After putting away the jadeite rough stones and a pair of couplets, Tang Ping, who had just put some frozen dumplings for himself to deal with lunch, received a call from Zhuang Rui's youngest friend Liu Chuan...

After hearing Liu Chuan's complaints, Tang Ping's eyes shone brightly after hanging up the phone. It seemed that the ragged Xiangzu note that sold for 3.8 million yuan was bought by Zhuang Rui from an old country lady when he went to Liu Chuan's pet store.

Tang Ping naturally would not let this opportunity to get rich after picking up bargains, so he tidied up and rushed to the pet store that Liu Chuan opened in the flower and bird market.

It was cold and the flower and bird market seemed a little deserted. As soon as he arrived outside Liu Chuan’s pet store, Tang Ping noticed an old lady standing at the door of the store. When he saw a flowery bag in her hand, his eyes lit up.

"Hey, aunt, why are you standing here alone on this cold day? It's still snowing, come in and warm up!" Tang Ping walked over and looked at the old lady in an unexpected way, and then greeted warmly.

Seeing the old lady hesitant, Tang Ping smiled and said, "Auntie, don't worry, I'm not a bad person! Did you see this pet shop? It was run by my brother. Come in! It's okay! Even if you have something to do, you have to wait until the snow stops before going to do it!"

Seeing Tang Ping's enthusiastic and kind look, he really didn't look like a bad guy, so the old lady thanked Tang Ping and followed him into the pet shop.

"The store is out of stock. Let's talk about what you want first. Come and get it after the New Year," Liu Chuan was now sticking his butt to the computer and was fiddling with his body. He heard the sound of someone coming in and shouted without raising his head.

Seeing that this boy was not doing well, Tang Ping couldn't help but smile and said, "Is there any general? I want one!"

"General? I still want it...Damn, it's you kid? I'm sitting and smoking. I'll finish this...oh, this aunt is..." Liu Chuan, who said subconsciously, reacted and heard that it was Zhuang Rui's voice. He looked up and saw Tang Ping, and couldn't help but feel uncomfortable. He was about to continue working on the computer, but noticed the old lady following Tang Ping, and was surprised and surprised.

Tang Ping smiled and said, "Rogue, you are in the house with heat and you are comfortable and happy. There is an old lady outside taking shelter from the snow. Why do you let the house warm up? You kid also grew up by learning how to grow up like a yellowish person now? I will tell my godmother, I will guarantee that you will have a bad New Year."

"No, there is no one at the door just now! I don't know, don't tell my mother! Otherwise, I'll teach me a lesson again," Liu Chuan said as he hurriedly stood up and greeted enthusiastically: "Auntie, sit, sit, there is a stove here, warm it up. Alas, Mutou, I said you don't have any eyesight at all, why are you standing there? I don't know how to pour a cup of hot tea for the aunt to warm her body?"

Seeing that Liu Chuan was talking and even assigned him to come, Tang Ping was glaring slightly, and seeing his serious appearance, he couldn't help but feel a little amused.

"Auntie, don't be afraid. Don't look at my brother who is big and thick, but he is actually not bad-minded." Seeing that the aunt seemed to be frightened by Liu Chuan's enthusiasm, Tang Ping smiled and asked him to sit down, and then said to Liu Chuan, who was a little depressed, "Go and pour water! You, the owner of the store, ask customers to pour water?"

"Hey, if you are a guest, you will be a bad guest," Liu Chuan, who asked Tang Ping to rebel the generals, turned around and poured water speechlessly.

While Liu Chuan went to pour water, Tang Ping politely made a fuss with the old lady: "Auntie, it's such a cold day, why are you here? Buy pets for the children at home?"

"Brother, stop kidding. There are not enough chickens and ducks in our village, so how can we have time to raise these things? Isn't this a waste of money?" The old lady looked at the pictures of pets posted on the walls of the store and guessed what they were selling here.

Liu Chuan, who had just poured two cups of hot water, couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth when he heard the old lady's words. If it were the old lady's idea, he wouldn't have to do this business.

"Then you are..." Tang Ping took the hot water from Liu Chuan's hand and handed one of the cups to the old lady.

After Tang Ping's curious inquiry, the old lady told her story like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

The story is very old-fashioned. The old lady was also from a wealthy family. Later, her family fell and she married a carpenter. She was not very wealthy and couldn't be hungry.

The two sons in the family were very successful and both were admitted to college. However, because they had to provide their two sons with school, the family's financial situation became tense.

In order to earn more money, his man went up the mountain to steal wood and was discovered by the forest protection team. He accidentally rolled down the mountain and broke his leg, but he was fined 5,000 yuan, which immediately made the family worse.

The old lady had nothing good at home, only a few ancient books about her dowry, and she brought them to Pengcheng to see if they could be sold.

Unexpectedly, the market here was deserted. After she went to several shops to ask, she even said that books were not worth it, and they were five yuan a book. If you like to sell them, they would not sell them.

The plan to sell books didn't work, and he even spent more than ten yuan in a waste of tickets. The old lady was feeling depressed!

"Auntie, can I read your books?" Tang Ping suppressed a hint of excitement in his heart and said casually.

The old lady was selling books. When she heard Tang Ping's words, she opened the package in her hand and took out two books with yellowed pages and handed them to Tang Ping.

Tang Ping, who was careful to pick it up, looked it up in a curious way, and saw that these two books in the first and second volumes were "On Thoughts of Wei and Jin Dynasties" published during the Republic of China period. They were not considered rare ancient books and were not valuable. So he shook his head and handed them back.

"Young man, I still have one here. Those people were unreasonable just now, so I didn't show them. Do you see if this is valuable?" Seeing Tang Ping's appearance as he was reading a book seriously just now, the old lady's eyes were slightly bright and careful to take out a book from the package and handed it to Tang Ping.

Seeing the obviously very worn book and the four words "Xiangzu Notes" vaguely visible on the cover, Tang Ping, with a slightly lit look, reached out to take it, and pretended to look through it carefully before looking up at the old lady and asked, "Auntie, how much do you want to sell this book? Tell me a lot, if the price is right, I will buy it."

"Mu Tou, come out, I have something to say to you, come here..." Liu Chuan, who had been watching the fun, suddenly changed his expression when he heard Tang Ping's words. Before the old lady could reply, he went up to take Tang Ping out of the store without saying anything.

Liu Chuan was naturally afraid that Tang Ping would be deceived. After all, there were no scams in the antique industry. Liu Chuan was used to saying things like the old lady.

However, Tang Ping knew that Xiangzu's notes were a real old antique, so he naturally would not give up just because of Liu Chuan's advice. Instead, he told Liu Chuan seriously that it was a good thing, which made Liu Chuan stunned and skeptical.

In the end, Tang Ping spent 20,000 yuan to buy the Xiangzu notes in the old lady. In order to collect this book, he specially brought 20,000 yuan out this time.
Chapter completed!