Siheyuan: All the incense in the family is counting on you

Li Bowen did not beat around the bush.

He said directly: "I have a little hobby, that is, I like those old things. I just heard from Sister Xueru that you may have it, but I don't know if you are willing to sell it!"

After hearing this, Pianerye smiled bitterly and said, "If it was two years ago, I would have left you one or two, but now there is none left. You know, the past two years have been difficult, and there are many people in our family, so I would have exchanged them for food a long time ago."

Li Bowen looked disappointed: "Is there really nothing left?"

"There is an octagonal table and a few official hat chairs in the house, but they are quite old. If you like them, you can take a look. I really don't have anything else!" Pianerye thought for a while.

There were also furniture, which immediately aroused Li Bowen's interest: "Then let's go take a look?"

"Now?"

Li Bowen nodded: "I will be going to the countryside in two days, and it will take more than a week for me to come back. It's better to go now than to be late!"

"Okay, let's go!" Pianerye drank the wine in one gulp and stood up.

Li Bowen also stood up and looked at Chen Xueru: "Sister Xueru, let's come together!" This woman is really something. She won't even bother to show up unless she's invited.

Without saying hello to anyone else, the three of them walked straight out of the tavern and turned an alley to find Pian Ye's home. People who come to the tavern to drink are not from far away. Who would run several miles just to have a drink?

Leading the two of them into the house, several children from Pianye's family were sitting around the table doing their homework.

"Go, go, go, go over there and write. You didn't even bother to call for help when someone comes!" Pian'er Ye drove the kids away and said to Li Bowen, "It's this table and these chairs. Take a look."

The table and four chairs form a perfect set. They are all painted with thick wood paint, and it is impossible to tell what material they are made of. There are also many scratches on the table top, which should have been caused by the children doing their homework or when using the table.

It looks old, but I don’t know whether it is from the Ming or Qing dynasty. Li Bowen doesn’t understand these things, but he knows that Ming and Qing dynasty furniture are still quite valuable in later generations.

"It looks pretty nice. Is this the only set you have? Do you have a matching table, cabinet, or something? If you can find a set, I can put it in my room!"

"You know what? We still have kang tables and bedside cabinets that are similar to this one. If you think it's good, just give us a price!"

Whether it is displayed or not, or used or not, Pianerye doesn't know, but he knows that it is an old item. Li Bowen has said before that he likes these things. For people who are collectors, anything that catches their eye must be good and worth money.

After thinking about the savings he had, he still had more than 800 yuan, but he couldn't pay too much at once, so he figured out a price: "Pian'erye, you and Sister Xueru are acquaintances, so I won't give you a random price. Judging from the style of your furniture, it should be from the late Qing Dynasty. It's not worth much. So, I'll give you yuan, and I'll take the kang table and bed cabinet at once. What do you think?"

It was said to be from the late Qing Dynasty, but actually Li Bowen had no idea about it. He just pretended to take a look at it. It was completely nonsense. This was to lower his expectations. It has only been a few decades from the late Qing Dynasty to the present. No matter how good the stuff is, it can't be worth too much!

Buying and selling, buying and selling, is a process of bargaining. When he heard that his furniture could be sold for 300 yuan, Pian Ye's eyes lit up first, and then his mind began to work, wanting more. This is everyone's normal psychology. He said with some embarrassment: "I won't hide it from you. This furniture has been in my family since my grandfather's time. It is at least a hundred years old. It is considered an old item. Now a new set of furniture costs dozens of yuan. Yours is really too little."

Li Bowen also looked embarrassed: "There are really too many pieces. Even if this furniture is a hundred years old, it is still modern, not the kind made by the government. It is really not worth too much money. If there is more, I might as well buy some good wood to make new ones!"

The two of them were haggling over the price, and neither of them wanted to give in. Li Bowen also hesitated whether to add some more, fearing that if he kept adding more, it would be endless, so he held on tight, waiting to see if Chen Xueru would say something to help out. He believed that she would definitely do so.

As expected, Chen Xueru, who had been watching the two men arguing for a long time, spoke up: "Alright, alright, you two grown men are arguing over such a small amount of money. I'm in charge. Bowen, give Pianerye an extra 50 yuan. Is this okay with Pianerye?"

"Okay, since you've asked for it, then I'll give it to you for 350 yuan and you can take the item!" With the increased price, the Pianerye was satisfied.

That's settled, Li Bowen nodded in agreement, took out his wallet from his pocket, took out all the money in it, counted out 52 yuan, counted out 8 and handed it to Pian'erye: "Okay, I'll give you a deposit of 50 first, and I'll come to move the furniture tomorrow morning and pay you the balance!"

"Thank you!" Pianerye took the money with both hands, counted it carefully, and wrote a receipt, which was considered a final deal.

Coming out of the house, Li Bowen glanced around the yard again and praised, "Your yard is really nice!"

"All that's left of our ancestors' legacy is this house!" Pian'erye sighed.

Li Bowen nodded: "Such a good yard is hard to find nowadays. I must buy one if I get the chance! It's so comfortable to live here!"

It's enough to say just enough to ensure that he will think of himself when he sells this yard in the future. Now that Pian'erye has 350 yuan, it should be enough to last for a while. I just don't know if he will go to the Northeast to trade in grain later. If so, it won't be long before he sells this yard.

After coming out, they did not go back to the tavern, but went straight back to the silk shop. They rode their bikes to send Chen Xueru back to her home first. Refusing her request to stay at her home, Li Bowen fled, leaving Chen Xueru with a series of laughter.

When I got home, I first took out 500 yuan from my piggy bank and put it in my wallet, and put the rest directly into the space. I originally thought that it didn't matter where I put them, there was no need to store everything in the space. If the space was gone one day, I would suffer a heavy loss.

But now it seems that I still need to carry more money with me, otherwise I will have no money to buy the right thing when I see it.

He also left a note for Wu Lei, asking him to vacate the place so that he could receive the furniture tomorrow.

The next day, Li Bowen went out early and ran to wait at the door of Pian'erye's house. When he opened the door, he went in to pay the balance, moved the furniture out and loaded it into the car, then drove out of the alley, found a deserted place, and put the furniture away one by one.

On the other side, Wu Lei was having another attack. Looking at the furniture that kept popping out, he kept howling excitedly: "Fuck, fuck, Brother Li is awesome!"