Siheyuan: The romantic and suave Xu Damao

He originally thought that this knife coin could only be sold for a few dollars at most, but he didn't expect Xu Damao to ask for twenty yuan, and the middle-aged man was willing to pay fifteen yuan.

This money was considered extra earnings, so he immediately agreed with a smile.

A satisfied smile appeared on Yan Bugui's face, and his eyes revealed irrepressible joy.

However, although he tried hard to suppress a smile, his sparkling eyes could not hide his inner excitement.

The middle-aged man took out fifteen yuan from his pocket, handed it to Yan Bugui, quickly put away the knife coins, turned around and left.

He secretly calculated in his mind that if he sold this four-character knife to someone who liked it, it should not be a problem to make a few bucks!

After Yan Bugui took the money, he put it away carefully.

Then he turned around and said to Xu Damao with a grateful face: "Da Mao, you have good vision! If you hadn't reminded me, I would have really given these copper coins to others as a gift. Come to my house for dinner tomorrow night, and I'll treat you to a drink!"

"We are from the same academy, I can't just watch you suffer, Teacher Yan. Forget about drinking, you might as well sell me the two knife coins you have left at a low price."

Xu Damao thought about it in his mind and said it out loud.

Although there are many items like the Qi State Bronze Knife Coin handed down from generation to generation, very few of them are in good condition. After all, they are bronze coins from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, more than 2,000 years ago.

The two Qi swords are in very good condition, and the three characters on them: "Qi Fahua" are also very clear. Xu Damao wants to keep them.

"Hey, why bother talking about buying or not? I'll give you one!"

Yan Bugui was quite generous. He took out the remaining two Qi knives from his pocket, handed one over and was about to give it to Xu Damao.

This surprised Xu Damao. He knew Yan Bugui was always stingy, so how could he suddenly become so generous? There must be something wrong, but he couldn't figure out what the reason was.

Xu Damao took the knife coin suspiciously, looked at it carefully, then carefully wrapped it with paper and put it in his pocket. Although he still had some doubts about Yan Bugui's motives, since he was so generous, he was embarrassed to refuse.

"Teacher Yan, your remaining knife coin is useless, so why not give it to me? How about this, Teacher Yan, you just sold it for 95 yuan, I'll give you another 5 yuan, and you can make it a hundred yuan! It'll be a good deal."

Xu Damao said to Yan Bugui with a smile, but his eyes were fixed on the last Qi knife in his hand.

He really liked this thing, and he thought that Yan Bugui would not refuse his proposal. After all, who doesn't want to make their income more complete?

"Okay, I'll give it to you right away, but Damao, you have to tell me why the coin that man just bought is more valuable than these two. And I have some copper coins here, Damao, can you help me see if there is anything valuable in here? Hehe!"

Seeing Xu Damao took out the money so readily, Yan Bugui felt relieved. At the same time, a cunning light flashed in his eyes, as if he wanted to get more information from Xu Damao.

"Okay! Let me take a look!" Xu Damao agreed readily. He took the two Qi swords from Yan Bugui's hands and looked at them carefully.

Yan Bugui was secretly delighted as he watched Xu Damao studying seriously, thinking, "Hey, this guy really knows his stuff. It looks like I can make some money today."

Xu Damao took out five yuan and handed it over, and took another Qi Dadao, wrapped it in paper and put it in his pocket. His movements were smooth and natural, and people could not detect his intentions.

"Teacher Yan, this kind of knife coin mainly depends on how many characters are on it. You saw it before. These two have three characters on them, so they are not worth much. But the one that the person just bought had four characters, so the price is more than twice as high. If there are five, six, or seven characters, the price will be even higher."

Xu Damao explained patiently, his eyes revealing professionalism and confidence.

"Oh, so that's what's going on!" Yan Bugui nodded in sudden realization, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes. He originally thought that the values ​​of his things were similar, but he didn't expect the differences to be so huge.

"Teacher Yan, if your friends have such goods, you can bring them directly. I have two friends who like this kind of old copper coins. They can buy them at a high price, which is not cheaper than the ghost market!"

Xu Damao continued, with a hint of temptation in his tone.

Yan Bugui was moved when he heard this. He thought that the people he knew had some other copper coins, and these people didn't seem to know much about them, so he could buy them at a low price.

Or you can get something for nothing, just sell it first, then take some of the money from the sale and get rid of these people.

If he could really sell it to Xu Damao, he might be able to make a profit. So he quickly responded, "Okay, Damao, I'll ask them if they have anything like this later. If they do, I'll definitely bring it to you. Please help me see if there's anything valuable in these remaining copper coins."

Yan Bugui said anxiously.

After all, at this time the flow of customers in the ghost market suddenly increased. People walked by in twos and threes, and occasionally someone stopped to watch.

Xu Damao picked out all the cloth coins on Yan Bugui's stall. There were four in total, including a three-hole cloth coin. They were in good condition and well preserved.

"Teacher Yan, this one is still worth some money. It can be sold for more than ten or twenty yuan. The other three are not worth much. Look at them. They are all rusted and in very poor condition. They are not worth much."

Xu Damao spoke in a serious tone, as if he were a real appraiser.

"Oh, what about these remaining copper coins? Damao, could you please take another look at them?"

Yan Bugui directly took all the remaining copper coins and let Xu Damao see them.

"Hey... Mr. Yan, I won't hide it from you. I don't know much about these copper coins. I learned a little bit from my friends. But I know one thing, as long as they are well preserved and in good condition, they can be sold at a good price, and the older they are, the more valuable they are."

Xu Damao looked at Yan Bugui and said with a smile with his eyes slightly narrowed.

Then he began to carefully check Yan Bugui's remaining copper coins one by one.

Time passed minute by minute, and Xu Damao finally completed the identification of all the copper coins.

The results were not optimistic. Most of the copper coins had been corroded beyond recognition and had almost lost any value.

However, the remaining copper coins that can still be barely recognized can basically be sold for prices ranging from five to ten yuan.

This can be considered a blessing in disguise, after all, most of these copper coins are precious items before the Song Dynasty.