Manor Romance

Chapter 18
Next to the flower and bird market is another place that Yunli used to frequent, the antique market.

There was a time when Yunli visited the antique market here, and became obsessed with these antiques. Whenever he had free time, he would come for a stroll and look for related books everywhere. novel.At that time, Aunt Fang once thought that he had gone mad, so she almost didn't practice it by herself. She was worried, and cooperated with Baihe to monitor Yunli around the clock to prevent him from causing any trouble.

Fortunately, the things they were worried about did not happen. Not only that, but Yunli, who has been successful in "cultivation", has also gained a lot. He can often find some valuable gadgets, and he can make a small profit by changing hands. A considerable amount of money has been accumulated, leaving everyone dumbfounded and speechless.

Yunli used this deposit to pay for the contracting fee of Xiaolu Mountain, but it has been almost used up now, and there are still a few gadgets in his room that he is reluctant to sell, all of which he bought in the antique market in the past. , still have a certain value, Yunli plans to pack them back together this time, put them in the bamboo building as a decoration, and pick one at random as a souvenir for Brother Chen.

Compared with a few years ago, the antique market has not changed much. Large and small shops are filled with all kinds of items, such as vases, porcelain, ancient calligraphy and paintings, old-fashioned clocks, and even toilet seats. Put it on display for sale.The obvious difference is that there are many more small stalls on the ground than before, almost filling up the available space in the market, leaving only a few narrow passages for people to pass through.

In fact, this is easy to explain. With the rise of the antique market, more and more people have stepped in, wanting to get a piece of the action. Those who have no basic capital can only start by setting up street stalls.And for the seller, setting up a street stall has many advantages over opening a store. First, there is no constraint of the store. Regardless of the authenticity of the product, you can buy and sell with one hammer.Second, setting up a street stall is also a kind of psychological game, which can put the seller in a weak position first, and have a better psychological advantage and room for rebound when negotiating prices.Therefore, even some well-known large shops secretly have branches that set up street stalls, which is an open secret in this industry.

"When you were in middle school, if you skipped class or came back late one day, you must come here to find someone." Yun Li held Aunt Fang's hand and wandered casually in the antique market. Aunt Fang couldn't help but smile when she recalled the past. I smile.

Yunli also laughed and said, "I'm different from Lily. I have been worrying about you since I was a child, fighting with my friends, tearing things apart, and even breaking your tape recorder for the Model Worker Award. Now that I think about it, I feel really ashamed. "

"Well, one makes me worry, and the other makes me worry. You two are two extremes. At that time, I thought, if you can share half of your personality with each other, then it will be called real peace of mind." Fang Aunt said with emotion.

"A hybrid of me and Lily? Just thinking about it gives me goosebumps. If there is such a person, it's better to hide." Yun Li joked, which made Aunt Fang burst into laughter. Unknowingly, the two People walked to the area dedicated to selling jade porcelain.

Different from other areas, the sidewalk here is much wider, because after all, it is a fragile thing and cannot be bumped, but even so, it cannot satisfy the huge flow of people.Jade and porcelain have always been the favorites in the antique world. In the antique market, where there are the most people, there must be jade or porcelain.

"These are curium bowls, I didn't expect to see them here." Aunt Fang was attracted by one of the stalls, and pulled Yunli and said.

"It's quite rare. I remember when I came here before, there were veteran craftsmen setting up a stall to repair pots and pans. I just love to see this. I even forgot the time when I saw it." Yunli was also very impressed by these things. Interested, said with a look of nostalgia.

"Look at this, it's so well mended. If you look at it from a distance, it looks like a pattern, and you can't tell it's been mended." Aunt Fang picked up one of the blue and white curium bowls, and praised while looking at it.This bowl has an arc-shaped crack from the mouth to the bottom of the bowl. When repairing, it is repaired one by one along the crack with golden flat nails. This kind of regret is beautiful.

"Nowadays, not many people know the craft of curium bowls. Even if they do, they can't make the same taste as before. A good curium bowl must first be complete, and secondly, the repair process must be appropriate. The best state is to put Repairing and embellishment are integrated. The repairing materials can be divided into gold, silver, copper and iron. The techniques also include nail repairing, strip pasting, and sheet bonding. Isn't there an old saying that "don't do porcelain work without diamonds"? It's this craft. If you don't know the market price, just count the number of patches on the bowl. Under the premise of the same quality, the more the quantity, the higher the value." Seeing that Aunt Fang was interested, Yunli explained it in detail. Said.

The stall owner was a man in his thirties, with a fat body. He was very surprised to hear Yunli's professional explanation, and quickly came over to compliment him: "It's really rare that this handsome guy is so knowledgeable at such a young age. See what you like and give you a discount."

If they like it, they like it, but they bought a curium bowl to take home. It is useless except for decoration, so it is only for the eyes and has no intention of buying it.Just as they were about to leave and go to other places to continue shopping, Yun Lisao saw two small green and white jade pendants at the corner of the booth, so he stopped, picked up the jade pendants and looked at them carefully.

The two pieces of blue and white jade pendants have the same shape, they are both processed into the shape of a butterfly, and there are two small holes on the head for wearing with strings.As far as the quality of green and white jade is concerned, the value of white jade is generally much higher than that of sapphire. These two jade pendants are more cyan and have many markings, so they are not considered good products.

After looking at the jade pendants, Yun Li put them back to the original place, then stretched out his left hand, put his index finger in front of the fat stall owner, tapped it twice, and then quickly retracted it.And the fat stall owner seemed to understand Yunli's meaning, he also stretched out his index finger, and after shaking it left and right a few times, he gave Yunli a thumbs up to compare with, then retracted it, waiting for Yunli's reply with a smile .

With a blank expression on his face, Yun Li repeated the previous action, and after retracting his hands, he put them behind his back.

The fat stall owner saw Yunli's action, hesitated for a while, and then made a move. He stretched out his index finger and pointed, then spread his five fingers towards Yunli, with a resolute look on his face.Unmoved, Yunli stretched out two fingers lazily, then turned around and took Aunt Fang's arm, returning with an indifferent expression.

Aunt Fang was confused, but she found it very interesting. She felt that the two were performing pantomime, and she didn't interrupt, she just quietly watched the performance.Soon, the fat stall owner's fingers changed from five to four, then reduced to three, and finally remained at two.

After a silent contest, Yun Li remained unchanged, while the fat stall owner blushed a little. After gesticulating with two fingers, he stretched out his five-fingered palm again and slapped the table hard, making The porcelain bowl above made a "bang bang" collision sound.

I saw Yunli turned the backpack over, took out 25 pieces of 100 yuan bills from inside, put them on the stall table, then took the two green and white jade pendants into his hands, and after the fat stall owner confirmed that there was no problem, he held them again Aunt Fang's hand, to go to other places.

Without Aunt Fang needing to speak, Yunli explained to her the meaning of what she did just now in detail.

In the antique market, veterans usually don't talk about the price directly, but use gestures instead.There are also many styles of gesture bargaining, and different places have different habits. Familiar traders have a general understanding of this. The one used by Yunli just now is a commonly used bargaining gesture here.

There are five fingers on one hand, ranging from small to large, representing units of one, ten, hundred, thousand, and ten thousand respectively. Yunli first stretched out his index finger to tell the fat stall owner that I will not pay more than two pieces of jade pendants. The price of ten thousand.And the fat stall owner gave a thumbs up in response, saying that if it is less than [-], there is no need to talk.And Yunli continued to respond with his index finger, just to stick to the original bidding range, and put his hands behind his back to show his attitude, if this time the negotiation fails, I will no longer bid, turn around and leave, whether I like to sell or not.

The fat stall owner knew very well that the quality of these two pieces of blue and white jade pendants was ordinary and their color was not very good. Although they were quite old, they probably had no great background and their corresponding value was limited.At the beginning, he only spent less than 500 yuan. He bought it from a migrant worker, and it has been in his hands for a long time. Moreover, people are very smart now, and they are not so easy to fool. They ask for tens of thousands of yuan. It's really not suitable.

After some back-and-forth, the two finally set the price range at 2000 to 3000 yuan, and the fat stall owner also changed his previous passive situation, clapped the table with five fingers, and issued the final notice, the price is [-] yuan, give the money Go, don't be pulled down.

This price was acceptable to Yunli, and he didn't plan to grind it down, so he just gave the money and took the jade pendant, and the deal was concluded.

Aunt Fang listened with gusto, took one of the jade pendants, and asked, "These two little butterfly jade pendants don't look special, are they really worth that much money?" The decorations she got were really a bit of a waste. Although she had been the head of the orphanage for many years, most of her income was spent on improving the facilities in the hospital. Until now, she didn't have a few jewelry that she could take out.

"It's worth the price, and there's still a lot of potential for growth, and this shape is not a butterfly, but a moth. I bought them because I like the meaning that the moth jade pendant represents." Yun Li squeezed another piece of jade pendant in his hand, Patiently explained, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Aunt Fang brought the jade pendant a little closer, but she still couldn't see the way, she asked puzzledly, "Is there any difference between a butterfly and a moth?"

(End of this chapter)