As the saying goes, 'gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times', as the national situation becomes more and more stable, the implementation of the reform policy has begun to bear fruit. Private collecting and trading, which has never stopped, has also shown a steady upward trend.

Thinking that Liu Daneng had been in the pigeon market all the year round, he didn't know much about this matter, so he deliberately went to Qianchuan Lin's house. From the old carpenter, Xu Zhengdao asked more about the collection and trading of antiques.

Not to mention anything else, the old furniture that Qian Chuanlin bought on his behalf, the rarer the wood furniture, the higher the price. Although the price increase is not very exaggerated, it is an indisputable fact that the price of old furniture is rising.

Hearing that Xu Zhengdao planned to buy jade, Qian Chuanlin was very surprised and said: "Ah Zheng, jade is much more expensive than furniture. Collect this thing, if you don't do it well, you may really lose it. Are you sure you want to buy it? ”

"Old money, it's not as exaggerated as you say. I just want to buy some jade materials and learn jade carving. You know, I'm an idler! I always have to find something to do to pass the time, and I think that the price of jade will also increase in the future.

It just so happened that this trip went out, and I made a small profit. When you put this money in your pocket, it always feels less and less valuable. Rather than saving money, I would rather exchange it for furniture and jade. What do you think? How about taking me to the world? ”

"Done! If you don't have bad money, what can I say? ”

As he spoke, Xu Zhengdao did not forget to call the board master and move all the old furniture that Qian Chuanlin recently bought for him to the newly purchased Erjin Courtyard. Anyway, many rooms are empty, and some furniture is not conspicuous.

Looking at the newly received old sandalwood bed, Qian Chuanlin also smiled and said, "Put this bed in the guest room, are you really willing to let the guests sleep in the future?" And you're a young man, and you have all the furniture at home, don't you feel weird? ”

"What's weird! This shows that my family has a background and a big family, doesn't it? ”

After knowing that Xu Zhengdao was not short of money, Qian Chuanlin bought old furniture, and also turned from small pieces to large pieces. As long as the furniture is made of good wood, then he will find a way to buy it, and Xu Zhengdao will not refuse to accept it anyway.

After the two of them put up the old furniture they had recently collected, Qian Chuanlin was a little worried: "Ah Zheng, you often live in the village, and it's not a matter if this courtyard is empty." It's still quite troublesome to really make people target. ”

"It's okay! I'll rotate between the next two places, this furniture is nothing else, and stealing this thing is not worth much. At night, unless they have the ability to stay through the sky, can they avoid those patrolling old men and old ladies? ”

"Oh too! It's just that you have to pay more attention to yourself. The best thing to do is to move here. I always feel that there are more and more young people on the streets lately, and there are also fights, robberies and thefts. ”

"Understood! I know what you're worried about, I dare to put these things here, naturally I have confidence, it's okay! ”

In Xu Zhengdao's opinion, if it was too expensive old furniture, he would store it in the underground dark room of the courtyard. Anyway, the darkroom area is not small, and I think it can store a lot of old furniture.

There are large items left, such as the red sandalwood dragon and phoenix bed, and it is really not an easy task for one or two thieves to steal it out. In the alley where this courtyard house is located, there are self-organized volunteer patrols every morning and evening.

Don't look at a group of retired old men and old ladies, but these people are not weak in combat. The thief wants to steal the big furniture from the house and transport it out, which is probably not an easy thing to do.

After placing the newly bought old furniture, Xu Zhengdao followed Qian Chuanlin to Panjiayuan. On the way here, Xu Zhengdao also knew a lot about Panjiayuan from Qian Chuanlin's mouth, which the locals called Panjiayao.

The reason for this is also because it was a place where brick kilns were fired in the early years. Although there are people here who buy and sell old things, they are not large. And like the pigeon market, they only do morning and evening business, and there are really not many stalls in the daytime.

Xu Zhengdao, who visited Panjiayuan and bought a lot of new jade materials, also spent money to buy two bags of discarded leftovers by the way. Although the people in the jade processing workshop didn't understand what he was doing with this, for the sake of money, he naturally sold it.

When leaving, Qian Chuanlin was also curious: "What do you buy these leftovers for?" ”

"It works! As for what it will be used for, I can't say for the time being. But don't worry, I don't do anything to cheat and cheat. ”

"Done! Anyway, I don't have to worry about spending your money! If you really like this kind of leftovers, I'll go to the glass factory and collect a few bags for you, as long as you spend some money on cigarettes and alcohol. How? Do you want more? ”

"Yes! Collect as much as you want! Money for tobacco and alcohol, no problem, I guarantee that you will be satisfied. ”

Knowing that Qian Chuanlin still has this channel, Xu Zhengdao naturally will not miss this opportunity. In addition to buying a large number of leftovers and even powder, he also entrusted Qian Chuanlin to help him buy newly mined high-quality jade materials.

Seeing that it was packed in a bag, five big black tens, Qian Chuanlin was also speechless and said, "You kid, how much money do you have?" ”

"Hehe, didn't you say it before? I made a small profit this trip. ”

"Is this still called a small profit? I now feel that I should beat your local tyrant and eat you hard. ”

"No problem! Good wine and good meat are enough to manage, so satisfied, right? ”

When passing through Huacheng, Xu Zhengdao specially looked for money dealers who had traded before and were engaged in foreign currency exchange, and exchanged a lot of money for Xiangjiang coins. When he went to Xiangjiang before, he exchanged Xiangjiang coins with these money dealers, and felt that these dealers were quite honest.

At present, he has nearly 100,000 cash in storage, not including the unexchanged Xiangjiang coins and foreign currencies. Originally, when he went to Xiangjiang, he also planned to ask his uncle to help exchange a few gold bars. It turned out that the gold bar did not need to be exchanged.

He felt it was more valuable to spend it than to put it in storage. As more and more jade powder and jade scraps were brought back, he could clearly feel that the vine was growing more and more happily.

Looking at the leafy vines, although I haven't yet experienced its effect of gathering aura. But Xu Zhengdao can clearly feel that even in the hot summer, staying under the vines to enjoy the shade, not to mention how pleasant it tastes.

What makes him even more magical is that the vines seem to be bottomless. Pour a bag of jade powder, and the next day it will be swallowed up by the vines. Pour two more bags, and after one night's work, it will also digest completely.

In order to experience the effect of gathering aura from the vines as soon as possible, Xu Zhengdao poured all the jade powder scraps he collected every day into the roots of the vines. In his opinion, when the number reaches a certain level, the effect will naturally appear.

It's just that he is more concerned about the bunches of grapes on the vines lately than expecting the vines to start gathering aura. Although from the outside, this grape is no different from ordinary grapes. But if you look closely, the inside of the grapes appears crystal clear.

If he didn't think the bunches were not ripe, he would have liked to pick a bunch and taste it. Since the vine is a spiritual plant, the grapes it produces must also be spiritual fruits. Even if it is not as magical as the spirit fruit, it must contain a lot of spiritual energy.

"Good stuff! As long as you digest it, I will use all the jade powder and leftovers you buy as fertilizer. I just hope that the effect of these bunches of grapes that you have finally produced will not disappoint me too much. ”

Returning to Kyoto from the Kagawa River, I went back and forth between the two courtyards every day. It seems that life is a little boring, but Xu Zhengdao enjoys this busy and idle life. When there is something to do, time naturally feels like it flies.

When he saw the villagers starting to harvest the sweet potatoes planted in their own land, Xu Zhengdao suddenly realized: "I should go back to Yunwu Mountain and dig out those sweet potatoes." I just don't know how many sweet potatoes I can harvest this year. ”

If the sweet potatoes were cleaned up by the animals in the mountains, he would not feel anything to regret. Growing these sweet potatoes in the mountains is itself for the beasts of the mountains. If you are cleaned, it means that you have been eaten by wild beasts!