Maybe Chu Chen was very fond of historical places, and with Wu Ke by his side, this is not a big city, and the two of them walked around until the afternoon of the next day.

"Achen, you're not in the antique business, do you want to take a look at the second-hand charity store here?" Wu Ke asked while holding Chu Chen's arm.

"Second-hand charity shop?" Chu Chen asked with some confusion.

"Yes, it's actually the second-hand store we are talking about, and there are also ...... that sell antiques."

Next, with Wu Ke's explanation, Chu Chen knew what the second-hand charity store here in Yinglun meant by it.

In the early years, the circulation of goods in England was not as convenient as it is now, and the people living in the town came up with a way to replace them, taking out their surplus daily necessities and putting them in the store, and everyone wore and exchanged them with each other. Later, some stores used the money from the sale of thrift goods to accumulate for public welfare or charity.

In addition, some second-hand shops can collect very old clothes, then wash them and sell them to the poor as if they didn't need money, so the locals also call second-hand shops charity shops.

Today, second-hand shops in Britain have become very popular, and there are almost all commercial streets in the city and larger towns or villages. If not, local merchants will also take out a place to fulfill their obligations and specialize in selling second-hand goods.

Of course, second-hand stores and antique stores are still different, but there are indeed opportunities to find antiques in second-hand stores, especially domestic antiques, and you can also find some very good things in second-hand stores.

Wu Ke said: "I know that there is a second-hand store in Ludao in addition to some second-hand daily necessities. There are also a few shelves with some antiques and other things, including porcelain from our country and some miscellaneous small items. Shall we go over and have a look? ”

Hearing Wu Ke say this, Chu Chen became interested. The second-hand flea market in Britain is very developed, and because Britain is an old empire, there is no shortage of antiques.

The second-hand store that Wu Ke said was not far away, and it took less than ten minutes to arrive.

The second-hand store is not too big and not too small, maybe today is Wednesday. It was another past one o'clock in the afternoon, and there were only two or three customers in the store, and they were all shopping for daily necessities, and the antiques on the innermost shelves were not cared for at all.

Like the local wealthy, second-hand or antique stores often have low-key and shabby facades, but once inside, they hide amazing secrets. It's the same with this store, not to mention the antiques on the shelves inside, except for some second-hand daily necessities. There are even second-hand luxury goods.

For example, there is a customer who is looking closely at an LV women's bag in front of a shelf.

I saw an Oriental couple walking in, the owner of the second-hand store and the customer. They all looked at it curiously, but after looking at it, those customers took care of themselves and chose their favorite products.

"Both. Please feel free to take a look, the price is indicated. The boss said with a smile.

The two nodded politely. I walked straight to the shelves where the antiques were kept.

Seeing this, the boss was slightly stunned. Then his eyes lit up, the one who can buy antiques is undoubtedly a big customer, although he is mainly engaged in second-hand charity business, but there are few people in the world who don't like to make money, he is a businessman, and the same is no exception, otherwise, there will be no antiques in his store.

It's just that the boss muttered a little in his heart that these two Orientals don't know where they are from, if it's from Baodao or Xiangjiang, it's okay, if it's from the mainland, then the probability of a deal is not too high, as for the island people, it can be seen from their words and demeanor that these two people are obviously not.

After all, it is only the beginning of the 21st century, and the general view of foreigners on Chinese people is that there are still many poor people. In a few years, our country will become stronger and stronger, and more Chinese people will travel abroad, and the views of foreigners will gradually begin to change.

However, the phenomenon of anti-China and insulting China in foreign countries is very serious, and there are not a few foreigners who deliberately portray the mainland as if it were still in a feudal society, and under its influence, there are not a few foreigners who have a contemptuous attitude towards the Chinese people.

The antique business of this second-hand store is just a side business of the boss, therefore, there are not many antiques here, there are only three shelves in total, there are about 60 pieces, most of which are things like lighters, clocks and watches, and there are only more than 20 domestic antiques.

Anyway, there is more time, so Chu Chen was enthusiastic while appreciating it, and at the same time introduced Wu Ke, which was quite interesting for a while.

After looking at a few miscellaneous gadgets, Chu Chen didn't expect that three of the five things were genuine, and such a genuine rate was really not low in the antique industry, which made him immediately interested, but when he saw the price, he couldn't help but shake his head.

On the contrary, some shopkeepers have a higher cognitive judgment ability for the antiques they sell, and some can be said to be connoisseurs, and some are comparable to experts, and the accuracy of their dating is much higher than that of some so-called experts in China.

In particular, they have a thorough understanding of the market, unless they miss the eye, otherwise it is not so easy to find antiques at a low price.

Of course, as in China, not every shopkeeper is very proficient in this aspect, but in terms of the price that I see now, the level of the shopkeeper in front of me is obviously not low, and the price of those things just now is full of market price, unless it is bought to collect, if it is bought by a businessman, there is no profit at all.

"Hey, what is this thing, it's so cute!" Wu Ke pointed to something on the shelf and said in surprise.

Chu Chen turned his head to see that it was a very lively and cute rabbit scent.

Rabbit Xun is black and ancient, dark and moisturizing, it looks like revealing a bit of mysterious color, and the unique processing of details makes this rabbit Xun lively and cute everywhere.

The rabbit's appearance is very similar to Pikachu in the comics, with its head held high, its eyes wide open, its mouth slightly open, and its expression very focused.

It is conceivable that if incense is lit at this time, it must be admiring the smoke cloud from its mouth in surprise, and the appearance makes people smile when they look at it.

This rabbit Kaoru can be described as lively and creative, although the details are very rough, but it is precisely because of this that this work is more intimate and artistically expressive, unforgettable.

Chu Chen took the rabbit xun in his hand, and after observing it carefully, he explained with a smile: "This thing is called rabbit xun, it was used for incense in ancient times, if you like it, we will buy it later!" ”

"Okay!"

Wu Ke nodded very happily, but when he saw the price of Rabbit Xun, he hesitated: "It costs 1,200 pounds, it seems to be a little expensive." ”

At present, the median price of British pounds and RMB is more than 1:14, but it is generally calculated according to 1:15, 1,200 pounds, and when converted into RMB, it is 18,000.

Although Wu Ke liked this rabbit Xun very much, she still felt that a fifteen or sixteen centimeter tall bronze vessel was a bit expensive to buy for 18,000 yuan, and she was a little reluctant in her heart.

Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "Listen to me, this price is still more appropriate." ”

After all, her father is in the antique business, although Wu Ke is not proficient in antiques, but he has never eaten pork and has always seen pigs run, hearing Chu Chen say this, she immediately reacted, buying it at this price should be regarded as a leak, so she happily took the things in her hands and played with them.

Next, Chu Chen looked at a few more things, and the things were real, but except for an official mold tool, the others were not expensive, just some small objects that he was not interested in.

The gourd ware is actually a gourd ware, which is a traditional handicraft that combines natural beauty with the meaning of people and craftsmen. It refers to the use of artificially made molds engraved with Yin patterns, set on the young gourd, and when the gourd grows up after the autumn, the shape of the gourd is the same as the graphics on the mold.

During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, the technique of this kind of gourd was extremely developed, and it was called "Fan Songworm Gourd" at that time, and it became a popular culture at that time to use this gourd to store Songworms (such as grasshoppers).

As for the official mold, it refers to the antique industry in Beijing and the inheritors of the insect breeding, a general term for the fan gourd related to the royal family, which is characterized by complex and exquisite patterns.

The relative official model is the tool made by the folk craftsman, which is called the folk model.

What Chu Chen saw in front of him was an official mold gourd in the Qianlong period.

The upper part of this vessel is square, and the four sides are printed with immortal auspicious cloud patterns. The lower half is 12 planes, respectively, eight triangular planes are printed with a group of longevity patterns, four square planes are printed with immortal auspicious cloud patterns, and it is also commendable that the lid of this vessel is not lost, and it is an ivory cover.

This piece of gourd should be grown in a ceramic impression, after all, the gourd is a plant, can only be harvested once a year in the autumn, affected by the climate, soil, seeds and other natural factors of the year, so you can harvest a satisfactory finished product, it is not easy.

What's more, with such a unique shape and such a clear texture, it can be said that there is no exaggeration in ten thousand. What's even more rare is that this device has been preserved until now, and there are basically no flaws on the surface, and the price is only 3,800 pounds, so Chu Chen immediately decided to take it down.

In the middle of the next few miscellaneous antiques, there are no good things, and I don't know if there are more genuine products in front of the road, and most of the remaining antiques are fakes. However, Chu Chen was already very satisfied with the two things he could find in this second-hand store. (To be continued......)