In the end, Xia Mian gave the antique vase to Ning Shaobai for safekeeping. On the one hand, she wouldn't know how to tell Xia Wenyue about it when she brought it back.
And forgive her for not having seen the world, but she would not feel at ease with such a valuable thing no matter where she put it, and she probably would not be able to sleep.
When Xia Mian heard Ning Shaoyun say that Ning Shaobai had a warehouse dedicated to collecting old items, her eyes suddenly lit up.
"Doctor Ning, you are the angel sent by God to save me, right? You always come to my rescue!"
Ning Shaobai said with disdain, "I feel like you were sent by God to torture me. You always find trouble for me."
Xia Mian turned a deaf ear to him and said to Xiao Feng happily, "Why not leave your antique vase at Uncle Ning's house? Your Aunt Huizhu is running around in our house. I'd be heartbroken if it got broken. Uncle Ning's house has a special place for keeping antiques."
"Your Uncle Ning is such a great guy, thank him quickly."
Xiao Feng looked at Ning Shaobai with bright eyes and said in a baby voice, "Thank you, uncle."
Ning Shaobai: …
Now there is no need to even collude with Xiaofeng. Even if Xiaofeng says that they spent 20,000 to buy the antique, Xia Wenyue will probably think it is a joke.
, will only teach children bad things.
Ning Shaobai said he disliked it, but his body was sincere. He not only helped her keep the bottle, but also did the appraisal.
Because Xia Mian had a full schedule of classes from Monday to Friday, Ning Shaobai called her to his house on Saturday afternoon when she went home for the holiday.
Xia Mian looked at the exquisite porcelain, and was amazed. "Is it so precious? It is worthy of being used by the royal family. It is so dazzling and brilliant..."
Ning Shaobai looked at it with a bit of dismay, "I just changed the torn quilt into a box. Why didn't I see you making such a fuss last time?"
"Yeah~" Xia Mian agreed, "Last time it was out of awe for the 20,000 yuan, this time it's out of respect for the genuine antique, of course it can be the same."
Ning Shaobai snorted and laughed, "Is it because you don't respect 100,000 yuan?"
Xia Mian choked, "How can you think of others as so vulgar?!"
Just after she finished speaking, she said with a look of pain on her face, "Do I want to give Yan Peizhang 80,000 yuan? He gave me a price, and I paid him according to the price. Is that enough?"
"That's how you pick up bargains... Only after it's authenticated do you know it's genuine. If it's fake, then I'm just going to suffer the loss silently?"
Ning Shaobai just watched her expression change with silence, a smile flashing in his eyes.
Sure enough, she came up to me a few minutes later with a sly look on her face. "Doctor Ning, the banks are closed today, so I can't make an appointment to withdraw money. I'll lend you my card tomorrow. Just like last time, I'll transfer the money to you later."
Ning Shaobai couldn't help but want to tease her, "You have a lot of money, right?"
Xia Mian's face was indeed in pain, "Who said that? Half of it is going to be spent in one go... Okay, I can think about it." Xia Mian covered his chest and said, "My heart aches."
Ning Shaobai smiled and said, "You don't need to give him 80,000. The price at the auction is higher than the market price, and the auction house will also take a cut. He is in a hurry, so 60,000 or 70,000 is not a good price."
Xia Mian's eyes lit up, "You mean I should give him another 40,000?"
Ning Shaobai nodded and said, "You can be considered to have found a bargain at this price for this bottle from the previous dynasty."
"This enamel technique was unique to the royal family of the previous dynasty and is the pinnacle of technical development. It is very valuable for collection and its appreciation potential is definitely very small."
"Haha, is that right?" Xia Mian suddenly felt relieved. "Since you said so, I will treat it as a mountain of gold. Please help me to support it."
Ning Shaobai said lazily, "I remember you are the most grateful, right?"
Xia Mian immediately said vigilantly, "Murder and arson are excluded, except for illegal crimes."
Ning Shaobai tapped her on the head and said, "Just remember it."
Xia Mian chuckled and said, "I have a very bad memory."
Ning Shaobai seemed to know her character, narrowed his eyes and said softly, "It's okay, I remember it all."
Xia Mian was very surprised. "What do you want me to do? Can you tell me a little bit?"
Ning Shaobai stared at her for a long while, then suddenly smiled brightly, "I like to save money."
Summer hibernation is even more scary...
The next morning, Xia Mian took Xiao Feng and Ning Shaobai to the bank to withdraw money. Originally they wanted to withdraw 40,000 yuan, but Xia Mian changed her mind at the last minute, "There's a patient at home, and 4 isn't too auspicious, so let's go with 50,000 yuan."
Ning Shaobai raised her eyebrows in understanding. The bank clerk looked at her and smiled, "Mr. Ning originally asked us to fill in 50,000."
Xia Mian quickly praised, "Doctor Ning is indeed prepared for a rainy day and has a long-term plan."
Ning Shaobai is completely immune.
When they arrived at the hospital, Ning Shaobai went to the office, while Xia Mian took Xiaofeng straight to the intensive care unit on the second floor.
Fan Huairen's surgery went on as scheduled and I heard it went well. He needs to be observed in the intensive care unit for a week and has not returned yet.
Yan Peizhang should be guarding over there, Xia Mian is afraid that he won't find anyone.
After going upstairs, Xia Mian found that there was only one person standing at the door of the ward. In addition to Yan Peizhang, there was also a middle-aged man who looked to be nearly 50 years old. Because he was standing sideways, Xia Mian could not see his appearance clearly. She only saw that his skin was dark and rough, and his body was a little hunched.
Xia Mian was just wondering who it was when she heard two nurses at the nurse station next to her whispering, "Fan Peiyu is here to bring food to Yan Peizhang again."
"I knew there would be more quarrels today."
Xia Mian was stunned for a moment, and looked at the man in surprise. It was Fan Peiyu? How dare he be here
She was about to ask the nurse what was going on when she saw the man hand a lunch box to Yan Peizhang, "Eat something first. Your sister-in-law made it especially for you. After you finish eating, go and rest for a while. I'll be here to watch over you, or your body will collapse."
Yan Peizhang ignored him completely, just turned around and treated him as air, and naturally ate the meal.
Xia Mian was very curious. After listening to the gossip of the nurse next to her, she interrupted and asked, "Is that Fan Peiyu? Did Fan Peiyu run away with the old man's surgery fee? Why is she here now?"
"It's Fan Peiyu," the older nurse sighed, "She actually ran away because she wanted the old man to have surgery."
"After all, they lived for two years after the surgery. They probably felt it was worth it. After all, they still have to live in the future."
This is a choice that many families with disabled children will face, and adults always try to avoid calculating the pros and cons when doing things.
"He came on the day of Mr. Fan's surgery and stayed outside for the whole day. He really cares about the old man."
Xia Mian didn't know how to describe her feelings at the moment, "Then when Yan Peizhang saw him..."
"Just call me directly." The nurse shook her head and sighed, "I don't know how to say this..."
"Yan Peizhang, that's enough!" The man's voice suddenly got louder, panting and angrily saying, "You are his son, am I right?"
"He spent much more time raising me than you did! He spent several times more effort on me than you did! And your name is still the same as mine!"
"You have your own parents, but he raised me with all his heart! Do I really want him to die?!"
When Fan Peiyu got to this point, she squatted on the ground, covered her face with her hands, and choked up, "What I hope most is that he lives a long life!"
Yan Peizhang said coldly, "Then why don't you take the life-saving money?"
"That's the old man's life-saving money, not your life-threatening money!" Fan Peiyu panted, "I have nothing to say to you if you sell your house, but you actually dare to borrow money from loan sharks. Do you know that if you dare to borrow money and not pay it back in a month, you will have to sell your whole life to them!"
"I want Dad to live, but the prerequisite is that he lives peacefully!" Fan Peiyu said angrily, "I won't say anything to you if you sell the house, but you borrowed usury. Do you know how scared Dad is of those people?"
"The day Heizi from the neighboring village had his house smashed and his fingers chopped off because he owed a loan shark, he was so scared that he had nightmares all night long!"
"If he knew that the surgery fee was raised in this way, do you think he would be able to recover from his illness with peace of mind?"
"You know clearly that we are the ones he has put aside the most in his life. Do you want him to know that you have ruined the rest of your life just to treat him?"
At this point, Fan Peiyu finally held back her sobs and said, "Yes, you are the filial son, and I am a beast as bad as a pig or a dog!"
"I should have taken care of you. When the old man passes away, you deserve to be hounded by those people for debts for the rest of your life!"
"… "
Fan Peiyu was clearly on the verge of collapse, and when she came to the front she seemed to be talking to herself:
"I asked the doctor. After the surgery, he needs chemotherapy, which is much more painful than conservative treatment. He has suffered all his life. I just want him to live in peace and eat well for two months..."
The man cried and said that the reason he had given in the beginning was more like persuading himself than convincing others, "This way the old man can leave with peace of mind. After all, even if he is gone, we still have to live, and we have to live well..."
"Alas..." said the nurse next to him, "Fan Peiyu must have been hurt. His hair was all black before, but I see at least half of it has turned white in the past half month."
Xia Mian just realized that Fan Peiyu seemed to be seven or eight years older than Yan Peizhang. She should be around forty years old, but now she looked to be almost fifty.
Fan Peiyu finished crying, stood up and fiercely stuffed the lunch box into Yan Peizhang's arms, "If you like to eat, eat as much as you want. If you are sick, just go in and lie down with the old man!"
"Anyway, I'm a beast, I won't take care of you."
Yan Peizhang held the lunch box and opened her mouth but couldn't say anything.
Xia Mian secretly sighed and planned to come back later. Unexpectedly, Yan Peizhang saw her, "Miss Xia?"
Xia Mian just stood there, "Just call me Xia Mian, Brother Yan, is Uncle Fan ready?"
Yan Peizhang wiped his face and tried to put on a smile. "The operation went well. Thank you."
"He's in the intensive care unit now. You can visit him at any time." He said meaningfully.
"It's okay," Xia Mian gave him the fruit for visiting the patient, and handed him the bag of money. The great unity of fifty or sixty thousand yuan was not a small amount.
Yan Peizhang understood, "This is..."
Xia Mian said, "The identification result of the bottle is in, it is a top grade product. I will give you the remaining money according to the market price."
Yan Peizhang was stunned for a moment, then suddenly squatted down, covered his eyes and murmured, "It's too bad, it's really too bad..." as if he was about to cry at any time.
Xia Mian blinked and quickly reacted. This man might not have been as confident as he said at the beginning. He was not sure in his heart that the bottle was his. He just threw it away out of desperation and made a last-ditch effort with no bottom line.
Seeing his relieved look, Xia Mian was suddenly very glad that the bottle was real, otherwise the old man might have felt guilty for the rest of his life.
Yan Peizhang stepped forward and handed the bag of money back to Xia Mian, "I'll take these. You were a big help by not bargaining at the beginning."
Xia Mian didn't take it. "This little money is nothing to me. I feel at ease after taking it. You take it. Today, we will consider it as a formal payment." At this point, he joked, "Now the value of this bottle has increased, and it has nothing to do with you."
Yan Peizhang said quickly, "Yes, yes, the bottle is yours."
Xia Mian sighed secretly, this is too old-fashioned.
Fan Peiyu came over there, and when she got closer to Xia Mian, she saw that the man had bloodshot eyes just like Yan Peizhang. She thought the man was going to say something, but he just knelt down in front of Xia Mian.
Xia Mian was stunned for a moment and quickly went to help him, "You, what are you doing?"
Fan Peiyu choked up and said, "Thank you, thank you, you are the noble man of our family. I will remember your great kindness for the rest of my life!"
"Don't be like this," Xia Mian supported him vigorously, "We just happened to meet each other, and you guys owe me."
Xiao Feng was so scared that she hugged Xia Mian's legs tightly, her mouth pursed unconsciously. Xia Mian said, "Come here quickly, you're scaring the child."
Fan Peiyu then slowly came over, and Xia Mian's eyes fell on his hair. Before, she could only see some gray hair from a distance, but now she saw that the hair on his temples and the top of his head was almost completely white...
Adult weighing of pros and cons may seem cold and callous at times, but it is never easy.
Even if she tried to convince herself with reason, it would be easy for Fan Peiyu to take the money and stop the operation.
Xia Mian was glad again that she came here with Yan Peizhang. A bottle could save an entire family. It was worth it.