Excellent little farmer

"Oh, it's really unlucky. We've suffered a big loss this time!" The middle-aged man stamped his feet with a helpless expression on his face. After a while, he put the porcelain away, put it in his backpack, and then took it out of his pocket. After opening a silk cloth, he put a few ancient coins on the table and said nervously: "Boss Zhang, please appraise again, are these items valuable? Let's see if we 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. At least these are real things."

The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, with a flattering smile on his face, and said softly: "That's good, Boss Zhang, please give me a price."

"Okay, let me take a closer look." The old man put on his reading glasses again and looked at the ancient coins again and again, his face uncertain.

I felt a little curious, so I moved over, but I saw that these ancient coins were very strange. They were not the kind of hemp coins that were round on the outside and square on the inside. I couldn't help but chuckled and said: "Boss Zhang, this coin is very rare. I wonder which dynasty it is from?”

The old man glanced at me and said in a low tone: "These are ancient coins from the Pre-Qin Dynasty. Because they are shaped like the trousers we wear now, they are also called trousers coins. Although these coins are good, they are too worn and the patina has been worn away. It’s a pity that the collection value has been greatly reduced!”

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. In order to sell them at a good price, I used hairs." I washed it vigorously and it took more than two hours to get it clean. My arms were so tired for several days!"

The old man was dumbfounded when he heard this. He threw the ancient coins on the table and said bitterly: "Old Liu! Old Liu, you are so stupid. I originally wanted to give you a few more dollars, but now I want to slap you twice." !”

"This is really thankless. The compensation is big, the compensation is really big!" The middle-aged man also knew that he had done something stupid, so he just stood there, scratching the back of his head with his hand, and giggled.

After some haggling, Boss Zhang spent 1,800 yuan to accept these ancient coins and sent them away, shaking his head and saying: "This He Laoliu wants to make a fortune in antiques, but what? I don’t even understand, but I’ve wasted a lot of good things.”

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

Boss Zhang nodded and said softly: "I understand, how is the old gentleman's illness?"

The middle-aged woman sighed and said calmly: "My father left last week without resuscitation."

Boss Zhang shook his head gently and said with regret: "It's too sudden. It was fine last month, but it's gone now. The world is unpredictable!"

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 had no other hobbies during his lifetime. He just liked collecting. Over the past few decades, he has accumulated a lot of money." There are a lot of pots and jars in the house. Now that the people are gone, there is no use keeping those things, so I packed them up and brought them here. You can take a look and sell them at a suitable price."

Boss Zhang nodded and said softly: "Okay! Where are the things?"

"They're all in the taxi outside!" After the middle-aged woman said this, she led the old man out. I followed to the door and leaned against the door, watching the two of them take out several large boxes of things from the taxi.

Boss Zhang squatted on the steps at the door, opened the box, and picked out Spring and Autumn pottery pots, lion button seal stones, Qilin gift pots, Wannan brick carvings, pottery oil lamps, Han tiles, blue and white double peach dishes...

He laid out the things one by one, roughly estimated the price, took out a thick stack of bills, handed them to the middle-aged woman, and said with some emotion: "The old man was poor when he was alive, but he had great eyesight, and he collected all these things." It’s a rare thing, but the world is different now, and there are fewer and fewer people who really know the goods. These things can’t be sold at a good price, so I can only give you these, you have to understand.”

"It doesn't matter, you are my father's lifelong friend, so you won't fool me!" The middle-aged woman hurriedly took the money, without counting it, and put it directly into her pocket. She looked at the pots and jars on the steps, sighed, and said angrily. : "I wanted to leave a thought, but there are too many things and they take up space. It's better to free up the room and use it as a study for the children, so as not to miss the things and feel sad."

Boss Zhang nodded, turned around and said, "Young man, do me a favor and bring these things in for me."

I smiled slightly, walked out, and helped Boss Zhang take things into 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 are still some things here." There is a strange stone. The old man liked this stone the most when he was alive. I just stare at it for nothing. Do you think it is worth it?"

I followed Boss Zhang to the side of the taxi. When I looked around, I saw a brown stone lying flat inside. This stone was not small, as big as two watermelons. It had a smooth surface and a white stripe. Protruding, there are pine flowers on the chin, and there are faint python patterns on it, like scales, which looks a bit different.

Boss Zhang only glanced at it and lost interest. He waved his hand and said, "Sorry, our store doesn't accept stones. You'd better ask elsewhere."

The middle-aged woman was immediately discouraged and said softly: "Forget it, let's throw it away. Young man, please help me and lift it down."

I moved the stone out. I thought it weighed several dozen kilograms, so I placed the stone next to the aisle. When I returned to the store with Boss Zhang, Boss Zhang picked up a bamboo pen holder and handed it to me, smiling and saying: " Thank you for your help, young man, I’ll give this to you!”

I smiled, waved my hand, and said politely: "It's just a little effort, Boss Zhang, there's no need to be polite."

Boss Zhang packed up the things on the counter and watched the middle-aged woman outside the door get into the car and leave. Then he shook his head and frowned and said: "This woman's words and work are okay. I can't find anything wrong with her, but... It’s really surprising that the old man at home can be so mean!”

I was slightly startled and said in surprise: "How do you say that?"

Boss Zhang poured a cup of tea, took a sip, and said with squinted eyes: "A few days ago, when I was playing chess with the old gentleman, I often heard him say that several children were trying to torture the old man in various ways in order to compete for real estate. I can’t even eat a hot meal.”

I frowned and said softly: "That's really too much."

Boss Zhang sighed and said calmly: "In today's world, people's hearts are broken. There are many things that, alas! I can't say."

I smiled and said nothing. After waiting for a long time, I still didn't see Shang Tingsong come back. I couldn't help but feel a little worried, so I got up and went to the door of the store, looked out, but saw no one.

While I was looking around, I saw a fat aunt with a red band on her arm walking over, pointing at the stones on the roadside, and yelled at me: "Hey! Young man, you are not allowed to throw things here, please move the stones quickly." Walk!"

I was slightly startled and quickly explained: "Auntie, this stone is not mine."

But the fat aunt put her hands on her hips, refused to give in, said with a straight face and angrily: "I don't care, many people just saw it, you unloaded this stone from the taxi, you have to be responsible for taking it away, don't let it go at night Stumbling pedestrians.”

"Okay, then I'll move it." I was a little helpless, but didn't want to argue with her. I lifted the heavy stone, looked around, walked to the Range Rover more than ten meters away, opened the trunk, and put the stone away. Put it in gently.

When I returned to the store and saw that the Longquan Phoenix Ear Vase was still there, I smiled slightly and said to the old man: "I just collect antiques, why do you still like to play with stones?"

The old man lowered his head, played with an emerald finger, and said in a calm tone: "It's normal. Mountains are not strange without rocks, water is clear without rocks, gardens are beautiful without rocks, and rooms are inelegant without rocks. These hobbies of the ancients are all It can improve one’s mood and cultivate one’s temperament.”

I couldn't help but secretly marvel at the old man's smooth speaking and extraordinary conversation. After another seven or eight minutes of waiting, the deputy mayor Shang Tingsong rushed back. After paying, I helped him put the porcelain into the sandalwood box, carefully He carried her to the car and said softly: "Mayor Shang, where are you going now?"

Shang Tingsong raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and said softly: "It's still early, let's go see a friend first. He's in the Guangyulan Community behind the Overseas Chinese Commercial Building. Do you know the way?"

"Know!" I started the car, slowly drove out of the antique market, and walked west along the road.

About half an hour later, the car drove into Guangyulan Community and stopped beside an elevator building. Shang Tingsong got out of the car, stood by the car and made a phone call, then took his briefcase and strolled upstairs. .