Undying Body

Du Shaoyan yawned as he walked, obviously he didn't sleep well last night, he was tall and handsome, and he attracted many people's attention while walking on the road.

He stopped and looked behind him: "This is where the Antique City is. I've been here a few times before."

Opposite him is an antique-style building, which is extraordinary in style. Chang Sheng looked up at the tall building: "Now the antique city has been made so beautiful."

"What do you want us to do here?" Du Shaoyan yawned again: "I'm so sleepy, the hotel bed was too hard last night."

Chang Sheng comforted: "Make do with one night, if we earn money today, we will go find a house instead of sleeping there."

"Well," Du Shaoyan nodded obediently: "It's so cold and the quilt is thin, I want to sleep with you tonight."

He spoke loudly, and several people around him looked sideways.

Chang Sheng hurriedly said, "Stop talking."

Du Shaoyan said unconsciously: "It's really cold. It won't be cold if we hug each other to sleep. Anyway, it's not the first time we sleep..."

"enough!"

Someone nearby said in a low voice: "The world is getting worse, the two men are still hugging and sleeping together, it's so disgusting!"

Another person also answered in a low voice: "You don't understand again, now some perverted old men like beautiful boys, and if they have a little money, they play with them. Look at that boy is so handsome, I want money I also cover him..."

Chang Sheng was so thin-skinned that he didn't dare to listen anymore, so he ran to the antique city, Du Shaoyan followed behind him: "What are you running for?"

The two entered the antique hall, where the decoration was magnificent and crowded, each shop was operated independently, and there was a dazzling array of antiques, jade, porcelain, bronze, jewelry, and ancient books were classified into different categories, which made people dazzled.

"Didn't you say you have no money?" Du Shaoyan pulled Chang Sheng back: "Do you still want to buy antiques?"

"Well, let's go around first, I've never been to such a big antique city, and I feel dizzy." Chang Sheng forced himself to temporarily forget what happened just now. He still has serious things to do, otherwise he wouldn't know where his dinner was.

The two walked around the hall and went upstairs again. Du Shaoyan couldn't help asking: "What are you going to do?"

"Look for a store, and get an overview of the situation first." Chang Sheng explained: "Young master has been here before, do you know which stores have reasonable prices for antiques?"

Du Shaoyan shook his head blankly: "When I come to play, others buy it, I don't understand these things."

"Then I'll go and have a look first. If you're sleepy, sit here for a while." Chang Sheng pulled Du Shaoyan to a chair in the aisle: "Take a rest and don't run around, or I won't be able to find you in a while."

Du Shaoyan frowned: "How old do you think I am?"

"All right, don't run."

After Chang Sheng coaxed this young master, he began to look at the antique city layer by layer. He has been to some antique cities before, and he has some experience in different cities in different times. Although the times are different, some business principles are always the same. What's more, there should be no one who understands things after the Ming Dynasty better than him.

It had been two hours since he walked around in a circle, Chang Sheng returned to the corridor where Du Shaoyan was sitting, and saw a man standing beside Du Shaoyan talking to him from a distance.

Du Shaoyan shook his head, the man left, and Chang Sheng walked over: "Master, have you met someone you know?"

"I don't know." Du Shaoyan stood up when he saw Chang Sheng.

"What did you say to him if you didn't know him?"

"He said he invited me to dinner, who is he? Why should I have dinner with him?!"

Chang Sheng recalled the conversations of those people when he first entered the door. It is true that most of the people who visit the antique city are rich people. Maybe it is also possible to meet a perverted old man. The young master is so simple...how can he be so simple!

Du Shaoyan said again: "Why did you come back, I'm hungry." As he spoke, his stomach growled cooperatively.

This child is rarely hungry, but now he is probably really hungry, so Chang Sheng went down: "I have an idea, I'll go buy you something to eat first."

Outside the Antique City is the main street. The two of them walked through the main street and turned back. Du Shaoyan asked while walking, "What are you looking for?"

"Generally there are small stalls outside the big antique city like this. Let's try our luck." Chang Sheng said with a smile, "The young master has always been blessed, so it's best to share some with me today."

Du Shaoyan nodded: "It's all for you."

After walking 100 meters, some small antique shops really appeared. They were much smaller than the ones in the antique city, and the things were arranged in a mess. There was a hot dog shop next to it. Chang Sheng bought one for Du Shaoyan: "Let's eat some first."

Du Shaoyan took it in his hand, the hot dog tastes especially good in cold weather, Du Shaoyan took a big bite and said, "Here you are."

"I'm not hungry." Chang Sheng said, only looking at the shops on both sides.

"How can you not be hungry after walking all morning." Du Shaoyan said while eating, "If you don't eat any more, you really won't be hungry."

"It was originally bought for you." Chang Sheng said after a while: "Young master is so hungry, do you regret not having dinner with that person just now?"

"I'd rather have a hot dog with you," Du Shaoyan finished eating in two or three bites, wiped his mouth with a paper, and said casually, "For a lifetime."

Chang Sheng's heartbeat quickened for two seconds and subsided quickly. This child must have been unintentional.

The two walked past a small store, and Chang Sheng stopped in his tracks. In front of the store was a billboard for price reduction, and a pile of jade articles were piled up underneath.

Chang Sheng picked up and looked at the jade wares, and Du Shaoyan also looked at them like him. He had only seen jade wares of various colors placed in glass cases in jewelry stores in department stores, but he had never seen this kind of jade wares arranged in a hill like a pile of groceries. He looked at the scene for a long time, and felt that they were all dirty, their appearance was not clear, and their carvings were not exquisite. If the jade in the specialty store was a well-dressed boudoir lady, then these jade wares were simply disgraced countrymen. Auntie, no, not even a woman, it should be a country uncle.

"What are you going to do?" Du Shaoyan threw away the jade bracelet in his hand.

Holding a small piece of jade in his hand, Chang Sheng looked at the shop owner: "How do you sell this?"

The boss is a middle-aged man in his 40s, propping his head lazily, speaking in a Xi'an accent: "There is 120 units outside, and once the goods are sold, they will not be returned or exchanged."

"This is not good-looking." Du Shaoyan looked at the piece of jade, it was very small, only as big as a child's palm, it was a little yellowish, stained with a lot of dust, it looked old and dirty.

"Let's make it cheaper, boss."

As soon as Chang Sheng spoke, Du Shaoyan was taken aback. He actually spoke the same Xi'an dialect as the boss, and he learned it perfectly.

"Xiangdang," the boss laughed, "I'm selling at a loss. Are you still bargaining?"

"There's only so much, Xiangdang." Chang Sheng took out all the money on his body.

The boss stood up and counted the money: "Eighty is eighty."

Chang Sheng thanked the boss and walked back with the jade. Du Shaoyan looked at him: "So you are from Xi'an?"

"I'm from Yangzhou." Chang Sheng said as he walked, "I used to live in Xi'an for many years."

Du Shaoyan clicked his tongue: "You speak so well in Xi'an, even the boss didn't catch it."

"It's useless to say a few more words. I have forgotten it for too many years." Chang Sheng shook his head: "It's really not enough money, otherwise I wouldn't be like this."

The two walked back to the antique city, and Du Shaoyan asked again: "Why are you coming back? Are you going to sell this tattered jade?"

"Master is smart."

"How much can you sell for 80 yuan?"

"Bet your luck, playing this is Taobao."

"It's Alipay!" Du Shaoyan didn't believe it.

Chang Sheng smiled: "Look at me."

The two went up to the jade area on the fourth floor. Chang Sheng pointed to a shop at the entrance of the elevator: "I just inquired about it. The owner of this shop is nice. Be good and don't interrupt later."

Du Shaoyan said angrily: "Hey, don't treat me like a child!"

Chang Sheng walked into the glass door of the store, and the female boss raised her head: "What do you want to see?" The woman looked to be in her early thirties, with a shrewd face, and her Mandarin was very blunt.

"I came up with something, I wonder if you will accept it?" Chang Sheng said in Hokkien dialect.

The female boss laughed immediately, and said in Hokkien, "My hometown."

Du Shaoyan's eyes widened in shock, he couldn't understand what they were saying at all.

Chang Sheng also smiled, and handed the jade over: "How much do you think this is worth?"

The female boss restrained her smile and looked carefully: "This is a jade belt. The quality of the jade is good, but it has Huang Qin, so it's not worth much."

Chang Sheng was not in a hurry: "This should be an official decoration of the Ming Dynasty. Generally, Ming jade is more than strong but not detailed enough, but this jade belt plate is very finely carved, and the flower carvings are very clear. The boss may wish to take another look."

The female boss watched it again: "Two thousand."

Du Shaoyan blinked, the price he bought at [-] just now has doubled in an instant!He obediently listened to what Chang Sheng had to say, and didn't speak at this meeting.

Sure enough, Chang Sheng shook his head: "Boss, don't lie to your fellow countrymen."

"This piece should be Hetian jade, and there are many similar ones. For the sake of fellow villagers, I will give you three thousand." The female boss held the jade in her hand: "There can be no more."

Chang Sheng shook his head: "It's not for sale anymore." He stretched out his hand and said, "I'll go to another house."

"Wait," the female boss called to the clerk next to her, "Make tea for the two guests." She then said to Chang Sheng, "Sit down, I'll take it to the back and have a look, and show it to my husband." Go into the back of the shop.

The man served two cups of tea, Du Shaoyan whispered, "What did you just say?"

Chang Sheng took a sip of tea and replied, "Hokkien, I lived in that area before and can speak simple."

"How many places have you lived in?"

"It's quite a lot."

"Seeing that you're not very old," Du Shaoyan approached again, "Is that piece of jade bought at [-] really worth a lot of money?"

Chang Sheng said softly: "It's not a treasure, otherwise it would have been snatched up by experts and it's our turn, but it is indeed worth 2 to [-] yuan."

Du Shaoyan opened his eyes wide: "It's so easy to make money, you are so good!"

"Good luck." Chang Sheng made a silent gesture.

After a while, the female boss came out: "My husband said 1 yuan, which is incredible."

Chang Sheng stood up: "Thirteen thousand, let's not talk about it, I will keep the jade."

"Okay!" The female boss immediately said, "I'll give you the cash." She hurriedly took the money from the cabinet, as if she was afraid that she might regret it.

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The two walked out of the antique city, and Du Shaoyan said with a smile: "It's great to make money so quickly! In a blink of an eye, eighty things have changed to ten thousand, and we will have a good life!"

"Actually, it's more than thirteen thousand, but I think it's enough." Chang Sheng said as he walked towards the small shop just now.

Du Shaoyan said happily: "Do you still want to go to Taobao?"

"No," Chang Sheng shook his head: "Actually, I don't like this, it seems like I'm lying."

Du Shaoyan didn't take it seriously: "How can this be considered a lie? You just said that playing this is Taobao. The boss doesn't know the goods, but you have a good eye and know the pearl, so you should make money."

"No, I have done similar things a few times before, and I always feel that this is not good. I will never do it unless it is absolutely necessary and I need money."

Just as he was talking about walking back to the shop where he bought jade just now, Chang Sheng stood at the door and said, "I'm back from Xiangdang. I met a friend who borrowed some money and I'll buy you some more."

The boss came out: "Okay, pick it yourself."

Chang Sheng took ten of them casually, counted one thousand and two and handed them over: "Thank you."

The boss counted the money: "The township party is welcome to take care of my business."

Ten jade articles were tinkling in a simple transparent plastic bag. Chang Sheng stuffed the bag into Du Shaoyan's schoolbag, and the two of them walked back slowly to get in the car.

Du Shaoyan asked: "Why don't you go back to the antique city and see how much these are worth?"

Chang Sheng said flatly: "These are not worth much, one is worth twenty or thirty at most."

"Ah? You know you still buy so much, isn't this sending money to others?"

"It's money, but I feel better with a conscience like this."

"What does this have to do with conscience? Are you so stupid?" Du Shaoyan slapped Chang Sheng on the head: "Both parties are dealing in good faith, paying money with one hand and delivering goods with the other hand. Why do you feel like you're lying? !"

Chang Sheng didn't want to explain anymore, he felt that he was cheating, and he would rather rely on his own hands to make money than his special physique.