Ten days later, the antique market opened in a grand and unobtrusive manner.

It is said to be grand because the county magistrate personally invited the dignitaries and nobles of Yancheng, and the business tycoons were present one after another.

It is said to be low-key, because the antique market is located in the forest next to the official road, with more than a dozen long chairs, a number of low chairs, fragrant tea and clean water on the long table, and a big red banner on the tree, on which a few big characters are written in the antique market, except for this, there is nothing.

Dozens of people sat around in front of the long table, each holding their own antiques, carefully watching, tasting, and communicating. Uncle Fan was wearing an iron blue robe and a string of antique amber beads, looking like an old god's house. He had the tweezer on his long strip, and a small bamboo tube in front of him, and there were a few words on the bamboo tube: antique identification, five coins of silver at a time. Behind him stood fifteen and sixteen of the martial arts team. (The owner said that Uncle Fan often dealt with antiques in the future, and he had to be protected and served by two people, so he sent fifteen or sixteen over.) ）

Someone held a gray jade bird in his hand to identify. The jade bird is only half the size of a palm, with a round head, a pointed beak, wings attached to the body, and a very round grinding, and some yellowish dirt and dust in the carved crevices. Fifteen pushed the bamboo tube to the person, signaled the person to put the five coins of silver into the bamboo tube, some people came around, wanted to listen to Mr. Fan's tasting, the number of onlookers increased, and the sixteenth hurriedly held the pot in his hand.

Five coins of silver in the bamboo tube, Uncle Fan took the jade bird in his hand and turned it over and over again, and then squinted at the light and looked at the jade bird, and finally, he poured a little bit of clean water on the jade bird, sniffed it with his nose, and said: "Your jade is an antique, you look at its color, the color of the gap is yellow, and the color is natural and smart." The slurry is integrated. The etched holes are rounded carefully, and the mouth is small and the abdomen is large. Judging from its color, coated degree and etched pores, it should be five or six hundred years old. It was supposed to be a funerary object, and it had a funeral smell on it. However, the jade bird itself is not in good condition, but it is still very valuable in terms of craftsmanship and history. ”

A group of people listened as if they had taken a lesson in ancient jade identification. The man knew that the jade bird was an antique, and he was happy, so he also took the jade bird and sniffed it on his nose and sniffed it again, "How can this smell of a tomb? ”

Someone laughed next to him: "You can smell it, if you can smell it, you will be an antique connoisseur." ”

"Like, can your nose be the same as the nose of an antique connoisseur?"

Uncle Fan is too familiar with the smell of this tomb, this is often the smell at home when he was a child, and his father's clothes are full of this smell. Those who were brought home from the tomb were like toys and the utensils he played with were all the same smell. The smell was so familiar and intimate that he could smell it without looking three paces away.

(Look carefully, look through the light, put water droplets, and smell slowly in order to be worthy of the five dollars appraisal fee.) In fact, as soon as the jade bird took it, he identified it at a glance. But to show caution, but also to show the level of the appraiser, do a full set of plays. This is what the owner has repeatedly admonished. ）

There is no dispute about the level of appreciation of Master Fan. One after another, some people took out their treasured antiques and asked Master Fan to identify them, and they were happy to get the real thing, and they were secretly sad when they got the wild goose products. Some people also negotiated the price in private, and brought the collection to Master Fan for identification, and the identification was real, and the delivery was completed on the spot.

The silver in the small bamboo tube slowly became a little full, and Fifteen took out another bamboo tube and replaced it.

When the sun was about to set, there were fewer and fewer people, and a man dressed as a rich gentleman with a foreign accent stepped forward and asked, "Master, I've been waiting for a while, you've been very busy, I want to admire your tweezer, is it okay?"

"Absolutely. ”

Sixteen put the pan on the table, the rich gentleman's eyes lit up, he took the pan in his hand, looked at it carefully, and touched it carefully with his hand. sighed in his mouth: "It's really a good thing." ”

"Sir, you have good eyesight. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, this is a miscellaneous sand pottery pot, right?"

"Exactly. ”

"Can this hammer be able to endure the pain of love?" asked the rich gentleman

"Truth be told, this hammer is not mine. It's a friend of mine. Master Fan said, "Someone else owes him a sum of money, and he uses this money to pay the debt." He asked me to help him sell it, three thousand eight hundred taels. ”

"Three thousand eight, a bit expensive. Your friend asked you to sell, master, you must have the right to decide, I sincerely buy it, so let's discuss it. ”

Master Fan had already obtained the authorization of the owner. One wants to sell, the other wants to buy, and the price is negotiated. The two men walked the price to the middle, and finally sold it for three thousand two hundred taels of silver.

The rich gentry asked his entourage to fetch the silver and handed it over to Sixteen, and the silver was sent directly back to the village by Sixteen. Here, Fu Shen and Master Fan were sitting and drinking tea and chatting.

Fu Shen himself introduced, he is from the province, surnamed Jia, the family is well-off, he does not love beauties in his life, he loves to collect antiques, these days just in Yancheng to play, I heard the city people say that the antique market is open today, so come to see, I didn't expect to buy a baby.

Master Fan said: "Brother Jia, please come often in the future, our antique market is only open two days a week, all day on Monday and Tuesday, if it rains, it will be postponed, if the time does not happen to come, I am not there, just go to Huazizhuang to find me." ”

Jia Fushen said: "I must come often, the master will have a good treasure in the future, and he will help me keep it." ”

Sixteen came back from doing good deeds to report, Jia Fushen said goodbye to Master Fan, and went back happily with his own hand.

After selling the three thousand two hundred taels of silver, Zhuang Xiaochu sent two thousand taels to Boss Yang, Boss Yang was so happy that his mouth couldn't close, Zhuang Xiaochu said: "The silver was sold for a total of three thousand two hundred taels, all of which are the credit of Master Fan, so Zhuang Shang left one thousand two." Boss Yang also felt that his son-in-law handled it properly and had no objections.

When Master Fan returned to the village, the master had already learned the news, and he earned back the appraisal fee of 12 taels a day, and he got 1,200 taels after selling the chain, this is the master. Everyone praised Master Fan again and again. Master Fan said: "I just look at antiques, and they are all well commanded by the owner." "The people in the village praise the owner of the village for their discernment.

At the regular meeting in the evening, Zhuang Xiaochu said to the beggars: "Master Fan is the golden eye on our village, and none of us have that skill." In the future, everyone should take good care of him, if he needs anything, don't wait for him to mention it, we have to think of it for him first. ”

Everyone discussed it and vacated the room next to the owner for Master Fan to live in, with Master Fan's room on the left and the martial arts team's room on the right. Master Fan's room will inevitably be collected and sold in the future, so that it is safer to be next to the martial arts team, and it is also convenient for Master Fan to communicate with the owner at any time.

Originally, there were four young men living in that room, and as soon as they said it, they had no objection and moved out of the room. Zhuang Xiaochu made an extra wall in the vacated room and made a secret room for antiques. Repainted and arranged, cleaned up properly, just wait for the walls to dry and move in.