Soon it was noon, when the families in Ping'an Town put out the steamed buns and steamed buns, as well as fragrant meals, they were immediately snapped up, and even some of them brought their own dry food, as soon as they heard that they didn't need food stamps, they all paid directly to eat hot, and in the end all the things prepared were basically sold out, as for the few people who didn't buy it, Chen Dahe could only say that he couldn't help.

Chen Dahe unexpectedly did not go to the old principal's house to eat, but went to the school cafeteria with Yang Xiangming, ate a working meal prepared for the people who participated in the exchange meeting in various communes, and then returned to the small market, staring at the small stall where he bought it.

There are indeed very few people wearing jewelry this year, Chen Dahe has been sitting here for a long time, and there is no one who comes to ask, all of them are nonsense with Zhang silversmith.

However, some people dangled in front of the stall and read the notice hanging in front of the stall several times, but they always had some doubts and refused to come over to ask, and Chen Dahe didn't bother to solicit it, so he didn't see it.

By two or three o'clock in the afternoon, more than half of the goods in the market had been sold, many stalls were empty, and the purchase point finally welcomed the first customer.

"Master, look at how much money I can exchange for this?" A middle-aged woman wandered around the stall for a long time, and saw that the market was almost out of stock, so she finally walked over, took off a bracelet from her sleeve, and handed it to Silversmith Zhang.

The silversmith took out a tray from under the stall, with a handkerchief on it, and motioned for her to put it inside, and then picked it up from the tray and looked at it carefully.

Chen Dahe was also watching from the side, this bracelet should be some years old, the style is simple, the luster on the surface has been worn away, it looks a little dull, and the color is worse than that of later generations, and the purity should not be very high.

Sure enough, Zhang silversmith weighed the bracelet with a small scale, put it back on the tray, looked at her and said, "You are an old bracelet, weighing two dollars and four cents, exactly twelve grams, but the purity is not high, it is estimated that it is less than ninety percent, looking at the style and imprint, it should be the goods of the old store Zhang Ji gold and silver store in the county, their previous gold jewelry is eighty out of eight, in this way, according to the current bank purchase price, twenty-eight yuan a gram, and then an eighty-eight discount, that is,"

Silversmith Zhang took out another abacus, one hundred and one, one two hundred and two, and one hundred and thirty, Chen Dahe silently calculated in his heart, and blurted out, "Two hundred and ninety-five yuan, six cents and eight." ”

Just as the silversmith Zhang also finished the abacus, he turned his head and said with a smile, "Yo, you are worthy of being a high-achieving student, and your mental arithmetic is faster than my abacus." ”

Then he turned his head to look at the woman, "Two hundred and ninety-five yuan, six cents and eight, don't you think so." ”

Chen Dahe hurriedly added on the side, "I'll make it up for you, two hundred and ninety-six yuan, we don't exchange it for cash, we just open a strip, what do you want, just take the strip and pick up the goods." ”

"Cheng, I was going to buy something," the woman's eyes flashed with reluctance, and finally pushed the tray, "Then give me half of the wool and half of the cloth, you hurry up, I think it's going to be sold out over there." ”

"No problem," Chen Dahe smiled and wrote, "Don't be afraid if it sells out, my strips are better than money, and I can send them back to you if I run out of stock." ”

After writing the note, he took out his private seal and stamped it, and then handed it over.

The woman took the slip of paper with joy, turned around and ran to the stall selling cloth and wool, and got what she wanted without any problems.

With the first one, soon there will be a second one, and it didn't take long to receive seven or eight kinds, but there are no big pieces like bracelets, they are all small pieces of rings and earrings, and look at the style, basically all are old jewelry, I don't know what has been hidden for decades, silver jewelry is not, the purchase price is too low, not cost-effective, no one is willing to sell, just as Chen Dahe intended.

"It's too far from expectations," Chen Dahe thought silently in his heart, "I thought I could collect at least a few thousand yuan, but I didn't expect that it would not even be a thousand yuan, what a bleak life." ”

At this time, the stalls in the market were already empty, and the two truckloads of woolen cloth and finished clothing were basically sold out, and even the defective products were swept away.

Chen Dahe was also about to clean up his stall and leave, "Master Zhang, I'm sorry for you today, I'll invite you to drink another day." ”

"Hey, what's the trouble, I'm fine anyway," Silversmith Zhang laughed, the wrinkles on his face can trap mosquitoes, waved his hand and said, "Besides, I didn't come in vain, didn't you let Boss Yang send twenty catties of rice, which can be worth my salary for several days." ”

While the two were talking, a middle-aged man wearing a cotton jacket with an unknown number of patches and a felt hat walked over timidly, looked at Zhang Silversmith and said, "Master, can you still accept this?"

Chen Dahe turned his head to look at him, this person was short and thin, with dark and rough skin, he was just an ordinary peasant man, nodded and said, "Accept, what do you want to change?"

The man laboriously pulled out a watch from the pocket of his padded jacket, "I'm not jewelry, it's a watch, it's just a gold watch, see how much you can give?"

Zhang silversmith took it with a tray as usual, and then picked it up and observed it carefully, this watch is exquisitely made, the bracelet is wide and thin, the case is a natural sapphire, the hands beat naturally, and then look closer, his eyes suddenly changed, and he looked at him in surprise, "This watch is in good condition, where did it come from?"

A hint of vigilance flashed in the man's eyes, "You just say if you don't accept it, if you don't accept it, you will return it to me." ”

As he spoke, he was going to get his watch.

Chen Dahe stretched out his hand to stop him, "Accept, of course accept, anyway, I think you are also an honest person, and it will not be something of unknown origin." ”

The man glanced at Chen Dahe gratefully, turned his head to look around, and found that no one was paying attention, so he whispered, "This is the spoils of war that my eldest brother harvested when he went to the battlefield in 50 years, he passed away two years ago, so he left it to me, he can say, this is taken from the hands of the coalition officers, it has not been broken for twenty or thirty years, it is a really good thing." ”

"Well, that's the case," Chen Dahe smiled and turned his head to look at Silversmith Zhang, "Master Zhang, please give it an inspection." ”

The eyes are fixed on the string of letters on the dial, if this is true, then it is developed!

Silversmith Zhang also heard that paragraph, nodded with a serious face, looked at it carefully, and took out an alcohol lamp from under the stall, "Generally speaking, the fineness of gold watches is about seventy-five, and the others are silver and copper, you have good maintenance, I'll burn it and try it." ”

"No, just count it according to the full quality, and you can't let the hero's family suffer. Chen Dahe suddenly sweated profusely and hurriedly stopped, joking, my Patek Philippe, I can't let you burn blindly.