Tianyan Jianbao

Chapter 25 Grasshopper Gourd ([-])

Touching the grasshopper gourd in his arms through his clothes, Wang Haoming walked slowly towards Li Zhi's clothing store, feeling a little happy in his heart, after all, he found an object with spiritual power, although the absorbed spiritual power was a bit scarce , is finally better than nothing.

"Hey, I'm back. You are not small, and the whole room is waiting for you."

As soon as Wang Haoming stepped into the store, he heard Li Zhi's loud voice yelling. Looking into the store, there were indeed quite a few people.

The first person Wang Haoming saw was naturally Luo Yuwei. Luo Yuwei's originally rolled head was also untied and spread over her shoulders, giving people a lazy feeling.

Even though Wang Haoming was not happy with Luo Yuwei's indifferent personality, his heart beat a little faster when he saw this behavior.

After this period of time, Luo Yuwei's family background is no secret among the people. She was born in a wealthy family in Hong Kong. The family's main business is jewelry and jade, which is well-known in Southeast Asia.

Compared with her family, Xin Rui's grandfather's property is much inferior. It cannot be compared with it in terms of asset reputation and operating projects.

Wang Haoming turned his gaze back to Li Zhi, and there were three men sitting on the sofa beside him.

One is an old man, about 60 years old, with a thin body, but hale and hearty, with piercing eyes, and looks very capable. The other two are middle-aged people in their 40s. like a customer shopping.

Li Zhi pulled Wang Haoming over, pointed at the old man and said, "Wang Haoming, come here, let me introduce you, this is the owner of 'Jiyaxuan', shopkeeper Lu, he is an old man in the antique industry Ah, if you have any questions that you don't understand, please ask the shopkeeper Lu for advice."

The old man seemed dissatisfied with Li Zhi's address, he glared at Li Zhi, and said, "Boy, I still can't afford to call you Uncle Lu, what kind of shopkeeper, you're just a bad old man."

Li Zhi seemed to be used to joking with this old man, so he didn't care at the moment, and pointed to the other two middle-aged men and said to Wang Haoming: "This is the boss Luo Fengluo, the boss of Liuxiangzhai, and this is Yuding Tang’s boss, Brother Wang.”

Wang Haoming quickly nodded to greet them, but he was a little puzzled. According to Li Zhi, the second middle-aged man in front of him is considered to be a figure in the antique world, but he doesn't know who Li Zhi introduced these people to him. mean.

As the saying goes, people are old and smart, and shopkeeper Lu seemed to see the trace of doubt on Wang Haoming's face.

He said straight to the point: "Xiao Wang, we came here uninvited today because I heard that you accepted a fake post from Su Shi's "Gong Fu Tie" some time ago. Such manuscripts are very rare in the world, and we have no other intentions. , just want to see it."

When Wang Haoming heard this, he immediately understood. He glanced at Li Zhi, and the guy quickly said, "You guys are chatting, I'll go greet the guests."

After Li Zhi finished speaking, he hid far away to Xin Rui's side, no need to ask, it must be that this guy didn't know the door and publicized it for himself.

Wang Haoming also secretly rejoiced that he didn't tell this guy about the spiritual power, otherwise everyone on earth would know by now.

"Shopkeeper Lu, the two bosses..."

"Xiao Wang, please help the old man, call him Uncle Lu." Before Wang Haoming could finish speaking, he was interrupted by shopkeeper Lu.

"Okay, Uncle Lu, Brother Luo, Brother Wang, I did receive a manuscript. Judging from its appearance, it should undoubtedly be a rare ancient book. I also checked some information. The content of the manuscript is a fake Qing Dynasty post from Su Shi's "Gong Fu Tie". As for who wrote it, I can't tell the difference."

Wang Haoming honestly explained the situation of the manuscript. Anyway, the origin of this thing is innocent, and no one can take it away. These experts want to read it, just to clear up their doubts.

"Brother Wang, can you show it to us?"

Luo Feng, who looked a little rough, said loudly, you know, the most difficult thing to preserve among antiques is calligraphy and painting.

Works like this are extremely rare in the world, and the authentic works can only be seen in a few large museums, so they want to see them quickly to see if they are real works by predecessors or fakes?

"Now?? Here??"

Wang Haoming was a little embarrassed, he had to go home to get his things, and Li Zhi's store was noisy with people coming and going, so it was not a good place to appreciate antiques.

"Hey, I made a mistake. This place is not very suitable. How about it? Brother, if you are free tomorrow morning, you can take the manuscript to the Jingmingxuan Teahouse next to the market. That is also my business. Let's have a look." Tasting tea and appreciating treasures, old man, do you think it's good?"

Although Boss Luo has a rough appearance, he speaks with a sense of propriety. The meaning behind his words is still Mr. Lu. However, Luo Feng's manner and conversation are very grand, and it seems that he is not an ordinary collector of antiques.

"I think it's okay, but I don't know if Xiao Wang has time tomorrow?" Mr. Luo nodded and said.

When Wang Haoming was about to answer, the grasshopper in his arms suddenly blew, probably because the temperature in the store had risen.

Wang Haoming's heart moved, there is nothing special about this grasshopper, but the grasshopper gourd should have some origins, and he himself doesn't understand, why not let these few people hold his eyes.

Thinking of this, Wang Haoming said: "Okay, since Uncle Lu said, I'll be there on time tomorrow, but Uncle Lu, I just bought a small item in the market and I like it very much. Can you help me with it?" Palm eyes, tell the story."

"Hehe, it's the grasshopper gourd, right? Take it out and have a look."

Shopkeeper Lu heard the grasshopper's cry and saw Wang Haoming talking like this, so he didn't understand what he was thinking.

When Li Zhi and Xin Rui heard that Wang Haoming had bought a grasshopper gourd, they also surrounded him. Even Luo Yuwei was attracted by the grasshopper's clear and crisp chirping.

Wang Haoming reached out and took out the grasshopper gourd from his bosom, before handing it to Mr. Lu, Li Zhi snatched it away.

"Let me say, Hao Ming, how much did you pay for this thing? Why do you think of playing with this thing? You still remember the time we caught grasshoppers when we were young."

Li Zhi played with the grasshopper gourd in his hand, obviously he didn't take it seriously, but he didn't notice that the face of Mr. Lu on the side changed.

"I bought it for 1000 yuan. We wouldn't understand it. If there was this thing, the blue-eyed general I raised back then wouldn't freeze to death." Wang Haoming replied casually.

"1000 yuan! Why are you cramping again? Do you know that I used to sell this thing for 2 yuan, which bastard would sell it to you? Tell me, I'll go find him."

Li Zhi's voice rose a few degrees unconsciously. He didn't feel sorry for the 1000 yuan, but felt that his brother was being played for a fool, and he was very upset.

At this moment, Luo Yuwei was playing with the grasshopper gourd. After hearing Li Zhi's words, she raised her head and said lightly, "2 yuan, I want this thing."

To Luo Yuwei, money is just a number, and she really likes this thing, especially the melodious crowing of grasshoppers, which makes her feel as if she is in the countryside.

Li Zhi opened his mouth wide in surprise, he felt that the world had changed, why even this indifferent girl went crazy with Wang Haoming, but what surprised him even more was yet to come.

"I won't sell it. I'll keep it for myself." Wang Haoming immediately rejected Luo Yuwei.

"5ooo." Luo Yuwei's face remained unchanged, and another number came out of her mouth.

"I'm sorry, Miss Luo, I really don't sell this item, it's not about the price, it's because I really like this grasshopper gourd, I hope you can understand."

Wang Haoming saw that Luo Yuwei really wanted to buy it. Although he raised the price, it didn't mean to throw money at others, so he said sincerely, but the price of 5000 yuan was really not enough to impress him.

Luo Yuwei didn't reply, she glanced at Wang Haoming lightly, and returned the grasshopper gourd to Li Zhi's little hand.

"Ahem, Xiao Wang, you want me to show you something, but I haven't gotten started yet." Unexpectedly, Mr. Lu seemed to be interested in this gourd, so he said to Wang Haoming.

Wang Haoming quickly took the grasshopper gourd from Li Zhi's hand and handed it to Mr. Lu. The eyes of several people in the room immediately focused on Mr. Lu.

After Mr. Lu took the gourd, he first flicked the belly of the gourd with his fingernails, and the grasshopper inside immediately chirped, and the clear and loud voice immediately rang out in the shop.

Then Mr. Lu took out a thumb-sized magnifying glass from his pocket, and carefully observed the hollow core of the gourd. After a full 5 minutes, he put away the magnifying glass and let out a long sigh.

"Xiao Wang, don't you really want to sell this item?" Playing with the grasshopper gourd in his hand, the first words of Mr. Lu surprised everyone.

"Not for sale." Wang Haoming said firmly.

"If I offer [-] yuan, I won't sell it?" Mr. Lu's smile was playful, as if... there was a little bit of bitterness.

"Uncle Lu, don't tease me. I really want to keep it to myself. Is there any way to do it?"

Wang Haoming was also taken aback when he heard the words, but he is not short of money now, and the money he earned these days has not been moved yet.

"Did you take this thing from that man named Daniel?" Mr. Lu asked without answering Wang Haoming's words.

"Yeah, Uncle Lu, how do you know, oh, by the way, Daniel said that there is someone who wants to pay 8 to buy his, so it could be that you are old."

Wang Haoming also remembered what brother Niu said at the time, but he really wasn't fooled by himself.

Shopkeeper Lu showed a wry smile when he heard the words, and said, "Where is 8oo? Do you think he would sell it for 1 yuan?"

Everyone present couldn't understand what the old man said. He was only willing to pay 1 for that big cow, but how it became [-] when it came to Wang Haoming's place, which made people a little confused.

However, the faces of the two bosses, Luo Wang, who were next to him showed a look of suddenness, as if they understood a little bit.

"Xiao Wang, don't pretend anymore. If you can't see the origin of this object, how can you cut my ass off? Why are you still fooling me, an old man?"

The old man stared at Wang Haoming closely, the smile on his face disappeared, and he looked at Wang Haoming and said word by word with a hint of displeasure.

"Uncle Lu, I really don't know the origin of this thing. I don't have much research on it. I really don't know what is so special about this grasshopper gourd. If you don't believe me, you can ask Li Zhi. We grew up together. know me."

Wang Haoming was a little anxious when he heard the words, and quickly explained, thinking that this old man is a dog, how can he turn his back on him?

(End of this chapter)