Chapter 145: He Lao
The next day, because Feng Shuang still had to train, Huang Zhansen called an assistant to accompany Zhang Xia's mother and daughter out for a spin. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
After taking a lot of photos, buying some gifts, and eating an authentic Hong Kong meal, the mother and daughter decided to go to the antique street on Hong Kong Island.
As a distribution center for oriental antiques, Hong Kong Island, because of its special geographical and political location, has become a concentration of antiques in Southeast Asia and even connecting Europe and the United States, and a large number of antiques are traded here every year.
In addition to the regular auction houses, there are also folk antique trading venues on Hong Kong Island, such as the Beijing Panjiayuan.
Located on the west side of Central, the small blocks of Le Ko Road, Hollywood Road and Morro Street are the concentration of folk antique dealers on Hong Kong Island.
There are thousands of shops here, each small but with a lot of items. In addition to a lot of porcelain from the Ming and Qing dynasties that we are familiar with, a wide variety of artworks from Southeast Asian countries is also one of its characteristics.
Of course, similar to the mixed situation in the domestic antique market, Hong Kong Island's antiques are also real and fake, but they may be slightly better than those in China. The ones who came to pick out were also all kinds of skins, showing that the internationalization of Hong Kong Island and the mainland market is completely different.
The assistant is a know-it-all who has been with Huang Zhansen for a long time, and when he learned that Zhang Xia's mother and daughter were going to buy antiques, they introduced them endlessly.
The first shop Ye Jinglan saw was a small shop focusing on Thai handicrafts, which are world-famous in Chiang Mai, Thailand, mainly wood carving, lacquerware, silverware, rattan and bamboo.
Ye Jinglan fumbled for a while, but didn't find anything valuable, so she asked her mother to buy two inexpensive handicrafts casually and plan to go back and give them away.
Morro Street is divided into Moro Upper Street and Lower Moro Street. At the end of the road, you will reach the Moro Street Market, which is about 200 meters long and has more than 30 antique shops in narrow alleys. Specializing in all kinds of oriental antiques, including Chinese antique porcelain, jewelry, silk products, coins, Western gramophones and other unique handicrafts, the interior is full of small stalls selling small antiquities, including jade, ceramics, bronze Buddha, copper tripod, gold and stone calligraphy and painting, gold lacquered wood...... Odds and ends, such as old watches, old pens, old telephones, Mickey Mouse, Barbie dolls and other Western knick-knacks, are scattered on the shelves, and silk fabrics, embroidery, jade and wood products can also be bought. ”
The assistant saw that the two of them really wanted to buy things here, so he introduced in detail what they could buy in what location.
But what he didn't know was that the mother and daughter didn't have anything specific to buy, and the two of them came to pick up the leaks.
However, it is a pity for Ye Jinglan, I don't know if the good luck has run out, or the people on Hong Kong Island have too good vision, so they didn't give her a chance to pick up the leaks, basically the things she fancied were very expensive, and she couldn't buy them without a big price.
"Hmph, mainland boy, I can't afford to buy anything." The guy at one of the shops also said in Cantonese that he despised Ye Jinglan and them.
The assistant was embarrassed for a while but didn't say anything to accompany the two to continue shopping, in fact, he wanted to persuade them not to be too high-minded.
But when Ye Jinglan lowered her gaze, the assistant couldn't stand it anymore, "These things like burning sticks are also antiques?" ”
Ye Jinglan was in a small shop dealing in miscellaneous items at this time, and there were a bunch of ancient swords piled up at the entrance, and the condition was really not good, and a few of them were rusted and couldn't see what they were, and they were indeed no different from burning sticks.
Ye Jinglan heard him say this, smiled slightly, and learned, "Boss, how do you sell this burning root?" But after speaking, I remembered that I spoke Chinese, and I didn't know if the other party could understand it.
But the boss understood, and replied in Chinese: "Little girl, it's not a burning stick, it's an ancient sword from the Warring States period." ”
"What are you kidding, the boss is rusted like this, and the Warring States are still in the Warring States, can you see it?" The assistant felt that this boss was too good at fooling people, so he was ready to persuade the mother and daughter to leave, so as not to be deceived.
When the boss heard the assistant say this, he sneered: "Anyway, it's a very old thing, and there are often weapon lovers who take goods from me!" I don't believe you guys go back and polish it, it must be a good thing. ”
"I guess even the heart is rusty, how to polish it?" The assistant gave the boss a blank look, and once again affirmed his thoughts in his heart.
"Can it be worn off? That's a lot of money? We'll buy it if it's cheap. Ye Jinglan gave the assistant a blank look, and asked him to go and don't speak.
"Hehe, it's not expensive, it's only a thousand yuan." The boss likes this kind of greedy and cheap customers, so he directly quoted the price with a smile.
And Zhang Xia also understood what her daughter meant, although she felt that this was a useless burning stick like the assistant, but she still helped her daughter speak, "It's too expensive, it's just, don't give it to me for nothing, let's go, I have to visit two more shops, it's going to be dark." ”
"In this way, I will buy it sincerely, if you sell it sincerely, it will be three hundred yuan." Ye Jinglan showed a posture of only giving the boss one last chance.
"Well, that'll do." The boss found an old newspaper, rolled up the sword from the Warring States period, and gave it to Ye Jinglan, thinking that this sword didn't cost a penny, and it was not bad to sell it for three hundred, at least today's expenses came out.
Not far from the store, Ye Jinglan pulled the silk thread tied to the hilt of the sword with her hand, but she didn't pull it, and then pulled it with the afterburner, and with a "bang", she actually pulled off a piece of the hilt tied with the silk thread.
Then Ye Jinglan smiled and threw the sword wrapped in newspaper into the trash can on the street, and took the black thing tied with silk thread to Zhang Xia and asked her to help put it away.
The assistant didn't know why for a while, but he still didn't ask much, just didn't see it, but when he didn't see it, someone saw it.
"Wait, I don't know if the things in the hands of the two of you will be shot?" An old man with two young people about the same age as Ye Jinglan stopped their way and asked.
Seriously, Ye Jinglan didn't like this thing in her hand very much, so after she saw that the other party didn't look like a bad person, she nodded and said the word "sell".
The assistant's eyes widened, and he shouted in disbelief, "He Lao, you..."
"You are?" Mr. He looked at the assistant and asked in confusion.
"I'm just a small person, I've seen you from afar, that Ms. Zhang, why don't you go to the tea restaurant to talk?" The assistant was excited for a while, bowed and said.
Zhang Xia's mother and daughter naturally heard the meaning of the assistant's words, and the identity of the old man opposite was not simple, so the two politely agreed with the assistant's opinion.
"Grandpa, what's so good about this shabby and old thing!" He Lao's granddaughter, He Xin frowned as she looked at the things on the table.
And her brother He Muzhi said very insightfully: "This should be called Shang Qing Jade Dragon Shape Pendant." (To be continued.) )