little boy shouted. The old aunt also looked back and saw Xu Nannan.

The old aunt threw the broom and ran towards Xu Nannan. Seeing this, Xu Nannan couldn't leave, so he went to meet her.

"Little girl, it turned out that you were the one who gave medicine to my grandson last time." The old aunt looked much more amiable this time than last time.

Xu Nannan smiled, "I happened to be carrying antipyretics with me, so I took some for him. He's all right now."

"Okay, your medicine is really effective." The old aunt smiled. Seeing Xu Nannan holding a vase in his hand again, he said, "You are..."

"It looks good when you take it back to put things in." Xu Nannan said nonsense.

The old aunt let out a sigh and said with a smile, "If you want this thing, I will show you the way."

Xu Nannan blinked, and saw her pointing at the yard where she lived, "Go to that place, the house in the innermost part of Sanjin's yard, surnamed Wang. You go to her house to collect. There are a lot of them. They are all real. goods."

Xu Nannan was taken aback. "They won't sell it to me."

"The flower statue is used to hold water, and you can't bear to sell it? If you can take out food and money, you can buy anything. It's just a bunch of ignorant people. They were the housekeepers of our family at first, and then they took these All the things were taken to his house. Those things... were ruined." After talking about it, it sounded a bit heartbroken.

No wonder the old lady is so kind. She is not cheap when someone robs her house.

"Little comrade, how can God not accept it." After the old lady finished speaking, she stopped talking to Xu Nannan and went to sweep the floor with a big broom. It's just that looking at it now, it seems to be more powerful.

Xu Nannan felt that the old lady felt that she had expressed her grievances somehow. If these things are taken away by her, the descendants of the family will really vomit blood in the future.

Just spit it out, we still have to collect this thing.

Seeing that it was getting late, Xu Nannan simply took the vase and drove back to the guest house. Now that there is a way, don't worry about finding it, and come back when you are fully prepared.

Watching Xu Nannan get into the car, the old aunt continued to sweep the floor with her head down, "God has eyes, it won't be cheaper than you white-eyed wolves."

After eating, when she returned to the guest house, Xiao Jiang had already prepared hot water for her.

Ouch, this is really real. Xu Nannan washed his face and soaked his feet comfortably, and lay comfortably on the bed.

Just about to sleep, there was a ding ding sound in my head.

[Old Antique]: "That big clear flower pot, is there a seal on it!"

Xu Nannan woke up suddenly. What a big clear flower pot. She looked at Taobao, only to realize that he was talking about the pot with mud she bought from the old lady who had that kind of dish before.

I really didn't look at it carefully, and I wasn't in a hurry to sell it. I took it away and threw it in for convenience. Xu Nannan looked at the bottom of the bottle.

"Official kiln made inside"

[Old Antique]: "That's made in an official kiln. What's more, are there any characters in it?"

Xu Nannan understood this, "The Xuande Year System of the Ming Dynasty."

[Old Antique]: "It really is. Where did you find it? During the day, you said you were looking for porcelain, but you found it so quickly. I want this."

Xu Nannan was still blindfolded, she didn't even know what it was and how much it was worth. Just ask for it? Anyway, it's her assistant, although he won't admit it, but she still has to rely on him now, "Aren't you afraid it's a fake?"

[Old Antique]: "What if it is true, things like antiques depend on luck."

Xu Nannan felt that it was right to be speechless, "Okay, just take it if you want it, just give it whatever you want. We will cooperate happily in the future." Anyway, we still have a batch of real goods waiting tomorrow, so I don't care about this.

[Old Antique]: "I'm going to give you 180,000 yuan. If you say that, we'll wipe away the change."

"..." Is this fraction too big

It's not easy to take back what was said, so a price of 100,000 yuan was set, and when the money arrived, Xu Nannan fell asleep happily.

Forget it, anyway, it’s only the cost of five taels of noodles. Go to sleep and make a fortune tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Xu Nannan dressed up in a spirited manner. He hurried out the door.

Sitting at the front desk, Xiao Jiang was eating melon seeds. When she saw Xu Nannan going out, she shook her head and sighed. Although the salary of his job is quite good, the busy work of going out early and returning late all day is quite exhausting.

It's still easy for us to work. Finally found a sense of balance.

Xu Nannan took the vase and went directly to the small courtyard with three entrances. At this time, there were not many people inside, obviously they all went to work. Only some old people and women clean up at home.

Seeing a stranger coming in, everyone looked at Xu Nannan. Xu Nannan said, "I'm looking for the Wang family."

Hearing that they were looking for someone, they pointed to the inner courtyard directly and told them to go in and look for it. These days, no one dares to steal anything, and they are not afraid of strangers harming others.

Xu Nannan went inside, turned in, and saw a dark and thin woman drying clothes. The woman saw her and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Xu Nannan smiled and said, "I was collecting vases nearby yesterday, and I heard that there are many such porcelains in your house, so I came to have a look."

The black and thin woman's eyes lit up immediately, "Do you want porcelain?" There was a lot of it at home, and her father-in-law said it was a good thing at the time, so she asked to keep it for a fart. No one wants to exchange for food. If you take the waste recycling station, people don't think it's copper and iron.

Xu Nannan nodded, "Change it back and store things at home. It looks good. If your family can't change it, I can use food stamps and industrial tickets."

"It's a change, you come with me." The black and thin woman immediately led Xu Nannan to her house.

When Xu Nannan entered the room, he couldn't help swallowing. On the table was a small vase for feather dusters, which she had just seen from an antique book a while ago.

Peaches, peach blossoms, bats... so similar. There is also the big belly blue and white vase next to it, green bamboo leaves, white background, and inscriptions on it. Even if she didn't know the goods, she knew that the few vases she had received before were far from what others insisted on.

"Look at the ones that can be changed, pick them quickly." This woman seemed more anxious than Xu Nannan.

Xu Nannan withdrew his gaze and said calmly, "You don't want to keep any more?" But don't choose it when the time comes, and don't change it.

"As long as you give me enough tickets, I will change them." What do you want these for? You can't eat or drink. After knocking and bumping, it became a waste product. Her son had knocked down a few bottles before, so they became waste products.

After changing the industrial ticket, she went to buy a hot water bottle and came back. It is easier to use than this porcelain.

Xu Nannan nodded calmly, walked over, looked at this and that, shaking his head sometimes, nodding sometimes. There is porcelain on the table and porcelain on the floor, and the bowls for eating don't look simple. How proud! The big bourgeois family took it back and offered it, and your family used it directly, and the big bourgeois family didn't have the pride of your family.

Xu Nannan didn't speak for a long time.

The black and thin woman looked at it, feeling a little anxious, "They are all good things. They used to belong to the big capitalists' house, and they were left by my father-in-law." I don't know what those big capitalists want these things for.

Xu Nannan sighed, "Look at it, it's all right. It's just not very practical."

"Don't you want to look good, it looks so good."

The woman immediately walked over to pick up the small peach vase with the feather duster, and Xu Nannan's heart was lifted. Big sister, be careful, this may be the so-called treasure handed down from generation to generation.

Xu Nannan didn't dare to pretend anymore, so he hurried over, took it over and put it in his hand, looked at it, nodded and said, "It's really okay to look at. Okay, I want it all. But it's not convenient for me to take it all at once. No, I'll take part today and another part tomorrow."

"It's okay if you can't take it, I'll give it to you." The woman said directly. What if you go back and regret it later. The woman thought to herself.

Home delivery... what a service. I hope that the descendants of your family will not really vomit blood in the future. Xu Nannan smiled, "Okay!"

Pick it up with a basket and cover it with a layer of cloth. The woman picked it up and went out with Xu Nannan.

When he picked an alley, Xu Nannan didn't let this woman see him off. He gave ten industrial tickets, thirty yuan in cash, and thirty catties of food stamps, all of which belonged to Xu Nannan.

Xu Nannan couldn't return the basket, so he gave him another industrial ticket and five yuan.

After all, this basket is worth more than an antique. The woman took the money and the ticket, and seemed to be worried that Xu Nannan would go back on his word, so she ran fast. All of a sudden, he ran away and disappeared.

When the woman left, seeing no one around, Xu Nannan directly put all the baskets into Taobao. Go around the road and leave on the other side.

Just passing by the waste recycling station, Xu Nannan stopped in to have a look.

This time, I didn't fiddle with any calligraphy and painting, and I made all the bronze wares.

This time it was not the blue-clothed elder sister last time, but a young man. Seeing that he was a lesbian, it was not easy to ask, so he weighed it directly. Xu Nannan paid the money and carried it out in a sack.

Just outside the door, the old aunt appeared from the side again. Xu Nannan looked at her, feeling a little guilty for no reason. She always felt that this old lady was very shrewd.

The old aunt came over and stuffed a small gray cloth bag into her pocket, "Our Huang family doesn't owe us any favors. This is what we paid for the medicine last time." After speaking, she left with a smile on her face.

Xu Nannan was stunned for a moment, but he didn't dare to chase after him, so he could only quickly get into the car with his things on his back.

When I got back to the guest house, I took out the things in my pocket and opened it, and it was a jade Buddha pendant. The green color is crystal clear, and it seems to be made of the same material as the previous jade bracelet.

Xu Nannan felt that this should be left over from the jade bracelet.

The value of this thing is not low. Isn't this old lady too generous

She thought that after giving the medicine, her heirloom jade bracelet would be her own with peace of mind. Now someone gave such a valuable thing again, and it was given away for nothing. I always feel uneasy.

When she returned it, they said it was a favor for returning her medicine. After playing around, I don't know who owes whom.

Xu Nannan couldn't figure it out, so he simply threw it in his Taobao.

Early the next morning, Xu Nannan was woken up by the Wangwang news. She didn't sleep well last night because she was entangled with the matter of the Jade Buddha. When I woke up, I was still a little confused.

[I am the second child]: "Can you sell that Jade Buddha, can you sell it?!"

[I am the second child]: "Where is the person, why is he not here, hurry up."

[I am the second child]: "!!!"

Xu Nannan sent a depressed expression over.

The other side responded immediately, "You finally came out. I saw that you have a jade Buddha inside, which is the same color as your jade bracelet. Do you want to sell it?"

Xu Nannan is still hesitating about this matter, thinking it's better not to sell it, anyway, there are still those porcelains, which can also be used as birthday gifts.

[I am the second child]: "Eight hundred thousand!"

Xu Nannan "...!!!" Well, let's sell it, this thing has been returned, when will it see the light of day again. What a pity.

Xu Nannan thought for a while, and sent a message, "Aren't you worried that it's fake?"

[I am the second child]: "If you dare to sell me a fake, the grass on the grave is three feet high."

Xu Nannan was speechless.

It seems that Xu Nannan was scared, and worried that Xu Nannan would not sell it again, so he quickly sent a message, "I'm just kidding, my friend bought genuine products from you before, and they should be guaranteed."

The point is that there is no time to find it. Now this kind of good material is hard to come by. Don't the old man just like this kind of emerald jewelry

"Eighty hundred and eighty thousand." Xu Nannan unhappily sent a number to scare her, at least an extra eighty thousand for mental damage.

"Deal!" The other party was very straightforward.

After a while, I saw the extra 880,000 yuan in the account. Plus the hundreds of thousands I earned one after another before. There are millions of them.

Xu Nannan stared blankly at the numbers on his account.

She never dared to imagine that one day, she would become a millionaire!

On the train home, Xu Nannan was still shopping around Taobao.

So much money, what to buy. Brand bags, brand shoes, clothes, and cosmetics that I was reluctant to buy before. It seems to be open to buy now.

After shopping for a long time, Xu Nannan came out of Taobao with a smile uglier than crying.

The most pitiful thing in the world is that there is nowhere to spend money... The saddest thing is that there is no place to spend it, but you can't spend it.

After running around for several days, with a "huge sum of money" in his pocket, he finally returned to Nanjiang County again.

After delivering the things for the neighbors, Xu Nannan returned home, and met Li Jinhua walking from the opposite side at the door, thinking there was going to be another scene, but Li Jinhua looked like a mouse seeing a cat, Run away in a few steps.

Xu Nannan went into the yard wondering.

Grandma Yu was making shoes for her sisters. When she saw Xu Nannan came back, her face was full of joy. She didn't even make the shoes. She got up and came to see Xu Nannan. You're losing weight. I'll go and make you something to eat."

"Grandma, you're not hungry. Look, I bought you gifts." Xu Nannan said with a smile.

He took out the clothes he bought for the old lady from his bag. Dark gray jacket with plum blossom buttons.

Grandma Yu looked at it, touched it fondly, and muttered, "Don't waste it like this in the future. I am so old, why should I wear new clothes?"

"Who said, grandma is young. All the old ladies in Shanghai wear this kind of clothes."

Grandma Yu heard it, and she smiled so hard that her teeth could not see her eyes.

It's really not in vain to hurt this child.

When Grandma Yu came out after trying on the clothes, Grandpa Yu also came back. Seeing the clothes Xu Nannan bought, he put them on without saying a word.

Speaking of which, the two of them really haven't worn any new clothes in these years. It's not that I can't afford it, but that I don't want to buy it, and I don't have that kind of thought. Now that my granddaughter buys it, it's different.

Grandpa Yu was about to go out again, but was stopped by the old lady.

"What are you going out for again? I'll recruit that Li Jinhua again."

The reading glasses last time attracted people. How much trouble did it cause afterwards

Grandpa Yu said, "What are you afraid of? She doesn't dare to be rampant now. Her daughter doesn't recognize her anymore. Her son is home now, and he doesn't want to see her. I heard that Dong Wu's house is making trouble all day long. After coming back for a few days , Li Jinhua's wrist was ripped off twice."

What a family misfortune.

Grandma Yu sighed.

Xu Nannan thought to himself, even if this is the case, there is no reason to run away after seeing her. strangeness.

The next day, Xu Nannan went to the post office to pick up the goods.

This time I bought a lot of labor insurance products, and Xu Nannan didn't try to make it easier, so I found a post office in Shanghai to send them back.

Anyway, it can be solved with the original things of this era, and there is no need to use Taobao for everything.

After picking up the goods, Xu Nannan used the post office phone to call the mine and asked them to come and take the goods back to the mine.

"Yo, comrade lipstick."

Xu Nannan was waiting at the door when a familiar voice and a familiar name came from beside him.

Xu Nannan looked back, and it really was that big backed head. Cursing inwardly, it's really bad luck for eight lifetimes. To be able to meet this person.

She pretended not to know her, she retracted her gaze, and stared forward.

Seeing that she still didn't look at him, Lin Qingsong immediately went over to her and shook his head in front of her, "Comrade, you don't know me anymore. We met me before. I bought lipstick in Shanghai and got a sleeper in the car." Looking at The work clothes on Xu Nannan's body, he said happily, "So you are from Nanjiang Iron Mine."

Lin Qingsong felt that this was really a fucking fate. Met in Shanghai, met in Annan City. Now Nanjiang County has also encountered it.

This fate is simple!

Xu Nannan really didn't want to deal with this kind of foolish, unscrupulous person. But he didn't realize it at all, so he could only frown and say, "Don't shake it, people are dizzy."

"Okay, fine, I won't shake anymore." Lin Qingsong stood beside her with a smile. Seeing that there were several big bags piled up beside Xu Nannan, he asked, "Are you also here to pick up the goods?"

Thinking of Xu Nannan who I met in Shanghai last time, his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, "You are also a buyer, aren't you? Oh, we are really destined. We can travel together in the future."