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Chapter 421 Picking Up a Bargain [2]

Li Xuan never thought that all women like to use this trick. Although having a beautiful woman around who acts coquettishly and coquettishly from time to time can make a man feel very manly, but when Leng Hanyin did this, although he was in a good mood, he did not feel a sense of accomplishment.

"Just don't mind it. Well, let's go to this shop and go in." Li Xuan looked at this small shop. This shop was relatively the most imposing on this street. The decoration inside the shop was very nice. The walls were carved with patterns of silver and pink. Above the head was a drooping patterned lamp like the shadowless lamp in the operating room. The overall layout was like the stars in the sky.

"Well, okay." Leng Hanyin naturally would not refuse, and nodded in agreement.

Holding Li Xuan's hand, Leng Hanyin walked into the store with him.

As soon as she entered the store, Leng Hanyin was attracted by the colorful antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and some jade pendants in the store. The store also had some light with a slightly blue tint on, which shone on the pendants, instantly making them appear colorful.

Leng Hanyin's performance once again confirmed the correctness of the saying: "Women always like shiny things."

Because Leng Hanyin's joy at this moment did not seem fake.

Of course, Li Xuan knew that Leng Hanyin's family background should not be bad, because that kind of special temperament cannot be faked, and since her family background is not bad, her performance can only show that the design and lighting effects of this store are still very successful.

"What do you two want to buy? We have jade, antiques and other things. If you want to gamble on stones, you can go to the hall on the other side." A young man who looked very elegant asked gently.

"Ah, you also opened that wool shop?" Leng Hanyin asked in deliberate surprise.

Li Xuan couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. Leng Hanyin actually liked to deliberately make superior people feel more proud, and she always asked questions that would please them.

Sure enough, the elegant man immediately showed a bit of pride on his face. "Of course, my Zhou family is well-known in this area...

Haha, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. Although this shop is not big and the decoration is ordinary, this place is in a prime location and can still make a lot of money. Especially gambling on stones, it's even easier.

Because business is good, I just got my PhD, but I am stuck here helping to entertain customers.

If it were someone else, I really wouldn’t want to do this, but you are a person of elegance and taste, so I’ll volunteer to introduce you to someone else…”

This young man was very pleased with himself and would 'casually' reveal some of his own strengths from time to time, and then behaved very gently and elegantly - even though Li Xuan was right next to Leng Hanyin, and even though Leng Hanyin was holding Li Xuan's arm.

However, he turned a blind eye to all these. He thought he was excellent. The man next to the beauty, who was wearing cheap clothes worth only a few dozen dollars, was not worthy of having such a beauty following him.

"That's not necessary. My friend is an expert when it comes to antiques, jades and the like. I'll just follow him and take a look. Thank you for your warm reception." Leng Hanyin smiled slightly and then glanced at Li Xuan.

"Oh? It seems this brother is a very talented person. He must have a doctorate in ancient literature." The young man said with admiration, but his tone sounded a bit like a squeeze.

"Well, I don't have a Ph.D., but I do know a lot about antiques and jade." Li Xuan glanced at the young man. As the saying goes, you shouldn't hit a smiling person. This man was very polite on the surface. Although he seemed a little annoying, he didn't show it.

"Oh, I see. But it's good that you understand. It's good that you understand. I wonder what quality of jade or antiques you want to buy for my lady?" The young man continued in a teasing tone.

"Look, buy whatever you like, but it won't cost more than 500 yuan. I'm not as rich as you, nor as educated as you, so don't push me! Also, even though you may think I'm looked down upon, I own this woman, not you, so don't bother showing me your affection. Being overconfident is just stupid."

Li Xuan said bluntly.

"I didn't mind the sarcasm once, but I saw you smiling and couldn't bear to pour cold water on you, but you are still breathing heavily!" Li Xuan thought unhappily in his heart. He has never been a very generous person, so he will naturally fight back when he should.

"Who do you say is a moron? You poor trash, if you have no money just go away. Why are you still here? Do you think you are so great, you are the Jade King?" the man shouted angrily.

When his purpose was revealed, his face turned pale and blue, and it was obvious that he was not thick-skinned enough.

"If this is your store, I would leave without you telling me, but you really think this store is yours! Also, turn around, the owner is coming!" Li Xuan sneered.

"Ah - Fourth Uncle, you're here -"

The young man immediately said in panic.

"Zhou Wenfeng, this is the third time, you should go home first!" A fat middle-aged man came over and said with a gloomy expression.

"Fourth Uncle, why are you——"

"Go home and rest for a few days! Think it over before you come back. You disappoint me so much!"

"Hmph! I'm a doctor and I'm helping you, and you - forget it, it's just a shabby shop! When I enter the Lengguang Group, I'll kill you!" The young man cursed in his heart with a gloomy expression, and glared at Li Xuan fiercely when he left.

……

"You two, Ah Ming is too arrogant because of his studies, I hope you don't mind... If you two want anything, please feel free to look at it. Our store clearly marks the prices, whether it's jade or antiques, the prices are all marked..."

The fat middle-aged man said with a hint of apology.

Although there were not many people in the store and he was quite busy, he still came to deal with the matter. At least he was a nice person.

"Boss, you're welcome. I came here just because I saw a purple clay teapot from outside. I thought it was pretty and wanted to take a closer look."

"Oh, purple clay teapots. There are not many purple clay teapots here, but there are a few good ones. However, the prices are relatively high." The fat boss said with a smile.

"Well, let's take a look first. Boss, you can continue with your work!"

"Okay, you two can take your time to read it."

……

After the fat boss left, Li Xuan approached the antique counter. He suddenly felt that there seemed to be an object emitting golden light waiting for him here, so subconsciously, he wanted to come here to take a look.

"Hey, are you angry?"

"Hey, speak up!"

"Hey, I'm sorry, I won't show off my charm on purpose anymore, okay?" "Hey, you're so stingy, you're ignoring me, you're a grown man!"

"Hey, I sincerely apologize, please forgive me! I thought you didn't care about me, so I let that guy pay attention to me to stimulate you..."

"I'm just thinking about one thing. Why would I be angry with you? It's normal for you to be pursued by others because you are beautiful." Li Xuan answered casually and continued to think.

"...Oh my god, I've been apologizing for so long. Um, do you like drinking tea? Why do you want to buy a purple clay teapot? This purple clay teapot is not purple." Leng Hanyin said casually.

Li Xuan rolled his eyes and said patiently, "Zisha teapots are made of purple clay, which is not necessarily purple, but can have many colors. Purple clay mined from the ore layer is commonly known as raw clay. It is like a block of rock, which is exposed to the sun and weathered to make it loose, and then it is crushed and pulverized, and then air-filtered according to the number of particles required by the product. The mud after screening is stirred into pieces of Jing mud by a mixer, and then piled up and aged, and then the rotten mud is vacuum-mixed, so that it becomes cooked mud for making blanks. In the process of mixing and preparing purple clay, the raw clay used is The quality of water is very important. The quality of water will directly affect the quality of the product. Zisha clay has good plasticity, high green strength, and small shrinkage during drying and firing. In order to enrich the appearance and color of Zisha Yin, and meet the requirements of process changes and production design, craftsmen mix several clay materials in different proportions, add appropriate metal oxide colorants to the clay materials, and control the temperature and atmosphere in the kiln. After firing, the products are colorful, purple but not garish, red but not bright, green but not tender, yellow but not delicate, gray but not dark, or black but not ink-like.

The most famous type of clay is Tangkai purple clay.”

Leng Hanyin covered her mouth and laughed, "You know a lot, but do you know how Tangkai discovered the purple clay?"

"Well, this involves a legend. Tangkai Dingshan, also known as Zhenshu Town, is located on the shore of Sen Lake. It is an ordinary and beautiful town. According to legend, a long time ago, the villagers in the town went out early and came back late, plowing the fields and doing farm work. In their spare time, they used clay to make bowls and pots for daily use. In this way, they lived a carefree, simple and ordinary life. One day, a strange monk appeared in their town. As he walked, he shouted loudly: "Rich royal soil, rich royal soil." The villagers looked at this strange monk curiously. The monk noticed the doubts in the villagers' eyes, and then said, "It's not the royal soil." , can't I be rich?', people were even more puzzled and looked at him walking around. The strange monk raised his voice and walked quickly, as if there was no one around. Some knowledgeable elders thought he was strange and followed him. As they walked, they arrived at Huangyun Mountain and Qingyun Mountain. Suddenly, the monk disappeared. The elders looked around and saw several newly opened caves with various colors of clay in the caves. The elders took some of the colored clay home, hammered it, cast it and fired it, and magically fired pottery of different colors from before. One person told ten people, ten told a hundred people. In this way, purple clay pottery was slowly formed.

In fact, Tangkai purple clay is a general term for Duan clay, also known as Benshan green clay (light yellow after firing), red clay, black clay, dark green clay and purple clay, as well as the yellow clay sandwiched between the stone layers, called stone yellow, also known as cinnabar clay (red after firing). The color of purple clay is indeed colorful, so it is also called "five-color soil". Purple clay is distributed in the Zhenshu area of ​​Tangkai. The purple clay in the Huangyun Mountain and Qingyun Mountain mud mines is the top grade. The origin of purple clay is inland lake and coastal lake swamp sedimentary deposits, which are deposited and mineralized by external forces and buried deep in the belly of the mountain. Purple clay is an interlayer in Jia mud, and green clay is an interlayer in the purple clay interlayer, so it is called "mud in mud". Cinnabar clay is a kind of yellow mud sandwiched between stone layers, so it is also called stone yellow mud and rock mud..."

Li Xuan explained with a smile.

"Ah, you really know everything. Actually, I know a little bit about this. My father is a collector, so I am naturally influenced by him. But it seems that you are more powerful. It feels like there is an ancient master of Chinese studies living in your head. It makes people feel profound and knowledgeable. But at your age..."

Leng Hanyin's unintentional compliment made Li Xuan slightly stunned.

Yes, why did he suddenly know these things? Why did he suddenly seem to be different from himself when talking about these things?
Li Xuan hesitated for a moment.

His eyes fell on the purple clay teapot, which was a replica and sold for 12,000 yuan. Next to the purple clay teapot was a dark bead, which was what Li Xuan focused on.

This bead has an artificial layer on the outside and the porcelain it is inlaid with shows signs of manufacturing at a glance.

Therefore, the price of this bead is only seventy yuan.

However, underneath this fake appearance, it is actually a genuine and very valuable Dzi bead!

Dzi, Nine-Eyed Stone Shale, is a type of sedimentary rock containing jade and agate. The red color has the strongest magnetic wave and is a rare gem. The magnetic field of Dzi is three times that of crystal. The magnetic wave of crystal is 4 volts, while that of Dzi is 13 volts. The higher the hardness of the ore, the stronger the magnetic field. Dzi is a semi-precious stone with a hardness of 7 to 8.5 on the Mohs scale. Except for the hardness of Deti diamond, which is 10 on the Mohs scale, there is no other ore on the earth with a magnetic field stronger than Dzi. This is also the reason why only the agate of Seibu is called Dzi, while the agate of Inra and Ejima cannot be called Dzi.

Dzi beads are the most precious amulets of the Seibu people. People believe that wearing Dzi beads sincerely can eliminate karma, gain blessings, prevent strokes, avoid harm from external evil spirits, enhance physical strength, increase wealth, etc.

Dzi beads are a must-have accessory for the coming-of-age ceremony and marriage of girls in the Seibu tribe. The number and quality of Dzi beads can reflect the wealth of a family. In addition, Dzi beads are one of the most precious medicinal materials. In many medical books of Seibu medicinal materials, there are records of Dzi beads being used as medicine.

The Dzi bead in front of him is not just a simple Dzi bead. It contains a very powerful energy aura, although Li Xuan has not yet figured out what is inside this bead.

"Boss, what is this bead? Can you introduce it to me?" Li Xuan said, looking at a middle-aged man with glasses who was now free on the opposite side.

The man was slightly startled, then he took a look at the seventy-yuan item and said, "This was brought here by a young man to sell. He said he found it at Seibu. It should be a Dzi bead."

"Dzi beads? What are Dzi beads?" Leng Hanyin was really curious now.

"Dzi beads are one of the seven secret treasures of Seibu. According to historical records, the internal structure of the nine-eyed stone Dzi beads has a strong magnetic field energy from the natural universe. According to the research of the country, it is confirmed that three or four thousand years ago, a meteorite from Mars fell in the Mailantoya Mountains, causing the Dzi ore to produce fourteen elements on Mars under the strong impact. The magnetic field of the "ytterbium" element is particularly strong, which causes the Dzi beads to have incredible induction, which is also consistent with the Seibu people's belief that Dzi beads are "stones from the sky"..."

The middle-aged man with glasses explained a few words casually, and Leng Hanyin seemed to understand it vaguely.

"It's so amazing. I'll buy it." Li Xuan took a look at the bead and said immediately.

The middle-aged man with glasses smiled with a hint of disdain, as if he thought Li Xuan was too easy to deceive.

How can you buy something like Dzi beads for only 70 yuan? This is the lowest quality imitation. If you can't even tell this, how can you say you are playing with antiques!

"Okay, seventy yuan. This is the cheapest price. You have a good eye, young man. You took a fancy to this bead as soon as it was given to you. You are lucky too." The middle-aged man said casually. The price of this thing has been reduced from one thousand yuan to seventy yuan now, and no one has bought it for many years. If the boss would not be reluctant to throw it away, the middle-aged man would have thrown it away long ago.

"Well, my vision must be good. Maybe I can find a bargain, then I will make a fortune!" Li Xuan said with a smile.

The middle-aged man pushed his glasses and agreed, "There is still a considerable chance of getting rich. You know, the good Dzi beads are usually hyped up nowadays, and people don't even frown when they buy them for more than 100,000 or 1,000,000 yuan."

"Yeah, it would be great if I had a million." Li Xuan said with a smile, and then paid.

"Yes, I'll find you thirty."

"No need, young master, I have plenty of money. Just consider it as your reward." Li Xuan said in a very 'generous' manner, shaking the four remaining bills in his hand. This action made Leng Hanyin speechless.

"Haha, thank you very much in that case. Do you want to buy anything else, little brother?" The disdain in the middle-aged man's eyes became stronger, and the feeling of contempt became stronger, but he was a businessman, and it was natural for him to coax customers, so he kept greeting them with a smile.

"Well, you still have raw materials for sale. I'll buy a piece to try my luck."

"Okay, how much do you want?"

"Don't buy something too expensive. Just get a piece of raw material worth three or four hundred yuan today and try your luck." Li Xuan said with a wave of his hand.

"Three or four hundred dollars' worth of raw materials..."

"How not?"

"Well... I do have this, but it doesn't look very good."

"It's okay, take me to have a look, I'll try my luck, it's just free money anyway."

"Yeah, that's right." A flash of greed appeared in the middle-aged man's eyes, and he immediately took Li Xuan and the other man to the gambling stone hall on the side. There were some junk raw materials and scraps there, and no one wanted them even at two hundred yuan a piece, so most of them were sold, and if they couldn't be sold they would be thrown away. Anyway, he was also a member of the Zhou family, so he could sell a few pieces of junk privately to this fool. Wouldn't he make another four hundred yuan by reselling them?

Thinking of this, the middle-aged man became excited.
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Thanks to the book friend 'Bao Jiu Zao' for the generous reward of 30000 starting coins, thank you very much! ~~
(End of this chapter)