After calling Anna, Sokov sat in the store in a daze holding his cell phone.
Khabarov is missing. If the survivors trapped underground are with him, they must know information about Khabarov.
If the police know that Khabarov is on the list of missing persons and are unwilling to expand the search scope due to the complex underground environment, should I, as Khabarov's friend, go deep underground to search for his whereabouts?
When he thought of venturing underground, Sokov remembered that his last time traveling was because he lost contact with his companions in a dark underground fortification because he couldn't see the road clearly, and suddenly arrived in the 1940s. If it really happened
If you want to explore underground, you must first solve the lighting problem.
Thinking of this, Sokov stood up and said to Lena who was sitting in the store playing with her mobile phone: "Lena, I have to go out for something. If anyone comes to see me, just call me."
"Well, okay."
Sokov walked a few streets and came to the street where daily necessities were sold.
The lighting installed on the ceiling of this street, due to its low wattage and being seven or eight meters above the ground, looks like a will-o'-the-wisp. Fortunately, the lights from the shops on both sides add some brightness to this street.
Walking on this street, Sokov tried to slow down as much as possible to avoid being hit by people who appeared out of nowhere.
When he came to a stall outside a store selling lighting equipment, Sokov used the flashlight of his mobile phone to check the products on it. When he saw the shopkeeper who came to do business, he quickly walked out of the house and asked with a smile: "Friend,
What do you want to buy?"
"I want to buy a high-intensity flashlight." Sokov told the other party what he wanted: "I am going to explore the forest with my friends, so I need a flashlight with high light intensity."
"There are some." The shopkeeper picked up a flashlight as thick as a child's arm from the stall and said to Sokov: "Friend, what do you think of this flashlight?"
"How bright is it?"
Hearing Sokov's question, the shopkeeper quickly turned on his flashlight, and the huge beam of light immediately illuminated the originally dark street as if it were daytime.
The shop owner swung the light beam up and down, and then asked: "Friend, how about this strong-light flashlight? Is the brightness satisfactory to you?"
"Satisfied, satisfied, very satisfied." After watching the store owner's demonstration, Sokov confirmed that the photo distance of this strong-light flashlight should be about thirty meters. It is perfect to bring such a flashlight when exploring underground.
However, he asked: "What's the price?"
"3000 rubles."
When he heard the price quoted by the other party, Sokov thought it was a bit expensive and asked: "It's too expensive. What's the cheapest price?"
"2800 rubles, it can't be cheaper."
"How long can it be used after one charge?"
"This is a short model with four batteries inside." The shop owner said, "On one charge, the battery life is 8 to 16 hours."
Sokov thought for a while, and if he wanted to explore deep underground, the battery life of 8 to 16 hours was a bit too short, so he continued to ask: "Is there anything longer?"
"Wait a minute." The shop owner turned around and entered his store, took out three cartons from inside, raised them one by one and introduced to Sokov: "This short model is equipped with eight batteries, and the battery life is 16~32 seconds
hours; this is the long model with four batteries, and the battery life is 12 to 24 hours; this is the long model with eight batteries, and the battery life is 24 to 48 hours."
After learning that there was a bright flashlight with a battery life of 24 to 48 hours, Sokov immediately pointed to the box and asked: "What's the price of this?"
"5,000 rubles." The shop owner had just quoted the price. Perhaps he was worried that Sokov would find it too expensive, so he quickly added: "If you want to buy it with peace of mind, just give me 4,800."
Sokov thought for a while and then said to the shop owner: "I will buy a short model with four batteries and a long model with eight batteries. I will give you 7,000 rubles, okay?"
The shop owner turned around and took out his computer. After working on it for a long time, he found that the price offered by the other party was 600 rubles lower than his own quotation. When he was hesitating, he heard Sokov ask: "Boss, are you selling it? If not,
I'm leaving."
"Sell, of course." The shop owner asked tentatively: "Are you sure you want these two flashlights?"
"Yes."
Seeing that Sokov confirmed that he wanted a short model with four batteries and a long model with eight batteries, the shop owner quickly took out the flashlight and demonstrated it to Sokov again to see the effect. He said: "Friend, my things have always been
You are fair and square, if you take it back and find something wrong, you can always replace it."
Sokov paid the bill readily, carried the two boxes in plastic bags, and returned to his stall.
Lena saw Sokov coming in with two cardboard boxes, and she came over and asked curiously: "Misha, what did you buy?"
"Strong light flashlight." Sokov took out a short flashlight and demonstrated the effect to Lena, then said: "We are going to Sochi in a while. With a flashlight like this, it will be more convenient to go somewhere at night.
"He didn't say that he bought this flashlight and planned to use it when exploring underground, so that Anna and Lena would not worry about themselves.
When Lena heard what Sokov said, she also nodded: "Misha, you are very thoughtful. After dark, the beach of the Black Sea is full of darkness. It is very useful to bring such a strong flashlight.
Convenient.”
While the two were talking, Xiao Ma, who was opposite, saw the flashlight in Sokov's hand and ran over curiously and asked: "Brother, why did you buy this flashlight?" According to his idea, the city was brightly lit, so
The flashlight seems to be of no use.
"We are going to Sochi in a while." Sokov felt that there were some things that he needed to tell Xiao Ma clearly, lest he always want to drive him to St. Petersburg: "It is a resort on the shores of the Black Sea. At night
, it’s pitch dark on the beach, it would be more convenient to have a flashlight for lighting.”
When Xiao Ma heard that Sokov said he was going to Sochi, he couldn't help but feel a little itchy. But then he thought about it, and he had to talk to his uncle Lao Wu for a long time before he reluctantly agreed. But because Soko
My husband refused to drive me to St. Petersburg, so the trip was in vain. Since I couldn't go to St. Petersburg, it would be good to go to Sochi. At least I could brag about it when I returned home and chatted with my friends after dinner.
"Brother, can you take me with you when you go to Sochi?" Xiao Ma asked tentatively.
"No, it's not convenient for you to go." Sokov didn't want to have too much interaction with Xiao Ma, so he decisively refused: "They are all foreigners, and you don't understand Russian. If you go along, there won't even be anyone to talk to.
, what’s the point.”
"Brother, don't you want to go too?" Xiao Ma said with a playful smile, "With you here, don't I have someone to talk to?"
"I can't be by your side all the time." Sokov shook his head and said, "You'd better wait until you have the opportunity to talk about it in the future."
When Xiao Ma was about to say something, a man suddenly walked in from outside and said to Sokov: "Xiao Lin, are you free now?"
Sokov turned around and saw that it was his friend Dayuan. He nodded quickly and said, "I'm free, what can I do?"
"It's like this. There's a meeting at Korolev's place today, and I want to go there and take a look around to see if I can catch something."
Korolev is a small city northeast of Moscow. There are market days a few days a week. Local residents set up stalls to sell some used goods, which is equivalent to a small flea market. At this moment, I heard that Dayuan was going to go there to pick up junk.
, Sokov nodded and said: "Okay, let's set off now."
Before leaving, Sokov specifically told Lena: "Leena, I have to leave beforehand. When it's time to get off work, you can just close the door and leave."
"Okay, Misha, I understand."
When Sokov drove Dayuan along the Grand Ring Road in the direction of Korolev, he casually asked: "Have you found anything good recently?"
"I found a piece of blue and white porcelain last month." Dayuan said proudly: "It only cost 80,000 rubles. If I take it back, it can be doubled at least dozens of times."
Sokov didn't believe Dayuan's statement at all. After all, today is no different than when the Soviet Union first took over, and all the goods sold on the street are genuine. Nowadays, it is more difficult to find valuable genuine goods than to find a needle in a haystack.
The so-called antiques that Dayuan bought are basically all fakes. Even if one or two pieces are genuine, their actual value is far lower than what he bought. Even so, Dayuan is still happy with it. As long as he knows where around Moscow
Whenever there was a fair in a small city, he would rush there to join in the fun.
But since the other party spent his own money, even if he was blind when buying antiques, it was his own business and had nothing to do with him. All he could do was act as a driver and deliver him to the place he designated.
Just at this moment, he encountered a red light. Seeing that there were more than 110 seconds left on the light, Sokov asked curiously: "What does the blue and white porcelain you bought look like? Do you have any photos?"
"Yes, yes." Dayuan nodded, took out his mobile phone, opened the photo album, found the photo of "blue and white porcelain", and handed it to Sokov: "Look, this is the blue and white porcelain I bought."
Sokov took a look and saw that it was a dark blue vase with the words "Made in the Yongzheng Year of the Qing Dynasty" written in black ink on the bottom of the bottle. Although Sokov didn't know anything about antiques, he could tell at a glance that the so-called blue and white porcelain was fake.
And it was the product of some small domestic workshop. He didn’t even want to make it old, so he sold it directly to Moscow to fool the foreigners. Unexpectedly, the foreigners didn’t fool the foreigners, but Dayuan became a big victim, spending more than a thousand US dollars.
For the price, I bought this fake vase.
However, this kind of thing should be seen through but not revealed. Sokov just smiled and said casually: "This vase is quite well preserved. It looks like it was just fired."
But Dayuan did not hear what Sokov said, and instead said with a smile: "Yes, when I saw this bottle, I really liked it. I negotiated the price with the boss for a long time and finally bought this vase.
"
After leaving the city, we soon entered the city of Korolev.
Under Dayuan's guidance, Sokov quickly arrived at the market.
After finding a place to park the car, the two entered the market and started picking up missing items.
Sokov knew that places like this were still filled with countless fakes. If you wanted to pick them up, you not only had to have good vision, but you also had to have good luck. But he didn’t seem to have either of these, so after arriving here today, he just wanted to accompany him.
Dayuan travels around, Quan should gain a lot of experience.
Not long after the two of them walked around, Dayuan took a fancy to a very unique-looking bracelet on one of the stalls. He picked it up and looked at it, and then said to Sokov: "Xiao Lin, you saw it. This is authentic cloisonné.
An enamel bracelet has a history of at least two hundred years and can be sold for at least 150,000 to 200,000 Chinese national coins when returned to China."
Sokov looked at the condition of the bracelet. It should have been produced last week, but in this case, he couldn't pour cold water on Dayuan. He could only echo: "Yes, you are right."
"Friend!" Dayuan took the bracelet and asked the stall owner: "How to sell this bracelet?"
The elderly stall owner raised his head and glanced at Dayuan: "Twenty-five thousand rubles."
Dayuan calculated in his mind that it was almost equivalent to 2,500 Chinese national currency. He thought it was a little expensive, so he asked tentatively: "Can it be cheaper?"
"No." The old stall owner shook his head and said, "The prices of the things I sell are never reduced!"
Seeing that the other party refused to lower the price, Sokov quickly pulled Dayuan away: "Since he is unwilling to lower the price, let's go to other places and have a look."
Dayuan was dragged forward by Sokov, but he still looked back at the bracelets on the stall from time to time, and said to Sokov uneasily: "Xiao Lin, I'm worried that when we leave, that bracelet will be bought by someone.
.”
"Don't worry, no one will want that bracelet except you." Sokov said with a smile: "You didn't see the other products on his stall. There is basically a layer of dust on the surface, which means that his things are not at all
No one bought it."
"Really?" Dayuan asked in a skeptical tone: "I was just looking at the bracelet and didn't notice the other products."
The two continued to wander in the market, but Dayuan was always thinking about the bracelet just now, and was worried that it would be bought by someone while leaving. Therefore, not far away, Dayuan stopped and said to
Sokov said: "Xiao Lin, I thought about it carefully. Even if I buy it at the price quoted by the old man, I can make seventy or eighty times the profit by taking it home."
After doing this calculation, Dayuan made up his mind. He grabbed Sokov's hand and said decisively: "Let's go back and buy that bracelet. If it is really bought by someone, I'm afraid today
I couldn’t even sleep at night.”
Seeing that Dayuan was so persistent, Sokov had no choice but to follow him back.
Soon, the two came to the old man's stall. Seeing that the bracelet was still there, Dayuan grabbed the bracelet and inspected it carefully before handing it to the old man: "Wrap it up for me."
The old man took the bracelet, wrapped it in old newspapers, and put it in a red box.
Dayuan watched the old man put the bracelet on, then took out five five thousand ruble bills from his pocket and handed it over: "Here, this is the money to buy the bracelet."
Unexpectedly, the old man did not reach out to pick it up, but looked at Dayuan and said: "The bracelet sells for fifty thousand rubles, and you only have twenty-five thousand rubles here."
"What?!" Dayuan's eyes widened and he said in surprise: "Didn't you just say that this bracelet was priced at 25,000 rubles? How come it became 50,000 rubles in the blink of an eye? Isn't this raising the price?"
But after hearing this, the old man said with his usual expression: "My bracelet only sells for 50,000 rubles. If you want to buy it, you can buy it. If you don't buy it, get out."
Seeing that the old man was so arrogant, Dayuan was about to argue with him, but Sokov dragged him away: "Forget it, don't argue with such a dishonest person, even if you win the argument
