Just thinking about it, a few people suddenly came in outside the door, and one of them, a man in his forties, walked over, looked at the thin old man behind the counter, grinned, nodded and said, "Boss Zhang, I brought you some goods, please take a look." ”

The old man nodded, and said indifferently, "Take a look." ”

The man untied his backpack, carefully took out a few blue and white porcelain from it, and placed them on the table in the same way, then rubbed his hands, and said with an expectant face: "Some time ago, I heard that someone was working on the construction site and dug out a lot of treasures, so I hurriedly ran over, but I didn't expect to hurry up and hurry, or it was too late, and the good things were all robbed, so I got these porcelain." ”

The old man put on reading glasses, opened the drawer, took out a magnifying glass from it, and took a picture of a few porcelains for a while, then shook his head and said: "Fake, it must be fake, the sixth child, you let people be blinded, these are imitations after the founding of the People's Republic of China, not worth a few dollars." ”

The middle-aged man's face suddenly darkened, and he stammered: "Boss Zhang, I'm not mistaken, take a closer look, it seems that there is still an era name written on the bottom, saying that it is a treasure in the Kangxi period, these few things, but it cost me more than 3,000 yuan, how can it be fake?" ”

"No, I said it's fake, it's not real!" The old man waved his hand, took off his reading glasses, and said in a low tone: "The workmanship is quite fine, but unfortunately they are all fakes, and they are not worth three hundred yuan, the sixth man, you have lost a lot this time, you must be careful in the future, don't be deceived again." ”

"Alas, it's really unlucky, this time it's a miserable loss!" The middle-aged man stomped his feet, with a helpless expression on his face, and after a while, he put away the porcelain, put it in the backpack, and rubbed it out of his pocket, and after opening it, he put a few ancient coins on the table, and said a little nervously: "Boss Zhang, you can identify it again, are these things worth?" See if you can recover some losses. ”

The old man glanced at it and saw that these ancient coins were in good condition, so he nodded and said, "It's okay, these are at least the real thing." ”

The middle-aged man was relieved, sighed lightly, a flattering smile appeared on his face, and said softly: "It's okay, Boss Zhang, you can give a price." ”

"Okay, let me take a closer look." The old man put on his reading glasses again, took the ancient coin and looked at it, and his face was cloudy.

Zhou Jing felt a little curious, and also leaned over, but saw that these ancient coins were very strange, not the kind of hemp money that was round on the outside and square on the inside, and couldn't help but chuckle: "Boss Zhang, this money is rare, I don't know which dynasty it is?" ”

The old man glanced at him, and said in a low tone: "These are pre-Qin ancient coins, because the shape is like the pants we wear now, so they are also called trouser coins, although this thing is good, but the wear is too serious, the patina has been worn away, and the collection value is greatly reduced, what a pity!" ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded, and said incoherently: "Boss Zhang, I wiped off those green hairs, when I first got them, the copper coins were dirty, and in order to sell them at a good price, I washed them with a brush, and it took more than two hours to clean them, and my arms were tired and sore for several days!" ”

When the old man heard this, he couldn't cry or laugh, threw the ancient coin on the table, and said hatefully: "Sixth, sixth, you are really confused, I wanted to give you a few more money, but now I want to slap you twice!" ”

"It's a thankless effort, a big loss, a big loss!" The middle-aged man also knew that he had done something stupid, so he stood in place, scratching the back of his head with his hand, and smirked.

After some bargaining, Boss Zhang spent 1,800 yuan to accept these ancient coins, sent people away, and shook his head and said: "This He Lao Liu, who wants to make a fortune with antiques, but he doesn't understand anything, but he spoils a lot of good things." ”

At this time, a middle-aged woman in a pink dress came over and probed her head and said, "Boss Zhang, do you still recognize me?" ”

Boss Zhang nodded and said softly, "Recognize, how is the old gentleman's illness?" ”

The middle-aged woman sighed and said lightly: "I didn't rescue it, my father left last week." ”

Boss Zhang shook his head lightly and said with a regretful face: "It's too sudden, it was fine last month, but if you say no, it's gone, the world is impermanent." ”

The middle-aged woman nodded, looked at the antiques on the shelves, leaned over again, and said in a low voice: "Boss Zhang, my father didn't have any other hobbies before his death, he liked to collect, and in the past few decades, he has also saved a room of jars and jars, and now that the people are gone, those things are useless to keep, so I packed them and packed them up, you can also take a look, give a suitable price and sell them." ”

Boss Zhang nodded and said softly, "Okay, where is the thing?" ”

"It's all in a taxi outside!" After the middle-aged woman finished speaking, she led the old man out, and Zhou Jing also followed to the door, leaning against the door, watching the two of them move out of the taxi with several large boxes of things.

Boss Zhang squatted on the steps at the door, opened the box, and picked out the Spring and Autumn clay pot, lion button seal stone, unicorn sending pot, southern Anhui brick carving, pottery oil lamp, Han Wadang, blue and white double peach small saucer

He laid out the things in the same way, roughly estimated the price, took out a stack of thick tickets, handed them to the middle-aged woman, and said with some emotion: "The old gentleman was poor during his lifetime, but he had excellent eyesight, and all he collected were some rare things, but now the world is different, and there are fewer and fewer people who really know the goods, and these things can't be sold at a good price, so they can only be given to these, you have to understand." ”

"It's okay, you're my father's best friend, so you won't fool me!" The middle-aged woman hurriedly took the money, and didn't count it, so she put it directly in her pocket, looked at the jars and jars on the steps, sighed, and said stupidly: "I wanted to keep a thought, but there are too many things, and they still occupy space, so it is better to vacate the room and use it as a study for the child, so as not to see things and think about people, and look sad." ”

Boss Zhang nodded, turned around, and beckoned, "Young man, do me a favor and help me bring these things in." ”

Zhou Jing smiled slightly, walked out, and helped Boss Zhang take the things to the shop one by one, at this time, the middle-aged woman suddenly remembered something, hurriedly opened the trunk of the taxi, and said softly: "Boss Zhang, there is a strange stone here, the old man liked this stone the most when he was alive, just stare at it if it's okay, do you see how valuable it is?" ”

Zhou Jing followed behind Boss Zhang, came to the side of the taxi, looked over, but saw a brown stone lying inside, this stone is not small, as big as two watermelons, the surface is smooth, the white jaw belt is prominent, there are pine flowers on the chin, and there are faint python patterns on it, like scales, which looks a little different.

Boss Zhang only glanced at it, then lost interest, waved his hand and said, "I'm sorry, we don't accept stones in our store, you better ask elsewhere." ”

The middle-aged woman was suddenly deflated and said softly: "Forget it, then throw it away, young man, you can help and carry it down." ”

Zhou Jing moved the stone out, only felt that it weighed dozens of catties, he put the stone on the side of the road, and returned to the store with Boss Zhang, Boss Zhang picked up a bamboo pen holder, handed it to Zhou Jing, and said with a smile: "Young man, thank you for your help, this is for you!" ”

Zhou Jing smiled and waved his hand, and said politely: "It's just a gesture, Boss Zhang doesn't have to be polite." ”

Boss Zhang put away the things on the counter, looked at the middle-aged woman outside the door and got into the car and left, then shook his head, frowned, and said: "This woman can talk and do things, and she can't find anything wrong with it, but she is so mean to the old people at home, it's really surprising!" ”

Zhou Jing was slightly stunned, and said in surprise: "What do you say?" ”

Boss Zhang poured a cup of tea, took a sip, squinted his eyes and said: "A few days ago, when I was playing chess with the old gentleman, I often heard him say that several children tortured the old man in different ways in order to compete for real estate, and sometimes they couldn't even eat hot meals. ”

Zhou Jing frowned and said softly, "That's really too much." ”

Boss Zhang sighed and said lightly: "In this world, people's hearts are broken, and there are many things that cannot be said." ”

Zhou Jing smiled, didn't say anything, waited for a long time, and still didn't see Wang Yannian come back, he couldn't help but be a little worried, so he got up and came to the door of the store, looked out, but didn't see a figure.

As he was looking, he saw a fat aunt wearing a red hoop on her arm coming over, pointing to the stones on the side of the road, and yelling at him: "Young man, you are not allowed to litter here, you quickly remove the stones!" ”

Zhou Jing was slightly stunned, and hurriedly explained: "Auntie, this stone is not mine. ”

The fat aunt crossed her hands on her waist, did not give up, put on a straight face, and said menacingly: "Then I don't care, many people saw it just now, you unloaded the stone from the taxi, you have to be responsible for getting it away, don't trip pedestrians at night." ”

"Okay, I'll move then." Zhou Jing was a little helpless, but he didn't want to argue with her, picked up the heavy stone, looked around, and walked to the Land Rover car more than ten meters away, opened the trunk, and gently put the stone in.

When he returned to the store, he saw that the Longquan phoenix ear bottle was still there, so he smiled slightly and said to the old man: "It's just a matter of collecting antiques, how can there be anyone who likes to play with stones?" ”

The old man lowered his head, played with a jade wrench, and said in a flat tone: "It's normal, the mountain is not strange without stones, the water is not clear with stones, the garden is not beautiful without stones, and the room is not elegant without stones. ”

Zhou Jing saw that the old man was out of chapters, talking extraordinary, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised, and waited for seven or eight minutes before the deputy mayor Wang Yannian rushed back, after paying, Zhou Jing helped him put the porcelain into the sandalwood box, carefully carried it to the car, and said softly: "Mayor Wang, where are you going now?" ”

Wang Yannian raised his wrist and looked at the table below, and said softly: "It's still early, let's go see a friend first, in the Shuangyang community behind the friendship mall, can you know the way?" ”

"Recognize!" Zhou Jing started the car, slowly drove out of the antique market, along the road to the west, about half an hour later, the car drove into the Shuangyang community, stopped at an elevator building, Wang Yannian got out of the car, stood on the side of the car and made a call, then took the briefcase, and walked upstairs.

Zhou Jing smoked a cigarette, pushed the car door and walked down, went around to the back of the car, opened the trunk, took out the big stone, looked at it for a long time, and kept shaking his head and said: "Such a broken stone, can you still maintain a surname and cultivate love?" ”