At this point, Father Ye curled his lip and glanced at the Wooden Kirin in the hands of the middle-aged man surnamed Miao before continuing.
"But he wasn't satisfied with the price I offered.
That would've been normal enough. After all, even if a deal fell through, friendship remained.
But I didn't expect him to come back today and ask me to raise the price.
Tell me, how could he dare ask fifty thousand for a wooden carving like this? Isn't that ridiculous?"
Father Ye finally explained what had happened.
"Old Ye, didn't I say we could still discuss the price? But isn't two thousand a little too low?"
As he spoke, the middle-aged man surnamed Miao turned to Ye Yuan.
Then, after placing the Wooden Kirin in his hand on the coffee table, he looked at him and said,
"Young boss, take a look. This Wooden Kirin is an antique.
Both its age and craftsmanship are excellent.
For something this good, your father only offered me two thousand yuan. Isn't that like sending a beggar away?"
After listening to both of them, Ye Yuan did not rush to speak.
Instead, he focused all his attention on the Wooden Kirin.
It was a small wooden kirin ornament, with a square base beneath its feet.
With one glance, Ye Yuan could tell that the patterns and relief carvings on the base were the work of a master.
Then he looked at the kirin itself.
It appeared quite exquisite.
But perhaps because it was simply too old, or because it had gone through something over the years, the wooden base had sustained some damage.
If it were judged purely as a wood carving, that damage would greatly diminish its value.
Still, overall, the piece remained in fairly good condition.
But in Ye