Courtyard House: Passing through the Silly Pillar, Activating the Blessed Cave Heaven

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"The watch should be in good condition, the alarm clock can be any good, the key is that it has to be durable," He Yuzhu said.

"Don't worry, all our watches are genuine imports, and the quality is absolutely guaranteed." As he spoke, the shopkeeper took out several watches from the counter, all of which were rare treasures that would be hard to find in later generations: Longines, Rolex, Vacheron Constantin, IWC, Titoni, and Patek Philippe.

These days, watches are a rare commodity; ordinary families simply can't afford them.

It wasn't until 1955, when domestically produced watches were introduced, that ordinary people had the opportunity to wear watches.

Back then, there were no counterfeit goods. Factories that could manufacture watches had no need to imitate other brands.

"How much are these watches?" He Yuzhu asked, increasingly fond of them.

"Look at the quality of these watches; I carefully selected them all."

"These two with gold movements are worth 3.2 million each, and the remaining five are worth 2.6 million each," the shopkeeper said.

"The price is too high, can you make it cheaper? If the price is right, I'll take them all," He Yuzhu said.

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper knew he had met a big customer and quickly invited He Yuzhu to sit down at the tea table and poured her a cup of tea.

"If you really intend to buy them all, then I'll give you a fair price, 2.6 million per piece," the shopkeeper said.

He Yuzhu just smiled and didn't say anything.

"I can only give you a discount of 50,000 at most, making it 2.55 million per piece. That's the lowest I can go," the shopkeeper said, rubbing his hands together with some difficulty.

"Do you have any pocket watches and alarm clocks here? Take them out and let me see them, then we can settle the bill together," He Yuzhu said.

Upon hearing this, the waiter brought out two more pocket watches.

One is a gold-plated Patek Philippe with a gold chain; the other is a silver Longines with a silver chain.

The alarm clock was an ordinary horseshoe-shaped clock; the specific brand was not apparent.

"This gold chain weighs at least half an ounce, and this gilded pocket watch, along with the chain, is worth three million two hundred thousand."

This silver Longines pocket watch is worth 2.6 million.

"This alarm clock, 600,000." The shopkeeper quoted the price.

"How about this, each of these nine watches will be valued at 2.6 million, and you can give me this alarm clock. If you agree, I'll pay you now," He Yuzhu said.

The shopkeeper quickly began to calculate in his mind.

These watches are all stock from the Republican era, and have been sitting in my hands for many years.

Now we've finally found a big customer willing to buy everything. Although things are peaceful now, no one can predict what will happen in the future.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, we'll go with your price."

"Alright, but I have one condition: the Longines pocket watch and alarm clock will be issued on a separate receipt, while the rest will be issued together." After He Yuzhu finished speaking, he took out five stacks of money from his cloth bag and handed four stacks to the shopkeeper first.

"These four stacks of money total twenty million. Please count them," He Yuzhu said.

Then, he took out thirty-two bills from the last stack of money and placed them on the counter: "The remaining three million four hundred thousand is all here."

The shopkeeper carefully counted the money and said, "It's exactly 23.4 million."

Please wait a moment, I'll go and issue you a receipt right away.

"Xiao Wang, pack all these watches up."

Xiao Wang quickly brought over several wooden boxes and put the watch, pocket watch, and alarm clock inside.

He Yuzhu put the wooden box into his cloth bag.