Chapter 15 - Birthday Gift
When Zhao Rui went home, Sun Xiaolan also returned to his home.
Anyway, it was Saturday, and the family lives in Dong'an, home and parents reunion, you can enjoy the joy of family life, and at the same time improve to improve life.
The school canteen's thin rice can be bathed, and the rice can fight birds, but naturally it is far from being comparable to the rich and delicious meals at home.
Although she bought two birthday gifts for her mother at the school gate, Sun Xiaolan did not make a sound, and was ready to give her mother a surprise on her birthday.
Lying on the bed in her room, she took out the two things she bought from the Shuyuan Gate and held them in her hands to play with them carefully.
Both items were picked out by Zhao Rui for her, one was a bronze Buddha statue from the Qing Dynasty, and the other was a snuff bottle from the Cixi period of the Qing Dynasty.
Although the peddler who sold these two items blew them up as rare treasures, she would never think that they were genuine. Because these two items together only cost her a total of one hundred and fifty dollars.
How can there be such cheap treasures in the world?
Besides, those antique sellers in Shuyuan Gate are more shrewd and cunning than one another, so it's impossible to do a deal that loses money. As for picking up a leak, 20 or 30 years ago, you might still come across it often, but now it's very difficult to meet a chance to pick up a leak.
Even if those antique dealers really have lost their eyes, the treasure out as a fake to sell, Sun Xiaolan think, with Zhao Rui's eyesight and luck, it is also impossible to pick out. Because he just spent two thousand dollars to buy a fake jade plaque, and also gave someone a taunt.
"Poor little Rui, cheated two thousand dollars to the treacherous merchants of Ji Bao Zhai, that's several months of living expenses." Sun Xiaolan cooed sympathetically, thinking whether he should be comforted and consoled.
After playing with the two items in her hand for a while, Sun Xiaolan decided to wrap them properly before giving them to her mother.
Although she had already decided in her heart that the bronze Buddha and the snuff bottle were fakes, they were both exquisitely made and looked very good as ornaments at home, so Sun Xiaolan felt very satisfied and felt that she had not spent 150 yuan in vain.
A week passed and Xiaolan's mother's birthday arrived. Sun Xiaolan wrapped the two antiques properly and then called Zhao Rui to go to her house for lunch.
"Sister Xiaolan, I haven't prepared a gift for my aunt, it's not good to go empty-handed."
"Who said there is no preparation, last time I went to the school gate you picked two things for me, right? Count one for you. Although they are imitations, but they look quite exquisite, and I wrapped them properly, my mother must be satisfied."
Imitation? Sister Lan, that is the real thing! You have too little confidence in me.
Zhao Rui muttered in his heart, but his mouth did not say anything, just smiled, and then followed Sun Xiaolan to her home.
Sun Xiaolan father is a university professor, mother is a music teacher, people are relatively kind, after the death of Zhao Rui's parents, they have been very good care of Zhao Rui, every holiday, will call on Zhao Rui to their home to eat, for Sun Xiaolan and Zhao Rui's interactions, and never stop.
When Zhao Rui entered, the meal was already on the table, Xiaolan's mother was sitting at the table in full dress, and her father was holding a bottle of Great Wall Red, looking around for a corkscrew, once she saw Zhao Rui enter, Xiaolan's mother waved her hand and greeted: "Xiaorui is here! Hurry up and sit down. Hurry up and sit down. Dinner will be ready soon."
Zhao Rui smiled and made a bow: "Auntie, I wish you good health, all the best, and more and more youthful and beautiful."
Sun Xiaolan's mother was a beauty when she was young, now she is older, but still has a few charm, usually also pay attention to their image, listen to Zhao Rui so complimentary, face can not help but smile into a flower.
"Or Xiao Rui sweet mouth, come, come, come, quickly sit."
Sun Xiaolan reached out and quietly pinched Zhao Rui, seemingly blaming him for finishing all the good words, causing himself to have nothing to say.
"Mom, I also wish you a happy birthday and good health. Here, Xiao Rui and I have prepared two birthday gifts for you," she said, handing over two exquisitely wrapped small wooden boxes.
"Oops, there are gifts, the packaging is quite beautiful, I wonder what's inside?" Xiaolan's mother took the gifts with a happy face, she did not care about the value of the gifts, but her daughter and Zhao Rui's heart made her very happy.
"Just open it and see, don't you know? Hurry up and open it to see if you like it." Sun Xiaolan urged one after another.
Xiaolan's mother unpacked the package, took out the bronze Buddha and snuff bottle inside, looked at them, and showed a surprised look on her face: "Aiya, these two things are exquisitely made, where did you buy them?"
"Shuyuanmen." When Sun Xiaolan saw that her mother liked them, she couldn't help but be very happy in her heart and hurriedly replied.
"Shu Yuan Men? You bought antiques? It's not easy for you two to go there and buy the real thing!" Xiaolan's father had already found the corkscrew by this time, pulled the cork out of the bottle, and said while pouring the wine.
Sun Xiaolan helped him pass the wine glass and said, "It's nothing, I know they're fakes, but they're made so exquisitely, and it only cost a hundred dollars, so it's worth it!"
"That's right, it's only a hundred dollars, it looks good as decoration at home, you like to throw cold water on people." Xiaolan's mother hurriedly helped her daughter to speak.
"Yes, my daughter's filial piety is rare. Come on, show me, my daughter and Xiao Rui spent a hundred and fifty dollars, in the end bought back what treasure." Xiaolan's father smiled and put the bottle down, took the bronze Buddha and snuff bottle in his hand, held it up to the light, and carefully appreciated it.
He has a hobby in this line of antiques, usually also often fiddling with some gadgets, although because of financial constraints, plus did not meet the opportunity to plunder what is particularly expensive, but in general, the antiques or a small research, at least than the daughter that is too strong.
After carefully identifying the two items for a long time, Xiaolan's father's face gradually revealed a look of amazement, he found that these two items are not only fakes, but also quite expensive antiques!