Chapter Fifteen Birthday Gift

  Zhao Rui returned home when Sun Xiaolan also returned to her own home.

  It's Saturday anyway, and since I live in Dong'an, I can go home and reunite with my parents, enjoy the joy of family reunion, and improve my life at the same time.

  The porridge in the school cafeteria can wash baths, and the rice can hit birds. It's naturally far from comparable to the rich and delicious food at home.

  Although she had bought two birthday gifts for her mother at the school gate, Sun Xiaolan didn't say a word and planned to surprise her on her birthday.

  Lying on her bed in her own room, she took out two things she had bought from the school gate and held them in her hands to admire carefully.

  These two items were both chosen by Zhao Rui to help her, one is a bronze Buddha statue from the Qing Dynasty period, and the other is a snuff bottle from the Cixi period of the Qing Dynasty.

  Although the vendors selling these two items touted them as rare treasures, she absolutely wouldn't think that these two items were genuine. Because in total, these two items only cost her 150 yuan.

  Is there such a cheap treasure in the world?

  Besides, those antique dealers at the entrance of the academy are all very cunning and wouldn't do business at a loss. As for finding bargains, it might have been possible 20 or 30 years ago, but now it's very difficult to come across such opportunities.

  Even if those antique dealers really had a blind spot and took out the treasure as a fake to sell, Sun Xiaolan felt that with Zhao Rui's eyesight and luck, it was also impossible to pick out. Because he just spent two thousand yuan buying a fake jade pendant and was ridiculed by others for a while.

  "Poor Little Rui, he was cheated by the cunning merchant at Ji Bao Zhen and lost two thousand yuan, which is several months' worth of living expenses." Sun Xiaolan sympathetically murmured a sentence, thinking in her heart whether she should comfort him properly.

  Sun Xiaolan decided to pack the two things nicely and give them to her mother.

  Although she had already determined that the copper Buddha and snuff bottle were counterfeit, they were all made with great precision, and it was still very nice to put them in her home as decorations. So Sun Xiaolan felt very satisfied, thinking that the 150 yuan she spent was not wasted.

  In the blink of an eye, a week had passed and it was also Sun Xiaolan's mother's birthday. She carefully wrapped up two antique items and then called Zhao Rui to come over for lunch.

  "Xiao Lan jie, I haven't prepared a gift for Aunt yet, it's not good to go empty-handed, is it?"

  "Who said I wasn't prepared? Last time at the academy gate, didn't you pick out two things for me? Count that as one. Although they're all knockoffs, they look pretty exquisite, and I've carefully wrapped them up; my mom will definitely be satisfied."

  Imitation? Little Orchid, that's a genuine product! You don't have much faith in me, do you?

  Zhao Rui muttered a sentence in his heart, but didn't say it out loud, just smiled and followed Sun Xiaolan to her home.

  Sun Xiaolan's father is a university professor, and her mother is a famous music teacher. They are both very kind-hearted people. After Zhao Rui's parents passed away, they took great care of him, inviting him to their home for meals on every holiday. They also never interfered with the interactions between Sun Xiaolan and Zhao Rui.

  When Zhao Rui entered the door, all the dishes were already on the table. Xiao Lan's mother was serving and sitting at the edge of the table. Her father was holding a bottle of Great Wall dry red wine, looking for an opener everywhere. As soon as he saw Zhao Rui enter, Xiao Lan's mother waved her hand and greeted: "Xiao Rui is here! Hurry up and sit down. We can eat soon."

  Zhao Rui smiled and bowed his hands: "Auntie, I wish you good health, everything goes well, and become younger and more beautiful."

  Sun Xiaolan's mother was a beauty when she was young, and although she is now older, she still has some charm, and usually pays attention to her image. Hearing Zhao Rui's compliment, her face couldn't help but smile like a flower.

  "Still Little Rui has a sweet mouth, come, come, come, sit down quickly."

  Sun Xiaolan quietly pinched Zhao Rui, seemingly blaming him for saying all the good things and leaving her with nothing to say.

  "Mom, I also wish you a happy birthday and good health. Here, Xiaorui and I have prepared two birthday gifts for you," she said, handing over the two exquisitely packaged small wooden boxes.

  "Oh, there's a gift too! The packaging is quite beautiful, I wonder what's inside?" Mrs. Xiao Lan took the gift with a delighted face, she didn't care about the value of the gift, but her daughter and Zhao Rui's kind intention made her very happy.

  "Open it and you'll know? Hurry up and open it, see if you like it." Sun Xiaolan urged repeatedly.

  Xiao Lan's mother unwrapped the package, took out the copper Buddha and snuff bottle inside, looked at them, and a surprised expression appeared on her face: "Ah, these two things are made very delicate, where did you buy them?"

  "The Academy Gate." Sun Xiaolan saw her mother's fondness and couldn't help but feel very happy, hastily answering.

  "Bookstore door? Are you buying antiques? With your two standards, it's not easy to buy genuine products there!" At this time, Xiaolan's father had already found the bottle opener and pulled out the cork. He poured wine while speaking.

  Sun Xiaolan handed him the wine glass and said carelessly, "It's nothing, I know they're fake, but they're made so exquisite, and it only cost over a hundred yuan, which is quite worth it!"

  "It's just over a hundred, it's pretty good-looking as a decoration at home, you like to pour cold water on others." Xianglan's mother quickly helped her daughter speak.

  "Ah, yes, it's not easy to find a filial daughter like that. Come, let me take a look, my daughter and Xiao Rui spent 150 yuan together, I wonder what treasure they've brought back." Xiaolan's father put down the wine bottle, took the copper Buddha and snuff bottle in his hands, and carefully examined them against the light.

  He has a hobby for antiques and often fiddles with small trinkets in his free time. Although he is constrained by financial means and hasn't had the opportunity to find anything particularly expensive, overall, he still has some knowledge of antiques, at least far surpassing that of his daughter.

  After carefully distinguishing between the two objects for a long time, a look of surprise gradually appeared on Xiaolan's father's face. He found that these two things were not only not counterfeit products, but also valuable and expensive antiques!

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