Many people like to play gourds as small as possible, in fact, the small ones are delicate and cute, but they are too small to feel when they play with them in their hands. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In addition, in order to pursue profits, merchants used drugs to ripen gourds when they were not ripe and gave birth to some small gourds. This kind of gourd is called 'medicine gourd' in the industry, the disadvantage is that the skin is thin, the texture is poor, and sometimes there can be veins on the skin after a long time, and it is difficult to make a brilliant dish.

These gourds are placed on the stall, and the leather is slightly dry before they have been played, which is due to the lack of oil and moisture.

But the shape and color of these gourds are all selected, not big or small, between three centimeters and four centimeters, and it is very comfortable to hold in the hand and fall heavily. There is no phenomenon such as scar flower skin on the skin, the color is golden, the six sides are positive, and the dragon head is intact.

Long Lei Yan turned over the gourd and looked at the umbilicus, a very round dot, this is the standard long gourd. Because the umbilicus of the American hand twist is a circle with small dots inside, and the local small waist pressure gourd is a smooth dot.

This kind of gourd has a nickname of grass gold, at this time it is not conspicuous, waiting to play in the hand for a period of time, the skin is round and the color will be deeper and deeper, gradually produce red filaments, and finally become dark red with mottled color, very beautiful.

Long Leiyan liked it in his heart, and asked, "Uncle has more money?"

The old man looked up at Long Leiyan, and said with a pouting of the beard on his mouth: "Uncle doesn't sell it, two hundred gourds!"

These words caused the people around him to burst into laughter, but they didn't expect the old man to be so old and quite poor.

Although he was ridiculed, Long Leiyan also laughed for a while, and there were a total of six gourds on the stall, Long Leiyan didn't say a word, he took out 1,200 yuan from his pocket and handed it to the old man.

"The gourd is good, I want it. ”

Putting the money in his pocket, the old man cracked his shriveled lips and showed his only two remaining teeth and laughed: "Boy, know the goods, if you don't need money urgently, I won't sell it for two thousand!"

If a few gourds are given away like this, it seems to be a drop, Long Leiyan glanced at the old man's legs and saw a wooden box with a simple color, this wooden box is more than a foot long, more than two inches wide, and the light that has been rubbed for a long time can be seen, and the original wood can no longer be seen.

The box is engraved with three stories, Jing Ke assassinated the king of Qin, specialized in assassinating the king, and Nie Zheng assassinated the hero. The knife technique is concise and vivid.

Long Leiyan pointed to the box and said, "Uncle, is this box filled with gourds, I can sell it together." ”

The old man squinted at him and said, "Don't sell it, don't sell the box, the kid takes the gourd and leaves, let's clear the money and goods!"

People didn't sell it, and they didn't even give a chance to make a counteroffer, so Long Leiyan had to pick up the gourd and continue shopping with a few people.

Xiao Qi walked a few steps, approached in front of Long Leiyan and said, "Boss, that old man only has a few gourds, why don't you leave if you sell them?"

Fat Dun interjected: "People are old, can't they rest? The top of the city is your home's place?

Long Leiyan wouldn't chew his tongue with these children, but he didn't hear it, and he didn't care why the old man didn't leave.

The distance of more than 500 meters is not long, but if you really go to the stalls one by one, it will not take a short time. Most of the things sold in the stalls are not eye-catching, and there are many that come from the wrong way, and Long Leiyan didn't look at it.

After a round of turns, I didn't even buy a suitable dagger. Not far from the old man's stall, Long Leiyan accidentally found a couplet hanging on the calligraphy and painting stall.

The upper link is 'the life and death of the country', and the lower link is 'how can you avoid it because of misfortune and fortune' Long Leiyan vaguely felt that these two sentences seemed to have been heard from somewhere, but he couldn't remember them for a while.

The calligraphy of this couplet is strong and powerful, and the brushwork is smooth, with an open-minded meaning. There is no inscription on it, and I can't tell the age, but the idea of this couplet is very good, especially in line with the identity of Old Man Qiao.

Long Leiyan was interested, and he stepped forward to ask the price, Xiao Qi often visited the black market, had rich experience, grabbed him, and said in a low voice: "Boss, these stalls are fine, they all open prices indiscriminately for the things you fancie, don't ask the price directly, first ask the things next to you, cut the price for a while, and then, pretend to ask inadvertently about the things you like, you will definitely have a good price." ”

Don't look at Xiao Qi's appearance like black charcoal, but this kid has a lot of ghosts. Long Leiyan thought so, walked to the side of the calligraphy and painting stall, and asked how much a landscape painting cost.

The stall owner was a middle-aged man, who looked at him lazily with a cigarette in his mouth, but did not answer, stretched out five fingers and shook it.

Long Lei Yan asked tentatively, "Five hundred?"

The stall owner sighed: "Five thousand!"

What Xiao Qi said was really right, the stall owner offered a sky-high price when he opened his mouth, and an unknown landscape cost 5,000 yuan, which was too dark.

Long Leiyan pretended to be interested on his face, leaned over, and lowered his head to take a closer look.

Suddenly, the stall owner said, "There's something wrong with my painting, you see." He pointed his finger to the upper left corner, where a white mark was evident.

The stall owner said: "This is when the pasting was done at that time, it was not done, you buy it back and frame it again, and you can't see it at all, so because of this flaw, I will give you 500 yuan cheaper." ”

Long Leiyan was a little moved in his heart, this stall owner has a conscience, he reports his family ugly, and takes the initiative to tell the guests about the faults of the goods, there are really not many such conscientious vendors.

Long Dashao even rose, and immediately confessed to telling people that what he wanted to buy was the idea of a couplet.

Suddenly, Xiao Qi interjected: "You can't just have that little problem with this painting, right?"

The stall owner coughed embarrassedly twice, but he didn't expect the child to see it.

Xiao Qi leaned into Long Leiyan's ear and said: "This is their usual trick, if there is a big problem with a thing, they will make a small problem elsewhere, and take the initiative to tell the buyer, attract the buyer to the small problem, and then take the initiative to lower the price. ”

What is bought is not sold, this sentence is true. Long Leiyan suddenly realized, it turned out that there was an ambush inside!

At this time, Xiao Qi raised his voice and said, "Brother, let's not buy his things, this person is not real!"

The stall owner hurriedly stopped them: "Don't mind, I have all good things here, it depends on your eyesight, you look at this couplet, judging from the color of the paper, it is at least late Qing Dynasty, if you want me to give you cheap!"

The stall owner was referring to the couplet, and Long Leiyan pretended to ask casually: "How much money is this broken couplet?"

"Dude, if you really want it, just give me this number. He held out two fingers and gestured, meaning two thousand.

Long Leiyan also grew wise, and said with a smile: "Uncle, why don't you roll this couplet, but open it to dry?"