Chapter 24 [A pair of redwood south official hat chairs]
The gambling game starts at 2:00 pm and there are more than four hours left.
Due to the tight time, I was always frugal, so I didn't care much. I reached out to stop a taxi on the street and went straight to the courtyard of Qianmen. I asked the driver to wait outside the yard. I trotted into the house and carried the bag of duck-mouthed walnuts. When I went out, I went back to the car, "Master, go to Mentougou Heishan Park."
At around 11 o'clock, Jetta stopped on the side of the road.
When I looked at the meter, it was OK, 179 yuan.
After paying the bill, I carried a large bag to block the sunshine on my face and quickly walked to the pavilion I visited with Jiang Yan yesterday. It was not until dinner time, and there were many people around the pavilion, including those who were walking birds, playing poker, and chatting, mostly middle-aged and elderly people. I politely greeted a few old men and wives I knew, and then turned their confusing eyes, put the package on the white marble table, pulled the lock open, and poured more than 200 duck heads on the table.
An old man yelled: "What are you doing?"
I wiped my sweat: "Didn't you promised you guys to come here yesterday? That's all, please choose whatever you want."
"Hey, boy, we're kidding you, why did you really bring it?"
"Yes, this pile of money is a lot of money, so I can't just give it away."
I shook my head: "It's not worth much money, so it's useless to put it at my house." Seeing that no one was touching their noses, I reached out and flipped it on the table, found four duck heads, and stuffed them into the hand of an old man closest to me: "Grandpa Zhao, these two pairs are quite worthy, please take them and play with them."
"This is not OK, no." Grandpa Zhao shook his head repeatedly, seeing that he couldn't help but want to pay me.
My face squinted and I moved Jiang Yan's catchphrase over: "You don't just look down on me, Grandpa Sun and Grandma Xu, you two can choose too, so take a few more pairs."
There are people who were not present yesterday and are unknown.
Grandpa Zhao explained to them: "This young man is really good. Yesterday he gave Lao Ma a pair of duck heads, so we started to yell and asked him to give me a few too. Hey, who knew that he would bring it to him the next day. Look at this matter, by the way, don't take it for nothing. I remember that the young man was looking for old furniture, preferably a grand sermon chair. If you know, tell them, don't let him come here for nothing."
I said gratefully: "Then I will thank everyone."
Some took a pair, some took two pairs, and in just twenty minutes, all 200 walnuts were sent out.
Then, many people provided me with news about the old furniture. I listened carefully and found out the places related to the Taishi Chair from it. Under the guidance of Grandpa Zhao and a few old men, I searched with the bungalow area on the east for a long time. About seven or eight families had Taishi Chair, but the chairs were not very old, let alone old mahogany, which was not the old Qing Dynasty furniture I was looking for at all.
Look at my phone, it's already twelve o'clock.
I didn't let Grandpa Zhao and others wander around with me again, and they still had to have lunch.
When everyone dispersed, I squeezed out a bitter smile at the huge bungalow area at a loss.
"Child." An old lady came across from me. I remember her. I had just taken my walnut. She was leading a five or six-year-old child in her right hand. The child was happily holding the walnuts to play. The old lady stood in front of me and said, "What kind of Grand Master chair do you want to find?"
I said, "It's better to be mahogany, it will take longer to date."
The old lady hesitated for a moment, "...Come with me, I'll point you somewhere."
"Okay, thank you." I didn't have much hope, but I followed.
After turning west and heading north, after walking about a hundred meters, the old lady stopped at the corner of a bungalow, quietly stretched out a finger and pointed at the brown courtyard gate diagonally opposite, and whispered: "Here, that's right there, don't say I told you." After that, she took the child and left here.
I looked around and saw that I knocked on the door of his yard with a ray of doubt.
The door was not closed, and a gap was made inside with a creak. Instead of stepping in, I shouted outside.
As the footsteps approached, an old lady with agile steps came over and looked up and down at me: "What are you?"
I said respectfully: "Hello, I'm sorry for disturbing me. I would like to ask, do you have any old furniture to sell at home?"
The old lady raised her eyebrows and said unhappy: "Is it the one who collects things again? You won't be with that child, right?" I blinked in confusion, not knowing what she said. After that, the old lady took me into the yard that was more than 30 meters square. When I saw the person sitting on the bamboo chair in the yard, I realized that it was the old lady's words.
It is Shen Zi'an from our school's Economic and Management Institute!
That is the person who once picked up the mahogany Grand Master Chair!
It's going to be bad! I met the real owner!
Shen Zian obviously heard the conversation outside our yard. He tightened his eyebrows a few times, observed me, got up and smiled and nodded at me: "What a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet a classmate here. I remember your surname... your surname..." He had a golden silk-edged eyes, which had a gentle and gentle scholarly smell.
"Gu Jing."
"Yes, I remembered it, I, Shen Zi'an."
Shen Zi'an and I were in the class. There was a big class in the same staircase classroom. I often met, so it was not surprising that he recognized me. After we talked for a few words, Yu Guang caught a glimpse of the two Grand Master chairs next to the wall under the eaves of the house. No, to be precise, these two chairs should be red and thick and moist wood, with carved patterns on the backrest. It was a good thing.
However, at this moment, I was not happy in my heart when I found my prey.
After all, Shen Zi'an took the lead. In addition, in his previous life, these chairs were originally purchased and collected by him, so I was not sure that I could earn him.
"Don't waste your time." The old lady frowned and said, "My wife said that we don't sell any of these old things at home. Let me tell you the truth. The couple's retirement fee will be added together. They can't spend all the money. My son and daughter give us a lot every month, so there is no shortage of 1,800 yuan. Well, after drinking tea, go back as soon as possible. Staying here will also take a waste of time."
Shen Zi'an handed the teacup on the table to the old lady in a flattering manner: "I really like these chairs from the bottom of my heart. Look, can you let me talk to the old lady?"
"He is going to his son's house, maybe when will he come back." The old lady shook her head resolutely: "It's useless to discuss with him. If you don't sell it, you won't sell it. Oh, I'm talking about it. You two, don't have the idea of making this chair, go home quickly."
She had no room for words, and it was probably because she had no chance.
Seeing that Shen Zi'an was still rubbing her endlessly, I didn't want to make it boring, so I gave up and turned around and walked out.
Suddenly, the gate of the yard rang, and an old man met me face to face.
Huh?
Chapter completed!