In the early 80s, China was immersed in the upsurge of reform and opening up, alternating between the old and the new, and all kinds of industries were waiting to be developed. At this time, foreign businessmen who saw the signs began to pour into China in large numbers, hoping to ride the wave of reform and find a pot of gold.

And the capital of China, this ancient and somewhat mysterious city, is undergoing a huge transformation and flourishing day by day.

In the old Beijing Mao'er Hutong in the south of the city, there is an inconspicuous small shop at the innermost corner. The plaque above the door of the store hangs crookedly, as if it could fall off when the wind blows. People who happened to pass by here hid far away, for fear that the plaque would fall and hit themselves. The three gilded characters on the plaque are faintly, and you can see the word "Shiju" behind it. The words in front of me, I don't know if it's because of the wind and sun, or if it's not written at all, it's vague, and I can't see what words are written at all.

It stands to reason that ordinary shops are opened in a bustling and prosperous area to have a prosperous business, and only people with burned brains will open their business in this place where birds do not lay eggs, this is not waiting to starve to death!

I am the owner of this small antique shop, and the two brothers of life and death with the same surname as me, the fat man, spend their lives guarding this inconspicuous antique shop. However, the true face of this small antique shop is not what others see as ugly.

My name is "Fake Sven", which is just a nickname, because I am an orphan who was thrown on the grave of the grave in the graveyard since I was a child, and I was almost beaten to death as a ghost baby. As a result, he was kindly adopted and picked up a life, and by chance, he and his brother Fatty, who grew up together, fled to the capital, entered this antique shop, and became the last of China's mountain movers.

These stories will be discussed later, but what I want to tell now is the reason for becoming a real tomb robber, and the ups and downs of my life.

One day at the end of October, suddenly, a black luxury car drove to the intersection of Mao'er Hutong and stopped, startling the sparrows pecking on the ground. It seems that the car wanted to drive into the alley, but unfortunately because the alley was too narrow, there was no way to drive the car in, so it had to brake sharply and stop at the mouth of the alley.

At this moment, the door of the black limousine opened, and a young man came out of the passenger seat, carrying a suitcase. After he got out of the car, he quickly turned around and opened the back door, bent down and respectfully greeted a person.

This person has a fat head and big ears, a big oily back, and looks like a middle-aged boss. His figure is not ordinary fat, but fat, giving people a greasy feeling all over his body, as if the sun can melt, and he walks with a big belly, swaying left and right, and seems to be very inconvenient to move.

The young man who got out of the car first obediently opened the parasol to help the fat man cover the scorching sun above his head, and then the two walked slowly towards the alley. It took a long time to walk to the end of the alley, looking at the shop in front of him, the fat man smacked his lips very dissatisfied: "You don't need to make it so mysterious, it's really hard to find." But it's too disappointing, the store is so shabby, smaller than a sparrow. Xiao Chen, you said it so amazingly, isn't it a lie? The fat man spoke a very non-standard Hong Kong Mandarin, and after speaking, he tilted his head sideways and squinted at the young man next to him.

The young man immediately said very respectfully: "Boss, this is the place, the talented people are very high-minded, and they like to live in sparsely populated places. With that, the young man immediately stepped forward, pushed open the door of the store, and turned sideways to let the fat man enter the store first.

A small room of about ten square meters, with some porcelain displayed on the cabinet opposite the door and window. On the wall on the left hand of the door hung some celebrity calligraphy and paintings, and on the right was a half-person-high glass display case, which was stacked haphazardly, large and small packaging boxes. There was no one sitting on the only chair behind the glass cabinet, and in the corner behind the chair there was a back door with a double carp curtain embroidered.

The fat man walked to the cabinet, looked at the porcelain, and then looked at the calligraphy and paintings, and said mockingly: "The antique shop has so many fakes here, it is a ghost who is ready to deceive the blind!" Tut-tut, it's really in vain, and it's really unbelievable from hearsay. Then, with great dissatisfaction, he glanced at the young man beside him.

The young man shouted into the small door with a little embarrassment, "Is anyone there?" Here comes the guests. ”

The fat man and I were not in the antique store, because the store was stuffy, so we moved two small benches, held a fan, and took a cool spot in the alley behind the antique store. However, through the tulle curtain covering the back door of the antique store in Yishiju, the two people who came in had already seen it.

The fat man is a typical Northeast man, tall and strong, full of meat, and his personality is also very bold, hot-tempered, and straightforward. When he heard the disrespectful words of the people in the store, he was already on fire in his belly, so he arrived before the sound came, and yelled at the small antique store very unfriendly, "Who? Early in the morning, I was noisy. Then he took the lead in lifting the curtain and went in.

The personality and appearance of the fat man and I are just opposite, I look good-looking, with a friendly smile all year round, and the two belong to a combination of a strong and a soft, a literary and a martial arts very compatible partner.

First walked in a tall strong man, with a face full of meat, and then walked in a very delicate young man.

I was worried that the fat man would offend people, so I immediately stood up, lifted the curtain and walked into the antique store.

The two people standing in the store, one tall and one thin, were obviously the master and servant. Outside the door, I heard Humpty Dumpty's Hong Kong and Taiwanese accent, he should be a broad boss who came to the inland to do business. Although it is only a small antique shop on the surface, in fact, it is one of the best "dark villages" in the capital that resells Ming ware (stolen goods obtained from tomb robberies), and it is not a place where you can come if you have money. I was a little worried about the fat boss's disrespectful remarks just now, so I wanted to kill his arrogance, so I didn't say anything about the person who came, but first laughed and teased the fat man next to me and said: "Fat man, can you be quiet, in case you scare away the guests, see how the old man cleans you up." ”

The fat man has a problem, he stumbles when he is excited, he is very reluctant to listen to me call him fat, so he stared at a pair of bull's eyes, and stumbled to me: "Fake Sven, how many times have you told you, Lao Tzu, this is strong, not fat." Also, provoke the old man to be angry, which time is there no time for you, you girl, don't give me a good job here. ”

I didn't reply, and when I saw that the fat boss's face was not very good, the corners of my mouth rose slightly, and then I said to him with a smile: "The little one is called Sven, and he is called the fat man, and they are all guys from this store." The fat man usually speaks loudly, and there is absolutely no malice, I hope the two bosses please forgive me. Dare to ask the two bosses your surname, which master introduced it, generally can find a small shop are connoisseurs, of course, will not look at these garbage, these Xibei goods ("Xibei" combination for "Jia", and "Jia" through "fake", Xibei goods are fake. When the little ones practiced their eyesight, they collected some gadgets that made the bosses laugh. ”

The young man standing in front of me, carrying a silver suitcase, spoke first: "This is Boss He, we were introduced by Fifth Master Cha." With that, he handed over a black business card.

Hearing the name of the fifth master, I didn't dare to slack off, immediately took the business card, and then took a lighter and burned it on the business card, and on the black business card, five golden characters immediately appeared "Strange People and Strange Scholars".

When I saw that the business card was the real thing of the writer, I said to them with my usual smile, "Please wait, you two, I'll go back as soon as I go." After saying that, he turned around and lifted the curtain behind the antique store and walked out of the store.

I walked into the small alley behind the store, and thought to myself: I finally ushered in the long-awaited guests, and I don't know if the old man will let me and the fat man take over the work independently this time to solve the incident. The fat man and I were bored with nothing to do all day, and I hope that this time we can go out of the mountain and break out of our own world. But my old man still treats us as weak children, and he shouldn't agree to let us act alone.

"Yishiju" is a hereditary antique shop, and now my master, Mr. Fang, is in charge, he is a "craftsman who fights inverted", to put it bluntly, he is a tomb robber. But the old man has stopped doing it a long time ago, and now he is collecting some antiques, occasionally helping some rich people solve some difficult chores and passing the time. However, there are very few people who are entrusted with things nowadays, and it is almost my turn to make a move, which really makes me feel that I am wasting my time in silence, and I can't help but sigh secretly in my heart, when will I end such a dull day, alas!

But I didn't know that the two people who came here this time made me embark on a shocking and bumpy life of an inverted fighting craftsman.

I looked down and thought about it, and I had already walked out of the alley where I was, and after stepping up a few stone steps, I wanted to push open the courtyard gate in front of me, but I heard Master's loud voice, coming out of the courtyard through the crack in the door, "Please let them in." ”

As soon as I stretched out my hand, I silently put it down, then turned around and walked back, and after a cigarette passed, I opened the curtain of the back door of the Yishiju again, stood at the door and made a gesture of please, and said to the guest: "The two bosses can't help it, let you wait for a long time, please inside." ”

The fat boss surnamed He was obviously unhappy, shaking his fat body and stepping out of the threshold first, and the moment he stepped out the back door, I saw the disgusted expression on his face. He must have thought that the narrow antique shop would be a living room, but unexpectedly, he walked out of the antique shop and walked into a narrow alley. The fat boss followed me with a reluctant shake of the fat on his face, turned left and right and walked for a while, and walked to the end of the alley, where a large open space appeared in front of him, and there were two riveted doors with red paint trim not far away, and there were two majestic stone lions squatting at the door, and the walls of red bricks and green tiles were extraordinary.

I glanced back at the dumbfounded fat boss, who had long been accustomed to the surprised expression of every guest who came to the old mansion. I motioned for him to wait where he was, and then stepped forward and tapped the pepper clasp on the door a few times before squeaking open the door.

I took the fat boss and the others in, and after walking more than a dozen steps, I shouted into the square hall in front of me, "Master, the guests have arrived." Then he led them into the spacious living room.