Inside the house, the furnishings are very simple.
Just an old-fashioned antique bookcase and a bunk bed.
Lying under the bed was a muscular man with a yellow complexion, who must be Ah Jiu's "consumption ghost" brother.
Aji was lying on the bed at the moment, reading the novel serial clippings on the newspaper with relish. Hearing the noise, Aji hurriedly put away the clippings in his hands. He coughed on the bed, then struggled to get up, and saw his sister Ajiu coming in with someone.
, and said feebly: "Ajiu, why did you bring outsiders here? Cough cough cough!"
"These customers are here to buy these ancient books!" Ah Jiu said, "He gave a very high price." After saying this, behind Shi Zhijian and others' backs, he gave Ah Ji a strange look.
"Really? That's good! I'm afraid that you will be deceived! People in the world are very bad! They like to deceive little girls like you who don't know anything! Ahem!" Aji coughed again.
Ah Jiu hurriedly stepped forward and beat his brother's back, saying: "You are not in good health, so don't get up! Also, since you are sick, just lie in bed and recuperate, and stop looking at these messy things!" As he said, he picked up the
Dazi glanced at the clippings from the novel and said meaningfully: "You are still watching "Ghost Blowing the Lamp"? Aren't you afraid that you will turn into a ghost sooner or later?" However, his eyes inadvertently showed a hint of coldness that was inconsistent with before.
Aji hurriedly explained: "I was so bored lying in bed, just reading! Cough cough cough! Also, this novel is very well written, I respect the author so much, he is so sharp! Ah Jiu has
Take a look at it, Kong, I’m telling the truth!”:.
Ah Jiu threw the pile of newspaper clippings into the trash can, "If I tell you to read less, just read less!"
Aji started to pick it up, but he seemed to remember something and coughed again. He lay on the bed and said: "You are right! With my body and bones, why can I watch "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp"? Soon I will become a ghost.
Wow!"
Shi Zhijian didn't expect that this consumptive man was also a fan of his novels, so he couldn't help but look at him one more time.
Aji saw Shi Zhijian looking towards him, his eyes averted for a moment, and he hurriedly said: "No, I can't just lie down like this! Since there are guests, I'll get up to entertain them! Ahjiu, help me get up!"
Ajiu stepped forward to help Aji. Aji was nagging, while trying to sit up with his hands on the bedside, "Guest, please wait a moment, I will pour you tea! Cough cough cough!"
Seeing Aji looking like he was dying, Shi Zhijian was afraid that he would fall to the ground and burp before the tea was poured, so he hurriedly said: "No need to be busy, I'm not thirsty!"
"How could it be? Although we are very poor, we still know etiquette!" Aji struggled to open the thermos bottle, took a teacup and poured tea into it. He coughed while pouring, and his spittle splashed into the teacup.
"Mr. Shi, drink tea first!" Aji held the teacup in both hands and handed it to Shi Zhijian.
Shi Zhijian frowned and took the teacup, handing it to Chen Huimin, "You must be very thirsty after driving for a day! Just drink it!"
Chen Huimin took the tea cup and handed it to Dasha, "You must be thirstier than me after helping Mr. Shi carry things for a day, so you should drink first!"
Dasha took the tea cup and looked around, but there was no one there! He happened to see the sneaky landlord’s headshot and turned back, so he stuffed the tea cup directly: “You talk so much on the street, you must be thirsty! Drink tea first
!”
Da Tou Wen subconsciously took the tea cup, with a confused look on his face, "I'm here to collect the rent!"
"Our boss is discussing business with Miss Ah Jiu. We'll talk about your little money later!" Dasha said angrily.
"What's small money? The two of them owe me one month's rent, which is a full three hundred yuan!"
Dasha directly covered Datouwen's mouth, "How dare you speak so loudly for three hundred dollars? Believe it or not, I'll tear your mouth apart?"
Dutou Wen shut up and became a good boy!
"Since Mr. Shi doesn't want to drink tea, let's read the book first! Ah Jiu, open the box!" Aji said to his sister Ah Jiu.
Ah Jiu snorted and went to the corner to open the old jujube box.
"Mr. Shi, take a look, these ancient books are all here." Ah Jiu stepped away and let Shi Zhijian check.
Shi Zhijian walked over and took a look, and found a box full of various ancient books. They were in good condition. It seemed that the previous owner cherished these books very much.
Shi Zhijian squatted down and looked through it carefully. He couldn't help but be surprised. Most of these ancient books were precious Song and Yuan Dynasty editions, and only a few were Ming editions. Even so, this box was already worth a lot of money!
Shi Zhijian quickly made a calculation in his mind. If so many books were collected, they would be worth hundreds of millions at auction in a few decades!
You know, the world's first auction of the "Ancient Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Night Show" in Yongle in 2020 was held. The three-volume orphan copy of Song Longshu's "Wang Wen Gong's Collection" and "Song People's Letters" started bidding at 100 million yuan, and finally went under the hammer at 229 million yuan.
The transaction was 263.35 million yuan plus commission, and this price also set a record for the highest price for a Song version of a book.
Thinking of this, Shi Zhijian already had some thoughts in his mind. He turned around and said to Miss Ajiu and her brother Aji: "These books are very precious!"
The landlord Dutou Wen, who was frightened by Dasha and had just shut up, initially thought that Shi Zhijian and Ah Jiu were doing some "shady" business. Unexpectedly, they were discussing the purchase of a few shabby books, and he couldn't help but laugh at him:
"Is this Mr. Shi? I understand what you're thinking! I'm afraid it's not these tattered books that are precious, but Miss Ajiu's youthful and charming little face! Your trick of saving the country through curves won't work!"
Shi Zhijian was too lazy to pay attention to this salty guy and continued: "If you really want to sell, I can give you a price! If you want to continue collecting, I can tell you that the value of this batch of books will be even greater in the future!"
Ah Jiu waved his hands after hearing this: "We don't collect them! Now we can't even pay the rent, so what's the use of collecting these things anymore?!"
"Yes, we are about to be kicked out. What's the use of hiding these treasures? Cough cough cough!" Aji looked at the landlord's head and coughed.
Datouwen curled his lips and said with a proud look on his face: "I gave your younger sister a chance! I asked her to be younger, but she didn't grasp it!"
"In this case -" Shi Zhijian pondered for a moment, stretched out a finger towards the Ahjiu siblings and said, "I'll give you this number!"
Datouwen sneered at the door: "It's really rags! Is it ten yuan or a hundred yuan? Is it enough to pay my rent?"
Ah Jiu was also panicked: "Mr. Shi, this is -"
"One million!" Shi Zhijian said, "For this box of books, including this box, I will give you one million!"
Boom!
The big head is dizzy!
I felt thunder rolling from the sky and wondered if I heard it correctly!
Miss Ajiu and her eldest brother Aji also looked shocked, eyes widening in disbelief.
A box of books, one million?!
What is the concept of one million in this era?
I can buy three such tenement buildings!
"Cough cough cough!" Aji didn't know whether he was frightened by the price offered by Shi Zhijian or because he was coughing crazily due to tuberculosis. After a long time, he said: "Mr. Shi? I heard you right, are you willing to pay a hundred
Wan bought this box of rags, oh no, our family heirloom?"
Shi Zhijian did not answer, but directly took out the signature pen, wrote out a check for one million and handed it to Ah Jiu: "This is an HSBC cashier's check for one million, which can be cashed at any time! If Miss Ah Jiu doesn't believe it, you can follow me now."
exchange!"
"It's fake, it must be fake!" The shocked Toutou Wen said hysterically, "How can these shabby books be worth a million? My friend, you don't have to spend so much money even if you want to pick up girls, right?!"
Shi Zhijian said nothing, but handed the check to Miss Ah Jiu, then turned to Chen Huimin and said: "Drive this girl to the bank for confirmation!"
"Okay, boss!" Chen Huimin nodded and made an invitation gesture towards Ah Jiu.
Ah Jiu did not move, looked at the check and said, "No need to go, I believe you!"
"Cough, cough, cough! No, little sister, you'd better go and have a look!" Aji coughed from the side.
Ah Jiu turned her head and glared at him. Ah Ji immediately shut up and continued lying on the bed coughing desperately.
Seeing Ah Jiu say this, Shi Zhijian smiled and said, "In this case, our money and goods will be cleared! Miss Ah Jiu, I have to take away these books!"
"As you please!"
"Dasha, move things!"
"Uh, it's me again?"
"If the boss asks you to move, just move!" Chen Huimin said, "I am going to Macau tomorrow, and I must not touch these books (lose)!"
Dasha pursed his lips and said reluctantly: "It's not that I'm afraid of putting in the effort, but I don't want to lose either!"
…
When Dasha moved a box of ancient books downstairs, Shi Zhijian said goodbye to brother and sister Ajiu again.
Ah Jiu sent him downstairs, and Shi Zhijian left in the car.
Ah Jiu went back upstairs, and the landlord's mugshot was still blabbering in disbelief, "You must have been deceived! How can there be such a fool in the world, buying a bunch of shabby books for one million! Miss Ah Jiu, that
Shi Bajiu covets your beauty! Believe me, he must want to mess with you, so he resorted to such despicable methods!"
A trace of impatience appeared on Ajiu's face: "Mr. Landlady, please come back! My brother is not in good health and needs to rest!"
Ah Jiu said and started to drive Da Tou Wen away.
Datouwen said shamelessly: "You want me to leave and pay my rent first!"
"Your rent!" Ah Jiu threw out three hundred yuan!
"Huh? How do you have money?" Datou Wen was stunned and confused.
At this time, he had been pushed out of the door by Ah Jiu, and with a bang, the door was closed.
Datouwen looked at the three hundred Hong Kong dollars that fell on the ground, then looked at the teacup in his hand, drank the water in the teacup, then bent down and put the teacup at the door, picked up the money, and said: "It's strange.
!Why didn’t you give it before?”
He paused and then said: "But it doesn't matter, as long as you live here, I will increase your rent! Can those piles of shabby books be sold for one million? What a liar! Do you know how much one million is? Can you buy me?
These three tenement buildings can be used for factories and restaurants! Even if you save money in the bank and earn interest, you will still have food and drink! Even if you work hard to earn ten thousand a year, it will take you a hundred years!"
Datouwen was chattering all over his mouth. When he went downstairs, he didn't notice that he stumbled like a bear and rolled down the stairs. When he got up again, he was already covering his waist and eyes, groaning, and crying in pain!
…
"Ajiu, it's too risky for you to do this. What if this check is fake..." Aji, who originally looked like a tuberculosis ghost, immediately became energetic after everyone left.
"I've confirmed that this check is genuine!" At this moment, Miss Ah Jiu didn't have any of the reserve of a young girl, and she looked completely shrewd.
"It's what you say!" Aji suddenly lay down on the bed, crossed his legs and shook, "Have you ever thought that this pile of junk could be worth a million? When we were robbing at sea, we thought these were all
Worthless trash! I didn’t expect it, you’re in luck!”
"You have the nerve to say that? When I saw that ghost guy looking so sneaky, I knew he was dishonest and wanted to smuggle this box to England! Fortunately, I had sharp eyesight and intercepted him!"
Thinking of the last time they robbed the passenger ship at sea, Ah Jiu's beautiful eyes sparkled. She thought she didn't grab anything good, but in the end, she had a unique vision and got such a box of treasures.
"Are you so sharp?" Aji praised, "Why else would our group call me 'useless Aji' and call you 'little fox Ajiu'?!"
Ah Jiu frowned: "Are you reading Gu Long's novel again?"
"Wow, you are so awesome, I know that!" Aji praised, "Being a pirate at sea is so boring! I really like the new movie "The Sword of the Third Young Master" written by Gu Long! Aji in it is like
I'm the same, I'm obviously a master but I pretend to be a loser!"
"Since you like Gu Long, why do you have the nerve to say that you are the world's biggest book fan?" Ah Jiu looked contemptuous.
"The "Ghost Blowing Lamp" sung by Tian Xia Ba is really great!" Aji hurriedly said, "I admire him, but that doesn't stop me from also liking Cologne!"
"Then I want you to choose between Gu Long and Tian Xia Ba Sing?"
"Then let's Ba Chang!" Aji said, bending down to pick up the pile of novel clippings from the trash can, patting them and saying, "When I see Gu Long, I will only treat him to a drink! When I see Ba Chang, I will
I will sacrifice my knees!" His face was full of reverence!
Ah Jiu was stunned for a moment and scolded: "You are simply crazy! You should avoid seeing such ghost things in the future, it is easy to confuse people!"
"No, although I am a pirate, I also have ideals! My ideal is to be able to write a novel about pirates in the future! Telling your story and my story will definitely be very popular!"
Aji's eyes were full of fantasy, as if he had transformed into a master of novels at this moment. He wrote pirate legends in every detail, and countless fans cheered and called him "the greatest king of pirate novels" and "the greatest Aji".
"Ji" Wait!
Ah Jiu rolled her eyes when she heard this, thinking that Ah Ji was dreaming, "You only know a few broken words and you dream of being a writer, so the career of a writer is too cheap!" After that, he started to pack his things.
When Aji saw this, he hid the newspaper clipping and asked, "What are you going to do?"
"I've accepted a business deal and I'm going over to meet the other party! You also pack your bags and make a deal. We'll go to sea tonight!"
"Big business? I didn't know that the unlucky guy next to me would be unlucky again!" Aji said, and started to pack his luggage. To provide you with the fastest rebirth: The Rise of Xiangjiang update, 0860 [Pirate!] free reading.:.
