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The main purpose of Meng Zitao's conversation with the middle-aged man was to inquire about the situation in the village, so he asked again: "Big brother, do you know the people in the neighborhood, do you have those things I said?"

There is a saying that eating people has a short mouth and a soft hand, and thirty yuan does not seem to be much, but it is not a lot in the countryside.

The middle-aged man listened to Meng Zitao's question, and immediately said: "Oh, by the way, the three-stunned family in the east of the village seems to have some things that the landlord distributed back then, but he said a few days ago that he would take them to the capital for expert appraisal, and I don't know if they will be sold." ”

"And last time I heard that someone in the village dug up a ceramic plate, and I heard that it was okay. But who is it, I was drunk at the time, and I didn't hear clearly, so you can ask someone else to inquire yourself. However, this kind of thing dug up in the ground is always a little unlucky, and I don't know if it has been smashed. ”

Generally, people in the countryside want to be auspicious, so in the past, most people thought that the unearthed ceramics were unlucky, and they would be smashed casually, let alone taken into their homes.

In recent years, there have been more collectible TV shows, and people have successively known that some are valuable, so they will no longer smash them casually, but there are still some taboos, if you are particularly concerned about this aspect, it is really possible to smash it.

After getting two useful pieces of news, Meng Zitao hurriedly thanked the middle-aged man, and inquired about the location of the three stunned people's house, and walked over.

But it was not a coincidence, there were only two old people in the family, Mencius asked the old man if there were any old things that he didn't use at home, and the old man told him that they couldn't do this kind of thing, so he sent Mencius away in a few words.

Well, if you're unlucky, what else can you do, let's go and see somewhere else.

To say that Meng Zitao came a little late, many people in the village have already gone to rest. After walking a few houses and seeing that the door was closed, he was a little depressed, why didn't he think of this before.

Walking to the back village, Meng Zitao suddenly found that there was a very lively family at the door, many people were drinking tea and chatting at the door, and they didn't know what was going on at the host's house, but this was exactly what Meng Zitao wanted.

So, Meng Zitao hurriedly stepped forward and asked politely: "I'm busy, I don't know if you have any useless old things at home, I'll buy them!"

The scene was quiet, everyone looked at Meng Zitao a little strangely, and a middle-aged man sitting in the northernmost part of the country was a little grateful, and asked, "Why are you buying this thing?"

When Meng Zitao heard this tone, he knew that there was a door, but in order to avoid entanglement, his answer was rather vague, and he said with a smile: "It is for collection and research." ”

"Oh. The man who spoke nodded, and then said to a young man in his thirties who looked a little honest next to him: "Second stunned, don't you have an old thing in your house? ”

The second stunned man stuttered a little when he spoke, and he shook his head: "I...... I'm going to take ...... Take it to the capital and let ...... Show it to the experts. ”

Meng Zitao said: "This big brother, to tell you the truth, it is not easy to find a reliable expert these days, and some so-called experts are just for some appraisal fees to make the fake true." I'm not saying that if you have something wrong with your stuff, but you don't have an acquaintance with it, it's better not to ask an expert for identification. ”

"Besides, even if you have acquaintances, the cost of a trip to the capital is quite a lot, and the cost of going to a special trip for identification is a bit high, right?"

The second stunned still shook his head: "I...... I'm going to bring ...... My parents went to Beijing ...... For the tour of the capital, the expert is to participate in the TV event. ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "The experts invited by the TV station are indeed more reliable, but don't you want money? ”

Someone next to him took over and said: "That's it, second stunned, you just let this little brother show you, and you won't suffer." ”

Everyone also agreed, but they didn't have the kindness to help Meng Zitao, just because they were too curious about what the old things of the Erzizi family looked like.

The second stunned saw that everyone said this, thought about it, and felt that this was the truth, so he went home to get something.

At this time, Meng Zitao said again: "Brothers, don't you have any useless old objects in your house?"

The others shook their heads, and the middle-aged man who spoke first thought for a while and said, "My family seems to have it, but I have to look for it." ”

With that, he got up and went into the house.

At this time, Meng Zitao asked again: "There are no old objects, have you dug up any bottles and cans, broken copper and iron?"

At this time, someone said: "Qingping, didn't you dig out a plate last time, the green is very good-looking, won't you go and bring it over for the little brother to see?"

The man named Qingping didn't say any nonsense, stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go and get the things." ”

After a while, the middle-aged man came out of the house, still holding an old pen holder in his hand, which looked gray and gray, and he couldn't tell what material it was made of.

Meng Zitao took the things and took a closer look, and found that the material of the pen holder was bamboo roots, and the outer wall of the pen holder was carved with Wang Laotu, which was a traditional theme of the Qing Dynasty, and was deeply liked by dignitaries and dignitaries, and was more used in the four treasures of the study.

I see, under the mountain stone and green pine, the five old men show the picture and see, the composition is sparse and dense, the carving technique is sophisticated and smooth, it is the carving technique of the late Qing Dynasty, it is also a small boutique, and the market value should be about 20,000 yuan.

After Meng Zitao saw it, he said: "It's an old thing, it shouldn't be needed now, right?"

"It's long gone. The middle-aged man replied honestly.

Meng Zitao took offense as defense and directly threw the price question to the other party: "What price do you want to sell?"

"If you want to take it, why do you ask me the price?What price can you give?" The middle-aged man was not stupid, and he easily did not reveal his bottom.

Meng Zitao smiled and said: "There were a lot of these things in the past, just like the stationery we usually buy now, they are not worth much money at all, and people either throw them away or burn them as firewood after they don't use them." You have passed it on to now, I can buy it, but this is not slippery, and it is inconvenient for me to make a price, so you can say it, it is still yours if it is expensive. ”

Meng Zitao's series of heart-attacking words made the middle-aged man a little confused, looked at his pen holder, and felt that there was indeed no appearance. Besides, he also knew about his family's previous situation and had been a scholar, but his family was not wealthy, so it was estimated that this tube should not have been bought at a large price.

So, he immediately lowered his psychological expectations and tried to say a price: "I have been passing this thing for hundreds of years, even if it is a storage fee, ten yuan a year is not much, plus the money I bought it at the beginning, I will be cheaper even if it is a thousand yuan." ”

Generally speaking, people love face, and the reason why he said a thousand yuan is also because he is worried that the price will be high, and he will be belittled too much by Meng Zitao, and he will be laughed at by the surrounding villagers, otherwise it is possible to open a price of three or five thousand.

But even so, many people around him felt that the middle-aged man's heart was a little dark, wasn't it just a pen holder that didn't look very good?

This can be regarded as the advantage of having many onlookers, in addition, there are more villagers around, and there is no need for Mencius to bother to inquire about antiques, which saves him a lot of effort.

However, there are also disadvantages to this, because now there are more treasure appreciation programs on TV, and some people have counted some things that they didn't know the value of before, and some people have counted them in their hearts.

Meng Zitao smiled and said: "I said big brother, your price is too outrageous, don't talk about me, it's just such a gray thing, I will buy it for a thousand yuan, who will I sell it to? I can only give a hundred at most." ”

In fact, shoveling land in the countryside, even if the price said by the other party is cheap, you must deliberately return the price, so as not to make the other party feel that the other party has sold at a loss, and there may be accidents.

In addition, the thing must also be held in your own hands, because if the thing is in the hands of the other party, once the price is offered, or the price is negotiated, the other party hesitates to regret it, unless you use your brain, otherwise it is impossible to get the thing from the local hand. After all, the other party is not a practitioner in the antique industry, so he doesn't care about any rules at all.

Moreover, when the price is offered, it is not good to give too high, because the higher the giving, the more precious people feel and the faster they hide it.

After all, the peasant is not stupid, he knows that when he comes to the village to receive the goods, the price he gives will definitely not be high, and if the price is high, he will feel in his heart that he can sell things to the city, and it is likely to sell them at a high price.

And if the price is low, they will think that they will take things to the city to sell, in case they can't even cover the fare, and they will waste their precious time, isn't it worth the loss?

And, in case the buyer missees something, isn't it a trip for nothing?

To be honest, Meng Zitao did have a little bit in his heart, but he was a businessman, so he couldn't stop buying and selling because he was ashamed.

Meng Zitao is not a saint, he can't do this, at most after buying cheap things from the other party, he goes for the second time, deliberately buys something more, and the price is higher, so that he can feel more comfortable.

To get back to the point, for various reasons, at this time, you must hold things in your own hands before making an offer, and Meng Zitao did the same.

The middle-aged man shook his head again and again and said, "No! How can I sell something that has been passed down in my family for more than 100 years for 100 yuan? At least 800 yuan." ”

Meng Zitao smiled bitterly: "Big brother, isn't it worth a lot of money if it has been passed down for more than a hundred years, just like the clay pot of the Han Dynasty, which has been passed down for two thousand years, and it is generally only a few tens of hundreds of yuan? It is expensive to sell, and the key thing is good. ”

Seeing that everyone agreed with Meng Zitao's words, the middle-aged man's attitude softened a little: "Then how much do you want to give?"

Meng Zitao said, "I'll add another fifty to you." What do you think. ”