Mr. and Mrs. Martin chased after the two to inquire about the evening, and Li Du explained it in detail. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

During this time, the couple drew a cross on their chests, and in the end they came to the same conclusion as Sophie, God forbid, and sent down an archangel to save them.

Li Du took out the birthday present for Mr. Martin, a narwhal tooth.

Mr. Martin, who teaches history and not biology, was a little puzzled when he saw this thing, and asked, "What is this?"

Li Du smiled and introduced the identity of the narwhal tooth, and Mr. Martin stroked the smooth appearance of the tooth and said in surprise: "This is the horn of the unicorn? God, it's so beautiful! However, this thing is not allowed to enter the people, right?"

There is an iron rule in the American private collecting industry, that is, things that are prohibited by law must not be collected as objects, such as wild animals or natural properties protected by the state, weapons and drugs that are not registered with the government department, these cannot be collected.

For example, wild elephants are legally protected animals, and it is a crime to collect ivory. As a result, the sale and collection of ivory products is rare.

However, this does not mean that there are no ivory and other items in the United States, antique stores and some collectible stores still have them, but these items are all from the previous year, and they entered the market before the legal ban was issued, and these can be collected.

"These have a collection permit, I asked someone to do an appraisal, and judging from the fracture, they have been falling off for more than half a century, so they can be collected. Li Du explained.

Mr. and Mrs. Martin are university professors and must also have a hobby of collecting things.

This narwhal tooth can enter their collection room and become a treasure, after all, this thing is very valuable, and it has strong artistic plasticity, and once it is molded into a work of art, it is even more valuable.

After returning from the Martins' house, Li Du stayed in the camp and did not go out much.

He felt that his luck was too bad during this time, and he didn't want to go out to find excitement, in the words of the yellow calendar, Tai Sui was the west, and it was not appropriate to show his head.

In addition, he is recuperating and preparing to continue his search for fire opals in Fossil Forest National Park.

At the end of the week, Hans was going to Hersmann for a village auction and asked Li Du if he wanted to go.

What they were going to auction was the man's secret base that had just been made, and Hans priced it at 10,000 yuan, and the electrical appliances used in it were all famous brands, which added up to 5,000 yuan, which was very valuable.

Li Du was bored for a few days and wanted to go out for a walk, so he nodded and said to go together.

The autumn thrift market auctions are particularly lively, and after the autumn harvest, many people in the countryside have time to spare and have money in their hands, and they begin to replenish their homes.

In addition, rural areas in the United States have the habit of cleaning their homes in the fall, in order to stock up on the harvested food, they will clean up their homes in the fall.

In the process, they will find a lot of things that they don't usually use, and they won't sell them, because they can often only be disposed of cheaply when sold to grocery stores.

They choose to go to the thrift market, find what they need, give their things to the people who need them, realize the maximum value of these things, and achieve a win-win situation.

In the afternoon, the five of them and four animals drove to the small town of Hessman.

The town's thrift market is now bustling with activity, just like the New Year's fair in Li Du's hometown, with long streets lined with stalls selling everything from fruit and vegetables, food and snacks, hardware, furniture and appliances, to seafood and handicrafts.

Li Du saw some small things that looked a little old on many stalls, so he curiously leaned up and asked, "Are these all antiques?"

The stall was set up by a middle-aged Chinese man, fluent in English, and said seriously: "Yes, it's all Chinese porcelain, which my grandfather brought when he immigrated to the United States from China." ”

He saw that Li Du was also a Chinese face and asked, "Are you Chinese?"

Li Du nodded and said, "Yes, I have recently been interested in the cultural heritage left by our ancestors, and I want to find something interesting to collect back." ”

The middle-aged man immediately waved his hand and said: "Then you have found the right place, man, there are our cultural treasures here, come, for the sake of us are all ancestors, you have chosen well, I will give you a 20% discount." ”

Li Du laughed, this guy is very good at business.

He unleashed small flying insects, trying to find something with the energy of time.

It is impossible to find any antique cultural relics in this kind of place, it is too difficult to pick up the leakage of the stalls, and the things of these stall owners have been taken for identification, if there are really cultural relics, they must be left by themselves.

His purpose is to find something that contains the energy of time and feed the little flying insects.

As a result, the little flying insect came out and walked around, and returned to his shoulder without interest, obviously, the things here look antique, but in fact they are all fakes and worthless.

In this case, he did not waste time and left with a shaking head.

The middle-aged man hurriedly grabbed him and said, "What's the matter, brother, look, I have good things here, you see, this is Yuan Qinghua, this is the ancient coins of the Yuan and Ming dynasties, and the weapons of the Sui and Tang dynasties......"

Li Du left decisively, the more the hell he said, the more unreliable it became, Yuan Qinghua, Yuan Ming ancient coins, Sui and Tang weapons, these things can buy all the things in the entire market by taking out one of them!

He estimated that he would continue to stay, and the middle-aged man even took out the bronzes of the Spring and Autumn Period.

However, the market is large, and there is always something containing the energy of time, and the little flying insect flies, and soon finds a rusty dagger.

Li Du wandered over, the stall was a thrift picker, and the owner was an acquaintance of his, named Wright-George, and they were two brothers, both of whom often went to his camp to play.

Since they were acquaintances, he stopped beating around the bush and asked, "How much is this dagger?"

Wright's eyes lit up, and he said, "Hey, Lee, what's this dagger?" Tell me, for the sake of friendship, give me a chance to make some money." ”

This dagger is not a famous product, it just contains the energy of time, and the little flying insect is just interested.

Li Du used the ability to turn back time and saw the scene where Dagger followed a veteran on the battlefield of World War II.

The veteran took great care of the dagger, and often wiped and maintained it, but when he died, his family casually threw the dagger in the garage, causing it to rust.

Li Du said: "Seriously, Wright, this knife is worthless, I just want to buy it casually, I don't want to collect it or sell it to make money." ”

He has a good reputation in the circle of treasure pickers in Flagpole City, and he will not make money from his own people, but will only take them to make money.

Therefore, Wright believed his words and said helplessly: "Then give me fifty dollars, I bought it for twenty-five dollars." ”

Li Du threw him fifty yuan, took the dagger and threw it in his backpack at will, and the little flying insect immediately got into it and sucked the time energy in it.