The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 141, Treasure Hunting in Ghost Market

Time flies by, the Spring Festival is over, and three months have passed quickly.

Time quietly came to April of the 1960s.

It was about one o'clock in the morning at night.

In a hidden courtyard in the Pigeon Market outside Jianguomen, Li Weiguo and Hamster were doing business as usual.

"Master Li, here are the money and tickets, please keep them." Hamster handed the prepared money tickets to Li Weiguo.

"okay."

Li Weiguo took the money note and scanned it with his mind. It was three thousand four hundred yuan. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with it, he didn't look at it carefully and put it directly into his satchel.

Seeing Li Weiguo collect the money tickets, the hamster rubbed his hands, looking like he was hesitating to speak.

Li Weiguo glanced at him and said, "If you have anything to do, just tell me."

Hearing this, the hamster smiled coquettishly and asked him tentatively: "Master Li, do you think we can add more supplies? Today is different from the past. The supplies in the pigeon market are getting less and less. What you provided is not enough to sell. ”

Li Weiguo didn't reply to him and thought about it for a while.

Of course he knows the current situation,

With the impact of the famine, supplies on the market became increasingly scarce. As the capital, the imperial capital had less impact. The people's basic living security was no problem, but the lives of the counties, towns and communes below were not so easy.

Just a few months after the New Year, the number of material transactions in the Pigeon Market is constantly decreasing, and even the people of the imperial capital can't buy anything in the Pigeon Market.

The main reason is that there are no agricultural products sent from the commune below. When there is not enough food, even if there is some surplus agricultural products, farmers can only eat at home first.

Li Weiguo thought for a moment and shook his head to reject him.

"Everything has to be done in a certain degree. If something sells more, it doesn't necessarily mean it is good. Who doesn't want to make money, but if it is too much, it will be too eye-catching. I also want to reduce supply and reduce risks."

When the hamster heard that the supply was going to be reduced, his expression changed and he immediately panicked.

He waved his hand quickly: "Hey, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Mr. Li, it's not enough if we don't add more. You must not reduce it."

Li Weiguo raised his right hand, nodded at him, and warned: "I've said it many times, we have to be careful in this business. Don't be blinded by greed. You have to spend your life to make money."

"If the higher ups start a serious investigation, I can get away immediately. What about you? There are so many young men below, how dare you guarantee that every one of them will keep their mouth shut?"

After hearing this, the hamster suddenly felt like he was in disaster and broke out in a cold sweat.

As Li Weiguo said, if the younger brother below is really caught, he can't guarantee that no one will tell him.

He didn't know Li Weiguo well and had never even seen his face, but his younger brother was very familiar with him.

It seems that during this period he was blinded by money and became arrogant.

The more the hamster thought about it, the more frightened he became. He took a deep breath, then slowly let it out, lowered his head and admitted his mistake, "I'm sorry, Mr. Li, it's little Meng Lang."

Li Weiguo nodded and said nothing more. It's best to understand. There's nothing you can do about those who don't understand. He can't save her even if she loves him to death.

The worst case scenario is to stop for a while, change the pigeon market, and find a new agent. Anyway, agents exist to avoid risks.

After the transaction with the hamster, Li Weiguo didn't stop, just got on the car and left.

After passing Jianguomen, I was not in a hurry to go home, but took a detour back to the West Imperial City Ghost Market and started shopping.

Ever since Lao Fu and Tong Dahai helped him buy antiques, he rarely visited the ghost market.

During this period of time, Lao Fu and Tong Dahai collected a lot of good things for him. Being exposed to those old objects for a long time also improved his appreciation level a lot.

I got excited today and wanted to go shopping and test my antique appreciation skills to see if I have the ability to pick up and miss out.

Compared to the lack of supplies in Pigeon City, the Ghost Market in West Imperial City is becoming increasingly prosperous.

Perhaps affected by the famine, many people had to come here to set up stalls and sell some of their belongings to support their families.

At a glance, there are hundreds of stalls, crowded with people, and there are many people shopping.

Many of the stalls sell bottles, cans, and various old objects. It is estimated that among these stall owners, there are quite a few young and old.

They are poor at work and income. Before the famine, their lives would have been manageable.

But when supplies are further scarce and even high-priced grains cannot be purchased, these people's lives will become difficult.

No, many people came out to sell their goods, hoping to exchange some money to support their families.

Li Weiguo shook his head, regardless of this, and continued to browse the stalls with his head down.

After wandering around for about ten minutes, Li Weiguo collected two pieces of Qing Dynasty porcelain of average quality. Neither of them were treasures. It seemed that others were not willing to take out the good ones.

After putting away the porcelain, he was about to go home when suddenly, Li Weiguo's eyes caught sight of a stall.

A customer wearing a melon cap was squatting in front of the stall and studying an Octagon cup.

Out of curiosity, Li Weiguo walked over quickly.

When he walked to the stall, without disturbing anyone, Li Weiguo swept away with his mind.

Sure enough, it is really the Ge Kiln Bafang Cup.

He had seen a cup like this in a trust store before, but it was reserved by an internal employee. It was a pity that he didn't buy it.

This Bafang Cup, as the name suggests, has an octagonal mouth, and the cyan cup body is covered with spider web-shaped cracks.

Its glaze is shiny and buttery, like the slight sweat on a human face. The glaze layer is plump, and due to the different expansion coefficients of the body and the glaze, ice cracks at the same angle are formed when cooling after firing.

This was originally a defect in the glaze, but it turned into a glaze decoration.

Between the cyan glaze, there are gold wires and black iron wires intertwined with each other. This is the "golden wire".

This Ge Kiln Bafang Cup is a rare thing, even rarer than the blue and white porcelain. It is a rare collection. I didn't expect to encounter one today.

It's a pity that the customer is now inquiring about the price with the stall owner, and it's not Li Weiguo's turn.

According to the rules, you cannot go over to interfere with others' bargaining. Only when others have not reached an agreement and are sure that they don't want it, can they go over.

Therefore, Li Weiguo was not in a hurry. He pretended to pick up a bottle and looked at it slowly at the stall next to him, waiting for the customers next to him to negotiate the price with the stall owner.

He just hoped that if they couldn't make a deal, they would break up, and then he would go up and take it.

Unfortunately, Li Weiguo's wish did not come true. The melon-skinned hat seemed to be only in his thirties, but he was quite experienced. After comparing the price with the stall owner several times, the two parties finally settled the deal for fifty yuan.

The melon-skin hat negotiated the price, took out three big black tens from his pocket and handed them to the stall owner, then put the Octagon Cup into his bulging shoulder bag.

De. It seems that he is also a man who is not short of money. He spent fifty yuan without any hesitation.

The satchel looks quite bulging, and I guess it contains a lot of things. If you want to take the Octagon Cup from this kind of player, you don't have to think about it.

What a pity

Li Weiguo shook his head and was about to leave when suddenly, there was a panic and commotion in the distance.

Then, several people ran over in a panic from a distance.

While running, he shouted: "The solution is coming!!"