Chapter 176 Man’s calculation is not as good as God’s calculation
"Put these two things away. Just put them in this box."

"The Jinsinan painting box is anti-corrosion, moisture-proof and insect-proof. It's a great thing!"

Zhang Shiqi rewrapped the painting and calligraphy, put them into the painting box, and said to Li Changhe.

Li Changhe nodded and put it in a corner of the study.

At this time, he was actually quite envious of those protagonists who traveled through space. Once they put good things like this in the space, they wouldn't have to worry about them being stolen or damaged.

"By the way, Mr. Zhang, I need your help again!"

"I also exchanged a lot of old items from the countryside, but I can't tell whether they are good or bad. Some are dirty and are treated as garbage."

"Want me to test it for you?"

Zhang Shiqi glanced at Li Changhe and asked in a bad tone.

"How could that be possible? You don't need to do this kind of odd job. I was thinking that you have a wide network of contacts in the antique circle, so I'd like to introduce you to someone suitable. Is there anyone who wants to make more money and help me look at some things and clean them up at the same time?"

Li Changhe explained with a smile.

Zhang Shiqi nodded in satisfaction after hearing this: "Okay, you are smart, give me money, right? It will be easy if you give me money!"

If this kid were asked to do these jobs, he would kick Li Changhe to death.

But it would be much easier to help him find someone.

Some of his old friends who came back still haven't found a job yet. They are waiting at home every day, relying on some of their past connections for support.

Now that Li Changhe is willing to pay, it's okay for them to make some extra money.

"Wait for me later and I'll bring it to you. But there's one thing. In addition to the money, you also need to prepare some food coupons."

"These days, food stamps are more important than money!"

Zhang Shiqi said to Li Changhe seriously, and Li Changhe smiled and nodded: "No problem."

He understood what Zhang Shiqi meant. Most likely, some people from his former circle had returned and were not getting enough to eat and drink.

Just like the old Xia who produced the dragon and phoenix seal that I met last time.

"Then you better hurry up. I'm not trying to rush you. It's mainly because I have to go out in a few days, and it will take quite a while!"

"Oh? Going out? Where to?"

Zhang Shiqi asked curiously.

The main reason is that these days, it is quite rare for a student like Li Changhe to travel far away.

“Go to Hong Kong Island!”

Li Changhe did not hide anything. He was not sneaking across the border. He went there openly and there was nothing he was afraid to say.

Zhang Shiqi was a little surprised when he heard this.

"Are you going to Hong Kong Island?"

Li Changhe nodded: "Yeah, what's the matter, do you need me to buy something for you?"

Zhang Shiqi then asked Li Changhe seriously, "When you go there, will you go with the national team or on your own? Are you free?"

"I will go alone, without any foreign affairs personnel accompanying me! Please speak frankly."

When Li Changhe saw Zhang Shiqi asking this, he knew that the other party probably had something to worry about.

"You come with me!"

Zhang Shiqi hesitated for a moment and led Li Changhe to his room.

"If it's convenient for you, could you tell me what you are going to do in Hong Kong Island?"

After entering the room, Zhang Shiqi asked Li Changhe solemnly.

Li Changhe considered it for a moment, then said to Zhang Shiqi: "I can't tell you the details."

"A patriotic businessman over there invited me. We had some economic cooperation before. Of course, this country knows about it. My visit there was actually private and had nothing to do with state affairs."

"You are going to meet a wealthy businessman, right? Then can you do me a favor?"

Zhang Shiqi said softly at this time.

"you say!"

Li Changhe also knew at this time that something big must have happened to the old man.

"Wait a minute!"

Zhang Shiqi then walked to the head of the bed, lifted up the bed, found a secret box from underneath, and took it out.

It was a red wooden box. After Zhang Shiqi opened it, he took out three small boxes the size of a palm from it.

Then, open these small boxes one by one.

There were three things inside, two of which contained two tea cups, one black and one white, with inscriptions on them.

Then in the box in the middle, there is a bracelet. When the box is opened, there is a fragrance.

“Is this a teacup?”

Li Changhe looked at Zhang Shiqi with some surprise.

Li Changhe actually recognized these two tea cups. He watched the tea cups being made in a live broadcast room for a while. Later, he found out that they were all fake and lost interest.

Zhang Shiqi looked at him in surprise.

"You even know this!"

Northerners like to use teacups when drinking tea. Moreover, tea culture is not so popular in this era and it belongs to a relatively high-level circle product.

Zhang Shiqi was really surprised that Li Changhe could recognize him.

"Is this the Heart Sutra lamp?"

The Heart Sutra Cup is quite famous in later generations and looks very stylish.

The Heart Sutra is the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra. The phrase "form is emptiness, emptiness is form" comes from the Heart Sutra.

"This is not an ordinary Heart Sutra teacup."

"Do you know Master Hongyi?"

Zhang Shiqi asked Li Changhe seriously.

"Li Shutong?"

Li Changhe recalled for a moment and then asked tentatively.

This is a remarkable person.

The famous poem "Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, green grass stretches to the sky" was written by him.

"Yes, it's him!"

"These two Heart Sutra cups were carved by him when he was in Kaiyuan Temple in Min. Later, he asked someone to send a batch of them to the capital. These two are for me."

"The Heart Sutra above is also his calligraphy."

"And this string of agarwood Buddhist beads was also sent by him. It was his hand-held Buddhist beads that were consecrated."

"This"

"My wife had a serious stomach problem back then, and he knew that agarwood was very effective for treating stomach problems. At first, he had a string of agarwood Buddhist beads, so he gave it to Jianshi. Do you know Jianshi?"

Li Changhe shook his head.

"It's normal not to know. Old Fei lived decades ago."

"But when he brought it to me, I found it myself, so I didn't touch his Buddhist beads and teacup."

"In the blink of an eye, it's been decades."

"The Heart Sutra on these two teacups was written and engraved by Hongyi himself. It is his authentic work."

"Choose one of these two first. This will be my reward to you."

"As for the other teacup and bracelet, please help me take them to Hong Kong Island and sell them."

"These two things are not cultural relics now. Even if they pass the inspection, no one will care. Just say they are gifts for people."

"Hongyi is very famous in Hong Kong Island. These two things will be worth a lot of money, especially since you know a wealthy businessman."

Zhang Shiqi spoke sternly to Li Changhe.

Li Changhe was a little surprised.

"Are you short of money?"

The old man doesn't look like he's short of money.

"I'm not short of money, my son is!" Zhang Shiqi shook his head and then spoke to Li Changhe.

"Your son is missing... Wait, your son isn't?"

Li Changhe was a little shocked.

Zhang Shiqi smiled, then said to Li Changhe with emotion: "They are not missing, they ran to Hong Kong Island."

"In fact, I told them before I went to the countryside that if they could endure it, they should endure it. If they couldn't endure it, they should find a chance to escape and go to Hong Kong Island."

"You arranged for them to run away?"

Li Changhe was really surprised this time.

Zhang Shiqi shook his head: "How can I arrange for them to run away?"

“But I taught them how to fake it!”

"There are only a few types of paper used for official documents in the country, and the formats are easy to come by. Before I left, I taught them how to forge them. Anyway, ordinary people can't tell the authenticity of the warrant. As long as they buy the ticket by trickery, there is no way to find it."

"So when the locals told me they were missing, I knew they had run away. Later I also received news that they had arrived at Hong Kong Island."

"Sell these things for me, and then give the money to the two brothers, so they don't have to live a hard life over there."

"Good fellow, you knew from the beginning that your son was fine. I said you were so happy every day afterwards, so it seems you knew it from the beginning. You really pretended that it was true. Every time you talked about it, it really acted like they were missing."

Li Changhe thought of Zhang Shiqi's behavior, which was indeed very inconsistent at times. His son was missing and his daughter was dead, but he didn't seem to be immersed in grief and unable to get out of it.

It turned out that he knew early on that his son was fine.

"Nonsense, I must pretend. This is the first time you meet me. When I ask you about your college entrance examination results, you won't tell me. We are all the same. Who wouldn't be on guard?"

"Then why don't you arrange for your daughter to go out?"

Li Changhe hesitated for a moment and asked hesitantly.

Zhang Shiqi sighed at this time.

"She is young, has not learned as much as her two brothers, and is weaker. It would be better for a girl to stay in the countryside if she were to go out on her own."

"I was staying in the capital at the time, trying my best to place her nearby, hoping to find an opportunity to help her return to the city."

"But, man proposes, God disposes. God wants to take her life, and no one can do anything about it."

Zhang Shiqi planned everything, but he never expected that his daughter would die due to complications during childbirth.

"Okay, but I don't want the stuff anymore. I advise you to keep it and not sell it. These are all good things. It's not appropriate for them to be sent to Hong Kong Island."

"How much money do you want to give your son? Just tell me the number and I'll give it to them for you first."

Li Changhe said to Zhang Shiqi seriously.

Everything the old man kept was a treasure. Not to mention the set of imperial green jadeite jewelry he gave to his wife, which would be of inestimable value in the future.

Li Changhe felt that there was no need to let the old man sell his belongings, and it would be better for these things to remain in the country in the future.

He had no shortage of money when he arrived in Hong Kong.

Zhang Shiqi looked at Li Changhe in surprise, then asked in astonishment, "You are so rich?"

"Let me tell you, even though you are considered rich in China and earn a lot from writing articles, your 8,000 yuan is nothing in Hong Kong."

"Besides, the exchange amount for Hong Kong dollars is limited. Giving a few hundred dollars to my two sons is useless."

"I'll let you sell these two things. I won't say much more, but you should be able to sell them for hundreds of thousands."

Zhang Shiqi had not been abroad for many years, so these prices were still conservative estimates.

"It's too small!"

At this time, Li Changhe shook his head and said to Zhang Shiqi.

"What's too small?"

Zhang Shiqi was a little surprised.

"I said you are too narrow-minded."

"Just tell me how much money you want to give to your two sons. I can definitely give it to you."

Li Changhe joked to Zhang Shiqi with a smile.

When Zhang Shiqi heard Li Changhe's words, he became furious.

My goodness, is this guy so crazy now?

He himself said it, more than 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, and he still thinks it’s not enough?
"You kid, do you really have so much money?"

Zhang Shiqi asked Li Changhe in shock.

Li Changhe smiled, and then said proudly: "I'm not exaggerating. Within one million Hong Kong dollars, I can take it out as long as you ask for it."

"Of course we can have more, but it will take time."

"Just speak up and tell me how much money you plan to give your son."

Seeing Li Changhe's confident attitude, Zhang Shiqi thought for a moment, then slowly said, "Two hundred thousand!"

"If you really have money, give them 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, 100,000 Hong Kong dollars each. I'll lend you this money!"

"If you have money overseas, bring back some foreign exchange certificates, and I'll help you collect some good stuff."

"Okay, that's easy to say."

"But how do I find your son when I get there? Do you have an address?"

Li Changhe asked with a smile.

Zhang Shiqi rolled his eyes at him and said, "I don't have their addresses. I only know that they have arrived safely in Hong Kong Island, but I have no idea what they are doing now."

"You think we can call each other anytime? I spent a lot of effort to know their news."

"But I'll tell you how to find them."

"When you get there, go to Boundary Street in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Island. There is a La Salle College on Boundary Street."

"Then across from La Salle College, there is a dim sum shop called Jingji Dim Sum Shop. The owner's surname is Wu. I will write you a letter and you can take it to him. He will lead you to find my son."

Zhang Shiqi spoke softly to Li Changhe.

Li Changhe nodded: "Boundary Street, Kowloon Tong, La Salle College, right?"

"Yes, Jingji Dim Sum Shop. He has worked there for many years. If he is no longer there, you can ask around."

"The boss used to be from Beijing, but later moved to Hong Kong Island."

"If we can bring them back, should we?"

Li Changhe asked on a whim at this time.

"What are you bringing it back for?"

"I finally got out, wouldn't it be good to be safe and sound?"

"With the skills I taught them, they will definitely have no problem making a living in Hong Kong Island."

"Just help me bring the money to them, you don't have to bring them back."

Although the domestic environment is better now, Zhang Shiqi does not know the future trends like Li Changhe.

In his opinion, this improvement is only temporary. After all, more than ten years ago, there was a period of time when the atmosphere was particularly good.

As for the future, he doesn't dare to gamble at the moment.

No matter what, Hong Kong Island is currently safer than the mainland, and there are friends taking care of us there.

"Okay, then we'll give them each 100,000 yuan, right? No problem!"

Li Changhe agreed casually.

"Okay, in that case, I'll keep this teacup, and I'll give you the teacup and the Buddhist beads!"

Zhang Shiqi then kept the black teacup and pushed the other two in front of Li Changhe.

"give me?"

"Yes, I'm giving it to you. I've already taken it out and I'm too lazy to put it back. From now on, you can drink tea from the teacup and hold the Buddhist beads in your hand. It can be regarded as letting you show off your elegance."

Zhang Shiqi said calmly.

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Zhang."

The Heart Sutra cup hand-carved by Master Hongyi, it’s really cool when you think about it!

(End of this chapter)