Zhou Ming smiled and didn't explain anything, and said directly to the stall owner: "If it's really a pure natural pearl, brother, you don't have to set up a stall anymore, just send it to the auction house, and you can become a millionaire overnight." ”

"I, I'm ......" The stall owner saw that Zhou Ming was not easy to fool, and said with a red face and a red neck: "Then how much do you pay?" If it's two hundred and two, then don't talk about it. ”

Zhou Zhou Ming smiled secretly in his heart, but his face was the same unhappy, "I just look at the quality of things, I can buy them back and coax children, otherwise I really think who is rare?" What years have passed, there will still be people who fall for you like this, you have to get it, you will add eighty, three hundred, if you still don't want to, then forget it," he said, took out three hundred yuan and handed it to the stall owner.

Looking at the three hundred yuan in Zhou Ming's hand, the stall owner hesitated, "Add more," the voice fell, and when he saw Zhou Ming turn around to leave, he hurriedly shouted: "Okay, three hundred, three hundred is three hundred, I really convinced you." ”

Zhou Zhou Ming was not idle, "Be content, brother, you know in your own heart how much the wholesale price of this thing is," said so, but his hand was very fast, he picked up the box and closed the lid and turned around, not even the packaging bag given by the stall owner.

After leaving the stall, Feng Junshan couldn't wait to come over, "Brother, why do you want to buy this pearl when you know that it is artificially cultivated?" ”

This kind of quality looks very good, in fact, there are a lot of impurities of artificially cultured pearls, the wholesale price is indeed only about ten yuan, the wholesale price of this box of ten is definitely not more than one hundred, most of the farms are sold on kilograms. Zhou Ming himself of course knew this, he smiled and opened the lid of the box, walked to a garbage can, and poured ten pearls into it.

"Huh? Could it be that the box is the treasure? Feng Junshan's eyes lit up, "What material?" ”

Liu Xiaoya's eyes flashed slightly, "Is it sandalwood?" ”

Everyone had no doubts about Zhou Ming's eyesight, he didn't want the pearl to leave the box alone, naturally there was something mysterious on the box, and when he saw Zhou Ming's actions, he immediately became excited.

Zhou Ming smiled and looked up and down the box left and right, then sniffed it in front of his nose, and nodded with satisfaction, "It's indeed sandalwood, but there are many varieties of sandalwood, what kind of variety do you see?" ”

Feng Junshan grabbed it first, looked and smelled, and finally shook his head, "I've seen the small leaf red sandalwood, the pattern is not like this, and the fragrance is not like this, this aroma is a bit like agarwood, but this is obviously not agarwood, but more like after the miscellaneous wood dyeing incense." ”

Liu Xiaoya also looked at it, and also shook her head, "This is not any kind of sandalwood that I am familiar with, and it doesn't even look like sandalwood at all," said and said with a smile: "Don't sell it, talk about it quickly." ”

Zhou Ming laughed when he heard this, "This is indeed sandalwood, but it is just a more precious old sandalwood." ”

"Old Sandalwood?" Feng Junshan was not calm at first, "Are you sure?" ”

Liu Xiaoya also frowned tightly, "If it is Lao Shan Tan, then this small box is worth a lot, Lao Shan Tan is even rarer than Xiao Ye Rosewood, almost at the same level as agarwood." ”

Zhou Ming nodded with satisfaction, "It's Lao Shantan, this fragrance and this luster, you can't be wrong." Of course it won't be wrong, the reaction of the jade pen was very strong, Zhou Zhou Ming noticed the box at that time, but he didn't dare to study it seriously in front of the stall, so he decided to take it after taking a few glances when looking at the pearls.

"It's still an antique, it should be something from the Qing Dynasty," Feng Junshan said with surprise after holding the box and studying it for a long time.

Zhou Ming nodded, "Look at the workmanship and pattern, it is indeed a thing in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, especially the riveting process of the hinge is very typical, hehe, the craftsmanship of the ancient carpenters is not ordinary, the workmanship of this box can be regarded as fine now, although the lock on the front is only brass, but the pattern is engraved very finely, and it is made by large families." ”

Feng Junshan smiled, "Brother, you have made another profit, congratulations, this box is worth three or five hundred thousand, right?" ”

Zhou Zhou Ming chuckled and shook his head, "It's not easy to say, the old mountain sandalwood is extremely precious, and the current market price of one kilogram of new mountain material has exceeded 10,000, and this kind of old mountain material that has become extinct is naturally more precious, not to mention that it is still something in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, and this is still a jewelry box, not a common bracelet of Buddha beads and old mountain sandalwood." ”

Because the material is extremely scarce, and the size is not large, the material is relatively oily, so the general old sandalwood is mainly used to make bracelet Buddha beads and old sandalwood, and it is rarely used to make furniture, not to mention those large pieces of furniture, that is, this kind of small jewelry box with a length of about 20 centimeters is very scarce.

So if you really want to put it on the market, the value is really hard to estimate, but it is definitely more expensive than the average red sandalwood, and it should be comparable to the price of most agarwood, not to mention about 500,000. However, Zhou Ming did not plan to transfer it, because the craftsmanship of this box is very exquisite, simple and elegant, and the aroma is restrained, which is worth collecting.

Of course, the main reason is that Zhou Ming is going to use this box to store agarwood, which is much better than the golden silk nan or red sandalwood box, because the oiliness of the old sandalwood is heavy, and the fragrance is closer to agarwood.

However, the old sandalwood itself is also very precious, it is very delicate in the seedling period, and it must be parasitic on the phoenix tree, red bean tree, acacia tree and other plants to survive.

Therefore, the status of Lao Shan Tan is extraordinary, and it is known as the "sacred tree" in the field of religion; In Feng Shui, it is known as the "tree of fortune"; Historically, it has been known as the "Tree of Royalty" because it symbolizes power and status; In the modern market economy, it is known as the "golden tree"; It is known as the "cash cow" in Australia.

Zhou Ming himself didn't expect to encounter such a box of old sandalwood on the stall, which is much rarer than porcelain, jade, calligraphy and painting of the same period, and after so many years, I didn't say who found an object of old sandalwood in the middle of the Qing Dynasty on the stall.

And Feng Junshan learned that this box belonged to Lao Shantan, and his eyes rolled to Zhou Ming with a smile on his face, "Brother, look at that, shouldn't the agarwood reclining Buddha in my house also have a new place to live, or should this box be transferred to me?" ”

Zhou Zhou Ming shook his head without thinking, "Brother Feng, I collected this myself, hehe, I didn't plan to make a move, and besides, your sandalwood box is not bad." ”

Feng Junshan sighed: "If you want a sandalwood box, you can get dozens of hundreds at any time, but the old sandalwood box is a rare but undesirable one." ”

Monday Mingxin said You also know that this is something that can be met but not sought, because of this, I have to collect it myself, if I really come across a good agarwood, I don't have to worry about not finding a suitable box. What's more, even if there is nothing in this box, the collection value is also great, and a large piece of good agarwood is on the top.

Liu Xiaoya didn't think about taking this box to the store to sell, because she saw Zhou Zhou Ming's eyes looking at this box and knew that Zhou Zhou Ming was reluctant to make a move. But he still smiled: "Is this a modern version of buying and returning pearls?" Giggles, it's a good story. ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and after thinking about it, they really bought the pearls, but the pearls he bought were not ordinary boxes, and the pearls he threw away were not valuable things, so they also bought the pearls, and Zhou Ming's purchase of the pearls showed off his eyesight.

Laughing again, a group of four people walked from the street to the end of the street, Zhou Ming saw that his original booth selling words had been rented out, and he couldn't help but sigh, in less than a month, his life has changed so much, if there is no old Taoist priest, he may be working on the assembly line of a factory now, right?

Seeing Zhou Ming's face was different, Liu Xiaoya seemed to understand Zhou Ming's feelings, walked to Zhou Ming's side and quietly pinched his wrist, which can be regarded as encouragement and comfort.

Zhou Zhou Ming felt Liu Xiaoya's small movements, turned his head and grinned, squeezing the corners of his eyes.

"It's not a good line," Liu Xiaoya raised her neck and turned her head to stop looking at Zhou Ming.

Seeing Liu Xiaoya's demeanor, Zhou Zhou Ming was secretly happy in his heart, but he heard someone shouting softly to him next to him, "Xiao Zhou? When he turned around, he saw Lao Liu, his neighbor when he set up a stall to sell words and paintings, the first time he picked up the leak was in this Lao Liu's stall, at this time he saw an old acquaintance, Zhou Ming was also happy, "Brother Liu, business is good." ”

Lao Liu's face was full of doubts, and when Zhou Zhou Ming greeted him, he smiled a little stiffly: "I thought I recognized the wrong person, brother, you are now developed." ”

Zhou Ming smiled, "What's the hair, it's just barely hungry, and I have to thank Brother Liu for taking care of you at the beginning." ”

In fact, this Lao Liu didn't take care of him, it was just that he could talk when he got together, but Zhou Zhouming's starting capital was earned from Lao Liu's stall, although a few snuff bottles were not very valuable, but if Lao Liu bit the high price at that time and didn't let go, Zhou Yiming really had to find another way.

So Zhou Zhou Ming was more or less grateful in his heart, and squatted down in front of the stall, "Are there any good objects?" ”

Although Lao Liu didn't recognize Feng Junshan and Liu Xiaoya, how can he not see that these people are not ordinary people? I thought about saying hello to Zhou Ming, but I didn't expect Zhou Ming to really squat down, and it seemed that he wanted to buy something.

Thinking of this, Lao Liu's mind became active, and he hurriedly smiled: "Good things are not good," said and turned out a few boxes from the tricycle behind him, "Brother, look at these." ”

Seeing Lao Liu's reaction, Zhou Zhou Ming couldn't help but sigh, when he just got the jade pen, he wanted to see Lao Liu's good things, but Lao Liu directly said that Zhou Ming couldn't afford those objects, but now he didn't hesitate at all, and directly took out the good things hidden behind him.