Chapter 2061
The car came to a slow halt.
Still not holding back, Uncle Shou persuaded again.
“Mr. Lin, Old Man Bai really doesn’t care about these false gifts.
It’s fine once your person arrives.”
Lin Mo twisted his head and said back.
“It’s always bad to go empty-handed when visiting for the first time.
Uncle Shou, please wait for me here for a while, I’ll be right back.”
With that, he stepped out of the car.
Seeing that persuasion was to no avail, Uncle Shou could only smile bitterly and shake his head.
Generally speaking, what the older generation of characters liked was naturally some literary and antique items.
So in order to buy the accompanying gifts, the car came by way of the antique market.
Due to time constraints, Lin Mo chose the largest shop in the entire antique market, the Tian Bao Lei Yin Pavilion.
The pavilion was built in a pole-and-rail ancient style structure.
And the building materials used were all wood.
Although the pavilion is very tall, the whole building has only three floors.
Beneath the flying eaves of the front door, twelve straight golden-framed timbers stand silently.
Above the main entrance, five large gold-encrusted characters ‘Tian Bao Lei Yin Pavilion’ are hung high.
Inside, the pavilion is luxuriously decorated.
Under the large crystal chandeliers, the building is gloriously decorated.
The spacious hall was lined with all kinds of antique artefacts.
As soon as Lin Mo entered, the manager who was not far away came over.
“Hello sir, welcome to Tian Bao Lei Yin Pavilion.
My surname is Wang, you can call me Manager Wang directly.
May I ask what you need, sir, and I will show you around.”
Lin Mo also had no clear purpose, so he spoke casually.
“Well, I’ll just take a casual look first.”
“Okay, sir. This way please.”
After saying that, Manager Wang led Lin Mo directly to the third floor.
This floor was the highest grade of Tianbao Leiyin Pavilion, and the lowest price of all the objects in it was in the 100,000 range.
Manager Wang had been in this business for many years, and his ability to read people’s minds had been honed to perfection.
The first time he saw Lin Mo, he could tell that this man was not the kind of person who was short of money.
The youngsters nowadays would not come to this place to pick out something if they were not picking out a gift for their elders.
Thinking of this, Manager Wang had a recommendation plan.
“Sir, this purple sand pot is the best set we have in terms of quality.
And it’s not expensive either, just 360,000.”
With that, Manager Wang put on his white silk gloves and brought up the entire set of purple sand pots beside him.
Lin Mo merely glanced at it before giving up on the idea of buying it.
It was too new.
For a grandfatherly figure like Old Bai.
For a person of Bai Lao’s grandfather’s generation, a purple sand pot, jade pendant, and other personal items, it was not just the price, or the texture that was important.
It’s more about the age of the piece, just like a walnut.
They may be worthless to someone else, but to an old man who has been playing with them for a decade or more, they are a treasure that cannot be replaced.
Although the shop is large, there are many items.
However, there were very few items that Lin Mo could really look at.
He picked out a pair of gilt celadon vases and a set of ink and brush.
This was the end of his trip.
But when he was about to go downstairs.
He caught a glimpse of a scroll on the wall.
“Do you want to buy this?”
Lin Mo asked, pointing at the painting.
Beside him, Manager Wang’s eyes instantly lit up, before he quickly hid it back.
“This ……..
This painting is for our shop’s decoration and is a non-sale item.”
After a moment of hesitation, he continued.
“But if you really like it, sir, we can bear to part with it.
After all, the customer is God!”
That expression of a beloved object that was hard to part with was shown by him to the fullest.
Of course, the non-sale sign hanging in the corner of the scroll also confirmed Manager Wang’s words.
After all, this ‘Double Swallows in Spring Pond’ painting was bought back by his own hands.
Although it was a fake bought at a roadside stall for 500 yuan, the degree of simulation was indeed very high.
From the moment Lin Mo interrogated this painting scroll.
Manager Wang had already given him the mark of Little Sheep.