There is a restaurant called Ziyun at the corner of Antique Street. The three of them walked out of Wanrui Antique Shop and walked towards the street. There were small vendors selling antiques everywhere along the way. Some were shouting hard, and some were shouting. As for the authenticity of the things, there is no need to say much.
Yan Ruxing and Shen Wanjun were both veterans in the Haicheng antique circle. People kept saying hello to them as they walked by. Yan Ruxing's Wanrui Antique Shop was even more famous in the antique street, and there were countless people saying hello to him.
"Boss Yan, I have found a good thing in the past two days. Can you please open your eyes and give me a price?" A man with a dark face said in a loud voice while rubbing his hands.
Yan Ruxing walked a few steps over with a smile, stood in front of the black-faced man's stall, and asked, "What good stuff did you find?"
The stall is very simple, just a piece of cloth with some miscellaneous things placed on it.
Shen Wanjun and Xue Chen also followed.
The black-faced man pointed at a dark wooden box on the stall and said, "The things are in there. Boss Yan, please keep an eye on it."
Yan Ruxing squatted down, took the wooden box in his hand, pulled off the lid, took a silver brand-like thing in the wooden box in his hand, and said lightly: "Hey, the longevity lock worn by children ah."
"Yes, it's a longevity lock. I collected it in the countryside a few days ago. No one offered me a suitable price, so I didn't sell it," said the black-faced man.
Yan Ruxing glanced at it, then curled his lips and stuffed it back into the wooden box: "Things made before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China were too rough."
When the black-faced man saw what Yan Ruxing said, he scratched his head and realized that he didn't like him at all.
When Yan Ruxing just stuffed the longevity lock back into the box and put it on the ground, someone next to him bent down and picked up the box again. Yan Ruxing turned around and saw Xue Chen and asked: "Xiao Xue, what do you want? If you want to buy a longevity lock, are there any relatives or friends who are going to have children?"
Xue Chen simply agreed, opened the box, took the longevity lock in his hand again, looked at it for a few times, and asked the black-faced man: "How to sell it?"
The black-faced man was stunned and said hesitantly: "Since you are a friend of Boss Yan, I will give you an affordable price, one thousand yuan."
When he heard the price, Yan Ruxing became unhappy and said with a straight face: "You are so unkind, Xiao Zhao. You actually talked nonsense in front of me. I am not here, so you can sell it for five hundred." It’s a blessing to go there, but if you sell it to my friend, you still want to pay a thousand?”
The black-faced man listened to Yan Ruxing's question, scratched his head in embarrassment, smiled awkwardly, and said hurriedly: "Well, five hundred then, Boss Yan, I bought this thing for three hundred, I can't Let me make this trip in vain."
"five hundred?"
Yan Ruxing seemed to still want to bargain, but Xue Chen on the other side had already handed over five red bills.
The black-faced man took it over.
After taking a few steps away, Yan Ruxing was still mumbling: "Xiao Xue, why did you give me the money so quickly? Five hundred is a bit expensive. You can buy it for three hundred at most."
Xue Chen smiled, and when he passed by a trash can, he threw the longevity lock in the box into it. Yan Ruxing and Shen Wanjun were stunned when they saw it.
"Xiao Xue, what are you doing?" Yan Ruxing was startled.
Shen Wanjun looked at the black box in Xue Chen's hand, his eyes moved, and he asked anxiously: "Xiao Chen, is that the box in your hand?"
Xue Chen held the palm-sized box in his hand, looked at it with squinted eyes, and replied: "Well, although it is a little dirty, if it is correct, it should be from Hainan Huanghuali, and the carvings on it are all beautiful." It's very beautiful, it's just smoothed over by dirt, it shouldn't be bad after a wash."
"What?" Yan Ruxing's voice suddenly sounded too high. He took the box and looked at it carefully. His face became darker and darker as he looked at it, still showing embarrassment.
Shen Wanjun knew from Yan Ruxing's demeanor that what Xue Chen said was true. He smiled with a strange look in his eyes and said, "Old Yan, it's rare for you to make a mistake. You actually bought a coffin and returned a pearl. "
It's okay not to say it, Yan Ruxing immediately blushed and defended himself: "You were the one who urged me just now, otherwise why couldn't I see it? Besides, the sky was a little dark, so it's normal that I didn't see it. Didn't you also see it? .”
Shen Wanjun smiled and stopped teasing Yan Ruxing. He just cast an admiring look at Xue Chen. If he could pick it out of Yan Ruxing's hands, I'm afraid there would be no second person in the entire Haicheng.
When he handed the box back, Yan Ruxing glanced at Xue Chen and muttered with some sigh: "I don't know how you learned your skills at such a young age."
He was very depressed. First he lost an antique worth 500,000 yuan, and now he made a mistake. It was just a mistake, and Xue Chen recognized it. He secretly thought that this old face was completely embarrassed in front of his old friend.
Xue Chen picked up a small leak and felt very good. He saw that the wooden box of huanghuali was probably a jewelry box made in the late Qing Dynasty. It was used to hold precious jewelry for ladies from wealthy families. He took it back and cleaned it. , the quality will not be bad, there is no problem in selling it for 30,000 to 50,000 yuan.
Yan Ruxing must be a regular customer of Ziyun Hotel. When he arrived at the lobby, the head waiter immediately came to say hello and politely led him to the private room.
After sitting down, Yan Ruxing immediately ordered three bottles of Wuliangye. Shen Wanjun waved his hand and said: "Old Yan, there are too many. I can't drink it."
"No more, no more, three people, one bottle each." Yan Ruxing said with a smile.
Shen Wanjun said: "No, Xiaochen doesn't drink much, so he can't drink that much."
"How can that be done? It's rare for me to be so happy today. Why should Xiao Xue have a few more drinks?" Yan Ruxing said, shaking his head.
Seeing Yan Ruxing insisting on drinking by himself, Xue Chen knew clearly that it was Yan Ruxing who had lost his wife and lost his army. No matter how generous he was, he would inevitably feel a little unhappy and sulky, so he wanted to get himself drunk and regain some face. Looking at the opponent's Maitreya Buddha-like belly, it looks like an old wine bag.
Sure enough, when the food and drinks were served, Yan Ruxing asked all three of them to serve.
"Xiao Xue, today is the first day that the two of us have officially met. It's fate. Come on, let's have a drink." Yan Ruxing drank half of the glass in one gulp without saying a word.
Xue Chen had no choice but to drink a glass too. He suddenly felt his throat was burning and his stomach was on fire. He choked and coughed.
Shen Wanjun laughed, shook his head, and took a sip.
After eating a few mouthfuls of food, Yan Ruxing narrowed his eyes and said: "Xiao Xue, I gave you a meeting gift worth 500,000 yuan today. Just for this, why don't you give me a toast?"
It was in the name of a meeting gift, but was it a gift? It was clearly earned by me, Xue Chen glanced at Yan Ruxing and thought to himself.
Seeing Xue Chen not holding the wine glass, Yan Ruxing put on a straight face and said in a pretentious manner: "Xiao Xue, I am angry when you are like this. I am easily forgetful when I am angry. I may forget about the greeting gift."
"Nima."
Xue Chen was angry at Yan Ruxing's words. He seemed to mean that he would not give up until he found some way to do something today. He actually wanted to cheat and take back the "meeting gift" that was not sent to him. He couldn't help but feel sad. Hey, just drink!
Yan Ruxing found various reasons to have a drink with Xue Chen. Shen Wanjun tried to persuade him several times. Seeing that Yan Ruxing kept going and Xue Chen also showed his anger, he had no choice but to shake his head and ignore it.
After more than half an hour passed, the two bottles of wine were empty.
Just as Xue Chen thought, Yan Ru drank like water. After drinking a bottle of white wine, apart from his bald head sweating and his face turning red, he didn't feel drunk at all.
Although Xue Chen usually drank a little, he was not an alcoholic, and he had never drank so much. He felt dazed while sitting on the chair, and his stomach was churning. He immediately got up and went to the bathroom.
When he got to the bathroom, Xue Chen leaned against the wall and felt a severe pain in his head. He couldn't help but vaguely thought that he might be suffering from alcohol poisoning.
"Poisoned..."
Suddenly, a light flashed in his heart, and Xue Chen's eyes moved. He lowered his head and looked at the upper right part of his abdomen, where the liver was.
He had read in a book that the reason why people get drunk is because the human body's metabolism of ethanol is limited. Once the undigested ethanol is oxidized into acetaldehyde, it is not digested by the liver in time and enters the blood. It will cause damage to various organs of the human body, leading to headaches and vomiting, which is called drunkenness.
Thinking of this, Xue Chen immediately tried to activate his rejuvenation ability. Two mysterious and cool breaths filled the air from his eyes, penetrated along his belly, and went straight to his liver.
For a moment, he felt as if his liver was shaking, and he couldn't help but shiver. At the same time, he was surprised to find that he was much more awake, his head didn't hurt much anymore, and his stomach wasn't so uncomfortable anymore. It's as if the feeling of drunkenness has been withdrawn from the body...
As soon as Xue Chen returned to the private room and sat down, Shen Wanjun asked with concern: "Xue Chen, how do you feel? If you feel uncomfortable, take a taxi back first."
Before Xue Chen could speak, Yan Ruxing refused and said carelessly: "Old Shen, how can this be done? Xiao Xue and I haven't had a good time yet."
"Old Yan..." Shen Wanjun frowned and was about to give some advice, but was interrupted by Xue Chen.
"Uncle Shen, Uncle Yan is right. If you are happy today, I will drink a few more drinks with him. I'm fine. At worst, I'm just drunk." Xue Chen said cheerfully.
Shen Wanjun glanced at Xue Chen in surprise. He was surprised to see that Xue Chen's state had changed a bit when he went out just now. His eyes seemed to be much clearer. He was already so drunk just now that he couldn't open his eyes.
"Xiao Xue, you're right, I like cheerful young people like you!" Yan Ruxing slapped the table with a blushing face, and immediately called the waiter and ordered two bottles of white wine. (To be continued)