Chapter 116 (2/2)
Andy didn't take care of the middle-aged stall owner. He turned to Joseph and whispered, ”don't follow me for a while.”
Joseph nodded and knew that the boss had found out the problem. He smiled and took the bag from the boss, and watched the boss put several bundles of dollars into his pants pocket, which was a bit bulging.
Andy took a deep breath, smiled with sunshine on his face, wore a pair of sunglasses, and walked towards the plaque.
Andy approaches and carefully observes the plaque. The background paint on the plaque is mottled. The three bright gold characters are also a little se missing. The border is a bit broken and the protection is very poor.
Andy's eyes brightened as he looked at the small signature on one side. The signer above, Andy really knows, because he has been to this man's former residence.
Suzhou No. 1 scholar Museum, the former residence of Pan Shien, the No. 1 scholar at the end of Qianlong period, has successively served as Minister of Li, Minister of Li and Minister of work.
Unfortunately, the appearance of this plaque is not good at all. Andy looks at the young man who has been cleaning the booth with his head down. Originally, he should be very kind with black hair and yellow skin, but Andy's eyes are not very friendly.
Originally, if the plaque is broken due to historical reasons, it's really impossible, but watching the plaque is so casually thrown aside, Andy can be sure that the young stall owner is an ABC, and has no idea what he sells at all.
In this way, if you don't know the goods, you can transfer them to the person who knows the goods.
Andy crouches down to look at the things on the stall, which attracts the attention of the stall owner. There is no happy expression on the stall owner's face, but he says mechanically, ”welcome.”
Andy nodded and asked abruptly in Mandarin, ”you are good. Did you bring these things from China?”
”Well?” At last, there was an expression on the young stall owner's face. It was still a very surprised expression, but the expression on his face became a little tangled again. Well, Andy saw that the young stall owner's face was red, which was a little puzzling.
But as soon as the young stall owner opened his mouth, Andy understood. NIMA, this Chinese saying is cruel enough. It's ABC. Andy smiled and shook his head helplessly, and said in English: ”your Chinese is not as good as mine.”
”Cough... I'm the third generation of Chinese Americans, so this Chinese saying is really not good. However, sir, your Chinese saying is very good. If my grandfather saw you, he would be very happy. Unfortunately... Ah. ”
Andy saw the young man's sad expression, and roughly guessed that the things in this stall should be the young man's grandfather's, and the sad expression should be his grandfather's death.
”You can call me Andy. Your things are very interesting. Most of them are from the Republic of China. Especially this pile of newspapers were issued at that time. It's really not easy to keep them so well.” Andy didn't want to explore other people's private affairs, so he had to turn the subject around.
”You can call me Stephen. These are all left by my grandfather. It's easy to get moldy in the warehouse. I'm afraid that they will be thrown away as garbage in the end. My grandfather was very precious to these things before his death. I don't want him to get angry in heaven, so I'll come to the flea market and help them find a suitable owner...”
Andy really feels a chill when he listens to it. NIMA, the people in the heaven believe in the gods in the heaven. OK, return NIMA to God. Bah bah, OK. Don't blaspheme God. He's a kid. He's from across. It's a slap on the face.
”Ah, by the way, sir, your words are so good. You must like the Chinese culture very much. Look, this is my grandfather's favorite thing in his lifetime.” With that, Stephen took out a small wooden case from behind that was the size of the storage box sold in the supermarket.
Andy is a little shocked and speechless looking at the things in the wooden box, looking at Stephen and asking, ”are you sure you want to sell these things?”
”What? Is there any problem? ” Stephen asked, a little confused.
”No... No problem, just these... These comic books, well, are called comic books in the Chinese dynasty. It's rare to have such a complete collection and preservation. Although they are not valuable, they are valuable for collection. ” Andy looks at the complete set of comic books in the box, such as a dream of Red Mansions, outlaws of the marsh, and records of the Three Kingdoms. He really is very precious. Of course, he will not understand the ABC in front of him. The precious degree of these comic books printed in the Republic of China.