Chapter 107 Chapter 107 Being Targeted

Early the next morning, Liu Yufei took Jia Sidao out of the hotel together. The two thought that since they had arrived in Baofeng, they should naturally go to the antique market. Not to mention that a place like Baofeng has a profound cultural heritage, especially in porcelain, the surrounding area, such as Ruzhou and Yuzhou, are all holy places for Jun porcelain and Ru porcelain.Moreover, Liu Yufei is planning to find some jasper-like things he likes in the antique market.Speaking of which, Henan Province is also a large province of cultural relics. However, Jia Sidao scoffed at Liu Yufei's plan.If it is still possible to find a good piece of porcelain here, then there is no hope for jasper, right?But after arriving at the antique market, Jia Sidao felt that his conclusion seemed a bit premature.

Apart from porcelain, there are quite a few other things. Compared with the Town God's Temple in Shanghai, the scale is naturally much worse, but in terms of the quality of things, after Jia Sidao and Liu Yufei took a preliminary stroll around, they were deeply impressed.Perhaps the place is close to the countryside, which is equivalent to the front line of the antique trade. There may be more rare antiques. There are many things that even the peddlers themselves don’t know very well, whether they are good things or old ones. Things are randomly mixed together, and the eyesight of collectors is even more exquisite.

After all, the hawkers' things come from various sources, some are collected from the countryside, some are from grave robbers, and some are even from special old ones, and so on. Liu Yufei once secretly told Jia Sidao: "Don't look at a place like Baofeng, which produces porcelain itself, but the more such a place is, the more counterfeit things like porcelain are rampant. On the contrary, it is not as good as other types of antiques. It's more 'real'." Of course, this thing is not true, it is only relative.When he said this, Liu Yufei still showed a slight smile on his face, and Jia Sidao felt awkward looking at it.Ganqing Liu Yufei knew about this situation a long time ago, no wonder he was dragged to the antique market just to amuse Jia Sidao.In addition, there is also the meaning of wanting to pull someone to serve as a foil.Compared with visiting the antique market alone, with Jia Sidao by his side, at least he can talk.

Jia Sidao looked around at the bustling market, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that his knowledge of porcelain was still too little after all.If not, with the assistance of the left-handed supernatural perception ability, as long as Jia Sidao can see that the external performance of things is relatively correct, then use the perception ability to test the inner quality of the porcelain, which is the standard of the same dynasty as the porcelain. Comparing the devices, you can be somewhat sure. However, this kind of perception detection, on the one hand, Jia Sidao is not 100% sure, even if the perception is correct, it can only be regarded as a kind of psychological comfort; What kind of decent standard instrument has been used before, which makes him have very little reference perception in his mind, so where is the comparison?

"Let's go, go over there and have a look." Liu Yufei saw the things around him. Although there were many fake ones, especially the porcelain ones, there was still an endless stream of pedestrians. There were even special shops selling tourist products for people to come and go. The price is relatively low, and compared with the authentic products of the Song Dynasty that some hawkers boasted about, they do not show weakness at all.There are still quite a lot of people who buy it, spend tens or hundreds of dollars, choose what you like, and don't worry about whether the thing is right or not, anyway, it is also a good decoration when you buy it home and put it on the shelf. As a souvenir.

Jia Sidao looked in the direction indicated by Liu Yufei, and not far from them, there was a large group of people gathered in front of an antique stall, and a peddler could be vaguely seen spitting wildly, selling his hands to a customer. collections. Chinese people seem to watch the excitement wherever they go. Jia Sidao and Liu Yufei were no exception. When the two of them approached, they could clearly feel that what was going on in front of them was just a simple transaction, but it was surrounded by three floors inside and outside.The reason is that this peddler's eloquence is too good, and he speaks his own things miraculously, as if he saw it with his own eyes and experienced the years of thousands of years ago.

"Look at this bronze mirror, it is definitely a fake bronze from the Warring States Period." Look at the bow button here, this style is a decoration that can only appear in the homes of important people at that time, maybe it is something in the home of the fourth son Zhan Zai.Look at these edges, and the fineness of the mirror surface here. You are an expert. This bronze ware is not like porcelain, calligraphy and painting, and it is not easy to deceive people. "The peddler said, and put the things directly into the hands of the buyers. When the buyer took the bronze mirror in his hand and checked it over and over again, the peddler was still introducing the origin of this thing, just talking, and glanced at the surrounding crowd, but the voice was It is much smaller, as if he was afraid that most people would hear it. That appearance is enough, but everyone can hear it in the public. It turns out that this bronze mirror was taken from an old man's family when he went to the countryside. It is said that the items collected by the family were from grave robbers in the period of the Republic of China. The old man passed them down from his ancestors, and they have been stored for more than half a century.

What he said was true, not to mention the buyers, even Liu Yufei and Jia Sidao who were nearby listened with gusto. Not to mention paying for it directly, just listening to such a story is worth the two of them standing by the side for a while.However, the buyer seemed to have a little understanding of the doorway in the antique market, and obviously would not be moved by a small story. Although he liked it in his heart, he still had a hesitant look on his face. Just as he was about to put down the bronze mirror in his hand, an old man stood up and said, "Have you read it? If you don't, let me take a look."

The buyer handed over the bronze mirror to the old man. The old man put on the reading glasses, took out a magnifying glass from his pocket, and began to observe carefully.After a while, he put the bronze mirror to his ear, flicked it with his fingers, heard the sound very clear, then nodded and said: "The things are not bad, although there are still some flaws in appearance, but The string pattern button is clearly visible, and the bridge-shaped button has three raised string patterns on the back, which is one of the important features of the bronze mirror of the Warring States period....By the way, how much is this thing?"

The peddler greeted him immediately with a smile on his face, and said, "You have really good eyesight. You can't practice this trick without any real kung fu." After a little hesitation, he said, "Well, the side of the bronze mirror is indeed a little Can, besides, you are also a big expert yourself, you must know the market, the price is 30,000 yuan, you can take it if you want." The old man pondered for a while and said, "30,000 yuan is too expensive. If it is in good condition, it is worth the price. As for this one, I want 15,000 yuan. How about it?" "Fifteen thousand is too little." The peddler shook his head and said, "Although the price of bronze ware is not too tight now, it has not fallen to this level. When I collected it, I spent a lot of money. Why don't you make another offer?"

"Okay, I looked at this thing, and it looks quite right, let's say 18,000." The old man slightly raised his bid. "This is still a little low." The peddler frowned and began to evade, "If it is less than 25,000, this thing really can't go." Hearing this, the old man handed back the bronze mirror in his hand to the peddler, saying: "Then this business can't be done." Then he put the magnifying glass back in his pocket and prepared to leave. The peddler could only explain with a wry smile how hard it was to collect things. He seemed sad and wept. It seemed that the old man would be sorry for his business if he didn’t spend 25,000 yuan. Seeing this, Jia Sidao felt a little funny, pushed Liu Yufei, and asked, "You said this, right?" Liu Yufei gave Jia Sidao a blank look: "I don't play with bronze wares, who knows if something is right. If it's nephrite, I can tell a thing or two, but this peddler looks too ghostly." Some, this thing is hard to say." "Is this thing right? It's nothing to do with peddlers." Jia Sidao shook his head and said angrily. However, while Jia Sidao and Liu Yufei were joking around here, the original buyer over there, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his thirties or forties, started to feel anxious. After negotiating the business, he stepped in. He himself didn't know much about this bronze ware, but he could understand what the old man said in the appraisal just now. The old man didn't want to pay 25,000 yuan, but he was willing. Without further ado, he was about to trade directly with the hawker, and the transaction price was naturally 25,000 yuan from the hawker's mouth. That's true, but not ambiguous at all. Hearing this, the peddler could only apologize to the old man in embarrassment, and excitedly made a deal with the middle-aged man. Originally, it would be unkind to switch buyers before the deal with the old man was over. However, as the saying goes, businessmen are all pursuing the best interests, and the old man himself has been reluctant to bid for a long time. It is also a good thing for the hawkers that the young people are preempted.To put it bluntly, whoever gives the highest price will get the item. The old man could only glared at the middle-aged man, muttering in his mouth that the young people nowadays are not very disciplined, even if they are eye-catching in this antique market, as long as the transaction is still in progress, even if the people around can see it Generally, there will be no reminders, unless it is a relative or friend. Now the behavior of the middle-aged man is obviously against the rules.However, the middle-aged man doesn't care about these things, he is holding the bronze mirror in his hand full of joy, and the accusations of the old man are all on deaf ears. Seeing that the transaction has been completed, the people around him naturally dispersed . Jia Sidao and Liu Yufei also breathed a sigh of relief, and were going to visit other places. However, after walking around, Liu Yufei gestured behind the two of them with his eyes, as if he was being targeted by someone with a heart in this antique market.