The antique market in Canton is not as centrally planned and laid out all day as some cities are. Most of them are preserved according to historical habits, showing a kind of original ecology and scattered distribution.

For example, the calligraphy, painting and cultural relics head office on Wende Road, and the stamp and coin trading center on Haizhu Middle Road. The other more famous ones are mostly concentrated in the old Xiguan area, but they are also relatively scattered, and you can occasionally see some storefronts on every street.

Relatively large-scale, there is the re-planned Xiguan Antique City. In the early days, it mainly used overseas repatriated porcelain, but now it deals in ancient ceramics, celebrity calligraphy and painting, the four treasures of the study, jade and jade, as well as different types of artworks that intersect with the old and the new.

Some antique dealers who have been active in the antique industry and the auction industry for a long time, quite powerful, gather here, so they can often see some treasure-level good things appear, among which ceramics account for the largest proportion, as far as the Sui and Tang dynasties, near the Republic of China, known as one of the four major antique cities in the country.

Wu Chen doesn't often go to Xiguan Antique City, he thinks it's too commercial, and there is a little bit of market taste. As an idler, it is better to have Kangwang Middle Road and Daihe Road together!

With Hualin Temple as the center of the radiation, thinking that Kangwang Middle Road is the trunk, with countless alleys, all kinds of historical relics of large and small shops have, a word, is miscellaneous! Many alleys, staggered composition, jade, porcelain, miscellaneous pieces or among them, all kinds of mounting, processing, and even selling clothes and shoes are a lot, of course, the most concentrated place is the famous Hualin Jade City.

Wu Chen still prefers to visit those alleys and small shops, such as Duobao Road and Fengyuan Road, which spread from Kangwang Middle Road, take a look and experience the old atmosphere, but rarely make a move.

In addition to keeping in mind the principle of "watching more, listening more and shooting less", the shyness in the pocket is also the main reason, and it often takes a long time to hold back before being willing to start one or two "handicrafts".

When Wu Chen arrived at Hualin Temple, it was dusk, the streets were crowded, both sides of the road were full of small stalls selling jade miscellaneous items, all kinds of vendors dragged carts to shuttle among the tourists, and the Chang'an Star or Wuling Light carrying goods passed through, the horn sounded one after another, and there were constantly all kinds of "Lose your mother!" The sound of mutual scolding sounded, bustling, not much different from the area around the computer city.

It seems that the antique market in Guangfu is thriving, but in fact, the antique trade in Guangfu is still relatively bland, after all, there is a lack of cultural atmosphere in the capital or the Central Plains, lively and lively, in the eyes of most people, but it is also a business, selling bottles is no different from selling CDs, anyway, what can be sold will be sold, mixed badly, packed up and transferred to the nearby upper and lower nine to start selling clothes.

Wu Chen doesn't know anyone around here, the only girl he knows sells discounted shoes on the next street. In the past, he came with the intention of looking at nonsense, anyway, he mixed in the crowd, listened to what others said, and saw something he liked, so he pretended to pick it up and get started, and the picture was just to entertain himself.

However, today he is here to detect leaks! To paraphrase a line of Xing Ye: Little brother, my mood today is very different, very different~!

Along these alleys, while walking, there are indeed many goods, jade pendants, ancient ceramics, celebrity calligraphy and painting, white jade ivory carvings, crystal jewelry, Shoushan stone carvings, snuff bottles, bronze Buddha statues.

There is also an alley, there are so many shops, specializing in Tibetan cultural relics, ethnic embroidery clothing, etc. Wu Chen also visited it and was very surprised by these Tibetan cultural relics with a quaint atmosphere.

On the street, there are antique, new porcelain and new pottery, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false. Wu Chen couldn't help but marvel at the way of this world, the imitation ability is amazing, and there are so many handicrafts created, who has to be able to distinguish it. Rao already has the inexplicable "ability" that is not working at this time, but the objects are like a sea, and he can't look at them one by one, right?

He sighed, while swaying and walking, until his legs were sore, and he didn't find anything to buy, in a few stores, Wu Chen also tried to ask the price of a few items, the asking price was quite high, and even the ability was too lazy to "squeeze out", these basically have no fun, and there is no point in picking up leaks, and they waste that god in vain!

But then again, in this kind of place, there is almost no need to open a gold finger, and those stalls also sell handicrafts, and the price is higher when they are popular.

And like those merchants who run antique shops, since they are in this business, they are naturally all masters, and it is not easy to "take goods", so it is so easy to take advantage of them? Even if you open the gold finger, you know that the goods are real, and the boss is not stupid! Naturally, the price is ridiculously high!

Although it is a pleasure to exchange things, his financial conditions do not allow him to buy some things he likes at will.

What's even worse is that the things on the street are dizzy when they look at it, and they secretly see through a few pieces, except for making themselves dizzy, they haven't caught any shrimp!

It's not fucking easy to pick up! It seems that I was too optimistic before!

After walking around for more than ten minutes, Wu Chen was feeling hungry and wanted to find a place to eat, looking around, he suddenly saw a jade carving ornament on a carving stall, which was carved with cloud ribbons and bamboo, which was very eye-catching, so he walked over to see it.

"Little brother, you have a lot of vision. What do you think? Not bad, right? This is the jade fairy bamboo of the late Qing Dynasty, like the jade cabbage, it is the dowry of Concubine Zhen! Concubine Zhen knows the way, right? Emerald cabbage knows the way, right? Just put it in the Forbidden City! It costs hundreds of dollars to see it once! The stall owner was very clever, and when he saw that Wu Chen didn't look like an insider, he immediately flickered away.

Wu Chen couldn't help but laugh when he heard it, he could actually say such unnutritious words! Although my buddy looks like a village chief with a local flavor, he is not so mentally retarded, right?

He casually teased: "Boss, if you are Concubine Zhen's dowry, last time, you can go to live a carefree life when you are old, why do you have to get up early and touch the dark here every day?" Don't tell me, how are you living this kind of life? ”

Although he doesn't know much about it, it's good to visit a museum or something, for this kind of old jade or a little differentiated, this jade carving ornament looks really like jadeite, looking at the carving is also quaint, the knife is rough but quite charming, but there is no sense of age at all, it should be new, and the texture is not good, anyway, the transparency is very poor.

It is precisely because of the "poor" that Wu Chen is a little interested, if it is really a better object, let alone Concubine Zhen's dowry, it is newly carved, and there is nothing to do with him.

"Hey, little brother, you don't know how to do it, I'm a small business, I accept this thing and then sell it, as long as there is a difference. If you see it, you will accept it, and maybe you will pick up a big leak! The stall owner was not angry, and continued to flicker with a smile.

To do this, you rely on a mouth, and you don't know how many words are pulled out of your mouth every day. The stall owner said and pointed to the wooden tray of the bamboo and jade carving ornaments and said, "You don't believe this empty mouth and white teeth, isn't there still a payment, you see, there is the name of Concubine Zhen here!" ”

"You'd better leave it alone." Wu Chen originally thought that if it was cheap, he would accept it, and the things looked okay, but now when he heard that even Concubine Zhen's name came out, he suddenly lost interest, so he simply didn't even ask the price, turned around and left! Dude has no money, but you can't insult your buddy's IQ, right?

It is said that women go shopping, try more, buy less, but compared with people who shop for antiques, it is far behind. These people may not buy one after shopping for half a year.

The last time Wu Chen bought something was at the end of last year, he saw a "Jade Lying Guanyin" on the side stall along the way, with his unpopular vision, he could see that it was a synthetic material device, and it had nothing to do with jade is half a dime, but the overall shape was simple and natural, and the details were also well handled, especially the fingers, which were slender and exquisite, and the nail seams were lifelike.

I liked it, bargained for a long time, Wu Chen finally bought it for 200 yuan, and brought it back to my hometown for my mother to play with during the New Year.

Turning another alley, still not seeing anything good, Wu Chen touched his stomach and walked into a small restaurant on the side, which is the famous area of Guxiguan, where all kinds of traditional Cantonese food shops can be seen everywhere. After just walking around, his back and legs were weak, Wu Chen decided to treat himself, first asked for a bottle of soybean milk to drink, and then ordered a double skin milk, a pork liver sausage and a cage of shrimp dumplings.

"What are you doing?" Wu Chen was eating with relish, and Big Tooth called over.

"Dinner." Wu Chen was still chewing a shrimp dumpling in his mouth, and replied a little confusedly.

"Holy, so fast? I thought you were working overtime! Big Tooth screamed on the phone, paused for a moment, and asked mysteriously, "By the way, why is it so early today, who are you going to eat with?" Is there any market? ”

"Go, go! I was alone, I walked around Hualin Temple for a while, and I just ordered something to eat. Wu Chen swallowed the shrimp dumplings in his mouth, and then said slowly, since Long Ze got married, Da Ya was very dissatisfied with his hindsight. Wu Chen also wants to have a beautiful woman to accompany him, but where is the beauty?

"Holy! What a big man is going to go around! Are you going to the antique market again? I said can you keep up with the times, you are also a good young man in the new era, and if you lay it, buddy will teach you a lesson, what is so good about those broken things? By the way, was that thing worth the money last time? ”

"Holy! Don't ask me if I'm okay, just thinking about things! I threw it in the cupboard, I can't figure out what it is! "Grandma's! Wu Chen was very dissatisfied with Big Tooth's attitude.

"Hehe, okay, buddy knows that you're fine. Isn't that very angry! I also went shopping! But be careful, don't have any after-effects! ”

"Okay, I'll hang up if there's nothing to do!" Wu Chen didn't bother to pay attention to him, he was hungry!

"Hehe, why don't my buddies come up to accompany you on the weekend, it's just a time when I'm depressed!" Big Tooth said with some resentment, making Wu Chen a little inexplicable, buddy, eat a rice powder, you don't have to grit your teeth.

By this time, the sky had begun to get a little hazy, but the street lights were not there, and although the crowds were still there, some shops had begun to close, and the roadside vendors had begun to pack their things, load up their small carts, and prepare to go home

Wu Chen began to walk back slowly, although there was nothing to gain today, but it was also an activity outside the two points and one line, feeling the breath of the market, forgetting the boring and boring at work for the time being, quite satisfied, and preparing to take the bus back on the road outside.