A few people quickly completed the transaction and it was getting late. After having dinner together, they wanted to have a good chat. After knowing that Qiao Meng was just a young apprentice before, they all admired him for being able to grow up to what he is today on his own.
Since Qiao Meng and Chen Shicheng both lived in the same area, they took a taxi together and left.
In the car, Chen Shicheng suddenly asked: "Xiao Meng, do you have anything else to do tonight? If not, do you mind coming with me again?"
"I don't have anything else to do. Where do you want to go, Brother Chen?" Qiao Meng thought for a while and thought that there was indeed nothing to be busy with, but he was also a little confused about where he could go and what he was going to do at this late night.
"Have you heard of the ghost market?" Chen Shicheng said with a smile.
"Ghost market?" Qiao Meng didn't quite understand. He had never mentioned such a place to him since he was a child. He rarely walked around at night. He was still wondering if he would go to Gulou City for night photography.
Well, I didn't expect to hear such a strange term.
"you do not know?"
"have no idea."
"Your master probably doesn't want you to wander around at night."
"Maybe."
"Go?"
"Okay, but I have to bring two people with me."
"Yeah, okay."
The two of them were chatting all the way. Qiao Meng decided to follow Chen Shicheng to see what this place called the Ghost Market was like, but he had to go back to Jade Pavilion to take Ge Yuling and Yao Miaomiao with him first. They were quite bored at home.
In addition, it is more convenient if you have a car. You can have tools to get home even if you go shopping for many nights.
The two of them first sent the driver to the downstairs of Qiao Meng's house. He went up and told Blind Liu that he would be back very late tonight because he had something to do, and then they walked to the Jade Pavilion together.
"You know how to come back. Sister Yuling and I are almost bored to death here looking after the store for you." Yao Miaomiao was sitting on the guest seat on the first floor facing the door. When she saw Qiao Meng come in, she immediately started to complain.
"You're back, have you eaten?" Ge Yuling heard Yao Miaomiao's complaint because she was sitting with her back to him, so she stood up and said to Qiao Meng.
"Have eaten, how about you?" Qiao Meng ignored Yao Miaomiao's complaint. Instead, he was warmed to his heart by Ge Yuling's gentle question. He answered her question first and then expressed concern in turn.
Yao Miaomiao was not very happy at this time. Qiao Meng actually talked to Ge Yuling so warmly and ignored her. A woman's intuition told her that these two people could not be so simple. She must have more in the future.
Observe observe.
"Why are you dazed? Didn't you tell me to chat? Do you still have energy now? If you do, I will take you out for a walk." Qiao Meng saw that Yao Miaomiao was a little dazed, and patted her head and looked at her.
eyes asked.
And because Qiao Meng suddenly made such an intimate move, Yao Miaomiao's face suddenly turned red. Looking into his eyes, so close to her, her heartbeat accelerated even more disobediently.
"What's wrong with you? Are you sick? Your face is so red." Qiao Meng wasn't sure what was wrong with her. He was stunned for a while and then his face changed so much that he thought she was uncomfortable.
"No, then where do you want to go?" Yao Miaomiao quickly concealed her inner nervousness and asked.
"Don't worry, take a rest first, and then you go change your clothes. It's cold at night, and your body is too thin now, so it's easy to get sick. We'll talk about it after we get in the car." Qiao Meng looked at the clothes of the two of them and said with concern.
When the time was almost up, the two of them went upstairs and changed into a set of relatively ordinary clothes. There was no need to dress too flashy when going out at night, and it was not a dinner party, so they got ready quickly and wore everything.
Wearing loose sportswear, he looked like he was going for a night run.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, these two beauties really don't affect their temperament no matter what they wear." Qiao Meng tutted and praised.
"Let's go, stop inking." Ge Yuling reminded.
As soon as the three of them went out, they found a middle-aged man waiting outside the store. It was Chen Shicheng. He had just returned home and came here.
"Who is this?" Ge Yuling asked.
"Oh, this is the old mayor of S City. He is now my big brother. He will take us to a place tonight. I thought you were bored, so I came back first and drove my car together." Qiao
Meng introduced immediately.
"Hello, mayor, I'm Ge Yuling."
"Hello, mayor, I am Yao Miaomiao."
When the two heard that it was the mayor, they quickly said hello.
"You don't have to be so polite. I'm just the previous mayor. You are all Qiao Meng's friends. Just call me Brother Chen or Brother Chen." Chen Shicheng felt that the two of them were too reserved, so he asked them to relax.
Some.
After getting in the car, Chen Shicheng led the way, so he was left to be the driver. Qiao Meng sat in the passenger seat, and the two girls naturally sat in the back seat together.
The car started for a while, and as soon as Yao Miaomiao left the parking garage, he asked: "Qiao Meng, Chen...brother, where are you taking us to play?"
"Play? Let's go to the ghost market." Chen Shicheng was stunned for a moment by Yao Miaomiao's statement, but then he thought about it and it was right. What else could this treasure hunt be for fun? He just went there because he wanted to play.
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"Ah? A ghost market shouldn't be a place for people like that. Does it really exist in the world? I've never heard of it."
As soon as she heard this name, Yao Miaomiao began to panic. Girls are generally not too courageous, especially these ethereal things. Now that they are about to come into contact with these things, they will naturally not accept it psychologically. Of course, this
Just because she misunderstood.
"A ghost market? I've heard some stories. It's said that it's an underground trading place in the antique market. It's called that because it can only be done in the dark. It's not what you think, Miaomiao. Don't worry."
Ge Yuling expressed her understanding of the ghost market based on some information she had obtained before, but it was only a superficial explanation.
This ghost market has actually been established in China for a long time. Any city where antiques are popular will have a ghost market of its own. "We gather in the middle of the night and retreat when the rooster crows." This is the most direct summary of the ghost market.
The antique market in S City is quite influential, and of course it has its own ghost market. This ghost market usually opens at midnight every Wednesday at 12 o'clock and ends at 6 o'clock in the morning the next day. Today is the perfect time
Only when the ghost market opens again will Chen Shicheng invite Qiao Meng here.
The ghost market in S City is located at the end of North Street. It becomes bustling when the time comes. Many people with goods will come here to seize the space. The goods are scattered directly on the ground, and they set up a
A small tent sits behind the stall waiting for customers to come and go.
Speaking of this ghost market, there are many theories about its origin. The most popular one is that during the Qing Dynasty, natural disasters continued and the court severely exploited it, resulting in many refugees who had no fixed place to live.
, can’t even afford the things I use.
This gave some thoughtful people the idea of purchasing used items and then reselling them to these refugees. However, because they were too shabby, people would not be foolish enough to buy them, so they decided to sell them again at night, sew and mend some old clothes, and watch them at night.
You can't see anything on it. The old furniture has been re-nailed. Maybe it will break again after being taken home and used for a few days.
Although this is the case, because the price is really low, there are many people who are greedy for cheap. Later, some tomb robbers and thieves used this place to start reselling because the goods could not be traded openly. Over time, they gradually
Such a trading market was formed.
Chen Shicheng and the others drove to the intersection of the street. It was quite quiet at first, but when they got deeper, they couldn't drive in. This small street was already full of parked cars, and many people were circling in and out of the cars with flashlights.
and lights faintly coming out, this is the ghost market.
When I walked in, I turned on a flashlight and saw many people scanning the old goods one by one in the dim light. Probably because the weather was getting cooler and it was late at night, most of them were wearing a coat.
In this narrow aisle, many people were carrying large travel bags and negotiating prices with the boss using local accents.
Since almost everyone here has a flashlight in their hand, it looks like a swarm of fireflies from a distance.
Looking carefully, there are really too many things on the ground to be seen. Some are old, some are novel, and some are unheard of. Qiao Meng and others are very surprised.
There are even film projectors that can only be used as decorations when you take them home, some antique calligraphy, paintings and ceramics, as well as some old and yellowed printed matter, such as: "Anniversary Book of the Founding of the Party" and "China People's Daily"
Wait, there are piles of mobile phones, flip phones, and slide phones for sale here. In some stalls, the big ones can be as tall as a person, and the small ones can be as small as a glass bead. The variety is not incomplete.
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Qiao Meng looked around, and with his own knowledge and skills alone, he could tell that there were many more fakes here than the real ones. He wanted to find some truly valuable items in such a huge pile of fakes to repay.
It's really not that easy.
They walked around and found nothing. Qiao Meng also used his powers to carefully identify the countless old goods. He found that all the things here had a similar point, that is, the color on the surface was quite yellow.
In some years, the more yellowing there are, the more layers or deeper it will be.
It shows that this item is relatively old and has some value, but almost 99% of the items here are just a light layer. It can be said that there are no good treasures.
After walking around like this for almost three hours, Yao Miaomiao said impatiently: "Qiao Meng, let's go back. It's too late. Sister Yuling and I are a little tired, and there are no good things here at all, and there are so many
People, it’s not fun at all.”
After thinking about it for a while, he felt that he had gained too little today. Qiao Meng didn't think anything good would come out if he continued, so he agreed, "Okay, let's go back today."
On the way, Chen Shicheng also said apologetically that maybe there were no good products today because it was not a big market. He agreed to come and have a look next time when the big market opens.