Chapter 17: The Jade Snuff Bottle (Part 2) Carefree

  Li Yang's mood suddenly became a bit tense. His father was sharp-eyed, and if he found out that this wasn't something from their home, it would probably take some effort to explain again.

  "Could it be left by your great-grandfather?" After a long time, Li Junshan suddenly muttered to himself, and then shook his head: "I seem to have seen such a box when I was young, but that was a long time ago. The things at home were all gone early, how could this thing be here with us?"

  Li Yang's heart immediately sank a lot, and the old man was quite imaginative. Anyway, there was finally a reason now. Li Yang hurried forward with a smile: "Dad, if you've seen it before, then it's okay. Maybe it was my brother or me who brought it back from our hometown when we were young!"

  Li Yang's hometown is in a rural area thirty miles away, now his hometown has few people, but Li Yang remembers that he often returned to his hometown for sightseeing when he was young, especially the pond in his hometown, where he swam a lot.

  Li Junshan suddenly nodded: "It should be like this, I remember your great-grandfather told me that his father, who is also my great-grandfather, was a high-ranking official in the Beiyang Army back then. It's possible that this thing was left to us by him!" After finishing speaking, he carefully examined the small iron box again.

  Li Yang's forehead immediately broke out in a bead of hot sweat, he hadn't expected the old man to have such a rich imagination, dragging out his own grandfather's grandfather, but this was also good, now that this thing had an origin it would be easier to deal with, and calling it a family heirloom wasn't bad either.

  Looking at Li Junshan's face, Li Yang said in a low voice: "Dad, how about this? Today my brother and I will go to Mingyang to find Manager Zhang of our company, let him appraise what this thing is, and then sell it?"

  This is Li Yang's true intention; even the best things are still not as practical as money for him now.

  "Alright, you've found something, you're in charge!" Li Junshan nodded and took the small iron box back to the living room.

  "Hurray!"

  Li Yang's heart was excited and he shouted out loud, all the plots were in line with his own arrangement, and he really didn't expect that he still had the potential to be a director.

  Gave Li Cheng a call and asked him to borrow a car so the two of them could go to Mingyang together. This little thing was worth 2 million in Li Yang's eyes, taking the intercity bus wasn't safe.

  It wasn't until noon after lunch that Li Cheng drove over in an old Santana, and Li Yang's phone call was late, so colleagues had things to do this morning and could only run a bit further to borrow a car, plus it took some time, so he didn't arrive until now.

  Seeing Li Cheng driving a Santana, Li Yang's determination to buy a car became even firmer. Having a car would be much more convenient, and during leisure time, he could also take the two elderly people out for tourism, self-driving tours are much more comfortable than following a travel group.

  Driving a Santana, the two arrived at the luxurious store of Anshi Jewelry Mingyang Branch in just over an hour. Carrying a jade snuff bottle, Li Yang directly pulled Li Cheng up to the second floor, leaving behind a group of stunned colleagues downstairs.

  "Li Yang, how did you come back? You don't have to go to work now, it's not too late to come back after the New Year!" Zhang Ying was also very surprised when he saw Li Yang, thinking that Li Yang had returned to work.

  Li Yang was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and laughed: "Going to work? No, I'm not back to work. I found something good at home and brought it here specifically to show you!"

  "What's good stuff?"

  Zhang Ying also smiled, looking at Li Yang's appearance seemed to recover very quickly. For this assistant who was promoted with a special purpose, Zhang Ying was more and more satisfied.

  "Here it is, take a look!" Li Yang pulled out a jade snuff bottle and handed it over.

  "High-ice jadeite snuff bottle!" Zhang Ying suddenly stood up, and when it came to jewelry and jade, he was an expert, far surpassing Li Yang's half-baked level.

  "Is this really a high-ice species, dragon-patterned snuff bottle, ruby-red lid? The craftsmanship doesn't seem modern. Li Yang, where did you get this thing?"

  Zhang Ying looked carefully for a while, and the more he looked, the more surprised he became. Just from the snuff bottle itself, it was already very valuable, and Zhang Ying also saw even more things.

  "I dug it out from some old stuff at home, and I thought it looked like the jade I deciphered that day, so I brought it specifically to show you, is it the same as the one from that day?"

  Li Yang smiled and began to ponder Zhang Ying's words again. Everyone else had already figured it out, but that sentence "not from modern times" made Li Yang a bit puzzled - could it be that this thing was really left behind by his grandfather's grandfather?

  Li Yang smiled again at this thought, the house they were living in now was allocated to his father when he was young, even if it was something left by his grandfather's grandfather, it wouldn't be buried under this house.

  "Not the same!" Zhang Ying shook his head, carefully examining the jade snuff bottle again, and continued to say: "The kind of water is almost the same, but the meaning is different!"

  "Does it mean something different? Manager Zhang, just tell me how much this thing is worth!"

  Li Yang was taken aback for a moment, he didn't quite understand what it meant, he came here just to ask Zhang Ying to appraise the value, if it's about right, he wanted to sell it as soon as possible.

  Zhang Ying put away the snuff bottle, shook his head and smiled: "This is really hard to say, just from the jade alone, this thing can only be worth over 10 million at most, but the craftsmanship and that different meaning, I feel it will be higher!"

  "What's the use of being skilled and meaningful?" Li Yang furrowed his brow, he hadn't expected that in Zhang Ying's mouth, value was even lower than he had imagined, but it seemed not to be the case either.

  "Like this, I'll now take you to see someone who might be able to tell you the true value of this thing!"

  Zhang Ying dragged Li Yang out of the office, instructed other employees and took Li Yang and Li Cheng to his car. He didn't care about Li Yang's inquiry and drove away.

  Ten minutes later, Zhang Ying drove into a high-end community and stopped in front of a pretty villa.

  "Manager Zhang, where are we going exactly? What is this place? I've never heard of such a high-end place in Mingyang before?"

  After getting off the bus, Li Yang looked around and asked Zhang Ying several questions.

  "You'll know once you go in, this place isn't something that can be bought with just money!" Zhang Ying smiled and walked forward to press the doorbell. Before long, the large outer door automatically opened.

  After the gate opened, inside was a pretty big yard. This yard was much stronger than Li Yang's family yard. There were two small gardens and two large trees. Under the trees were a set of very classical stone tables and a reclining chair. An old man with white hair sat in the reclining chair under the tree, and behind him stood a middle-aged woman in her 40s.

  "Little Zhang, it's been a long time since you came here, what brings you this time?"

  The old man with white hair lay there, just looking at Zhang Ying and others, smiling and saying a sentence.

  "What are you talking about, old man? I just came to see you last month, but this time I really have something important to show you!" Zhang Ying smiled and quickly walked up, looking like he was familiar with the two of them.

  "What is it? If it's not something good, be careful or I'll knock your head!" The old man raised the cane beside him and shook it, speaking fiercely, but his face was full of smiles.

  "It's not a good thing, you can knock my head into Sakyamuni and it's no problem!"

  Zhang Ying stood in front of the old man, smiling and saying, after finishing, he pulled out Li Yang who was still standing behind him: "He Lao, this is my colleague from the company, named Li Yang, his luck is really good!"

  Zhang Ying smiled at Li Yang and said, "This is Mr. He, a renowned figure in the antique world, equivalent to the North Star. Following him can teach you a lot of things. Let Mr. He take a look at your items, he'll surely be able to tell their value!"

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