Chapter 15: Running Out of Money

Meng Dongyao and Meng Songhai went out for more than two hours, Meng Songhai spent all the cash on his body, and bought nearly 100 copper coins, most of which are common copper coins, which are in exquisite condition, and a small number of them can be regarded as "Zhenquan", among which the most valuable copper coin is the "Heavenly Treasure" issued by Tianping Heaven.

"Dad, let's go home, I've run out of money." Meng Songhai said with a smile.

"I still have some here, do I want to buy it?"

"No!" Meng Songhai smiled and shook his head, "The copper coin I bought just now will not be sold in the short term, and I am going to collect it for a long time." I spent all the money, I feel good, and I will come back after my daughter is gone! ”

"Li Bai's verses, right?"

"Yes, Dad, do you remember Li Bai's poems?"

"Hmm!" Meng Dongyao smiled and nodded, "I remember the name of this poem, "Will Enter the Wine", I could memorize it when I was young, but now I can't memorize it." You recite it to me. ”

"Okay." Meng Songhai raised his voice softly and shouted loudly, "You don't see, the water of the Yellow River comes up from the sky, rushes to the sea and never returns...... Five-flowered horses, daughters and daughters, Hu'er will exchange for fine wine, and sell eternal sorrow with you. ”

Reciting the whole poem, Meng Songhai noticed that there were many people around him watching him, he didn't feel embarrassed at all, and said with a smile: "Dad, I recite this poem "Will Enter the Wine", it's quite imposing, right?!" ”

"Not bad, not bad."

After walking a few steps, Meng Songhai took out a copper coin that was stored separately from his trouser pocket, and the other copper coins were wrapped in the stall owner's newspaper, which he held in his hand.

"Look at this copper coin."

Meng Dongyao took the copper coin, saw the words "Heavenly Sacred Treasure" on it, and asked, "Is it a copper coin printed by Tianping Heavenly Kingdom?" ”

"yes. This kind of copper coin is a rarity. ”

"How do you know everything?" A curious look appeared on Meng Dongyao's face.

"I've said it all, and I've heard it all from others." Meng Songhai explained with a smile, thinking that he would not show off in the future, otherwise, it would be really difficult to explain.

After the father and son returned home, Meng Songhai said, "Dad, you lend me the lid box to hold the collection." ”

"No need to borrow it, just give it to you. When you sell the Jade Buddha, you give me 3,000 yuan, and you still have to tell your eldest brother and second brother about this matter. Although your eldest brother is married, over the years, he has given the family once a quarter, which can be regarded as a pension for me and your mother. Yesterday evening, I took out those things and gave them to you, these 3,000 yuan, 1,000 yuan for your eldest brother, it can be regarded as a family ...... As for the second brother, don't give it to him first, he needs to spend a lot of money when he gets married, and I will keep the remaining two thousand. ”

"There's also a diamond ring!"

"Is it a diamond, maybe, if it is really a diamond, how about buying a house for your second brother?"

"Okay, the second brother has a girlfriend and a house, so he can get married early." Meng Songhai said without hesitation, "If there is really 100,000 yuan to buy diamonds, I suggest that the second brother should resign and do a small business, which is better than his hard work in a construction company." ”

"What do you think he does in business?" Meng Dongyao said.

"There are a lot of businesses that can be done, such as opening a restaurant...... But then again, running a restaurant is quite hard, and I suggest that my second brother do the stamp business. ”

"Stamp business? Buying and selling stamps? ”

"Yes, at first, let him help me buy stamps, and he can make the difference."

"Your second brother helped you buy stamps, how embarrassed to make you money."

"My brother is settling accounts!" Meng Songhai smiled as a matter of course, "Only when it is profitable can we have the motivation to do things well." ”

Meng Dongyao glanced at Meng Songhai a few times and asked, "How much money do you plan to spend on stamps?" ”

"I haven't figured it out yet, it depends on how much the diamond can be sold for."

"To talk about it is to say it in vain. The premise of all this is that the gemstone is a diamond. Meng Dongyao said with a smile, "Don't say it, I'll get the box and bring it to you, as well as silver dollars, and some copper coins at home, all of which are given to you, those two pieces of porcelain, I won't give them to you for the time being, I'll keep them first!" ”

"It's all up to you."

Just after ten o'clock, Meng Songhai went out with his father Meng Dongyao with the Hetian Jade Maitreya Buddha ornaments, and after going out, they went straight to the restaurant run by Aunt Sun's house.

Entering the restaurant, Meng Songhai saw Aunt Sun washing vegetables and greeted, "Aunt Sun, busy!" ”

"Brother Meng, Songhai, you guys are coming!" Aunt Sun stood up with a smile, took a towel, and dried her hands, "You sit, I'll make you tea." ”

Meng Donghai and Yang Guodong's parents know each other, but they are not familiar with each other, and they will say hello when they meet.

"Excuse me." Meng Dongyao smiled.

"Don't bother." Aunt Sun had a smile on her face.

"Aunt Sun, make tea, please take a plate of peanuts." Meng Songhai said with a smile.

"Okay." Aunt Sun smiled, and when she was making tea, she asked, "Do you two want to drink some wine?" ”

"Don't drink for now, and when it's time for lunch, drink a beer."

Aunt Sun made two cups of tea and brought them up.

Meng Songhai picked up the lunch box that his father helped him get to the restaurant, handed it to Aunt Sun, and said, "Aunt Sun, the lunch box is returned to you, and it has been cleaned." ”

"Oh!" Aunt Sun answered and took the lunch box, "I'll go get peanuts." ”

After a while, Aunt Sun was carrying a plate of peanuts fried in vegetable oil.

Meng Dongyao opened his mouth and asked, "How is your restaurant business?" ”

"It's okay, I can earn more than 300 yuan a month." Aunt Sun smiled and said, "Compared with Songhai, it's far behind." ”

"He's lucky that the blind cat ran into a dead mouse."

"Brother Meng, don't say that, I think Songhai is really capable. You eat slowly, I'm going to get busy. ”

Meng Dongyao smiled faintly, picked up chopsticks, added a peanut, put it in his mouth, chewed it and swallowed it slowly.

Meng Songhai was eating peanuts while having a ride, chatting with his father without a match, and talking to Aunt Sun from time to time.

After more than ten minutes, Aunt Sun's husband Yang Boyang came to the restaurant.

"Uncle Yang." Meng Songhai stood up and said hello.

"Songhai!" Yang Boyang said with a smile, hurriedly walked to Yang Dongyao's side, took out a pack of Chinese brand cigarettes, and handed one to him attentively, "Brother Meng, smoke!" ”

"I've quit a long time ago." Meng Dongyao smiled and waved his hand.

"It's good to quit, I can't quit even if I want to." Yang Boyang turned to hand the cigarette to Meng Songhai, "Songhai, play with one." ”

Meng Songhai shook his head and joked, "Uncle Yang, you don't want me to ask my dad to scold, do you?!" ”

"It's good not to smoke, Guodong, this kid, if you don't learn the good, you will learn the bad, and now you can learn to smoke." Yang Boyang said as he put a cigarette back into the box, "If you don't smoke, I won't smoke either...... Songhai, this Jade Buddha was bought yesterday? ”

"yes!"

"Can I pick it up and take a look?"

"Yes, be careful." Meng Songhai smiled.

Yang Boyang sat down next to Meng Songhai and carefully picked up the Jade Buddha, for the sake of safety, he didn't take it too high, the Jade Buddha was above the table, even if he missed, the Jade Buddha would only fall on the table.

Yang Boyang held the Jade Buddha, looked at it carefully for a while, put it down, smiled, and sighed: "This Jade Buddha is very good-looking, six thousand yuan, I really can't imagine that someone will spend so much money to buy it." ”

Last night, after Aunt Sun came home, when she went to bed, she told her husband that Meng Songhai had found a jade Buddha and someone had bid 6,000 yuan, which scared Yang Boyang at that time, he and his wife ran a restaurant, worked hard, and couldn't earn 5,000 yuan a year.

"Uncle Yang, gold has a price, jade is priceless, not to mention such a beautiful Jade Buddha."

"How much did you spend to buy this Jade Buddha?" Yang Boyang asked curiously.

"Uncle Yang, I can't tell you this." Meng Songhai smiled, seeing a trace of displeasure flashing on Yang Boyang's face, "I'm afraid that after you hear this, you will be stimulated, affected by this matter, and you also want to buy antiques to make money...... To be honest, I bought this jade Buddha, first, I was lucky, the seller didn't know how to do it, and the price was not expensive; The second is that I have a certain understanding of the quality of jade, as well as the carving of jade, in the eyes of connoisseurs, I missed it, which means to buy a bargain. People who don't know how to do it will think that I am spending money on a broken stone when they see me inviting this jade Buddha...... It's not that you can make money by buying any antique, but if you buy a fake antique and hit the eye, it will be a big loss. ”

"I just asked casually, if you don't want to say, I won't ask." Yang Boyang laughed.

At this time, Liu Weidong, who was ready to spend 6,000 yuan to buy this jade Buddha, appeared.