Chapter 15 Chance Encounters in the Antique Market

The bus entered the downtown area, Tian Jiu casually found a stop and got off the bus, wandered aimlessly for a few streets, and unconsciously walked to the antique trading market. www.biquge.info This antique trading market is quite famous in the provincial capital, and when he was still Su Ling, he often heard his colleagues around him mention it.

These colleagues especially like to come here to take a stroll in their free time, buy a piece of jade and wear it back, saying that jade can ward off evil spirits. At that time, Su Ling didn't understand this, so she didn't take the time to pay attention. I'm bored here today, so let's go in and have a look, and kill time. Of course, Tian Jiu definitely won't have the money to buy it, but it's always okay to see.

At this moment, the antique market has not yet reached the punctual trading time, but it is already lively. There are those who only look at it and don't buy it, there are those who buy it sincerely, there are those who look at it casually and meet the satisfaction before starting, there are those who make money, and there are those who deliberately raise the price and sell it at a low price... There are all kinds of people.

There is also a kind of person who specially hires someone to cast a fake, and then smears some loess on it, and fills it as an earthen cultural relic, specifically to deceive those rich people who seem to understand whether they know or don't know how to pretend to understand. Ordinary insiders never deal with this kind of person, and always avoid these people, these are all secrets in the industry, almost all of which Su Ling's former colleagues let her hear when they spoke as news. Therefore, people who are not experts should not come here, and you may be the next person to be deceived.

Tian Jiu stopped all the way, looked here and there, and touched it, he couldn't say anything about antiques, but fortunately he had a unique skill, as long as he was touched by his hand, not to mention the good or bad, he immediately distinguished the truth from the false, he was such a cow, who let him have the ability to channel, no folding, mortals only have envy.

There was a stall not far away, sometimes silent, sometimes laughing, Tian Jiu felt curious, and also squeezed in to have a look. I saw a man in his early forties squatting in the middle of the stall, dressed as a migrant worker, with a yellow construction site helmet resting at his feet, and a pair of orange construction site water shoes that were over his knees, and the shoes were still stained with mud.

In front of him, there was a dark green jade turtle, the size of a small leather ball, the jade turtle was also covered with mud, and the turtle's head was raised high, as if to tell people that it had just crawled out of the ground.

The migrant workers were full of smiles, sometimes looking down to touch the jade turtle, sometimes looking up at the crowd, looking honest and honest. A pair of eyes sneaked a glance at a young man beside him from time to time, and there was a hint of greed in his eyes, but then it flashed again.

The young man was squatting opposite Tian Jiu, the same age as Tian Jiu, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a straight nose, thin and moderately thick lips, his face was slightly red due to excitement and excitement, and the blue tendons on his forehead were slightly violent, and he was gritting his teeth and bowing his head in contemplation. He took a fancy to the jade turtle in front of him, and had already bid 50,000 yuan, and someone had just offered him 55,000 yuan, and he was hesitating whether to increase the price again.

Tian Jiu was originally a man's body and daughter, and he couldn't help but have a good impression of the handsome man in front of him. Tian Jiu was interested in helping him, so he squatted down and pretended to admire, and stretched out his left hand to touch the jade turtle. Tian Jiu's original intention was to show the young man whether this jade turtle was worth the price he paid.

Unexpectedly, this model really scared him. Tian Jiu remained silent, pretending to inadvertently raise his head and see the young man, and then shouted very exaggeratedly: "Brother, why are you still here, Mom is looking for you everywhere." The poodle you raised is lost, mom is going crazy, why don't you go looking for it..." As he spoke, he pulled up the man, picked up the crowd and ran away.

didn't run a few steps, and the urgent call of the migrant worker sounded behind him: "Dude, don't run yet, 50,000, I'll sell it to you for 50,000." ”

Tian Jiu grinned and turned around and shouted as he ran: "You wait, wait first, let's go find the dog, and come back to buy it." ”

Seeing that the protagonist who bought the goods ran away, a group of people who watched the excitement felt bored, and they all slowly dispersed. The men who had just been raising the price got together and hid in a nearby alley, their faces full of resentment and blaming each other.

I only heard one of the older men scolding and scolding: "A group of useless stupid people, tell you not to be too greedy, you just don't listen, you have to add a few thousand yuan, now it's okay, don't say 50,000, now you haven't even caught a single hair." The rest of the men looked stupid, but it was too late to regret it.

Tian Jiu couldn't help but say, pulled the young man all the way out of the antique market, and stopped to catch his breath when he saw that no one was chasing him.

The young man shook off Tian Jiu's hand and glared at him fiercely: "Okay, no one is chasing after you." Leaving Tian Jiu, he turned into a restaurant on the side of the road in a huff, found an empty table and sat down.

Tian Jiu was worried that he would go back to the antique market to find those people, so he had to follow him into the restaurant and sit across from him.

The man's face was full of unhappiness, and he shook off angrily: "Say, what's the matter?"

Tian Jiu blinked his eyes and replied, "That jade turtle is fake. ”

"Fake?" the man was taken aback, and immediately defended: "Impossible, it was just dug out of the ground, and the jade turtle is still stained with mud, how can it be fake." ”

Tian Jiu said: "It's really fake, it is made by pouring gum into a mold, polishing, polishing, coloring, and then taking some mud to smear on it, creating the illusion that it has just been dug out of the soil, specifically to deceive people like you." ”

"What kind of person am I? The man was unconvinced, and glanced at Tian Jiu. A waitress who happened to come forward to order food with the menu was startled by the man's soft roar and took a small step back. The young man smiled awkwardly and waved his hand to signal that the waitress was okay.

Tian Jiu knew that it touched his self-esteem, so he smiled in return, and lowered his head and was silent without care.

The man didn't get angry anymore, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then asked Tian Jiu with a calm face: "Are you an expert, do you know jade?"

Tian Jiu shook his head and said, "I don't understand." But he quickly added, "But if you let me touch it, I'll be able to tell the real from the fake at once." ”

The man thought for a while, took off a jade pendant from his neck, handed it to Tian Jiu, and said, "You help me take a look, how is this piece of jade?"

Tian Jiu stared at the handsome man opposite, his eyes were bright, and he secretly sneered, test me, okay, then let me show you a hand. He took the jade bi and pretended to appreciate it, the information of the jade bi had already been transmitted to Tian Jiu's brain through his fingertips.

This is a round jade with a diameter of about 30 centimeters, dark green in color, and a green dragon coiled on it, lifelike, giving people a feeling of being about to come out. Jade, it's really a good jade.

Tian Jiu didn't really understand jade completely, but through the touch of his fingers, the information carried by the jade itself was enough for him to deal with the young man in front of him. Tian Jiu pretended to be an expert and talked slowly: "Your piece is Hetian jade from Xinjiang, which is fine and hard, shiny, slightly transparent, and is a good jade." There is a green dragon coiled on it, the green dragon is the head of the four spirits, it can call the wind and rain, benefit all things, it is auspicious, and it is suitable for men to wear. The only downside is... Tian Jiu deliberately paused for a while, raised his eyelids and glanced at the man in front of him.

The young man seemed to have been attracted by Tian Jiu's words, and looked at Tian Jiu with his mouth slightly open, his eyes were clear and translucent, and he was expecting Tian Jiu to continue.

Tian Jiu suddenly felt a burst of heat in his heart, he quickly closed his gaze and looked down at the jade, and continued: "The only deficiency of this jade is that it is not carved by artificiality, it is formed by the machine inverted, and the appearance is a bit strong. You should have gotten it two years ago, not in a regular jade shop, but from a roadside vendor, and you love it so much that you took it with you and haven't left it since. ”

Tian Jiu finished speaking in one breath, in order to gain the man's trust, he had to highlight his ability, but he couldn't be too public, fortunately, he handled it just right, and the man opposite was already wide-eyed, and he was completely impressed by Tian Jiu's words.

The man's face was full of convincing, and he praised it: "You really have two hits, and I won't tell you that my piece of jade was indeed bought from a boy of fifteen or sixteen on the side of the road when I went to Xinjiang two years ago to play." The price was very cheap, and I guess the boy stole it, so I've always been embarrassed to mention it. I didn't expect you to be so godly, you can see it at once. ”

Then he asked Tian Jiu again: "How do you see it?" Tian Jiu smiled lightly, and the man smiled and didn't go to the bottom of it, maybe he thought that even if Tian Jiu was willing to say it, it might not be true. But anyone who is able will not show his hole cards to outsiders.

But this man was indeed very happy, ordered a table of good dishes, and asked for a few bottles of beer, saying that he wanted to thank Tian Jiu for his help today, so that he was not deceived.

Tian Jiuzheng was suffering from having nowhere to go and no friends, and since the young man had grabbed him and invited him to eat, drink and talk, he could just kill time.