Chapter three hundred and seventy fifth sickness is not light
When the caught thing broke out of the water, everyone who was paying attention burst out laughing, and Wang Dong's own face turned dark. The caught thing was naturally not the expected treasure, but one that was already covered with green algae.
leather shoes.
"Damn, who is so wicked that he threw the rotten leather shoes into the water, which made me happy for nothing."
Wang Dong took the rotten leather shoes off the hook and threw them on the ground. Wang Dong kicked them bitterly.
Xue Chen glanced at the leather shoe and said with a smile: "The style of this leather shoe seems to be forty or fifty years old. If you take it back and keep it for two years, it can be considered an old item."
After throwing away the leather shoes, Wang Dong was not in a hurry to take the bait. He looked over and asked in a low voice: "Old Xue, where did you catch the treasure?"
Xue Chen gestured with his eyes to a section of the lakeshore dozens of meters away. When he saw Wang Dong looking eager to try again, he reminded him: "Just fish honestly and don't always think about catching treasures. There are
The few items I had have been scooped up a long time ago, but there is nothing else."
After hearing these words, Wang Dong nodded dejectedly, and then muttered in a low voice with a puzzled look on his face: "Why did you say those things you caught appeared in the lake? Is there a sunken ship under the lotus pond? Otherwise there is no
It makes sense.”
Xue Chen looked at the sparkling clear lake. This was not a doubt in his mind. He also doubted whether there was a sunken ship under the lotus pond, but he had already inspected the bottom of the lake with perspective and eagle eyes, and did not find any sunken ship.
Mark of.
Moreover, the things salvaged do not look like things left behind by the sunken ship. There is no reason to mix gold and silver ingots with jade hairpins, porcelain, and bronze mirrors in one wooden box.
He gradually had an unproven guess in his mind. These things were stolen from wealthy families. Why did he make such a guess? Because the things in the box were very messy, but without exception they were of high value. Sinking
The bottom of the water may be for hiding!
Of course, this will always be just a conjecture on his part. There is no way to confirm it, and there is no need to explore it either.
Talking and laughing while fishing, the whole morning passed quickly. Although the fish caught together were not many, everyone had a good time. After simply cleaning up the fishing, we went to eat together.
Naturally, we wanted to eat fresh live fish next to the lotus pond. A few people chose a fish restaurant with a small appearance and went in. The shop was not big, with only a hall with five tables. There were no customers at the moment, so a few people chose
I sat down at a round table near the cashier.
After ordering the food and sitting down, Dou Yihai, who was taking a swig of ice-cold mineral water, was suddenly attracted by something placed on the cashier counter. He asked in confusion: "Boss, what is this thing on display? It's black."
Like a big iron lump?"
The owner of the fish restaurant, who was standing behind the cashier and calculating the accounts using a calculator, smiled slightly unnaturally and said, "That's not a lump of iron, it's a treasure."
"baby?"
For a moment, everyone at the same table looked at the so-called treasure placed on the cashier counter, and saw a red and black oval thing covered with rust. It looked like it should be made of metal, but it was rusty.
Such thick rust made it hard to figure out what was strange at this time.
"This is... an incense burner?" Wang Dong said with some uncertainty.
"It's the incense burner." Xue Chen nodded, his eyes falling on the iron lump, thoughtfully.
"My dear, boss, when did you make this incense burner? Why is it so heavily rusted? It must be tens of thousands of years old. Fortunately, I am in the antique business, otherwise I really wouldn't recognize it.
What?" Wang Dong asked half-jokingly with his eyes widened and a look of surprise on his face.
The owner of the fish restaurant was a somewhat balding middle-aged man. He touched his head with a slightly embarrassed expression and said, "It hasn't happened in tens of thousands of years, but it must have existed in six or seven hundred years."
"Six to seven hundred years?" Wang Dong touched his chin and asked suspiciously, "Don't tell me this is a Xuande furnace?"
The owner of the fish restaurant had a strange look on his face, as if he was troubled. He sighed and nodded and said, "Yes, it's the Xuande stove."
Xuande Furnace is famous in the antique circle. Even Liu Jianguo, who is not very involved in antiques, has heard of it and said in surprise: "Xuande Furnace, I heard it is very valuable."
At this moment, the sturdy fish restaurant proprietress brought up a huge porcelain basin filled with boiled fish and placed it in the center of the round table with a bang. At the same time, she said angrily: "Look at that broken iron
Is the lump valuable? If it is valuable, can it be placed here? It would have been sold long ago to open a bigger fish restaurant. He is so ignorant that he spent 100,000 yuan to buy such a piece of scrap metal. I am really angry.
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The boss had no temper after being scolded by the landlady. His face turned red and he laughed a few times.
Wang Dong couldn't help but got up out of curiosity and walked over, taking a closer look at the so-called Xuande Furnace. After a few glances, the corner of his mouth twitched: "It looks like it really is a Xuande Furnace, but why did it become such a grandma?
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The shop owner sighed and said: "I'm not afraid of some jokes. I have been interested in the antique business since I was young. I also worked as a stall on the antique street, but I didn't make any money. Later I had no choice but to open a fish restaurant. This
As for the incense burner, someone caught it from the lotus pond last year. When I took a look at it, I judged based on my experience that it was not a Xuande burner. I was so excited that I spent 100,000 yuan to buy it."
When he heard that this Xuande furnace was caught on a fishhook, Wang Dong's eyes widened because this was his dream, and it was actually realized by someone else!
Xue Chen was also shocked and secretly thought that someone with such a good tone would actually catch a treasure with a fishhook, which was the precious Xuande furnace. He also thought to himself that this Xuande furnace should be the same as the ones he salvaged.
They must be from the same batch.
"Then what?" Liu Qingshuang asked urgently.
"Then, there was no more. I thought about buying it for 100,000 yuan and selling it at a higher price. However, this Xuande stove was too rusty. No one would take it over even at the original price of 100,000 yuan. I also found some antique restorers.
The master told me that it couldn't be repaired, the corrosion was too serious, and it was completely ruined. Hey, it was a smash in my hand, and one hundred thousand yuan was wasted." The owner of the fish restaurant looked annoyed.
Wang Dong stretched out his hand and touched it. Looking at the red rust stains on his fingertips, he shook his head regretfully: "What a pity. The rust is so thick that it almost covered the stove. Even if it is
The rust has been scraped off, and the condition of this stove is no longer good. It would be strange if someone took it over."
"Yes, it has become a piece of useless stuff. It can't be sold. It would be a pity to throw it away. But it would be annoying to keep it. Later, when I thought about it, I put it here as a warning.
, don’t be so confused again.” The fish restaurant owner said with a wry smile.
After hearing what happened to the fish restaurant owner, Liu Qingshuang and others felt sorry for him.
At this time, someone suddenly said: "If you are willing to take action, I can buy it."
"Um?"
Liu Jianguo and others all turned their heads and looked at Xue Chen in surprise.
The owner of the fish restaurant also looked up, with astonishment and surprise on his face.
Wang Dong walked back, blinked hard a few times, and whispered urgently: "Old Xue, go and take a look at that stove for yourself. Although it is a Xuande stove, it has been rusted into a piece of scrap iron.
Selling scrap metal has no collection or investment value at all."
"Xue Chen, are you sure you want to buy it? Although I don't know much about antiques, I can tell that this incense burner has been seriously damaged. Let alone buying it, I don't want it as a free gift." Liu Qingshuang said softly.
Faced with the reminders from Wang Dong and Liu Qingshuang, as well as the puzzled looks from others, Xue Chen smiled and said nothing, did not explain, and ignored them, just looking at the fish restaurant owner indifferently.
When the owner of the fish restaurant heard that someone actually wanted to buy this Xuande furnace, he was stunned for a moment, looked at Xue Chen and said hesitantly: "Little brother, are you kidding me?"
"Of course not, I really want to buy it." Xue Chen said with certainty.
"May I ask, how much money do you plan to pay, little brother?" The fish restaurant owner's eyes moved and he asked thoughtfully.
"Let's do this. What you bought for 100,000 yuan, I will take it away for 100,000 yuan. How about that?" Xue Chen said.
The owner of the fish restaurant did not rush to agree, but asked about Xue Chen's occupation.
Xue Chen also said frankly that he was in the antique business.
The owner of the fish restaurant was murmuring in his heart. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this Xuande stove was worthless. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was just a piece of scrap metal. He had given up long ago and had no idea of selling it, otherwise he would not have had the chance to sell it.
As for placing it grandly on the cashier counter.
And he has been anxious to sell to stop the loss so that he no longer has to listen to his mother-in-law's nagging and complaints, but he has always been unwilling to do so. After all, this is a precious Xuande stove, a good thing worth millions!
But now he suddenly saw a man in the antique business willing to buy it for 100,000 yuan, which made him have some thoughts in his mind. Could it be that this Xuande furnace still has the value of collection and investment, but he didn't realize it?
He didn't think anyone would sympathize with him and buy it.
In this way, he came to the conclusion that this Xuande stove must be worth more than 100,000, otherwise the other party would not be able to do a loss-making business. With this idea in mind, the fish restaurant owner thought about it carefully, with a smile on his face,
He said to Xue Chen: "Little brother, the price of one hundred thousand is a bit low."
"What do you think is appropriate?" Xue Chen asked calmly.
"The fixed price is... 300,000 yuan. If it's less than this amount, we won't sell it!" the owner of the fish restaurant said with a heartbeat.
Hearing the price, Wang Dong took a breath. Just now he thought that Xue Chen had something wrong with his head and wanted to buy this piece of scrap metal. Now he saw that the fish restaurant owner was even more seriously ill. He had planned to buy it a second ago.
The discarded waste, I wish someone would buy it immediately, and now it will cost 300,000 yuan in the blink of an eye? (To be continued)