Chapter 57: Lifesaving Money

  "Sir, how's your vision now?"

  Liu Yi Yang stared blankly at the white porcelain bowl for a long time, and the young man selling the bowls became slightly impatient, asking loudly.

  When he asked this, Liu Yi Yang immediately stopped thinking and subconsciously looked at the white-glazed bowl in his hand again.

  This is a genuine Five Dynasties Dingyao official kiln white glaze bowl, the so-called "official kiln" refers to the bottom of the porcelain having an inscribed character 'guan'

  The "guān" character on porcelain is different from the modern "guān" character, with an extra vertical stroke to the left of the "mouth" radical at the bottom, which looks very powerful.

  The value of this bowl is absolutely not just one million. Judging from the time when the spiritual energy emerged, the value of this bowl is almost the same as that of the jade ring. Even if the price is lower, it will not be much lower than that of the jade ring.

  "I've taken a look, but may I ask, where did this bowl come from?" Liu Yiyang gently put down the bowl and asked in a low voice.

  A high-value treasure, sold at a low price, and in such a hurry to sell it off. Liu Yi Yang instinctively thought that there was something fishy about this, which is why he asked.

  This young man has been shouting that this is a genuine ancient ceramic, since he knows its origin, shouldn't he also have some understanding of its value? Why would he sell it so cheaply?

  This is also Liu Yiyang's greatest suspicion. If it weren't for the fact that this porcelain looks like it has been passed down for a long time and isn't something that was just unearthed, he would even suspect that the person in front of him is a grave robber, selling things that were just dug up or stolen.

  "This is a family heirloom of mine. Can you accept it? Are you in charge? If not, hurry up and call someone who is!"

  The young man shouted loudly, with a look of anxiety on his face.

  "Is it a family heirloom? Is there any proof?" Liu Yi Yang lowered his head and thought for a moment before asking again.

  "Of course they are. They're both my neighbors. And here's my household registration book and ID card. Everyone in Chen Village knows me, and many people know that our family has this bowl!"

  The young man took out a bag, and indeed there were things like ID cards and household registration books inside. It seems he was well-prepared.

  As for the Chen Village he mentioned, it is a village in the city of Binhai, which is some distance from the Antique City. However, Binhai Medical University is not far from there. Liu Yiyang's school is located between the Antique City and Chen Village, so I have some understanding of that place.

  Liu Yi Yang didn't go to check that household register and ID card, they were an antique shop, not a police station, looking at these was useless.

  "Since it's a family heirloom, can you tell us more about this treasure of yours?"

  Liu Yi Yang smiled and asked another question, while Hu Hong Ye looked at him with some surprise. At this time, someone around them finished the transaction, bought something, and other salespeople called her. She could only go over to take care of business first and leave everything here to Liu Yi Yang to handle.

  "Our family's treasure, how could I not know? This is a Song Dynasty Dingyao official kiln porcelain, it's from the Song Dynasty imperial kiln, very valuable. In the past, someone offered our family 100,000 yuan for it, but we didn't sell. If it wasn't for urgent need of money this time, I wouldn't have taken it out to sell either. This is my family's heirloom treasure!"

  The young man spoke loudly, and as he spoke, he picked up the white porcelain bowl again, with a hint of reluctance and sadness in his eyes.

  Liu Yi Yang had been paying attention to him, and seeing this application was also somewhat surprising, able to reveal such sincere emotions, it seemed like the real thing, this thing might really be their family heirloom.

  "Come with me!"

  Liu Yi Yang smiled wryly and called out to the young man, taking them together to a sofa in the first floor lounge area of Xuan Ya Zhai. The first floor had a temporary rest area that wasn't very big, only able to seat a few people, and at this moment it just so happened that no one was there.

  When leaving, Liu Yi Yang asked the waiter to pour a few more cups of tea to entertain the guests.

  Liu Yi Yang left, and the onlookers around him also followed suit. Many people wanted to see how this extremely young man, who looked like a student, would handle this matter, and what kind of comments he would make about the thing that was handed over to him.

  They thought that young people who looked like students were naturally Liu Yi Yang, but what they didn't know was that Liu Yi Yang was originally a university student and thought he had already graduated and worked here.

  "First of all, I'd like to correct you, your previous statement was incorrect, this white glaze bowl is not a Song Dynasty porcelain..."

  "You say this is fake?"

  Liu Yi Yang had just spoken a sentence when the young man directly interrupted him, his face turned extremely ugly, shouting: "Impossible! This was passed down to my father by my grandfather and then to me. I saw it when I was young, it's even older than me. How could it be fake? You see this font, don't you? It's the official script, this is an official kiln!"

  The young man appeared very excited and had obvious hostility towards Liu Yi Yang.

  Liu Yi Yang didn't mind at all and just as the shop assistant brought over some tea, indicating that the young man should drink some to calm down and soothe his emotions.

  After a pause, he continued: "This is indeed an official kiln product, but the term 'official kiln' doesn't necessarily refer to Guan Kiln. And when I said this isn't a Song Dynasty porcelain, I didn't say it's fake!"

  This time the young man did not refute, but frowned and looked at Liu Yi Yang very vigilantly.

  "This piece of Guan kiln porcelain has a correct glaze color, and the writing of the Guan character is also very elegant. This is a true Guan kiln porcelain, but it's not from the Song Dynasty, it's a work from the Five Dynasties period, and it's also a masterpiece!"

  Liu Yi Yang smiled and said, this time that young man didn't say a word, he just opened his big mouth staring at Liu Yi Yang.

  Others only said that the thing was not from the Song Dynasty, and did not say it was fake, but he was so excited, which made him a little embarrassed. After more than a minute, he whispered: "I don't know what era this porcelain is from, I just heard that Song Dynasty official kiln porcelain is very valuable, and the Song Dynasty Ding Kiln is the most famous, so I thought it was from the Song Dynasty!"

  As soon as he said that, the people around him immediately burst out laughing. It's said that Song Dynasty antiques are valuable, so they took their own treasures to be appraised as Song Dynasty artifacts. This young man is quite interesting.

  Liu Yi Yang was also smiling, the young man's words had greatly changed his impression of him. Others didn't know, but he was very clear that what this young man said must be true, because the Five Dynasties were even earlier than the Song Dynasty, there was no need to fabricate such a lie.

  "If it's true, then you'd better take it, Brother Hua is still waiting for this money to save his life!"

  A tattooed man next to the young man interrupted, Liu Yi Yang was slightly stunned, and looked at the owner of the white bowl again, asking in a low voice: "What's going on with taking money to save lives?"

  The young man glanced at his companion and immediately began to explain in a low voice.

  His story wasn't complicated and he finished telling it in no time. After he finished, the young man's eyes were still a bit red, and many people around him looked at him with sympathy.

  The young man's name is Shao Hua, 26 years old. He got married two years ago and had a lovely daughter last year. The whole family lives happily together. His job is going smoothly, although it doesn't pay much, but their life is stable and happy.

  There are unpredictable winds and clouds in the sky. A few days ago, his wife took their daughter to a supermarket, and on their way back, they were hit by a car. The driver of the car ran away after hitting them, leaving two people lying unconscious on the ground. If it weren't for some kind-hearted people who called an ambulance, the mother and daughter might have met with disaster.

  Two people were seriously injured, especially the one-year-old daughter was more severely injured. In the past few days, the mother and daughter spent tens of thousands in the hospital, not only exhausting all their savings but also accumulating a lot of external debt.

  Today, my daughter suddenly had an emergency situation. Disaster struck twice as my wife's body also suddenly deteriorated. The hospital notified us that both of them need to undergo surgery. My daughter's surgery cannot be later than 10 pm tonight, and my wife's surgery cannot exceed midnight. The two surgeries basically have to be done at the same time.

  Moreover, the cost of these two surgeries is not low. This time it's a very dangerous and complicated surgery. The hospital requires them to pay first before performing the surgery, otherwise they will only take conservative treatment, without guaranteeing the consequences.

  Shao Hua had no choice but to ask relatives and friends around him to borrow money, and finally borrowed 50,000.

  50,000 is not a small amount, but the hospital requires a deposit of at least 150,000, which is a huge gap. Having no other choice, he thought of the family heirloom, something he had never considered selling before, and this time it was also out of desperation.

  The baby didn't know exactly how much it was worth, but five years ago someone offered their family 100,000 yuan for it, only they didn't sell. This time, in urgent need of money, he could only bring the porcelain to Antiques City, and worried about safety, specially called two neighbors to come over and escort him.

  Those two neighbors are a bit like thugs.

  Before coming to Xuan Ya Zhai, they had been to several antique shops. Some were willing to buy it, but only offered 20,000 yuan. It's unknown what those people in the antique shop were thinking, offering such an impossible price.

  Liu Yi Yang estimated that the people in that store couldn't be sure whether this piece of porcelain was genuine or fake, after all, there were too few official kiln porcelains on the market, and auction companies hadn't seen many, so it wasn't easy to come across a real one.

  But they can't tell where the fake is, so they are willing to spend 20,000 yuan to take a gamble.

  Twenty thousand, Shao Hua naturally couldn't sell it. After visiting several stores, he really had no choice but to come to Xuan Ya Zhai under the prompt of a store owner.

  The shop owner told him that there were not many people who could appreciate this thing, and even fewer dared to take it. Xuan Ya Zhai is the largest antique store here, and the experts inside have the highest eyesight. Only by selling it to them would he have a chance. Other places, even if they saw its authenticity, would not be able to give him cash immediately, and would definitely need to take it away for another appraisal.

  They came to Xuan Ya Zhai like this, because it was already a bit late and close to the hospital's deadline for him, they could only sell it to Xuan Ya Zhai at this price.

  Things were like that, after finishing speaking, Shao Hua's eyes became even redder, and he said again: "Please, I beg of you, I guarantee my things are real, if they're fake or not worth this much money, I'll work as a cow or a horse to pay you back in the future. I'm really short on money now, this is life-saving money!"

  Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly knelt down in front of Liu Yi Yang, and tears that he could no longer hold back flowed down.

  "Stop it, don't be like this, I believe what you're saying is true, don't rush, speak slowly, I'll call someone right away!"

  His actions startled Liu Yi Yang, who quickly helped Shao Hua up and shouted out Hu Jie's name again. The person in charge of the first floor was Hu Jie, and everything had to go through her.