: No. 398

You should know that in advance, Jia Sidao had agreed with A San that after returning from Kangshanling, he would go directly to Lin'an. Anyway, Jia Sidao and A San were both immersed in the general situation of this trip to the bloodstone wool. So, I know more about whether there are any good materials that perform very well among these wool.

However, when Jia Sidao saw Miss Yang and the noble son appearing in the market trading area again this afternoon, Jia Sidao's thoughts changed significantly. No matter what, since he met again, Jia Sidao was wondering if he should have returned the favor he had yesterday?

As the saying goes, it doesn’t matter if you owe anything, you’re afraid of owing favors. Debts on favors are too troublesome. Especially for such favors that are big or small, it’s not small.

If he had been rooted in Jia Sidao's heart, God would know when it would disturb Jia Sidao's thoughts. So, A San was actually half right in his words just now, that is to say, Jia Sidao really chose to stay for Miss Yang. As for whether it was for Miss Yang or not, it was not what A San knew.

First, I waited for a while outside the market trading area. After all, the start of the auction transaction also required the organizer to make some preparations in advance. What's more, the time to get off from Kangshanling today was earlier than yesterday.

I communicated casually with the vendors on the roadside. For example, Changhua Town is famous for its bloodstone, so are there some famous shops that sell bloodstones in the town?

After all, Jia Sidao came to Changhua this time to make the bloodstone.

And I can come to the market trading area here to experience how the wool such as bloodstone was excavated. The ultimate goal is to purchase some high-quality bloodstones to return, so that the products in my "green, fat, red and thin" will become more colorful.

This is not like yesterday. It is enough to simply bid for one or two pieces of blood stone wool in the market trading area. However, Jia Sidao also knew in his heart that if there was really a big blood stone company, it would not be so easy to buy a part of the blood stone back. Any industry has the rules of this industry. Although Jia Sidao has a calm and confident attitude in jade trading, if he was put on the blood stone, he would be smeared, just like a blind man.

Even if you can contact some large companies that operate bloodstones, can you really choose the source of goods with Jia Sidao?

Every company has its own stable customers. Small individuals like Jia Sidao are nothing more than some bloodstones in sales. In larger companies, they really don’t like them. What’s more, what Jia Sidao needs is also the best bloodstones.

In terms of its own value, bloodstone is quite different from jadeite. If the quality of bloodstone is reduced to a few levels, then compared with the price of jadeite jewelry, the price of bloodstone is at the bottom. In this way, it would not be appropriate to place bloodstone in a jade store, right?

However, what disappointed Jia Sidao was that there was no suitable company in Changhua Town, and there were no particularly famous shops. Even if it was a few shops that operated ready-made carved bloodstones. In the end, Jia Sidao's mind flashed, and he couldn't help but point his fingers secretly at the locations where Miss Yang and the noble son were.

The vendor who sells fruits and mineral water immediately said with some clarity: "This, you need to go to Lin'an County. They are all famous people in the city."

In this way, Jia Sidao and A San looked at each other, and the smiles on the corners of their mouths gradually spread. The eyes of both sides seemed to be saying: Next stop, Lin'an.

"But, Xiao Jia, do you need to hurry to go to Yangzhou?" A San thought more and said, "If you have a hurry, it doesn't matter whether you go to Lin'an or not. Anyway, you still have to pass here when you return."

"Haha, it's okay." Jia Sidao knew that he had at least one week, and it only took two days until now. No, if there was really a good deal in Lin'an, Jia Sidao could have slightly delayed his trip to Yangzhou.

Didn’t Li Tiantian’s aunt repeatedly postpone the meeting because of something?

If Jia Sidao pushed back for a day or two, I guess there wouldn't be any major problem, right?

However, when Jia Sidao considered this issue, he seemed to naturally ignore why Li Tiantian's aunt had made an appointment with the meeting place in Yangzhou, and what exactly did the two of them go to Yangzhou.

If Jia Sidao hadn't been asking for help from others, would he have to go to Yangzhou? If it weren't for the urgent time, he wouldn't even go back to his home in Shanghai, and would he go directly to Yangzhou?

A person in the antique industry, especially an insider with a wide connection, always has this and that accident in time and itinerary, full of uncertainty, right? Maybe, today she was still discussing with some experts in Beijing why blue and white porcelain has always been high in value. Tomorrow, her person is already talking to a small restaurant in Yangzhou about her jade carving material with a craftsman who carved jade. What kind of work should she design her jade material?

The fun in this is difficult to understand if it is not a real person in the industry.

Jia Sidao and A San entered the auction scene yesterday. Looking around, there was still such a "dashed" venue, and the boss of yesterday. Oh, it was the first boss who appeared at the auction yesterday. He still heard the boss's inspiring words. Jia Sidao frowned slightly and felt a little funny.

It turns out that this boss is almost the same whether it is yesterday or today's opening remarks.

No wonder Jia Sidao felt that he listened yesterday evening and felt a little passionate in his heart. Even A San on the side was even offered a price of sensational several times by this boss. If it weren't for the more enthusiastic merchants, A San wouldn't have been empty-handed.

Even so, Jia Sidao noticed that most of the merchants present showed a relatively calm mood. Just like Miss Yang, she did not show any excessive expressions, and looked calm and quiet. At that time, Jia Sidao also deliberately sighed that these merchants who came to buy bloodstones were really very firm in their mood training.

I was also thinking about whether it was because of the purchase of bloodstone, which was slightly lower in value than jadeite raw stones, which led to such a situation?

However, after this, Jia Sidao understood that those businessmen who were standing in a trading venue yesterday, as if they were watching a show, had their expressions changed, were almost all old customers here. They were the only ones who had already predicted what the boss on the stage would say in advance, right?

Just like Jia Sidao at this moment, even if he looked at the many tourists around him, or the new self-employed businessmen who came to buy bloodstone and wool materials, he would not take the initiative to explain anything. Just think that he is a experienced person, just look at their changing mentality and appreciate it.

It’s true that Jia Sidao looked at him and felt a bit of a drifty mentality.

"Damn, I was actually fooled." Asan muttered and smiled embarrassedly at Jia Sidao. It was obvious that Asan also discovered this, but he didn't say anything. It seemed that all those who had experienced the previous auction site had an unprecedented tacit understanding at this moment.

This strange and quiet performance, against the backdrop of a group of new customers, reflects a bit of intriguing feeling.

And the antiques are the same?

Most of the time, newcomers always come with bloody lessons, right? The ultimate benefit is those experts or those who enter the industry earlier than them.

The previous "appetizer" auction passed quickly, and the boss next to the long table also changed one. When the newly dug bloodstone wool materials were launched today, everyone had more time and opportunity to go up and check it. At this time, Jia Sidao paid special attention to Miss Yang's actions. As Jia Sidao expected, she did not blindly look for those large pieces of wool materials to check, but first selected some small pieces of materials that were more suitable for viewing, or some small stones thrown on the cart. After determining the condition of the whole batch of materials, she would continue to check the wool materials.

However, perhaps it is not in the same area as the one dug yesterday. Jia Sidao himself also felt that the quality of the wool materials that this trip was not necessarily comparable to yesterday's. Moreover, the boss did not place all the pieces of wool materials he just dug today for auction, but just chose three or four of them.

Moreover, the boss is not a fool. In terms of the quality displayed on the surface, there are also good and bad among the three or four pieces. If it is a little worse, it will be auctioned first, or if it is more stable on the surface, such as "Plum Blossom Blood", it will be placed in front, while those with higher gambling will be delayed. In this way, it will be easier to create the latter's advantages and make the price more likely to be higher.

Jia Sidao was waiting for an opportunity to remind Miss Yang to give her a favor. But this kind of opportunity does not mean that you can wait for it. At the beginning, Jia Sidao was not in a hurry. However, when it was time to bid for the last piece of bloodstone wool, the Miss Yang did not pay the price once. This made Jia Sidao feel that he seemed to have been waiting for nearly an hour in vain, as if he had held his breath and wanted to vomit it out, but in the end he had no choice but to swallow it himself.

I was very frustrated.

"Let's go." When the auction ended, Jia Sidao smiled bitterly and said to Asan.

"Suspicious? You won't keep up with the Miss Yang in front?" A San was a little curious. At the time of the auction, Jia Sidao said nothing. When it was over, he was ready to leave in a hurry. "If you don't take a few steps faster, you can't say that you will waste your time when you stay here and wait for her."

The crowd is vast, and although they are playing with bloodstones, A San doesn't think that after leaving Changhua, Jia Sidao still has a 100% chance to meet Miss Yang again among the crowd. Of course, if Jia Sidao tried every means to find it, with Jia Sidao's ability and Miss Yang's popularity, he could "meet" among the crowd by "coincidence".

"Don't I know this is a waste of time?" Jia Sidao said angrily. Speaking of which, Jia Sidao thought things too simple. Because Miss Yang gave such a favor at the auction hall. Jia Sidao naturally believed that returning favors to that place was the best way.

But I never thought for the time being that with Miss Yang's eyes on the bloodstone, why should a novice like him remind or give in?

If there is a top-quality bloodstone in the wool today, Jia Sidao still has a chance. For example, when he first competes with her and raises the price to a more suitable position, he suddenly withdraws modestly. In this way, Miss Yang will definitely understand Jia Sidao's intentions.

However, the weather is not good. Today's wool materials are not perfect. Jia Sidao can only hope that there will be such opportunities in the future.

"Let's go." Jia Sidao said, "We didn't drive here by ourselves. If we didn't hurry up, we might have all the cars back to Changhua."

"How is that possible?" A San said in disbelief. "Now, as long as you pay, I will dare to call Changhua directly and let someone drive an empty car over to pick us up."

However, in this way, Jia Sidao and A San are just like that noble young man. At least, they are all "expendable" in the eyes of others! Unless there is really something urgent, who will seem so luxurious?

Although this is the case, Jia Sidao looked at A San with some teasing words and said, "Since you said so, then, should you really show it?"

"Aren't you telling it seriously?" A San said, spreading his hands, "After this time, you bought a piece of wool, right? And I was empty-handed and just spent money. It should be yourselves, right?"

"Otherwise, I will hand over the bloodstone I just shipped to Changhua to you at the price of 63,000 yuan?" Jia Sidao said with some amusement, "Look, I am so kind, I didn't make a penny, and I even paid for the shipping fee for you."

"Really?" Asan raised his eyebrows!

"Really!" Jia Sidao agreed quickly.

"Uh, let's forget it." A San retreated by himself and said, "To be honest, I'm not optimistic about your wool material until now. Especially at a price of more than 60,000 yuan. That, by the way, if you cut it out and the wool material is not good, you can't blame my crow's mouth."

"Come on. I knew you wouldn't agree." Jia Sidao said indifferently, "I hope you don't regret it at that time. How could I blame you? Hahaha,"

The two of them joked, and after returning to Changhua, they drove to Lin'an County. At this time, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening. They had dinner only after surveying. Although they had no gains today, they were tired all day. Jia Sidao and A San were originally planning to have a good walk in Lin'an.

Otherwise, the news about bloodstone that was found out from the vendors would be wasted.

However, based on the common and affirmative decision between the two of them, they found a hotel casually and went to bed. It was dawn. Who told Jia Sidao and A San that although they often went to the countryside to collect something, they rarely walked such a long mountain road?

Until the next day, after Jia Sidao and Asan got up, they felt a lot of soreness, almost all the way from the root of their necks to the soles of their feet, just like having a "heavyweight" massage on their whole body. Even when Asan saw Jia Sidao's first words, they shouted: "I will never go hiking again in the future."

The sourness during this period is probably enough for A San and Jia Sidao to reminisce for several days, right?

After driving, I arrived at several stores that operated blood stones. The company took a quick look. At the reception, they were very polite, but Jia Sidao was not very satisfied with the blood stone wool materials given. Even the carvings of some finished blood stones gave people a more mediocre feeling. Of course, most of the carvings of blood stones are naturally seals.

You should know that Changhua Chicken Bloodstone has the reputation of "Queen of Seal Stone".

As early as the Qing Dynasty, when chicken blood stone was famous, several emperors such as Kangxi, Qianlong, and Jiaqing highly appreciated Changhua chicken blood stone and used it as the seal material for the seal. From this we can see how appropriate it is to be used to carve chicken blood stone into seals. It seems that it is a material such as chicken blood stone, which is born to carve seals.

In the early 1970s, when former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka and former Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ohira came to visit our country, Premier Zhou Enlai also presented Changhua blood stones to the two distinguished guests as a national gift. Therefore, blood stones were also famous in Japan for a while, as if a craze for collecting blood stones. Many Japanese tourists would choose one or two blood stone marks when traveling to the mainland and take them back to their homeland for souvenirs.

The national postal bureau issued a set of special stamps "Chicken Blood Lithographs" printed with two treasure seals.

Jia Sidao naturally had nothing to say about carving chicken blood stones into seals. However, even if it is a seal, at least it would have made a few more shapes? Such as "Crane Head Red" and "Liu Guan Zhang" are both vivid and culturally meaningful. The blood stones I saw at this moment are better, and the seal has become a seal, but it also lacks a bit of agility and vivid feeling.

Sighing, Jia Sidao pulled A San for a moment and suggested, "Why go to some small shops to have a look?"

Since you can't see good bloodstones in big companies, it's better to go to some small places to look for them. Especially for players like Jia Sidao and A San who are struggling on antique streets all day long, some small places are like a dilapidated shop in a corner. It's fun to buy some good things you like.

Even if you don’t see good things, it’s not in vain to come to Lin’an, right?

Immediately, the two of them found some ancient buildings, ancient streets, or places for selling antiques. They were really looking for a good place. The two of them felt like they were on both sides of the street, which was quite a bit like an antique street. Jia Sidao parked the car and entered each store with A San.

Before I could enter the store, the artistic conception created by this environment alone felt a bit like two people entering the sea.

"I said, are we going to be able to stay in such a small place in our lives?" Seeing Jia Sidao feeling a little excited, A San couldn't help but smile bitterly, "How do I feel that the two of us are a little out of place with those tall buildings?"

"Hehe, this is pretty good too." Jia Sidao said with a smile, "As long as we do well here, will the skyscrapers still be far away?"

"Yes." Asan nodded deeply, "Are you living in a villa or a shop at the moment? You are a role model standing in front of me!"

Jia Sidao immediately smiled bitterly and shook his head, ignored A San and turned into a shop. The sales were not all bloodstones, but some stationery utensils, which were more plain and more calligraphy and painting!
Chapter completed!