Rebirth 81: Being forced into marriage by my sister’s best friend at the beginning

"That's not my money." Lin Ran didn't want his family to know, so he explained, "Yang Jianlong opened a store on the street and asked me to be a consultant. The money was the principal of his store."

"That's it." Lin Wanjun breathed a sigh of relief. She was still worried about whether her brother had done something illegal or criminal.

Even if there are antiques for sale every day, it is impossible to make so much money in one month.

It turned out that it was Yang Jianlong's money to open the store, just to help him make fun of the situation.

Lin Wanjun accepted this answer, but her parents were confused but did not ask further questions.

After dinner and reading for a while, the time came to eleven o'clock.

Today I traveled all over the streets of the capital, made countless preparations, and experienced many things.

Lin Ran felt a sense of exhaustion welling up in his heart.

However, there was one thing that made him feel even more distressed.

He originally had 15 bags of money, but now he only has one bag left.

In less than three days, the 15 yuan was almost spent. It was still the 80 yuan in the early 15s!

Are you a bit too spendthrift?

The most important thing is that such a large amount of cash flow is really far from my ambition.

Lin Ran couldn't help but sigh.

For example, if he wants to invite Liu Jingfeng's team to go to Qianling Mausoleum to bury him, he can't let Liu Jingfeng pay for it.

In the early stage of operating his store, he also needs funds, and the profit will not be too high. In the later stage, he will have to consider expanding the scale. Money is needed everywhere.

No, you still have to go back to your old job!

No matter how small the flies are, they are still meat. If you are idle during this period, you might as well go to the neighboring village to pick up the missing flies.

Yesterday I went to Panjiayuan to buy calligraphy and paintings from the Qing Dynasty. Although they were works by ordinary people, many people still didn't believe it and felt that Lin Ran deliberately lowered the price.

If Wu Yong, who was passing by, hadn't helped with the appraisal, the stall owner would have considered the items as treasures and kept them to sell them at a high price.

Therefore, after becoming famous, most treasure appraisers will no longer show up in large antique trading markets, or at least hide their true identity before doing anything.

Fortunately, Lin Ran had another way.

Collect rags!

Although most people look down on the work of collecting rags, there is a difference between collecting rags in this era and the rags that will be on the streets in the future.

First of all, collecting rags in this era means collecting all unusable supplies from other people’s homes.

We can accept any calligraphy, painting, bronze statue, ceramics, etc., as long as we can afford the price.

Rather than just collecting scrap metal and waste paper boxes in the back.

Lin Ran has one of the biggest advantages. He knows which villages will produce precious collections in future generations.

I have already been to Xiping Village, and there is nothing more valuable for the time being.

So he decided to go to Dongshi Village.

Dongshi Village is not far from the Dongshigu Trading Market, and it was also where the nobles of the late Qing Dynasty settled.

Especially after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, many nobles hid in villages, pretending to be villagers, for fear of being liquidated.

Now, 70 years have passed, and they have long settled here. The older generation has passed away, and the new generation has naturally become the new villagers.

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The next day, Lin Ran and her sister got up almost at the same time.

After they had breakfast, one rode a bicycle and the other rode a tricycle, and set off in different directions.

Grandma, who was resting at the entrance of the village, saw the scene in front of her and said to herself: "It's such a busy family, no wonder they can make a lot of money."

Dongshi Village was far away, and it took Lin Ran a long time to get there.

Set off at nine o'clock, and officially start collecting rags at ten o'clock.

Riding his tricycle, every time he went to the door of a house and saw someone inside, he would ask: "Are there any junk for sale?"

Most of the villagers are wary of outsiders, just like the first time they went to Xiping Village.

Apart from some old cardboard boxes, he really didn't receive anything.

But this cart of cartons can only be sold for one dollar at most, and he no longer values ​​one dollar.

It's just that it's better than nothing. You can't just set out for a day and get nothing.

Fortunately, Lin Ran knew that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so he collected some junk things first and established good relations with the villagers, so that he would not be afraid that no one would sell them to him in the future.

After walking around the village, it seemed like I had nothing to gain today.

Lin Ran returned the same way and when he was about to take the waste paper box home, he passed by a villager's house.

Halfway through his ride, he heard someone calling him from behind.

"Rag collector, I have some things at home, why don't you take a look at them for me?" It was a man who looked a bit fierce.

Judging from his appearance, he doesn't look like an honest person.

However, Lin Ran had been dealing with bad guys a lot during this time. He was doing business anyway, and he didn't care who he did business with, as long as he could make money.

"Okay, let me take a look." Lin Ran turned the car around and rode to the door of his house.

"Wait for me here for a while." The man walked into the room and came out with a bowl of water. "It's such a hot day. You're sweating profusely. Please drink some water."

Looking at the water bowl, Lin Ran hesitated.

The man in front of me doesn't look like a good person. There shouldn't be any problem with the water he gave me, right?

The man seemed to realize this and rolled his eyes at Lin Ran: "Do I look like a bad guy? Don't worry, the water is fine."

After speaking, he drank the water in the bowl in one gulp and placed the bowl on the stool.

Just when Lin Ran was about to apologize, he noticed the bowl.

Although the surface color is a bit lighter, two colors, pastel and alum red, can be seen.

The outer wall of the bowl is painted with sea water and cliffs in pastels, and a Buddhist symbol pattern is painted in gold on the side with alum red.

This kind of bowl is obviously a product of the nobles of the Qing Dynasty, and ordinary people can't see it at all.

The scenery of sea water and cliffs means that mountains and rivers will last forever.

The golden color of the Buddhist runes is brilliant, showing the royal nobility.

"Brother, I'm really thirsty. Can you let me drink some water?" Lin Ran asked with a smile.

"Come on, I've used this bowl. I'll pour you another glass." He walked into the room.

Lin Ran took this opportunity to pick up the bowl and check it out.

At the bottom of the bowl, the Xuantong Year System of the Qing Dynasty was written in blue and white!

The six large characters appear in double lines and are written in regular script.

It is during the Xuantong period that the official kiln products were characterized by their shapes and varieties.

Moreover, although the official kilns in the Xuantong period followed the old Guangxu system, their output was greatly reduced compared with the Guangxu period, and their production was more sophisticated, so they were more valuable.

He was convinced that this was a representative work of Xuantong Imperial Kiln.

At this moment, the man walked out of the room.

In his hand was a bowl exactly like this bowl, which turned out to be a set.

Lin Ran came out to collect rags, but he actually didn't have much money with him. He felt that the man was just a little fierce, but his personality was not bad, so he took the bowl and drank it all.

Only then did the man smile: "This is it. The world is really in decline, and good people are not rewarded."

Lin Ran didn't want to waste time with him and said, "Thank you for the water. I don't know what you want to sell?"

"Oh, I have some broken furniture at home. It should still be usable after renovation. I wonder if you want to take a look?" The man's tone was quite sincere.

These days, most junk collecting means taking things back, refurbishing them, and then selling them on the second-hand market at a high price to earn the difference.

Some don't even need to be refurbished and are sold directly.

Lin Ran looked at the bowl in his hand, determined to win it.

But he also remembered that this kind of bowl must have belonged to a member of the royal family in the late Qing Dynasty, and the status of the other party's ancestors must have been high.

His furniture may also be valuable.

So, Lin Ran readily agreed: "Where is the thing? Can you show it to me?"