"What? Around! Hearing Zheng Dagang's words, the middle-aged man looked at the receipt in his hand in disbelief, but it was indeed clearly written with the words "handicrafts, around the age".

"Boy, you...... You're yin me! The middle-aged man's face became very ugly, and he carefully looked at the receipt in his hand, and he could see that there was a shallow horizontal print on the top of the four, plus the two strokes in the middle of the word "four" were written a little outward, and if you didn't pay attention to it, it was clearly a Western character.

"Big brother, this is your fault."

Since he took advantage of the reason, Zheng Dagang's speech was not so good, and his voice became louder, "Our business, what is exquisite is an eyesight, you didn't see it at the time, and now you come to find the back account, this is a bit of a bad rule, if you continue to make trouble, you won't be able to get any benefits." ”

"Brother Gang, Xiaofan, what's going on?"

Su Xiaofan's stall was surrounded by four or five strong men, which had attracted the attention of those stall owners next to him, Zheng Dagang raised his voice, and a few people suddenly came over next to him, doing business in the antique market, and it was common to encounter those who were unwilling to buy fakes to find the back account, which required the help of the big guys, and in the blink of an eye, those four or five people were surrounded in the middle.

"Yes, brother, I admit it." The middle-aged man looked around and said, "It's me who looked away, no wonder others, it's my fault for this matter today, you haven't been here." ”

As he spoke, the middle-aged man raised his hand and squeezed out with a few people around him, and the people who surrounded him saw that the matter was solved, but it was not difficult for them, and after a while, several people disappeared into the bustling crowd of antique streets.

"Brothers, thank you." Seeing those people leaving, Su Xiaofan also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly arched his hand around.

"Hey, what's the matter, I looked away, and I also have the face to find the account."

"That's it, Xiaofan, if you have something to shout, the brothers will come over immediately."

The surrounding crowd giggled and laughed a few words, and they also dispersed, after all, each family has stalls to watch, although the things are not expensive, but it is not disturbing to be taken away.

"Xiaofan, this matter, it is indeed you who broke the rules." After the crowd dispersed, Zheng Dagang grabbed Su Xiaofan and said in a low voice: "You can still say that you can sell a bronze for a thousand yuan, but if you sell it for eight thousand, this knife is a bit ruthless, don't blame those people for coming to find the account." ”

The trading of the antique city, especially the stalls, is basically to sell some gadgets, and a transaction of three or five hundred a day is considered a good business, Su Xiaofan sells a fake for eight thousand, and sometimes it can withstand the turnover of other stalls for a month.

What's more, Zheng Dagang saw it really just now, Su Xiaofan was also moved when he wrote the receipt, although the horizontal print of the word on the four characters is shallow, but it can still be distinguished by careful look, so Zheng Dagang said that Su Xiaofan broke the rules.

"Brother Gang, in fact, that thing is quite complicated to make, and it is not too much to charge him eight thousand." Su Xiaofan smiled bitterly and said: "The bronze I made is an imitation of a hoopoe, it is a combination of objects, which is rare on the market, I thought he was a knowledgeable person at the time, knowing that this thing is not easy to make, who would have thought that he would really think that it was genuine." ”

"Hopoe? What's that? Hearing Su Xiaofan's words, Zheng Dagang was stunned for a moment, he didn't know much about bronzes, and he had never heard of this rare name.

"That thing is a kind of hair ornament for ancient women, I saw it from my grandfather's bronze rubbing." Su Xiaofan opened his mouth to explain to Zheng Dagang.

The so-called hoopoe, in fact, is composed of three parts, two clips plus a connecting rod, the shape is a bit similar to the current barbell, "Mountains and Seas by the Sea of the North of the Sea" records "the West Queen Mother ladder and hoopoe staff", in the portrait of the Han Dynasty in the Wu Ancestral Hall of Jiaxiang, Shandong, we can see the engraved "Yusheng" pattern, the symmetrical two wins are connected by the "stick", there is a round hole in the center, which can be traversed in the hair, and the Queen Mother of the West in the portrait stone wears such a "victory".

In the Western Han Dynasty, the Queen Mother of the West was respected by the ruling class, so the "victory" she wore on her head was also welcomed by the ancients, and people began to wear different styles of "hoopoes". As the "hoopoe" becomes more and more popular, there are a variety of hoopoes of different materials, such as bronze, amber, jade, etc., in addition to the admiration of the Queen Mother of the West, "hoopoe" can be popular, but also in practicality.

However, with the change of dynasties, people's requirements for accessories are getting higher and higher, when the hairpin that is more convenient to wear appears, the "hoopoe" that is troublesome to wear gradually withdraws from the historical stage, because this thing is composed of several parts, it is often incomplete when unearthed, so even many archaeological or cultural relics experts do not know the hoopoe this object.

"It took me a whole month to make this object, Brother Gang, did you say that it is expensive to sell it for 8,000?" Su Xiaofan was also a little depressed at this time, he took a little trick and made things old, but aren't bronzes like this, if they are not old, there is no sense of age, who will spend money to buy it.

"According to what you say, eight thousand is really not expensive."

Zheng Dagang has been in the antique market for so many years, he is a knowledgeable person, nodded at the moment, glanced in the direction where the people left, and said: "But Xiaofan, these people don't look like good stubble, don't take the stall home today, I'll find a place for you to put it, pay attention when you go home, don't let them follow." ”

The antique market is mixed with dragons and snakes, Zheng Dagang knows that there are many ruthless people who come to Luochuan to do antique business, especially those gray eight masters who have fallen to the ground, and many of them have lives on their hands, Su Xiaofan can smell the smell of those people, Zheng Dagang can naturally see that there is a good chance that these people will go to the ground to eat their ancestors' food.

"I know, Brother Gang, I'll be careful." Su Xiaofan smiled bitterly, he has been practicing stalls in this antique market for two years, and he used to sell some exquisitely made bronze handicrafts, and the only old object had an accident, it seems that his grandfather's advice is still reasonable, and this person can't make a windfall.

However, Su Xiaofan had no choice, his mother died when he was seven years old, and his father ran out to become a seafarer because he didn't want to inherit the family's craftsmanship of making bronzes.

In the past ten years, Su Xiaofan's two brothers and sisters have seen their father only a handful of times, although Su Xiaofan's grandfather died when he was a freshman in high school, fortunately, his father, who has been at sea to captain an ocean-going ship, has an okay income, but over the years, there has been no shortage of food and clothing for the brothers and sisters.

Su Xiaofan is also quite unlucky, he had a car accident when he was in his third year of high school the year before last, and it was caused by him crossing the road, with multiple fractures on his body, and he recuperated for half a year, delaying the college entrance examination.

Originally, with Su Xiaofan's grades, there was no problem in repeating a year and being admitted to university, but it just so happened that my father didn't come back for some reason that year, and Su Xiaofan, who had spent the savings given by his father before the car accident, because his sister was also going to high school, he simply didn't repeat it, relying on the craftsmanship of making bronze that he had learned from his grandfather before, rented a house, and set up a stall in the antique market not far from his sister's school.

With a face of small fresh meat, coupled with a lively mouth, and good English, Su Xiaofan's business has always been very good, just fooling those foreigners who travel, he can make a net profit of several thousand in a month, so after his father came home last year, he wanted him to repeat his university entrance examination, but he was also rejected by Su Xiaofan.

It stands to reason that if you continue to do it step by step, and mix it for a few more years, Su Xiaofan can also rent a stall in the antique city, you can't say that you are rich and expensive, but you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, but there will always be accidents in life, and now her sister Su Xiaoxiao, who is also in her third year of high school, went home some time ago and told Su Xiaofan that there is a national research institute in Yanjing, and Su Xiaoxiao was actually admitted to the special recruitment examination of their school.

According to Su Xiaoxiao's statement, when admitted to this research institute, he started as a master's student, and he could follow the national-level experts and professors to conduct research on scientific research projects, and after graduation, he could stay in the institute to work, but the tuition fee was also very expensive, requiring 100,000 yuan a year.

At the beginning of hearing Su Xiaoxiao's words, Su Xiaofan's first reaction was that the school had encountered a liar, firstly, the institute is an employing unit and not a school, and the recruitment will only be recruited in the university, and it is impossible and unqualified to issue diplomas, and secondly, how can it be so expensive to study in a university in China, even if it is the best BGI in China, the annual tuition fee is only 10,000 yuan, and the tuition fee of this research institute is ten times that of BGI.

Su Xiaofan, who has been in the antique market for several years, and has seen a lot of scams, naturally didn't believe it, so he went to the school as a parent to consult, and found that this enrollment was actually true, this research institute is under the name of Yenching University, and it belongs to special enrollment, no need to take the college entrance examination, and you have to report to Yenching University in the summer.

Su Xiaofan, who had a good eye, called the admissions office of Yenching University again, and after some consultation, he learned that this institute was newly opened this year, and the research topic was unknown, because although the institute was under the name of Yenching University, it was affiliated to the National Academy of Natural Sciences, and the fee standard was also formulated there.

Su Xiaofan, who got the conclusive news, was naturally very happy, although his sister's academic performance was good, there was still a certain gap from a top university like BGI, and now that he had the opportunity to study there, Su Xiaofan naturally had to support him by smashing pots and selling iron.

Su Xiaofan has made some money by practicing stalls in the past two years, but after removing the rent and food and clothing plus the pocket money for his sister, Su Xiaofan has more than 20,000 yuan on hand, even if he adds the 50,000 yuan that his father gave back during the Spring Festival last year, there are less than 80,000 yuan in total, and there is still more than 20,000 yuan short of 100,000.

Seeing that his sister was going to Yanjing to report for duty in more than a month, Su Xiaofan, who couldn't contact his father who didn't know which ocean he was floating in for a while, was also a little anxious, so when the middle-aged man hinted in front of the stall that day that he had any old objects, he took off the bronze "hoopoe" that he had made old.