Reincarnation in the 60s: My Spatial Supermarket Brings Forth Wealth-Chapter 351 - 349: Nine Revolutions Universe Tripod
Lin Xue and Zhang Yuan seized the opportunity when the family went out to find someone, and quietly took out ten thousand yuan. That should be enough! If it’s all gold jewelry, we definitely won’t need that much!
Soon, Mr. Qi brought Mrs. Qi back, and Mr. Qi was holding something wrapped tightly in cloth, glancing around to make sure there was no one. Only then did he relax.
"Kids, this is our family heirloom! Take a look! Can it be worth some money?"
The look in his eyes was full of longing, which naturally made Lin Xue more cautious.
She carefully unwrapped the cloth, layer by layer, until the last layer was red cloth, looking as cautious as could be.
Lin Xue cautiously opened the red cloth, "This is—"
She saw a tripod, with nine dragons on it, intricately carved. Although the color was somewhat dull, it was not hard to see it was made of jade.
As they say, gold has a price, but jade is priceless. This was obviously an ancient piece. Plus, being jade, it was likely something very good.
Lin Xue actually didn’t understand antiques, having been merely a department store owner in her previous life. Even with her total savings amounting to just over three million yuan, how could she understand these things?
However, even though she didn’t understand, she had a golden finger. Suddenly, she heard the voice of assistance in her mind.
"Boss, this is a good thing, a genuine old piece, something the emperor used, the Nine Revolutions Universe Tripod! Authentic Hetian jade, purely hand-carved! In future generations, it will surely be worth millions!"
Lin Xue widened her eyes. The assistance actually had this function? Not bad, indeed very good. But if it’s worth millions in the future, how much should she offer for it now?
After all, her savings from the future were withdrawn in full according to this era’s money, but it hadn’t been discounted for her!
"Boss, what are you hesitating about? Buy it quickly! You’ll get rich!" The assistance urged Lin Xue as she hesitated, emphasizing.
Lin Xue tried to communicate with the assistance using her thoughts. As the assistance understood her concerns, it smiled. What a silly boss. This space was her own benefit; why think so much?
"Boss, if you offer them five thousand yuan, they might all kneel down and kowtow! Why consider so much? If you hesitate now, when people in the village come and find out that the Qi Family has so much money, it’ll be trouble for them!"
Only then did Lin Xue make her decision. When she looked up from the Nine Revolutions Universe Tripod, she realized everyone was staring at her, even Zhang Yuan.
"Kids, can this thing be sold for money? Could it be worth fifty or eighty?" Mr. Qi saw the young ones had been looking at it for quite some time without speaking, fearing that something treasured for so long was just a fake, utterly worthless.
Lin Xue cleared her throat, "Uncle, be prepared mentally, don’t be scared when I say it!" Then she looked at Zhang Yuan.
Zhang Yuan could actually hear the assistance’s words too, but he was pretending not to hear. Because what the assistance said about future generations, her assets, he knew that his wife didn’t want him to know this, so he acted as if he didn’t know.
Upon hearing this, Mr. and Mrs. Qi’s spirits dampened, thinking it was completely worthless!
However, they recalled the golden bracelet just sold, and knowing the family wouldn’t starve, at least they still had two hundred yuan.
"Go ahead, kids, I’m okay!" Mr. Qi calmed his disappointed feelings and told Lin Xue.
"Uncle, this item is called the Nine Revolutions Universe Tripod! It’s a genuine old piece. I’ve learned from friends that if you’re genuinely selling to me today, I’ll offer this amount! See if it’s acceptable!"
After speaking, she directly extended five fingers, but Mr. Qi and his wife thought it was five hundred yuan. They cheerfully nodded, "It’s good, kids, we’ll sell it, we’ll buy it! Quickly put it away so it’s not seen by others later!" Mr. Qi urged eagerly.
Lin Xue didn’t hesitate, quickly packed the item into her bag, and counted out five thousand two hundred yuan from the ten thousand yuan she had taken out earlier.
"This... so much?" Mrs. Qi looked at the thick wad of money incredulously, dumbfounded.
"That’s right! I offered five thousand for the Nine Revolutions Universe Tripod, and two hundred for the golden bracelet! Exactly five thousand two hundred! You better put it away quickly. Otherwise, when there are more people, such a large sum will surely attract attention!" Lin Xue reminded with a smile.
"Is it five thousand? Not five hundred?" Mr. Qi asked in a daze.
"Of course it’s five thousand! Uncle, don’t dawdle, hurry up and put it away!"
The couple didn’t have time to daze, quickly using the cloth that was wrapped around the Nine Revolutions Universe Tripod to bundle up all the money and rushed back inside to hide it.
"Wife, I realize this village shouldn’t be underestimated. I’m afraid the money we took isn’t enough to buy these old pieces! We should take out a bit more!" Zhang Yuan reminded his wife when no one was around.
"I think so too! Let’s take out another ten thousand yuan!" Saying this, Lin Xue took another ten thousand yuan out of the space.
Soon, the couple’s elder uncle showed up according to Mrs. Qi.
The elderly couple also came over, carrying a layer of wrapped items.
Mr. and Mrs. Qi also followed in, their eyes filled with excitement. Others didn’t know, but they did. The things from the elder brother’s family were a pair with theirs. These were heirlooms passed down by their grandfather, not given to their father, but instead to the two brothers, one for each! They had already sold theirs, and at a high price too, now just waiting to see the elder brother and sister-in-law’s shocked disbelief.
Sure enough, when the item was taken out, Lin Xue was stunned. It was indeed identical. Without the assistance’s explanation, she would have thought they were deceiving her, trying to pass off fake goods.
The assistance said this was real too, a pair with the previous one. If sold together as a pair, they would be worth even more.
Lin Xue generously counted out five thousand yuan and placed it in front of Uncle Qi and his wife.
The couple initially jumped up startled, watching Lin Xue and Zhang Yuan warily, until Mr. Qi happily explained, mentioning how their family also received the same price. Only then did the couple’s trembling hands go to pack the money.
They repeatedly thanked them, calling them lifesavers, almost kneeling to kowtow.
"Our dear daughter is saved! Is saved already! Auntie! You wouldn’t know, when you sent the cake over, our dear daughter was hanging by a thread. As soon as she saw the cake, her mom quickly made it into porridge for her to drink, saving her life. Now it’s good. We have money! We will go to the county tomorrow to buy food! Buy several hundred catties and never have to starve again!"
They knew that the county had already started selling food without rationing tickets, albeit at a higher price. However, regardless of how expensive, they had so much money in hand and weren’t afraid anymore.
"Let’s go back quickly! Tomorrow we will go to the county together! Our family will go too!" Mrs. Qi, having a good relationship with her sister-in-law, held hands mutually, eyes filled with excited tears.
The dear daughter mentioned by Aunt Qi was indeed a pitiful child, merely two years old, just weaned, yet encountering this famine year without food. Her mother’s milk dried up too, and the child, only two, was starving with a yellow face and swollen limbs, her belly bloated.
Their food hadn’t lasted until winter, already eaten up. Making it until now was due to their diligence, drying quite a lot of wild vegetables last summer.
