In You Wanquan's judgment, this square bucket cup, it is a little less to say that it is worth tens of thousands, more than 100,000 or 200,000 is trivial, if it is good, it can be worth tens of millions.

Finding this, You Wanquan's mood was very excited and excited, but when he noticed Meng Zitao standing next to him, his mood became a little depressed, thinking in his heart, if he was the only one now, it would be great.

"No! you must take the Fang Dou Cup down!" You Wanquan secretly made a decision in his heart.

After You Wanquan carefully observed the square bucket cup again, he pretended to put things back indifferently.

After that, Meng Zitao saw things relatively quickly, and it took him a few minutes to see things.

Although You Wanquan felt that this was a little strange, he didn't care much about how to put the cup in his mind at the moment.

After Meng Zitao saw it, he asked directly: "Uncle Tian, how much does this thing cost?" But let me explain in advance, this thing is covered in paint, and no one knows what it looks like inside, so it has to be lowered, right?"

Tian Jinkui said: "What you say is reasonable, and I won't ask you for money, but this cup has been passed down in my family for so many years, if it weren't for my little rabbit cub, I wouldn't have taken it out at all." So, I won't sell it for less than 20,000. ”

"20,008, how about it?" You Wanquan heard this, and did not discuss with Meng Zitao at all as he said earlier, so he quoted the price in a hurry.

However, he also had a reason to do this, because he felt that this was a treasure, and he couldn't give anything that matched the value of the cup in his hand, so why did he discuss it with Meng Zitao?

However, Meng Zitao's performance was unexpected by everyone, he just stood with a smile and no offer at all. This made You Wanquan strange, but also a little puzzled in his heart, there can't be a problem with this bucket cup, right?

"Young man, do you have any opinions?" asked Tian Jinkui.

Even if Meng Zitao had an opinion, it was impossible to say it to his face, so he smiled and said, "You misunderstood, I don't like this kind of thing very much." By the way, do you have anything else here?"

"Nope. Tian Jinkui shook his head.

Meng Zitao said: "Since this is the case, then I will leave first." ”

"Let's go, I won't give ......"

Meng Zitao and You Xiaofu walked out of the door, and You Xiaofu couldn't wait to ask, "Shopkeeper Meng, is there something wrong with that cup?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "I haven't seen the whole picture, how can I know if it's right?"

You Xiaofu asked, "Then why did you ...... just now?"

Meng Zitao said: "Are you saying that I don't bid? It's the same reasoning, I don't even know whether something is right or not, how can I follow the bid because of speculation? To tell you the truth, we are too persistent when we are the most taboo in trading, otherwise we will suffer a big loss sooner or later." ”

Meng Zitao usually buys things and does this, even if he comes across something he likes, he will not have to buy it, he will kill it if the price is high, give up if he can't kill it, and he will not buy things that he thinks are not cost-effective, otherwise he will regret it because he bought it expensive.

Of course, some people may feel that if they don't buy it, they will miss an opportunity to make a fortune. But if it's a business, it should be based on the premise of making money, and besides, how do you know that this must be an opportunity to make a fortune, not an opportunity to lose it?

Of course, if you like speculation or something else, that's a different story.

didn't walk for a while, You Wanquan ran over cautiously with the square bucket cup: "Shopkeeper Meng, please wait a moment." ”

Meng Zitao stopped, and waited for You Wanquan to walk in before asking, "Mr. You, I don't know what's going on?"

You Wanquan took a breath and said, "I take the liberty of asking, what do you think of this square bucket cup?"

Meng Zitao smiled and did not answer directly: "I am not very adventurous. ”

"It's good to be stable. You Wanquan smiled and complained in his heart: "Since this is the case, you won't just leave just now!"

However, he also thought so, after all, although he was influenced by Meng Zitao just now, the main reason was that he was too anxious, and now that he had paid, it was useless to regret it. But when he thought that fortune was beckoning to him, his mood immediately improved again.

You Wanquan continued: "Shopkeeper Meng, take the liberty of asking one more thing, do you have any good way to remove the paint on this? Can you use paint remover?"

Meng Zitao said: "I have met someone who used paint remover on porcelain before, and the effect is okay, but you better ask someone else. ”

"Okay, thank you shopkeeper Meng......"

You Wanquan said a few polite words and said goodbye.

At noon, at the warm invitation of You Xiaofu, Meng Zitao had a hearty lunch at his house.

During the banquet, You Xiaofu said apologetically: "Shopkeeper Meng, I'm really sorry to let you run for nothing." ”

Meng Zitao waved his hand: "It's nothing, like our line of going to the countryside to receive goods, it is impossible to be satisfactory every time, otherwise, those who go to the countryside to receive goods will not all make a lot of money?"

You Xiaofu's father said: "This is true, if it was a few years earlier, there were several families in our village who had old goods, and there were many people who received old goods. But now it is much less than before, and everyone knows that old goods are valuable, and there is plenty of money at home, and everything is hidden. ”

Meng Zitao nodded and asked, "Do you know the situation in the next village?"

"Which village?"

After Meng Zitao described it, You Xiaofu's father said: "Now it's about the same as our village, but in the old society, they were indeed richer than our village." ”

"What do you say?" Meng Zitao hurriedly asked.

You Xiaofu said: "There used to be a big businessman in their village, and there were also people who had been a big official, of course there were more good things than us, but now it's hard to say." ”

Nevertheless, Meng Zitao felt that since he had an idea before, it was better to go for a trip, and he said, "Then I will go after dinner." ”

You Xiaofu hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll accompany you." ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "No need, if someone over there knows you, it's inconvenient, I'll just walk over." By the way, can you tell me more about the details over there?"

"No problem......"

After lunch, Meng Zitao, who had obtained the information, dressed up a little and walked alone to the village where the old houses in southern Anhui had been found.

Walking into the village, Meng Zitao went straight to one of the houses, and saw a middle-aged man sitting on a recliner basking in the sun at the door, looking very comfortable.

"Big brother, do you have any old things at home that you don't need now? I'll buy them!"

What Meng Zitao said actually implied a deep meaning, since it is an old thing that cannot be used, even if the other party has it, it has to be sold cheaper, right?

The middle-aged man looked at Meng Zitao with some doubts, thought quickly in his brain again, and then asked, "What old thing do you want?"

"Plates, bowls, copper coins, jade, old furniture, are there?"

"Nope. ”

Meng Zitao pretended to look at it, and then said: "Big brother, I see that your family should have been a scholarly family before, right?" inkstones, brushes, stationery, calligraphy and paintings, and ancient books, there should be one of these, right?"

Say so many things in one breath, but if you have some background at home, the probability of having one or two pieces is still very high.

"No, indeed not!" The middle-aged man said with some dejected heading: "Our family used to have bad ingredients, and all the good things were confiscated. By the way, do you want a great man medal?"

"Then take a look. Meng Zitao agreed, in fact, he usually doesn't accept these, and he does this to inquire about the situation for a while, although You Xiaofu's father and son said it in detail, but after all, they are not from this village, and some things are not clear.

The middle-aged man hurriedly took out a stool for Meng Zitao to sit on, and hurriedly walked into the back room, and after a while, he walked back with his things.

"Just a few medallions. The middle-aged man handed over the medallion.

When Meng Zitao saw it, he was a little surprised, because among these statues, there were actually two relatively rare bamboo statues, and it was good to collect them.

"Big brother, how much do these two medallions cost?" Meng Zitao asked.

The middle-aged man thought for a while and said, "One hundred, I've been hiding for many years." ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "I still have food stamps from decades ago at home, and I have hidden them for many years, do you think they are worth it? Besides, this is made of bamboo, do you think it will be valuable? Of course, since I want it, it must be valuable, but if it is too expensive, what will I earn, it will not necessarily make me lose money, don't you say?"

The middle-aged man looked at the two bamboo medallions, which did look a little inconspicuous, scratched his forehead, and asked, "Then how much do you want?"

"Two twenty. Meng Zitao gestured.

The middle-aged man shook his head again and again, "At least fifty, right?"

"Thirty at most!"

"Deal. The middle-aged man immediately agreed, with a little sly in his eyes.

Meng Zitao didn't care, and immediately took out thirty yuan from his bag to pay the bill.

When the money arrived in his hand, the middle-aged man became a little excited, took out a few copper coins of different old and new ones from his pocket, and handed them over: "This is the copper coin that I dug out of the ground when I was planting, do you want it?"

Meng Zitao carefully identified it, shook his head and said: "These are just ordinary copper coins, and they are all sold on the market. ”

The middle-aged man was quite sorry when he heard this, and Meng Zitao asked again: "Since you dug up the copper coin, have you dug up the altars and jars, broken copper and iron?"

Although it is illegal to buy and sell unearthed cultural relics, this kind of thing cannot be put an end to for the time being, Meng Zitao is just an ordinary person, others can buy it, of course he will buy it, and he will not deliberately buy things dug up by tomb robbery.

"No, not really!" the middle-aged man shook his head.

Meng Zitao was not disappointed by the middle-aged man's answer, if antiques were everywhere, it would not be as precious as it is now.