Chapter 190: Gambling on the Green Skin
At about six o'clock in the evening, Jiang Xiaoxuan woke up again, and her stomach was really hungry at this time.
Zhou Heng also took a nap next to her by the way, and when he saw her wake up, he asked, "Are you going to eat now?"
I lost a lot, so I have to eat and replenish it.
Sun Ji'an, this kid is really good, he didn't even call them for dinner. Alas, it's a gang that came out anyway.
Actually, they really did it on purpose, knowing that Zhou Heng had just become the groom, where would they be willing to pay attention to them, so they just gave them a little personal space.
However, Zhou Heng had told them before that he was going to the "ghost market" in the second half of the night today to see if any of them were interested and if they wanted to be together.
This group of people happily said that they were going to go, no matter whether they could meet good goods or not, anyway, it was good to see the rising knowledge, and they would have the capital to blow when they went back.
The "ghost market" opened at half past four in the morning, so after Zhou Heng and the two of them had dinner, they went to bed early, and they had to get up at half past three and take a taxi.
In the end, it is the capital, and I don't have to worry about not being able to get a taxi in the second half of the night.
There were many people who went, and everyone took two cars, both of which were full.
Jiang Xiaoxuan looked out of the car window, and then pointed to the sky outside the window very strangely: "Hey, there are three stars!
One of the people in the same car didn't hear her ridicule, and said, "What's so surprising about the three stars? Isn't your village full of stars?"
This fellow who came with him, regardless of Jiang Xiaoxuan's Mandarin, is not from their city, anyway, he followed Zhou Heng, so he said it as "your village" in general.
Jiang Xiaoxuan still cares about the image of outsiders, so she replied to others seriously and dignifiedly: "Well, yes, there are many stars in our village, more than this." ”
Zhou Heng couldn't help but smile in his heart, remembering what he looked like when he first saw her.
At that time, who dared to imagine that a gentle, dignified and generous lady would really be like this?
However, in the future, it will be a partner who will walk with him in life, and fate is really wonderful.
Along the way, Yang Wenhai called over several times and asked them where they had been, whether they had taken the wrong road or anything like that, and they were very concerned.
Actually, they called earlier, thinking of coming to pick them up and going to the feudal homeland together.
But Zhou Heng looked at the map and knew that it was too far away, so he didn't need it, so he went his own way.
When they arrived at the place, Yang Wenhai and the others arrived first, and they were waiting at the door, and when they saw Zhou Heng and them getting out of the car from a distance, they immediately greeted them.
It's minus three degrees outside today, and it's the second half of the night, and everyone is dressed like a bun.
Zhou Heng shook hands with Yang Wenhai and said, "I'm really embarrassed, it's such a cold weather, you haven't even had a good night's sleep." ”
"It's okay, it's okay, it just so happens that we haven't been here for a while, let's take a look. A few people said politely.
Even in the second half of the night, because of the special reason of the "ghost market", it is still very lively and crowded.
It seems that even if you know that there is no chance of missing a lot, there are many people who want to try their luck on the weekend.
It is said that there are more than 3,000 stalls and a variety of crafts, collectibles, ornaments, folk antiquities, and more.
The "ghost market" has a canopy, and it is very high, and there is a chandelier on the top of the canopy, although the brightness is not low, but because it is still too high and too far away from the stalls, the ground can only be seen dim and dark, and the shadows are full, and it is not real.
The dim light adds to the difficulty of the treasure hunt, and the time has come to really test the buyer's eyesight.
Zhou Heng took Jiang Xiaoxuan by the hand, lest she be squeezed away, and Sun Ji'an also told the rest of the people not to focus too much on treasure hunting and get separated, and also pay attention to their belongings.
Yang Wenhai took them around and introduced: "The ghost market, in fact, is mainly wholesale, many merchants need to get up early to buy here, so as not to delay the opening of the day, so all kinds of beads and jade in the ghost market of Panjiayuan are also wholesale prices, and many people are rushing to this point and choosing this time to pick up the leak." ”
Especially with only one month left before the New Year, many people want to dump the goods for the New Year, so many people are willing to make even less money.
Relatively speaking, now is a good time to "pick up the leaks".
Because of these factors, it is now already crowded.
No, this is a good time to sleep in the bed, but how many people here can overcome such a big obstacle to come, there must be a lot of motivation.
Yang Wenhai and the others told Zhou Heng and others some precautions, as well as some interesting things.
A little further on, in front of a stall, there is a basket of walnuts.
I heard someone next to me exclaiming, "Hey, why are walnuts still sold here?"
It's a little girl, and I guess I don't know that walnuts are also cultural plays, so I'm so curious. But she probably also knows that she has little knowledge, so she speaks quietly.
When she made a sound, the people around her couldn't help but chuckle, probably thinking that such innocence was quite cute, right?
Actually, there's nothing funny about it, if others can't recognize Wen playing walnuts and have to laugh, then if you meet someone you don't know later, don't you want to laugh at yourself?
There are thousands of kinds of items here, many of which are unprecedented, let alone recognized, and even what they are used for, whether it is a teapot or a night pot, you may not be able to guess.
Therefore, although everyone is laughing, they just feel that this person is innocent and funny, and it is not a mockery.
Yang Wenhai also smiled, and then said to Zhou Heng: "I bet on walnuts this year and lost a little money. ”
This goes a little deeper, some people know that walnuts are a literary game, and they may even trade at sky-high prices, but they have never heard of walnuts.
No, Sun Ji'an and the people next to him were all looking forward to it, looking at Yang Wenhai, expecting him to explain.
Yang Wenhai explained to them with a smile that this is actually nothing, that is, these people have found a trick to make money, which has risen in the past ten years.
Every year in July and August, when the walnuts are ripe, the walnut bet also begins.
At that time, walnuts were still green, so they were also called gambling greenskin.
Gambling on green peels means that businessmen who invest in cultural and cultural walnuts buy walnuts before the green peels are removed, resell them and sell them to collectors in order to make high profits.
With the rise of the walnut collection craze, the price of gambling green skin is getting higher and higher, a single walnut has to start at 1,000 yuan, and there is a great risk of fraud in this kind of gambling green skin.
Betting on walnuts is the same as gambling on stones, and to put it bluntly, there are all kinds of games.
Since walnuts are played in a pair, this pair needs to be symmetrical in shape, equal in size, and relatively patterned, which increases the difficulty of matching.
As the saying goes, there are no two identical leaves in the world, so it is not so easy to make a pair of walnuts, and there is an opportunity to bet on them.
This year, Yang Wenhai also had a good time, but he bought a big basket and came back, but he didn't get any valuable walnuts, and he almost wanted to cry because of the loss.
Later, he made the basket of walnuts into a cane and gave it to his grandfather. There was still a little left, and it was made into an itchy rake.
Sun Ji'an asked curiously: "How do walnuts become crutches?"
"It's just drilling holes, and then wearing stainless steel bars inside. Yang Wenhai said, took out his mobile phone, and showed the picture to everyone.
He was still embarrassed to lose so much money.
Zhou Heng and the others all squeezed up, and after glancing at the "walnut crutch", they all felt that this was quite a matter of thought.
From the appearance, the walnuts are like a whole bunch of sugar gourds, the color is jujube red, the surface is pulped, and it still looks decent and magnificent.
Especially the handle, the back is slightly warped, so I used a larger one, which looks quite stylish.
However, looking at these walnuts, they were all bought back when he gambled on green skins, and they were all money at that time.
But since it is a gamble, of course, you still have to be willing to gamble and lose, which is the result that can be thought of before the bet.
Zhou Heng said with a smile: "It's okay, such a handmade pulp crutch is the only one in the world, there is no other semicolon, and your grandfather must be very comfortable to use." Hahaha......"
Several people laughed.
Looking at it all the way, there are really all kinds of products, and many imaginable and unexpected products can appear here.
Even Jiang Xiaoxuan was very energetic and bought some stone cups, fans, etc., which are relatively good-looking, anyway, these prices are not expensive, so you don't have to worry about being yin.
When they go shopping, they also look at other people.
A young man, holding a turquoise the size of a sparrow's egg, paid two thousand dollars, and walked away.
Judging by his expression, he probably thought that he could make a small profit and sell it for eight thousand, or twenty or thirty thousand.
Looking at the smile of that buddy, it was really with a happy vision, Jiang Xiaoxuan couldn't help laughing, and then looked at Zhou Heng: "Didn't you say that you wanted to buy a treasure for me?"
What else do you say, if you can pick up a big leak and give it to yourself, you can develop yourself!
Zhou Heng patted his chest: "Let's go! Brother will buy it for you, I will definitely buy you a treasure and give it to you as an heirloom!"
Jiang Xiaoxuan gently hammered his chest, and liked to watch him brag seriously.
When passing through the thrift area, Zhou Heng was a little dumbfounded, it was really complete! A PHS mobile phone he used many years ago, and now he saw an identical one.
Oops, that excitement, so nostalgic!
The rest of them like Nokia, coll players, radios, big brothers, etc., CD players and so on, really everything.
Zhou Heng originally thought that all the items here should be old ancient items, but he didn't expect that these modern things that were only in front of him had already come up here.
However, they were all sold very cheaply, and the shouting prices were all twenty or thirty, and the person who asked turned around and left.
Perhaps, in another 100 years, these things will really be worth a lot?
It has to be said that people with economic acumen can find economic value everywhere.
There are so many things, and some of them seem to be so cheap that people who had planned to come out and see them for a long time are now thinking of spending money to buy them.
For example, Sun Ji'an spent 200 yuan to buy a stone slightly larger than a fist, because people say that there is jade in it, even if it is only the size of a pendant, it can be worth it, and it is definitely more than that.
The seller said that the pile of stones was dug out of the Burmese stone dump, and the people who bought it looked at the stone and produced a large piece of jadeite, and now the material is so small that it can be sold casually.
So after pondering for a while, Sun Ji'an really gritted his teeth and bought it.
What I may think in my heart is that if this stone really blooms a big jadeite, then first carve a bracelet for the old lady, and then carve a Guanyin pendant for the rest, and earn it.
But what he said was: "If you don't have it, you can't do it, and it looks good to be an ornamental stone and a paperweight at home." ”
He had also seen some treasure connoisseurs, and now it was as if he had been possessed by something, and firmly believed that there was something in it.
But it doesn't matter, two hundred yuan, you don't expect to make a fortune, just spend it, buy a happy one.
But he may not have thought for a moment that even if this stone is really something, the price of his work to find someone to carve will definitely not be cheap, but this is also a matter for the future.
As soon as he started buying, the rest of the people also followed suit, anyway, they didn't spend a lot of money, so they only bought some small things.
In that case, even if you make an eye, you won't lose much.
Zhou Heng hasn't seen anything of interest for the time being, but he doesn't mind spending a hundred or ten yuan to buy something small.