Second Master Xue of the Red Chamber has space

Chapter 209 Returning from Taobao
"Mother...these..."

"These are dead pawns that customers will not redeem, or have no ability to redeem. Our pawnshop is one of the largest in the capital, so we accumulate many such things every year. Come on, look at these things, Is there anything you like?"

Mrs. Xue Wang led Baochai to the area where gold and silver utensils and antiques were displayed. The things displayed here were relatively expensive, and these were the only things that mother and daughter could take to their own homes. .

Baochai just felt that her eyes were not enough.Her knowledge of antiques is not as good as that of her elder brother Xue Pan. She only thinks that this bottle is beautiful and that strange beast is exquisitely crafted, so she is dazzled for a while.

But Wang Xue stared at a small red sandalwood box, and ordered the staff to open the box.Inside the box is an imported product from Siam, a pair of celadon vases with auspicious patterns.Mrs. Xue snorted coldly, and asked the buddy to put away the bottle, ready to take it back.

This was not the only goal of Mrs. Xue's trip, she looked carefully again, and she saw the familiar Duanyan inkstone on an inconspicuous container at the corner.This is a crystal clear white Shoushan fish brain jelly inkstone, Xue Wang once saw it in Jia Lian's study.This will naturally be taken away.

Several other familiar head and face jewelry were also ordered to be carefully packed.After finishing all this work, Xue Wangshi turned around to pay attention to the things Baochai had chosen.

"Hey, why didn't you choose anything after watching it for a long time?"

Baochai smiled and shook his head: "I didn't like to get these, but I fell in love with a tea set. I thought it was used by others, so I didn't plan to keep it."

Xue Wang looked in the direction where she pointed, and sure enough, she saw a tea set with green jade and gold painted by Sui Han Sanyou.One teapot, one set of Sancai Gaiwan, one tea wash, one justice cup, four scented cups, four tea tasting cups, four saucers, and a tea tube with spoons, needles, clips, rules, The leaks are complete.This set is all made of warm jade dug out of a pit, and it is placed on a teak tray, which looks very valuable.

The old man on the side said: "This set of things has been in our pawn shop for a long time. I saw it when I was an apprentice. Now, it has been 50 years at least. It is said that there was a businessman in the south back then. Losing money, I took out this ancestral tea set to pawn. People said it was a dead pawn when they came. This set of things was exchanged for all the money on the cabinet at that time. It was not enough. The old owner even borrowed money from everywhere, so it was easy It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the treasure of our pawn shop. Now that the wife and the eldest girl want to see it, I just took it from there Take it out of the high cabinet, if I hadn't thought about it, I'm afraid this thing would still be left in the high cabinet and fall to ashes."

"This thing should be worth a lot, right? Why didn't it sell?"

The old man smiled and said: "I don't know, there is a reason for this. When the old owner was here, there was such a rule that anyone who pawns a family heirloom, even if it is a dead pawn, must keep it for ten years. Yes. The old club said that when people are unhappy, the family heirlooms that we admire must be the favorites of others for several lifetimes, and should not be disposed of lightly. If they regain their strength after many years and think of this thing Come back and look for it, we will return it as it is, not because of the amount of money, but because of a merit."

Mrs. Xue Wang also laughed: "With a pawn shop doing this, I'm afraid our Xue family is the only one in the whole capital."

"Hey, that's not it! It's because our family has been like this for generations that the business has grown bigger and bigger. Although the Xue family's family property was shaken off in order to collect such a thing, but now, it's not the old man talking crazy, and such an object can no longer be sold. There are ten or eight pieces, and it’s only a matter of words for our family to collect them.”

When Baochai heard what his mother and the teacher said, he loved this set of tea sets even more in his heart, and said, "Mother, if that's the case, give this to me. It's been left here for so many years. I want to think about the future of this family. People will not come to look for this thing again. Wouldn't it be a pity that such a good thing is not appreciated?"

Xue Wang said: "Since you like it, you can take it. Don't you want other things?"

Baochai shook her head: "No more. Those gold and silver utensils and so on, sometimes one or two are exquisitely handcrafted, and I think the material is not good. If the material is good but the workmanship is not good, there is really nothing to compare it with." Excellent products are not as good as the craftsmanship of the masters in our jewelry shop. I don't want anything else."

That's right, although there are many things here, they are all second-hand goods, and Baochai's vision is extremely high, so how could he possibly appreciate it.

From the pile of jewellery, Xue Wang found out a few Baochai who said they had good craftsmanship, looked at the inscription, and laughed secretly inwardly, was it the work of a master in their jewelry shop in the early years?Perhaps it was because they didn't use excellent materials at that time, that's why they were made like this.

Xue Wang said: "I have packed up some antiques and put them over there for the shop. I will ask the antique shop guy to come and pick them up tomorrow. The other jewelry that I picked up is not in good quality and has warped. I want to send the money to Zhenwu Temple as an offering. And these clothes, don’t pile them up any more. Pick them out in good condition and sell them to the clothing appraiser’s shop. They will just sit there and get moldy.”

Yiyi shop is a store that specializes in selling second-hand clothes.In the past, there were many poor people, and many people couldn't afford new clothes, so they went to clothing stores to buy second-hand clothes.There are also items collected by the shopkeepers, and some rich families have worn them and turned them into old ones. Anyway, they are sold to the poor, and the price is not expensive.

The Xue family often rewards the servants with clothes when the seasons change. When the servants take them back, some of them are altered and put on themselves, and some of them are exchanged for money at the clothing appraisal shop.Naturally, if you want to sell it in a shop, you must get the owner's permission before selling it. Some people are taboo about it, and some are not.If it's not taboo, just say it. If it's taboo, the master will take the clothes back and reward you with something else.

The old man nodded and said: "Yes, just do as Madam said, it's just that there are so many things, please ask Madam to call some people from the house, otherwise tomorrow will not be able to finish it."

Xue Wang nodded and said, "Of course it won't delay the business of the pawn shop."

After giving these instructions, Mrs. Xue Wang took Baochai back with the things she wanted to get. Unexpectedly, Ying'er who was guarding the front came back and reported: "Madam, the big cabinet told me that a regular customer came from the front and has been taken to the back room. Please be careful when your wife and eldest daughter go out."

(End of this chapter)