After Zhao Fan heard this, he asked with great interest: "Isn't it reasonable to say that all the gambling trees are locked?"
"Good advice, little master." Liu Wanfu nodded and said: "The box is bigger than the wood but not as high as it. The cover is on top, and the height of one centimeter at the bottom cannot be buckled. The buyer can reach in and touch it, and can also smell it. Each box has a limited time.
Five minutes, the only thing I couldn’t watch was that it wasn’t over yet. I saw a customer win a piece of huanghuali in a bet a while ago. Guess what? When I cut it open, it was rotten inside. At most, a few beads could be rolled out.
That’s all, what is this if it’s not a trap?”
"Let's go, take me to that shop." Zhao Fan turned over and got down to the ground.
"Eh? Little master, don't be impulsive..." Liu Wanfu wanted to dissuade him, but seeing that Zhao Fan had already made up his mind, he thought that the little master had extraordinary means and might not suffer a loss, so he locked the shop and walked ahead.
Gambling Wood's shop is located at the end of Dingjia Road, No. 76.
At this time, there were about a dozen people in the shop studying boxes of different sizes, touching and smelling them. Wan Yuhe, the owner with a goatee, was leaning leisurely on the counter and listening to the radio. He was not worried.
The customers were messing around because my son was a big man with a round waist and a height of 1.9 meters. His explosive muscles could act as a deterrent in the shop. Anyone who dared to cause trouble would be thrown directly into the street.
"Lao Wan!"
After Liu Wanfu entered the door, he gave the owner of the gambling wood shop a big hug.
Wan Yuhe pushed him away in disgust and said, "Liu Da is cheating. What's the matter? Let me tell you in advance that I don't have any money to lend you, let alone wine, and I don't even have any peanuts."
Zhao Fan didn't say a word, but he smiled in his heart. Liu Wanfu's popularity had already reached a certain level. People who didn't know what he said thought he was coming to the village to raid the village. But Liu Wanfu pointed his thumb at him in an arrogant manner.
The young master stood behind him and said: "Now, I am his loyal follower, in other words, my boss. You are so capable that you would not even think about it if you twist your head off. My shop is about to die and bloom again. Hurry, good tea will be served."
Now, he wants to bet on wood."
"What do you call this little brother?" Wan Yuhe was startled when he heard this and looked at the inconspicuous young man in front of him. He and Liu Wanfu participated in the Vietnam War together. Although his conduct was not good, he had a paranoid and bloody nature.
He was so arrogant that he would rather starve to death than work for others. However, he was now so proud as if he was showing off that he was that young man's die-hard follower.
"Zhao Fan." Zhao Fan said with a smile: "Boss Wan, Lao Liu introduced me to me when I came here. I understand the rules. Let's get started."
"I wonder how much Brother Zhao wants to bet?" Wan Yuhe waved his hand towards the wooden boxes placed in the shop. There were big and small ones, and the prices were all 10,000. The previous guests hesitated here for a long time, but
No one started.
"How many?"
Zhao Fan touched his pocket and said, "One."
"One? Please." Wan Yuhe's eyes were a little disappointed. He thought he had caught a big, inconspicuous fish. Unexpectedly, he just came here to try his luck, but there are still many mosquitoes no matter how small and fleshy they are.
. Among the pieces of wood under the box in his shop, there is indeed a piece that is more valuable than gold, and the rest are worth no more than thirty thousand yuan at most, and the lowest ones are things that can be cut casually in the woods. After being dressed and touched,
There is not much difference in feel and smell, but the better the wood, the more he makes it look like a piece of waste wood, making it difficult for even experts to identify it, let alone a young guy.
Zhao Fan crossed the counter and came between the wooden boxes. At this moment, a middle-aged man with glasses in his early thirties clapped his hands suddenly. He looked over and saw the other person holding the wooden box at his feet excitedly and said: "Boss
, I fell in love with this, come to Kaifeng quickly."
"Are you sure? You won't change?" Wan Yuhe stood up with a look of pain on his face.
"Boss, I'm afraid I'm going to steal your store-building wood today." Seeing this, the middle-aged man's confidence increased even more. He took out a stack of red bills and slapped them on it, and hugged the wooden box with both hands.
As if afraid of being snatched away.
"Oh... I'll open it right now." Wan Yuhe stepped forward to collect the money, then slowly picked up the box with great reluctance.
And everyone temporarily put aside their selection, and their eyes were attracted, looking over there expectantly and cursing. To put it bluntly, they just wanted to see the so-called shop-building tree, but they didn't want others to get it.
Wan Yuhe lifted the box up little by little, and more and more of the covered wood was exposed. When it was completely revealed, the middle-aged man with glasses was dumbfounded. It was dark gray but the color was very good. How did it look like at first glance?
A piece of cedar wood that is slightly stronger than ordinary!
What a big loss!
Everyone was gloating about the misfortune. This was a lesson learned from the past, so be cautious!
Wan Yuhe comforted him and said: "It's just for fun and excitement. This time you are a little unlucky. Do you want to try again?"
"Oh, I think you are a liar. There is no real strength here, it's all just fake..." When the middle-aged man continued to speak, he felt a fierce gaze staring at his back.
He reluctantly shut up. It is worth mentioning that the wood gambled here can be directly recycled. There is a price list set according to the market, which is very convenient. Generally speaking, they will choose to recycle nearby, so I urged Wan Yuhe to pick it up.
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"It's okay, it's almost two thousand," Zhao Fan said casually.
"What are you talking about? Why don't we go out and draw?" The middle-aged man with glasses became angry. He didn't dare to do anything to Wan Yuhe. After all, his son who grew up like eating fertilizer was present, but this young man who made sarcastic remarks was a soft persimmon.
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"Sorry, I'm not interested." Zhao Fan was too lazy to look at him again.
Liu Wanfu came over and asked in a low voice: "Little Master, you have seen the situation, do you still want to gamble? It's not too late to stop now. Even if ten thousand is not much, if we lose, we will lose face."
"Don't worry, I know it well." Zhao Fan squatted down and reached into the box again and again to stroke the wood covering it.
Wan Yuhe brought the price list and weighed it again. It was really two thousand and thirty yuan. His heart trembled. Could it be that Zhao Fan really knows wood? The estimate was so accurate. Thinking of this, his right eyelids twitched.
Started pumping and beating.
As the saying goes, if the left eye twitches, wealth will come, and if the right eye twitches, disaster will come.
Wan Yuhe's premonition was not very good.
And the middle-aged man in the eyes said with a bitter look: "My thing is worth at least two thousand. When you open it later, it might just be a piece of rags that can barely be taken home to be used as a vegetable. I advise you, hurry up and move the half-year-old
You can take back the 10,000 yuan you earned from bricks and save it, but you still know how to make wood? Isn’t that ridiculous?”
"Then... I hope you will laugh out loud." Zhao Fan glanced at him lightly and continued to choose. Liu Wanfu acted as a consultant on the side, reaching in and touching a few words from time to time and saying a few ambiguous words.
In ancient times, that was the role of the dog-headed military advisor.
Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man with glasses suddenly burst into laughter. He even sat on the ground and kept slapping the wall with his hands. Tears of laughter burst out. Everyone wondered if he had gone crazy after losing eight thousand yuan?
Wan Yuhe gave his son a look. Wanke had strong limbs but not a simple mind. He understood what his father meant. If something happened to someone in the store, he would be in trouble, so he walked over and wanted to force him to stay.
Leave the store.
Halfway there, the middle-aged man with glasses suddenly said "Ouch". He raised his hand to his mouth and saw a big yellow tooth rolling down. He said in horror: "I...I
Da Ya usually chews bones with ease, why did he laugh so hard?"
Liu Wanfu glanced over there, and then looked at Zhao Fan with an awe-inspiring expression, thinking that the little master was indeed very capable, and he could make those who offended him come true with just one sentence.
At this moment, the store door was pushed open, and an elderly man wearing a Tang suit walked in. He said cheerfully: "Brother Wan, your store is quite busy today."
"Master Dongfang." Wan Yuhe stepped forward to greet him with a big smile and said, "Why do you have time to come here?"
The old man's name was Dongfang Zhan. He said with a smile: "I was so busy that I walked around. My wife was about to celebrate her 70th birthday, and she asked me to string beads for her car all day long. But I have been retired for a long time, and no one cares about me.
I don’t have any good wood on hand, so I stopped by your place to take a look.”
After he finished speaking, he took 50,000 yuan and handed it to Wan Yuhe, "I'll bet five."
"This can't be done." Wan Yuhe quickly pushed the money back and said, "If you want to say that no one cares about you, then forget it. From my point of view, you still care about my piece of wood to support the shop. As a person
The master craftsman of China's national treasure level is well versed in the art of distinguishing wood, and he can identify it accurately by touching it, but I don't dare to let you try."
The wood that anchors the store is a five-hundred-year-old piece of golden nanmu. In terms of value alone, it cannot be measured by money, because golden nanmu of this grade is rare in the world.
In fact, it doesn't matter if someone picks it by mistake. If you press the mechanism, you can replace it without anyone noticing when it is opened. However, this kind of mechanism is difficult for ordinary people to see through, but it is absolutely hidden.
But the Oriental Exhibition is known as the master of Chinese craftsmen!
"You saw through it." Dongfang Zhan smiled awkwardly and said, "Forget it, I'm actually just here to drink tea. When there are no more guests, just take out your shop-building wood and let me touch it."
Wan Yuhe nodded and said, "Okay, Master Dongfang, please sit down and I'll make the best tea right now."
After the tea is brewed, the fragrant heat steams up.
Dongfang Zhan and Wan Yuhe were chatting while watching the selection of customers in the shop. Two customers were selected one after another, and Wanke opened the seal on behalf of his father. One of them lost all his money, while the other made a small profit.
I picked up a piece of white rosewood for my pen, and after weighing it, Wan Yuhe took it back and exchanged it for 15,000, which attracted the envy and jealousy of others.
Zhao Fan had searched under all the wooden boxes. He did find the top-quality golden nan in front of him, but he also discovered the replacement mechanism hidden inside. With his knowledge of the "Gongshu Book", he wanted to destroy it.
It's easy. If you guessed correctly, it would be Wan Yuhe's store-building tree.
However, although the top-quality golden nan was not used as firewood at the mountain gate in the past, it was no problem to chop a load of it. Besides, this was not the best choice for him to carve a god of wealth for the Lin family. Then, Zhao Fan
Under another box, he touched a piece of wood. After confirming it again and again, he felt endless waves, because there was only one tree of this kind of wood even at the mountain gate, and it was protected by his great-uncle as a treasure. He remembered that there was a
Naughty had a knife on it, and his uncle hung him with a rope for three days before he was put down.
If this tree comes out, all trees will lose their color!
Its status in wood is like an emperor, but few people know it...
Use this to carve the God of Wealth, and it will be a blessing to the Lin family for hundreds of years!
Zhao Fan's decisive voice sounded in the shop, "Boss Wan, let's open this one."
"Oh?" Wan Yuhe was a little surprised when he saw the wooden box Zhao Fan pointed at. It is located in the northwest corner and is about three palms in size. It is one of the smallest in the store in terms of scale. He placed the things by himself, so he knew what was inside.
It was unexpectedly caught on the hook when we were fishing by the river with my son the day before yesterday. He looked carefully and found that it seemed to come from a poplar tree. The surface was soaked and rotted, and it fell off when scraped. It was just a piece of worthless rotten wood. He felt
It was God's will to hook this one up, so I simply took it back to the shop to recharge it.
Wan Yuhe thought that Zhao Fan was only capable of this, and he actually picked the worst one, even worse than an ordinary customer. But after all, it was his old comrade Liu Wanfu who brought him over, so he didn't want to cheat him too much, so he came close to give him advice.
He said: "Brother, why don't you give it a try? Or when it's opened, I'll give you another free bet?"
Zhao Fan pointed firmly at the box on the ground, "No need, just open it!"