When you come to the western suburbs of Beijing, in addition to the Old Summer Palace, there is another famous garden that you can visit, the Summer Palace. The two adjacent gardens, the Old Summer Palace and the Summer Palace, were two of the most famous imperial palaces during the Qing Dynasty.

In fact, there's not enough time in the afternoon for Pepe and his group to enjoy the beauty of these two famous royal gardens in China.

When the group entered the Old Summer Palace, the time was exactly 1:40 in the afternoon.

Considering that their group also wanted to visit another adjacent scenic spot, the Summer Palace, so everyone could only decide to stop and take pictures in the Old Summer Palace.

But even if it is agreed in advance, everyone's footsteps will still be unconsciously attracted by the beautiful scenery in the garden and can't help but stop.

In particular, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver and Austin were amazed and praised by the beauty of European and American architecture.

Therefore, when this group of people walked out of the Old Summer Palace when they had already accelerated their tour, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

The Summer Palace closes at 6 p.m., so there are only two hours left for everyone to explore the Summer Palace.

According to the tour guide, the area of the Summer Palace is one-sixth smaller than that of the Old Summer Palace, so in two hours, if the speed of the tour is a little faster, it is still enough to see the flowers

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After coming out of the Summer Palace, the group followed the plan in advance. I took a car to Tian Yishun's old store and tasted a delicious lamb scorpion hot pot.

After coming out of the old store of Tian Yishun, the tour guide took everyone to Liulichang Ancient Culture Street, which is a very famous cultural antique street in Beijing, when the Olympic Games were held, the night market here was open until the early hours of the morning every night.

According to the tour guide, there are more than 100 century-old shops on this street, and each century-old store has its own treasure. Of course, these treasures of the town store are also very valuable, not to mention that they have to be valued in tens of millions of soft girl coins.

In addition, there were originally many long-term mobile stalls on both sides of the street. But because it was during the Olympic Games. In order to maintain the appearance of the city, the government moved these mobile stalls to a fixed exhibition booth at the end of the street.

The tour guide reminded everyone that many tourists originally came here for the purpose of wanting to appreciate the cultural atmosphere of this ancient street. But. Once I came here. Tourists, however, are easily tempted by the antiquities in the shops on both sides of the street.

And the price of the antiques in the shop is not cheap. As a result, tourists are easily accosted by the solicitors outside the shop and led to the small stalls at the end of the street to start their trip to pick up leaks!

Pick up the leaks. It's not that easy to pick up!

This is a very comprehensive test of tourists' eyesight, feel, rich archaeological knowledge, excellent psychological quality and so on.

Therefore, before getting off the bus, the tour guide told these VIPs that picking up leaks is an act that only professional players will try, and being able to pick up leaks is an unavoidable behavior! If you don't have a certain ability and certainty, it's best not to sell in those old shops, if you want to buy some traditional souvenirs, she can take everyone to visit some modern master craftsmen to open a clearly marked price of handicraft shops, and the items sold in these shops are actually very worthy of investment for players who are new to antiques.

At the same time, don't casually talk to the scalpers on the side of the road, and then be led by them to the shed stalls at the end of the street, because all the tourists who are led by the scalpers are full of lambs to the slaughter in the eyes of those stall owners!

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As soon as the words of the tour guide's cautious warning fell, among Pepe and his party, except for Pepe and Old Man Peng, who were smiling and silent, almost everyone else unconsciously showed a frightened expression.

After being scared -

Immediately afterwards, Old Man Li, Li Chenghua, Xiaozhi Xiaohao, Austin, and Old Oliver showed a look of impatience again. Obviously, these people were aroused by the words of the tour guide, and seemed to want to find a good hand on this street!

"Okay, Xiao Wang, you don't have to be verbose, let's take us shopping quickly!" After the old man Li smiled and gave an order to the guide lady surnamed Wang, he couldn't wait to walk into the first shop on the right hand side of the street.

The main products of this shop are all kinds of ancient calligraphy and paintings, and the entrance of the store is an isolated area for the sale of calligraphy and paintings of modern calligraphers.

Although the three crooked nuts, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver and Mr. and Mrs. Austen, could not read Chinese calligraphy at all, those traditional Chinese paintings of ink and fine brushwork were very attractive to their eyes and footsteps.

Moreover, as soon as these crooked nuts entered the store, a young shopkeeper came over and shouted, "Can-I-help-you?" Then, the shopkeeper followed the old Oliver, and introduced the three foreign friends in detail in fluent spoken English to each of the paintings that attracted their attention.

Old Oliver really took a fancy to a splashed ink landscape painting, and a small price tag was placed under the painting, the price on which was ¥158,000RMB, and the old Oliver didn't know whether the price was reasonable or not, so he gestured in the direction of his daughter-in-law and motioned for her to come over and help evaluate it.

Pepe was accompanying the two old men to visit the old calligraphy and painting area at this time, and after seeing his father-in-law's beckoning, he whispered to his grandfather: "I'll go over there and have a look, don't make a casual move, if you have anything to look at, ask my master's opinion before making a decision!" ”

After the old man Li waved his hand to his granddaughter with a bad face, he walked to the next calligraphy and painting with his hands behind his back

Pepe shook her head and chuckled, then turned around and walked to her parents-in-law.

After she whispered a few words to old Oliver, she looked up and evaluated the value of this landscape painting that her father-in-law had taken a fancy to—

According to Pepe's judgment as the former county lord's mother, this ink-splashed landscape painting can only be said to be of an average level, only with craftsmanship and no aura.

Then, Pepe lowered his gaze and glanced at the price tag under the frame—

Shh At this level, you still dare to put a price tag of 158,000? When converted into US dollars, it is equivalent to 20,000 US dollars, which is not worth the price at all!

After having a conclusion in his heart, Pepe silently shook his head at old Oliver, the meaning was obvious - it was not worth the shot!

The shopkeeper who had been watching from the sidelines immediately became anxious: "I said girl, you don't know how to do it at first glance, you must know that the painter of this painting won the title of 'Outstanding Young Painter' of the Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Association last year, and his paintings are very collectible, I can tell you without exaggeration that as long as this painting is bought and put back for two or three years, the price can definitely be doubled!" ”

——At this level, he can still win the title of "Outstanding Young Painter" of the Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Association? The domestic calligraphy and painting industry can be called in decline!

Pepe scolded in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face, and shook his head: "Thank you for your warm introduction, but we just plan to take a look!" ”

The shopkeeper estimated that he was still a little unwilling to let this almost successful business be disrupted like this, he looked Pepe up and down, guessing that Pepe should be the tour guide lady found by these three crooked nuts, so the shopkeeper quietly glanced at Pepe, and motioned for her to go to the corner with him to communicate privately.

Pepe was also curious about what the shopkeeper meant by giving her a look, so she motioned to the old Oliver and his wife to wait for her for a while, and then followed the shopkeeper to a row of shelves with a smile—

"I said girl, you must make a lot of money in this business!"

"Wait, I didn't understand what you said! Which line did I do? Pepe was a little surprised by the opening remarks of the shopkeeper, so he couldn't help but interrupt the other party.

"Don't get me wrong!" As soon as the shopkeeper heard the other party's accent, he could tell that this girl must be an authentic southerner.

There is a big difference in customs and culture between the north and the south, for example, the title of "Miss" can definitely lead to a fight if it is placed in the north! In coastal cities, although "Miss" can also be understood as a reference for some special industries, it is often used in ordinary social situations.

Therefore, the shopkeeper just thought that his sentence of "doing this business" just now made the tour guide girl opposite ambiguous, so he immediately greeted him with a smile and explained: "What I just said means is that you must make a lot of money as a foreign guest tour guide!" ”

- I thought that the situation was that I was a tour guide!

Pepe felt funny, but also wanted to know the real intention of the shopkeeper to greet herself, a "foreign guest tour guide", to the side, so she simply smiled and said nothing, which was tantamount to acquiescing to the shopkeeper's guess. (To be continued......)