Chapter 9: The First Pot of Gold

Chen Yixin didn't care about that, she had more important things to do.

Early Saturday morning, after eating, she said hello to her parents, and called Wei Zhong to go out together.

"Why did you suddenly want to go to the antique market?" Wei Zhong rode his bicycle, and Chen Yixin grabbed the hem of his shirt in the back seat and told him to ride slowly.

"I heard the second class Song Ke say that the stamps in the antique city are very popular, and I have collected the stamps for many years, so I want to see if I can sell them for some money or something. You also know the situation in our family, we have to use money everywhere, and if I can exchange it, I will change it. ”

Chen Yixin has no other hobbies, the size likes stamps, in the early years Wei Zhong's father also collected a lot for her, and in the past two years, there are fewer people who send letters, and the stamps are mostly commemorative, Chen Yixin basically no longer bothered to collect stamps.

Swapping stamps for money was something she had considered before, and it was coming from a fair and honest way, and she only needed a little thought to solve her family's most pressing financial problems. Pulling Wei Zhong is just to find a "witness" for himself.

The antique market is in the southwest of the city, and it takes more than 40 minutes to ride a bicycle from their house. When the two arrived at the antique city, Wei Zhong was so tired that his clothes were soaked with sweat.

Chen Yixin bought two bottles of water, handed them to Wei Zhong, and the two entered the market.

The antique city is huge, it was an old building at first, and then half of it was destroyed. Now half of the destroyed has been cleared out to make a small square, and the antique dealers who set up their stalls have set up a small stall on the ground according to the location assigned by the market, and the people are sitting on small horses, and there are boxes of antiques in hand.

The two did not come for the antiques, they followed the flow of people and arrived at the door of a "grocery store".

The grocery store sells everything regardless of the type, and collects everything. Chen Yixin only learned that there was such a place after listening to Song Ke's introduction.

When I went in, I found that the small shop with an ordinary appearance actually had a lot of space. On the Bogu shelves against the wall on both sides, there are various colors of porcelain, pottery, gold and silver utensils, in the middle is the counter of the shopkeeper, and there is a shelf similar to a department store behind the counter, which is separated by glass pieces and many small grids, which are mostly small jade pieces, bracelets and the like.

The shopkeeper was settling accounts, and the two guys were greeting guests. When I looked up, I saw Chen Yixin and Wei Zhong entering, still holding a schoolbag in his hand, and the shopkeeper greeted him with a smile.

"What do you want to come over and see?"

"Shopkeeper, I heard from my classmates that you want to collect stamps here?"

"Well, yes, but we only collect treasures here. We don't want ordinary stamps, most of them are enthusiasts who exchange with each other. The shopkeeper did not despise them because they were young, but beckoned them to sit down in the back and talk.

The hospitality area is in a small room separated from the counter, with four old-fashioned wooden chairs facing each other, each with a wooden coffee table in the middle.

Wei Zhong was very restrained, and he didn't even know how to put his hands and feet, compared to Chen Yixin, he was much more generous, and he didn't say much, he took out the mail album in his bag and put it on the coffee table next to the shopkeeper.

The two of them brought their own water, and the shopkeeper didn't pour them tea, but only asked the guy to bring a plate of peach cake over for them to taste.

The stamp album was sorted out by Chen Yixin in advance, and there are a lot of good things in the small one, and the most valuable thing is a monkey ticket quadripartite.

Since the 80s, monkey stamps have been a treasure sought after by philatelic enthusiasts, and Chen Yixin was quite lucky to have this quadripartite copy.

In the early years, when her father went to the Ministry of Commerce and Trade to participate in the competition, he bought it at the central post office. Originally, it was bought back to send credit, and then her daughter liked stamp collecting, so her father gave Chen Yixin all his stamps, which are the specific ones, whether they are worth it or not, Chen's father does not know at all.

Chen Yixin didn't know at this time in his previous life, but when he was in college, he learned about the stamp auction from the news, and he realized what his family missed back then.

The monkey ticket is very precious, and the value in the future is also very high, but for Chen Yixin, it is the most practical choice to be able to exchange it for money and solve the current predicament.

And no one knows that she still has Wang Fang in her hand.

"This set of tickets is ok. The shopkeeper looked through it carefully, and looked at the monkey ticket quadrangular, "One hundred for a single sheet, your quadripartite is a little more expensive, and I will give five hundred." ”

Chen Yixin smiled and took the stamp album back and put it away.

"Excuse me. She pulled Wei Zhong's sleeve and was about to leave.

Even if it is not the peak of the price now, but the price of a single sheet of 100 and the price of 500 in the Quartet is embarrassed to say!

The shopkeeper narrowed his eyes and suddenly laughed.

"The little ones seem to have done their homework. Why don't you quote a price?" the shopkeeper is not angry, doing business is to make money in harmony, and the antique business is very deep, and it is the norm to ask for money on the spot.

Chen Yixin hugged her schoolbag and thought about it, frowned for a while, and cautiously quoted a price.

"It's too much. The shopkeeper laughed, this time angrily, "Twenty thousand is impossible." Not to mention 20,000, 2,000 is impossible. ”

Chen Yixin opened her mouth to say something, but Yu Guang saw that there were still people in the store paying attention to her, so she closed her mouth and smiled at the shopkeeper: "Then forget it, disturb the boss." ”

"Wait, little girl. An uncle who looked polite and about fifty years old and stopped Chen Yixin when he stood in front of the porcelain shelf, "I heard you tell the shopkeeper that you want to sell stamps, right?

The latter sentence was addressed to the shopkeeper.

"Teacher Min, please. Although the shopkeeper was a little unhappy, he didn't show it, "The stamps of the little classmate are still good, but the price is very different from me." ”

Mr. Min borrowed the shopkeeper's place and took Chen Yixin's stamp album and read it.

"Do the two children want to sell the whole book, or do they want to sell it alone?"

Chen Yixin thought about it, this stamp album was specially selected by her, and the overall value was worth up to 1,000 yuan in addition to the monkey ticket quadripartite, if it was put for more than ten years, it might be higher, but no matter how high it was, it could not be as high as a single monkey ticket.

"The whole book. Chen Yixin quickly made a decision, "I know that there are two sets of valuables here, and the other values are not very clear, even if I miss them, it's okay." But I want to pay Mr. Min also heard it, if you don't think it's worth it, you don't have to waste time. ”

"The little girl has a pretty stubborn temper. Teacher Min and the shopkeeper both laughed, "That's okay, since that's the case, I'll take 20,000 yuan, don't regret it, little girl." ”

"I don't regret it, the price is my own words, and if there is an eye, it is also my own sake. ”

"The little girl is refreshed. Teacher Min took out two bundles of money from the bag he was carrying, looked at Chen Yixin and Wei Zhong, and hesitated a little, "Do your parents know that you two sell stamps?"

"I collected the stamps and I have the right to dispose of them. Chen Yixin straightened his back, "The family needs money, and my father will definitely not be willing to let me sell stamps, but this thing is a dead thing, and I hope to use it in exchange for a solution to the dilemma." ”

"Good girl. Teacher Min praised that the procedures that should be completed still have to be completed.

Because the two children were not adults, Mr. Min hired the shopkeeper to be a notary public, and wrote a simple transaction agreement in front of everyone, leaving his name and phone number on it, and the shopkeeper also left a seal as a witness.

After getting the money, Chen Yixin put it in his schoolbag, trotted out of the market with Wei Zhong, and quickly rode away.

After they left, the shopkeeper of the grocery store pulled Mr. Min and asked him why he was paying such a high price. Mr. Min smiled and said that he was optimistic about the value of this set of quadripartite couplets, anyway, he was not the kind of reselling businessman, and it was good to keep the collection by himself.

casually fooled the shopkeeper a few words, and Mr. Min also hurried back.