Wang Dong, who was walking in front, heard Yan Ruxing ask what he was carrying. He looked back, smiled and said, "What I'm carrying is gold and silver."
Yan Ruxing laughed out loud: "Fat Wang, if you can't change your habit of talking nonsense and running around, you can't study as much as Xue Chen, huh?"
Wang Dong said nonchalantly: "I want to learn Xue Chen's skills, but there's no way. I just can't learn them. It's not that I'm bragging. It's certainly not that I'm stupid, but that old Xue Chen has too many skills and too many skills."
You're awesome, you can't just learn it by studying, and Mr. Yan, I won't accept it if you say that I'm just talking about cheating. I'm nicknamed the honest and reliable little man, and it's my duty as a human being."
Cai Yuanming was amused to see Wang Dong gagging and smearing his mouth with grease.
Yan Ruxing curled his lips and said: "Why didn't I see that you are honest and reliable? You are honest and reliable and you are making nonsense. You said that the plastic bag in your hand contains real money and silver. Show it to me. If it is really real money and silver, I will not only admit it.
You are an honest and reliable young man, I will even carve a plaque for you and send it to you."
"Hi." When Wang Dong heard this, his eyes widened. After reaching the second floor, he stopped and said, "Mr. Yan, you said this yourself. Keep your words. Don't go back on your word. Boss Cai
I’m here to testify, but since you don’t believe me, I’ll let you take a look.”
After saying that, Wang Dong strode into the reception room with his chest puffed out and majestic. Yan Ruxing was slightly startled and surprised, and then followed him in.
When the three of them sat down in the living room, Wang Dong picked up the plastic bag in his hand and placed it on the solid wood coffee table. The coffee table was smashed with a bang. He raised the corners of his mouth and made an invitation gesture: "Mr. Yan, please look up.
Let’s see if you have wronged me or if I am just telling you nonsense.”
Yan Ruxing and Cai Yuanming looked at each other, then reached out together to open the mouth of the plastic bag, and took a look inside. After taking a look, both of them stared at each other, and then quickly took out all the things inside.
Placed on the coffee table.
Except for a copper mirror, all that's left is a pile of gold and silver ingots that have been corroded and blackened by oxidation.
"Hey, it turns out to be gold and silver." They were both surprised.
Yan Ruxing reached out and picked up a gold ingot, placed it in front of his eyes, and observed it carefully. Cai Yuanming also took the bronze mirror in his hand, admiring it with flickering eyes.
Wang Dong sat on the sofa proudly and laughed triumphantly: "Mr. Yan, when will the plaque be delivered? I have also thought about the words engraved on it, which are the seven words 'honest and reliable young man'
Once the characters are finished, the wood will be made of mahogany. I must ask calligraphers to write the inscriptions. If the writing is not good-looking, I will not accept it..."
On the other side, Wang Dong kept talking. Yan Ruxing and Cai Yuanming, two old men in the Haicheng antique circle, also finished appreciating the things in their hands, and they were sure that they were all genuine!
Yan Ruxing held a gold ingot in his hand and looked at more gold and silver ingots on the coffee table. He was secretly amazed. Although gold and silver ingots from the Jiaqing period were not common, there were quite a few in the world. He had also handled some of these.
It is a relatively unpopular antique, so it has never been tepid.
But it was easy to see two pieces, but it was the first time he saw so many piled together. They were piled on the coffee table like a pile of hills. It really fulfilled the saying of gold and silver.
"Wang Dong, where did you get these gold and silver ingots and this bronze mirror?" Before Yan Ruxing could ask, Cai Yuanming took a step forward.
"Well, don't talk about this, don't talk about it." Wang Dong shook his big head.
"Oh, I could have guessed even if you didn't tell me. It was most likely Xue Chen who got it, because he was the only one with such great ability to get so many gold and silver ingots." Yan Ruxing put the gold ingots back in his hand.
He went to the coffee table and hummed softly.
Wang Dong smiled but said nothing.
Just as Xue Chen thought, although Wang Dong usually said anything as if he was careless, what he said were all insignificant things. Even if he said it, there would be no problem. But when it really concerns something important, his head
Still awake.
He knew that the story of the antiques salvaged from the lotus pond could not be spread easily, especially since one of the antiques salvaged contained a Qianlong pastel treasure. Once this became known, there might be some trouble.
Seeing that Wang Dong was tight-lipped and refused to say anything, Yan Ruxing stopped asking about the origin and picked up the bronze mirror. After looking at it twice, he looked directly at Wang Dong and said: "This bronze mirror should be corroded by water.
It’s embroidered, and it looks like it’s been soaked in water for a long time. Could it be that it was fished out of the water?”
Wang Dong neither nodded nor shook his head: "Mr. Yan, whatever you think is what it is, just say it was picked from the sky, and it's all done." After saying that, he got up and arranged everything in order again, and said
After making a sound, he walked to the next door and was about to put it in the safe.
"Brother Yan, where did he and Xue Chen get these things from? One or two is fine, but there are so many." Cai Yuanming said a little confused.
Yan Ruxing said nothing, thinking about this in his mind. He could tell at a glance that both the bronze mirror and the gold and silver ingots had been soaked in the water for many years, and they were probably fished out of the water.
This made him murmur in his heart, secretly guessing, could it be possible that the Excellent Antique Shop had some other tricks to get antiques from other provinces to sell, so that the Excellent Antique Shop could grow bigger and bigger?
The two of them talked for about an hour and then got up and planned to leave. During this hour, Yan Ruxing heard that there was an endless stream of customers downstairs, and they made about two or three transactions. It can be said that the business was really good. Just from this one
From a young perspective, the business was no worse than his Wanrui antique shop.
Just as he was walking out of the antique shop, Yan Ruxing suddenly saw something strange. There was a gourd hanging above the door frame, but the gourd's mouth was facing down. He didn't think much about it and turned around to remind him: "Fat Wang, there is a gourd on the door.
This gourd is hanging upside down."
There was a faint light in Wang Dong's squinted eyes, and he nodded in agreement: "Thank you, Mr. Yan, for reminding me. I understand. You and Boss Cai, please leave slowly."
Watching Yan Ruxing and Cai Yuanming leave, Wang Dong felt an inexplicable sense of superiority in his heart, raised the corner of his mouth, and went back upstairs humming a ditty.
Yan Ruxing and Cai Yuanming returned to Wanrui Antique Store. Their trip just now was not in vain. At least they saw that the business of Zhuo Zhuo Antique Store was indeed good. It seemed that the profit of more than 1.3 million yuan per month was not an idle talk.
Both of them felt some pressure. They didn't expect that the outstanding antique store that had just opened for more than a year would develop so rapidly. They both found it incredible.
Yan Ruxing also murmured in his heart, thinking that if he didn't take some measures, maybe in another year and a half, the title of Haicheng City's No. 1 antique store would be taken away by Zhuo Zhuo. This was something he absolutely
unacceptable.
"Yuan Ming, our antique shops in Haicheng haven't jointly held a treasure appreciation party for a long time." Yan Ruxing narrowed his eyes and said calmly.
"Treasure Appreciation Party..." Cai Yuanming's eyes moved.
"Yes, I think we can find a good day and mention it to everyone, and hold a treasure appreciation party. It will be lively and let everyone get to know each other." Yan Ruxing picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
"Okay, just follow Brother Yan." Cai Yuanming agreed.
…
Early in the morning, Xue Chen received a call from Liu Jianguo, inviting him to get together in the evening. Because Liu Jianguo's vacation was about to end, and he might have to report back to the army tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, he wanted to invite a few friends from Haicheng to chat.
Have a drink.
Naturally, Xue Chen would not refuse. At around five o'clock in the afternoon, he drove to the place Liu Jianguo had booked, which was a newly opened fishing village hotel in the city called Night Harbor.
When he arrived, brother and sister Liu Jianguo and Liu Qingshuang were already waiting in the box. Not long after, Dou Yihai and Yuan Cheng also rushed over.
When everyone arrived, the waiter did not wait long before bringing out the dishes one after another. The main dish was a steamed carp weighing four to five kilograms.
Several people took a bite one after another and nodded with satisfaction, praising the taste and deliciousness.
Liu Jianguo said with a smile: "I heard that this Yegang Fishing Village has only been open for less than a week. Most of the fish sold are wild fish from the lotus pond, so it tastes great and looks really good. Look at the belly of the carp.
You can tell by the color that they are indeed wild and not pond-fed."
"I remember the Lotus Pond doesn't allow fishing with nets? Is it because of a trust relationship?" Yuan Cheng asked.
"The Lotus Pond is a free tourist attraction under special protection in the city. There are so many people fishing and playing there every day. If there were fishing boats catching fish on it, there would have been trouble long ago. I heard that the fishing village sent people to the shore of the Lotus Pond.
Sit down and wait, as long as someone catches a fish, ask if it is for sale and buy it at a high price, so the supply of wild fish is limited every day, and if it comes late, you may not be able to eat it," Liu Jianguo said.
"Then we are quite lucky today." Liu Qingshuang put a piece of snow-white fish meat into her mouth and said with a smile.
"If you like to eat, you can go fishing yourself." Dou Yihai said.
Liu Qingshuang replied: "Do you think the fish in the water are radish and cabbage growing in the ground, and you can catch them with your hands? It's not like I have never gone fishing in the lotus pond. I basically go there two or three times a month, okay?
But for such a big fish, hundreds of fishermen can’t catch ten or eight fish in a day.”
Dou Yihai laughed sarcastically: "That's true."
Liu Jianguo saw Xue Chen sitting aside indifferently, turned around and asked casually: "Xue Chen, do you usually like to go fishing in the wild?"
“I can’t say I like it very much, I rarely go there,” Xue Chen said.
Liu Qingshuang turned her head and said: "Fishing is quite interesting, especially when you are waiting for the fish to appear and the fish swallows the bait and bites the hook. It is the most exciting. You will never guess how big a fish you caught."