After Gu Mei got on Qin Sheng's car, they arrived at Yu Xiao's designated place smoothly.
She noticed that Qin Sheng seemed to have changed cars. This time he was driving a car that wasn't one of those very expensive luxury cars, but it was still considered mid-range.
As someone who works in an antique shop, such a car doesn't seem out of place at all.
On the way, Qin Sheng had briefly told Gu Mei about Yu Xiao's situation, and knowing that this time was not like last time, Gu Mei also felt a little relieved.
Although it was exciting to go treasure hunting with others last time, the fewer times you participate in such secretive activities, the better. One careless move and you'll be in trouble.
Moreover, Yu Xiao is a person with a background, and he's not an antique dealer, but from time to time, he brings some things for her to appraise, who knows if the things she appraises have any problematic origins.
This time it's not the same club as last time, Yu Xiao invited us to a leisure resort village, not far from the city, where people with some money like to go for entertainment on their days off.
Gu Mei had been here before, but at that time she came with Du Hao, so she wasn't particularly interested in this place. She just hoped that heaven would open its eyes a bit and not let her run into Du Hao again here.
Once or twice can be said to be accidental, but if this accident happens many times, Du Hao might think that it's not an accident, but rather she intentionally came for a chance encounter. This kind of thing is not something Gu Shuang would do!
Today is a weekend and there are indeed many people in the resort village, this place is open to the public, but it also has member areas and non-member areas.
Yu Xiao was of course waiting for them in the member area, which is much better than the non-member area outside in terms of decoration and service. It's really true that you get what you pay for.
"Miss Gu, that's all there is. There isn't much, can you help take a look at what's real and what's fake? Same as usual, after you've looked through them, Miss Gu can just pick one out at random, how about it?" The three of them entered another fitting room again, and Yu Xiao pulled the items out from the cabinet.
"You say how it is, then that's how it is." Gu Mian wasn't a fool either. Yu Xiao letting her pick whatever she wanted from the things was just giving her face.
Although the appraisal outside is said to be for money, how can anything that has passed through Yu Xiao's hands be ordinary goods? Gu Mian just picked out one of the worst ones. The money obtained by selling it would definitely be more than giving cash directly.
Recently, Gu Mian has been thinking about whether to change to a bigger house. She has some money and things in her hand, but if she uses all of it to buy a house, she will have no cash on hand. People as generous as Yu Xiao are not common. Moreover, last time they helped with the matter of Second Uncle and Second Aunt, so she should be more efficient in doing things.
Things are still packed in a small box like last time, but this time the things inside may be less cluttered due to the small number. It looks quite tidy and neat.
At a glance, Gu Minger had already gotten a general idea.
No wonder the atmosphere this time is not so serious, it's not yet in hand. Just by her taking a rough glance, the grade of things in this box is still slightly lower than last time.
Following her habit, Gu Mei first touched the gold and stone antiques, after all, she was a professional in identifying gold and stone antiques, and had a relatively deep understanding of this area.
The first thing Gu Ming got was a small jade Buddha, about 6cm high, with a very spiritual shape, made of white jade. As soon as he held it in his hand, he felt a scorching heat coming from his left hand, and a joyful feeling rose up in his heart. He seemed to hear the sound of monks chanting Buddhist scriptures, as if there were monks reciting sutras.
Carefully observe the carving and modeling of this jade Buddha. It looks like it should be from the Ming-Qing transition period. The glaze on the jade Buddha is not very beautiful, but there are some colors on top, Gu Qing took the jade Buddha to his nose and sniffed it lightly. I feel a bit earthy smell.
She secretly glanced at Yu Xiao, and put the jade Buddha to one side. The thing that still smelled of earthy scent might have just been unearthed...
Don't meddle in things that aren't your business. After putting down the jade Buddha, Gu Mei started looking at other things. The remaining items were similar to the jade Buddha she had just looked at, but it could be seen that their origins were not from the same place. Only a few of them were fakes, and most of the others were genuine.
"Are these all real?" Yu Xiao looked at Gu Mian's specially separated things and asked aloud.
"Yes, it's all true." Gu Mian nodded.
Yu Xiao stretched out his hand and touched those things that Gu Mian had judged to be genuine, a satisfied smile appearing on his face. He turned his head towards Gu Mian and said: "Miss Gu, what do you like? Just pick whatever you want."
Gu Meng had already thought about what she wanted, and those things that looked annoying to her were not dared to be touched, lest one careless move would invite the police comrades to have tea.
She finally chose a jade Ruyi box, which should be a Qing dynasty product. Compared to the one she saw at the trading fair with Qin Sheng and Professor Wang, it was somewhat inferior in terms of quality and craftsmanship, but still very good. The Ruyi box had many auspicious patterns on it, which looked very pleasing to the eye.
Women all like exquisite little things, Gu Mian took a glance and fell in love with this Ru Yi box, whether it's for her own collection or to resell, it's a great choice.
Qin Sheng was more discerning than Yu Xiao, and when he saw Gu Mian choose the medium-sized Ruyi box, he couldn't help but nod in approval. Dealing with someone like Gu Mian who had a sense of propriety and knew how to advance and retreat was the most relaxing.
In the past, Yu Xiao had also let others do similar things. For everything, he would pick out a few good ones and wouldn't say anything about it. However, next time something like this happened, he wouldn't look for that person again.
As for choosing the worst kind of person, whether or not he can be found depends on his mood.
Yu Xiao had already trusted Gu Mian quite a bit and didn't intend to find someone else to appraise them like last time. After Gu Mian finished dividing everything, Yu Xiao let Qin Sheng pick out the counterfeits, keeping what was needed and throwing away what wasn't useful as trash. The genuine items were sent away by someone else, after all it wasn't safe to keep them at the resort village.
The formalities are over, and now it's time for entertainment. Gu Mei didn't take long to appraise the items, and it wasn't even one o'clock yet. Since everyone hadn't had lunch, Yu Xiao took the initiative to invite Gu Mei and Qin Sheng to eat together.
It's clear that Yu Xiao is in a good mood, and lunch was a sumptuous seafood feast. Gu Ming looked at the table full of seafood and couldn't help but rub his own belly, hoping it wouldn't burst from overeating.
At first, Gu Mei looked around cautiously, fearing that Du Hao would suddenly appear. She really had a bit of psychological shadow and felt that she should go to the temple to pray and ward off evil spirits. However, once the seafood feast arrived, she didn't have time to worry about it anymore.
Heaven is big, earth is big, but eating is the biggest. Yesterday night she had Thai food, today at noon she came to eat seafood again, her life is quite luxurious.
The only pity was that just as they were starting to enjoy their meal, Yu Xiao received a phone call and had to leave, leaving Qin Sheng and Gu Mian alone to finish the seafood feast.
"Don't be polite, eat more. Yu Xiao is a regular here, don't save money for him." Qin Sheng said as he saw Gu Mian put down his chopsticks.
Gu Mei moved her body slightly and glanced at Qin Sheng: "I've eaten almost enough, if I eat any more, my stomach will burst."
"Never mind if you can't eat anymore, what dessert do you want?" Qin Sheng also put down his chopsticks upon hearing this.
He wasn't particularly fond of seafood to begin with, and previously he only ate it to accompany Gu Mian. Since Gu Mian didn't want to eat anymore, then he didn't have to either.
"Dessert can be skipped, I have something to discuss with you." Gu Mian said to Qin Sheng.
"What's up?" Qin Sheng straightened his body and made a gesture of listening attentively.
"It's actually nothing big, just this Ru Yi box, I don't know if you can help me sell it?" As she spoke, Gu Mei took out the Ru Yi box that had just come into her possession from her bag.
In order to avoid accidentally bumping or touching the Ruyi box, Gu Mei specially found a brocade box to put the Ruyi box in.
"This shouldn't be a problem, this type of treasure box has been quite popular lately, and as long as you find the right buyer, it'll sell quickly. I wonder how much you plan to price it at?" Qin Sheng didn't decline, he had previously promised Gu Mian that if there was anything she wanted to sell, she should consider Ancient Hong Zhai first.
"I'm good at identifying things, but not so great at estimating their value. I know the antique shop's appraisers are very skilled, why don't you take a look?" Gu Mei asked with a smile.
"As long as you believe in it, there's no problem." Qin Sheng nodded and looked at Gu Mian before continuing, "Do you need money for anything recently?"
It's not that he's being overly cautious, but after interacting with Gu Mian so many times, he has a certain understanding of Gu Mian's habits. Unless necessary, better things, especially jade products, Gu Mian likes to collect them himself.
If it wasn't for the need of money, Gu Mei shouldn't have let him sell the things he just got so quickly.
Gu Meng first stunned for a moment, then opened his mouth and said: "It's not that it's just some plans."
"If there's anything I can help with, just come find me." Qin Sheng didn't ask any further questions and simply agreed to help Gu Cui sell the Ruyi box.
Gu Shuang is not very good at estimating prices, but she can still get a rough idea of the range.
Yu Xiao gave her this Ruyi box as a authentication fee, although the jade quality is not the best, but it cleverly used the Qiaose hand technique, combining the original color of the jade with the shape of the Ruyi box, looking very natural and beautiful.
From the craftsmanship and modeling, this Ruyi box is worth selling for over a million if it's lucky. If this Ruyi box is similar to the one I saw in the underground transaction last time, Gu Mian might not be willing to let go of it again.
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