Chapter 26 Whether something is old or not, I can tell by touching it
It has to be a Yankee! He who managed his childhood to be docile has to laugh even if he is beaten.
I have a folding fan in my hand. Yes, this is the only treasure that glows yellow in the Xiaotian stall. Since he was asked to choose, Lin Yuan would definitely choose the one with the highest value.
In fact, there was another valuable item on the stall.
Lin Yuan whispered something in Paul's ear.
Paul's eyes shone, he turned to look at what Lin Yuan was talking about, and then showed a big smile to Xiaori.
It's just that this smile is somewhat scary in Xiao Zhi's eyes. Their expressions became even more bitter, and they thought to themselves: Send this plague god away as soon as possible! Lose money and avoid disaster today.
"How much does that stone cost?"
Xiaori breathed a sigh of relief, quickly picked up what Paul was interested in and handed it over.
"No money, I respect you."
"Why don't you give up money? Take it." Paul took out 10 dollars and put it on the stall.
Finally, he did not forget to give Tianzao: "If you encounter trouble in this market in the future, you can come to me. Of course, you can't take the initiative to cause trouble, do you understand?"
When the two little boys heard this, they immediately beamed with surprise.
If that's the case, it doesn't seem like a loss.
In fact, except for Lin Yuan's displeasure with the folding fans in their hands, other things seemed average to them, and they didn't think Lin Yuan and the others could pick up treasures from their stall.
What does a young man know?
"I understand, I understand!" The two nodded quickly.
Seeing the performance of the two little ones, Lin Yuan sighed in his heart: Americans are still very good at raising dogs!
Not far away, the old uncle looked at the stone Paul bought for 10 US dollars behind him and said uncertainly: "This should be agate, right?"
It feels a bit like it, but I'm not sure.
After setting up a stall for so many years, he has learned a bit about antiques. You can probably tell what it is, but it's hard to tell whether it's genuine or not.
"Agate? That doesn't seem to be the case, right?"
As one of the traditional gemstones, agate is very famous. Many people have heard of it even if they have never seen it. Henry has seen agate. His Chinese classmate used to wear one, which was red.
The area in front of me is completely different.
Lin Yuan smiled and said: "It is indeed agate. There are many kinds of agate. Ordinary agate is not valuable, but some precious varieties are sold on the basis of grams. Different varieties have huge differences in value."
Coincidentally, after seeing the knowledge about agate last night, Lin Yuan felt that he was very familiar with agate. He knew it so well that it was impossible for him to find it. It seemed that he could distinguish true from false even without a golden finger.
According to patterns and impurities, it can be divided into onyx, sardonyx, moss agate, castle agate, etc.
They are often used as playthings, ornamental objects, ornaments or ornaments.
Many Chinese people know that agate is one of the Seven Treasures of Buddhism and has been used as an amulet and talisman since ancient times.
"Really? The one I saw before was red," Henry said.
Lin Yuan: "That should be southern red agate, a kind of agate unique to China. It is a precious variety and has high collection value."
There is more than one kind of southern red agate. According to the color, there are brocade red, rose red, cinnabar red, red and white material, onyx red material, etc.
Among them, Jinhong is the most precious among Nanhong. The best ones are as bright as brocade, and their characteristics are: red, waxy, fine, moist, and even.
In China, southern red agate has formed a three-legged rivalry with Hetian jade and jade.
Henry nodded in understanding: "That's it. What kind of agate is this?"
"This is blue agate, which is also a rare species. It is rare and expensive, costing tens to hundreds of dollars per gram." Lin Yuan told them. In order to take care of Paul, Lin Yuan and the others spoke English.
Paul beamed when he heard this. This piece weighs about a pound, right?
In the United States, people prefer to use pounds instead of kilograms. One pound is equal to 454 grams, which is less than one kilogram.
Even if it costs US$50 per gram, it is more than US$20,000.
You know, it only cost 10 US dollars, and the profit is one or two thousand times, which makes me excited just thinking about it.
While talking, they passed by another stall. Lin Yuan had no intention of stopping. The old uncle thought that he was busy talking and forgot about "treasure hunting", so he reminded him: "Don't you want to see this stall?"
Lin Yuan: "Look! I'll go to that stall and have a look."
Henry and others did not doubt his presence, and actually stopped and looked at the items on the stall.
The old uncle glanced at it, pointed at what he thought was most likely a treasure, and said, "Beauty, bring that bone over and show it to me."
The sound of beauty made Henry suddenly turn his head to look at his old uncle, as if asking: Old uncle, are you serious? Is this a beauty? What is your standard of beauty?
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I saw that the stall owner was a fat woman with a little dark skin. Of course, there is no denying that her butt and breasts are indeed quite big.
It was okay that Paul couldn't understand Chinese, so he didn't feel anything wrong.
The stall owner was addicted to it.
"You still have vision." The stall owner smiled.
I don’t know if she wants to say that the old uncle has a good eye for that bone, or that the old uncle has a good eye for her as a beauty.
"A serious old thing, an oracle bone inscription from four to five thousand years ago. Look at how well preserved it is!" the stall owner added.
Henry called him a good guy! Really good at blowing.
Why don't you say it's something from the Jurassic?
There are indeed some symbols engraved on the bones, but you can't say this is Oracle, right?
Henry, who had studied abroad, knew that oracle bone inscriptions were the earliest writing in China and were mainly popular during the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
In fact, oracle bone inscriptions were the most important writing in the late Shang Dynasty. Archaeological discoveries have found a large number of oracle bones, totaling more than 100,000 pieces. The contents are mainly the divination records of the Shang royal family, and the clan emblems and names of many tribes can also be seen.
It already has various types of Chinese character configurations, as well as the "four types" of the traditional "Six Books", namely pictography, meaning, meaning, and pictophonetic. It shows that in the late Yin and Shang Dynasties, Chinese characters represented by oracle bone inscriptions have basically established the structure of Chinese characters. The form method and configuration system have gradually developed and matured.
"Beauty, I can tell if something is old or not by touching it, so stop joking. Let's get straight to the point! How much does it cost?" The old uncle is not that easy to fool.
The stall owner gave the old uncle a wink: "Handsome guy, if you really want it, 90,000 yuan is enough."
Henry and Paul almost threw up.
However, the old uncle's face remained as usual: "I thought it was nutritious to stew this thing, so why should I pay you 90,000 yuan? Beauty, you are not a sincere businessman. I will offer you a price of 9 yuan. If you want to sell it, I will sell it. If you don't sell it, forget it."
Stall owner: "Let's put it together and give us 10 dollars."
The old uncle didn't argue for a dollar or two, which was a bit inconsistent with his current status. He nodded and took out a 10 yuan ticket from his wallet.
These two people almost sent Henry away by saying a beautiful girl to you and a handsome guy to me.
He suppressed his nausea, picked something from the stall, and asked the price.
The stall owner asked for a lot of money, but in the end he was able to cut the price down to the sewer, and the transaction was only 20 US dollars.
This time, Paul did not use his status as a market manager to "buy something." He also picked out one item and spent $15.
(End of chapter)