The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

　　 As soon as we finished eating here, Brother Chen over there called for someone. I went to the room and took a cloth bag and stored the key. As soon as I walked out the door, I saw two permanent 28-inch bicycles parked there.

　　 Riding a car alone, he arrived at the old Chen's house in the blink of an eye, and his wife was also there. But I was disappointed, because the bottles and jars in Lao Chen's mouth were all folk kiln objects, either from the late Qing Dynasty or from the Republic of China. After 30 years, they will be worth hundreds of thousands, but this will not be of much use. On the contrary, Lao Chen's wife took out a pile of copper round coins and a dozen silver dollars. Zhang Nan looked at them and they were all common varieties. Only one Jiangnan Province built Wuxu Dragon Ocean can be worth thousands of later generations.

　　 But this will happen. Longyang is Longyang. It doesn't matter which province or variety you made, 8 yuan each; Yuan Datou costs 9 yuan each. This is the result of the price increase over the past two years. Interestingly, after a few years, Long Yang has been more expensive than Yuan Datou. However, Zhang Nan would basically have no love for ordinary silver dollars, unless it is a rare variety or top quality, otherwise the price/performance ratio is too bad—calculated according to the wage difference, the ordinary silver dollar has not risen much in 30 years.

　　 A silver dollar is a silver dollar, and its value is so strong whenever it is!

　　Of course, because the silver dollar transactions are rarely divided into small varieties, and the quality is not very particular, the collection is considered at the right time. There is a big chance of picking up good varieties. Just don't think about making money in 10 years. At most, you can be a porter and make a difference in local prices.

　　 Due to Lao Chen’s enthusiasm and eager anticipation, Zhang Nan bought 10 silver dollars at local prices, 6 Longyang for 48 yuan, and 4 Yuan heads for 36 yuan, for a total of 84 yuan. The national food stamps were used, and one catty counted as 60 cents. A total of 140 catties were given, and a total of 28 food stamps worth 5 catties were given. Old Chen insisted on giving some copper coins as a bonus, so he took a dozen or so Yongzheng and Shunzhi Tongbao at will.

When I went back, I passed by Shanghai and went to the semi-underground flea and antique market. After I exchanged it for the same food stamp, I made a few tens of dollars. If I was a few thousand kilometers away, I thought I knew someone. Friends helped.

　　 After drinking a cup of tea, he walked to the countryside. This old Chen also felt that Zhang Nan was purely in the rhythm of buying or not buying. He was a little grateful, saying that he would never let him go empty today and tomorrow.

　　Taiping Village, it takes ten minutes to ride a bike.

　　 To tell the truth, the construction of Hengxian County in 1986 should be considered very good. There are many five-story buildings. However, the countryside is basically old houses, some of which are quite rudimentary.

　　 When I arrived at the old son-in-law's house, I saw that it was a new brick house on the second floor, with several old houses attached to it. His son-in-law and daughter live with her husband and wife. It seems that the courageous craftsmen in the past two years are still earning a good income. This house is considered to be one of the best households in the village.

Old Chen explained his intentions, and everyone warmly welcomed Zhang Nan. Old Chen’s family name was Wang, and he planned to take him to the homes of relatives and acquaintances in the village. However, there is one condition: "Master Xiao Zhang, in the village. There should also be some old things that should be sold. When you see it, can you pay the bill with money first, and then when we come back, I will pay you back first, and then use the food stamps?"

　　 "No problem, just do it." Of course, Zhang Nan agreed.

　　 When chatting, I knew that the ancestor of the old Wang’s family had been a small official in the late Qing Dynasty. The grandfather and father of his in-laws even worked as bank managers in the warlord government in the Republic of China. He also bought land and land in his hometown. Later, during the warlord period, there were too many chaos in the world, so he moved back to the countryside and became a landlord. Of course, it was bad luck later.

　　 I feel that the opportunity to make a fortune is here. Although I have many years of experience in digging out old houses, I don’t have many opportunities to meet such a host, and I usually don’t run away. If I still want to, I have to seize the opportunity.

　　 But the ideal is full, but the reality is skinny-it is said that it is the foundation of capitalists and landlords, but it can't stop copying. In fact, hundreds of silver dollars of various colors are hidden. This is still buried in the ground and only dug out in the past two years. There is no one piece of old porcelain: it turns out that the four old ones have been copied and smashed.

The rural people are also more real. They took Zhang Nan to look casually and wandered around. In the new house, they didn’t look at them. Instead, they saw a few belt tubes in a small wooden box in the old house behind them. They should be even in the Republic of China. It is a thing from the Qing Dynasty, with first-class colors and weaving skills.

　　 trouser belt tube, there was no belt before, and the trousers should be fastened with a belt or a trouser belt woven with cotton threads of various colors. In some places, many women have this craft, but the styles, colors, widths and narrowness are very different. In many areas, it is still one of the necessary dowries for girls to marry, and they are usually prepared by mothers.

Because the trousers will be woven very very long, for the sake of beauty and convenience, they are usually wound tightly in a certain way on a round wooden stick that is 20 to 30 cm long and wrapped in red paper, and it will even be wound into one at the end. Super big mallet with a diameter of more than ten centimeters! Just cut off a piece when you want to use it, so a bunch of belts can't be used up by a family for decades.

　　 However, even after 30 years, this game is not particularly valuable. It is not even considered an antique. It can only be regarded as a characteristic old craft, famous and popular product. This craft is still designated as an intangible cultural heritage in some places.

　　 There are several such "sticks" in Zhang Nan's family, and they are all passed down from the family. He would not be very interested in these "sticks and mallets" in the box, but because the patterns are full of the unique style of Guangxi Province, he picked one up and took a look.

　　 As soon as I picked it up, Zhang Nan knew there was a problem: it was too heavy!

The tightly-wrapped belt rolls are already very important. Anyone who has this kind of play in the family knows it, but Zhang Nan, who has more than 20 years of antiques experience, knew that there was a problem with the club in his hand, because he had heard about it in his previous life. A few times later, I personally encountered it once.

　　 There are about seven or eight such clubs in the wooden box, and there are also a pile of old homespun and other debris. Picking up one, putting down one, and soon all the trouser belt barrels were passed. When the other person was not paying attention to the thumb and fingernail, the hollow core that was recessed in the middle of all the trouser belt barrels was scratched vigorously.

　　 has a bottom in my heart.

　　 took a mallet and said to a few people next to him: "This trousers tube design is very characteristic of yours. UU reading www.uukanshu.com is famous and popular, which is different from ours."

These few people on the side are still worried because Zhang Nan, a high-profile hawker, doesn’t like the things at home. When he heard that he seemed to be interested in these trousers, which were not used by many people in these years and could only be used as furnishings. The old Wang immediately said: "These are all handed down from the previous generations. The craftsmanship is absolutely top-notch. There are children in the new house and his mother brought them here. Why don't you look at them?"

"It's only interesting before liberation. This thing is just a collection of old folk customs. No one wants it in the market, and there are not many of them? You say yes, Lao Wang." The trouser tube that Lao Wang's wife married may also be She made it herself, and it must be something after liberation, Zhang Nan didn't bother to look at it. And whether this can be expressed too much interest—just now in the new house, Zhang Nan saw two pictures of old people hanging on the wall, as well as a few old portraits. There should be no old people living in this house. It may not be known that there is a problem with these trouser belts. When the old man passed away, he probably did not explain at all.

Seeing Zhang Nan's interest, Lao Wang thought about it, and said, "Although this thing is not very useful, it takes a long time to make it. Xiao Zhang, you are also a real person. If you like it, even get 10 yuan each. go."

　　 The price of this thing is really hard to calculate. The price of a stick is one silver dollar. It is estimated that five silver dollars a few decades ago will cost. It is not clear whether anyone wants Zhang Nan for 1,000 yuan a stick in thirty years. But I'm too lazy to bargain, 10 yuan a stick can't be considered expensive, right?

　　 I don’t need anyone else to do it. There are a total of seven trousers, all of which are stuffed into the cloth bag I brought.

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