Treasure Bowl

"I don't know you, why should I help you?" Xia Tian said unhappily. Although he was bored, he was not so bored as to help a stranger. He was not that kind.

Xia Tian's answer was obviously a bit beyond the middle-aged man's expectations. Usually, when people hear someone asking for help, they will ask what the matter is, but Xia Tian didn't even ask and directly refused, so the middle-aged man couldn't help but be stunned.

However, the middle-aged man quickly reacted. He obviously didn't want to give up. He looked at Xia Tian with a pleading look and continued, "Sir, please, my daughter is seriously ill and is in the hospital, but I don't have the money to pay the hospital fees. The hospital said that if I don't pay the money this afternoon, they will no longer treat my daughter, and my daughter will die."

"What does your daughter's illness have to do with me?" Xia Tian seemed a little impatient, "It's not me who made her sick."

"Sir, I know my daughter's illness is none of your business, but can you buy this precious bowl of mine?" The middle-aged man handed a porcelain bowl to Xia Tian, ​​"This is our family's heirloom. Our ancestors stipulated that it cannot be sold no matter what. But in order to treat my daughter's illness, I really can't care so much. Can you buy it? I'm really in urgent need of money."

"No." Xia Tian refused, and pointed to a place not far away, "Hey, if you really want to sell a bowl, go over there. Look, that beggar just needs a bowl."

There was indeed a beggar over there, and that beggar indeed had no bowl. Occasionally, a kind-hearted person would give the beggar money, but the money would be thrown directly on the ground. Therefore, it was true that the beggar lacked a bowl.

"Sir, you don't believe me, do you?" The middle-aged man seemed to have set his sights on Xia Tian, ​​and he was unwilling to give up. "This is a real treasure bowl. I even took it to a TV treasure appraisal program and asked experts to appraise it. Look, this is the appraisal certificate. Those experts said it is worth at least 250,000!"

"You're kidding me, this broken bowl is worth 250,000 yuan?" Xia Tian curled his lips, "No one wants it even at 25 yuan."

"How can you say that?" The middle-aged man suddenly blushed and shouted angrily, "Even if you don't want to buy it, you can't insult my heirloom like this!"

"I can talk however I want, it's none of your business?" Xia Tian was a little dissatisfied, "I told you to stop bothering me, or I'll beat you up!"

"You, why are you so unreasonable?" The middle-aged man seemed extremely angry. "This is my family heirloom. If I wasn't in a hurry to treat my daughter's illness, how could I sell it? It's fine if you don't want to buy it, but why do you want to slander my heirloom as worthless? The experts at the Forbidden City said that my bowl is worth at least 250,000 yuan. If it is auctioned, the price will be even higher!"

"Whoever said it's worth 250,000, just go and sell it to him. Why are you looking for me?" Xia Tian was very unhappy. "I told you not to bother me. Go ahead and cheat whoever you want. I'm not in the mood to pay attention to you!"

"You, you actually said I was a liar?" The middle-aged man seemed even more angry, and then he shouted at the people around him, "You guys come and judge, is there anyone as unreasonable as him? My daughter is sick and dying, and I'm in a hurry to use the money for her surgery, so I'm willing to sell the heirloom bowl. Not only did he not buy it, but he also accused me of being a liar. Do you think I'm a country boy who's easy to bully?"

The middle-aged man's shout attracted several people, and someone immediately supported him.

"Young man, this is your fault. It's pitiful enough that her daughter is sick. How can you say that about her?"

"That's right. It's not easy for rural people either. You can't just bully them."

"Alas, city people are becoming more and more outrageous nowadays..."

"Come here, let me see..."

Several people began to blame Xia Tian, ​​and finally someone took the so-called treasure bowl from the middle-aged man, looked at it carefully, and then said with a look of surprise: "Baby, it's really a treasure..."

"I said it was a treasure. The experts at the Palace Museum said it was worth 250,000 yuan. Look, there is even an appraisal certificate here!" The middle-aged man looked angry, "But he insisted that I was lying!"

"Brother, how about this, you sell it to me and I'll give you three hundred thousand, how about that?" The man was in his thirties, dressed very elegantly, and one could tell at first glance that he was quite wealthy.

"Okay, okay, of course, sir, you are such a good man, a very good man, thank you, you saved my daughter's life." The middle-aged man seemed extremely excited.

"But, brother, I'm here today just to visit a friend and I don't have any money with me. So, you wait for me here, maybe half an hour, and I'll go get the money now, how about that?" said the well-dressed man.

"Okay, no problem, half an hour is enough." The middle-aged man agreed immediately.

"Then I'll go first. See you later." The well-dressed man hurried away quickly, looking very anxious.

Seeing that the deal was done, the onlookers were ready to leave, but the middle-aged man held the bowl as if it were a treasure.

At this moment, someone's cell phone rang, and then the middle-aged man took out his cell phone and answered the call. After just two sentences, he shouted angrily: "What? How can they do this? Didn't they say it would be in the evening? Okay, okay, I'll find a way, I'll find a way, wait for me for a while, I'll be back soon!"

After hanging up the phone, the middle-aged man looked anxious and paced back and forth, muttering as he walked: "How could this happen? They actually want to kick my daughter out of the hospital. I said I would pay the money before tonight, but they just didn't believe me. What should I do? What should I do?"

"Can't you just wait half an hour?" someone next to him reminded.

"But that damn hospital didn't want to wait. They said we already owed a lot of money and they would kick us out if we didn't pay. Why are hospitals like this now? They didn't want to wait even for half an hour. They just thought I was stalling and that a country girl like me wouldn't have that much money!" The middle-aged man seemed very angry and helpless. Then his eyes suddenly lit up and he pulled the man who was very close to him, "Brother, please, do me a favor. I'll sell this bowl to you for 200,000 yuan. I only want 200,000 yuan. You can make 100,000 yuan by reselling it later. I'm really in a hurry to use the money!"

"Hey, brother, it's not that I don't want to help you, but I really don't have any money." The man who was held back was quite helpless, and then turned to look at the others, "Whoever has money can help him, anyway, it won't be a loss, and you can help others and make money, so why not do it?"

"I don't have that much money." someone continued.

"Me neither!" another person replied.

Everyone said they had no money, but Xia Tian was the only one who stood there saying nothing, looking like he was just watching a show.

"Young man, you should be able to afford the money, right?" The man who was held back finally turned to Xia Tian and asked.