Chapter 969

The old man took a look at Chu Chen, who was chatting up with him. He thought Chu Chen was more agreeable. Then he said, "you're not local people. It's a coincidence that you're here. It's the first time that we've seen gambling on Qingpi. Besides, Xiaocheng is the only one in our business. To be honest, I'm not very optimistic about this business. "

Chu Chen asked modestly: "how to say?"

The old man explained: "do you think, how much is a better cultural walnut? Five or six hundred is very good. One pair here costs twenty, and the pile on the right costs three hundred and one. The quality of the walnuts depends on luck. If you have time to gamble on green skin, you might as well buy them directly. You see how many people around you bet on green skin and you'll know if I'm right. "

Seeing that Chu Chen nodded his approval, he went on to say, "of course, if Xiaocheng does business in a big city like Beijing, it is estimated that he will not lose money. The buyers there have relatively high purchasing power. Unlike us here, they have to break a cent in half. But he didn't say that he wanted to try to open up in our place. What's more, he did something out of season. You said it's not an increase in costs! "

When Chu Chen heard this, he said curiously, "uncle, why doesn't he go to a bigger city?"

"I'm not angry with him."

The old man explained with a smile: "Lao Cheng doesn't agree with him in this business. He is stubborn and wants to do it. He also vowed to do it in this street. I don't want to make fun of others, but I don't want to make fun of him. "

To understand the reason, Wu Ke looked at the two piles of green walnuts on the left and right, and asked curiously, "uncle, why is the price difference between the two sides so much?"

The old man said with a smile, "you get what you pay for. There are so many varieties of walnuts in Wenwan, and the price difference is very big. On the right is the best wild lion head that Xiaocheng specially took back from other places. It's big and full, and now it's out of season. It's not easy to keep the green skin, so the price is certainly high."

"Actually, I think it's not bad that these top-quality wild lion heads are out of season. What's wrong with these ordinary goods? They increase the cost in vain. If it's in the current season, a couple of ten yuan, the business will be much better than it is now. "

"This is also..."

Just as the old man explained to Chu Chen, another middle-aged man came forward and took out 100 yuan directly, handed it over and said, "Xiao Cheng, give me five pairs!"

Xiao Cheng was stunned. He looked up at the middle-aged man and said with a bitter smile, "Uncle Ping, what are you doing?"

"Bet on green skin, of course. What else can I do?"

"But you don't usually play with walnuts!"

"Cut the crap, I want to play now, ok..."

During their conversation, the old man whispered to Chu Chen: "this shopkeeper Ping is a family friend of the Xiaocheng family. He has always liked Xiaocheng very much. It is estimated that he is looking at the bad business of Xiaocheng and supporting the scene."

As soon as the old man's voice fell, Xiaocheng couldn't beat shopkeeper Meng. Finally, he gave the walnut to him, but he gave seven pairs at once.

Shopkeeper Ping frowned and said, "I said, why do you and I have so much?"

Xiaocheng said with a smile, "I said that you should buy three pairs and get one free. You are my elder. You should buy five and get two free."

Shopkeeper Ping didn't want to delay Xiaocheng's business any more, so he agreed directly: "OK, you can open it for me quickly."

In fact, the walnut is very easy to open, especially this kind of aged green walnut. As long as you use a sharp knife and carefully turn around the middle, you can break off the flesh and take out the core by hand.

However, green walnut is a little very annoying, that is, there is a kind of black juice on its skin, which is not easy to wash off when it is dyed black on the hand. Therefore, even if it's easy to open walnuts, previous buyers always ask Xiaocheng to help them open them, so as to avoid the trouble of going back.

Of course, this is not useless. For example, some jade merchants like to use walnut skin to color jade, which can save costs and is not easy to fade.

To bet on green skin in the market is to carefully select two green skin walnuts. If the shape, size and grain are close to each other after peeling, it's the right match, and the closer it is, the higher the value will be.

For example, a pair of green skins with a price of 20 yuan can be chosen by the buyer himself. If the eye power is good, the pair with a big texture is good, and it may be worth 100 yuan or 200 yuan, it will make a profit. But if you happen to catch up with the bad texture, yellow tip, and imperfect matching, then even if it's smashed, no one wants a pair of ten yuan.

In addition, the influence of walnut value is the size of walnut. Generally speaking, the diameter of 40 mm, 45 mm, 50 mm, three different sizes represent the three grades of low, medium and high. In general, 45 is rare, and 50 is very precious. If the variety is good and the match is good, tens of thousands of them are very easy.

However, large walnuts are rare, let alone can pair successfully. Among the seven pairs of walnuts selected by shopkeeper Ping, there are five in succession, with the largest size of 39. Fortunately, shopkeeper Ping is still lucky. One pair of walnuts has a diameter of 38, and the varieties, colors, patterns and other aspects are very close. After calculation, there is no loss for 100 yuan, and there is still a small profit.Sometimes, it's OK to gamble on this kind of thing without losing money, not to mention making a little profit. Shopkeeper Ping is very satisfied with this.

Next, the atmosphere of the scene suddenly warmed up, because Xiaocheng actually opened a walnut with a diameter of 45, and the appearance was complete, the fruit was full, and even the grain looked quite exquisite.

This walnut alone is worth more than 100 yuan. The audience envies it. Shopkeeper Ping's face is also full of joy. The old man also said sourly that maybe this is the reward for good people.

However, the next two green skins, the diameter of the opened walnut, did not exceed 40, which made the atmosphere cool down again.

"Eh, this walnut is so big, and how does its shape and grain look similar to the one just now?" When Xiao Cheng untied the last green leather, there was an exclamation from the audience.

"That's true. Can't it match the one just now?"

"Xiao Cheng, measure the diameter of the walnut first."

Xiaocheng nodded with a smile, and then picked up the vernier caliper to measure.

"45, it's also 45!" Xiaocheng said excitedly.

"Ah! I didn't expect to be 45. Shopkeeper Ping, you are so lucky... "

"Xiao Cheng, match up and have a look..."

Hearing the words, Xiao Cheng quickly put two walnuts in his hands. These two walnuts are lion head varieties, both of which are short pile and big belly. The overall feeling is very solid, the color is basically the same, the texture is smooth, the chrysanthemum pattern at the bottom is radial, and the variety characteristics are distinct. It's a great match.

"It's the best!"

Seeing this situation, the surrounding immediately boiling up. Someone congratulated shopkeeper Ping, and shopkeeper Ping gave a gift back, his face was also full of joy. 45 walnuts are quite common, but they can be paired, and it is very rare to match such a good lion head. The price of a pair must be thousands.

"Shopkeeper Ping, can we enjoy it?" Some of the audience yelled, others echoed.

Shopkeeper Ping was a little embarrassed when he heard that someone nearby said, "a walnut with such a good match is big and valuable. I'll borrow a small table next door and watch it one by one. Don't start it. What do you think?"

Everyone agreed, and shopkeeper Ping nodded.

The table was borrowed, and the walnuts were placed in a prominent position. Everyone came forward one by one and took turns to appreciate them. There were so many people, and there was nothing wrong with them. This made shopkeeper Ping feel relieved.

Chu Chen also went forward to appreciate it carefully, but he found that there was a problem with the walnut that was finally opened, that is, there was a ring of yellow neck near the tip, which was not too obvious, showing bright yellow, but the degree of yellow inside was not too deep.

Seeing this, Chu Chen frowned secretly. Why did you come here? It turns out that this particularly obvious yellow neck is a kind of walnut disease, which is the change of wood internal structure caused by malnutrition in the growth process.

Compared with the normal wood, the yellow area is much thinner in density, which is very soft in hardness. If the hardness of the normal walnut shell wood is similar to that of sandalwood and boxwood, then the hardness of the yellow part is similar to that of the poplar used to make toothpicks. Some of them are even softer and can be printed with nails.

Because the texture is relatively soft, such a walnut is easy to be injured due to bumping. Therefore, the walnut with this problem does not belong to the category of the whole product. We often hear the nuclear business emphasize "three no complete products", the first of which is "no yellow".

Fortunately, the "yellow neck" on this walnut doesn't invade too deeply, and it's not a serious injury, but even so, for those who know how to do it, the value of the walnut will be discounted.

And if you replace Liu Lao, even if this kind of walnut is cheaper, he will not buy it.

It's not that Mr. Liu dislikes only 45 walnuts, but that he thinks that a pair of walnuts can play that kind of beautiful old red after a few years, with smooth pulp, smooth hand feel and crisp voice. Only when the walnut is white stubble, can it have the value of playing. On the contrary, if you can't play with walnuts, they are not good-looking and transparent, so there is no need to collect them.

And obviously, this kind of "yellow neck" walnut is impossible to play that effect, therefore, for players like Liu, there is no need to buy this kind of walnut.

However, with so many people at the scene, Chu Chen probably saw the problem. After others saw it, they congratulated manager Ping. Some of them were impatient, and even manager Ping talked about the price. However, manager Ping didn't agree immediately, and he didn't say he was dead. He just said he had to go back and think about it.