Chapter 17: Antique Street

86_86182The collection grows slowly, and the recommendation is also small, everyone give some strength!

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In the past, when Jin Muchen and Ma Ling were together, although they would often come to Chinatown to get off the restaurant and go to the supermarket, he really hadn't been to the market on Hester Street.

And now Candace has taken him to such an American antique market, for him, it is definitely a little surprised, and a little surprised, after all, after the previous successful leak experience, he has a desire to try again, but has never found the right place.

And this time, Candace opened a door to a new world for him, just enough to satisfy his eager desire to try.

There is also a huge collection of people in the United States, many people also like antiques, and there are countless antique stores in the Soho district of Manhattan, but although Jin Muchen knows about that place, he can't afford to go.

First, he felt that there were not many leaks to pick up there, after all, where to open antique shops, but they were all connoisseurs, and there was little hope of picking up leaks from connoisseurs.

The second reason is that there are basically no bargains anywhere, which also eliminates the possibility of you going to other people's antique stores to pick up leaks, you must know that Manhattan is the essence of New York.

And the antique stores in SOHO are generally aimed at the high-ranking banker group on Wall Street, and the big guys never take money seriously, and they have always had the habit of buying only the most expensive things.

In those antique stores that are dedicated to them, there are very few casual items that cost less than $10,000.

That kind of antique shop is obviously not a suitable place for Jin Muchen to test his eyesight, even if he sees something right, he may not be able to afford the price of that thing.

So Jin Muchen was thinking about where to try his eyesight before, you must know that in the United States, in addition to those regular antique stores, the other largest network is on the e-bay, and there is an antique area on it, but where is there any chance to pick up the leaks?

Some time ago, Jin Muchen had been having a headache about where to try his ability, although Uncle Fang knew a few, but he didn't tell himself on the grounds that his skills were not enough and he was afraid that he would be deceived.

And now Candace, the place he brought himself to, gives him the feeling that it is similar to those small antique markets in China, the quality of the goods is uneven, the prices are relatively low, and he can also bargain, so that it is possible to pick up the missing places.

There are a lot of people in the market, bustling, people come and go, black, yellow, white people and so on are readily available, it seems to be very lively.

Although it is already September, New York has entered the early autumn season, but at a glance, it is still full of short sleeves, short skirts, long legs of white girls, and because it is really Manhattan, the quality of these girls does not have to worry at all, black hair, blonde, red hair, hot and tall, all of them look eye-catching, and they smell of perfume on women's bodies every time they walk.

If it weren't for the fact that there was a big beauty Candace standing out next to him, Jin Muchen couldn't control his eyes and wanted to eat ice cream.

Hester Street is about two miles long, and on the left side of the road is a row of dozens of storefronts selling handicrafts and some second-hand goods.

On the other side, there is the Swan Park, which is lined with trees, and the stalls that buy antiques are usually placed here, and there are also some stalls selling snacks in the middle.

The stalls here are not the same as those roadside stalls in the open air in China, the layout is more formal and tidy, the stall owner will set up a decent small shed, each shed is about ten square meters, and in the shed will be very formal on the simple containers, and shelves, the goods for sale will be classified and placed neatly.

New Yorkers who come here are all players who like handicrafts and antiques, and some are tourists who come purely with the excitement of watching, so this market has never lacked popularity.

Next to the antique stalls, there are also some stalls selling drinks and snacks, and the front of each stall will soon be crowded with people, and the tempting aroma of food spreads in the market, accompanied by the bustling crowd, the street that has already begun to be lively quickly becomes more hot.

Jin Mu rushed in with Candace, but soon lost his original interest, because he found that this place was not what he imagined, at least not the same as the antique market in China that he knew.

Of course, this is mainly related to Americans' perception of antiques, because the United States has a short time since the founding of the country, its own historical accumulation is not deep, so the perception of antiques is very different from that of Chinese people.

In their opinion, some used second-hand goods, as long as they have a history of thirty or fifty years, can be regarded as antiques, and because the country has not experienced the feudal period, they don't care whether those things have been used by the royal family or are from ordinary people's homes.

Even some handicrafts with exquisite workmanship, as long as they are old enough, can be attributed to the category of antiques.

In fact, many of the antique stalls on Hester Street sell handicrafts, some sell wood carvings, some sell second-hand furniture, and some sell handmade necklaces or bracelets made on site.

What's more, there are actually people selling celebrity cards, and some strangely shaped glass bottles, or Coke bottle caps, in short, there are all kinds of strange things.

There are also some silverware sellers, but those silverwares, in Jin Muchen's eyes, are more like modern imitations no matter how you look at them.

There are also some black buddies from Africa, who don't know if they are from Africa, selling some ivory carvings that look like they are made of animal teeth or bones, or bone necklaces, bracelets and the like.

Jin Muchen took a closer look at it, the carving of that thing was very rough, and the age of the production was not very certain, but it was such a thing, but Lao Mei liked it very much.

From time to time, there are a few big girls, or middle-aged aunts who drag their families and those black buddies where to bargain.

And Jin Muchen, who rushed in in a hurry, was soon disappointed, there was no leak he expected to pick up here.

But he soon adjusted his mood, after all, a leak like that one can't happen all the time, even in China.

The ambitious desire to pick up the leak was wiped out in less than twenty minutes.

Looking at the group of foreigners, surrounding one stall after another, bargaining happily, Jin Muchen is really incomprehensible, many of those things are carvings from Africa or Latin America, and the transfer is rough, even if it is a few years, many of them are products after the Qianlong year.

It's really hard to see what aesthetic value is in it, but those foreigners like it very much, and they go around those stalls one by one.

To be honest, those things, compared with our domestic porcelain and jade, don't even deserve to carry shoes, which really makes Jin Muchen even more strange about the aesthetic taste of these foreigners.

However, although he couldn't find the leaks, Candace was very interested in many things here.

For example, those shiny necklaces, although she knew that they were glass, she would still rush over with Jin Muchen with great interest and watch them.

"How about this? That's beautiful too......"

In short, this is what Jin Muchen has heard Candace say the most, those colorful small goods here make him feel as if he has arrived in Yiwu, and to Candace, everything looks very fresh.

Jin Muchen quickly adjusted his mentality and accompanied Candace to go shopping here, although he couldn't find the leak, it was also a good choice to go shopping with beautiful women.

As the so-called lost east, harvested mulberry, this should be the first date between the two of them, with such a beauty company, if you don't know how to enjoy it, then you are definitely a fool.

Women seem to have eternal resistance to those shiny things, just like Jin Muchen lacks resistance to food.

In such a big market, there are not only antiques and second-hand goods that are worth paying attention to, but also one thing that is worth paying attention to: a variety of delicacies from all over the world.

When it comes to food, many Chinese may pat their chests and say that we are a paradise for foodies, and those things in the United States are simply incomparable with us.

Although these words have a strong sense of national pride, Jin Muchen, as a foodie, feels that he can't agree with the above point of view.

It is true that we have a lot of snacks and famous foods in China, but the United States is actually not bad, and Americans may not be able to make a wide variety of different flavors like China.

However, the affluence of the people here determines the market position here.

Millions of foreigners flock to the U.S. every year, and these people bring food from their home countries to the U.S., so you can eat food from all over the world without having to go abroad.

And this is the biggest difference from our country, although the taste of all kinds of domestic food is not the same, but it has never been out of the category of Chinese food, and here, you can taste the taste of various cuisines in different parts of the world.

This was fully demonstrated in the market on Hester Street, where Jin Muchen felt his belly protest again after only halfway through the two-mile market.

Although he was a little frustrated that he couldn't find the leak, he was soon attracted by the smell of food coming from the street, right next to a stall selling amber bracelets, which happened to be a stall that made sandwiches.

Jin Muchen walked over quickly, and when he came to him, he looked, yo, it just happened to be his good mouthful