After making a wish, financial freedom

Chapter 353

The gentle Zhou Ge is gone now, and Li Zhuo is left alone.

He was not used to it now, he didn't have anyone to accompany him, and he didn't bother to go out, so he ordered the hotel's dinner and had it delivered to his room. After eating, Bin sat alone in the living room of the suite.

Really bored, he got up and went to the hotel's supporting gym to exercise for an hour, and then went to the supporting indoor swimming pool for an hour to swim.

After such a big consumption, he felt that he was still very energetic, so he continued to go to the gym to push iron.

After exercising for another hour and a half, I didn't feel tired, so I went back to my room to take a shower and sleep.

A good night's sleep.

The next day Li Zhuo got up early, ate something casually, and then drove back to Huixi Village on the streets of Seoul in his pickup truck.

Just like yesterday, I opened the car window to let the magpies in, and then continued to play the audiobook "A Brief History of Humanity" on my mobile phone.

This time I listened to the rest in one breath, until around 3 pm.

I feel that I have gained a lot. Of course, Li Zhuo disagrees with some points in this book.

For example, he said that the agricultural revolution was a hoax, which led mankind to a less happy path.

This point of view uses "personal happiness" as the criterion for judging, and essentially uses the value of utilitarianism, a school of philosophy in the UK, to make judgments, which is nothing new.

Moreover, Li Zhuo feels that agriculture is the cradle of all modern civilizations. Without agriculture, human beings would not have reached the current level of civilization in just a few thousand years.

After listening to the magpie, he was quite touched:

"At least after listening to this explanation, I understand that the reason why human beings can climb to the top of all animals is not accidental, but the result of many human transformations and attempts."

Li Zhuo asked curiously:
"The background knowledge system of this book is very complicated. Biology, philosophy, science, religion, etc. are all involved. Although the introduction is relatively shallow, it is also difficult. Can you understand?"

The magpie nodded and shook his head again, and said:

"It's true that some places are hard to understand, but the general meaning is clear, so I feel that I have gained a lot."

Li Zhuo talked with it for a while with interest, and then Li Zhuo asked the magpie:

"Dude, I'm about to leave here. Do you have any news about anything valuable? If so, can you tell me?"

Li Que shook his tail and said proudly:
"I really know one thing, that thing should be quite expensive, but it's being sold, you can go and buy it."

After finishing speaking, it shared a picture with Li Zhuo.

This picture presents an old bookstall in a small town. There are all kinds of old books, calligraphy, paintings, and some old newspapers and magazines from the Republic of China period on the stalls.

Li Zhuo's attention was attracted by a large painting on the old bookstall.

This painting is a reclining lady. The image of this woman is close to the traditional Chinese women. She looks gentle, but the whole painting is bright and colorful. It is painted in a Western style. .

Interesting, Li Zhuo has a background in painting after all, he judged that this painting is quite good, and it is not something that ordinary people can draw.

However, the location of this old bookstall is not close to here, it looks like tens of kilometers away.

I don't know how the magpie knew about the painting.

Without further ado, Li Zhuo decided to rush there as soon as possible, so he hurriedly bid farewell to the magpie, drove a pickup truck and set off from here, and headed southeast quickly.

From here, pass through the new town Qu, Baqiao Qu, and leave the urban area, and then drive into Lantian, a county under Chang'an.

That's right, it is the place of origin of Lantian jade, and the city was built here very early.

Li Zhuo drove into Lantian territory, drove all the way through Languan Town where the county seat was located, and continued on, and then arrived at a place called Puhua Town.

This is a typical northern town, and the streets are fairly spacious, but there are some garbage bags and other things thrown on the ground, which don't look so tidy.

There are two three-story shops on both sides of the street, and there are many pedestrians on the street, which shows that this place is still prosperous.

Li Zhuo drove past a street with many stalls. The stalls here mainly sold various fruits, snacks, and snacks. At the corner at the end of the street, Li Zhuo saw the old book stall in the picture of him receiving.

The owner of the bookstall is a young man, sitting behind the booth, crossing his legs, shaking his feet and using Douyin.

Li Zhuo parked the pickup truck on the side of the road, and walked over to look at the old books on the booth.

I feel that there is no classification, it is rather chaotic, and there are all kinds of books.

There are calligraphy works next to the old books, all of which are banners.

The calligraphy on the top one is not bad, but it is not very clever. Li Zhuo pointed to the calligraphy work and asked:
"Boss, whose work is this calligraphy? Why haven't I heard of this person?"

The young man was a little foolish, looked up at Li Zhuo, and said:

"You're not a local, are you? This is written by an old Mr. Liu from Jiujianfang Township in the county. He can be regarded as a good local calligrapher."

"Then how did you sell this word?" Li Zhuo asked casually.

"This is Mr. Liu's masterpiece. He has practiced cursive script for almost 50 years, and he has already perfected his handwriting. Cough..., I will collect the special price soon, and you can take 200 yuan." The young man was very exaggerated when he opened his mouth.

What a masterpiece of God, what a master of God, what kind of masterwork of perfection can sell for 200 yuan?
Li Zhuo smiled and said:

"It's expensive, 80, I don't want any more."

"...That's all, just 80, you take it away." The young man looked like he had suffered a big loss.

Good guy, the feeling is that as long as someone bids, this calligraphy can be sold.

Therefore, this masterpiece of calligraphy worth 80 yuan was taken down by Li Zhuo.

Li Zhuo casually rolled it up and stuffed it under his arm.

He touched a bottle of old wine on the old bookstall again, and asked:
"How old is this wine? Has the smell of the wine gone?"

This bookstall is also invincible, and it even sells old local wine that I don't know where.

The young man's eyes lit up:
"It's been 25 years. It doesn't look good. The color of the bottle has faded. In fact, the wine is still in good condition. It gets better and better with age. Don't worry, you can take the 120 yuan."

"No, I don't dare to drink it, I'm afraid I'll die." Li Zhuo heard that the wine was bigger than himself, and he didn't know how to preserve it. There was only about half of the wine left in the bottle, how could he dare to drink it.

Li Zhuo glanced to the side again, saw a small watercolor painting of water lilies, and asked casually:
"Where did you get these pictures?"

The young man said:
"The source is complicated. Some are bought from the artist himself, and some are bought from others. For example, those large paintings were sold to me by a young man whose grandfather suddenly disappeared. The house was going to be demolished, and he didn’t like the painting, so he sold it to me.”

Li Zhuo's heart was pounding, because among those large paintings was the one that Li Zhuo liked.

Li Zhuo then held the water lily picture in his hands and asked:
"How much? I'll buy it if I tell you the real price."

The young man rolled his eyes:
"Brother, 250 yuan. This is the real price. I will sell it to you as much as I charge. I don't make any money. Take it away."

"How about 150? I'll buy it if it suits you." Li Zhuo replied.

"...Take it away, take it away, the stall is going to be closed, it's not too bad." The young man stopped pretending.

Li Zhuo then picked up the reclining beauty picture, the Western-style painting really made it look more western.

"What kind of painting is this? It's neither Chinese nor foreign. Who painted it?" Li Zhuo asked with a frown.

The young man said:
"I don't know, maybe the old man drew it himself for fun. If you like it, you can take it for 500 yuan."

Li Zhuo had a surprised expression:

"Aren't you kidding, this kind of painting can sell for 500, aren't you cheating?"

Young people are also a little embarrassing:
"No, it's not a scam. You can see that this painting is much bigger than others, and the paper is more expensive. Besides, to paint such a large painting, don't you need more paint? Is it more expensive?"

Good guy, the price of a painting is calculated according to the drawing paper and the paint consumed, right?
Why don't you just sell it by the catty?

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(End of this chapter)