Happy Shennong

Chapter 243 Secrets of Appreciating Treasures
Linley still clearly remembered that the mysterious old man who gave him the Shennong Pagoda said to him, "A good man will be rewarded with good things".Senior Yuan Nong also left an earnest instruction on the stone gate on the first floor of Shennong Pagoda to let him have kind thoughts in his heart and not to let him down.

It's a pity that Senior Yuan Nong has already left this world, and he doesn't even have the chance to repay his favor face to face.The mysterious old man didn't know if he would have a chance to see him again.In this way, he has no intention of repaying his gratitude, but he can't do anything.

And now, he finally understood the intentions of the two seniors.

The two seniors didn't try to reciprocate at all, they just hoped that he would have kind thoughts in his heart.Then he passed on his good thoughts, spread the belief that "good people will eventually be rewarded", and helped those in need as much as he could, which can be regarded as inheriting the behest of senior Yuannong and fulfilling the wish of the mysterious old man.

For now, this is the best way to repay the two seniors.

Realizing this, Linley felt relieved and relaxed a lot, and it also relieved him a little of the guilt he felt when he got so many benefits and met so many noble people...

After smoking a cigarette, he was about to leave the restaurant and go to the gambling stone market to have a look.

"Please wait a moment!" The boss called out to Linley, and then quickly rushed to the back room.A few minutes later, he came out with a black classic book in his arms.

Linley was taken aback and said, "Boss, what is this?"

"Hey..." The boss sighed again, caressing the ancient book, and said slowly, "Back then, my son was an ordinary employee. Although the salary was not high, our family lived happily. But He once went on a business trip, and he did not know where he bought this ancient book. Since then, he has been fascinated by gambling stones. At the beginning, he did make a little money, which was more than what he earned at work. But he His self-discipline was too poor, and he ended up with nothing to return, and he took the freedom of the rest of his life into it."

"It seems that this ancient book is both a blessing and a curse."

"Who says it's not? Although I can't read it, I also know that this ancient book must be valuable. At least he once made my son who knew nothing about gambling stones earn some money. But all these years, I have kept it It is hidden at the bottom of the box and has never been taken out. First, because I have not met anyone trustworthy. Second, I am also worried that the person who gets this ancient book will repeat the same mistakes as my son. In that case, I will become a A sinner. But now that I have met you, I think it has found a suitable owner. I will give it to you."

Linley was astonished and said, "Boss, you are willing to give such a precious thing to someone who you have only known for 10 minutes and who doesn't even know the name of the other person? Are you not afraid that I am a bad person?"

The boss shook his head and said with a smile: "Trust is mutual. We have just met, and we don't even know each other's name, but you still gave me 1000 yuan? Don't you worry that I am not a good person?"

"Uh... I trust my own judgment."

"I also believe in my own judgment. Little brother, you must accept this ancient book. Not only to repay the favor, but also to find a suitable owner for the ancient book and let it realize its value. As for whether it is a blessing or a curse , Actually it varies from person to person. It is indeed easy to cause disaster in the hands of intemperate people. But if it is in the hands of very rational people, it will also bring good luck to the owner. I believe that you belong to the latter .”

Linley fell into deep thought, and after a while, he asked softly, "Can you show me first?"

"Here." The boss handed over the ancient book without hesitation.

Linley took the ancient book and noticed that the cover was very concise.On the pure black page, there are only four large traditional characters of "Jianbao Tulu" and two small characters of "Qingfeng".

Opening the title page, it was also a pure black page, with a traditional ancient text on it:
I am Qingfeng, obsessed with appraising treasures.Wandering for a lifetime, you will eventually get something.But because of Jianbao, he lost his mind and had no offspring in his life.In order to prevent the loss of the mantle, I collected my life's income in this book, which is called Jianbao Tulu.Those who get this book must not indulge in it, otherwise disaster will be imminent.Remember, remember!

After reading this passage similar to the "preface", Linley understood a lot.

It turned out that this ancient book was called "Appraisal of Treasures", and the author was the ancient Qingfeng.At that time, senior Qingfeng "wasted" his life because he was obsessed with appraising treasures, and there is no descendant.But he didn't want what he had studied all his life to die with him, so he wrote this "Appraisal of Treasures".

At the end of the preface, senior Qingfeng clearly warned the young people who have obtained this ancient book that they must not indulge in it, otherwise disasters will happen.Presumably the boss's son just didn't care about this, after all he hurt himself and ruined the originally beautiful family.

Linley secretly sighed, and continued to read the ancient books.

The content written later is all the treasure appraisal experience and experience summed up by Senior Qingfeng.In addition to the identification methods and precautions of various treasures, jade, and antiques, there are also some sketches.The text description is very clear, and you can understand it at a glance.It's just that senior Qingfeng's painting skills seem to be average.The sketches are really "grass". It is estimated that few people can see the essence of them except for the insiders.

It took a lot of time for Linley to browse through it, because the ancient book is three fingers thick.Even the ancient paper is very rough and thick, but there are hundreds of pages.Senior Qingfeng has summed up a lot of experience and identified a wealth of objects, all of which have reached a certain level, and cannot be fully understood in a short while.

On the whole, this "Appraisal of Treasures" is like a secret book of appreciating treasures!
Seeing that he closed the ancient book, the boss asked expectantly, "Can you see anything?"

"Well... this ancient book is indeed of great value, but it is also very troublesome to study, and it takes a long time to study."

"Then you take it and study it slowly, it will be a waste if you put it here."

"This one……"

To be honest, Linley was moved and wanted to get this "Treasure Appraisal Record" very much.But he couldn't take other people's things for nothing, so he thought for a while and said, "Boss, how about this, I will buy this ancient book, and you can make a price."

The boss waved his hand: "I said it at the beginning, I will give it to you directly, and I won't take any money."

"How can I do that? Although the potential value of this ancient book is not easy to measure, it must be valuable. Taking a step back, even if its potential value is not considered, the collection value of this ancient book is absolutely not worth it." Fei. If I take it for nothing, I will feel uneasy. Boss, if not, I will give you [-] first. After I make money from ancient books, I will give you dividends. If you don’t agree, I won’t.”

The boss also had a psychological struggle for a while before making a decision: "Then listen to you and sell you 10 yuan. However, I don't charge money now. When you earn more than 100 million yuan from ancient books, I will give you the money. I'll do it. If you don't earn 100 million, I won't take any of your money!"

"That's fine. Let's leave a contact information for each other, so we can get in touch in the future."

Linley was thinking that as long as the boss let go, it would be easy.Regardless of whether you can make money by relying on ancient books, if you find an opportunity in the future, you can lie to the boss that you have earned 100 million, and you can give him the money...

The two left each other's phone calls, and it was only then that Linley found out that the boss's surname was Hou.Because the restaurant he opened is called "Laohou's Home Cooking Restaurant", so he is called Laohou.He is honest and kind, and has a high reputation in Gambling Stone Street.In addition, there is a phone number, so it will be convenient to find it in the future.

As soon as Linley put his phone on, he saw a few people coming this way.It was past twelve o'clock now, and it was time for dinner. Thinking that Lao Hou would be busy, he was about to leave.

As for Lao Hou, he only said "wait a moment", and then hurried back to the back room with the "Treasure Appreciation Records".

Before Linley could figure out what was going on, a young man about his age who came in first shouted at him, "Boss, here's a bowl of dumplings with leeks and eggs!"

"Uh...um." Linley agreed vaguely, and looked in the direction of the back room.

Seeing that he didn't move, the young man said angrily, "Boss, when will you cook dumplings for me? I'm in a hurry!"

Linley just wanted to explain, when he saw Laohou coming out with a big lunch box, he smiled and said to him, "Sorry for keeping you waiting, here are the dumplings you asked for. Little brother, you may still I don’t know, my dumplings taste amazing, you’d better find a place where no one is there to eat when you take them home. Otherwise, they will be looted by others, and there might be fights, haha.”

"Don't worry boss, I will definitely keep my dumplings!"

Linley immediately understood that Lao Hou was reminding him that after taking the "Treasure Appreciation Book" back, it is best to study it alone and not to show it to others, otherwise it may cause trouble.That's why he used the lunch box to cover up people's eyes and ears, instead of letting him take it out blatantly.

There were outsiders present, so he didn't say much, nodded to Lao Hou, and turned around.

And the young man who talked to him just now got up again and said to him: "You are not a guy here, I was sorry just now..."

"It's okay." Linley replied lightly, and went straight out the door.

He first went to the back row of the car, closed the windows with black protective film, opened the lunch box, took out the "Treasure Appraisal Record", and studied it again.When he was browsing just now, he had the impression that the first few pages seemed to be related to stone gambling.They are all ready to go to the gambling stone market. They need to know a little bit about gambling stones, otherwise they can only watch the excitement and cannot participate.

After a closer look, he found that the first page talked about how to identify rough stones.The so-called rough stones refer to unprocessed natural ores, including jadeite rough stones, agate rough stones, crystal rough stones, diamond rough stones, etc.

Under normal circumstances, betting on stones is about emerald rough stones.According to senior Qingfeng, the most important way to identify rough jadeite is to "observe the appearance and color".The finest jadeite can give people a feeling of greenness.The low-grade and inferior jadeite is dull and dull.

In addition to the systematic introduction, Senior Qingfeng also listed several characteristics of high-quality rough jadeite.

After carefully reading the content about the rough stone several times, Linley got out of the car and entered the stone gambling market full of curiosity and anticipation.

(End of this chapter)