V1.Chapter 18

The antique market in Dongshi is different from the antique street in the commercial street. There are shops on the antique street. There are many genuine goods and large transactions. The antique market is dominated by barren goods, that is, the antiques purchased from the countryside, mixed with some modern craft imitations, which can be described as fish eyes mixed with pearls, less true and more false. But it is also the place where you can practice your eyesight and collect your skills, so many people are willing to visit here.

As soon as the four entered the market, a stall owner recognized Xia Shao, waved warmly and said, "yo! Xiao Xia, here again?"

"Xiao Xia, come here, the new goods here, come here and palm your hand?"

"Eh, isn't this professor Zhou's nephew and grandson? Why did you come with Xiao Xia? Do you know each other?"

"Uncle Wu, we are classmates." pangdun scratched his head back.

"Oh! Are you classmates? Oh, it's really... For so many years, I didn't know that the two youngest Tibetan friends in the market were classmates. My business is really..." Wu Shuhai said with a smile.

Over the years, because Professor Zhou likes to collect, pangdun has followed him several times and got familiar with some stall owners in the market.

Xia Shao often came to the antique market. At first, these friends didn't know. It was two years ago that Liu Cuicui and Du Ping came to the antique market with their classmates and happened to meet her. They knew that Xia Shao often came. Later, pangdun also knew about it, but the three just thought she was influenced by Professor Zhou and liked to visit. They didn't think she would really pick up the leak. After all, picking up the leak also depends on her eyesight.

Liu Cuicui and Du Ping think they don't have such eyesight, while pangdun has been influenced by Professor Zhou in recent years. Although he has learned some knowledge of antique identification, his eyesight is undoubtedly very shallow. Even though Xia Shao and pangdun have studied with Professor Zhou, their eyesight is not much worse.

The Duan Inkstone collected by Professor Zhou five years ago during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty initially cost 100 yuan. Now if you take it to auction, the reserve price is at least 30000 according to the market situation, and it is basically more than 100000! If you meet a collector who likes Duanyan, the price can be high.

When the stall owner who sold the Duan Inkstone missed it, he regretted that he had to beat his chest and feet, but he had nothing to do. Antiques is a very special industry, which pays attention to eating by eyesight. In this industry, there is no fraud, and there are no rules for returning goods. Because buying and selling antiques is a contest in the field of knowledge between the two sides, maybe the seller missed, maybe the buyer bought a fake and bought it wrong. They can only sum up their own experiences and lessons and can't blame others. Therefore, most people dare not set foot in antique shops. The difficulty lies in the authenticity.

However, this is the charm of this industry.

Xia Shao came to Wu's stall. According to Liu Cuicui and Du Ping, some ancient jade, porcelain, copper coins, calligraphy and painting were put together at random, which looked ancient and looked like real.

"Come on, little students, look at these. They are all old objects collected in the countryside. Maybe they can pick up leaks!" the owner of the stall Wu smiled and drew the area in the left corner, motioning Xia Shao to see the objects in this place.

When Xia Shao saw it, he smiled and looked at it without talking.

Wu Shuhai sighed at her expression. Over the past five years, he has also touched some ways about Xia Shao's temperament. However, if she smiles like this, it means that he basically won't do it today. He also wondered why she was not old, but her smile always made him feel unfathomable, as if he could see his ideas and the collection on the stall at a glance.

If Xia Shao knew what Wu Shuhai thought at this time, he would probably praise his keen intuition. In fact, there are genuine goods on this stall, but it is not in the area Wu Shuhai pointed out to them. Naturally, these antique vendors are not stupid. They will identify the items received in the countryside first. Some can be determined to be genuine. Who is willing to mix them with fake goods to reduce their value? Those genuine goods are often traded privately, and the transaction price is kept confidential. The rest of the objects that are newly imitated or uncertain at first sight will be classified into another category. Generally, such objects are used by laymen.

Although Xia Shao and pangdun are no longer laymen, they are both students with ordinary family background. In short, they have no money. They can't afford it.

In the antique industry, there has always been a market in the city, depending on the asking price. When you open the door to do business, you are trying to make a profit. Since Wu Shuhai knew that they were poor students and could not afford genuine goods, he naturally asked them to choose among the cheap ones. Those things are not worth a lot of money, but if you sell one, you will have money for today's meal.

Xia Shao didn't even know how to do it. He just smiled and looked at it. He knew that there was no genuine product in the pile. Pangdun squatted down and looked at a few things. Finally, he stood up and said, "Uncle Wu, let's go to another place."

"Why, I don't like it? Don't introduce it. Let's have a look. It's your summer vacation? That's just right. It's good to buy one and go back to play. Isn't it?" although there are no rules of forced buying and selling in any industry, Wu Shuhai naturally has to make the last effort for today's meal money.

Pangdun would never refuse people. After listening to the stall owner's words to stay, he scratched his head with embarrassment.

Xia Shao smiled and said, "Uncle Wu, let's go for a walk again. Maybe we'll turn back in a while."

Wu Shuhai couldn't say anything for a moment, so he had to look at the four people with a smile and go elsewhere.

After looking at more than a dozen stalls, Liu Cuicui didn't find any leakage to pick up. However, Liu Cuicui took a fancy to a jade bracelet in one stall. The bracelet looks like an old jade with a rope tied to it.

Liu Cuicui looked happy, so she picked it up and put it on. She looked left and right. "Shaozi, come and have a look. Is the bracelet beautiful?"

Although Xia Shao has the ability of heavenly eye, she has learned a lot from Professor Zhou, stall owners and Tibetan friends in the market over the years. Even without the temptation of heavenly eye, she knows that the bracelet is C goods, pickled and old.

But before Xia Shao spoke, Liu Cuicui asked, "boss, why do you hang a rope on your jade bracelet? It's superfluous. Can I untie the rope and have a look? And how do you sell your jade bracelet?"

As early as the moment Liu Cuicui put on the jade bracelet, the stall owner knew that she was a layman. For when an expert looks at jade, anyone with a rope first puts the rope around his wrist and puts the jade in the palm of his hand. Liu Cuicui didn't even take care of it. She put it on her wrist directly, and she said she wanted to untie the rope. Of course, in Xia Shao's opinion, the rope tied on it is pure deception. The jade is not a good jade at all.

"Poof!" chubby Dun chuckled and said nothing.

Du Ping looked at him strangely and whispered, "what's the matter? Is there something wrong with the bracelet?"

Pangdun shook his head and whispered, "is there a problem? Sister Cuicui won't buy it."

At this time, the stall owner stretched out five fingers. Liu Cuicui was stunned and asked, "what do you mean?"

Xia Shao quietly told her the price in her ear. Liu Cuicui suddenly stared, "ah? 500 yuan?! mom, I've caught up with my living expenses for three months."

In 1997, although the economy was better than in previous years and wages rose a lot, most ordinary families still managed their children's living expenses very strictly. Liu Cuicui also has a brother at home. Her parents make a living by farming. They control her living expenses when she goes to school and lives in the city. It's only about 100 yuan a month, so for Liu Cuicui at this time, this bracelet is still very expensive.

"I still don't want it!" Liu Cuicui took off the bracelet. Although she liked it very much, she was simple. If she couldn't afford it, she couldn't afford it, and didn't say much. She carefully put the bracelet back in place.

Although she had expected that the result would be so, Xia Shao couldn't help but feel sour when she saw Liu Cuicui carefully put the jade bracelet back in place. She hung her eyes, then smiled and said, "sister Cuicui, if you like the jade bracelet, I'll find you a good one in the future."

Her smile was calm and distant, as if it was true.

Liu Cuicui was stunned and then smiled, "OK! With your words, my sister didn't hurt you in vain!"

She naturally thought Xia Shao was comforting her, but even if it was just a comforting word, she was very moved.

"Come on, let's go somewhere else." Liu Cuicui pulled Xia Shao up. The regret that she didn't buy the bracelet just now disappeared in an instant. She took her to the next stall.

After the four people walked away, the stall owner looked white, "bah! I'm looking for a good one! I've been wandering around the market for several years and really treat myself as an expert. An expert without money is a fart! If you find a good one, can you afford it! Pretend to be garlic!"

The stall owner nearby heard it and said with a smile: "Old ma, why are you angry with several students? Today's students don't know how to study hard. They think crooked all day. They don't think about it. Even a student can pick up a leak. What are we doing in this industry? Alas! Whatever they do, we don't point to these people to get rich, but also point to them to send food money to the door."

The two stall owners smiled at each other and said nothing more.

But they didn't know that Xia Shao had gone through four or five stalls. Suddenly, Xia Shao stopped and looked at a stall in front.

On that stall, in a pile of dishes stacked together, a blue and white plate exudes a faint smell of antiquity

A digression

Second watch!

Let's work hard. I hope we can reach three hundred ~o (n_n) O today~