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Weekend: 10AM - 5PM
Address
304 North Cardinal
St. Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Work Hours
Monday to Friday: 7AM - 7PM
Weekend: 10AM - 5PM
$52.00
“Gold Foil Old Dream”
When Jiang Wan, an intern at an antique shop, was sorting out the warehouse, she found a dusty sandalwood box. In the box quietly lay a gold foil agate bracelet – the dark red agate beads were embedded with pieces of gold foil, like a sealed flame. When she put it on, a Republic of China tune suddenly rang in her ears: “Night Jasmine~ I sing for you…” That night, Jiang Wan dreamed that she was standing in the Paramount Ballroom in 1940. Under the crystal chandelier, the wrist of the singing girl in cheongsam flashed with gold, and it was the bracelet. Sitting under the stage was a young man in a suit and leather shoes, staring at her with burning eyes. “This is the relic of the famous actress Ruan Qiutang.” The shop owner stroked his beard and said, “It is said that the bracelet disappeared on the night she disappeared.” Jiang Wan began to dream about that era frequently. She saw Ruan Qiutang crying in the dressing room, and saw the young man stuffing her a boat ticket, but in the end only the blood-stained pearl earrings were left. Late one night, Jiang Wan found an old house following the address in her dream. In the cracks of the basement wall, she dug out a torn diary: “They found out that I was an underground party member… There is a list in the interlayer of the bracelet…” When she pried open the agate beads with trembling hands, a yellowed gold foil floated out, with the names of seven people engraved on it with a needle tip. And the last name was the grandfather of a wealthy family today. The next day, the gold foil agate bracelet was donated to the Anti-Japanese War Memorial. Jiang Wan stopped in front of the display cabinet and heard the song “Night Jasmine” in a trance. When she turned around, she bumped into a pair of familiar eyes-the boy who always came to the store to look at pocket watches, with a faded gold foil rose brooch on his chest.
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