National Tide 1980.

Chapter 47

In the early morning, Ning Weimin, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up by a hand shaking.

He opened his eyes and saw a shadowy figure beside the bed in the darkness.

But the voice coming from his ear was very familiar.

"Weimin, it's time. Get up, be quiet, don't wake the neighbors up..."

This person is Kang Shude, his master.

Hearing the old man's order, Ning Weimin didn't say a word, and quickly went down to get dressed.

He didn't even need to turn on the lights at all, he could quietly clean up himself.

These are all things you learn when picking up rubbish.

It's just that when he saw the fluorescent alarm needle, he was a little confused.

It's only 04:30 until five o'clock in the morning.

For this reason, he yawned and couldn't help but ask.

"Master, aren't we going to the Temple of Heaven? Why do we get up so early? Are you sure we're not going to catch scorpions?"

Unexpectedly, the old man was still a little impatient.

"You're sincere, aren't you? Don't talk nonsense, be quick. Wash your face quickly and go with the cart. Don't go any later."

No way, Ning Weimin can only obey orders honestly.

He quickly washed his face, brushed his teeth, and then pushed the Erba Yan brand bicycle that he had just bought yesterday, and headed out of the small courtyard quietly.

However, when Mr. Kang with a bag in his hand followed, he sat in the back seat of the car.

Maybe it's the cool air in the morning.

Ning Weimin, who was waiting for Master to get into the car, suddenly felt blessed and thought of another possibility.

"Hey, old man, then...under the altar...is there a ghost market?"

As a result, this abrupt sentence made Kang Shude stunned.

After a long while, the old man patted his apprentice on the back shoulder and said in disbelief.

"Okay, boy, I'm impressed again. It seems that you still know about the past, so you can guess. But let's not delay here, we won't wait for anyone. I'll tell you more slowly on the way. …”

"Hey! Sit tight and be you!"

With the little knowledge of the information society from the previous life, I earned Master's praise.

Ning Weimin immediately felt sleepy and completely refreshed.

All of a sudden, I felt that my whole body was full of strength, and I felt very light when I started the car.

Thinking about the characteristics of this year's baby everywhere but no one cares about it, he is almost full of enthusiasm!

To be honest, since he worshipped this master at the beginning, he was thinking about such a day.

The reason why I have been embarrassed to speak up to the old man.

The main one is that the policy is particularly strict on the control of second-hand goods such as calligraphy, painting and porcelain.

These days, I can't find any official market or store where ordinary people can buy antiques.

Officially, the government, through trust stores and cultural relics stores, only accepts and does not sell such items.

Regardless of the cultural relics store or the friendship store, only the export is responsible for earning foreign exchange.

Second, Ning Weimin was also afraid to take the initiative to mention it, which would violate Master's taboo and cause Kang Shude's unpleasant memories.

As the saying goes, once you are bitten by a snake, you are afraid of the rope for ten years.

Ning Weimin is experiencing this society first-hand, and it is not the same as what he imagined in the past.

He reads the newspaper every day and feels the people and things around him.

I can already understand the mentality of people walking on thin ice and being too cautious in this year.

So originally, he planned to do all he can for monkey tickets this year.

After all, funds are limited, and cheap chips can only be bought now.

There are still opportunities for other things, not too hurry.

But he didn't expect that now the master actually took the initiative to take him to Taobao to pick up the leak!

This is a good thing that is affordable and eye-opening.

Can it still be positive?

Not to mention, Kang Shude, a master, is really competent in teaching his apprentices.

Along the way, the old man was not idle.

From the past to the present, very patiently and carefully, he told Ning Weimin what was going on in this ghost market.

Many of them were unheard of by Ning Weimin, making him truly a great scholar.

what's up?

The so-called ghost city, also known as the small city, or Xiao city.

This is the unique antiques and relics market here in the capital.

As the name suggests, it is a market where second-hand goods are traded before dawn or at night.

Whether the transaction between the two parties is cost-effective is essentially all about seeing the goods in the dark, betting on eyesight and using the ecstasy palm.

As the saying goes, "a Confucian lantern illuminates the goods but not the people", and the environment is dim.

The seller neither shouts nor sells, and lets the buyer see for himself.

The voices of both sides of the transaction were very low, and there was no loud noise.

This ensures the privacy of the market and the privacy of both parties to the transaction.

Therefore, when people in Beijing go to a ghost market, they can neither go, nor go, let alone go shopping. They have to say "going to the ghost market".

As for the specific transaction situation, take Xiaoshi, which specializes in trading in the early morning, as an example.

Under normal circumstances, the sellers have finished setting up their stalls at the end of the fourth watch, waiting for those who grab the goods to make a deal.

Sometimes under the black light, they buy some pretty and small goods.

Although there are no fixed boundaries for setting up stalls in ghost markets, they generally have their own scope.

It is always centered on selling small pieces of jewelry, with booths set up around it, and the delivery is even outside.

At the fifth watch, when the goods are listed on the market, each carrying a glass lamp goes straight to the location of the shipment that everyone remembers every day.

When looking at a few items that can be bought, they gather them together, and then negotiate the price slowly.

The big bargainers hold hands in their sleeves and count by hand.

For example, press two fingers for a large number, and then press three fingers for a zero number, that is, 23 yuan, or a two-yuan triangle.

If it's just a few cents, you don't need to use the handle, you can say "code language", which is "jargon", also known as "black language", also known as "spring script".

For example, "why, press, search, embarrassed, crooked, material, pretty, stupid, foot, spoon", these ten words can be used to express one to ten respectively.

Before the price is settled and the buyer has not declared that they will not buy it, other buyers cannot buy another one ahead of time, which is called "unfinished purchase".

It is for this point that when buying, it is necessary to collect first, and then negotiate the price.

And the most crucial point is to catch the goods as early as possible, and not be afraid of hard work.

The sooner the goods from the stalls arrive, the "fresher" they will be.

If it's late, there may be a bunch of "rotten cabbage gangsters" left, where there are still "treasures" to speak of.

"The early bird gets food", that's the truth.

And this kind of informal market with a mysterious atmosphere has existed from the Ming Dynasty to the present.

The reason is, of course, that such business characteristics have adapted to some special needs of people.

For example, since the Republic of China, the Manchu Qing government was overthrown.

Some royal family members and nobles lost the royal family's monthly supply of royal food.

However, he didn't have any skills, so he had to live by selling old things.

But as for these people, not only are they brainless, and they are coaxed around by a few good words.

Some people feel that it is not worthwhile to sell things to "drummers" who collect old things, and they always feel that they have lost money.

But if you go to the street to sell, and openly bargain, you can't afford to lose that person.

So after thinking about it, I went to the ghost market to sell it.

Tude is a form of transaction in which buyers and sellers cannot see each other's faces.

Not only does it not lose face, but it can also sell for a relatively good price.

Furthermore, such a market is also convenient for some items of unknown origin to be sold here.

Because it is all a secret transaction, whether it is the buyer or the seller, they can all have a tacit understanding, regardless of where they come from.

It also avoided the worry of committing a crime and a lawsuit, and they were at peace with each other.

There are also people who have formal jobs during the day, and they can also make some extra money here.

Whether it is early or late, whether to buy or sell.

When the time comes, you can do whatever you want, and it won't affect your work at all.

(End of this chapter)