Signing in the Republic of China: starting from a foot patrol

Chapter 81 One ink is worth ten thousand gold

Soon, the man walked into the teahouse, looked around and saw Lin Hongfei who was leaning against the window, the man immediately walked over and put the bundle in his hand on the table.

Lin Hongfei knowingly asked: "Why, the matter is over?"

The man nodded: "Yes, it's over, why don't I hurry up and find you for a cup of tea."

Lin Hongfei nodded, and he didn't look at the ancient painting. He just kowtowed melon seeds, talking about useless things from time to time, such as how hot the day is and how round the sun is.

But no matter what he said, Lin Hongfei didn't talk about this ancient painting.

If Lin Hongfei didn't take the initiative to pick up the topic, this person became a little anxious. He went to a few shops by himself, and because of Lin Hongfei's high asking price, he had to sell it to him.

Thinking of this, this person didn't go around in circles anymore, he simply said: "I said brother, I think you are also a person who likes antiques, can you do me a favor?"

"Ok?"

"What's the matter, tell me!" Lin Hongfei was overjoyed, this man was hooked.

"Hey, it's not a big deal. You saw my painting just now. You said you could buy it for 200 oceans."

"My brother, I need money recently, and it's only 300 oceans away. If you can buy it for 300 oceans, consider it a favor for me!"

It has to be said that this person's mind was meticulous enough, and he deliberately raised the price by 100 oceans under the pretext of being helpful.

Lin Hongfei did not directly agree, although he knew in his heart that even if he bought the painting for 1000 yuan, he would have to earn 30 times the profit.

He was worried that if he promised too happily, it would make this person suspicious, so Lin Hongfei put on a embarrassed look:

"Brother, you are making things difficult for me. The 200 oceans I mentioned is already a high price. You asked me to spend 300 oceans. This..."

The man hurriedly said: "Brother, just treat me as a favor. If you need my help in the future, I will definitely not refuse!"

Lin Hongfei still didn't agree, but pretended to be embarrassed and thought for a while: "Well, 300 oceans is really high, let's say 250 oceans, I really can't afford it no matter how high the price is!"

As soon as the words came out, the man immediately said, "Okay, just 250 oceans!"

After selling 50 more oceans, this person is already very satisfied. With these 250 oceans, he can be chic for a while again!

There was a special room in Yuxing Teahouse for people to trade cultural relics. Lin Hongfei and this person entered the room immediately without delay.

Lin Hongfei took out two ocean pillars wrapped in red paper from his handbag, and each pillar was worth 100 oceans.

Then, another ocean pillar was broken in half, and 50 ocean pillars were counted and given to the man.

"Brother, this painting is yours!" As soon as the man saw the money, he immediately lifted his spirits!

For 250 oceans, Lin Hongfei successfully bought an ancient painting with a market price of more than 3 oceans.

Lin Hongfei put the ancient painting under his armpit, and was about to leave, but he turned to ask: "Brother, I have a question for you, do you have any other antique calligraphy and paintings at home?"

The man was busy counting the money and didn't think much about it, so he said, "Yes, there are quite a few pieces left!"

"Can you show me, if there is something good, I can buy it with money!"

Now that he caught a sheep that wasn't very smart, Lin Hongfei planned to squeeze it to death!

Hearing this, the man became more energetic, and Lin Hongfei was generous, thinking that he would also pay a high price for the few things left in his home.

After finally catching a generous seller, he simply sold all the gadgets at home to him, so as not to have to go out and sell them. Not only is it troublesome, but the people from Liulichang are also bidding at a lower price!

"Okay, let's go, I'll take you there now!"

The man immediately took Lin Hongfei out of the teahouse, and the two called two rickshaws, and then came all the way to a dilapidated courtyard house.

"Here, this is my home!"

The man brought Lin Hongfei into the yard, and said as he walked:

"The courtyard I used to live in was a three-entry mansion that was upright. It's a pity that my father can't do anything but play."

"The third time I entered the mansion, I lost everything, and then I moved to this yard."

"It's interesting to tell you, this yard turned out to be my grandfather's house and my aunt's house."

Lin Hongfei said with a smile: "I remember you said that your grandfather was also a very capable person back then."

Hearing that, the man immediately regained his spirits: "That's right. Back then, my grandfather did business with Hu Xueyan, and Lafayette celebrated his birthday in one year, so he wanted to restore the Summer Palace."

"But the Ministry of Internal Affairs ran out of money. In the end, my grandfather directly took out 10 snowflake silver to help Lafayette repair the Summer Palace."

"Lafayette was so happy, he directly rewarded my grandfather with a second-rank crown!"

Talking about the glorious history of the family, this man's eyes were full of nostalgia: "Unfortunately, my father and I are not people who can live a life. They can't do anything except play."

"Right now, I've almost bought all the things in this yard!"

Lin Hongfei said somewhat persuasively, "Then don't you plan to go out and do something to earn some money to support yourself?"

Unexpectedly, this person was also handsome, waved his hand and said: "Hey, I am drunk today, anyway, I still have some money on hand, let's talk about it when I really have no money!"

The two entered the house. This person first went into the back room, and quickly moved out a large wooden box. He squatted on the ground and opened the top of the box. While taking it out, the person introduced:

"These are two ancient paintings, this is a piece of calligraphy, and this brocade box contains a pair of small porcelain vases."

"And this, in this box is a bronze tripod."

"Oh, yes, and this one."

The man took out the last thing from the box, which was a wooden box, but Lin Hongfei could tell at a glance that it was a box made of golden nanmu!

"There is a piece of ink inside, which is not worth much, but the shape is beautiful. This craftsman carved this ink into a unicorn. Look, how majestic it is!"

However, in this person's mouth, the worthless, pure and beautiful ink stick is like a thunderbolt in Lin Hongfei's heart, making all the hairs on his body stand on end!

But Lin Hongfei still couldn't believe it, he said nonchalantly on the surface: "Let me see!"

After receiving the ink stick, Lin Hongfei looked it over carefully, taking advantage of the opportunity when the man turned around to unfold the ancient painting, Lin Hongfei sniffed the ink stick again.

For a moment, strong surprise flashed in Lin Hongfei's eyes. He restrained the excitement in his heart, pretended to be as calm as possible, and said secretly in his heart:

"What kind of worthless ink stick, this is clearly priceless ancient ink!"

"Also, what kind of unicorn is this shape? It's obviously a suanni!"

"This is clearly Suanni ink made by Pan Gu, a famous ink maker!"

"One ink is worth ten thousand gold!"