Chapter Twenty-Six: Antiques Zhang II

Xu Jing found that he could bargain when he bought things here, and Xu Deshan, the inventor of this skill, looked like he was leaving after earning ten yuan here, so he didn't care where Xu Deshan went, so he hurriedly went to Xu Zheng and told Xu Zheng about this new discovery, to see if he could leave some money as much as possible.

The two of them didn't mention buying things here for the time being, and Xu Deshan called Gao Mang to follow him, and walked a few steps on the street, but in front of them came to a place selling calligraphy and paintings.

In the past dynasties, no matter when, there are always people who want to be vassals and elegant, in order to show their own feelings, not to mention that the Great Song Dynasty ruled the country with literature, and the most readers, so even in this small county, there are many people who have not been admitted to the examination, and those who have money in the family naturally do not have to worry, but there are some poor families, no one lives, but they have other people's diseases, these people are proud of themselves, they are unwilling to farm and do business, and only keep their two broken books.

Books are dead, but people are alive, books can not eat, but people do not eat, who is hungry who knows for themselves, and these readers can only read, no other strengths, so they can only find a place to write for others for a living, this is where these readers gather.

Some have good writing, can write lawsuits, write letters to people, some have good paintings, can sell some calligraphy and paintings, fans, and those who can speak the Tao can be put out for a week, and then on the street to give people face to face and tell fortunes, and some have read some medical books, so they hold a pretense to give people a pulse to see a doctor.

Don't underestimate this group of people, after all, people have also read books, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty are not all rich and super rich, and there will always be people who will find them, so they will not starve to death.

After Xu Deshan came here, he walked around here, and those scholars saw that Xu Deshan was dressed luxuriously, and there were guards behind him, and they were the children of big families at a glance, like this kind of young master, they are generally generous, not to mention that they are not very old, they must be more easy to deceive, especially the fortune teller, their eyes lit up all of a sudden, hoping that Xu Deshan could go to him in front of him, so that he was happy in a few words, and rewarded him with a piece of silver.

The fortune teller thinks well, after all, the big family, material life is no longer much of a pursuit for others, what people are pursuing now is spiritual sublimation, if anyone can give them a high school jinshi wish, they can throw down a few taels of silver when they are happy.

However, the old man who told the fortune was wrong, Xu Deshan bypassed the hexagram stall, walked straight forward, and finally stopped in front of a stall selling calligraphy and paintings.

This calligraphy and painting stall is also a little special, you see there are other calligraphy and painting stalls next to it, their stalls are selling works written by the stall owners themselves, and the artistic conception of the writing is not to be talked about, but it is also a calligraphy and painting, and the price is not expensive.

But this little brother's stall is different, he has calligraphy and paintings, fans, and even some scattered jade objects in this stall, all of which are a little worn, at first glance, giving people a sense of historical vicissitudes.

In China, from ancient times to the present, some things are new and good, but there are some things, but the old is good, such as calligraphy and painting, such as jade and jade, of course, the authentic handiwork handed down by everyone in ancient Shang is priceless, and it should be valuable, but when this habit spreads to the people, it becomes different.

Generally, those who can collect antiques are rich people, courtiers, and wealthy businessmen who pursue authentic works without any problem, but some people in the market, some small money, and have read some books, are about to start pursuing things that are different from others, for example, other people's calligraphy and paintings are painted by whoever is in the dynasty, the painting is good, he looked at it in the past, and his heart is gone, but there is no better painting in his hand, so it is not lower than others, don't worry, he has a way, your painting is not good, then you come to see my ancient paintings of the previous dynasty, How about the painting, it's old, and it must be worth more than your money.

Antiques in the golden era of troubled times, such ideas were very popular in the Song Dynasty, and the superstructure drove the development of the lower class, so antiques and cultural toys, regardless of the real and fake, are very marketable.

The stall in front of me is like this, don't look at this stall, there are usually no people coming, but no matter how small people are, they are antique stalls, they will not open for three years, and they will be open for three years.

The stall owner's name is Zhang Deren, nicknamed Zhang Er, this nickname also has a origin, as the name suggests, there is neither virtue nor people, but it is not Zhang Er. Looking at Xu Deshan again, he really stopped in front of Zhang Er's stall and didn't leave, and squatted down, and kept looking at the bits and pieces on Zhang Er's stall, quite a little bit of swearing not to buy a piece, Zhang Er smiled even more proudly, and even laughed with a group of people who set up stalls here around him, especially the one who set up the stall over there, I don't know if it was because of disappointment or schadenfreude, the smile was the most exaggerated, thinking that this big family really has no eyesight, you come to me and ask me to count a hexagram for you, I will ask you for a few taels of silver at most, I have to coax you to be happy to get it, but if you go to Zhang Er, if you are taken by him, at least it will cost you dozens of taels or hundreds of taels of silver, and in the end, you will know that it is fake, and you will be angry in vain.

Watching chess is silent and true gentleman, not to mention that selling antiques is Zhang Er's job, everyone is here to bow their heads and not look up to see them, who wants to offend Zhang Er for a stupid boy who doesn't know where to come from.

Well, everyone is a true gentleman, everyone doesn't speak, but everyone loves to watch the excitement, I saw Xu Deshan only squatting in front of the stall for a few minutes, and there was already a circle of good-looking and lively people outside, to see how much silver Zhang Er could deceive in the hands of this stupid boy this time.

Zhang Er has been doing this business for ten years, at first he entered the Tao by chance, so he sold things to prepare for the exam, but later he found that doing business was more interesting than studying, so Zhang Er sold these fake antiques full-time.

Since he is full-time, Zhang Er's professional quality is also very high, seeing Xu Deshan looking enthusiastic and concentrated, Zhang Er just ignored Xu Deshan, let Xu Deshan pick and choose, look like you love to buy or not, and look forward to it in my heart, if this stupid boy is careless and breaks one or two things of himself, then wouldn't he be able to open his mouth and ask him for a few hundred taels of silver.