Reborn Jewelry

Chapter 14 Origin
The word He Zhong originated from ancient legends and is the official of the West.

There is a story here.

Legend has it that in the era of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, when Yao was the emperor, He Zhong was ordered by Yao to live in the west, observe the sunset, persuade farming, and determine the time of the autumnal equinox.

But that era is too far away, and there should be no such thing as a pen holder at that time.

And even if there is, it is estimated that no one has such a production level, let alone spread to the present.

The date when the pen holder first appeared is unknown, but according to historical records, there are some records similar to the pen holder during the Three Kingdoms period.

Since He Zhong is not a name, it may be a character.

In addition to names, people in ancient times also had characters and numbers.Especially for those celebrities, the name is often known to the public.

In Chu Ning's memory, there is only one character named He Zhong.

It is the famous Su Shi, Su Dongpo.

Su Shi, styled Zizhan, also styled Hezhong, nicknamed Dongpo Jushi, was a famous writer, calligrapher, and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty.

There are quite a few calligraphy and paintings handed down by Su Shi, and all of them are high-quality goods with high value, and they are rarely sold on the market. Most people simply cannot afford to collect Su Shi's works.

However, Chu Ning's grandfather collected many fine antiques back then, one of which was from Su Shi, and now it has been passed on to Chu Ning's father and stored in his study.

Speaking of which, Chu Ning's father has a lot of authentic collections, and once she thinks about it, Chu Ning really wants to find a chance to go back and have a look.

But let's think about the pen holder first.

Chu Ning is [-]% sure that this pen holder should be a game made by Su Shi when he was young.

Although the material of the pen holder itself is not expensive, its value has soared just because it was made by Su Shi.

Moreover, there are many calligraphy and painting works handed down by Su Shi. Gadgets like this are rare and more meaningful to collect. They are very suitable for people like her who are new to the antique street.

Chu Ning made up her mind, and asked the young stall owner, "Boss, how do you sell this pen holder?"

The young stall owner is also a newcomer to the antique business, and the things on the stall are also collected from the countryside by his apprentices, and he has only been in business for a few days.

Seeing Chu Ning asking the price, the young stall owner felt embarrassed: "This pen holder...is not expensive, only 800 yuan."

Chu Ning: "..."

I didn't see it, the young stall owner looked honest, but he was quite courageous when he asked to raise the price.

Although Chu Ning was sure that the pen container was written by Su Shi, others didn't know it!Moreover, there is too much dirt on the surface of this pen holder, and the appearance is actually not good. It is much worse than modern handicrafts. It is only a few or ten yuan at most in the wholesale market.

Even if it appeared on the street stalls in Antique Street, the price could be increased by ten times.

However, the young stall owner asked for [-] yuan.

Chu Ning was already accustomed to the style of asking prices all over the sky in the antique street, but she didn't expect that the young stall owner, who looked like a shy young man, would ask for such a price, so she was a little surprised for a while.

Once she reacted, Chu Ning began to bargain with people.

"Boss, this pen holder is so old and made of bamboo, how can it be worth so much money?" Chu Ning frowned and said, "I'm just a poor student, even if I like this pen holder, I can't take out so much Money to buy it, this is worth my living expenses for three months!"

The young stall's main price was [-], which was already very guilty. Hearing what Chu Ning said, he felt even more embarrassed, and hurriedly said, "Then it's [-], no less!"

Chu Ning smiled happily.

The boss was too good at doing business, so he dropped a thousand in one breath, which was more than half of the original price.If you meet a customer who bargains hard, maybe the boss can give away the things on his stall for free.

"Boss, you can't bully me that I don't know how to read!" Chu Ning frowned even more tightly, "I think eighty is too much for this pen holder!"

The young stall owner blushed and was speechless.

This pen holder was given to him by a family who insisted on ten yuan when he was receiving goods in the countryside.He asked his cousin who was in this business for advice. The price of the items on the stall is very high, but what price to sell it depends on the mood of the bosses. Anyway, as long as you don’t lose money, it’s up to you how much you can make. ability.

The price of 80 yuan, for him, is a profit.

But he asked such a high price before, if the negotiated price is only [-], it would be a bit embarrassing.

Chu Ning saw the embarrassment of the young stall owner, her heart moved, and she said softly: "Boss, it's only 80 yuan! I really like this pen holder, so you can sell it to me!"

The young stall owner couldn't stand Chu Ning's posture at all, and finally blushed and said helplessly: "Well, well, eighty, just eighty..."

Chu Ning was overjoyed, and was about to take out the money, but a familiar voice came from behind: "Chu Ning? Why are you here? What a coincidence! By the way, are you shopping?"

Chu Ning paused when she took out the money, then turned her head slowly, and sure enough, she saw Gao Zhen standing behind her for some reason, looking at her with concern.

Beside Gao Zhen, there are Chen Jian, Zhu Mandong and other members of Hanzhou University Art Appreciation Association.

Chu Ning remembered that Zhu Mandong said in the dormitory that their club had activities today, so it turned out that they came to the Antique Street to do practical activities collectively?

After they joined the Art Appreciation Club in their previous life, they seemed to have such activities as well.Originally, Gao Zhen wanted to bring her along at that time, but Zhu Bingting saw Gao Zhen's closeness to her, and made a hindrance, saying that they, new members of the club, were not qualified to participate in such large-scale club activities, so that she and Zhu Man Winter didn't even come.

Zhu Mandong was also looking at Chu Ning with complicated eyes at this time.

She didn't expect to bump into Chu Ning here.

She was still angry with Chu Ning, and didn't want to ignore Chu Ning so early.But now that the two met here, and there were so many outsiders, it seemed inappropriate for her not to say hello, and it was a dilemma for a while.

Fortunately, Gao Zhen came forward, and Zhu Mandong just found an excuse to shrink back.

Chu Ning glanced at Gao Zhen, but didn't talk to Gao Zhen, but continued to take the wallet.

Gao Zhen suddenly became a little angry from embarrassment.

He even took the initiative to strike up a conversation, but this Chu Ning is still so ignorant!
She was not allowed to join the Art Appreciation Club before, and she hasn't been taught a lesson yet!

"Chu Ning, you are not a student majoring in appraisal. You are buying things in the antique street. Be careful of being deceived." Gao Zhen's face twitched, and he said incredulously, "Are you buying a pen holder? An ordinary bamboo It’s just something I made, and the wholesale market next door is full of better things than this, and it costs less than 80 yuan to buy a large bag, so you’d better think about it!”

(End of this chapter)