Because the shovelers liked to sell things to Meng Yixian, his business became more and more prosperous, and by the early nineties, he opened a shop, and no longer had to go in the wind and rain like other vendors.

One day, Meng Yi first went to the market to wander around to see if there was anything to suit his appetite.

Just as he turned around, didn't find anything he liked, and was about to return disappointed, he happened to see a stall owner in the corner take out a more delicate-looking Su Zhong from his box, and immediately became interested.

Meng Yixian hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Xiao Feng, can you show me this Su Zhong?" ”

The stall owner was the person who sold the purple clay pot to Meng Yixian today, that day, he went late, so he didn't occupy a good position, seeing that Meng Yixian fell in love with Su Zhong who he had just come out, he hurriedly handed it over with a smile.

Su Zhong is also known as the "interpolated clock", which is named because of its similar appearance to the interstitial screen in ancient China. After the end of the Qing Dynasty, Sushi, Huaiyang, Shanghai and other lower reaches of the Yangtze River are manufactured, and the Chinese people call it "this clock" in order to distinguish it from imported foreign clocks.

This clock is made of mahogany as the frame, chiseled copper gilt floral pattern clock face, the sound of the time is pleasant, the table clock is still in good condition, the appearance is exquisite, the workmanship is fine, and the craftsmanship is excellent. Comes with a double-layered movable base. After Meng Yi looked at it carefully, he could be sure that it was a good thing.

"How much?" When he met something he liked, Meng Yixian immediately asked about the price.

"One hundred and fifteen!"

Because it's all old business, the stall owner gives the price he thinks in his heart.

It was still the mid-90s, and there weren't many things on a regular stall. The reason for this price is that the stall owner also has the intention of taking advantage of Meng Yixian's refreshment.

Meng Yi thought to himself first. At that time, in terms of the quality of this Su Bell, seven or eight hundred was still very good. When he met the right way, he could sell it for a thousand, so the price of one hundred and five was really not expensive, so he immediately agreed, and directly took out the money to pay the bill.

In the antique market, a good thing, of course, not only Meng Yixian will pay attention to when Meng Yixian observes the Su Bell. Some sharp-eyed antique dealers have come up curiously, and some who specialize in the watch business have a bit of a thump of their chests when they see such a thing missing.

When Meng Yi paid the money first, the antique dealers were both envious and jealous, and they stepped forward to ask if they had any intention of making a move.

Meng Yixian refused one by one. Then he took his things and walked out with joy in his heart, but one of the antique dealers did not give up, he followed Meng Yixian, still entangled to buy.

This antique dealer. is also an old customer in Meng Yixian's store, in addition to doing business, sometimes he will come to his store to drink tea and chat. Therefore. Although Meng Yixian felt impatient, he couldn't go too far.

"Shopkeeper Meng. You know what I like best, so give it to me! You can rest assured. The price is easy to say! ”

Meng Yi was annoyed by his entanglement first, thinking to himself, anyway, who is not selling, if the price is right, sell it to him: "It's okay to sell it to you, but at least seven hundred!" ”

"Hey, shopkeeper Meng, we are also old friends, as soon as you change hands, there will be five hundred and five more, this money is too easy to make! You see it's not easy for me, you can just add a little more! ”

Meng Yixian shook his head and said, "No, this thing can be sold for a thousand if it sells well, and I will give you seven hundred, which is already for the sake of our friendship for many years." ”

"Shopkeeper Meng, let's do less, I think three hundred is about the same......"

After that, the antique dealer was entangled for a while, but Meng Yixian also clung to the price, and finally the two of them each took a step back, and Meng Yi gave him fifty first.

As soon as he changed hands, in less than fifteen minutes, he earned five hundred, Meng Yixian was quite proud and happy, and at the same time, he was very grateful to the stall owner.

The next day, it happened to be a ghost market, and when Meng Yi went to Taobao first, he happened to meet the stall owner again, so with gratitude, he spent three hundred yuan to buy a pen holder in the middle of the Qing Dynasty at the stall.

It was dark at the time, and he had friends by his side, so he didn't look much at the stall owner and took his things back.

Back at his shop, when Meng Yi checked the pen holder first, he found that this thing was actually a fake, and it was worthless at all! This immediately made him angry. Oh! I made five hundred dollars from you, and I kindly bought three hundred dollars from you, and you fooled me with a fake? What are you and me!

So, a few days later, when Meng Yixian met the stall owner again, he wanted to find him out, and he didn't have the idea of returning it at that time, he just wanted to tell the stall owner, I'm not a mallet!

However, when Meng Yi walked up to the stall owner first, the stall owner said in a strange tone:

"I heard that you made a lot of money on that Su bell and sold it for a thousand?"

Meng Yi first heard the stall owner say this, and immediately knew what was going on, he hated the antique dealer for talking nonsense, and at the same time, he was also angry at the stall owner's friendship for so many years, he didn't believe that he didn't say it, and he used him as a mallet because of this.

So, he also said politely: "Just listen to their nonsense!" That thing was sold to the guy surnamed Quan, and it only sold for six hundred and five, and when I turned around, I bought a pen holder at your stall for three hundred, and it turned out to be a fake! ”

Hearing Meng Yixian say this, the stall owner was also stunned at the time.

Because of this, there was no trust between the two, and Meng Yixian basically never bought goods from that stall in the future, of course, he also didn't do any business with the nonsense antique dealer.

Meng Yixian smiled bitterly: "I do have some responsibilities for this matter, but before this incident, I also did business with that guy many times, and the money he earned from me was not 10,000, but also thousands, but because of some unreliable rumors, I didn't even care about friendship!" ”

Listening to the cause and effect of the incident, Chu Chen shook his head secretly, to say that what Meng Yi did first was indeed wrong, generally in the antique market, when encountering a leak, it is best not to resell it immediately, in case of resale, the seller is likely to hear about it, and even hear the rumors of the deformation, and he is not happy, and it will be difficult to buy his things in the future.

But like Meng Yixian said that the stall owner's approach is a bit too much, after all, the two have been dealing with each other for several years, and Meng Yixian is quite refreshing, if there is anything, just explain it clearly in person, or hint that it is not okay, why do you need to deliberately sell a fake to him? It's too unkind to do that.

Zhu Dafu said with a smile: "Xiao Meng, you like to go straight to the bottom of things, a person with a small belly like this will definitely take advantage of your character, I think the things he usually sells to you are not cheap." So I think, isn't this a good thing for you? ”

Meng Yi thought about it first, and found that it was really the case, the things that the person sold to him in the past were almost more expensive than the other shovels sold to him, but because the things were profitable, he didn't think much about it, and now looking back, that guy didn't treat him as a friend in the first place, no wonder he would turn against him for a matter of hundreds of dollars.

"I won't talk about this, Lao Zhu, if you come here this time, you will also go to the Three Treasures Hall without anything, right?"

"I can't come and see you?" Zhu Dafu said with a smile.

Meng Yi waved his hand first and said, "Come on, when you came to Jinling in January, I called you and wanted to invite you to dinner, but you didn't agree!" ”

Zhu Dafu spread his hands: "At that time, there was really something in my store, otherwise, I will invite you to dinner today, this will always work!" ”

Meng Yi pouted first: "You finally came to Jinling, I don't want to be a landlord, let others listen to my hospitality, and don't scold me for an iron rooster!" You must let me invite you to dinner in Jinling, if you say that again, be careful that I am in a hurry with you! ”

"Okay, okay! Let's ask you to go to the head! ”

Zhu Dafu shook his head with a smile, and then said: "But, to be honest, I came to you today, and I really have something to trouble you!" ”

"Look, it's coming!" Meng Yixian smiled and nodded at Zhu Dafu a few times, and asked, "What's the matter?" I'll definitely help if I can! ”

"That's the case......" Zhu Dafu said things simply.

Listening to what Zhu Dafu said, Meng Yixian expressed great envy: "Hey, I also want to go to the old gentleman to pay homage to his birthday, but unfortunately I don't have that opportunity!" ”

Zhu Dafu said: "I really can't help you with this, otherwise, I'll mention it to the old gentleman's son tomorrow, as for what the other party says, it can only depend on your luck." ”

"Thank you! Thank you! ”

Meng Yixian expressed his gratitude to Zhu Dafu with joy on his face.

Zhu Dafu waved his hand and said: "Okay, I am also a helper in this matter, if you really want to thank you, help us find a suitable gift quickly!" ”

"Okay! I'll do my best! Speaking of this, Meng Yixian asked, "Old Qiao, I don't know how many price points you want to prepare?" ”

"Two or three hundred thousand, preferably something special." Qiao Qingtai said.

Meng Yi pondered for a while, and then said, "That's it! I don't really have the real thing at the same price, but I still have two things that I can't estimate accurately, and if I can be sure that they are genuine, they are still quite suitable as a gift. ”

When Zhu Dafu heard this, he joked: "Good boy, you are letting us be a free palm master!" ”

Meng Yixian laughed and said, "When the time comes, I can also give you three a red envelope!" ”

Zhu Dafu smiled and waved his hand: "Come on, can I really ask for your red envelope?" If you really have the heart, you can give Lao Qiao a discount in a while! ”

"Okay, it's not a matter of words......"

After speaking, Meng Yi went to the inner room to get something, and after a while, he walked out of it with two brocade boxes. The brocade box is one large and one small, the small one is almost the size of a volleyball, and the large one is a calligraphy and painting box...... (To be continued......)

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