Jianbao life

Chapter 962

The old man glanced at Chu Chen, who was accosting him, and probably thought that Chu Chen was more pleasing to the eye, so he said: "You guys are not locals, it's a coincidence that you are here, and this is the first time that Qingpi has appeared here. Xiao Cheng is the only one who does this kind of business. To be honest, I'm not very optimistic about this business. "

Chu Chen humbly asked for advice: "How should I say it?"

The old man explained: "Think about it, how much is a better Wenwan walnut? You can buy a good one for five or six hundred. A pair here costs twenty, and the pile on the right costs three hundred. Whether the walnuts come out is good or not depends on luck, if you have the time to bet on green skins here, it’s better to buy them directly. You can see how many people around you are betting on green skins and you’ll know if I’m right.”

Seeing that Chu Chen nodded in agreement, he went on to say: "Of course, if Xiao Cheng manages his business in a big city like the capital, he probably won't lose money. The buyers there have a relatively high purchasing power, unlike us here, where you can spend a penny. They have to be broken into two halves. But he refused, saying that he wanted to try to develop in our place, and he did something out of season, you said it would increase costs!"

When Chu Chen heard this, he asked curiously, "Master, why doesn't he expand his business to a bigger city?"

"I'm not angry with his old man."

The old man explained with a smile: "Old Cheng does not agree with him to do this business. He has a stubborn temper and insists on doing it, and he even vowed to make a name for himself on this street. After all, he is just kidding with his own money. But this kid has the character of not hitting the south wall and not looking back, even my father won’t listen to him, let alone others.”

Understanding the reason, Wu Ke looked at the two piles of green-skinned walnuts on the left and right, and asked curiously: "Master, why are there so many differences in the prices of walnuts on the two sides?"

The old man smiled and said: "You get what you pay for. There are so many varieties of Wenwan walnuts, and the prices vary greatly. The pile on the right is the best wild lion head that Xiao Cheng brought back from other places. They are big and It is plump, and it is out of season now, so green skins are not easy to preserve, so the price is of course high.”

"Actually, I think it's not bad that these top-quality wild lion heads are out of season. Why are these ordinary goods out of season? It just increases the cost. If it's in season, ten yuan a pair, the business will definitely be better than now much better."

"This is also..."

While the old man was explaining to Chu Chen, another middle-aged man stepped forward and took out 100 yuan, handed it over, and said, "Xiao Cheng, give me five pairs!"

Xiao Cheng was taken aback for a moment, raised his head to look at the middle-aged man, and said with a wry smile, "Uncle Ping, what are you doing?"

"Of course I'm betting on Qingpi, what else can I do?"

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

"Stop talking nonsense, I want to play now, okay..."

While the two were talking, the old man whispered to Chu Chen, "This shopkeeper Ping is a family friend of Xiao Cheng's family. He has always liked Xiao Cheng very much. It is probably because Xiao Cheng's business is not good, so he supports the scene."

As soon as the old man finished speaking, Xiao Cheng still couldn't hold back the shopkeeper Meng, and finally gave him the walnuts, but he gave him seven pairs at once.

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

Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "Didn't I say that, buy three pairs and get one free. You are my elder, so you should buy five and get two free."

Shopkeeper Ping didn't want to delay Xiao Cheng's business anymore, so he agreed directly: "Okay, just open it for me."

In fact, walnuts are still very easy to open, especially this kind of aged walnuts with green skin. As long as you use a sharp knife and turn it carefully along the middle, you can break off the pulp with your hands and give the core to it. take out.

However, there is one thing that is very annoying about the green-skinned walnut, that is, there will be a kind of black juice on its skin, which is not easy to wash off when it stains the black on the hands.Therefore, even if it was easy to open the walnuts, the previous buyers asked Xiao Cheng to help open them 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 skins in the market is to carefully select two walnuts with green skins. If the shape, size and texture are similar after peeling, it means that they are matched, and the closer they are, the higher the value.

For example, if you buy walnuts with a price tag of 20 yuan for a pair, you can pick them yourself. If you have good eyesight and pick a pair that is big and has good texture, it may be worth 200 yuan, and you will make money.But if it happens that the texture is not good, the yellow tip is yellow, and the pairing is not perfect, then it is a waste of money, and no one wants a pair of ten yuan.

In addition, the size of the walnut affects the value of the walnut.Generally speaking, the three different sizes of 40mm, 45mm, and 50mm in diameter represent the three grades of low, middle and high.Generally, 3% is rare. Wenwan walnuts with 45% are quite precious. If the variety is good and the pairing is good, tens of thousands of walnuts are easy.

However, large walnuts are rare, let alone paired successfully.Among the seven pairs of walnuts selected by shopkeeper Ping, five pairs were sold out one after another, and the largest size was 39. Fortunately, shopkeeper Ping was lucky. There was a pair of walnuts with a diameter of 38, and they were very close in variety, color, and texture. Calculated, there is no loss of 100 yuan, and there is a small profit.

Sometimes, betting on this kind of thing is enough to not lose money, not to mention making a small profit. For this, shopkeeper Ping feels very satisfied.

Next, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became lively, because Xiao Cheng unexpectedly 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 single walnut alone is worth hundreds of dollars. The audience around were envious, and Shopkeeper Ping's face was full of joy. The old man even said sourly, maybe this means that good people are rewarded with good things.

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

"Hey, this walnut is so big, and the shape and texture look similar to the one just now?" When Xiao Cheng unwrapped the last green peel, the audience around exclaimed.

"Really, it can't just be paired with the one just now, right?"

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

Xiao Cheng nodded with a smile, and quickly picked up the vernier caliper to measure.

"45 is also 45!" Xiao Cheng said excitedly.

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

"Xiao Cheng, let's pair up and see..."

Hearing this, Xiao Cheng quickly put two walnuts in his hands. This pair of walnuts are of the lion head variety, both of which are short and big-bellied. 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 has distinct characteristics.The pairing is great.

"It's the best!"

Seeing this situation, the surroundings suddenly boiled up. Someone congratulated Shopkeeper Ping, and Shopkeeper Ping returned the gift with a happy face. 45 walnuts are relatively common, but they can be matched, and they match such a good lion head. But it is very rare, and the price of a pair must be thousands of dollars.

"Shopkeeper Ping, can you let us appreciate it!" Some audience members shouted, and others also echoed.

Shopkeeper Ping seemed a bit embarrassed when he heard the words, and someone next to him said: "Pairing such a good walnut is big and expensive. I will borrow a small table next door and watch them one by one. Don't get started. Everyone how do you feel?"

Everyone agreed one after another, and shopkeeper Ping nodded in response.

The table was borrowed, and the walnuts were placed in a conspicuous position. Everyone took turns to admire them one by one. With so many people, nothing went wrong, which made shopkeeper Ping feel relieved.

Chu Chen also stepped 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 not too obvious yellow neck around the tip, which was bright yellow, but the inside was not so yellow. too deep.

Seeing this, Chu Chen frowned secretly, why do you think this is?It turned out that this particularly obvious yellow neck is a defect of walnuts, which is a change in the internal structure of the wood caused by malnutrition during the growth process.

Compared with normal wood, the density of the yellow place is much sparser, and it is very soft in terms of hardness.If the wood hardness of the normal hemp walnut shell is similar to sandalwood and boxwood, then the hardness of the yellow part is similar to that of poplar used to make toothpicks, and some are even softer, which can be printed with fingernails.

Because the texture is relatively soft, such walnuts are easy to be injured due to bumps. Therefore, walnuts with such problems are no longer in the category of whole products.We often hear the "three noes, all products" emphasized by nuclear manufacturers, and the first of these "three noes" is "no yellow".

Fortunately, the "yellow neck" on this walnut didn't penetrate too deep, so it can't be considered a serious flaw, but even so, for those who know how to do it, the value of this walnut will be discounted .

And if it were Mr. Liu, no matter how cheap this kind of walnut was, he would not buy it.

It’s not that Mr. Liu dislikes walnuts that are only 45, but that he thinks that a pair of walnuts can produce that beautiful old red after a few years of playing.Only when such walnuts are in vain, are they worth playing.On the contrary, walnuts that cannot be played will not look good or transparent, so there is no need to collect such walnuts.

Obviously, it is impossible for this kind of "yellow neck" walnut to play that kind of effect. Therefore, for players like Mr. Liu, there is no need to buy this kind of walnut.

However, with so many people at the scene, it is estimated that Chu Chen saw the problem. After seeing it, other people congratulated shopkeeper Ping again and again. They were a little impatient, and even shopkeeper Heping talked about the price, but shopkeeper Ping did not immediately agree. , He didn't say he was dead, he just said he had to go back and think about it.

(End of this chapter)