Siheyuan: The romantic and suave Xu Damao

Zhang Tietou placed the object on the scale pan with a focused expression, staring at the scale on the scale bar without blinking.

He moved the weight carefully. After all, he was weighing gold. He would use the weight he weighed to calculate the total amount of gold. A slight mistake would lead to a huge loss!

After weighing it three times, he finally let out a sigh of relief, slowly lowered his head, leaned close to Xu Damao's ear, and said a number in a low voice.

When Xu Damao heard this, his brows instantly wrinkled into a knot, and he cursed in his heart: "Damn it! If I were to calculate it based on what I weighed myself, this gold would be much heavier than what this boss said! Did this boss weigh it correctly?"

But on the surface, he nodded calmly to show that he understood.

Afterwards, Xu Damao reached out and took the gold thread from Zhang Tietou, then slowly squatted down, staring at the wooden box in front of him with sharp eyes.

There was an exquisite jade garment with gold threads inside, emitting a mysterious and attractive light. He picked up the gold thread in his hand and kept comparing it with the gold thread on the jade garment.

"Zhang Baotou, look, my method doesn't work at all! Look at this gold thread, and then look at the gold thread above, their thickness is obviously different! And there is also a certain difference in length."

"Especially for parts like the feet and shoulders, the gold wire used is much thicker than the one I have in my hand, and the length is also longer." Xu Damao said as he pointed to the corresponding positions for Zhang Baotou to see.

Then, he pointed to the jade piece on his waist and abdomen and said, "And here, the gold thread on this jade piece is a little thinner than the one in my hand. Oh, this is really difficult to deal with!"

After saying this, Xu Damao deliberately put on a sad and helpless look, as if this matter was beyond his ability.

"Brother, you are absolutely right. If you want to accurately measure the weight of this piece of gold, you have to remove all the gold threads inlaid on this jade piece."

"But in this case, this antique will be completely destroyed."

The person who was speaking looked like a Feng Shui master, and was probably following Zhang Baotou to do some work of finding dragon points and locating acupuncture points. His face was frowned, and he looked full of regret.

"This guy must have some real skills, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to dig up those big tombs."

Xu Damao muttered to himself.

Zhang Baotou, who was standing aside, nodded repeatedly to show his agreement, and helplessly spread his hands and sighed, "Yes, there is really no better way. Facing this situation, there is nothing we can do."

"It doesn't matter. I came here this time because I was asked to do something for a good friend of mine. As the saying goes, money can't buy his love."

"Since we can't weigh the gold exactly, let's estimate it according to what you said, Zhang Baotou!" Xu Damao hesitated for a moment, and then said decisively as if he had made up his mind.

Then, he looked at Zhang Baotou with a sharp gaze and continued, "Zhang Baotou, how much gold did you say there was on it? I didn't hear it clearly just now. Say it again, and I will buy it for double the price later!"

After hearing this, Zhang Baotou thought for a moment and then answered, "Okay, brother, since you are so generous, I won't refuse anymore."

"If we calculate it strictly according to the traditional measurement standard of one catty equals ten taels, the gold inlaid on it is estimated to be more than one catty and eight taels!"

"If we convert it into a more precise number of grams, it would be around 900 grams."

At this time, Zhang Baotou stared at Xu Damao with his eyes sharp, and continued to say slowly: "Why don't we just estimate it based on the figure of 900 grams."

"In this case, twice the amount would be a full 1,800 grams! And referring to the current market price of recycled gold, each gram costs about three dollars and a dime or more. Brother, what do you think of my suggestion?"

Xu Damao nodded slightly, expressing his agreement, "What Zhang Baotou said is absolutely right. Judging from the current situation, the weight of the gold attached to these jade pieces is indeed not much different from what you said."

"However, you should be clear-headed, Zhang. The purity of gold in ancient times was far lower than that of today!"

"You have to know that the prices given by banks and the market for recycling gold are for gold products with extremely high purity, such as small yellow croaker and large yellow croaker."

"Only things like these can have such a high purity! On the other hand, the gold on the jade piece in front of us obviously cannot meet such a high purity requirement."

After Xu Damao finished speaking, he didn't bargain and just looked at Zhang Baotou.

"That's true, brother! In that case, why don't you name a price first? If we feel it's suitable and satisfactory, then we'll all be happy. But if the price is too low and we brothers are unwilling to do the deal, then we can still be friends even if the deal doesn't work out!"

As he spoke, Zhang narrowed his eyes slightly, with a faint smile on the corners of his mouth, and responded in a seemingly relaxed and casual manner.

When Zhang Baotou heard Xu Damao's words, he didn't feel too much in his heart, and just responded with a few polite words. He looked nonchalant, as if he didn't take this deal very seriously.

"Okay, Zhang Baotou is really straightforward! I can't drag my feet like a woman. How about this? The current market price of gold is more than three yuan and a dime a gram. Let's just remove the small numbers at the end and calculate it as three yuan a gram to make it an integer. How about it, Zhang Baotou? Do you think it's okay?"

Xu Damao was very clear and directly stated the price he offered.

On this side, after hearing the offer made by Xu Damao, Zhang Baotou couldn't help but feel secretly delighted.

Because this price is slightly higher than his previous estimate.

However, he did not show any joy at all on the surface. Instead, he deliberately pretended to frown and look deep in thought, as if he was seriously weighing the pros and cons.

"Well, it's so cold, and you four have taken the trouble to make this trip. It's really hard work. Forget it, the two of us brothers will just take a small loss. Three dollars a gram, then three dollars a gram!"