Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 424: Golden Age of Troubled Times and Antiques of Prosperous Times
"Okay, then wait for me for a while, brother."

As the middle-aged man spoke, he led the little girl back.

The very funny scene is that the middle-aged man walked so fast that the little girl had to run to catch up with him.

Wang An looked at the father and daughter and couldn't help laughing.

Three minutes later, the middle-aged man returned with the little girl, carrying a basket. From the degree of deformation of the basket, it can be seen that the basket is very heavy!

Sure enough, when the middle-aged man came to Wang An and put the basket on the ground, Wang An discovered that the basket was full of copper coins.

However, this basket of copper coins contained all kinds of coins, many of which Wang An had never heard of. Wang An looked through it and found that there were quite a few Wuzhu coins.

Awesome, seriously awesome!
However, Wang An did not want the Wuzhu coin. The reason was that there were not many of them in the Northeast, but there were quite a lot of them in the Central Plains, and they were not worth anything at all.

When Wang An saw so many copper coins, he took a sack from the sled and spread it on the ground, then poured all the copper coins in the basket into the sack.

Just as Wang An was picking out copper coins, Qiao Xiaohu came over with a middle-aged man in his 40s.

Seeing Wang An picking out copper coins, Qiao Xiaohu did not introduce each other, but the middle-aged man brought by Qiao Xiaohu and the middle-aged man who sold the copper coins to Wang An knew each other.

So, after the two of them greeted each other, they started chatting briefly.

From their conversation, Wang An learned that the man who sold him the copper coins was named Zhang, and the man brought by Qiao Xiaohu was named Jia.

Soon, Wang An picked out the copper coins he wanted. In addition to the "Kaiyuan Tong Bao", there were also many "Shunzhi Tong Bao", "Guangxu Tong Bao", as well as "Zhi Zheng Zhi Bao" and "Zhi Zheng Tong Bao".

The reason why Wang An picked out the "Guangxu Tong Bao" is that although this thing is not very old, the quantity is not large.

Because in the late Guangxu period, copper coins became copper plates without a hole in the middle, and the production of this type of copper coin with a round outer surface and a square inner surface was basically discontinued.

The "Zhi Zheng Zhi Bao" and "Zhi Zheng Tong Bao" are copper coins from the Yuan Dynasty, which are available in small quantities.

The embarrassing thing is that Wang An didn't recognize the words on some of the copper coins. However, Wang An knew that this kind of copper coins were not circulating currency at the time, but were used for sacrifices.

Adding up all the copper coins that were picked out, there were 107 in total. Wang An asked:

"That's all. There are 107 in total. Brother Zhang, please take a look. How much should I give you in total?"

To be honest, copper coins of this era are worthless, which means this thing is actually worthless.

So Wang An's question completely confused the man named Zhang.

After a while, seeing that her father was still silent, the little girl said anxiously:

"Dad, my brother is asking you a question, why don't you say anything?"

Hearing his daughter's words, Brother Zhang said to Wang An helplessly:
"Brother, you can give it to me as you see fit. I've never heard that these things can be sold for money! I don't know how much these things are worth."

I have to say that people of this era are really simple and honest, and don’t have any ulterior motives at all.

But this put Wang An in a dilemma. If he gave too little, it would be inappropriate, and if he gave too much, he would not have the pleasure of finding a bargain.

At this time, the man named Jia, who was brought over by Qiao Xiaohu, spoke. He said:
"Don't mind me, little brother."

Wang An felt disgusted when he heard this, but in fact it was not just this kind of words.

There are also similar statements like "I'm drunk, don't take my words seriously", "My words are harsh, don't be upset", "Give me some face, can you just let this go?" and so on.
As soon as Wang An heard these words, he had the urge to fight back.

Why do you still say it if you know that others will mind?

If you drink too much, just shut your anus. What's there to complain about?
Are you stupid to say something knowing that your words are unpleasant and will make the other person unhappy?

I give you face, but you are a lazy guy, so why should I give you face?

However, although Wang An felt disgusted, he did not show it. After all, the two people knew each other, but the other party didn't even know his name.

I only heard the man surnamed Jia continue to say:
"Big money is something that no one wants now, but maybe not in the future, don't you think, brother?"

I have to say that what the man surnamed Jia said is indeed correct, because "gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times", and big money is a real antique.

So Wang An said, "Yeah, that's right."

The man surnamed Jia continued, "A one-cent coin is made of aluminum, and this thing is copper anyway. How about you charge him one cent each, brother? What do you think?"

When Wang An heard this, he instantly felt that this elder brother surnamed Jia was... well, serious is good! According to the salary conversion, one cent in this era is equivalent to more than 10 yuan in later generations.

So Wang An could totally accept buying a copper coin for 1 cents.

So Wang An smiled and said to Brother Zhang:
"Brother Zhang, what do you think of what Brother Jia said?"

After hearing this, Brother Zhang immediately said with great joy:

"Yes, all right. I'll walk on my feet."

Wang An smiled and took out a big unity and a one-yuan note and handed them over. He also took three copper coins from the sack and said:

"Okay, Brother Zhang, that's it. We'll settle the payment and the goods."

Brother Zhang held the money tightly in his hand, but he couldn't stop smiling.

As if he felt bad, he pointed at the copper coins on the sack and said to Wang An:
"I see you didn't make a choice with those three big coins just now, why don't you grab another handful?"

Hearing this, Wang An quickly refused:

"No thanks, Brother Zhang. I have quite a few of these at home. It's useless if I take more."

At this time, the little girl held the shuttlecock in her hand and suddenly said to Wang An:
"Brother, you are lying. You haven't bought my shuttlecock yet."

Wang An was stunned when he heard the little girl's words, and then Brother Zhang said:

"You're rich now, why would you buy me that shuttlecock?"

The little girl said unconvincedly: "Humph, you won't buy me candy balls with the money you put into your hands."

After saying this, Brother Zhang's face instantly turned red, and he said hurriedly:

"That's all nonsense. I'll buy it for you in a minute."

The little girl muttered, "My mother won't let you go."

Brother Zhang smiled bitterly, glanced at everyone, turned around and said sternly to the little girl:

"Why are you so ignorant?"

Seeing this scene, Wang An couldn't help being shocked. This girl in her teens actually looked not much older than Wang An's two younger sisters. She was pale and thin, and it was obvious that she was malnourished.

So Wang An took out 5 yuan and said to the girl:
"Come here, come here, let's make a deal. If you want to sell these shuttlecocks, you have to sell them all to me. Don't leave any behind, otherwise I won't buy them."

Obviously, Wang An posed a difficult problem to the little girl, because if she sold everything, she would have nothing to play with.

So, the little girl looked at the money in Wang An's hand, then looked at the five chicken feather shuttlecocks in his hand, and her little face was so confused that it was about to become a ball.

Qiao Xiaohu and the other two standing nearby clearly saw Wang An's intention, because buying 5 shuttlecocks for 5 yuan was equivalent to selling a copper coin for 5 cents.

Wang An looked at the troubled little girl, laughed "Hahaha" and touched the little girl's head, reminding her kindly:

"Why don't you just ask your father to make a few more for you?"

Sure enough, the little girl stopped hesitating when she heard this, and immediately handed over all five shuttlecocks in her hand, and then took the five yuan from Wang An.

At this time, Brother Zhang said quickly: "Brother, this is not possible. A few shuttlecocks are not worth so much money."

Wang An, who was observing the copper coins on the shuttlecock, said without raising his head: "Don't get involved in our business."

After Wang An observed the shuttlecocks, he found that only two of the coins on the shuttlecocks were valuable, so he returned the three worthless shuttlecocks to the little girl and said with a smile:

"I give it to you, hahahaha"

The little girl stared blankly at the shuttlecock in her left hand, then looked at the 5 yuan in her right hand, and was completely at a loss as to what to do.

Wang An touched the little girl's head again and said with a smile:
"Hurry up and buy some candy balls, or your dad will ask you for money again."

Hearing this, the little girl secretly glanced at her father, then turned around and ran away. She ran very fast!

(End of this chapter)