Chapter 1126

After Wang An finished speaking, Shi Suo held a piece and was stunned for a long time, then suddenly put down the piece, jumped from the kang to the ground, and ran out to the outer room.

It had to be said, the speed was fast, just like someone with diarrhea rushing to the toilet.

Wang An said "Hey" and was about to speak, but Shi Suo had already disappeared from the room.

Just as Wang An was admiring the exquisite carvings on the chess pieces, Shi Suo returned, and in his hand, he was holding a flat wooden box.

As soon as he entered the room, Shi Suo said impatiently:

"Brother, help me look at this, I have another chess set, see if it's valuable?"

As he spoke, Shi Suo opened the small box.

Wang An took a look and felt his eyes light up instantly. From the dense little golden stars on the pieces, it wasn't hard to see that this was a genuine red sandalwood chess set, and the material was top-notch red sandalwood.

Wang An picked up a piece to look at it; this chess set also had carvings and was also an antique. Although it wasn't from the same craftsman as the yellow pear wood set, in terms of skill, it was not inferior at all.

To be honest, looking at this red sandalwood chess set, Wang An suddenly felt that making such good red sandalwood into a chess set was a waste of a heavenly treasure.

Mainly because this red sandalwood was too damn beautiful; even when Wang An was at his peak in his past life, he hadn't seen such beautiful and flawless red sandalwood.

After playing with the piece for a while, Wang An clicked his tongue and said:

"Brother Shi, this chess set wasn't given to you by your grandfather too, was it?"

Who knew Shi Suo would shake his head:

"This one isn't, this one was given to me by my great-grandfather."

Wang An stared at Shi Suo for a while and asked neurotically:

"Brother Shi, how many grandfathers do you have in total? Don't tell me every grandfather gave you a chess set?"

Shi Suo couldn't be bothered to answer these ignorant questions and waved his hand anxiously:

"Oh, where did all those grandfathers come from? You still haven't told me if this chess set is valuable or not?"

Wang An picked up a piece again, admiring it while nodding with a smile:

"Valuable, it's on par with the yellow pear wood one, maybe even more expensive."

Of course, as for whether it was more expensive, Wang An didn't actually know, but in Wang An's eyes, this red sandalwood chess set was indeed much more beautiful than the yellow pear wood one.

Not to mention anything else, just the dense little golden stars on it looked very desirable.

Seeing Shi Suo push the small wooden box forward, he said very generously:

"Alright brother, this chess set is yours."

It was clear that Shi Suo wasn't playing games, but genuinely wanted to give this chess set to Wang An.

Hearing this, Wang An was shocked. Mainly, this sudden move by Shi Suo was indeed a bit surprising.

One had to know that this chess set could be worth over 200 yuan in this era, which was already quite valuable, and given Shi Suo's family conditions, he was giving it away just like that.

So although Wang An liked it, he still refused immediately:

"Cut the crap, this chess set is worth half a year of your salary, can I take something so expensive? Besides, Brother Shi, what are you thinking? Why give me something so valuable?"

Shi Suo said with a sincere face:

"Whether it's valuable or not, that's what you said, anyway no one else has given me that price. Besides, if it weren't for you, I'd still be a security guard. Seeing that you like this thing, giving it to you is just right."

Wang An continued to decline:

"I already said, you don't need to thank me for the competition, who doesn't want to win? I wanted to win too. We won because of everyone's hard work, don't keep pushing the credit onto me. Anyway, I definitely can't take this chess set, it's too expensive, what are you joking about?"

Shi Suo said anxiously:

"Even without talking about the competition, with our relationship, what's wrong with me giving you a chess set? Mainly because this thing is useless in my hands, and I still have another set, as long as I have one to play with, it's fine."

Just like that, the two of them declined back and forth for a long time, one insisted on giving, the other insisted on not taking, and neither could convince the other.

Finally, Wang An looked at Shi Suo's stubborn attitude and had a flash of inspiration:

"How about this, Brother Shi, if you really want to give me this chess set, let me pay for it. Anyway, from my perspective, this thing will definitely become more and more valuable in the future. If I give you money, I'll feel better when I earn money later. Otherwise, taking such an expensive thing for free is definitely not appropriate."

Wang An wouldn't take it, and Shi Suo couldn't do anything about it, so he said helplessly:

"Alright, then just give me three or five yuan."

Wang An's eyes widened, and he said with disbelief:

"What? Something worth two or three hundred yuan and you want me to give you three or five yuan? Are you joking with me? 500 yuan, Brother Shi, if you think that's okay, I'll pay."

Shi Suo said:

"No, 10 yuan at most."

Wang An said:

"Then I'll take a step back, 490 yuan."

Shi Suo: "..."

Wang An: "..."

It had to be said, the way these two bargained was truly bizarre; the seller was very reluctant to raise the price, while the buyer didn't want to lower it.

Just like that, the two of them haggled for a long time, finally settling on 280 yuan.

Mainly because this price was just a bit higher than Wang An's psychological price, and Wang An thought Shi Suo wouldn't suffer a loss.

After all, antiques don't have an accurate pricing, and antique chess sets are even more so.

In the eyes of those who like them, they are priceless treasures, but in the eyes of those who don't, they are just ordinary chess sets, having value, but definitely not much.

Besides, every era has its own price level; comparing later prices with current ones is completely unnecessary, because one must know that in this era, a regular employee's salary is only 30-something yuan a month, while in later eras, a regular employee earns more than 30 yuan in an hour.

But to be honest, dealing with someone as stubborn as Shi Suo is indeed quite uncomfortable.

Because in Wang An's view, his friendship with Shi Suo isn't deep; their relationship is just that of teammates or classmates during training.

If they interact more in the future, the relationship will get better, but if they interact less, the relationship might end there, just like with other security guards from training, meeting at most to say hello.

The transaction was successful, and Wang An was quite happy, picking up each piece to examine it, looking very fond of them.

Shi Suo's expression was quite bad; mainly because this chess set was clearly meant to be a gift for Wang An, but in the end, it was sold to Wang An in a muddle, and at a high price too.

Because of the haggling, Shi Suo's wife had finished cooking before they could even play.

The staple food was rice, and the dishes were ordinary home-cooked meals: stewed sauerkraut and tofu with pork, stir-fried dried eggplant with meat, stir-fried green onions with eggs, and a dish of old vinegar peanuts. The wine was bottled Beidacang.

In the Northeast, the custom is to drink and eat dishes first, and then serve the rice after drinking.

So Wang An and Shi Suo each took an enamel mug and started drinking while eating.

(End of chapter)