super golden hand

Chapter 68 Ghost City (1)

"I'm fine at night, where should I go?" Li Yang's work was basically done, and he really had nothing to do at night, but he didn't understand why Zheng Kaida had to go out at night.

"You don't want to take Li Yang to that ghostly place, do you?" Sima Lin who was driving suddenly turned his head and asked Zheng Kaida.

"What's wrong with that damn place? It's a good place for me. With brother Li's luck, I definitely won't return empty-handed this time!"

Zheng Kaida laughed, and Wu Xiaoli, who was sitting in the back row, felt a sudden twitch and asked, "Brother Zheng, is the place you are going tonight a ghost market?"

"Hey, how do you know about the ghost market? That's right, I'm going there at night!"

Zheng Kaida looked back at Wu Xiaoli in surprise, Zhengzhou ghost market is not an unfamiliar place to people who really like antiques, but to ordinary people, it seems very mysterious, and not many people know about it.

"I remembered, you took Li Yang to the antique city yesterday, how could I have forgotten this!"

Zheng Kaida suddenly showed a dazed look, Wu Xiaoli smiled, and didn't explain anything. In fact, she really wanted Li Yang to accompany her to the ghost market in Zhengzhou tonight.

Zheng Kaida laughed: "This is better, we will go together at night, Sima, do you want to go?"

"You've all gone to that ghostly place. I don't care if I stay in the hotel alone, so go and have a look!"

Sima Lin smiled helplessly. Every time Zheng Kaida came to Zhengzhou, he would choose the opening time of the ghost market, but since he went shopping with Zheng Kaida once, he no longer had any interest. Sima Lin really couldn't get used to it.

A ghost market, to put it simply, is an underground market in the antique world. Many people who like antiques have the experience of buying treasures in a ghost market. Most of the important cities in the country have their own ghost markets.

In addition, there are many theories about the formation of the ghost market. The most recognized one is that the ghost market originated in Tianjin in the Qing Dynasty.

It is said that during the Qing Dynasty, whenever natural or man-made disasters occurred, the refugees who fled came to Tianjin one after another to find a way to survive.According to historical records, during the reign of Emperor Guangxu, there used to be a porridge factory near Tianbao Road in Tianjin, where a fire broke out, killing more than 1000 people and injuring countless others.It can be seen that the number of victims has increased.

As more and more people were affected, some people began to take advantage of the victims, collecting some old things that were not used by others and selling them to the victims. Over time, a second-hand market was formed there.

At that time, these second-hand goods were different. At that time, it was not like now. Most of the second-hand goods were tattered and even unusable.Such things are not easy to sell even if they are sold to disaster victims. What should I do?These profiteers wanted to play tricks, set up stalls before dawn, covered up their things in the dark, and then sold them to the victims.

For example, some people fold the part where the cotton leaked out of the torn cotton clothes so that you can’t see it; some paint the old shoes with ink to make them look newer; It is very strong, and it may fall apart when you pull it home. To put it bluntly, it is a lie.

Buyers also know that it's just that there are people who are greedy for cheap things. Although the things in the ghost market are poor, the prices can be cut very low, but in the end it is "buyers are not as good as sellers".

After liberation, this kind of market has gradually changed. Many tomb robbers and people who obtained some cultural relics illegally went to the ghost market to sell things. Slowly, there were more antiques in the ghost market, but less second-hand goods. Finally, antiques Mix and match with second-hand goods, sell second-hand goods during the day, and sell antiques at night, this is the current ghost market. ,

Later, ghost markets, large and small, developed a lot, and gradually became what they are now.

Zhengzhou ghost market is located in the flea market, where it is divided into morning market, evening market and night market.

Among them, the morning market is open at dawn and closes at about four or five in the afternoon. This category mainly sells second-hand goods. This is a real second-hand market.

The evening market refers to after five o'clock, or when it is getting dark. At this time, the market is mainly filled with people who collect second-hand goods. Some people who collect junk will send some usable things here to sell. The tattered ones are worth more.Since these second-hand goods sellers have to walk around to collect things during the day, they all sell at night, which forms a night market.

The night market refers to the flea market after twelve o’clock. The people who come out at this time are not those who buy and sell second-hand goods. Strictly speaking, this time is the real ghost market, where antiques are sold, especially A ghost market named after some shady antiques.

Normally, the ghost market in Zhengzhou is once a week, but there will be a big market every three months, and usually it is a small market.There are not many people setting up stalls in the small market, and most of them are locals from Zhengzhou or Henan. Only when the big market comes once every three months, do ghost market sellers from all over the country gather here. This is the easiest time to shop around. Get some goodies.

Today's ghost market is exactly the big market once every three months, so both Zheng Kaida and Wu Xiaoli have taken care of it and are going to shop for Taobao.

It was only when Li Yang got to the hotel that he understood all this, and he was also very curious about the ghost market that he was about to go to.

Zheng Kaida, Sima Lin and Wu Xiaoli have all participated in the ghost market, and their curiosity is far less serious than Li Yang's.

It wasn't until eleven o'clock in the evening that Zheng Kaida woke up the sleepy Sima Lin and set off together. Among the four, Zheng Kaida and Wu Xiaoli were in the best spirits. Li Yang also kept a good spirit because of his curiosity. Only Sima Lin was the most energetic. It was lack of energy, and finally the driver was replaced by Zheng Kaida.

This time when we went to the ghost market, Zheng Kaida specially prepared a lot of cash, and Li Yang also took [-] as a backup. In case he encounters a "treasure in his stomach" like the stone carving last time, he won't have money to buy it. The ghost market only accepts cash, credit cards and checks are useless.

The car turned many turns, and it was almost twelve o'clock before reaching a dilapidated street entrance. At this time, many cars were parked at the street entrance, including ordinary vans and luxury cars worth millions.

Zheng Kaida's big rush has been following behind. Although the ghost market has its own market order, your absolute safety is not guaranteed here. It is natural to be careful when you bring a large amount of cash to such a place. Zheng Kaida's four bodyguards are quietly Follow behind, just in case.

"Is this a ghost city?"

As soon as he arrived at the intersection, Li Yang froze there. The street was not big, and the street was quite dirty, but there were already many small street stalls on both sides of the street, and a small electric light was hung on each street stall. The people who kept walking back and forth to pick things up in front of the stalls looked like a vegetable market, without the sneaky look that Li Yang had thought of in advance.

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