1952: Walking through Nantongluo Alley

The space farm has also stockpiled a lot of crops during this period.

That day, just after Chen Xiao got off work, Sha Zhu came to his house.

He shouted Chen Xiao's name loudly inside.

"Brother Chen Xiao, Brother Chen Xiao, are you home?"

"What's wrong, Shazhu?" Chen Xiao came out of the house.

"Brother Chen Xiao, it happened a while ago..."

"It's that jade pendant, jade pendant!" Sha Zhu explained.

"Oh, sorry, I was a little busy recently and forgot about this." Chen Xiao said apologetically.

"It's okay, Brother Chen Xiao. I know you're very busy every day. I asked you to do this, so I should be the one to apologize."

"I met with Teacher Qian again yesterday. She said that if I don't come to her house with the jade pendant to propose marriage in the next two days, she will never talk to me again."

Speaking of this, Sha Zhu looked a little sad.

Chen Xiao patted Sha Zhu's shoulder gently.

"Shazhu, don't worry, I'll leave this matter to your brother Chen Xiao."

"I'll go out and make you a fake jade pendant later. Just go home and wait."

Then Chen Xiao returned to the house and said something to Qin Huairu, then rode his bicycle to Liulichang again.

Although Liulichang is an antique street, there are still many small counterfeiting workshops with superb craftsmanship in the alleys behind it.

This time, Chen Xiao first strolled around Liulichang Street, but he didn't find any antiques that satisfied him.

Most of them are worthless and ordinary stuff, and have little collection value at all.

Arriving at the alley behind Liulichang, Chen Xiao turned several times and soon arrived at the door of a house.

He parked his bike and went up to knock on the door.

After a while, the gate was opened, and after Chen Xiao entered, the man closed the gate again.

Scattered around the yard were items such as porcelain, jade, and even bronze.

At a glance, all of them were fakes made just last week.

"Tell me, what old item are you planning to make? Do you have any samples to bring with you?" the man came to Chen Xiao and said.

Chen Xiao took out his Warring States Period jade dragon pendant from his arms.

"It's this jade pendant. Can you make it here?"

The man sneered.

"As long as it's an old item, there's nothing I can't imitate."

"Is this a jade pendant? The imitation will cost one dollar, and you can come pick it up tomorrow."

Then he stopped looking at the jade pendant in Chen Xiao's hand.

Just a moment ago, he had already memorized every detail of the Warring States Jade Dragon Pendant in his mind.

The price of one dollar was not expensive, so Chen Xiao readily took out a dollar from his trouser pocket.

Anyway, the money was paid by Sha Zhu, so it didn't matter to Chen Xiao whether it was more or less.

The man took the money, then walked to a pile of raw jade pieces and rummaged through them with his hands.

After a while, he found a piece of jade that looked exactly like the Warring States jade dragon pendant in Chen Xiao's hand.

He said to Chen Xiao without turning his head.

"You can go back now. Just come back at the same time tomorrow to pick up the goods."

"Also, remember to help me close the gate when you leave."

Chen Xiao's first impression of this person was that he was a bit pretentious.

"Are you sure you don't want to look at the details on this jade pendant in my hand again? Or you can make a rubbing of it."

"Do you know who I am?" the man said disdainfully.

"Who are you?" Chen Xiao asked doubtfully.

"My surname is Feng, and people call me Feng Yishou!" Feng Yishou said proudly.

Chen Xiao's expression remained calm.

He only knew that Lei Dali was the heir of the Lei family, and that his ancestors had built gardens for the royal family.

As for Feng Yishou, he really had never heard of this family.

Is it possible?

Could it be that his ancestors specialized in making fake antiques, just like the Lei Dali family, a family that has been passed down for hundreds of years.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao clasped his fists respectfully.

"Master Feng, I've long heard of your name. I never thought I'd have the honor of meeting you. It's truly my pleasure."

"Have you heard my story?" Feng Yishou was a little inflated at this time.

In an instant, Chen Xiao had a familiar feeling.

He really wanted to say something back now.

Although I haven't heard your story, your face is full of stories.

"Although I haven't heard of it, I can tell that you are not an ordinary person."

Then Chen Xiao said goodbye to Feng Yishou.

As soon as we reached the gate of the courtyard, Sha Zhu was standing there waiting.

Seeing Chen Xiao coming back, he ran over happily.

"How's Brother Chen Xiao? Has anyone found a replica of the jade pendant?"

Chen Xiao squeezed the handbrake and kept one foot on the ground to maintain balance.

He looked at Sha Zhu and said.

"I found it, and it can be made tomorrow. The processing fee is two dollars."

As for why it is said two pieces instead of one piece.

That part is naturally Chen Xiao’s hard work fee.

It takes a long time to ride a bicycle from Siheyuan to Liulichang.

Not to mention a back and forth.

One dollar for hard work is already very little. If it were someone else, Chen Xiao would not bother to take care of this trivial matter.

Sha Zhu took out two dollars from his trouser pocket.

"Brother Chen Xiao, here are two dollars."

"I won't be polite with you." Chen Xiao stuffed it directly into his trouser pocket.

"Brother Chen Xiao, if Teacher Qian and I can get married in the future, I will give you a big red envelope then."

"If it weren't for you, I'm afraid there would really be no chance for me and Teacher Qian."

Sha Zhu expressed his gratitude again.

He used to watch his neighbors in the courtyard who were about the same age as him get married one by one, first Jia Dongxu, then Chen Xiao.

He was very jealous inside.

Now it's finally my turn.

At this moment, he began to fantasize in his mind, imagining the scene of entering the bridal chamber with Teacher Qian.

He didn't notice that the expression on his face was extremely obscene at this moment.

Chen Xiao was speechless when he saw Sha Zhu's expression.

He patted Shazhu's back, pulling him back from his fantasy.

"Silly Zhu, wake up! You're drooling."

“Ah???” Sha Zhu woke up instantly.

Then he wiped the saliva that had just flowed from the corner of his mouth with his hand.

"Hey, I'm sorry, Brother Chen Xiao, I was just too excited."

"Virtue." Chen Xiao rolled his eyes at him.

"I won't tell you anymore. Come with me to get the jade pendant after get off work tomorrow, and then you can go directly to Teacher Qian to propose marriage."

"You must remember, this jade pendant must be kept with you. Then, after we get married, find an opportunity and have Teacher Qian break it with his own hands!"

"We must not let her have the chance to sell it at Liulichang. If Teacher Qian really finds out that you, Shazhu, are the one deceiving her, then I really can't help you."

Sha Zhu nodded repeatedly.

"Brother Chen Xiao, don't worry, I will definitely not mess this up!"

Chen Xiao and Sha Zhu didn't notice that Jia Dongxu had heard their entire conversation.