Put Weijing on the big bed in the hotel room and cover it with a quilt, Guo Yi sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Weijing who was sleeping like a baby, and sighed infinitely in his heart, if he missed it, he missed it.

Lighting a cigarette and walking to the window, looking at the Quancheng Square located opposite, looking at the bustling crowd on the square, Guo Yi remembered that he carried the things prepared at home to the university alone, and after the military training, he was dragged out of the dormitory to the Bund of the People's Square to familiarize himself with the kind of hillbilly who entered the city.

Time flies quickly, seven years have passed in a blink of an eye, accustomed to seeing the high-rise buildings of Zhonghai, no one can stop at every moment, always get off the bus quickly, busy time to go to work and get off work, now quietly looking at the people on the square, Guo Yi feels that they are happy, although many of them are also running for a living, but they can always stop to take a breath, think about it, the next direction.

Guo Yi didn't stay in the room for a long time, after smoking the cigarette butt in the ashtray, he walked to the side of the bed and glanced at the sleeping bit, left a small note and walked out of the hotel.

The last time I came to Quancheng, I didn't have a good stroll, but now I don't know where to start, but I remembered that I heard the fourth child say that there is an antique market on the shore of Daming Lake, and I didn't drive, so I asked someone to inquire, it was very close, and I walked over.

After two intersections, Guo Yi came to the antique market, walking on the antique market on the shore of Daming Lake, because it was already afternoon, the people who set up the stalls had gradually left, and only a few people who did not have to go to the countryside to buy objects got together to play cards, ready to stay up until dinner time.

Guo Yi stopped at a stall and looked at the river mussels on the stall. That's right, mussels.

Since the river mussel can be placed on a stall on the ground, then the owner knows it. This is certainly not a real mussel, it looks like it should be a wood carving. It's just that the carving is a must, and it looks like the real thing, and it seems to be able to confuse the real with the fake.

"Let's put aside the texture and age, the carving of this object alone is a pinnacle work, not bad!"

Guo Yi did not hesitate to praise his words in his heart, although he is not very good at wood carving, but he knows everything, isn't it. Since he can carve jadeite, this wood can naturally do it, but he has not carved it.

Guo Yi bent down and carefully took this brother river mussel in his hand, and carefully checked it, the wood was a common camphor wood. This kind of timber is produced in the southern region of China, especially in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and Sichuan. Aromatic and yellowish to grayish-brown, reddish-brown. The material is rough and durable. The textures are intertwined and the luster is pretty. Since ancient times, as the superior material of the wood carving industry, it has been mostly used in antique wood carving and furniture wood carving, which is not easy to be eaten by insects.

The age doesn't seem to be very old, either. In his eyes, he probably guessed that it seemed to be an object from the Republic of China. However, although the wood is not special and it is not very old. But this carving is rare.

The texture of the mussel shell above is just the stripe pattern of wood, and the carving is carved along the wood grain. It's very unique.

Guo Yi has also read a lot of books about the works of master woodcarvers, but this river mussel allows him to compare it with the imprint in his mind. Not finding the slightest impression, he guessed that it might be the work of a folk master. After all, masters are not talking about playing in the folk, and many folk artists are very skilled, and most of them are indifferent to fame and fortune and are not known.

Although the collection of mussel wood carvings is unpopular, it is not within the scope of Guo Yi's consideration, as long as it is a good thing in his eyes, there is no unpopular one.

When he turned the mussel to observe carefully, Guo Yi's eyes were condensed, and the weight of the wood carving surprised him, if it was a wood carving, it shouldn't be so light, he thought of a situation, that is, someone had hollowed out inside, and the pupils in his eyes directly separated and looked at this river mussel wood carving.

I don't know if I don't know if I look at it, the middle of the mussel is actually empty, and there is a black bead inside, the size of a ping pong ball. And the wooden shell on the outside doesn't seem to be simple, as if it is a mechanism that can be opened.

Guo Yi was very surprised by this discovery, he didn't expect his temporary intention to have such a harvest, as an antique dealer he could not know the preciousness of black pearls, now the annual production of high-quality black pearls is estimated to be no more than 150,000, of which 40% are sold through the annual international auction. Most black pearls are concentrated between 9mm and 10mm in size, and about 60% of black pearls are no more than 11mm in size. Therefore, 11mm is generally regarded as the limit of black pearls, and 15mm fine round black pearls are so rare that there is no ready-made reference market price, which shows that they are expensive and rare.

The mother-of-pearl that produces black pearl is a black lipped oyster that secretes black nacre. The beauty of black pearls lies in the fact that they have a variety of colors on their natural black tone, the most appreciated are peacock green, purple, sea blue and other rainbow colors, and its strong metallic luster will change with the rotation of the pearl, which is not comparable to other color change pearls.

The black pearl is the most elegant spirit in the sea, printed with the color of the deep sea, it seems to have waves and undercurrents, but it is impossible to see through the reserved and steady appearance.

Legend has it that when a drop of dew falls into the sea, if it happens to be caught by an open seashell, it can form a crystalline pearl. If the weather is bad, the dew under the gray sky falls into the seabed, forming a black pearl. This legend has been passed down since the 15th century, and it makes people think that black pearls are tears when the sky is sad, so the color is deep and solemn, unlike the lightness and brightness of ordinary white pearls.

In ancient China, black pearls represented wisdom. It is guarded between the dragon's teeth and has an alluring sheen. But whoever wants to get it must conquer the dragon first. The dragon's sheer size and divine power are terrifying, so whoever can conquer the dragon must have extraordinary wisdom in order to be worthy of the Black Pearl.

"Little brother, this wood carving mussel is the master's craft, very rare, if you are tempted, you will collect it, so that you can use the real craftsmanship, enough for you to pass on to future generations as an heirloom, if it is not for the need for money at home now, I am not willing to take him out and sell it"

At this time, the boss, who was playing cards on the side, saw that Guo Yi had been watching this mussel wood carving in his hand for more than ten minutes and still had no intention of putting it down, and he immediately determined that the deal should be completed. It's not in vain that he insisted on wasting time here today, so he came over.

"Stop boss, don't talk to me about these things. They all told me when I came, and they couldn't believe what you antique dealers said. You can say that the dead are alive, and the urns of the dead can be sold as antiques. ”

Guo Yi directly interrupted the stall owner's words, pretending to be an antique idiot, came here to hang out, and suddenly fell in love with an object.

"Little brother, this is not right, there must be such people in other places, but there are definitely no such people on our street, you can rest assured. I assure you with my conscience. ”

His face flushed at Guo Yi's words, and then the stall owner returned to normal, patted his chest and said

"Conscience? Now there are a few people who can have a conscience in business, we don't talk nonsense, the boss this wood carving is enough to fake and real I like it very much, you make a price, if it's not expensive, I'll take it away, if it's expensive, then you don't have to open your mouth. Guo Yi smiled softly. Said

"Little brother, this mussel wood carving belongs to a master-level work, I believe you can see this, and I don't have much to ask for 5,000 yuan for you to take it." The stall owner quotes the price directly.

"Five thousand. It's too high, boss, you can keep it for yourself. After speaking, Guo Yi was about to hand over the mussel wood carving to the stall owner's hand.

"The price is high? It's not high, 5,000 yuan can hold such an object that is enough to be fake. It's already the lowest price, you see this carver. If this craft is not for the family's urgent money, how can I be willing to take it out and sell it. ”

When the stall owner saw Guo Yi's appearance, he didn't take the wood carving he handed over. Pointing to the lifelike lines of the carving that are the same as the real ones, he said to himself.

"Since you have a problem, boss, I am also a person who likes to help people, I will give three thousand, if it is okay, I will take it away, this is the limit of what I can take, if it doesn't work, you can stay and wait for the next person." Guo Yi pretended to be in pain and said

"Three thousand, is it too little, how about four thousand eight four thousand five little brother don't go, three thousand five you have to let me earn something." As soon as the boss saw that Guo Yi was about to put down the mussel wood carving, he was in a hurry and shouted the lowest price directly.

"Okay, three thousand five, I still have to save for two months, and I have eaten steamed buns and pickles for these two months."

After hearing what the boss said, Guo Yi directly took the river mussel in his hand, took out the wallet in his pocket, and now there are six or seven thousand yuan in his wallet at any time, and there is no point to take out a part directly and hand it to the boss, no more, no less, exactly three thousand five, after confirming that it is correct, Guo Yi left with the river mussel wood carving.

"Little brother will come back when you are free in the future, I guarantee that you are satisfied."

Looking at Guo Yi who was far away, the boss was happy in his heart, this single business has been more than ordinary for two weeks, this mussel wood carving is the boss when he went to the countryside, with a lollipop in the hands of a child, which is equivalent to five yuan for three thousand five hundred yuan, how does this profit make him unhappy, this afternoon insisted that the decision not to go back earlier was right, it seems that he can leave later in the future, maybe when he will encounter such an order.

Guo Yi took the mussel wood carving on the street of the antique market casually, this point on this street in addition to a few antique shops are still open as usual, the vendors who set up stalls have almost left, the rest is not to go back and have nothing to do, it is better to waste time here, just want to meet a single person to make some money.

looked at the watch on his wrist, it was already more than four o'clock in the afternoon, Guo Yi was not shopping, at this time, Wei Jing had slept for more than two hours, and it should be almost time to wake up.

On the way back, Guo Yi bought some fruit, and there is no problem with eating some fruit after waking up, it is also good for the body, and it can also be beautiful, and the fourth Fu Guozhen is about to get off work.

At this time, in the general manager's office on the 23rd floor of the Lisi Group Building on Jingshi Road Financial Avenue, Li Jiaming slowly put down the phone in his hand, his face kept changing, and then without warning, he pushed all the pen and pen ornaments on the desk to the ground.

"Roll"

Li Jiaming, who had a hideous face, shouted loudly to the secretary who heard the movement in the office and hurriedly broke in

"When a woman changes the time for bleaching, I will change, but you people who will wave me like a night pot don't think about it."

After whispering, Li Jiaming's face already showed a crazy look, in fact, no one knew that Weijing's ex-boyfriend was Li Jiaming who sent someone to threaten in secret, and even his family to threaten, yes, he withdrew, he didn't do it in school, that was to show his demeanor, and if he didn't do it in society, it was a fool This is his creed, he likes to identify women who can be touched by others, and persuading his father to bleach is just because his father's practice is no longer suitable for the development of the new era, and the black list is a gangster. Never soft-hearted. (To be continued......)