Rural Scenery of Rebirth

Thinking of what he told Brother Lei yesterday, Xiao Zhang was very anxious when he came the next day. He was struggling all the way, and he came a little late. Glancing inside, the little boss was sitting quietly in the shop reading a book.

Looking at that posture, Xiao Zhang was a little timid, as if he wanted to enter but dared not.

Xia Chen, who put down the book and noticed Xiao Zhang's expression, was amused.During this period of time, he lived in the store and felt that the clerk that Uncle Chen had found was very interesting, especially for the antique business, he was very passionate about it, and he studied it very seriously.

I heard from Uncle Chen that Xiao Zhang was younger than him. When he was in junior high school, he was forced to drop out of school and work from home, and there was a stepmother at home. Now the stepmother gave birth to two sons, and his father didn't care. Without his status, he can only come out to find something to support himself.

In the last life, Xia Chen didn't spend much time in the antique shop, didn't notice Xiao Zhang, and didn't know what happened to him afterwards.

But in this life, Xia Chen felt that Xiao Zhang was worth cultivating, and he didn't know what Uncle Chen thought. However, when he heard Uncle Chen talk about Xiao Zhang, he seemed satisfied.

Uncle Chen is running around every day, and he has to manage the affairs of the store. He really needs to train an apprentice, so it will be easier.

Xia Chen planned to take some time to talk to Uncle Chen about this matter after he came back.

As soon as Xia Chen finished thinking about these things, some customers came to the store.

When Xiao Zhang saw the guests coming, he didn't care that the little boss would pursue what happened yesterday, so he hurried into the shop and greeted the guests.

After the customer hurriedly bought something and left, he carefully glanced at the little boss.

Sensing Xiao Zhang's gaze, Xia Chen looked up at him, smiled at him, and continued to immerse himself in the book.

Seeing that the little boss was in a good mood and seemed to have no intention of pursuing it, Xiao Zhang finally heaved a sigh of relief.Xia Chen didn't notice the corner of Xia Chen's mouth raised secretly.

After Xia Chen and Lei Jun spent a week's night in the antique shop, Uncle Chen drove back.

It happened to be noon when Uncle Chen arrived, and Xia Chen was helping an old client to identify porcelain. The thing was an old imitation, and it should be something from the early Ming Dynasty. Some money.

Although the old customer was not satisfied with the result, but thinking that he didn't spend much money to buy this item, he also lost interest in continuing to collect it.Xia Chen set a price for him according to the price in the antique market. After thinking about it, he sold it without losing money.

For Xia Chen, a young antique master, this regular customer still respects him very much. The last time he came here, it was Xia Chen who helped him identify a bronze vessel from the Western Han Dynasty and let him sell it for a large profit.Otherwise, he almost sold it to another person at a low price.

Therefore, this old customer still believed in Xia Chen.

Xia Chen didn't stay in the antique store for nothing during this period of time. He really accumulated a few regular customers and made a lot of friends in the antique business.

When Uncle Chen came in, he was very happy to see Xia Chen's changes.

Xia Chen naturally also noticed Uncle Chen, and as soon as the guests left, he walked up to Uncle Chen, saw that Uncle Chen's trousers and shoes were covered with a lot of mud, and he was carrying a wooden box in his hand, thinking about this The things in the box must be what Uncle Chen brought back from his trip this time.

"Uncle Chen, did you have a good harvest this time?" Seeing that Uncle Chen seemed to be in a good mood, Xia Chen asked with a smile.

Uncle Chen patted the box lightly, nodded with a smile and said: "The place we went this time is a bit far away, but luck is good, I collected a few old things, and you will palm your eyes in a while, and your Uncle Wang will come over later .I'm not in the store recently, Chenchen, you're lucky. You're not in good health yet, so don't be too tired."

"Uncle Chen, I'm in pretty good health now." Seeing Uncle Chen talking about his body again, Xia Chen said helplessly.

"You are in good health, so Uncle Chen is relieved." Uncle Chen saw that Xia Chen's face was indeed much ruddy than before, and his complexion was also very good. He thought that boy Lei Jun took care of Chenchen with all his heart.Sure enough, he was right.However, at the same time, Uncle Chen also had some doubts in his heart. As Chenchen's best friend, Lei Jun was sometimes too enthusiastic.I always feel that there is something wrong between Chen Chen and Lei Jun when they get along, and Uncle Chen can't tell what's wrong.

"Uncle Chen." Xiao Zhang came over, just thinking about what Uncle Chen was thinking, and he put it aside.

Uncle Chen handed the box to Xiao Zhang, asking him to clean the contents first, and said: "Wipe carefully, don't scratch the things."

"Yeah." Xiao Zhang nodded in response, took his things and left.

"Uncle Chen, go to the back and take a shower first, Uncle Wang should come to the door later." Xia Chen reminded.

"Okay, Chenchen, you can take a look at the front first. If your Uncle Wang comes, treat him to tea first." After Uncle Chen said this, seeing Xia Chen nodding, he went straight to the backyard to wash up.

Seeing that there was no one in the store at the time, Xia Chen simply went to help Xiao Zhang, and by the way, had a sneak peek to see what old things Uncle Chen brought back this time.

When Uncle Wang came, Uncle Chen had already washed up, and Xia Chen and Xiao Zhang were putting the things that Uncle Chen brought back on the table in the shop.This time Uncle Chen brought back, except for two pieces of porcelain, one intact, one slightly damaged, and one piece of jade. A seal, obviously a complete set.Looking at the material, it seems to be carved from chicken blood stone.But Xia Chen wasn't sure.

Uncle Wang did not come alone this time. He was also accompanied by two people. The older one was not much different from Uncle Wang's grade, and the younger one was about [-] years old.From the appearance, it should be the junior of the older one.

As soon as he entered the door, Uncle Wang found the things on the table, and hurried to the table, at such a speed that Xia Chen was afraid that he would flash to his waist when he saw it.

"Old Chen, is this the old thing you worked so hard to get back from outside?" Uncle Wang looked at the things on the table excitedly, then turned to look at Uncle Chen and said.

Uncle Chen nodded with a smile: "How, these things are not bad, right?"

"I won't say anything else, those two pieces of porcelain, one is real and the other is fake, the intact one is obviously fake, while the flawed one is real, but it's not very young, so it's not worth much, and the jade is probably fake too, But that set of seals, Old Chen, you made a lot of money this time." Uncle Wang laughed at the end.

"Old Chen, tell me the truth, how much did you earn for this set of seals?" After laughing, Uncle Wang hurriedly asked Uncle Chen.

Uncle Chen compared eight with his hands, and Uncle Wang sighed directly: "Old Chen, you old boy, you are really dark-hearted. You only received such a good thing for only 800 yuan." Even he was a little jealous up.However, he wasn't very keen on the seal, and after cursing secretly that the old boy was lucky, he was fine.

After listening to the conversation between the two, the two who stood behind Uncle Wang and kept silent all the time, although they didn't know much about antiques, they knew from Uncle Wang's tone that this set of seals was real.

"Chenchen, tell me, can you tell what material these seals are made of?" Seeing that Xia Chen didn't speak, Uncle Wang hurriedly asked him.

"Uncle Wang, I'm not sure, but judging from the material, these seals should be carved from bloodstone." Xia Chen stared at the seals for a few moments and replied seriously to Uncle Wang.

Uncle Wang smiled at Xia Chen with satisfaction: "It seems that Chenchen is indeed talented in antiques. These eight seals are indeed carved from chicken blood stones. This time, Uncle Chen, with this set of things, you can It’s worth the trip. If this set of bloodstone seals has been collected for several years, the selling price will definitely be higher.”

Xia Chen nodded, feeling that Uncle Wang was worthy of being the vice president of the Antique Association, and his eyes were always so keen.

After the three of them finished discussing the antiques on the table, Uncle Wang patted his head, remembered the two people behind him, and hurriedly apologized to the older one among them: "I'm really sorry. I can’t remember anything, Lao Jiang, don’t take it to heart.”

The person who was called Lao Jiang by Uncle Wang smiled, but he didn't care at all. It seemed that he knew about Uncle Wang's hobby.

Besides, although Lao Jiang doesn't know how to appraise the old things on these tables, he has collected some antiques and knows the rules of the antique business. When others are appraising things, other people can't rush to disturb them.

"Old Wang, who are these two?" Uncle Chen nodded politely to the two, and looked at Old Wang questioningly.

Xia Chen was obviously also curious about the identities of the two people brought by Uncle Wang. Judging from the performance just now, these two people did not seem to be very keen on antiques. Well, the status is certainly not bad.

"Didn't I hear you say a while ago that Chenchen was going to sell the factory left to him by his father? Lao Jiang just came from Hong Kong and was planning to find a project for investment. I told him about it, and he nodded immediately. , I think it’s a good job to do. When I called you today, I heard that you brought good things back, and Lao Jiang happened to be drinking tea with me, so I brought him here directly, and you can talk face to face.” Uncle Wang He explained Lao Jiang's identity to Uncle Chen and Xia Chen.

Uncle Chen and Xia Chen made friendly acquaintances with Mr. Jiang respectively.

"By the way, the one behind Old Jiang is his eldest son, named Jiang Xuan. Chenchen, he is a few years older than you, so you will be called Brother Jiang." Old Mr. Jiang met, and Uncle Wang was alone again. Introduce Jiang Xuan and Xia Chen to each other.

Xia Chen smiled and nodded to Jiang Xuan, and called out, "Brother Jiang."

Jiang Xuan nodded in response.His temperament seemed cold, but Xia Chen didn't care.After all, the two of them are not familiar with each other, so they will definitely not have much communication in the future.

After the introduction between the two parties, Uncle Chen said first, "Since the two Mr. Jiang are talking about the factory, we might as well discuss it later."

Everyone had no objection to Uncle Chen's proposal, because it was the person introduced by Uncle Wang, so he naturally wanted to follow.

Before leaving, Uncle Chen told Xiao Zhang to put away the things on the table and keep an eye on the store, so he and Xia Chen took the three of them to the backyard.