The front of the shop was not large, and a man in his thirties moved a chair to sit on the inside of the store, and a long table was placed on the side of the door against the store, on which something was placed.

When Lin Fengcao picked up something, the man glanced at it with his eyes and didn't make a sound.

The man's dress and posture looked a little broken, and his eyes revealed a little cunning.

What Lin Fengcao picked up was a bookcase.

Yu Yao stepped forward to see that this bookcase was a bit special, shark skin, processed into golden red, and the four corners were covered with copper gilt.

The year should be roughly in the middle of the Qing Dynasty.

Lin Fengcao turned his head to look at the man who was a little broken.

The man should be the shopkeeper, he saw Lin Fengcao looking at him, smiled and raised his hand casually, "Look at it!"

Lin Fengcao nodded and opened the bookcase.

Inside, there is a stack of ancient carved books. Take it out carefully, there are seven copies in total, this is a set of "Mystic Law Lotus Sutra".

Yu Yao picked it up and flipped through it, and soon shook his head slightly.

This set of "Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law" is a modern old imitation, which should have been carved by the official workshop of the Ming Dynasty. However, the level of this set of imitations is still okay, but it can't be hidden from Yu Yao.

Then, Yu Yao tapped a book with his finger and gave Lin Fengcao a look.

Lin Fengcao understood, and gently put the books back into the bookcase one by one. But once he had put it away, he took a closer look at the sharkskin case.

Whether it is the craftsmanship of the leather or the craftsmanship of the bookcase, it is first-class. Shark skin was also used a lot in the Qing Dynasty, such as scabbards, scabbards, and even snuff bottles, all of which were made of shark skin.

However, sharkskin bookcases are really rare. The outer skin is shark skin, and the inner liner is camphor wood. It is shockproof, moisture-proof and mothproof, which is very beneficial for protecting books.

Yu Yao thought to himself, with such a good and elaborate bookcase, the original ancient book engraved in it must be a good thing!

But now, a set of modern imitations is used in this bookcase, and there are roughly two possibilities.

One possibility is that it was originally filled with a set of official engravings of the Ming Dynasty "Myoho-renge-kyo", and after the Qing people collected it, they customized the shark skin book box collection. Now I don't know who got it, it may be the shopkeeper, or it may be the previous seller, in short, it is a game of "one fish and two eats".

The original official engraving of the Ming Dynasty must be easy to sell, and can be sold separately; and then imitate a set of engraved copies, the imitation must be difficult to sell, with such an old bookcase, the possibility of selling will be greater.

There is also the possibility that the books in this sharkskin bookcase were indeed lost, and the shopkeeper only got such a bookcase, and he did not know what kind of engraved copy was inside, and this set of seven copies of the "Myoho-renge-kyo" was sold in the right size and thickness.

Lin Fengcao liked this bookcase very much, "Boss, can I buy this bookcase alone?" I am not interested in ancient book engravings, and it is just the right size to have a set of books. ”

He originally wanted to add that if you have different beliefs, you don't buy Buddhist scriptures, and the reason seems more real and natural, but he didn't say anything about it, and it's not whether the shopkeeper believes in Buddhism, so don't have unnecessary trouble.

At this time, Yu Yao and Yang Rui were on the side, casually looking at other things on the long table.

The shopkeeper got up from his chair and walked over, "Okay, after we have talked, just leave the book." ”

Lin Fengcao didn't expect him to be so happy, "Then you offer the lowest price?"

"If you like it, look at it!" the shopkeeper still smiled.

"Look at it" is often heard in the antique market, it is a kind word, which is also to ease the atmosphere of bargaining, don't come up and make it tense.

In this regard, buyers have responded in a variety of ways, some symbolically offer a low price, and some insist on letting the seller pay. Generally speaking, if the buyer can't insist, the seller can't push anymore, after all, it's you who sells things.

However, after Lin Fengcao said a few polite words and insisted on letting him bid, the shopkeeper still refused to bid.

Over and over again, the most said is: you look at the give!

Lin Fengcao was helpless, he was a more generous person, "I'll give two thousand, okay?"

If you want to change to Yang Rui, maybe you can say it for a dollar.

This sharkskin bookcase in the middle of the Qing Dynasty is still worth twenty or thirty thousand.

"You're giving too low, old thing, sharkskin bookcases aren't very common!" the shopkeeper was not in a hurry, and said with a smile.

"Then you come out!"

"You look at it, add a little. ”

Lin Fengcao really didn't meet such a shopkeeper, so he went back and forth, and finally increased to eight thousand, but the shopkeeper still didn't fight back, and asked him to "watch and give".

Yu Yao and Yang Rui glanced at each other, and both of them understood.

This is especially a "sitting bubble"!

Sitting on the ground bubble was originally a northern slang term, which roughly means to play tricks, sit on the ground and not get up, cry and make trouble, and do not stop until the goal is achieved.

However, in the antique shop, sitting on the floor bubble does not mean this, it refers to people like the shopkeeper.

On the surface, it seems that you are negotiating the price, but when you sell something, you don't make a bid, and you keep letting the buyer look at it; if you give a low price, he will say that it is less, and let you keep going up.

The "sitting on the ground" in the antique shop is often that you don't know the bottom of things and can't grasp the price in place. So when you meet a buyer who thinks you are knowledgeable, he grinds like this, and he has been annoying you, and if there is an omission, or call out the final price, he thinks that it is almost the same, and he will bid in the end.

Sharkskin bookcases from the Qing Dynasty are rare, and there are no auction records to refer to, and he deliberately put things out, which should be with such an idea.

Perhaps, if Lin Fengcao had not negotiated with him before, that is to say, Lin Fengcao was the first, and he would not necessarily bid until the end;

In the antique shop, it is best to stay away from this kind of person unless you encounter something particularly beloved.

Yu Yao pulled Lin Fengcao, pulled him aside, and whispered.

Yang Rui didn't follow, but walked up to the shopkeeper and was simply direct, "Boss, is this thing yours?"

"What I said is not mine, I put it out to sell?"

"Then you can't bid, how can we buy it?"

"You sell yours, and I sell them if I think it's appropriate. ”

Yang Rui looked at the shopkeeper, "Eight thousand is not good, right, six thousand!"

"Huh?"

"Four thousand!"

“······”

"Two thousand!"

The shopkeeper's face, which had been smiling, finally pulled up, "Dude, if you don't want to buy it, don't worry about it!"

"Is it because I don't want to buy it, or do you not want to sell it?" Yang Rui sneered.

"Who the hell buys it? I will talk to you if you buy it, and I will talk to him when he buys it!" said the shopkeeper as he pulled out his phone and quickly pressed it on it.

"Now it's me who buys!" Yang Rui said, "Bid!"

The shopkeeper's face was filled with disdain, "I said that I looked at it, don't you understand?"