Rebirth of Merry Career

Just as he was thinking about it, a few people suddenly came in from outside the door. Among them, a man in his 40s came over, looked at the thin old man behind the counter, grinned, nodded and bowed and said: "Boss Zhang, I brought you some goods, please take a look." Look.www"

The old man nodded, and said in an indifferent voice: "Take a look."

The man untied his backpack, carefully took out several blue and white porcelains from inside, and placed them on the table one by one. Many treasures ran over in a hurry, but I didn’t expect to hurry, it was too late, and all the good things were robbed, so I just got these few porcelains.”

The old man put on his reading glasses, opened the drawer, took out a magnifying glass from inside, looked at several porcelains for a while, then shook his head and said: "It's fake, it must be fake, old six, you've been fooled Now, these are imitations after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and they are not worth a lot of money."

The middle-aged man's face darkened immediately, and he stammered: "Boss Zhang, I'm not mistaken, if you look carefully, there seems to be a year number written on the bottom, which is said to be a treasure from the Kangxi period. But it cost me more than 3000 yuan, how could it be fake?"

"No need, if I say it's fake, it won't be real!" The old man waved his hand, took off his reading glasses, and said in a low tone: "The workmanship is quite fine, but it's a pity that they are all fakes, and they are not worth 300 yuan. Old Six, you have lost a lot this time, so be careful in the future, and don't be fooled again."

"Oh, it's really bad luck, this time it's a disaster!" The middle-aged man stomped his feet, showing a helpless expression on his face. After a long while, he put the porcelain away, put it in his backpack, and fumbled for a piece of silk from his pocket. Bu, after opening it, put a few ancient coins on the table, and said nervously: "Boss Zhang, please appraise them again. Are these things worth money? See if we can recover some losses."

The old man glanced at them and saw that these ancient coins were of good quality, so he nodded and said, "It's okay, at least these are real things."

The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, with a flattering smile on his face, and said softly, "It's okay, Boss Zhang, you can give me a price."

"Okay, let me take a closer look." The old man put on his reading glasses again, and looked at the ancient coins again and again, his face uncertain.

Zhou Jing felt a little curious, and moved over, but saw that these ancient coins were very strange, not the kind of hemp money with a round outside and a square inside, so he couldn't help chuckling and said: "Boss Zhang, this coin is rare. I don’t know which dynasty it is from?”

The old man glanced at him, and said in a low voice: "These are ancient pre-Qin coins, because they are shaped like the trousers we wear now, so they are also called trouser coins. Although these things are good, they are too worn, and the copper rust has been worn away. It's a pity that the collection value is greatly reduced!"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man was dumbfounded, and said incoherently: "Boss Zhang, I wiped off those green hairs. When I first got them, the tops of the copper coins were dirty. In order to sell them at a good price, I used hair to clean them." Brushing and washing vigorously, it took more than two hours to get it clean, and my arms were tired and sore for several days!"

Hearing this, the old man couldn't laugh or cry, threw the ancient coins on the table, and said bitterly: "Old Six, Old Six, you are so stupid. I wanted to give you a few more money, but now I wish I could slap you twice." !"

"It's really thankless, it's a big loss, it's a big loss!" The middle-aged man also knew that he had done something stupid, so he stood there, scratching the back of his head with his hands, and giggled silly.

After some haggling, Boss Zhang accepted these ancient coins for [-] yuan and sent them away. He shook his head and said, "This He Laoliu wants to make a fortune with antiques, but he doesn't have anything. I understand, but a lot of good things have been wasted.”

At this time, a middle-aged woman in a pink dress approached, probed her head and said, "Boss Zhang, do you still recognize me?"

Boss Zhang nodded, and said softly: "Yes, how is the old man's illness?"

The middle-aged woman sighed, and said flatly: "My father left last week without being rescued."

Boss Zhang shook his head slightly, and said regretfully: "It was too sudden, it was fine last month, if you say it's gone, it's gone, the world is impermanent."

The middle-aged woman nodded, looked at the antiques on the shelf, leaned over again, and said in a low voice: "Boss Zhang, my father had no other hobbies before his death, but he liked to collect. Over the past few decades, he has saved a lot of money." The pots and pans in the house are gone now, so it’s useless to keep those things, so I packed them up, take a look, and sell them at a suitable price.”

Boss Zhang nodded and said softly, "Okay, where are the things?"

"They're all in the taxi outside!" After the middle-aged woman finished speaking, she led the old man out, and Zhou Jing also followed to the door, leaning against the door, watching the two of them bring out several large boxes from the taxi.

Boss Zhang squatted on the steps of the door, opened the box, and picked out the spring and autumn pottery pots, lion button seal stones, unicorn gift pots, brick carvings in southern Anhui, pottery oil lamps, Han tiles, and blue and white peach dishes.

He arranged things one by one, roughly estimated the price, then took out a stack of thick bills, handed them to the middle-aged woman, and said with some emotion: "The old man was poor in his lifetime, but he has excellent eyesight, and all he collected are some money. Rare things, but the world is different now, and there are fewer and fewer people who really know the goods, and these things can’t be sold at any good price, so you can only give them, you have to understand.”

"It doesn't matter, you are my father's former friend, so you won't be fooled by me!" The middle-aged woman hurriedly took the money without counting it, and put it in her pocket, looked at the pots and pans on the steps, sighed, and said bitterly: "I wanted to keep it as a thought, but there are too many things and they take up space. Why don't we free up the room and use it as a room for the children, so as not to look at things and think about others, and look sad."

Boss Zhang nodded, turned around, and said, "Young man, do me a favor and bring these things in for me."

Zhou Jing smiled slightly, walked out, and helped Boss Zhang take the things to the shop one by one. At this moment, the middle-aged woman suddenly remembered something, hurriedly opened the trunk of the taxi, and said softly: "Boss Zhang, here There is also a strange stone, the old man liked this stone the most during his lifetime, just stare at it if you have nothing to do, do you think it is worth it?"

Zhou Jing followed Boss Zhang, came to the side of the taxi, and looked around, but saw a brown stone laying flat inside. This stone was not small, as big as two watermelons, with a smooth surface and white The belt is protruding, there are pine flowers on the 颟, and there are faint python patterns on it, like scales, which looks a little different.

Boss Zhang just glanced at it, lost interest, waved his hand and said, "Sorry, we don't accept stones in our store, you should ask elsewhere."

The middle-aged woman was immediately discouraged, and said softly: "Forget it, let's throw it away, young man, please help me to lift it down."

Zhou Jing moved the stone out, only to feel that it weighed several tens of catties. He put the stone on the side of the road, and went back to the shop with Boss Zhang. Boss Zhang picked up a bamboo pen holder, handed it to Zhou Jing, and said with a smile: "Boy, thank you for your help, this is for you!"

Zhou Jing smiled and waved his hands, and said politely, "It's just a little effort, Boss Zhang, you don't have to be polite."

Boss Zhang packed up the things on the counter and watched the middle-aged woman outside the door getting into the car and leaving, then shook his head, frowned and said: "This woman is good at talking and doing things, and I can't find anything wrong with her, but for the elderly at home It's surprising how mean it is!"

Zhou Jing was slightly taken aback, and said in surprise, "How do you say?"

Boss Zhang poured a cup of tea, took a sip, squinted his eyes and said: "A few days ago, when I was playing chess with the old man, I often heard him say that several sons and daughters tortured the old man in different ways in order to compete for real estate. I can’t even eat hot food.”

Zhou Jing frowned, and said softly, "That's really too much."

Boss Zhang sighed, and said lightly: "In this world, people's hearts are broken, and there are many things that cannot be said."

Zhou Jing smiled and didn't say anything. After waiting for a while, Wang Yannian still didn't come back. He couldn't help feeling a little worried, so he got up and went to the door of the shop, looked outside, but saw no one.

While looking around, I saw a fat aunt with a red band on her arm coming over, pointing at the stones on the side of the road, and yelling at him: "Young man, you are not allowed to litter here, you have to move the stones away! "

Zhou Jing was slightly taken aback, and quickly explained: "Ma'am, this stone is not mine."

But the fat aunt put her hands on her hips, refused to let her go, and with a straight face, said aggressively: "Then I don't care, many people have seen it just now, you unloaded the stone from the taxi, you have to be responsible for removing it, don't stumble over it at night." Pedestrians."

"Okay, then I'll move it away." Zhou Jing was a little helpless, but he didn't want to argue with her. He picked up the heavy stone, looked around, walked to the Land Rover more than ten meters away, opened the trunk, and lifted the stone lightly. Put it in lightly.

When he returned to the shop, he saw that the Longquan phoenix-eared vase was still there, so he smiled slightly and said to the old man, "That's all for collecting antiques, how come there are still people who like to play with stones?"

The old man lowered his head, playing with an emerald wrench, and said in a flat tone: "It's normal. A mountain without stones is not strange, water without stones is not clear, a garden without stones is not beautiful, and a room without stones is not elegant. The hobbies of the ancients are all It can be used to cultivate one’s temperament and cultivate one’s sentiments.”

Seeing the old man's eloquence and eloquence, Zhou Jing couldn't help but secretly marveled at it. After waiting another seven or eight minutes, the deputy mayor Wang Yannian rushed back. After paying, Zhou Jing helped him put the porcelain into a sandalwood box and carefully hugged After getting into the car, he said softly, "Mayor Wang, where are you going now?"

Wang Yannian raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and said softly: "It's still early, let's go see a friend first, in the Shuangyang community behind the Friendship Mall, do you know the way?"

"I recognize it!" Zhou Jing started the car, drove out of the antique market slowly, and walked west along the road. About half an hour later, the car drove into the Shuangyang Community and stopped by an elevator building. Wang Yannian got off The car, stood beside the car and made a phone call, then strolled upstairs with the briefcase between them.

Zhou Jing smoked a cigarette, pushed open the car door and got out, walked around to the back of the car, opened the trunk, took out the big rock, looked at it for a long time, shook his head and said, "Such a broken rock can still make you feel happy." Cultivate character, cultivate sentiment?"