The county magistrate You sent his subordinates to send three antiques, all of which were honored by others on weekdays, and asked Master Fan to sell them on his behalf, without pricing, saying that Master Fan would watch and sell, and half of the silver sold would be used as a hardship fee. This commission is not high, and most of the commissions in the antique shop are one percent, but for an iron rooster like the county magistrate You, it is not easy to be willing to take out half of it. Basically, as long as it goes into his pocket, he never takes it out again.

The antiques collected (including the county magistrate) accounted for most of the long strips of Master Fan, sixteen sat behind the long strips, responsible for the care and quotation, Master Fan in front of the bamboo tube, can not add the word, just made another small brand, and asked the calligraphy master to write a few antique characters on it: "Antique identification, antique acquisition, antique sales." "The business is increasing little by little, and the income is also a lot more.

The antique market is becoming more and more popular day by day, and antique dealers and collectors from several neighboring counties are also coming to the market. Not counting the sale of antiques, just every time the market opens, Master Fan's appraisal fee and market transaction fee also have dozens of taels of silver, once an antique is sold, the money earned will be more, each piece is less than 100 taels of silver, and more than 1,000 taels.

There are also some fine products identified by Master Fan, all of which are kept by Jia Fushang, who brings a group of large collectors from neighboring provinces, and will come to sweep the goods every half a month.

Of course, after the first batch of antiques sold by the county magistrate of Nayou, he tasted the sweetness, and from time to time sent people to send some antiques that he couldn't look at.

Later, the county magistrate of You was so troublesome, and simply came up with a new trick to make money, as long as someone asked the county magistrate to do something, the county magistrate said that he was honest and honest, and did not receive any gifts, and when things were almost discussed, he took people to the antique market, and the county magistrate took a stroll first, and then walked to Master Fan's stall, looked at the left and the right, and then picked up an amphora and couldn't put it down for a long time.

The amphora was sent by the county magistrate himself, and the size varies from three to three, the large one is three thousand silver, the middle one is two thousand silver, and the small one is one thousand silver (in fact, the three bottles are not worth one thousand taels together). The people who came understood that the county magistrate of Zanyou had an elegant taste, and spent money to buy the amphora and send it to the county magistrate's mansion, which was basically proper, and the amphora could not stay in the county magistrate's house for a few days, and it would magically return to Master Fan's long table.

Naturally, there are some people who don't know how to buy the antiques that the downstream county magistrate fancies, and when things are yellow, they can't figure it out. It wasn't until someone who understood reminded him that he suddenly realized, and hurriedly rushed to Master Fan's to buy the designated amphora. Only this time the price of amphora has changed, and the price of each has increased by three hundred taels. According to County Magistrate You, this is a small lesson for the inconspicuous.

After a long time, people also understood the mind of the county magistrate, and begged him to consciously take the silver two to the antique market, saying that he would buy which bottle to buy. Yancheng complimented the county magistrate You for being honest and elegant in front of him, and scolded him for being insatiable behind his back. It is said that he not only wants to be a bitch, but also wants to set up a chaste archway.

Xiao Qi and Master Fan also really couldn't get used to the practice of the county magistrate You, and gave him the nickname of the county magistrate Shuang Ear behind his back. Regarding this matter, Zhu Laosi said: "I can't help it, even if we don't cooperate with him, there are people who cooperate with him." Besides, every time he brings someone here, half of the commission is still given. ”

After all, Zhuang Xiaochu has seen a lot, but he can see it very clearly: "When the water is clear, there are no fish, how many officials are not like this now? There are too few good officials like Brother Sun." He also said: "We have no power to return to the sky, so we can only adapt to the market." Do what you have to do. ”

In this way, the market is still open, and the commission is still taken. Every month, as usual, the recovered market transaction fee will be sent to the county magistrate, and the county magistrate is not very concerned about the amount, because as long as the amphora is sold, it is often several thousand taels, relatively speaking, the transaction fee in the market is a drizzle.

Hanakozhuang has finally recovered now, and the brothers don't have to tighten their belts anymore. Now there are four sets of horse-drawn carriages running to make money, each more powerful than the other. That's a lot of money!

After making a lot of money, Xiao Qi and Zhuang Xiaochu thought about paying off the debt, and they sent someone to bring a message to the county magistrate and his wife, and the county magistrate and his wife said that there was no need to worry about the money, and they would talk about it when they came back before the Spring Festival. The old lady and Brother Sun lived in the village, Xiao Qi and Zhuang Xiaochu discussed with the county magistrate and his wife, anyway, the two of them came back and couldn't live for many days, but they didn't have to go back to their own house, it was better to go directly to Huazizhuang to settle down, and everyone would get together to be lively.

The county magistrate and his wife thought about it and agreed, especially Wen Lan, when they heard that they came back to live in their sister's village, they couldn't sleep happily, and they only shouted for the couple to leave quickly.

There are still several empty small suites in Huazi Village, and Xiao Qi arranged for a few brothers to clean them up and lay them out properly, and add some of the dressers, large wardrobes, stoves and other things that should be added, which can be regarded as comfortable to live in.

It's almost time to enter the wax moon, and it's time to prepare the items for the New Year.

It seems that it is too late to prepare new clothes for the Zhuang brothers this year, Xiao Qi said: "It doesn't matter if we wear it or not, there will be a long time in the future." But the clothes of the old people in the village are indispensable, they have suffered too much in the past two years, and even their own pension money has been contributed to everyone, and they must be settled properly, but they can't be chilled. Children also have to have some new clothes, and they are looking forward to wearing new clothes for the New Year, and they can't let the children down. ”

Xiao Qi took people to buy some silk, and the little daughters-in-law and eldest girls of the female red team hurried to make clothes, the old people in the village were dressed in one piece, and the children were also dressed in one piece, and even one was prepared for Xiao Wenxuan.

The old gentleman doesn't like to wear red, so he made a suit of ink and blue satin, and the old lady does not wear red this year, so he made a suit of dark green satin. The women in the village all said that the Seventh Lady had arranged it properly.

Not to mention the large number of people this year, the situation in Zhuangzi is also improving, and the county magistrate and his wife are also about to arrive. Zhuang Xiaochu was still a little strange: "Why did these two old brothers become sexuals this time?"

The two brothers were a little embarrassed: "In the past, there was little money in the village, so it was not okay not to be tight, but now that it is rich, we have to let the brothers enjoy it, and besides, the county magistrate and his wife lent us money unconditionally to tide over the difficulties, which is true love, and it is a distinguished guest, so we can't slack off." ”

Zhuang Xiaochu gave these two thumbs up, saying that the two of them could carry it clearly.