Just after Liu Dong collected the money, a middle-aged man with a dark complexion wearing a gray vest and a pair of blue slippers said with envy on his face next to his stall.
Hearing his words, Liu Dong couldn't help but smile. The name of the person he was talking to was Wu Yunxin. The two had known each other for almost two years. They were very familiar with each other, but Liu Dong was engaged in wood carving, while Wu Yunxin's stall was engaged in wood carving.
It is the most common antique business in antique cities nowadays.
However, this person has just entered the industry not long ago, has poor eyesight, limited strength, and few channels for shopping. So he can only squeeze in with Liu Dong and set up a street stall on the roadside to earn hard money. Of course, although making money
It's not much, but it's enough to support a family.
I think back then, because the two of them often took each other's place, they became friends over time. They were very familiar with each other.
"Uncle Wu, I'm just making a small fuss. In terms of making money, it can't compare to your antique business!" Liu Dong said with a smile.
He is not talking nonsense. As more and more people collect in China, the antique business has become more and more popular. A small stall like Wu Yunxin can earn ten or twenty thousand when the market is good in a month.
Not much.
Hearing his words, Wu Yunxin couldn't help but shook his head, "It's different, it's different! The antique business is so deep that it is common for treasures to leak out. Although it makes more money, the risks are also high, and it is far less reliable than learning a craft.
ah!"
After listening to his words, Liu Dong also agreed. It is said that all arts are connected. As his sculpture skills have improved over the years, his understanding of ancient Chinese culture has become deeper and deeper, especially in the Antique City.
, Liu Dong also gradually became unfamiliar with antique collecting, and from familiarity to liking it. However, he also knew the risks of the antique business. In the three years here, he has seen too many people look at him, and he has even been "thundered".
, a story about a family being destroyed overnight.
Therefore, he often warns himself to be cautious, as antiques are rarely fake, and he often refuses to buy the antiques sold at these street stalls. As for the antique shops in the antique city, that is even less so.
As I said, if you don’t have the eyesight to go in, you will only get ripped off.
"Xiaodong, are you twenty this year?" Wu Yunxin asked.
"Well, after my birthday in November this year, I will be twenty-one years old!" Liu Dong nodded in response.
"Well, when I see you, I think of that boy in my family. He is three months older than you, but he still looks like he is doing nothing all day long. He only plays games and computers. He has nothing to do all day long. It seems that this is not the case anymore.
He will graduate from college in a year, I really don’t know what he can do after he graduates?"
After a pause and looking up at Liu Dong, Wu Yunxin said again with a somewhat sighing expression: "If only he had half of your abilities, then I wouldn't worry about him not being able to find a job after graduation."
After listening to his words, Liu Dong couldn't help but smile lightly. He had met Uncle Wu's son a few times, but he couldn't comment on the specifics. After all, the two parties had too little contact and he was not very familiar with it.
"Uncle Wu, don't worry! Aren't all college students like this now? And they have diplomas, so it won't be difficult to find a job after they graduate!" After a pause, "If my family hadn't been poor and couldn't afford the tuition, I wouldn't have
I have gone to college a long time ago. To be honest, I envy Angkor very much!"
Liu Dong didn't tell a lie. With his grades when he was in high school, even the most important domestic textbooks were chosen at random. However, the family really didn't have much savings and could not support their two children in school, so Liu Dong
He hid the truth from his parents, and after dropping out of school, he secretly followed a few classmates who also dropped out of school and came to the city to "make their future" to Quancheng. It has been three years now, and he has almost never returned home in these three years.
It's not that he doesn't want to go home, but now that he has accomplished nothing outside, he has no shame in going home and facing his elderly parents.
Thinking of this, Liu Dong couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, with a trace of sadness on his face.
"Okay, let's not talk about these depressing things. It's noon now, and there aren't many guests. Let's have lunch first!" Looking at his face, the mature Wu Yunxin naturally guessed what he was thinking,
After secretly complaining to himself, he quickly changed the topic.
"Uncle Wu, you should go eat first, and I'll look after the stall for you!" Liu Dong said.
Although there are a lot of people outside the Antique City, there are not many places to eat, so apart from bringing them from home, they can only buy food from the food stalls on the roadside in the distance. However, the stalls set up by the two of them here are
It's for people to watch. So, the two of them took turns eating with each other like this before.
Hearing his words, Wu Yunxin waved his hands with a smile and said: "No, no, when I left home this morning, your aunt made me dumplings. They are serious ones with leeks and big meat. They are very fragrant. You can come and eat them too.
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Hearing this, Liu Dong did not refuse. This was not the first time that this happened. In the two years they had known each other, it had become common for them to have lunch together.
At noon in summer, the temperature outside is too high. Even though the tall willow trees next to it block most of the sunlight, the flow of people on the streets becomes sparse in the heat wave. Until after four o'clock in the afternoon, the sun sets.
After the sun goes down, people gradually start to get crowded again, and around six o'clock in the evening, when the sun is about to set, the antique market is the most crowded time of the day.
The sounds of people buying and bargaining, the honking of cars, and the sounds of crying children created the most realistic public ecology on the crowded streets. Liu Dong and Wu Yunxin’s stalls also ushered in a new day.
among the busiest times.
When the lanterns came on, almost all the wood carvings Liu Dong prepared for more than a week were sold.
He breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat on his face with the white towel he brought with him with a look of joy. Liu Dong rolled up the plastic sheet spread on the ground and put it back into the black camphor wood box he made.
After packing up the things left on the ground, Liu Dong picked up the wooden box he had been carrying for nearly three years and prepared to go home!
"Uncle Wu, I'm going back first!"
"Well, I'll pack up and get ready to go home later! Xiaodong, will you come over tomorrow?" Wu Yunxin asked with a smile.
His business was good today, especially in the afternoon. He fooled an American foreigner who came to Quancheng to buy a blue and white gourd bottle with a curled mouth from his stall for a high price of 10,000 yuan.
But even with Liu Dong's shallow antique appraisal level, he could tell that this blue and white porcelain, which Wu Yunxin blew up as a Qianlong official kiln, was a serious modern handicraft.
But the American enemy couldn't help but like it, and the dazzling "glow" on it also made the porcelain look very beautiful. Therefore, when both parties were happy, the deal was concluded happily.
With this big business base, plus several other things sold today, Wu Yunxin's income has steadily exceeded 20,000. Although his cost is much higher than Liu Dong's wood carvings, the profit is
It also reached 18,900, which shows the huge profits of the antique business.
After listening to what he said, Liu Dong patted the wooden box that was slung behind his buttocks, smiled and shook his head and said, "No, all the wood carvings I made before have been sold, so I'm going to get the goods again tomorrow.
Carving, I won’t come for now!”
"Well, then I won't give you any space tomorrow!" Wu Yunxin said with a smile.
"Okay! I'll go back first, Uncle Wu!"
"Well, be careful when riding on the road!"
"Got it!" After agreeing, Liu Dong turned around, picked up the small horse that was sitting under his butt, turned and walked towards the black Golden Deer bicycle placed aside.
Now, he rents in the Dijingyuan Community on Weier Road. It would take at least half an hour to cycle there from the Antique City. However, compared with the Qiaodong where he first lived and the suburban villages where he later lived, it is much longer.
Much closer!
In summer, especially in July, the daytime in the north has reached the longest time of the year. Generally, when the street lights turn on, it will be eight o'clock in the evening. Liu Dong's bicycle was from when he first came to Quancheng.
An old-fashioned 'Golden Deer' was found at a junkyard. Although it doesn't look beautiful, it is strong and the price is cheap enough.