A lucky cat fell from the sky.

Chapter 4: The Momentary Pleasure of Picking Up a Bargain

Wu Cheng didn't haggle; he simply took out his phone and paid.

Worried that Wu Cheng might change his mind, the stall owner quickly packed it up for him and handed it to him.

The shop owner suppressed a laugh; the four ugly monkeys he had bought for a few hundred yuan had actually sold for fifteen thousand.

Wu Cheng was secretly pleased. The four monkeys he bought for 15,000 yuan could be resold for more than 3 million yuan. If he converted them into gold ingots, it would be enough for him to live on for a year.

It's true that finding a bargain is fun for a while, and it's even more fun if you keep finding bargains.

Just as Wu Cheng was about to leave, holding Doraemon in one hand and the packaged Four-Unusual Monkey in the other, a little old man in his sixties hurriedly walked over.

Upon reaching the stall, he immediately asked, "Boss, where's that set of Four Monkeys? I'll take it."

The stall owner shrugged: "Sorry, sir, this young man bought that set of Four Monkeys."

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, the old man swayed, nearly falling over. "Sold? How much did you sell it for?"

The stall owner said, "This is a trade secret. If you want to buy it, you can talk to this young man about it."

The old man turned to Wu Cheng, his eyes fixed on the four-legged monkey in Wu Cheng's hand: "Young brother, how much did you pay for this four-legged monkey? No matter how much you paid, I'm willing to pay double the price to buy it."

Double?

Wu Chengxin said to the old man, "You've lost your mind. I was planning to sell it for two hundred times the price, and now you're telling me you want to buy these four monkeys for double the price?"

It seems I need to scare this old man away.

Wu Cheng said, "I bought this for 1.5 million. Are you willing to pay double that amount to buy it back?"

The surrounding crowd erupted in uproar.

Of course, some people could see that Wu Cheng didn't want to sell, and wasn't asking for an exorbitant price.

"One and a half million? Okay, double that is three million, cheap, too cheap." The old man said, reaching into his pocket, pulling out a checkbook, quickly writing out a check and handing it to Wu Cheng.

Wu Cheng took it and saw that it was a check from Xuanlong Bank. He counted the zeros and found it to be exactly three million.

Wu Cheng was now in an awkward position.

This old man doesn't play by the rules.

The old man took the set of four monkeys directly from Wu Cheng's hand, his gaze fixed solely on the monkeys.

The onlookers were once again in an uproar upon seeing this scene.

"Really? A set of clay monkeys sells for three million?"

"Is this a movie shoot?"

"It's definitely a publicity stunt; does this stall owner want to become famous?"

There were all sorts of opinions, but the stall owner just stood there blankly. When the old man took out the Xuanlong Bank draft, the stall owner suddenly thought of someone.

Mr. Gu Rulong, the patriarch of the Gu Group, is a particularly famous collector in the antique world.

Grandpa Gu is an expert on antiques and often appears on Longqiu TV as a guest on treasure appraisal programs. The stall owner is also a collector of antiques, so he has seen Grandpa Gu on TV.

However, seeing someone on TV and meeting them in real life are two different things, and it was only now that he recognized Grandpa Gu.

Since Grandpa Gu is willing to buy this set, it means that the set is genuine and truly worth three million.

Thinking of this, the stall owner slapped himself twice, took a few steps forward, bowed to Old Master Gu and said, "Old Master, please forgive me for being blind and not recognizing you as Old Master Gu."

Interrupted from his appreciation, Gu Rulong was a little unhappy: "What, is there something you want?"

"I have a question for you, sir. What is the origin of this set of four monkeys? And why were you willing to spend three million to buy it?"

Wu Cheng originally planned to leave, but when he heard the stall owner ask this question, he became very curious. He put the check in his pocket, but in reality, he let Jin Wanliang temporarily stay in the cat house, so that even if someone knocked him out, they would not be able to get the check.

Now that his money was safe, Wu Cheng had no more worries, so he came over to listen.

Gu Rulong said, "You call yourself a collector of Zisha teapots? Do you even know who the originator of Zisha teapots is?"

"It should be Patriarch Gongchun," the stall owner said, not entirely ignorant, "but what does Patriarch Gongchun have to do with this set of Four Wise Monkeys?"

"People regard Gong Chun as the patriarch of Zisha ware. Gong Chun learned to make Zisha teapots from the monk Yin Xin of Jinsha Temple. Gong Chun has a tree burl teapot that has been passed down to this day, but none of the objects made by the monk Yin Xin of Jinsha Temple have survived. Only some fragments with the monk's fingerprints are still there."

"I have been studying Zisha ware for many years and have been looking for the surviving works of the monk Yinxin of Jinsha Temple. According to the records of the ancients, the monk of Jinsha Temple originally studied Confucianism and then Buddhism. Making Zisha ware was also a way for him to practice Zen."

"Therefore, everyone knows about the Four Wise Monkeys, but they don't know that the Four Wise Monkeys are actually a method used by the monks of Jinsha Temple to subdue the Mind Monkey. I was quite interested when I saw that there were fingerprints in many places on your set of Four Wise Monkeys. At the time, I was not sure, so I took pictures and compared them with the fragments of the works by the monks of Jinsha Temple in my collection."

"Now I can be 100% certain that this is the Four Monkeys made by the monks of Jinsha Temple. Due to its completeness, its value should be even greater than that of the tree burl pot, making it a priceless treasure."

Hearing the words "priceless treasure".

The stall owner's heart was broken.

I could have earned three million, but I only earned a pitiful fifteen thousand.

Wu Cheng was filled with mixed feelings. It seemed that three million was still too little. He estimated that four million would be more than enough for Old Master Gu to pay without hesitation.

The onlookers around were still saying all sorts of things, but most of them already believed that Wu Cheng had gotten a huge bargain and made three million.

After admiring the four monkeys for a while, Old Master Gu gave Wu Cheng an invitation and said, "Young brother, you can see the extraordinary nature of these four monkeys. Your eyesight is remarkable. In a few days, I will be holding a treasure competition. Please do me the honor of attending."

After saying that, he left without looking back, leaving Wu Cheng standing there dumbfounded.

The owners of the antique stalls on the street, in particular, all remembered Wu Cheng’s appearance. They both hoped for his arrival and worried about it.

After all, if Wu Cheng comes to his stall to buy things, it means that his stall has treasures, genuine treasures, and business will naturally be good.

However, they were also worried that Wu Cheng might pick up a bargain from their stall. If he could pick up a bargain from their stall, it would mean that they had a problem with their eyesight and couldn't recognize a gem.

Wu Cheng didn't have these concerns. After receiving the three million, he was in a great mood and continued browsing through the stalls.

Unbeknownst to him, quite a few people had already followed him. Some of them wanted to get lucky and pick up some bargains by following Wu Cheng, some were just there to watch the excitement, and others were after the checks on Wu Cheng's person.