Chapter 92: The Antique Shop Treasure Hunt (1/3)

Zheng Jing slept very deeply this night, and slept until more than nine o'clock in the morning before waking up.

After waking up, Zheng Jing felt refreshed, and his body was full of strength.

After playing a set of basic moves, Zheng Jing went to wash.

After eating something to fill his stomach, Zheng Jing was ready to go out for a walk.

It would be a shame not to visit Manila.

I have to shoot a video before leaving.

Coming to the outside of the hotel, Zheng Jing looked at the surrounding high-rise buildings and decided to go to the area with a lot of smoke and fire.

The municipal district in the northwest of Manila City, Tongdu, is dominated by residential and industrial areas. It is the most densely populated, poorest and least developed region in the world.

When it comes to pyrotechnics, there is no opponent in Tangdu District.

Coming down from the jeepney, Zheng Jing walked down the street.

Walking on the street, Zheng Jing looked curiously at the buildings on both sides.

Although the Tongdu district is one of the most densely populated and backward areas, the buildings here are not the tin houses that people think.

Most of the houses here are red brick buildings.

The most he saw was a two-story building.

He also saw a family building in the distance, and the bricks they used were the mainstream blue bricks.

Judging by the architecture of the house, they should have built two floors.

At first, Zheng Jing thought that this place was very poor and backward, but when he came here, he saw that it was not like this at all.

The streets here are clean and the people who live here have smiles on their faces.

It's not like it's backward and disorderly, as people say.

Due to the location and infrastructure, motorcycles are the most common means of transport here.

It can be said that motorcycles are available in every household here.

In order to better understand the customs here, Zheng Jing entered a small alley.

It's an ordinary alley, and it's very cluttered inside, with things placed randomly on both sides of the road.

Seeing what Zheng Jing was wearing and the camera he was holding, the young man who was talking to a friend on the side of the road also stopped talking.

They were shirtless, with tattoos exposed, shorts on the lower half of their bodies, and sandals on their feet, and they looked at him with curiosity.

Zheng Jing didn't mean to talk to them, and walked directly past them.

Passing through the alley, Zheng Jing came to another street, which was not very wide, but there was a lot of people.

Walking on this street, Zheng Jing saw children the most.

When he came to the place where the children gathered, Zheng Jing knew the reason.

It turns out that there is a grocery store here, and the grocery store sells everything that children like.

No wonder he hadn't seen the children in the alley just now, they were all attracted by the things in the grocery store.

The grocery store owner is an old man in his sixties.

Don't look at his age, but his body is still very tough.

Seeing the camera in Zheng Jing's hand, he took the initiative to ask Zheng Jing to take a photo of him.

Through subsequent conversations, Zheng Jing learned the old man's name.

His name is Daniel, he is sixty-eight years old this year, and the old man does not accept old age and closely follows the times.

After hearing that Zheng Jing is a world traveler who travels around the globe and uploads the video he took to Douyin, Daniel took out his phone and opened TikTok.

"I watch TikTok every day, and it makes me see a lot, so I also follow a lot of people."

Zheng Jing was very curious about who Daniel, an almost seventy-year-old man, was concerned about.

"Can I take a look at the people you follow?"

Daniel didn't refuse and handed him the phone directly.

Zheng Jing opened the attention column, good guy, the number of followers is 13,462 people.

Moreover, these people are all scantily dressed and good-looking girls.

Good guy, pay attention to so many girls, can he afford it?

"Do you watch this every day?"

Zheng Jing pointed to a video that could not pass the review.

"Of course, I watch the girls every day, and when I see them dancing, I feel empowered all day."

When Zheng Jing heard Daniel's words, he was really convinced.

It's really old-hearted, it's not easy to insist on watching girls every day at such an old age.

It's so touching.

Zheng Jing decided that he would learn from him in the future and watch the girl every day.

Because of the time, Zheng Jing didn't talk to Daniel for too long, and before leaving, he asked what fun places around.

Daniel told Zheng Jing two places.

One is the Holy Infant Church of Tongdu, which is one of the hottest churches in the Philippines.

The other place is the largest antique shop in Yuto Ward, which has been open for more than 40 years and is now one of the largest antique shops in Yuto Ward.

Knowing the location and direction, Zheng Jing said hello to Daniel and left.

Walking out of this street and coming to the main road, Zheng Jing first looked at the direction, asked passers-by, and then walked forward.

I don't know how many turns I made and how many alleys I crossed, but after more than half an hour, Zheng Jing finally saw the Holy Child Church.

The architecture of the Church of the Holy Innocents is very special. There is a clear difference from the surrounding architectural style.

The entire church was built in the neoclassical style.

As the name suggests, the church houses a statue of the Child of Jesus.

That is, a child portrait.

Speaking of which, there is also a legend.

Legend has it that in 1565, a fire razed Cebu to the ground on April 27, but the "statue of the Holy Child" was left intact, and the locals called it a miracle and worshipped it.

Subsequently, Miguel Lopez and Father Andrés Udanetta built the "Statue of Jesus Christ the Young" on the site where the "Statue of the Holy Child" was found, and the replica of the "Statue of the Holy Child" was stored in the convent of the Catholic Cathedral, while the original "Statue of the Holy Child" was enshrined on the altar of the church.

The 40-centimeter-tall wooden "Statue of Jesus Christ the Young" is revered as the oldest icon in the Philippines and is still worshipped by the public.

In 1572, Mexico gifted the Infant Jesus to the church.

As the news spread, more and more followers of Jesus came from out of town.

For this reason, the streets around the church are filled with family restaurants and supermarkets.

Because of the existence of this church, many families have made a fortune.

Because he was not allowed to take pictures, Zheng Jing just walked in and took a look.

The walls of the interior of the church are inlaid with many frescoes.

These frescoes are all about Jesus.

At the top of the church, a statue of Jesus in the image of the Holy Child is standing on a table.

Looking at this dark-skinned statue of the Holy Child, Zheng Jing felt a little curious, was this Jesus so dark when he was a child?

Because he did not know the history of Jesus, Zheng Jing left after seeing the statue.

If you don't leave, you can't do it, someone else is going to eat.

Walking out of the Church of the Holy Child, Zheng Jing came to a nearby street, which was densely packed with restaurants.

Looking at the colorful signboards, Zheng Jing didn't know which one to go to eat for a while.

Choosing a clean restaurant to enter, Zheng Jing asked for an Apo bucket and a serving of rice.

After eating, Zheng Jing did not leave in a hurry, but found the owner of the restaurant to ask for directions.

There is no way, the buildings here are too dense, and some intersections do not have street signs, so I don't know where to go.

After asking for directions, Zheng Jing thanked the boss before leaving the hotel.

Walk out of the hotel, follow the street, and walk a distance to the left.

Just like that, he asked for directions while walking, and after walking for almost half an hour, Zheng Jing saw the antique shop that Daniel said.

This antique shop is located on the left side of an intersection surrounded by a two-story old house.

Across the street from the antique shop is an elementary school, and it's school time, and there are no students outside.

I looked up at the sign.

Juan's antique shop.

The owner of this antique shop is called Juan.

Walking into the store, a pleasant wind chime sounded.

"Welcome to Juan's antique shop!"

Walking in, there was a bar, and behind the bar, two young female cashiers were standing.

After looking at the store, I found that this antique store is not very large, and when I looked at it before and after, it was about 400 square meters.

Although the store is not large, it is very popular, and there are seven or eight people in the store who are buying things besides him.

As usual, take a look at the jewelry rack placed at the exit.

Something.

On the jewelry shelf, there are jewelry made of pure gold, and what Zheng Jing pays the most attention to is a gold and pearl necklace placed on the top layer.

Although he didn't understand the price of pearls, judging from the data that each one was written on the information card on the side, it was worth millions, right?

Zheng Jing counted the number of pearls on it, a total of forty-five.

That's a few hundred thousand.

Smacking his lips, Zheng Jing decided to ask the price when he left last, and if the price was right, he could buy it.

The jewelry shelves are placed on both sides, and on the other side, beautifully crafted silverware is placed.

There are two jewelry shelves, and the most on them are jewelry made of gold.

Now Zheng Jing is mostly gold, and now he has no interest in these gold jewelry at all.

After looking at these jewelry, Zheng Jing looked at the oil painting on the wall on the right.

There are a lot of oil paintings on the walls, and if you look at it roughly, there are 200 of them.

Zheng Jing took a moment to look at all the oil paintings, and found that the oil paintings on them were actually the works of modern painters.

I haven't even seen an oil painting from more than a hundred years ago.

I don't know if the owner of this shop put it away.

Zheng Jing scanned the store and saw the boss who was introducing items to a customer.

Judging by his gray hair, he was at least sixty-five years old.

After waiting for a while, after seeing that the guest had bought something, Zheng Jing hurriedly called him over.

"Sir, is there anything wrong?"

"I see that the paintings on this wall are all modern works, do you have any earlier ones here?"

When Juan heard Zheng Jing's words, he was happy in his heart, this is for business.

"Of course, Mr. Yi is a knowledgeable person, and I can bring it to you if you need it now."

Zheng Jing is also trying his luck to see if he can pick up the leak in the antique store.

If you want to say that you want to pick up a leak, the chances of oil painting are very high.

"Take it out, I'll take a look."

"Okay, you wait in the rest area first, and I'll take the items out for you."

Juan finished speaking and left with a smile on his face.

Zheng Jing didn't look at it either, walked to the rest area on the side and sat down and waited.

Soon, Zheng Jing saw Juan and a young man coming in from the outside carrying a large mahogany box.

Look at the weight, there should be a lot of oil paintings in it.