Antique Dealer

Chapter 7 Sing and Harmony

While chatting, Li Mingchao's expression suddenly changed. Fang Hao followed his gaze and noticed a young man who looked about 25 or [-] years old was walking towards them.

The young man also noticed Li Mingchao, was a little surprised, and paused in his footsteps.

At this moment, the shopkeeper sent the seller out the door. Seeing that the two were smiling, the transaction was obviously successful.

"Boss Liu, I will come to you later when I have the goods."

"No problem, go slowly..."

The shop owner watched the seller leave, seeing that Li Mingchao and the others hadn't left, he naturally knew what it meant, and welcomed them into the shop with a smile.

Li Mingchao arrived at the store, and said impatiently, "Boss, can you take out that Guanyin statue just now?"

"Row."

The shop owner took out the statue of Guanyin and put it on the counter. They read it right just now. The thing is very open. The jade is white and delicate, like suet. The surface texture is very clear and the lines are smooth and free. Obviously, it is not made by ordinary craftsmen. of.

This kind of thing, no need to get started, knows that it is genuine, but Li Mingchao noticed that there is a thin crack at the bottom of the statue, which will undoubtedly affect the value.

Just when Li Mingchao was about to take a closer look, the young man walked in from the door just now. He noticed the jade Guanyin statue on the counter, and before Li Mingchao could react, he said loudly, "I'll take this Guanyin statue!"

Li Mingchao was startled, he didn't expect the other party to be so domineering, disregarding the rules, and said coldly, "Wu Hongchang, don't you even know the rules?"

Wu Hongchang said with a playful smile: "What are the rules? You haven't gotten started yet. Besides, can you afford this thing?"

"Whether I can afford it or not is my business, it has nothing to do with you!"

Li Mingchao scolded Wu Hongchang, and then said to the owner, "Boss, what do you say?"

The shopkeeper looked at Wu Hongchang and said politely, "My guest, please sit over there for a while."

Wu Hongchang shrugged his shoulders, and without saying anything, he went to the chair and sat down, knocked on Erlang's legs, and looked at Li Mingchao with great interest.

The owner's handling seemed normal, but Fang Hao, who was careful, found that there was eye contact between the two, and he suddenly worried that it might be two people joining forces to set up a game for Li Mingchao.

So, he talked to Li Mingchao, then walked outside the door, sent a text message to Li Mingchao, and then returned to the store.

In addition to making a game, there is another possibility. Fang Hao thought of this, and he turned around in the shop with an idea. After a while, he found his target in a corner.

It was an inkstone that was covered with dust and covered with heavy stains on the surface. Obviously, no one would buy such a thing for a long time.

In fact, Fang Hao was a bit of a clean freak. Enduring the discomfort in his heart, he picked up the inkstone and looked at it, then decided it was it.

On the other side, Li Mingchao had tossed and turned, carefully, and was able to watch the Guanyin statue several times. Except for cracks, there was no problem with the Guanyin statue.

The cracks were as thick as a human hair, estimated to be about one centimeter long, which was indeed a pity, and had a lot of impact on the value of this jade statue, even so, it was still quite rare.

At this time, Wu Hongchang said: "I said, Xiao Chaozi, can you be more flexible, everyone's time is precious, if you can't afford it, just say it, it's not a shameful thing!"

Li Mingchao was annoyed at Wu Hongchang's meddling at first, so he said, "It seems that Mr. Wu is very rich? How did I hear that last time a woman went to your house to make trouble for a long time, saying that someone even opened the house?" No money is paid!"

These words hit Wu Hongchang's sore spot. Because of this incident, he was not only scolded by his family, but also ridiculed by people in the circle. During that time, he had been hiding at home and did not go out. Now seeing Li Mingchao revealing his shortcomings again, he became angry from embarrassment : "Little bastard, no matter how nonsense you talk, don't blame me for being rude!"

Li Mingchao sneered: "Oh, I want to see how you plan to be rude!"

Seeing that the two sides were at war, the shop owner quickly settled the dispute: "If you two have any disputes, can you resolve it privately?"

Wu Hongchang snorted angrily at Li Mingchao, and asked the store directly, "Boss, how much is this Jade Guanyin?"

The owner raised his right hand and stretched out three fingers: "The price is 30!"

Li Mingchao was stunned, the price was a bit outrageous, could it be that the shopkeeper regarded him as a mallet who didn't understand anything?
"Can it be cheaper?"

The shopkeeper shook his head, saying that he couldn't discuss it.

Wu Hongchang sneered, "Didn't you just say you could afford it? Why didn't you buy it?"

Li Mingchao snorted: "If you have money, buy it!"

"Then you are optimistic!" Wu Hongchang took out his wallet, held out his bank card, and raised his hand: "Boss, swipe the card!"

Li Mingchao is not a fool, how can he not see what's going on, and even the owner of the shop has a grudge against him.

The reason is very simple, since the owner of the store sold Jade Guanyin to Wu Hongchang, it can be said euphemistically just now, Li Mingchao didn't have to waste time here, and was ridiculed by Wu Hongchang, since the owner participated, don't blame him for being resented by Li Mingchao.

Li Mingchao didn't want to look at Wu Hongchang's face anymore, and was about to turn around and leave.
At this moment, Fang Hao walked to the counter with his things and asked the owner, "Boss, is this inkstone for sale?"

Wu Hongchang is now the winner, very excited. Seeing the inkstone in Fang Hao's hand, he curled his lips: "Xiao Chaozi, your friend is just like you, so he only has this little promise, and he only buys such junk Son."

No matter how kind Fang Hao is to others, it is impossible to give a good face to people like Wu Hongchang: "What do I buy, and you have half a cent to do with it?"

Then, he asked the shopkeeper again: "30 yuan, can you sell it?"

The owner of the shop was also a little annoyed at this time. The inkstone that Fang Hao wanted to buy was indeed not good-looking, but if he said it was a junk thing, wouldn't that mean that his shop was for junk?

In addition, he didn't have any impression of this Fang inkstone. Looking at the thick dust on it, it must have been placed in a corner for an unknown how long, and he didn't know how Fang Hao found it, so he wanted to buy it.

Have you lost your eyes?
The shopkeeper murmured inwardly, but after thinking about it again, he knew everything in his shop, and he had checked everything carefully, and there was no lack of discerning people who came to his shop. If someone picked it up, how could it stay there and still eat ashes?
Of course, in order to avoid taking the treasure, he can not sell it at all, no matter what, he is not short of such a small amount of money.

But before he could open his mouth, Wu Hongchang, who was stabbed by Fang Hao, was next to him again, saying some weird words, which made him even more annoyed. Is it my shop or yours?It's just that he has something to ask for from Wu Hongchang's father, so he can't show his face.

Fang Hao choked to Wu Hongchang: "Why do you have so many shits, or are you the owner of this store?"

Seeing Wu Hongchang being scolded, the owner of the shop felt very refreshed, and quickly said, "This inkstone is at least three hundred."

"This inkstone costs three hundred?" Fang Hao said with a frown.

Wu Hongchang jumped out again, and said with a sneer, "If you can't afford it, then don't buy it."

The shop owner really wanted to slap Wu Hongchang, because he was causing trouble for himself. He had long heard that Wu Hongchang was unreliable, but now it seems that he is not a pockmark, but a scammer!
It's just that he couldn't help himself, so he had to say: "It can't be less."

Originally, he thought it was impossible for Fang Hao to spend 300 yuan to buy such an inkstone, but he didn't expect Fang Hao to take [-] yuan out of his pocket and put it on the counter, holding the viewing platform and walking away.

When Fang Hao and the others left, Wu Hongchang said with a smile: "Old Liu, don't be nervous, you don't think that kid missed it, do you?"

"It's hard to say." Liu Manxing shook his head, his tone was a little hard, expressing his dissatisfaction.

Wu Hongchang said: "Come on, I don't know what old Liu is. His eyes are like thieves. If that kid misses it, I'll buy the inkstone and return it to you!"

Liu Manxing smiled, he actually thought he would not take the treasure.

Then, Wu Hongchang smiled triumphantly: "Old Liu, I have to thank you today for letting me out."

Liu Manxing said with a bitter face: "Young Master Wu, you are so happy, but I am miserable. I offended these two young people for no reason. I don't know whose children they are."

(End of this chapter)