Chapter Eighty-Four: The Paperweight
Looking at the third brother's rare stupidity, Cui Can grinned in a good mood. "Third brother, your jaw is going to fall off."
Cui Quan subconsciously held his chin, only to know that he was laughed at by his sister. He was not embarrassed, but he didn't think he was pestle and said, "Who told you to give me so many surprises?" Let my fragile heart turn into glass. I don't take you to hit people like this, but I always thought that I was the pride of my family, and compared with you, I really sat in the well and watched the sky. ”
Cui Quan's emotion is from the heart, he has always been proud, whether it is in the village, in the school, or even among his peers, he is very confident. Although his family is not very wealthy, he provides for his own education. Although he is not very outstanding, he is not much worse than others, and even his luck has always been good. Not only was he admitted to a good school, but he was also assigned a good unit. Now it can be said that it is the pride of the family and the pride of the village.
But compared with the deeds of his sister who he knew at this time, he felt that he was really a little proud. Looking at his sister's beautiful face and calm temperament, he felt that he still needed to study hard. In the future, we must be humble not only in our work, but also in our lives. Maybe he can also earn a big house by his own efforts, or maybe he can also make rapid progress in his work and climb up the position.
Cui Can didn't know that his deeds had hit the third brother hard, and his eyes didn't forget the purpose of coming this time just because he was chatting with the third brother. First of all, I looked at an ornament, which was a paperweight or something, but it seemed to be very light to hold, and the material looked like wood. But because of the age, I can't see what kind of wood it is.
"Why is this thing good?" Looking at the things in his sister's hand, Cui Quan was really suspicious, isn't this just a piece of wood? If you say it's good-looking, it's a rectangular piece of wood, but if it's not good-looking, it's the kind of wood that has been chopped and ready to burn wood. I really don't understand what my sister is optimistic about it? If it weren't for the scruples of the occasion, and the blow to myself from my sister's deeds just now. He wants to see if his sister is stupid? Why can't you just hold a piece of wood and love it?
"I can't say, I'm just curious." Cui Can didn't show that she liked it very much, because she knew that the boss had been staring at her, as if she wanted to see the idea of the item on her face.
"Girl. How do you like this ornament? I can tell you that this is the paperweight used by Wen Zhengming in the Ming Dynasty when he wrote, and it is an antiquity with a history of hundreds of years. If it weren't for the fact that my family was sick and needed money, I wouldn't have sold it. If you really want to buy it, give it a good word. Otherwise......"
The boss didn't say the next sentence, but hinted that Cui Can could put it down if he didn't buy it, and don't delay selling his own goods.
Cui Can didn't talk nonsense either, and put that paperweight on his stall. "Boss, if you are a paperweight used by Wen Zhengming, it is really valuable. I thought it was just a piece of wood, thinking that it looked good as a paperweight, but I didn't expect it to be a paperweight, or Wen Zhengming used it, I can't afford this. ”
"I just look like it's a piece of wood, but it doesn't look like a paperweight." Cui Quan saw that his sister put it down. also echoed his thoughts.
The boss's face was darkened by what the brother and sister said, and his expression became angry. "If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense, this is obviously a paperweight, how can it be said to be wood?"
"Isn't it wooden?" Cui Can looked at the boss's expression, and suddenly had the mood to tease him, winked playfully, and asked him curiously, so that he couldn't say what he was going to scold.
yes, who's to say this isn't wood? Whatever it does, it's essentially wood. The boss was really asked by Cui Can. I didn't know how to answer for a while.
"Besides, you said that Wen Zhengming used it, what evidence is there? If there is a seal or something for calligraphy and painting, is there anything special about your wood? ”
The boss was asked by Cui Can again. He thought he had met two children who didn't understand anything, but he didn't expect them to look young, but their brains were not stupid, so they asked the key to the question.
"Boss, this wood is the first thing I like in this market, and if you want to sell it, I'll give you ten dollars. If not. That's it. ”
Originally, the boss was very happy to see Cui Can's price, but when he heard the price she gave, the boss couldn't wait to vomit blood. This piece of wood was taken out by him from an old professor's house, although it was not necessarily a paperweight used by Wen Zhengming, but how could it be said that it was also used by literati, and it was only ten yuan there? Why did it have to be over a hundred dollars, right?
"I don't think you really want to buy it, so forget it. Don't leave it here to mess with me. ”
Cui Can didn't ask what this thing is Shuling? How much is it worth? She just kept the principle of buying if she liked it, and wanted to buy the paperweight. Anyway, you need a paperweight to practice calligraphy by yourself, so this good-looking wood has its own value. That's why she made a counteroffer, but unfortunately the boss didn't think the price was appropriate, so forget it.
Cui Can didn't talk nonsense anymore, turned around and walked towards another stall. Cui Quan looked at the black wood again in confusion, how could he not see anything brilliant about it?
The boss was waiting for Cui Can to give another price, but he didn't expect the people to simply leave, and he didn't have any nostalgia at all. He was a little anxious. He has been placing this wood for half a year, this is the first person to inquire, and the first person to give a price, he doesn't know if anyone is optimistic about it after today. Or when you go back, you will burn it as firewood when you don't have firewood, wouldn't it be ten dollars?
Cui Can had already picked up a calligraphy and painting next to him, and looked at it very seriously, as if he was a bit of an expert. It made the boss not know for a while whether to call her out, or take a look to see if there would be a second person coming.
The calligraphy and painting in his hand, although the font is very elegant, but it feels like the writer's strength is insufficient, and some of them seem to lack stamina. And the most important thing is that she looks familiar with this character, as if she has seen such a font somewhere. With her ability to memorize, she quickly remembered where she had seen the words. This is Song Changsheng's font, but this character was written by him before, and his body was not good at that time, so his arm strength was a little lacking.
There are several seals under this letter, all of which are so-called famous letters, I don't know if there are any of Song Changsheng's own seals in them. After seeing it, even if it has it, Cui Can quickly put down the character. made the boss's expression of expectation, but instantly became very lost. Obviously, he also saw the communication between Cui Can and the boss next to him just now, and knew that this girl was not so simple. From the fact that she frowned from time to time after taking the calligraphy and painting, she knew that she saw the problem with the calligraphy. So presumably she won't buy her own calligraphy and paintings?
The first boss, who had been staring at Cui Can, saw that she was about to go forward again, and hurriedly called out to her. "Hey, girl, don't be in a hurry. Let's sum it up again and see if you can buy this paperweight? ”
Cui Quan has been following his sister, if it weren't for the occasion, he really wanted to ask his sister what the calligraphy and painting saw? He had never studied calligraphy, and he didn't know much about it. So in his opinion, this calligraphy is very well written, and the paper is also a little yellowed, which is very historic, even if it is not for him, a layman, he feels that this painting seems to be not far from the real thing. Maybe we can pick it up. But my sister obviously didn't look at it, and she put it down without nostalgia at all.
When he saw Cui Can listen to the boss's call and walk to the back, he couldn't understand it even more. Why did my sister take a fancy to that piece of wood? He didn't see anything special about that piece of wood. Is it true that my sister is very interested in antiques? Why did it seem to him that this matter was a bit mysterious? That Boss Ma can't be his own imagination, right? Or maybe my sister is just lucky, and she will have such a big harvest last time.
Cui Quan was thinking nonsense here, and Cui Can had already taken out fifteen yuan over there. "No. Boss, if you can sell it for fifteen yuan, I'll take it, and forget about the other price. ”
Cui Can was also really curious about the piece of wood, so he decided to add five yuan to the boss so that he could buy a boxed lunch at noon.
The boss was very puzzled that Cui Can could take the initiative to increase the price, and wondered if he had lost his eyes, and maybe there was really any history of this piece of wood. So the expression on his face seemed a little hesitant for a while, and the action of sending things out also stopped.
Cui Can's action of receiving things and handing over money paused, and he raised his head suspiciously, seeing the uncertainty on the boss's face. After thinking about it for a while, I understood what he was thinking. I was very helpless to take out fifteen yuan for my own troubles. "Why does the boss have an opinion about the extra five yuan I gave? I was thinking that the boss would sell it for an extra five yuan and have a hot lunch at noon. It seems that my kindness has made the boss suspicious, since that's the case, forget it. ”
Cui Can withdrew his hand and put the money in his pocket again.
The boss saw her like this. I was a little anxious, and hurriedly handed over the piece of wooden paperweight. "You said you bought it for fifteen dollars, and I gave you something."
Cui Can looked at the capricious boss and was very helpless. "Uncle, you really let me know what capriciousness is. How can you be like this? When people want to buy it, you are suspicious, they don't want to buy it, and you ask people to buy it. Where do you do this? I don't want to buy it. ”
Saying that, Cui Can glared at the boss angrily, making the doubt in his heart completely disappear. With a smiling face, she was going to hand the wood to Cui Can, but when she saw Cui Quan standing beside her, she took Cui Quan's hand and asked Cui Quan to help take the piece of wood. "Hehe, isn't my uncle thinking about selling for more money? Who knew that when I met you, a child who can bargain, I don't let my uncle earn at all. Forget it, in such a cold weather, I'll do a good deed and sell it to you. ”
Cui Can looked at the boss pouting unconvinced, and seemed to be very dissatisfied with his performance, but looking at the things that were caught in his hands by his brother, he was a little reluctant. In the end, he reluctantly took out the money he had just prepared and handed it to the boss. "Uncle, you can't do this business, how can you go back on your word like this? Today is to meet our brothers and sisters who are easy to talk to, otherwise just like you, who will buy your things? ”
The boss took the money, and the smile on his face was more flattering, and he didn't care about what Cui Can said about himself, he just smiled and said, "The girl is right, how about it, take a closer look?" Maybe there's a treasure in your uncle's stall that you haven't found? ”
Cui Can didn't want to say this about the boss, she was not a mean person, let alone the kind of person who was unforgiving. But she knew that the boss's suspicion was very serious, and she didn't want him to regret it after she left, so she made such a reluctant expression. Even if you buy something, you have to count it down, so that you can show your unconvincedness.
After listening to the boss's words, Cui Can swept the things he placed on the ground again, all of them were fakes, and he was not interested. She shook her head, thinking about looking any further. Ma Xiangdong walked over from the side, glanced at the things in Cui Quan's hand, and didn't see anything about the meridian, so he gave up.
"Cancan, what good things are you getting here?"
"A piece of wood, I've been learning calligraphy recently, so I think this thing is very suitable for paperweight, so I bought it." Cui Can's answer made the few people who came with him feel like they were about to vomit blood. Running to the antique street? Buy a piece of wood? And then go back to make a paperweight for practicing calligraphy? What is this concept?
Ma Xiangdong was also puzzled, but he didn't show it, but said with a smile: "That's not bad, at least I found something I like." Cancan, go and help my uncle take a look, I have a fancy for something over there, but I don't know the bottom of my heart, so I want you to go over and help my uncle take a look? ”
Ma Xiangdong's words surprised the two bosses who had been watching their group of people next to them, such a little girl who looked obviously only ten years old had become an expert? That rich man actually asked her to help Changyan? Was there something wrong with what she just bought?
The boss who sold the paperweight regretted it a little and felt that he was selling it cheaper? was cheapened by this little girl, and he was also a cheap and obedient master, but he didn't forget the interrupted preaching. The more I thought about it, the more depressed I became, so the boss's face became worse and worse, which made Ma Xiangdong and others feel very puzzled when they saw his expression, how could someone still show such an expression after selling something? Or what's wrong with Cui Can? Think about it, can't you? Cui Quan has always been by her side, and she has no chance to do anything? So it can only be this piece of wood in your hand? For the first time, everyone's eyes focused on what Cui Quan was holding.
"Uncle is always so polite, I said I don't understand this thing at all, how can I help you grow your eyes?" Although he said modestly, Cui Can's footsteps followed Ma Xiangdong towards the thing he was optimistic about. (To be continued.) )