This kind of thing Meng Yixian said is actually not uncommon in life, for example, a friend borrowed money, and when he paid it back, he procrastinated, or simply became an old man, etc., the four people present have actually encountered it to a greater or lesser extent. Because of the need to save face, under normal circumstances, everyone rarely takes the initiative to ask for things borrowed by friends.

Of course, there are still more honest people in the world after all, like the things that Chu Chen lent, his friends generally repaid them in advance, and he has never encountered a situation where he owes something and does not pay it back.

"How much is that pen holder worth?" Zhu Dafu asked.

Meng Yi replied first: "I haven't seen that pen holder either, my friend said it's worth about four or five thousand." ”

"It's also very generous to see your friend here." Zhu Dafu said with a smile.

"! He's called poor and generous! ”

Meng Yi first burst into a foul language and said: "He is just an ordinary retired worker, he gets a retirement salary of 1,000 yuan a month, and his youngest son has just gotten married, and sometimes he has to take care of it, four or five thousand yuan, which is already a lot of money in his family!" ”

Hearing this, Qiao Qingtai was a little surprised and said, "Since this is the case, why didn't he ask for the money back?" ”

"So, I said he was poor and generous!"

Then, Meng Yixian shook his head and sighed: "Actually, my friend is not so generous to everyone, it's just that his relative has helped him before, so he lost more than 2,000 less, so he has not been able to pull his face to ask his relatives." ”

Zhu Dafu said with a smile: "Two thousand for four or five thousand, this business is very good, it seems that your friend's relatives do have a problem with their character!" ”

Meng Yixian said: "There must be a problem!" I doubt today's events. There's a chance that guy is involved. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, judging by the current situation. This kind of thing is really possible.

"Hey!"

Zhu Dafu suddenly thought of something, and he asked, "Xiao Meng." Your friend should know you're in the antiques business, right? ”

"Yes! He knew about it when I first started my antiques business. Meng Yi replied first.

"Since he knows, why doesn't he let you help with the purchase?"

Regarding this matter, not only Zhu Dafu, but also everyone else felt a little strange.

Meng Yixian smiled and said a little proudly: "The two of us grew up together as playmates, and later fell in love with the same person, who is my wife." ”

Hearing this, everyone understands what is going on. Zhu Dafu laughed and said, "Xiao Meng, it seems that your means are quite high!" ”

Meng Yixian shook his head and smiled: "What means are high!" To say, when I was talking to someone, my friend's unit was better than mine, but his shortcomings were too obvious, not to mention soft-natured, and a little indecisive, compared to me, I was a little better. ”

Speaking of which. Because of this, we both broke off at first, and it wasn't until a few years later that we got back into contact again. At that time, I had already gone to sea to do an antique business. And it's already a little accomplished, and my friend has been influenced by me to step into this business. But he has no talent in the antique industry. And because I didn't want to give up, I suffered many losses during the period. On a few occasions, I helped settle it. ”

Zhu Dafu said: "Then you don't persuade him to stop playing?" ”

Meng Yixian smiled bitterly: "How can you not persuade it." But this guy has gone from being a rival with me to a real antique lover, and in his words, he doesn't go to the antique market a few times a week, and he itches all over his body. However, he never asks my opinion when he buys things, and I guess if he hadn't been able to do it this time, he would definitely not have called me......"

While talking, the taxi came to the Confucius Temple, one of the three major antique markets in Jinling.

Located on the bank of the Qinhuai River, the Confucius Temple has been a prosperous area where people live and merchants gather since ancient times, and it is a place where ancient dignitaries, literati and scholars, and wealthy gentry buy and sell antiques. In the early 80s of the 20th century, the antique market here began to flourish again, and today, it has also become a place frequented by Jinling antique lovers.

After getting out of the car, everyone hurriedly walked to the stall where the incident occurred, and before they got there, they saw a few people around to see the excitement, as for the excitement of not much, it was also because the location of the stall was relatively remote, and today was Monday, and there were fewer pedestrians.

At this time, there was a man in his fifties waiting anxiously in front of the stall, he looked at Chu Chen and them from time to time, and when he saw Chu Chen and his party coming over, he immediately showed a look of surprise, breathed a long sigh of relief, and his nervous expression relaxed.

When the group walked to the stall, they saw the porcelain on the ground torn apart, Meng Yi first looked at the stall owner, and found that he didn't know this person, so he asked his friend: "Lao Ji, what's going on?" ”

Meng Yixian's friend is called Ji Haoliang, he said with a wry smile: "I really didn't mean this, at that time Wanyou said that this bowl was good, so I was ready to take a look, but I didn't expect that as soon as I picked it up, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child suddenly came out next to me, hit me, and the bowl fell." ”

Hearing that this is the case, Chu Chen and the others still don't understand that Ji Haoliang was "touched", and just as they thought before, the relative who was in his thirties and looked a little thief-eyed next to Ji Haoliang was also involved.

Meng Yixian glanced deeply at Ji Wanyou, who was standing next to Ji Haoliang, and then asked, "What about the person who hit you?" ”

"I lost my mind and didn't know where the man had gone!" Ji Haoliang smiled bitterly.

Meng Yixian glanced at Ji Wanyou again, he didn't even need to ask, the other party must have the same answer, and then, he didn't even look at the things on the ground, so he asked the stall owner: "Boss, how do you want to solve this matter?" ”

The stall owner smiled and spread his hands and said, "If you drop my things, of course you have to lose money!" ”

"You mean 150,000?" Meng Yixian said with a smile.

The stall owner smiled slightly, but he didn't say anything, he could still see the current situation. Before, he heard that Ji Haoliang was just an ordinary retired worker, and he didn't know any masters in the antique industry, so he thought of "touching porcelain" on Ji Haoliang.

But the reality is completely opposite to what he heard, these old men in front of him, judging from their temperament and words and deeds, are likely to be in the antique industry, and these people are more elegantly dressed, and characters like this have some background.

Since the stall owner is doing this kind of thing, it is impossible for him to be stunned, not only is he not stunned, he has a strong observation ability and knows when to make what kind of choice he should make, so it is definitely impossible for him to ask Ji Haoliang for so much money now.

Besides, the 150,000 yuan is just talking, if he really loses, he really doesn't believe that Ji Haoliang will give him 150,000.

However, he finally got to this point, and he couldn't let the cooked duck fly, and he had to have some gains.

Seeing that the stall owner was still a little unwilling, Meng Yixian said: "As the saying goes, thieves also steal, come out to mix, sooner or later you have to pay back, sometimes, don't go too far!" ”

In fact, if he is more ruthless, Meng Yixian can also say it, but if he is too aggressive, it will not be good for Ji Haoliang, and more importantly, he also wants Ji Haoliang to suffer this loss, so that he can remember it for a long time.

"That's good!" The stall owner saw that Meng Yixian had said this, and he wanted to slaughter it again, so he would be unlucky, so he gritted his teeth and said: "For the sake of this old gentleman, this bowl is three hundred, but I also have a request, each of you has to pick one more thing among my things." ”

In fact, the reason why he said this was because he just wanted to ask for more money first, but if he said it directly, he felt that it was easy to arouse the disgust of Meng Yixian and others, and it would undoubtedly sound better to replace it with something. And when he encountered this kind of thing, he really didn't believe that the other party could still pick things here with peace of mind.

When Ji Haoliang saw the stall owner say this, he wanted to say that he just needed to pay more money, but before he could speak, Meng Yixian waved his hand and said, "Boss, we can buy your things, but what about the price?" ”

The stall owner didn't expect that Meng Yixian didn't follow his script, scolded secretly in his heart, and then said:

"Fair Dealing!"

"Good! Is he going to buy it too? As he spoke, Meng Yi first pointed to Ji Wanyou next to him.

"Yes, he's going to choose it too!" As the intelligence provider this time, at this time, the stall owner hated Ji Wanyou so much, how could he let it go!

Ji Wanyou smiled awkwardly, at this time he was also very depressed in his heart, if it was someone else, he might be able to leave, but a character like Meng Yixian, unless he didn't want to mix in the Jinling antique world, he really didn't dare to do that.

If he had known that Ji Haoliang had a friend like Meng Yixian, he would not have had such an idea today.

"This dead old man, there is a friend like Meng Yixian, why didn't you say it earlier? Besides, since you all know Meng Yixian, why do you often come to me for identification, I really don't know what to do! ”

Not to mention Ji Wanyou muttering to himself there, after talking to the stall owner, everyone squatted down and picked up things.

The stalls are all small things, and almost all of them are shoddy and fake at a glance, and it is estimated that in terms of value, the highest here is not more than fifty yuan, which is why Meng Yi agreed to the stall owner's request first, when the time comes, wait for the things to be bought, and then let Ji Haoliang pay for the losses of others, it will definitely be more cost-effective than paying alone.

In fact, if you really want to calculate it, there is not much difference between the two, but in the face of this kind of "porcelain" character, Meng Yixian and they don't want to let this person take advantage of him in vain.

Although the stalls are almost fake, not all of them are fakes, such as the ancient books in front of Chu Chen, they should all be genuine, but even if they are genuine, Chu Chen looked through them, most of them are anthologies printed in the late Qing Dynasty, and they are basically not worth a few dollars. (To be continued......)