Of course, although this city is developing rapidly, it is still a little worse than those old first-tier cities. Like those municipalities and first-tier cities, there are independent antique cities or something. In this small city, this antique street has only recently been established, and in the past, Xie Bin and his hawkers were crowded together with those who sold vegetables and clothes to sell antiques when they were in the market.

In recent years, the tourism industry in the island city has developed very rapidly, and the city government has set aside a street in the urban area as an antique street, which is lined with all kinds of antique shops, and on Saturdays and Sundays, vendors like Xie Bin are allowed to set up stalls on both sides of the street.

Each booth is to be registered, and it doesn't cost much, and the management fee is only 100 yuan a year, but it is a lot of norms, and there are special administrators on duty at all times to solve various disputes. After all, in the antique industry, there are the most disputes.

The most common thing is to touch porcelain and return goods from unknowledgeable buyers.

Touching porcelain is like those who are indiscriminate to get a fragile or broken item, such as porcelain or something, and put it in a more dangerous place, waiting for those who are reckless to be fooled, and one is accidentally caught, less 811000, more 320,000.

Then there are some tourists or people who don't know how to buy the so-called "antiques" with joyful money, and go back to find someone to see, imitation or the price is high, and then run back to ask for a return or refund.

This is something that some people who don't know how to do can often encounter, especially the second one, the buyer always thinks that I have lost money, and returning it is a matter of course. In fact, in the world of antiques, there is an unwritten rule that if you buy and leave, you will not return it. If you can pick up the leaks, it means that you have good eyesight and good luck; If you hit the eye and wrestle, then you can't blame anyone, and if you find a back account, you will be poked in the back.

Of course, Xie Bin has never encountered such a thing, after all, he is mainly engaged in bamboo and wood carving, most of which are carved by himself, which can only be regarded as handicrafts, not antiques.

Now on Xie Bin's stall, in addition to his own various bamboo and wood carvings, there are only a few wood carvings left by his grandfather, dozens of copper coins, and a few tattered swords.

Copper coins are not worth anything, they are relatively common, and many places are sold by catties; And those swords are just ordinary things in the Qing Dynasty, and their appearance is also very average, plus the sword players are a small minority, so Xie Bin's swords have not been sold.

In fact, the copper coin and sword are not Xie Bin's, but one of his peers. That colleague is a hn person, and he has never come to the house to make some gadgets to make the difference, and once it seemed that there was an emergency, so he packaged these copper coins and swords and disposed of them to Xie Bin.

At that time, Xie Bin no longer ran around buying gadgets, and concentrated on bamboo and wood carving, but he felt that the things in his hand were too thin, so he accepted these copper coins and swords. It's just that so far, Xie Bin hasn't sold a handful, so he can only put it on the stall to show it, which looks more like an antique stall.

"Boss, how do you sell this bamboo carved pen holder?" A crisp voice came.

Xie Bin hurriedly raised his head, and felt a little confused for a moment, such a beautiful girl, and more importantly, this girl was still wearing a uniform, looking heroic. However, how is it the uniform of the chengguan? The quality of the chengguan in the island city is still very good, especially the chengguan patrolling this street, which is said to belong to civil servants. It's just that such a beautiful girl is really rare to be a chengguan.

Xie Bin coughed dryly and hurriedly replied, "The shepherd boy rides a cow and carves a bamboo pen holder, six hundred yuan." In fact, this price is slightly lower in Xie Bin's heart, if the usual quotation is at least 1,000 or more, the transaction price is at least 500. It's just a beautiful girl, there are always some privileges, Xie Bin even secretly wondered, will this lead to some love?

Of course, this is just Xie Bin's fantasy, such a beautiful girl, presumably there will be no fewer suitors, and it will not be his turn to be a second-class dealer who has no fixed place no place anyway.

I was a little apprehensive in my heart, for fear that the girl would think that the price was too high, and I thought about how much it would be appropriate to wait for the counteroffer, who knew that the beautiful female city manager nodded, and took out a stack of banknotes without saying a word, "Now, here you are, help me wrap it." ”

Xie Bin was slightly surprised, such a simple female customer is really rare, but he still diligently put the shepherd boy riding the bull pen holder into the box, and pretended to ask casually: "Are you from this street?" ”

"Yes," the female city manager nodded, took the packaging box, and said with a smile: "You have to operate legally, otherwise I will trouble you," said the box in Yang Yang's hand, and Shi Shiran left.

Xie Bin looked at the beautiful and heroic back, and was a little distracted for a moment, then reacted immediately, and secretly patted his head, alas, the asking price is too low, I knew that it would cost one thousand two, looking at her bold appearance, it is estimated that she is not very good at bargaining. Xie Bin felt a little regretful in his heart, after all, it was not easy to meet such a bold guest, and if he missed this opportunity, he didn't know when the next time would be.

In fact, the bamboo and wood carvings sold by Xie Bin are relatively ordinary, but the craftsmanship is valuable. As long as the craftsmanship is good enough, if you say 1,200,000, there are people who want 35,000, and it is not impossible to be more expensive. It's just that Xie Bin's temple here is too small, and such expensive things will never be sold when they are put on the table, so what Xie Bin sells is very ordinary, and the asking price of several hundred and one thousand is already a bit inflated.

In Xie Bin's home, there are still two fine carvings, one is an olive core carving, and the small olive core is finely carved with eighteen Arhats, with different appearances and lifelike, which was left by his grandfather. According to Xie Bin's estimate, how can it be sold for thirty or fifty thousand.

There is also a statue of Guanyin of yellow rosewood, the lines are smooth and soft, the face of Guanyin is kind and bright, the clothes are fluttering, the willow branch of the net bottle in the hand seems to be stained with dew, and the whole image is fresh and smart. Of course, what makes this Guanyin statue more valuable is because of his materials. Huanghuali wood is second only to red sandalwood is a precious wood, especially in some years, it is more valuable, this statue in Xie Bin's hand, put in the market, can also be sold for fifty or sixty thousand.

It's just that these two treasures were left by Xie Bin's grandfather, and when he didn't come to a dead end, Xie Bin was not very willing to make a move.

In addition to these two treasures, Xie Bin's grandfather also had some other statues, maid carvings, landscape carvings, grass and wood carvings, and more than a dozen pieces. However, Xie Bin's asking price was relatively high, so he never sold it. For example, for an ordinary cypress maid carving, Xie Bin has a price tag of 6,000 yuan, and you can imagine how difficult it is to sell these items that are not ordinarily high. In fact, the main reason is that Xie Bin is a little reluctant in his heart, after all, his grandfather has nothing left except these things.

Just sent away the beautiful female city manager, the stall ushered in three more customers, these three are not ordinary people, one of the old men is the chairman of the City Sculpture Association, but also Xie Bin's old patron, often come to Xie Bin here to go around, occasionally buy two gadgets.

For such a character, Xie Bin still has some admiration in his heart, I don't know anything else, this old man's vision is absolutely extraordinary, and casually pointing out Xie Bin made him feel a little stunned, after all, Xie Bin was born in the wild road and has not gone through systematic study.

Seeing the three old men coming, Xie Bin hurriedly stood up, "Elder Wang, welcome, I haven't been here for a long time, how can I be free today." ”

"No, I remember only coming last Sunday, you don't think I didn't pay to slaughter you, do you?" The old man's surname is Wang, and his personality is very cheerful.

Xie Bin smiled, "Look at what you said, if you can come and patronize, my stall will already be full of flowers," he said and dragged out two mazha from behind him, and let out his own one, "Elder Wang, sit down and see if you like it, I'll send you!" And these two old gentlemen, please take a seat. ”

Lao Wang was not polite, sat down with a grin, and then waved his hand to the other two old men, "Lao Xie, Lao Liu, you also sit, you are polite, see how Xiao Xie's craftsmanship is." Pointing to the old man with glasses, he said: "Na, this is Lao Xie, and you are a family, the one with a black face is Lao Liu, known as 'Liu Yishou' in the carving world, and so on to ask him for more advice." ”

Xie Bin hurriedly nodded in greeting, "It turned out to be Xie Lao and Liu Lao, sitting and sitting, a little skill that is not in the stream, which made the two of them laugh." ”

"Yes, it's really good," Old Man Xie praised Fushou Shuangquan, holding an almond, holding his eyes. Xie Bin is still a little proud of his craft, after all, he can survive in such a fiercely competitive antique street, not just by blowing with his mouth, and his kung fu is also famous. Fushou is a combination of bats and longevity characters, which is a more traditional carving theme and Xie Bin's best.

The old Liu, who had a straight face, was also nodding slightly, "Yes, young man, are you from ZJ?" ”

Xie Bin was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "I don't know where I'm from, but it should be Lu Dong, because it was there that I was adopted by my grandfather." ”

"Oh, I see, depending on your technique, there is some Zhejiang-style meaning."

Lao Wang saw that Xie Bin's face was slightly gloomy, and hurriedly smiled: "Okay, Lao Liu, don't show off your little eyesight, see if you like it, don't just play tricks." ”

While speaking, Lao Xie had already picked out two small ornaments, one was the almond Fushou Shuangquan, and the other was the walnut cow carving. In the field of traditional Chinese art, the ox is a symbol of hard work, peace, smoothness, and happiness, as well as the spiritual meaning of being down-to-earth, diligent, persevering, and never giving up, as well as praying for good weather and good harvest, peace, and peace, and in recent years, it also symbolizes good luck and wealth, so it is quite popular.

Xie Bin hurriedly took out two boxes and packed the two sculptures, while Lao Liu on the side picked a bamboo forest wind and rain carving pen holder. This pen holder is also Xie Bin's proud work, with openwork and round carving techniques on the side of the pen holder carved out a lifelike bamboo forest, bamboo poles and bamboo leaves are clear and clear, the knife is tough and atmospheric, and the slightly inclined bamboo pole seems to indicate that the wind and rain are coming, and it looks full of Xiao Su atmosphere. Bamboo originally contains the spirit of indomitable indomitability, and at this time, it looks like a bamboo that stands tenaciously in the wind and rain, but it is very compatible with this black-faced old Liu, who is so unrestrained and smiling, tough and solemn.

Seeing that the two old men were about to pay for it, Xie Bin hurriedly spoke: "Two old gentlemen, don't be like this, this is a meeting gift for the younger generation, and the gadgets are not worth anything." ”

"How can this be done, the rules can't be broken, how much should we have, otherwise how can we have face next time?" Lao Xie said unhappily.

"This ......" said this, Xie Bin was not embarrassed to refuse, and one person received two hundred yuan, "Old man, you are all insiders, and you know that this really doesn't cost much, just mean it, I can't earn anyone's money, no, otherwise it seems that my little Xie is too dark!" ”