Chapter 74: Fourth Brother Jin's Shop
I followed the address in the old man's letter and took a taxi to the antique street.
I guess I'm older than my grandfather, and I've been walking around this street with my family since I was a child, and I've heard a lot of stories about this street.
I am a local, I have been interested in some old things since I was a child, it may also be due to family reasons, when I was a child, I saw a lot of things of the older generation, grandfather's ancient coins, grandfather's stamps or something, and I will come to the antique street with them during the holidays to see, although I don't understand it will also feel very beautiful.
According to the older generation, this antique street was a partial tomb at the earliest. The so-called partial tomb is a tomb built secretly by a prince and nobleman outside the main tomb, and often the main tomb is just a cover, and good things or real bodies are placed in the partial tomb.
At the time of liberation, there were a lot of people who ate underground food in our area, and they dug up a lot of good things, which once attracted the captains from all over the country to try their luck. Later, the government brought this chaotic trend of tomb robbing under control, and the rampant power gradually subsided.
But there are still endless treasures hidden in this antique street for several kilometers. Adults said that more than 10 years ago, when this place was widened and renovated, the foundation was dug up, and the number of complete components and remnants of a certain kiln was staggering! Once, a peasant worker dug up a plum bottle, but unfortunately he did not understand, and sold it for 20 yuan to a person who went to the construction site to "pick up leaks", and as a result, the plum bottle was later sold to the hands of antique dealers, and it was bought at a high price of more than 1 million!
Therefore, there has always been a folk rumor that the sellers of the antique street rent storefronts to do business on the surface, but in fact they have dug their own tunnels and threw gold underground! There used to be a bunch of gilded hairpins from the Tang Dynasty, with pearls at the bottom, and the pattern was a bunch of vivid mandarin ducks, and it was rumored that a seller dug them out in his own tunnel, and when they got them on the market, the soil on the hairpins was still wet! Some buyers joked: "This product is authentic, and it is still steaming!" In the end, someone bought it back with 1,000 yuan, and finally after expert appraisal, the market value of the hairpin was worth about 100,000 yuan.
Therefore, since I was a child, I have been interested in this antique street full of mysterious rumors, and I feel that every shopkeeper is two faces, opening the door to do business during the day, and taking Luoyang shovel down to dig up good things at night. Every time I come back to this street, I feel inexplicably excited, and I pay special attention to whether I can meet something good and earn him a thousand eight hundred.
It was nearly five o'clock in the afternoon, and there were not many tourists and connoisseurs on the street on weekdays, and some shopkeepers simply set up a reclining chair at the door, covered their faces with a hand towel, and dozed off and grinded foreigners.
I looked at the house number, damn it! This antique street is a bit bad, all the shops look the same, and there is no font size or anything, I can't tell which one is Lao Jin!
The antique industry is all about credibility and connections, and there are some risks, so some people don't give a name to the store at all, and rely on regular customer introductions or connections to do business. Looking at the grizzled ones, in fact, some are worth more than 100 million!
Where is this Fourth Brother Jin's shop......
I was muttering when a quarrel caught my attention.
"What do you mean, you still want to go wild in my territory?"
"You have to be reasonable!"
I leaned over to see that the two of them were arguing too much.
I saw a fat man with a fat brain and oily intestines, with a huge gold-inlaid and jade-inlaid Guanyin around his neck, shouting fiercely at a backpack stall vendor.
And this stall vendor is not an opponent at all, and has already lost in momentum. The whole person drooped his head, didn't say anything, and looked very stubborn, but he didn't dare to fight back at all.
"Truth? Lao Tzu is the truth! You just came out to mess around? Do you understand the rules?"
The peddler clasped his arms in his hands and did not speak.
"Yo, don't speak, do you? Then Lao Tzu will let you speak!"
The fat man kicked out and kicked the vendor's backpack, which contained many bracelets and some bronze-like things scattered all over the ground.
There was a tsk in the crowd, and it is estimated that everyone is not used to the fat man's nonsense, but no one dares to say anything......
"Ahh
The fat man didn't stop, he was even more arrogant, and he kicked on the hawker's buttocks, and the hawker let out a painful "whoop".
"With your broken copper and iron, you still dare to grab business on your grandfather's territory? Bring your things, get out!"
The fat man shifted his huge body, ready to walk over and hurt the vendor again, when his big fat hand was held by one hand.
When this hand reached out, it completely caught my attention.
I don't know how it has been tempered over the years, the joints of this hand are unusually prominent, especially the roots of a finger, which are firmly intertwined like tree roots! It is a finger, more like the roots of ten century-old trees, and under the rough skin are wide joints, and I feel that with a little force, the fat man's fat little fat hand will have to be crushed and fractured.
"Eh, it hurts! Tap!" the fat man screamed when he was pinched, and he lost his temper.
As soon as the fat man turned his head, his whole face immediately piled up together, forming a greasy smile: "Fourth brother and fourth brother, it turned out to be your old man, you don't drink tea in the store, what are you doing here?"
I looked along the hands, and saw a strange-looking man clasping the fat man's hand, with no expression on his face, but there was an indescribable majesty......
"Nosy?" the man repeated the fat man's words.
"Oh, no, no, no...... You're always warm-hearted, it's not good for me, it's bad for me. “
"Hmph. The man shook off the fat man's hand, and the fat man staggered out a few steps with an "oops".
The man paced up to the vendor and leaned over to help him up.
"What's going on?"
The peddler was about to cry, looking at the man and saying aggrievedly: "I came here to set up a stall today, and he said that I occupied his place and had to drive me away." I ignored him, and he punched and kicked me. I ......"
The man patted the peddler on the shoulder and motioned for him to calm down.
"Is everything he said true?" the man asked, turning to the fat man.
"Fourth brother, you said that this business is not easy to do now, and this pheasant is still coming to make trouble, can I not be in a hurry?"
"Is he telling the truth?" the man repeated his words.
"Well, sort of. The fat man knew that he was in the wrong and didn't dare to respond.
"Come here. The man waved his hand at the vendor, who approached them in horror.
"Where did he hit you, hit back. “
"Huh?"
The peddler couldn't believe his ears and asked in surprise.
"It's close to his shop, that's true. But this place is not his, he hits you shouldn't, you fight back. The man said lightly, and after speaking, he took out a cigarette and lit it quietly.
The peddler saw that there was a prestige person who supported him, and he was more confident, and he put his foot on the fat man's fat leg, but the fat man was like a wall, that is, he shook slightly.
"Okay, now that the two are clear, see if there is any damage in your belongings, and how much money should be paid, and he will have to compensate you in full. “
"Huh!" the vendor agreed, looking down to inspect his goods.
"Fourth brother, this ...... It's not appropriate," the fat man's face squeezed together again.
"Why?"
"What if he opens his mouth? You and my brother have been together in this antique street for more than ten years, but I don't believe him when he comes from outside. “
"Isn't this where I?" the man glanced at the fat man, who didn't dare to say more.
I thought to myself, who is this person? He looks like the big brother in this area, and he speaks with a lot of weight! The fat man is such a flamboyant and domineering person, and he looks like a child in front of him.
"It's okay, it's all right. “
"Yes, do you see? Aren't they all as cheap as you think, people say things are fine, don't want your stinky money!" the man said disdainfully to the fat man, and the fat man's face was a little red......
"Alright brother, come with me. My place is big, and the boundary is wide, so you can put it in front of my shop. “
The peddler couldn't believe his ears and looked the man in front of him up and down, his gaze lingering on his hand for a long time.
"What, I'm afraid I'll eat you?" the man smiled.
"No, no, this good man, can you reveal your name?"
At this time, the fat man spoke beside him: "I said that you talk a lot of nonsense! Fourth brother, that is the most powerful expert in the whole antique street, and even in the whole A city! This is to take you flying, and you are still verbose." Fourth Brother Jin, have you heard of it! A well-known name on the rivers and lakes!"
The peddler didn't seem to react yet, but my heart was "groaning"!
This is fate! I found Fourth Brother Jin!
I followed the vendor and walked behind Fourth Brother Jin towards his storefront.