Tomb Raider: I Can Hear Antiques Talk

Chapter 146 Bronze God Statue

Xiao Ran watched those people enter through the door curtain, and listened carefully with his ears pricked up. Those bridge travelers did have some good things in their hands, including even porcelain from the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

Some of the antique bosses who entered the door returned to the same way and sat in the yard after a while, looking at other people with a bit of hostility.Some went in and never came out again.

The fat man asked Da Jinya: "Why are some people kicked out again? It's because they didn't speak according to the rules and bargained?"

Da Jinya smiled and said: "You didn't understand the rules just now. When these bridge customers enter the back room, they will display their things like a street stall. When those antique shop owners enter the house, which one they like, The bridgeman will tell him the reserve price. The owner of this yard is also called Zhuangtai, which is the notary of the transaction between the two parties. He will use the same wooden sign in duplicate to write the quotation and name of the owner, as well as the name of the antique. Keep one part in the house and one part for the guests to keep, and go back to the yard to wait. After all the guests have finished reading and bid the price, then according to the rule of the highest bidder, the money and the goods will be paid on the spot, and no credit will be given. So all those who came out had found something and made an offer. Those who didn’t come out didn’t stay in the house, but left through the back door. Either they didn’t get a match or they didn’t have enough money .”

The fat man suddenly said, "It turns out that this is the way to play. Then if I quote the price on the front foot, and the person on the back foot changes the price of the remaining brand, how can I reason?"

Da Jinya waved his hand: "I can't, Fatty, once this transaction is completed, the stakes will account for % of the profit. This small and long-term transaction is so reliable, there is no need to be blind for a while and smash your own signboard. After all, you can be a bridgeman." There are very few people on the pile. And there is a way to prevent the kind of thing you are worried about. When writing, the two plates are put together, and the words are written in the middle of the gap. It is a bit like the tiger charm in the general's hand in ancient times. , the two parties can match up. If the customer changes the price by himself, the same colleagues in the yard are all enemies, why don’t you just wait for someone to expose the truth? Nowadays, everyone is looking for money, no There's no need to do those little tricks."

After hearing this, the fat man finally understood the whole process of Qiaoke's shipment, and said to Hu Bayi, "Fortunately, Master Jin reminded me that I brought some extra money when I came here, otherwise it would be really difficult."

Hearing what they said, Xiao Ran asked Da Jinya, "Why didn't you remind me to bring more money? In case I see something this trip, and I don't have enough money, isn't this trip in vain?"

Da Jinya looked puzzled: "But Panjiayuan, anyone who has been working for a long time, who doesn't know that they should bring more cash when they see bridge customers. I thought you knew..."

As soon as the words were said, Zhuangtai walked to their table, took out the list and looked at it, and said to Da Jinya: "Baojin Pavilion Jinye, right? Please come inside."

Da Jinya rolled his eyes and said, "There are four of us here, we all came together, can we go in together?"

Zhuangtai looked at the other three people and said: "Four are one, but there can only be one person who talks and asks for a price, no negotiation is allowed. You are also in business, don't break the rules."

Da Jinya nodded again and again to explain, and asked the other three people not to speak.Hu Bayi and Fatty came here for the purpose of visiting and studying, and Xiao Ran just joined in the fun, so they both nodded in agreement.

A group of people entered the house under the guidance of Zhuangtai. There was a simple coffee table and a few benches in the empty living room, which looked like an ordinary farmhouse.

A few people turned into the bedroom, and saw next to a simple cabinet, in a dark room without a door, three bridgers were sitting side by side on an old sofa, and there was a long row of pots and bottles on the wooden table in front of them. jars.

The bridgeman is still fully armed, and the mask and sunglasses make his appearance invisible.Da Jinya greeted the three people with a smile on his face. Xiao Ran sniffled, feeling that the stale air in the secret room was mixed with the smell of mud and blood, as well as the faint smell of corpses. The taste that can only be found in it.

But amidst these unfriendly smells, there is also a faint scent, which is the scent of thread enshrined in temples or Taoist temples.

"The guest is in the palm of his hand, and the price is raised!" Zhuangtai suddenly shouted.

Big Gold Tooth's eyes were sneakily looking at the table, and he could see that he wanted almost everything here.The voices of those Song and Yuan porcelains kept ringing in Xiao Ran's mind, and Xiao Ran didn't intend to collect anything, so he didn't bother to listen.He was trying to follow the smell, trying to find the source of that aroma.

"Be sure to leave a name, gain or lose without complaint!"

While Xiao Ran was still looking carefully, Da Jinya had already selected a red spring vase with twig chrysanthemum glaze.Xiao Ran listened carefully, this object is Jingde porcelain from Yuan Dynasty, it is indeed a good thing.The pile platform quoted a reserve price for the bridgeman, .

Da Jinya wrote his name and quotation with a brush on the wooden sign brought by Zhuangtai, and Zhuangtai added the words "chrysanthemum bottle" on it, referring to the object chosen by Dajinya.

Xiao Ran's eyes scanned the table, and saw that among the many bottles and jars, there was an object that was a little abrupt.It was a strange bronze statue, which looked like a female, with three heads and six arms, sitting cross-legged on four legs, and two semicircular cloaks behind her. At first glance, it looked a bit like the statue of Shiva.

This bronze statue looks old, but it seems that it is often cleaned and maintained, only some of the edges are blackened, unlike the bronze utensils unearthed in general tombs, which are full of verdant green.

That strange fragrance emanates from this bronze statue, and this bronze statue is not noisy like other antiques, but completely silent.

This is strange, could it be that these bridgemen also took a wrong look and took back an ordinary object as an antique?Or did you deliberately put this thing in a genuine antique, in order to deceive those who don't open their eyes?

Isn't this smashing the signboard?
"Keep your eyes on the visitor, and raise the price!" Zhuangtai shouted.

Da Jinya looked at these items and smacked his lips. It seemed that he didn't have enough money.The fat man next to him quickly poked him, and pointed his mouth at a blue and white bottle.

At this time, there was only a "click", and a bridgeman took out a machete measuring tens of centimeters, and chopped it on the wooden table, staring at the four people in front of him unfriendly.

"Hey! I said you are..."

When the fat man saw the other party picking out the guy, his donkey temper suddenly surged up.But in the middle of the conversation, Da Jinya quickly covered his mouth, and apologized repeatedly to Zhuangtai and the bridgeman: "I'm sorry everyone, my friend is back, I don't understand the rules, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Zhuangtai frowned, and said to Da Jinya in a low voice: "Master Jin, the rules we made just now, do you really want to catch up with me?"

Da Jinya hurriedly said: "There are four of us here, and I can't decide what I like. My friends also have their favorites. They just say what they want. I bid them, not negotiating the price. This is also true. It’s not a broken rule, is it? They’re all looking for money, so let’s not make trouble with money, right…”

Zhuangtai looked at the bridgeman, and the three bridgemen also looked at each other, and silently put the knife back, which seemed to approve of Da Jinya's proposal.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran didn't wait for the fat man to speak, pointed to the bronze statue and said, "This one!"

Da Jinya looked at Xiao Ran in shock, with a full face of hatred for iron and steel. Obviously, in his eyes, this bronze statue is not worth spending money on.

Except for the big gold tooth, the three bridge visitors also seemed a little unbelievable. They looked at Xiao Ran and then at the bronze statue.

(End of this chapter)