Meng Zitao thought of a question and asked, "By the way, how do you know that Arowana can eat it?"

Zheng Yaxin grinned: "I just thought of the brand of edible oil, and said it casually, who knew that he would really believe it, so I said that he was stupid." ”

Meng Zitao smiled and shook his head: "You are really not wrong when you say this, silver Arowana is indeed an edible fish, similar to our carp in the place of origin, of course, as an ornamental fish, it must be reluctant to eat." ”

Zheng Yaxin disagreed: "This fish is only a thousand yuan, and eating it once in a while is nothing." ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Your fish is a problem fish, plus the other party is in a hurry to deal with it so cheap, the real high-end Arowana, one can easily cost millions, are you willing to eat it?"

"Millions, is it so expensive?" Zheng Yaxin and Song Yiming were both very surprised.

Meng Zitao smiled: "Of course, otherwise how could the parents of your classmates go to the school to complain, isn't it because the fish is too expensive?"

Zheng Yaxin was a little worried: "This, the fish that my classmate eats won't be so expensive, right?"

"That shouldn't be, if your classmate is really stupid enough to eat a million arowana, then it is estimated that there must be a problem with his brain. ”

Then, Meng Zitao looked at Zheng Yaxin a little strangely and said, "Didn't you say that you didn't instigate your classmates, what is there to worry about?"

Zheng Yaxin laughed dryly: "It's not because of how much things started because of me." ”

"Hopefully that's really it. ”

Meng Zitao pointed to the fish tank and said, "What are you going to do with this Arowana?"

Zheng Yaxin smiled and said: "Originally, I wanted you to raise it for a period of time, and then return it to my classmates, but now, you can keep it if you want, and it doesn't matter if you throw it away." ”

Meng Zitao shook his head and smiled: "You are really happy to be a shopkeeper." ”

Zheng Yaxin smiled flatteringly: "Oh, I can't help it, if I take it home, won't I just help someone to the end?" ”

Meng Zitao also couldn't help this little girl, and said: "Remember to give me the 800-word testimonial tomorrow, do you know!"

"Can you have fewer numbers?" Zheng Yaxin wanted to bargain again.

Meng Zitao directly refused: "No, otherwise you take the fish back, and I won't go to school on Monday." ”

Zheng Yaxin said with a bitter face: "Why are you like this, you are still an elder, you always threaten me!"

Next, the university chatted casually, and during the period, another business was made, and soon, it was almost noon.

So, Meng Zitao called Lao Niu, and Lao Niu said that he would arrive soon.

Put away the mobile phone, Meng Zitao was ready to wait for the old cow to come, so he went to eat together, and everyone chatted while eating.

At this time, I saw a young man in his thirties, holding a stone tablet in his hand, walking in.

The young man looked a little fierce, and as soon as he walked into the store, he said loudly: "Boss, do you accept things here?"

Meng Zitao said: "Receiving is receiving, but you have to look at things." ”

"It must be a good thing, if it is a cheap thing, how can I take it all the way over?" said the young man with a big grin.

Seeing that the things in the young man's hands were dirty, Meng Zitao asked him to put them on the ground, and then asked, "Sir, your surname?"

The young man replied, "Li, Muzi Li." ”

"Can you tell me where this thing came from?"

"Why, don't you guys not want to ask about the origin of things, I'm afraid that my things are stolen or stolen!"

Seeing that the young man was a little unpolite, Zheng Yaxin next to him was a little unhappy, and said: "You sell things, and we don't sell things, who knows what the origin is, and whether it will cause us trouble." ”

Meng Zitao glared at Zheng Yaxin, asked her to speak less, and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, I don't mean anything else, it's just that the origin has a reference role in our identification, so it doesn't matter if you don't say it." ”

The young man's face was slightly better when he heard this, and he said: "Seeing that you are also quite real, then I will say it bluntly, this thing is our family's ancestral, my grandfather's grandfather passed it down, and it is said that it is regarded as an heirloom in our family, but something has happened in the family recently, and the money is a little tight, otherwise I will not sell it if I say anything!"

Meng Zitao pursed his lips secretly when he heard this, he could see at a glance that this thing was a characteristic of being buried in the ground for a long time, that is, it didn't look like someone often watched, and it didn't look like it was solemnly collected.

Of course, Meng Zitao will definitely not expose this matter. Asking this question again is just to prevent the other party from stealing and fighting, and to clear up the relationship with himself, otherwise, if he is traced to himself, he will not be able to say clearly. Even if Meng Zitao is not afraid of someone coming to him for trouble, he should still be on guard to avoid trouble.

Meng Zitao then asked, "Do you know what this is?"

The young man nodded and said, "I know, this is a stele, a stone stele used to engrave words to commemorate careers, merits, or as a mark." ”

Meng Zitao nodded, and then squatted down and looked at the words on the tablet, and the more he looked, the more strange his face became.

After a while, Meng Zitao stood up, and the young man couldn't wait to ask, "Do you want this thing?"

Meng Zitao shook his head: "Mr. Li, I'm sorry, I don't accept such things here." ”

"Don't accept it?" The young man obviously didn't expect that Meng Zitao would simply say that he would not accept his own things, which surprised him very much, and he was a little puzzled.

The young man frowned and said, "Boss, I came to you with this thing all the way, do you want to give a reason if you don't accept it?"

Zheng Yaxin reprimanded: "Hey, what's the matter with you, are you still planning to sell it?"

Before the young man could speak, Meng Zitao waved his hand: "Mr. Li, do you really want to know the reason?"

The young man said: "Of course, this is something that has been passed down in our family for hundreds of years, and you must have some reason if you don't accept it, right?"

Meng Zitao said: "It's very simple, this is engraved with a sacrificial text. ”

Before the young man could react, Zheng Yaxin's eyes widened and he said, "What, this thing is a tombstone?"

"Almost. Meng Zitao said: "The key is that the object of the sacrifice is only a talented Xiucai surnamed Zhu, which may have some research value, but that is to the researchers, and it is unlikely that anyone will buy it in the antique market." ”

After listening to Meng Zitao's explanation, the young man was very embarrassed, he could say, this thing has been passed down in his family for hundreds of years, who would treat other people's tombstones as family heirlooms?

"I said, can you take it away? Zheng Yaxin said with an unhappy face.

"What's the hurry, isn't it just a monument, I haven't said anything about it all the way!"

The young man was a little annoyed, took out another copper coin, and put it on the table: "This copper coin should be fine." ”

Meng Zitao picked up the copper coin and looked at it, and found that it was actually a book version of the Grand View Tongbao.

The coins of the Northern Song Dynasty are the largest surviving ancient coins in the world today, and among the coins found in the Song Liao gold cellar in recent years, the coins of the Northern Song Dynasty are counted in hundreds, thousands or thousands of catties. It can be said that the coins of the Northern Song Dynasty are the most glorious period in the history of China's currency, with the largest amount of minting, the most complex layout, and the most glorious period of casting technology and coin calligraphy art.

In particular, the Huizong Dynasty coinage is the pinnacle of the Northern Song Dynasty coins, and the fineness of its casting process, the complexity of the editions, and the high level of money calligraphy are breathtaking, so that Huizong is called the world's good money minting by later generations, and it adds a layer of mystery to the coins of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Moreover, Huizong himself is a famous calligrapher, made a great contribution to the art of gold and stone in the Song Dynasty, and its Huizong money is the culmination of calligraphy, true, subordinate, seal, line of each body has both, among them, Chongning Tongbao and Daguan Tongbao are all thin gold body calligraphy, can be described as "the heavenly bone is beautiful, the fun is hazy".

Speaking of which, the process difficulty of casting money in the line is higher than that of the regular script and the seal script, because the strokes of the regular script and the seal script are static, and there is no affiliation on the line, as long as the casting of the pen is upright and the meaning is reached, it is considered a good word.

However, the casting of the book money is different, because the shape of the word is in motion, the upper and lower words have a carrying relationship, and sometimes the affiliation of the downward pen is only manifested in the virtual tip brought out by an action, and the meaning is even but the pen is broken.

For example, the book "Daguan Tongbao" in the hand of Meng Zitao, the last stroke of the word "Tong" has a downward return with a virtual tip, which is good words and good money. If you don't have this point, or it's not obvious, it's not good money.

The line of writing on the coinage should be written on the same paper as the movement of the pen, and there should also be the taste of gold and stone of the coinage, which is the most difficult to meet the perfect standard.

Mencius Tao in his hand Daguan Tongbao, compared with his previous collection of ancient money, is definitely the top grade, can be used as a standard instrument for Song money, from the rust color, the green above is shaded and heavy, the dark green velvet blanket is the same, in the green rust below the exposed spots of jujube skin red, the level relationship is reasonable.

In addition, the casting of this copper coin is finely finished, the book body is elegant and beautiful, it is really the imperial pen of Zhao Ji of Huizong, which can be called one of the great honorary products of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is very rare to survive.

Seeing such a coin, Mencius Tao loved it, and if the price was right, he would definitely buy it.

"Well, I've got a good penny, right?" the young man looked a little triumphant.

"Please give me a price. Meng Zitao said.

"One price, 100,000 yuan!" the young man stretched out his hand and gestured.

Meng Zitao shook his head directly: "This price is too expensive. ”

"This price is still expensive? I read on the Internet and said that in 04, a Daguan Tongbao was auctioned for 50,000 yuan, and this is 09 years, I said 100,000 is still expensive?"

Meng Zitao said: "That's completely two concepts, the auction in 04 is the iron mother, if you are the iron mother, let alone 100,000, even if it is 50,000 more expensive, I will buy it, and now this one, I will pay 20,000 at most." ”

"Just talk about it!" the young man laughed, "I think you're a complete profiteer." ”

Meng Zitao was a little unhappy when he heard this, and said to Zheng Yaxin: "Xiao Xin, turn on the computer and show him the difference between iron mother and ordinary coins." ”

"Okay. Zheng Yaxin turned on the computer, opened the search engine, and found the explanation of the iron mother.

After letting the young man read it, Meng Zitao opened the website again and found a few auction records: "Mr. Li, look at it, the valuation is about the same, the iron mother has been sold, but the 07-year copper coin has been unsold, is there an obvious difference between the two?"

"That's also because this copper coin is not as good as mine. The youth found a reason.

Meng Zitao said: "That's why I agreed to 20,000, otherwise, I won't give out 20,000." ”

The young man said, "Then in the past two years, things have to appreciate in value, right?"

Meng Zitao shook his head: "You can't say that, although two years have passed, don't forget, I'm not an auction company, so I don't have to charge all kinds of fees." ”

The young man thought for a moment and said, "At least thirty thousand, otherwise, forget it." ”

Meng Zitao refused: "No, I will add another thousand at most." ”

However, the young man did not agree, and Meng Zitao did not want to give up this copper coin, so he finally sold it for 30,000 yuan.

At the request of the young man, Meng Zitao directly gave the cash, and after that, the young man took the stele and left, although the stele was a sacrificial text, but he did not mean to throw it away, it seemed that he wanted to sell it to others.

Zheng Yaxin pursed her lips: "What's the matter with this person, a tombstone is still so precious, if it were me, it would have been thrown away a long time ago." ”

"Don't you think this analogy is a little awkward?" said Meng Zitao.

"Uh......" Zheng Yaxin reacted a little: "Bah, bah, Tongyan is unscrupulous!"

Meng Zitao shook his head and smiled, and then put away the copper coin.

At this time, Lao Niu walked in from outside the door: "What did Li Zhu sell to you just now?"

"Do you know him?" Meng Zitao asked.

"Why don't you know, Wei Zhou's cousin. ”

"He's Wei Zhou's cousin?"

"This guy isn't a good bird. Lao Niu laughed: "He is proficient in cheating, abduction, and deception, up to eighty and down to eight years old, he can do it." ”

Meng Zitao frowned slightly, although he said that he was born from his heart, he just felt that Li Zhu did not seem to be a good person, but he did not expect that the other party was this kind of person.

Zheng Yaxin suddenly said: "No wonder they brought all the tombstones, it turned out to be this kind of garbage!"

Lao Niu asked with some curiosity, "What tombstone?"

So, Meng Zitao briefly said what he had just done.

"This kid, I don't know where I dug it up!" Lao Niu sneered, and then asked Mencius Tao to ask for a copper coin to appreciate it.

"This Daguan Tongbao is very good, but it is a little expensive. ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "It's hard to buy a good heart, and 30,000 is about the same." ”

"Ah, after a long time, you didn't make any money on this order?" Zheng Yaxin said in surprise.

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "In the antique industry, there is a reason why you can make money no matter how you go back." Moreover, the more precious the thing, the more reluctant the owner is to sell, and even it is normal for the buyer to buy it at a higher price. ”

"Isn't that too cheap for him?"

"As long as the price is relatively reasonable, you are not wronged, and in addition, don't think that you can pick up the leak back, otherwise, it is likely that you will suffer in the end. ”

After chatting a few words, Lao Niu asked, "By the way, what are you calling me for?"

"Oh, let's go to the hotel first, talk as we go......"

Lao Niu also knew a lot about the contradictions between Song Jiming and Li Shandong, and was willing to help coordinate the contradictions between the two, so he patted his chest and agreed.

After lunch, everyone was in good spirits, Lao Niu went to complete the task, and Song Yiming and Zheng Yaxin, brothers and sisters, also went home.

Back at the store, Meng Zitao saw the Arowana in the fish tank, felt that it was quite pitiful, took out the fish feed left by Zheng Yaxin and fed it, and saw that the Arowana ate so fiercely, like a starving ghost reincarnated, it was really sad to see it.

"What a profiteer!"

Meng Zitao muttered, but the fish was also hungry, he didn't dare to feed more, and after feeding some, he called Cheng Qiheng to learn about some feeding precautions.

However, Cheng Qiheng also didn't know much about the Arowana who had used the starvation method, so he asked his father again, and then he used the Internet to transmit a handwritten thing to him, and told him that the deformity of the fish was difficult to correct.

Meng Zitao didn't rely on the Arowana to make money, so he didn't care much about it, and after that, he fed some feed according to the text passed to him by Cheng Qiheng, but in the process of watching the Arowana eat, he suddenly thought, can he feed the Arowana some spiritual fluid? Maybe the recovery of the Arowana will help.

Anyway, the spiritual liquid is available every day, and there is not much spiritual energy contained in it, even if it is used by the Arowana, Meng Zitao is not distressed. So, he hurriedly took out a small jade bottle from his bag, which contained spiritual liquid.

Speaking of which, the reason why Meng Zitao carried the spiritual fluid with him was because yesterday, when he was repairing an antique, he accidentally scratched his finger by a tool. At that time, he also had a sudden idea and tried it with spiritual fluid, but he didn't expect the effect to be unexpectedly good, and after one night's work, even the scars on his fingers were gone.

So, Meng Zitao divided the spiritual liquid into two bottles, one bottle to his parents, and told them that this was the latest medicine for injuries, and he carried it with him in case of emergency, and also told them not to tell others that this medicine was not available on the market.

Just do it, however, because he was worried that the concentration of the spiritual liquid was too high, the Arowana was weak and might not be able to stand it, so Meng Zitao went to find a two-liter measuring cup, and a drop of spiritual liquid was diluted with two liters of water.

Meng Zitao felt that there should be no problem, so he poured some into the fish tank slightly.

The Arowana didn't react at first, but after about two or three seconds, it seemed to react suddenly, and its mouth quickly opened and closed, as if the water was now like a jade dew.

Seeing this situation, Meng Zitao showed a smile on his face, it seems that not to mention whether the spiritual liquid has any effect on the Arowana, at least, the Arowana likes the spiritual liquid very much.

Seeing that the Arowana was so cheerful, Meng Zitao was ready to pour in some more diluted spiritual liquid, but at this time, the Arowana, which was originally quite cheerful, suddenly turned white and floated on the water with its body tilted, looking as if it was hanging.

Meng Zitao's smile froze, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he said in his heart, is it because the spiritual liquid is not suitable for feeding the Arowana, or is the medicinal power too strong, so the Arowana died, this is too strange, right?

Thinking about it, Meng Zitao stretched out his finger and touched the arowana, but the arowana moved and swam happily again, which made Meng Zitao breathe a sigh of relief, if the arowana died like this, then he would be embarrassed.

However, after a while, the Arowana became the same as just now, which made Meng Zitao a little helpless.

"It's not going to be too comfortable......" (To be continued.) )