How can I go back to the past?

Chapter 336: Ancient Jade Emperor Green Jade Ring
When Li Le returned home, Zhao Yanran and the others were drinking tea and playing cards in the house.

Because the area outside their front door had already been cleared, they didn't need to go out and sweep the snow like everyone else.

The next morning, Li Le brought Uncle Guan a tricycle of firewood and five hundred pieces of honeycomb coal, enough for Uncle Guan to use for the whole winter.

Then Li Le arranged for Ma Feng and others to buy food.

Anyway, I don’t have to go out to collect waste. I can just go out to buy waste in the morning and afternoon every day, and then put it in the cellar.

To be honest, there was really nothing to do in the winter of 1950.

Ordinary people have to go to work and earn money every day, but Li Le doesn't need to. Because it snows every other day, he can't go out to collect waste.

And his family had no shortage of supplies, so apart from going to the store to buy some wine when the weather was fine, there was nothing else to do.

More than half a month passed in a blink of an eye. Li Le was really bored staying at home. After breakfast that morning, Li Le walked to Liulichang.

It’s not that Li Le doesn’t want to ride the tricycle, it’s just that there’s no way to ride it because the road is covered with snow.

Although I have been cleaning it, I can't finish it.

There is no way. It snows every few days these days, and the snow turns into ice after being pressed down.

There is simply no way to clean it up.

It can be said that the entire imperial capital is covered in ice and snow. Not to mention riding a bike, even walking would result in a fall if one is not careful.

So Li Le could only walk to Liulichang to take a look and hope to buy some antiques.

Of course, there aren't many good antiques in Liulichang, because the really good things will be collected by the shop owners themselves.

The items sold in the store are at most rare and exquisite items, and most of them are small exquisite items.

Small fine antiques would only be worth millions, or at most a few million, in later generations.

As for fine products, they can reach tens of millions in the future, but will not exceed 20 million at most.

There are also rare items, which are the most common items sold in auction houses in later generations. The highest ones may fetch over 100 million yuan, but such items are rare, and are basically around tens of millions.

Of course, it is also possible to find bargains, such as some things that are seriously undervalued in this era.

For example, calligraphy and paintings by painters such as Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong, Li Keran, Huang Binhong, etc.

The calligraphy and paintings of these painters are seriously underestimated in this era, but it is not easy to buy their calligraphy and paintings, and it can even be said that they are hard to come by.

Apart from these, there were some bargains, but Li Le didn't come across any.

Don't underestimate the appraisers in these shops, they are people with real skills, not those crappy experts and beasts in later generations.

It is basically impossible to get something for free from them, unless you have made a mistake.

Li Le didn't think about buying any national treasures or precious antiques in Liulichang. He just wanted to buy some rare and exquisite items.

Anyway, he would not be willing to sell the antiques that he bought that were national treasures or precious gems, so he would bring back some rare or fine items that he could sell and make some money.

The most important thing is that Li Le has too much money now and needs to spend some of it.

After arriving at Liulichang, Li Le randomly found an antique shop and went straight in.

There aren't many antiques in this store, but they are basically fine items.

This can be seen from the price tag. Generally speaking, those with a price tag of more than eight million are basically high-quality products.

There are fine products below eight million, but they are few and basically only small fine products.

As for the treasures, the price is expensive, at least over 10 million.

After looking around and not finding anything that Li Le liked, Li Le left the store.

Not far away, we entered another store. This store was also an antique shop. What was different from other stores was that this store specialized in jade.

Yes, it is ancient jade. In fact, ancient jade is just a branch of antiques.

As he entered the store, Li Le's eyes lit up.

Li Le didn’t understand this stuff before, so he basically didn’t touch it.

But now it’s different. Li Le has already done some research on this thing, such as various types of water.

He has now done some research on the value of various types of jade, etc.

In fact, the value of jade in this era cannot be compared with that in later generations.

The appreciation of jade can be divided into several time periods. In the 1980s, Hong Kong people bought a large amount of colorless jade and sold it to the mainland, causing the value of jade to rise sharply.

In 1998, the price of jadeite was still relatively low, but it had begun to rise slightly.

In the year 2000, with the rapid development of the domestic economy, jade finished products began a new round of price increases due to the rising prices of raw materials.

In 2011, jade prices experienced their most dramatic increase, which was the largest in terms of both strength and breadth.

In 2013, jade prices reached a new peak and then remained stable for a period of time.

In 2014, affected by domestic policies and economic environment, the entire jewelry industry ushered in a cold winter. Only the prices of high-end jadeite raw stones, finished products and collectibles were not affected. On the contrary, they were still rising slightly.

In the second half of 2016, the price of high-quality jadeite continued to rise and top-grade jadeite became hard to find.

In 2017, due to internal problems in Myanmar, the jade public auction was delayed by two months compared with previous years. The market heat gradually recovered and the transaction price of raw stones continued to rise.

In 2018, high-quality jadeite will become increasingly scarce, and price increase is an inevitable trend.

There are many varieties of jade, and jadeite is just one of them.

Li Le looked around the store and to be honest, he liked everything because any of the things sold in this store would be a treasure in the future.

Not to mention that these are ancient jades, even modern jade artifacts would be worth a lot of money in the real world.

Glass-type imperial green is a very common thing here, and the price is extremely low.

Of course, this price is low compared to later generations. In that era, it is considered very expensive.

Just like the glass-type imperial green bracelet in front of Li Le, it is priced at six million, which is equivalent to the annual salary of a mid-level worker in this era.

Also, Li Le saw a jade pendant of not very good quality, and its price tag was actually eight million.

Li Le knew that this thing was not priced according to its quality, but according to its value as an antique.

At this time, an old man walked up to Li Le and asked, "Young comrade, I noticed you have been looking at this bracelet for a long time. What's the matter? Do you like it?"

"you are……"

"I am the owner of this store."

"Hello, shopkeeper! I would like to ask, how many antiques of this material do you have in your store?"

"Why are you asking this?" the shopkeeper asked with a frown.

"Of course I bought it. Don't worry, as long as the price is right, I'll take as many as you want."

Hearing what Li Le said, the shopkeeper looked at him and asked, "Are you sure?"

"Of course." Li Le nodded.

The shopkeeper looked at Li Le from head to toe.

Li Le soon understood what the shopkeeper meant, which was that he doubted whether Li Le had money.

Yes, although the face value of money in this era is relatively large, the price of things is also high! For example, this glass-type imperial green bracelet is priced at 6 million, and there are dozens of items made of this material in the store.

Not to mention those that are much more expensive than this, even if we calculate it as six million, that would still be two hundred million!

Two hundred million, all in the largest denomination of fifty thousand, that's forty bundles! Does Li Le look like someone who carries forty bundles of money?
"I'm sorry, boss. I was in a hurry to go out and didn't bring any money with me. So, I'll go back and get the money, but you have to prepare these things for me first."

"No problem, as long as you have money, there are plenty of these things."

"Ok!"

Li Le hurried out of the store and came to the outside of Liulichang. Li Le found an empty alley and went in.

However, he did not come out so quickly, but waited for almost half an hour.

When he appeared in Liulichang again, he was carrying a sack for collecting waste.

Needless to say, the sack was filled with money, not 200 million, but a full 1 billion.

As for the volume, it is equivalent to the hundred-yuan bill of later generations, which is two million RMB.

No wonder he put it in a sack and carried it on his back. Such a large amount of money cannot be put in a sack.

When Li Le arrived at the jade shop, he found that the shopkeeper did not put together the things he wanted.

Li Le understood after a little thought, and guessed that the shopkeeper didn't take him seriously at all.

Yes, if Li Le himself was the shopkeeper, he probably wouldn't believe that a young man would have so much money to buy these things.

"Boss, I'm here." Li Le shouted nonchalantly.

The shopkeeper was very surprised to hear Li Le's voice. He didn't expect that this young man would actually come.

The shopkeeper quickly came out from behind the counter, walked up to Li Le and asked, "Do you really want to buy it?"

"Of course. I have brought the money, so how can I not buy it?" Li Le said as he put the sack at his feet.

The shopkeeper pointed to the sack and asked, "Is this money?"

You know, this sack is not small! Even if they are all small denominations, there should be a lot of money in it.

"Take a look." Li Le said, then opened the sack and let the shopkeeper take a look.

When the shopkeeper saw the money in the sack, he gasped.

Because the money in the sack was not small-denomination money, but large-denomination money, all of it.

"Comrade, please come in. I'll have someone bring the things in to you. Please take your time to choose." The shopkeeper made a gesture of invitation.

"Yeah!" Li Le nodded and followed the shopkeeper in.

It is actually a small room, which should be a place to receive distinguished guests.

There is a table inside and a sofa, yes, a sofa.

As soon as the two men came in, a waiter came in carrying teacups and teapot.

"Comrade, please have some tea first. I will bring you the things you requested."

"Ok."

The shopkeeper and his men hurried away.

About ten minutes later, the shopkeeper and the waiter came in, each carrying a large wooden tray.

The tray was filled with glass-type imperial green jewelry and ornaments.

There are bracelets, jade pendants, pendants and other jewelry.

Of course, there are also ornaments such as Ruyi, Ping An Kou, rockery, etc.

The most important thing is that all of these are imperial green. There are more than 30 pieces in total. The cheapest one is a pendant, which is worth more than one million.

The most expensive items are ornaments, such as the rockery, which is worth 35 million because of its huge size and carved from a whole piece of imperial green glass.

In the end, all these things added up together cost Li Le a total of 400 million yuan, but Li Le still had 600 million yuan in his sack.

Now that he had taken out all the money, he had no choice but to spend it all, so Li Le went out for another look and picked out all the glass-type jadeite.

Jade does not come in just one color, but eight, plus a multi-color system.

The most famous color is of course green, such as imperial green, and purple, followed by red and yellow, which are all relatively precious.

Of course, multi-color jade is also very precious if it has good water quality.

Soon Li Le spent more than 300 million yuan, mainly because there were too few types of glass in other colors.

There was no other choice, so Li Le had to pick out some jade pendants and jade products, all of which were old-fashioned items with provenances.

In the real world, although these things are not as valuable as glass-type jadeite, they are still very valuable considering their antique value.

No matter what, Li Le finally spent the 1 billion yuan.

Then the shopkeeper found several wooden boxes and packed these things into different categories.

But in the end, Li Le still put it into the sack. There was nothing he could do. He couldn't just carry it and walk away!

Besides, the sack was just a cover. I guess after leaving the store, Li Le put all these things into the space.

When Li Le was about to leave with the sack on his back, the shopkeeper called him, took out a small box from the counter and said, "Little comrade, this is for you."

Li Le originally wanted to ask what it was, but then he thought that it was a gift from the shopkeeper and it would be a bit impolite to ask.

I nodded and said, "Thank you, boss. I'll come again next time if you have something good."

"Then I look forward to seeing you."

Li Le came out of the store and didn't walk far before he put away the things in the sack and put some things in the sack to make it look like the store was there.

Then Li Le opened the box that the shopkeeper gave him.

When the box was opened, Li Le was surprised because there was an imperial green jade ring in the box.

Although this thing is not big, it is a jade ring! You have to know that in the past, people without a certain status could not own this thing.

Anyone who can wear this kind of glass-type imperial green jade ring must be at least a prince, or even an emperor.

Unfortunately, Li Le’s knowledge of antiques was not that good, and the shopkeeper did not tell him.

I guess the shopkeeper thought Li Le understood all this, otherwise why would he buy so much, so he didn't tell him.

This made Li Le speechless. How could he know anything about antiques? He only knew about jade.

But no matter what, this is a good thing! In the future, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is priceless.

Li Le did not put it away, but wore it directly on his thumb.

A ring? Why would you need it if you don't wear it?

Li Le stayed in Liulichang the whole morning, but did not make any more moves.

There is no way. He has spent too much today. Li Le needs to slow down for a while, at least until he can confirm the value of these ancient jades.

PS: Love is always there no matter how far we are apart. Can you give me a monthly ticket? Thank you!

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