bookrandom Chapter 136 Jade Snuff Bottle
Chapter 136 Jade Snuff Bottle
But she quickly composed herself and put on a smile.
She smiled and looked at Zhuang Chaoying, who was wearing glasses and looked quite young, and said, "Comrade, you have a good eye. This was passed down from my ancestors. You know snuff bottles, right? They were something that wealthy families used. Comrade, this is jade, and it even has a bit of green on it."
As she spoke, she gently turned the jade bottle so that Zhuang Chaoying could see it more clearly.
Zhuang Chaoying examined it carefully.
Judging from the feel and color, they said it was passed down from their ancestors, which is possible, but it's also possible that they found it somewhere or bought it at a low price.
Zhuang Chaoying knew that in this chaotic era, anything could happen.
He didn't care about the bottle's origin; his only concern was whether it was genuine. The snuff bottle had a faint green hue, but it was too dense and not transparent enough.
[System, how much is this snuff bottle worth in the recycling market?]
Zhuang Chaoying stood calmly in front of the stall.
[A Qing Dynasty jade snuff bottle, sold for 2400 yuan through the system.]
Looks like I'm having really good luck today.
Zhuang Chaoying raised her head, her gaze calm as she looked at the woman opposite her. "This lady, how much are you planning to pay?"
The woman looked Zhuang Chaoying up and down carefully.
He secretly pondered to himself that the person in front of him looked refined and cultured, like a wealthy man, and seemed very interested in the snuff bottle. He couldn't easily let go of this opportunity to make money.
"Thirty dollars!"
"Can I take another look?"
Upon hearing this, the woman snatched the snuff bottle from the man's hand and held it tightly. "Sir, if you're sure you want to buy it, take it over and look at it. If you're not sure, just look at it like this."
Twenty-five yuan!
Upon hearing Zhuang Chaoying's offer, the man's heart stirred.
He quietly pulled the woman aside, leaned close to her ear, and whispered, "Twenty-five is not bad. Anyway, this thing is free."
Upon hearing this, the woman's eyes widened, and she glared fiercely at the man. "What! Thirty is too little, you want forty!"
Zhuang Chaoying found it amusing; the two of them were putting on such a clumsy performance. "You just said thirty, but you keep changing your mind. I don't think you're really trying to sell yourself out. In that case, forget it."
He pretended to be angry and turned to leave.
When the woman saw that Zhuang Chaoying was about to leave, she became a little anxious.
She quickly smiled and said, "I'm in charge in my family. If I say thirty, then it's thirty."
Zhuang Chaoying didn't waste any more words with her. She took out money from her pocket, counted out three ten-yuan bills, and handed them over.
At the same time, he reached out with his other hand, took the snuff bottle from the woman's hand, examined it carefully, and only after making sure there were no problems did he put the snuff bottle into his bag with peace of mind.
The woman eagerly took the money, quickly counted it, and confirmed that it was thirty yuan.
"Hold on tight, we're not responsible if it falls on the ground."
Once Zhuang Chaoying was far away, the woman was filled with remorse. She pinched the man's arm hard, making him wince in pain. "You good-for-nothing! Why didn't you stop me when I was bidding? I think he would have bought it even if it was fifty. I only lost twenty yuan."
The man looked at his wife with a pitiful expression. "Why don't we just decide at home? You said you'd sell it for twenty, but you said thirty. Wouldn't that be more profit?"
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He sold the snuff bottle directly to the system, and now, with the two thousand nine hundred yuan he already had on the system's shelf, he has a total of five thousand three hundred yuan.
After the transaction was completed, he turned around and left the black market, got on his bicycle, and headed towards Huang's parents.
He pedaled the bicycle hard.
Soon, Zhuang Chaoying arrived at the gate of the courtyard.
He parked his bicycle, took out his keys from his pocket, and opened the gate.
Push the bicycle into the yard, then turn around and close the gate.
[System, purchase a 14-inch color TV (Shanghai brand) and an antenna.]
[A 14-inch color TV costs 980 yuan, and an antenna costs 20 yuan. That's 1,000 yuan in total, minus the cash on the shelf.] Zhuang Chaoying opened her briefcase, put 1,200 yuan into the system shelf, and took the TV and antenna out of the system shelf.
Mr. and Mrs. Huang, who were already light sleepers, seemed to hear a slight noise coming from the yard in their sleep.
Huang's mother gently nudged Huang's father: "Old Huang, I hear some noise in the yard. Could it be a thief?"
Mr. Huang was also startled awake by his mother's words, and he opened his eyes abruptly, completely wide awake.
He quickly got up, walked to the window, carefully pulled the curtains open a crack, and looked into the yard by the moonlight.
When he saw the scene in the courtyard, he was startled. His eyes widened and his mouth involuntarily opened.
"Old woman, there are people downstairs!"
Huang's mother held Huang's arm tightly: "Huang, let him steal it, his life is more important!"
With her eyes fixed on the door, she instinctively ducked behind Lao Huang.
Old Huang tried his best to calm himself down.
He tiptoed to the door, his gaze falling on the screwdriver on the table. He picked it up, held it in his hand, bent his arm slightly, and assumed a defensive posture, barely daring to breathe.
Zhuang Chaoying carried the television into the house.
Just as he was about to reach the living room on the first floor, a figure slowly walked down from upstairs.
Zhuang Chaoying looked up and, in the dim light, saw Huang's father's familiar figure: "Dad?"
Upon hearing the shout, Mr. Huang's tense body instantly relaxed, and he let out a long sigh of relief.
"It's a superhero! It's a superhero!"
The two walked down to the living room on the first floor. Huang's father's eyes fell on the TV that Zhuang Chaoying was carrying: "Chaoying, what are you doing in the middle of the night? Your mother and I thought a thief had broken in."
Zhuang Chaoying glanced at the screwdriver that Huang's father was holding tightly in his hand.
I didn't plan to tell my parents-in-law about buying the TV, because I was worried they would ask me for more money. So I thought I'd just buy it and move it over to surprise them.
"Dad, I bought a TV on the black market and I put it on the cabinet on the first floor."
Upon hearing this, Huang's mother quickly went over to tidy up the cabinet.
She picked up a rag and wiped the surface of the cabinet: "Chaoying, didn't you say a few days ago that you wouldn't buy it because you were afraid it would affect the child's studies?"
"Mom, Xiaoting's studies are fine, she's always been doing very well. Besides, Ah Ling is here to look after her, she can keep an eye on things. Ah Ling and I discussed it and decided to just buy it."
Huang's mother's gaze fell on the television screen. Seeing the words on it, she asked in surprise, "Chao Ying, and it's in color?"
Zhuang Chaoying unpacked the TV: "Mom, if A-Ling says to buy one, then buy a good one."
Huang's mother nodded in agreement. "Yes, if we're going to buy something, we should buy the best. You get what you pay for."
Zhuang Chaoying picked up the antenna: "Mom, I'll go up to the roof and set up the antenna."
After saying that, he took out the iron screws and pliers he had prepared in advance from his pocket, then went to the second-floor balcony and climbed up the bamboo ladder to the roof.
They climbed onto the roof.
On the roof, a suitable location was found, and the antenna installation began.
First, use pliers to secure the screws, then adjust the angle of the antenna; the whole process is done in one go.