Chapter 48 Discovery
Similarly, there are too many people coming here to buy things.
In addition to ordinary citizens buying some used goods for their own use in order to save money.
Whether it’s someone who plays the snare drum, works in a second-hand goods shop, or sets up a stall.
Or players and collectors who like art and entertainment also like to chase away the ghost market.
If not for anything else, it’s because the ghost market is a mixed bag.
Of course there are a lot of treacherous villains who cheat and cheat, but there are also a lot of people who don't know their own treasures.
Among them, "there is a lot to look for."
If a truly talented person can often use his knowledge and eyesight to find rare treasures among many seemingly ordinary items, it is called buying "delicacy".
Sometimes you can make a fortune by buying a famous calligraphy and painting or ancient famous porcelain.
Take Kang Shude’s own experience as an example.
The most typical sweet deal he ever made was to buy a few old letters.
It seems like there are only two or three triangles of ocean.
Later, I took it back and it was verified by Mr. Song that it was indeed the handwriting of Mr. Yu Quyuan (Yue), with the usual seal added.
He easily sold it for more than three hundred yuan, making a huge profit of more than a thousand times.
Of course, the reverse is also true.
Once you buy something that is "wrong", you will have to lose money, which is called "eye-catching".
It looks like fake gold, fake silver, or a fake ivory pipe soaked in oil stains.
Fake Zhao Zi jade cricket jars painted in black as "black jade jars" were common in Xiaoshi in the past.
There are also fake ancient ink, fake antiques, and broken porcelain, and there are many more.
The most outrageous thing is that someone bought a coat with fur attached to it with cardboard glue.
Someone bought a roast duck and it turned out to be a duck rack made of paste, covered with paper and oiled.
This fully illustrates the risks and characteristics of this market.
There is also the operating location of the ghost market, which has also changed several times in history.
Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the capital had two cities, the north and the south.
The southern city is located in the east of Chongwenmen, and the northern city is located on the northeastern edge of the Deshengmen Bridge.
Since the 21st year of the Republic of China, there have been wars and the city gates have been open late.
Changed to the northwest corner of Shichahai Houhai, outside the west wall of Prince Chun's Mansion, and in front of Shichahai Temple.
The place name Duanjia Hutong was named after the Duan family of Puantang who sold Kanlisa.
After liberation, there were only five secondhand ghost markets in the capital.
They are respectively in Deshengmen, Andingmen, Xuanwai Old Wall Root, and the Red Bridge and White Bridge in Chongwen District.
Later, these five places were banned again during the "movement" years.
The Tangen'erxiao market, which is now re-emerging in Chongwen District, actually doesn't have many days.
Kang Shude discovered it accidentally when he passed by the North Gate of the Temple of Heaven a few days ago on his morning shift.
The Jade Factory is right next to Longtan Lake Park.
So in the next few days, the old man came here to enjoy his eyesight.
Although he found that the stalls were now in a mess, as noisy and chaotic as a farmer's market.
Obviously many people no longer understand the rules of the year.
As an insider, the old man is already very happy to see such a scene.
You know, this will take a few years, and there is no place for him to see this kind of place.
Now that I have recovered, it is not easy!
When he got here, it really smelled like business here, and he didn't want to leave.
Coincidentally, I happened to meet Ning Weimin, who was a bit out of his element in fish farming, and his body was broken looking at it.
After all, the old man couldn't restrain his desire to take action himself.
Since I wanted to reward this apprentice for his generosity, I didn’t want Ning Weimin to suffer because of his kindness.
It was also a good opportunity to show off my abilities to my apprentice and teach him some real skills.
This is what happened today.
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The ghost market at around five o’clock in the morning is a scene that people with normal daily routine can never imagine. These days, street lights only have a 25-degree bulb every few dozen meters, and the light is really weak.
Under such almost non-existent lighting conditions, dozens of street stalls were placed under the wall of the north gate of the Temple of Heaven.
Each stall is lit with a small, semi-dark lamp, a piece of cloth is spread on the ground, and things are placed on it.
People's faces are blurry, but the classification of people is clear.
Ning Weimin pedaled closely with Kang Shude all the way, so it was not too late for them to reach Xiaoshi.
Although there are already people hanging around at the base of the city wall, they are only scattered.
Including the two of them, there are not enough people to watch.
To be honest, Ning Weimin hurriedly arrived here and was a little disappointed when he got out of the car in a hot sweat.
Because the situation before him was incomparable to the "Big Willow Ghost Market" he had visited in his previous life.
There are too few stalls. It takes about ten minutes to walk through the water.
And indeed, as the old man said in advance, the quality of the stall owners varies.
Many people can't sit still and like to take the initiative to attract guests.
But maybe it’s because the buyers who are willing to come early are basically regular customers from the past, and they appear to be much more professional.
Almost all buyers hold flashlights and generally do not speak easily.
First hold up the flashlight and look at the thing. If you are not satisfied, never speak.
Once he opens his mouth, he rushes to talk about the price.
What followed was a game and confrontation that was hard to tell whether to win or lose.
Of course, from this perspective, it is actually a good thing to buy better than to sell.
It is in their own interest.
And having said that, there are really no contemporary fakes these days.
No matter how unlucky you are, no matter how ignorant the owner is, if you just close your eyes and buy one, at most it will be a replica of the Republic of China.
In this regard, it was much better than those ghost markets in the previous life.
So when Ning Weimin took a quick look, he found that there were quite a few decent things.
There are porcelain, woodware, bronzeware, pen holders, snuff bottles, hanging watches, scrolls, everything on the stalls.
He couldn't restrain his joy again.
Don’t mention it, this trip is really just for picking up money, maybe you can actually get something good.
It's better to listen to Master, don't talk nonsense and just follow it honestly.
Different from Ning Weimin who was full of interest and expectations.
Although Kang Shude was calm and composed, he was actually a little depressed.
Because in the first two days, several of the things he had just valued were gone.
Originally, he thought that few people knew about the ghost market and others could not tell.
I want to wait until it becomes an unsellable "market item" and then take it away at a low price.
The result is good, this wait is all in vain.
It seems that this market is attracting more and more people, and there are more and more experts. If you have good things, you can't wait any longer.
Thinking this way, he picked it up more carefully.
Because he didn’t want to disappoint Ning Weimin too much, he had to pick up one or two items, so that his last trip would not be in vain.
But it was weird. The more he thought about it, the more the old man realized that it was really hard to find something that caught his eye.
After shopping around for a long time, he just bought an inkstone for more than two yuan.
Rising up and rubbing his sore and numb legs, the old man was still thinking about it.
Although the texture of this Xianfeng-year-old Lu Yan is not bad, it has cracks. If you look back, you can sell it for thirty yuan.
Can Ning Weimin appreciate this advantage?
Although it's a little more troublesome than this kid, it's not that big of a difference. Anyway, it doesn't match the tone he said yesterday.
For this reason, it is inevitable to feel a little resentful, thinking that maybe I will lose face this time.
But at this moment, a stall he had never seen in the past two days attracted his attention.
So much so that he took a few quick glances and felt refreshed.
Then he walked over and squatted down completely.
(End of this chapter)