Unlike other shops on the street, which are lit with various weird colored LED lights, the sign of Strange Things House is a quaint wooden board, and if you don't look carefully, I'm afraid it's hard to find this store.

How can such a sign do business!

Zhang Xiaobei looked at the antique signboard and felt a little strange.

Although he felt strange, the rain outside was too heavy, Zhang Xiaobei stood under the eaves, and the rain still kept splashing on him.

There was no way, although he was a little embarrassed, Zhang Xiaobei still pushed open the door of the strange house.

The shop was a little dim, and Zhang Xiaobei patted the rain on his head while looking at the furnishings in the store.

This should be a shop converted from a residential building, and the area of the house is not large, about 40 square meters.

Directly facing the door is a counter about one meter high, and on either side are containers that go straight to the roof, on which are messily placed all kinds of objects.

None of these things are new, is this a store that sells second-hand items?

Although he was not interested in these things, but looking at the increasingly heavy rain outside the door, Zhang Xiaobei still walked slowly towards the house, searching for the owner of the store, thinking that if the boss didn't let him take shelter from the rain inside, then he would have to go to the adult product store next door.

"What do you want to buy?"

Zhang Xiaobei was looking at the counter, looking for the figure of the boss, when an old man's voice suddenly came from behind him, which scared Xiao Fan.

Zhang Xiaobei turned around, and behind him stood an old man with gray hair, holding an old book that was very old for a long time, and looking at Xiao Fan from the top of the glass.

"It's raining outside and want to come in and take shelter. ”

Although he had already thought of an excuse, but was stared at by the old man, somehow, Zhang Xiaobei blurted out the truth.

The old man's expression did not change because of Zhang Xiaobei's words, he moved his gaze to the door, "Yo, this rain is heavy enough!"

Zhang Xiaobei rubbed his hands a little embarrassed, looked around casually, but his eyes were attracted by the book in the old man's hand, "On the Rationality of Time Reset and the Deviation That Tends to Occur in the Operation Process".

I'll go, this uncle's reading book is a bit amazing!

The old man probably sensed Zhang Xiaobei's surprise, and his gaze crossed over the book and looked at Zhang Xiaobei.

The two looked at each other, and Zhang Xiaobei looked away as if nothing had happened, looking at the shelves on both sides.

The things on this shelf are really strange, and Zhang Xiaobei's eyes were immediately attracted by the things on the shelf.

On the shelf facing Zhang Xiaobei is a wooden card, the size of mahjong, but much thinner, wearing a red rope on the wooden card, tied with a strange knot.

Zhang Xiaobei carried the red rope, lifted the wooden card, and brought it to him.

The wooden sign is very smooth, with an oily gloss, Zhang Xiaobei has watched the treasure appreciation show and knows that this is the so-called pulp, it seems that this wooden card is still an old object.

Zhang Xiaobei hesitated, but still held the wooden card with his hand, the wooden card felt very good, held in his hand, the cool feeling passed through his palm, to his heart.

Turning the wooden card over, Zhang Xiaobei was surprised to find that there were words engraved on the back of the wooden card, but it was a good wooden card, what does the word "time" mean.

This kind of thing with years should not be engraved with some things such as celebrity poems or mysterious and mysterious things, this engraved a "time" word is a few meanings, is the previous owner of this wooden card surnamed "time"?

This is really a rare surname!

Although the wooden card looked good, it was useless to Zhang Xiaobei, so Zhang Xiaobei still put the wooden card back in its original place.

Zhang Xiaobei continued to search on the shelves, and an hourglass attracted Zhang Xiaobei's attention, and the hourglass didn't know what was inside, it was black.

Strangely, the black stuff inside the hourglass didn't leak out of the hourglass at all.

So what's the use of this hourglass?

Zhang Xiaobei looked at this so-called hourglass, and really had no way to understand what this thing could be used for.

Is this an ornament?

Zhang Xiaobei finally gave up the study of the hourglass and continued to search the shelves, at this time, a black watch entered Zhang Xiaobei's field of vision.

The strap of this watch is mottled and looks like it has been quite a few years old. Zhang Xiaobei picked up the watch, and the hands on the watch were still moving.

After checking the time with the clock on the wall, Zhang Xiaobei was pleasantly surprised to find that the watch was very accurate, almost every second.

The reason why I am interested in this watch is because there is still half a month to go to the college entrance examination, and the head teacher has told everyone before that everyone should prepare a watch to facilitate the time to arrange the answer sheet during the exam.

Zhang Xiaobei was worried about where to buy a cheap watch, but he didn't expect it to be in this small store!

Moreover, Zhang Xiaobei did not see the brand logo on this watch, although he was not familiar with the brand of the watch, but since this watch did not have a brand logo, it means that this watch is not a brand, and the price may be within the range he can afford.

Now, if you buy an electronic watch at random, it will cost at least a few dozens. He didn't use this watch except for the exam, and it only took two days for dozens of dollars, which was a bit uncost-effective.

And this watch is just what he wants.

Zhang Xiaobei turned the watch over and saw that the back of the watch was engraved with "zhang".

It seems that the previous owner of this watch was also surnamed Zhang, and there was such a coincidence, this watch was simply tailor-made for him!

Zhang Xiaobei thinks this may be the legendary fate.

Zhang Xiaobei held the watch in his hand and walked towards the counter.

"Boss, how do you sell this watch?"

Zhang Xiaobei took the old black watch and walked to the counter.

He silently calculated in his heart that if the price offered by the boss was too high, then he would bargain on the grounds that the back of the watch was engraved.

If this watch is too expensive, then he might as well go out and buy an electronic watch for dozens of dollars, at least the quality is guaranteed.

The boss poked his head out from behind the book and looked at the watch in Zhang Xiaobei's hand, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he covered it up well.

"What, you want to buy this watch?"

The old man put the book in his hand on the table and asked Zhang Xiaobei.

Zhang Xiaobei nodded, and then added, "But I don't have much money, if this watch is too expensive, I may not be able to afford it." ”

The old man laughed, "You little guy is quite good at bargaining." Say, how much do you want to buy this watch?"

Zhang Xiaobei was stunned, this boss really doesn't play cards according to common sense, how can he ask the guest how much money he wants to buy, is it difficult for me to say how much money, how much money you will buy for me?

The boss's words choked back Zhang Xiaobei's bargaining preparation. Zhang Xiaobei put his hand in his pants pocket and touched the money in his pocket.

In addition to paying tuition fees to Zhang Xiaobei, his aunt gave Zhang Xiaobei a hundred yuan of pocket money every month, to be honest, Zhang Xiaobei went to school every day, ate and lived in school, and his aunt bought everything he wore and used, except for occasionally going out with the monkey for supper at night, Zhang Xiaobei did not have any expenses.

So, now Zhang Xiaobei has almost eighty yuan in his pocket.

Zhang Xiaobei quickly calculated and gave his offer, "Twenty yuan?"

He still had to keep the rest of the money, and although it was the end of the month, he still had to save some money for emergencies.

"Twenty yuan?" the old man's eyes hidden behind the glasses smiled, which made Zhang Xiaobei a little flustered.

"Boss, you see, the strap of this watch is worn out, and the back of the watch is still engraved......"

Zhang Xiaobei said all the words he had prepared before, he looked at the old man's secretive face, he didn't know what the old man meant, and waited anxiously for the old man's words.

Fortunately, the old man didn't let Zhang Xiaobei wait too long, "Twenty yuan, deal!"

The old man replied so simply, making Zhang Xiaobei wonder if the price he gave was too high!

Sure enough, it was bought but not sold, and this old guy must have taken advantage of himself.

But Zhang Xiaobei, as a manly husband, can't count what he says, so although Zhang Xiaobei was a little unhappy in his heart, he still took out twenty yuan from his pocket and handed it to the old man.

The old man took the money, threw it into the open drawer without even looking at it, "Bring me the watch, I'll put it on for you." ”

"No, I'll just take it back. Zhang Xiaobei thought to himself, what kind of packaging do you need to buy an old watch, he just brought it directly.

"No," the old man shook his head, his tone very insistent, "you can't just take it out when you buy something from me." ”

Zhang Xiaobei didn't say anything and handed over the watch in his hand.

The old man took out a wooden box made of unknown material, put the watch inside, and then handed it to Zhang Xiaobei, "Put it away, don't get wet, take it home and bring it home." ”

Zhang Xiaobei let out an "oh" and put the wooden box in his schoolbag.

I don't know when the rain outside has stopped, but the sky is still overcast.

Zhang Xiaobei decided to take advantage of the fact that the rain had stopped and hurry back, otherwise it would be difficult to do it again in a while.

After thanking the boss, Zhang Xiaobei pushed the door and left the strange house.

Looking at Zhang Xiaobei's departing back, there was a sly smile in the old man's eyes.