A happy event in a fertile field: the black-bellied husband is as beautiful as a flower

Chapter 518 Guest Officers Come Often

After all, he is also an expert in appreciating treasures and goods. As soon as the shopkeeper held it in his hand, he stared at the beads, and said calmly, "This is..."

Meng Yan said: "In exchange for the pearls, I will exchange this calligraphy of yours. If the beads sell well, one can be worth 2000 taels, but I can't give you two and a half, right?" She narrowed her eyes with a smile. The second half should be given away."

In fact, Meng Yan did not have an accurate estimate of the exact value of the pearl.

It's just that she and Yan'er Chongyi combined the three together, and felt that one piece was worth 800 taels, and if it was a little more falsely reported on the scene, 2000 taels should not be too much.

Seeing the shopkeeper's hesitation, Meng Yan said again: "You bid 5000 taels, and I didn't bargain with you. Why is this pearl not worth the painting? Or is it that the shopkeeper can't make the decision?"

The shopkeeper was also cheerful, and said with a smile: "Wherever it is, Yibao Yibao, small shops also accept it."

Afterwards, it was sold with three bright pearls, in exchange for the first painting.

However, Meng Yan had no intention of leaving, she tapped the counter with her knuckles, raised her eyebrows and said, "Where are the remaining ink treasures of King Wu of Yin, why didn't the shopkeeper take them out?"

The shopkeeper paused and said with a smile: "Excuse me, the guest officer, today the shop only sells this calligraphy of King Wu of Yin. If the guest officer is interested, you can come back next time."

Just kidding, the boss explained that those ink treasures are used to attract customers, and they can only buy and sell one at a time, so as to attract attention and at the same time bid for a high price.

Now he's selling one just to get off to a good start. If he sells all of them at this moment, if he doesn't catch up with other people's bidding, wouldn't it be a big loss?

Meng Yan said: "I know there are eight more, so you might as well take them out and let me have a look."

The shopkeeper looked at her suspiciously, she was so familiar with calligraphy and painting, could it be...

Meng Yan knew what he was thinking, and said: "Don't worry, I am definitely not a colleague, nor will I steal your business, I just simply like to collect the paintings of King Wu of Yin."

The shopkeeper thought about it and thought it was the same.

If they were in the same industry, they would not trade Mingzhu.He saw that these three people were dressed in ordinary clothes, but their hands were generous, and they were probably wealthy families in disguise.

The shopkeeper couldn't offend the customers, let alone just concluded a business, so he asked Meng Yan and the others to go into the inner room to take a look. The people who came in to wait and see after the new opening in the hall were uneven, which was inconvenient.

After entering the inner room, the shopkeeper showed the remaining eight paintings to Meng Yan one by one.

Two or three of them bear the private seal of King Wu of Yin.

After Meng Yan looked at them one by one, she wanted to buy them all.

The shopkeeper immediately refused and said: "Please forgive me, it's not that villains don't sell them. In fact, these calligraphy are the treasures of the small shop. I really can't..."

Meng Yan said: "You only have two or three seals with the seal of King Wu of Yin, but you don't have the rest, and you can't tell whether they are real or not. You don't want to sell them all to me, do you want to bid a high price for each one?" ? It’s hard to find one of the calligraphy of King Wu of Yin, but you have nine here at once. If I go out and tell everyone, what do you think they will think about the authenticity of this painting?”

In fact, the shopkeeper was also thinking about this question at the beginning. These nine paintings must be mixed with true and false, otherwise there would be so many.

Maybe the boss sells a picture every once in a while, and he also has this consideration.

The shopkeeper was very embarrassed, and Meng Yan sighed again: "Your house is newly opened today, if some scandal breaks out, will this business continue in the future?"

At this time, there were many people in the hall one after another. As long as she went out and said so, not to mention the impact on future business, even if she later bid for these calligraphy at a high price, no one would come to buy them.

The shopkeeper asked: "May I ask where did the guest officer know how many calligraphy treasures there are in the shop?"

Meng Yan smiled and said: "You don't have to be afraid. If you sell them all to me today, your store will make a steady profit. Not only do I know how many calligraphy treasures your store has, but I also know that when I bought these paintings, it was only 100 taels of silver. One picture. If you don’t believe me, go back and ask.”

Shopkeeper: "..."

100 taels of silver for one picture?The calligraphy of King Wu of Yin?

Bullshit!
If it was purchased for 100 taels, it is definitely a fake, a fake!

But the boss is not here now, and he has nowhere to ask for instructions.

The shopkeeper looked at the jewels on the table, he was making a profit anyway, and he could still win down this big customer, so he gritted his teeth and sold all these paintings.

In business, you have to be flexible.

In the end, Meng Yan took all the paintings away, leaving behind twelve pearls.

The shopkeeper personally sent people out, and said with a smile on his face, "Guest officials come here often."

When Meng Yan walked out of the door of the calligraphy and painting shop, she also yelled a few words to help: "Everyone may wish to come in and have a look. The calligraphy and paintings here are exquisite and cheap. It can be said to be of high quality and low price."

Everyone saw that she had brought out eight or nine paintings, and she seemed to be an honest buyer, so the people who were watching outside the door also went in to have a look.

When Yin Heng came home, Meng Yan was in the room, unfolding those calligraphy and paintings, and putting them on the carpet, looking at one and admiring that.

These are all drawn by her husband-in-law to make money for his wife, so they don't have any meaning.

There was a pearl box on the table, more than half of the pearls in the box had been removed, and a small half was left, shining brightly in the sunlight outside the window.

She originally thought that in exchange for these paintings, the box of pearls would have to be spent.I don't want to end up with half a box left.

It was very worthwhile to exchange half a box of pearls for these ink treasures of her husband-in-law.

Meng Yan wanted to hang two in the room, and put away the rest. As for which two to hang, she was negotiating with Yan'er and Chongyi.

When Yin Heng entered the room, he saw that her hair was tied up, her body was dressed in simple clothes, and her eyes were as soft and bright as peach blossoms in spring water. Before he could speak, when he looked at the paintings on the carpet, he understood.

Meng Yan hooked his hand and pulled him to sit on the soft blanket with her, Yan'er and Chongyi retreated in time.

Meng Yan tilted her head and leaned on Yin Heng's shoulder, picked up a painting to look at, and said, "Sir, which two would you like to hang?"

Yin Heng looked down at her and saw the radiance on her face, as if she was holding a treasure.

He said: "If you like it, I can draw it for you. These paintings are not very good."

Meng Yan said: "You don't know, now your paintings are selling very expensive outside, and they are all starting from a few thousand taels of silver. Today I took advantage of the opening of Xu Shenfang's shop, and I bluffed to the shopkeeper. I took it all back. Thinking back to when I was in a small place, I took out your paintings and sold them for fifty taels of silver, how young and frivolous I was."

Yin Heng thought of those leisurely and comfortable days, and couldn't help but licked the corners of his lips, Ruoyou Ruowu said with a smile: "It's convenient to be whoever you are, at that time, ten taels of silver can be enough to live at home for a few months. ,Not bad."

(End of this chapter)