There is also spring for passers-by

Chapter 225 Task 2: Parents' Regret 2

Wen Wan was admitted to one of the best universities in the capital city of the neighboring province, a 985 school. The original owner only wanted one thing, which was that the employment rate of this school reached 80%.

As soon as she arrived in the capital of the neighboring province, she took a taxi straight to the antique street.

After observing carefully, I picked out an antique shop that looked quite nice and went in. "Uncle, do you buy old things here? These are things my grandfather left behind. My grandmother said they are worth millions. If you want them, I can show you some."

The uncle wore glasses and, though somewhat shrewd, had the appearance of a man of integrity, a sense of conscience, and a celebrity. He had a good face, a full philtrum and forehead, and his parents were alive and well, with promising children. "Bring it out for a look."

Wen Wan opened her luggage bag and took out a box. The snuff bottle was taken from the director of the Revolutionary Committee during the mission of "The Educated Youth Want to Return to the City". Most of the antiques and cultural relics were returned to that world. She kept some that looked good based on her personal preference. At that time, she didn't know how to identify treasures.

Wen Wan said, "Uncle, this is an enamel snuff bottle from the Qianlong period. How much can you give me?"

The uncle held the snuff bottle and looked at it on the instrument for a while. He then looked at the inscription on the bottom of the snuff bottle and carefully examined it. "It's an old item. 320 million, no more."

He turned around and sold it at a price between 350 and 380 million. He was really doing business conscientiously and he definitely made a profit, but his bid was generally closer to the market value than others, who would only offer 280 million at most.

Twenty years ago, you could still see one or two pieces on the market from time to time, but in the last ten years, they have become rare. Twenty years ago, the price was over one million yuan. Now times have changed, and everything has increased in price. He could make hundreds of thousands of yuan if he resold it, but 320 million yuan is already a fair price.

The middle-aged man asked, "Little girl, how did you get here?"

Wen Wan was unhurried, and the more calm she became at this moment, the more she said, "During the summer vacation, I saved a drowning child. His family gave me a red envelope of 5,000 yuan to thank me. Then the elderly man in the family had some old items on hand and asked me to pick one, so I took this snuff bottle. The others looked too valuable, so I didn't dare to choose."

The middle-aged man's gentle accent sounded like he was from the next province. "Are you from Jiangbei Province?"

Wen Wan responded, "Yes."

The middle-aged man thought that if they had a good relationship, there might be more transactions in the future. It would be nice to give a good price and attract a repeat customer.

"Uncle, please transfer the money to me. This is my personal account. Please give me a receipt."

The price is so high, what if she gives the item but the other party refuses to transfer the money?

The uncle smiled and said, "It's not that troublesome. I'll go to the bank with you to transfer the money now. I'm known to several banks in this area."

He called out a name, maybe his son or nephew, and the two of them were related by blood just by looking at their faces.

Wen Wan looked at the extra money in her bank account and transferred it in two batches. 20 yuan had already arrived, and the other 300 million yuan would arrive in three days. Nowadays, banks ask for the transaction name when transferring money to prevent scammers from transferring large sums, but when they saw the uncle, the staff knew him and transferred the money without further questioning.

Wen Wan had some money and wandered around the antique street, hoping to find a bargain. However, after a complete tour, she found nothing of value. Given the advanced detection equipment available today, even if there were any, she wouldn't have been able to find one.

She entered a roadside cold drink shop and ordered a cold drink. While waiting, she took out a handful of copper coins and tortoise shells and threw them. They were obviously old items from the Qinglong Realm, but when she took them out, they turned into old items from this world.

She was rummaging through tortoise shells and copper coins, speculating on where there might be opportunities to pick up antiques, when two old men approached her and asked, "Young lady, would you like to sell me these dozen or so ancient coins?"

Wen Wan raised her eyelids and said, "My grandfather studied the Book of Changes, and I've learned a little bit too. These copper coins and tortoise shells are antiques I found with great difficulty. I won't sell them. I'll keep them for myself, as they'll be of great use to me."

She finished her deduction. The "Book of Changes" is not feudal superstition. It also involves scientific deduction methods. It's just that people who don't understand it think it is very mysterious, and Wen Wan can't explain it clearly. The fact that it can be deduced here means that it can be of great use.

Wen Wan took the antique copper coin and pretended to put it into her shoulder bag, but in fact she put it into the modern warehouse in her body. She took a cold drink, put on her sun hat, and walked towards the place she had just deduced. She crossed the antique street and came to the most famous cultural and tourist street. There were many people selling various travel souvenirs here. To enter the tourist street, you have to buy a ticket, which is not expensive, 10 yuan per person.

She entered, looked here, then there. She deduced that the thing came from the sea, and finally she came across a shell, saw a conch, and in front of a folk restaurant, an old man pulling a three-wheeled truck was about to leave: "Boss, you can buy these big ones too."

The proprietress waved her hands and said, "These conches are too big to be used as a dish. You can take them home and eat them yourself."

Wen Wan took a look and saw that there were still three conchs left in the car. The small one must have weighed two kilograms, and the big one must have weighed four kilograms. They were really huge conchs. "Uncle, why don't you sell them to me? I'm going to visit a friend's house and I don't know what to give as a gift."

"It's 10 yuan per jin for them to deliver the goods. These five are definitely more than 10 jin. Give me 100 yuan."

Wen Wan paid a hundred yuan, and the old man asked the restaurant owner to find two plastic bags, put the three large conchs in them and gave them to her.

She returned to the antique street with the conch and went into the same shop as before.

The uncle saw her come back again, and before he could speak, he said gently: "Uncle, can you lend me your scissors? I want to dissect these three conchs and see if my luck is good today."

A young man in his early twenties stood nearby and took out a fish filleting knife. "We don't have scissors, but we have a fish filleting knife."

Wen Wan didn't despise it either. She picked up the back of the knife and hit the conch shell directly. The young man thought she couldn't knock it open, but she broke it in one hit. She took out the conch meat, pressed it with her hands, and then used the knife to cut open the hard part.

The young man exclaimed softly, "You're really lucky! This is a conch pearl. A pearl this big must be worth 200 million. Wow."

This one is about the size of a pigeon egg, round, beautiful, and bright yellow.

Wen Wan looked at the beads in her hand, put them aside facing the light outside the door, and continued to crack a conch. This time, she took out two beads, the big one was the size of a sparrow egg, and the small one was the size of a soybean. The small one was very round, and the big one was irregular in shape.

From the third large conch shell, she took out three more eggs the size of sparrow eggs, all of which were round and plump.