Wear It with Space

The old man said that the man's ancestor was the landlord's old wealth, and Shen Ling didn't believe it at first. But when he came to the address written by the old man and saw the old house in front of him, he was only a little convinced.

There were copper rings on the two wooden doors, and Shen Ling lightly buckled the door with the copper rings. No one came out to open the door for a long time.

Shen Ling waited, and when he saw an old lady passing by, he asked the owner of her house if she could still live here.

The old lady said: "You said Xie's family! His family now only has the old man living here. If you are looking for him, you'd better go to the east end of the street. He will go there every day to sit and chat with people. "

Shen Ling followed the direction pointed by the old lady to the east end of the street, and at a glance he saw a thin and thin old man talking to the few old men beside him in a lively manner.

He stepped forward and asked, it turned out that the thin old man was the owner of the house, thank you, old man.

On the way, Father Xie heard Shen Ling explain his intentions, took a look at Shen Ling, and said with full anger: "You are the introduction of the waste collection! That's right, I do have a few pieces passed down from the ancestors. Things, but those things have been put away by my son. If you really want it, let's go back to the house and talk about it."

Father Xie led Shen Ling to the front of the house, and gently opened the two concealed wooden doors, revealing a large courtyard. At the end of the courtyard is a moon cave gate. After passing through the moon cave gate, you come to the inner courtyard. There are two ancient trees that Shen Ling can't name.

Father Xie led Shen Ling into the five main rooms above. In the middle room, a square table was placed according to the previous layout, with vases more than one meter high on both sides. Below are two sliding rose chairs.

Shen Ling sat down on the rose chair. Father Xie went out for a while. When he returned, he held a wooden box, opened the wooden box, and saw a jade-colored porcelain bowl inside. Shen Ling knew that it was a porcelain bowl from the Republic of China period by looking at the style, and couldn't help but say: "Is this bowl something handed down from the father's ancestors?"

Father Xie looked at his face and seemed to be dissatisfied with the bowl, and said with a smile: "Forget it! This bowl is used by my grandfather."

Shen Ling didn't speak. It was the first time he and Old Man Xie met. The other party naturally wouldn't put the valuables at home in front of him at once, but he didn't want to return without success, so he expressed his dissatisfaction with silence.

Father Xie saw that he was not interested in the porcelain bowl he took out. He seemed to be a real expert, so he put the porcelain bowl away and said, "You tell me, all the valuable things in the house were taken away by my son. Yes. He said it is not safe to put it at home, what kind of safe should you put in. If you really want to buy, I have to call him first."

Shen Ling said, "Father, I came from such a long distance, so naturally I sincerely wanted to buy your things. I opened an antique shop in city a. Because I was missing one of the treasures of the town, I came to Jingdezhen to try my luck. . Within a few days, I met the stall owner. I bought a few things from him, and he told me such a way. I rushed over after saying that there are many antiquities in your family’s ancestors."

Old man Xie said: "I think you can afford to open a shop at such a young age. What does your family do?"

Shen Ling said: "My family started as a cheongsam, because my ancestors had this craft."

The two chatted for a while, and then Father Xie dispelled his doubts and called his son and asked him to bring some things over.

Father Xie's son lives in a nearby city, and he drove back in the afternoon.

Among the things he brought were a pair of jade bracelets, an agate cup, and a vase from the Qing Dynasty.

Shen Ling took the jade bracelet in his hand and looked at it. Although it was real jade, it was of average quality. The same goes for that agate cup. As for the vase from the Qing Dynasty, Shen Ling could not determine its vintage, but it can be seen that it is a genuine product, but the quality is also very average.

Father Xie's son Xie Heng pushed his glasses, "I have found someone to see these things, and they are almost worth one hundred thousand. If it was before, I would not sell you even if you paid two hundred thousand. These things from the ancestors are Selling one piece less, it’s better to leave it to future generations as a family heirloom. It’s just that I recently encountered a little trouble in doing business, and the cash cannot be turned around for a while, so I heard my dad call and I took out these few things."

Shen Ling smiled: "Brother, these things of you are indeed true. But 100,000 yuan is not worth it. Up to 50,000 yuan. Actually, if it weren't for me to have more authentic products in the store, to be honest, you I really don’t want a few things."

Father Xie said: "Young man, it's not easy for you to come all the way. In this way, we can drop to 80,000 at least, and we can't go any further."

The father and son talked with Shen Ling for a long time, and finally set the price at sixty-five thousand.

Shen Ling took out the cash from the bag and gave it to Xie Heng. After putting the things away, he did not rush away, but asked them if there were any descendants of the landlord's house nearby.

Xie Heng smiled and said: "It's really not me bragging. This piece of land is a hundred li, the richest of our ancestors back then. If you really plan to receive a few more real things, I can help you take the lead."

Xie Heng introduced Shen Ling to an unsightly couple. According to Xie Heng, this couple was introduced to him by a friend in his business field. This couple has a wide range of outlets. They have a lot of good things in their hands, and the prices are relatively cheap. Xie Heng himself bought something from them and gave it to customers.

When Xie Heng drove Shen Ling to the small courtyard where the couple lived, he saw a middle-aged man sitting in the courtyard drinking tea.

Seeing Xie Heng brought a stranger over, the middle-aged man greeted him.

After a brief exchange between the two parties, Xie Heng asked: "My friend's house is an antique shop. I want to come to Lao Meng to buy some good things."

Lao Meng said: "It's a coincidence. I just picked up a batch of old things a few days ago, and they left it in the library before they had time to tidy up. If you don't find it dirty, come with me."

The Curry he was talking about was actually a utility room with a lot of old sacks in it.

Lao Meng pulled an old sack from the corner, untied the rope, and poured out a bunch of things.

Shen Ling stepped forward and took a closer look. There were everything in bronze, porcelain, and jade, but none of them were genuine, they were all fakes. However, there were a few good copies, and Shen Ling picked them out one by one, then smiled and said: "These few copies are good, I want them."

Lao Meng glanced at Shen Ling with a scrutinizing look, then looked at Xie Heng.

Xie Heng smiled and said, "Lao Meng, you have met an expert this time. Quickly take away your tatters. Since they are an antique shop, they naturally have two brushes in their hands."

Lao Meng smiled and said, "I just received the bag of things, and I didn't check it. Then, the first time you come, the few imitations you picked will be given to you for nothing." He said. Then he dragged a sack from the corner.

Shen Ling obviously found that the sack was marked by someone. After Lao Meng untied the rope, he took out the contents one by one with his hands.

Shen Ling saw that several of the things were stained with dirt, and it was obvious that they had just been unearthed.

After Shen Ling wiped off the dirt on those things and checked them carefully, he found that four or five of these ten things were genuine. Obviously, someone deliberately mixed some imitations into it and sold a lot of money.

Lao Meng said, "The stuff in this sack was consigned by a friend of mine. One thing is 10,000 yuan, and we will never bargain."

There was still half a million in Shen Ling's space, so he didn't worry about funding at all. He read all the things in the sack one by one, and then picked out all the authentic ones inside. There are almost two dozen of those authentic products, which is more than two hundred thousand.

When Lao Meng smiled and accepted the money that Shen Ling handed over, he invited them to eat at home before leaving.

Xie Heng said: "I have no objection, but I have to listen to this young man."

Lao Meng said: "By the way, I haven't asked brother your name yet."

Shen Ling said: "My name is Meng Minghao."

Xie Heng said, "Hey, isn't this the same surname as Lao Meng? Lao Meng, you met your family."

Lao Meng took a cigarette out of his pocket, "Maybe we were a family eight hundred years ago! This is fate, you must stay for dinner."

Shen Ling smiled and nodded, and took the cigarette along the way, but only put a few pretends in his mouth and didn't really smoke. He obviously felt that Lao Meng found out that he was also surnamed Queen Meng, and was very enthusiastic about him, and could not help but feel that staying should be the right decision.

Lao Meng said that his wife has gone out because of something, and it will take a few days to come back, so he is in charge of dinner. Lao Meng's craftsmanship is okay, he simply fries a few hot dishes, simmers the pot of rice, and brings out a bottle of rice wine.

During the meal, Shen Ling tapped on the side to ask him the origin of those things, and Lao Mengdu had a haha ​​and passed by. Lao Meng didn't reveal some information until Shen Ling was about to drink the wine. Some of these things in his hand were obtained from cultural relic dealers, but some were collected by the couple.

The reason why his wife went out this time was to meet up with a group of people.

After eating this meal until eight or nine o'clock, Xie Heng drove Shen Ling to the city after refusing Lao Meng's offer to stay overnight. Shen Ling asked him to stop in front of a hotel, and he was going to make do for the night, and then he bought a train ticket back to city a the next day.

The harvest he came out this time was not bad, and the things he got from Lao Meng could completely support a shop. But after learning that Lao Meng's things were a bit dirty, Shen Ling had no plans to go again.

When he went back, the shop had not been renovated. Shen Ling used this time to carefully clean all the things he had bought this time, and then he began to look through the several appraisal books he had bought and used them. The price of this is used as a reference to set the price of these antiques.

A month later, the Jumbo Xuan was renovated.

Several Bogu racks specially customized by Shen Ling before have also arrived. He separated the genuine and imitations on different racks, and bought some bonsai from the flower market to put them on the flower table. Several water tanks were also placed in the corners. There are koi carps in it. This way, the store immediately became a little more quaint.

But Shen Ling felt that something was missing. He went out to another house and went around, and came back with an idea. I drew a lot of meticulous paintings by myself.

When Zhenbaoxuan first opened, Shen Ling focused all his energy on it. During the day when there were no guests, he would paint and write in the store.

After so many years of practice, his calligraphy and paintings are not as good as some contemporary masters, but they look more pleasing to the eye.

He gave himself another account and decided to hang up his own calligraphy and paintings in the Zhenbao Xuan in the future, so that he would sell antiques and calligraphy and painting at the same time.

In the past few months, although many customers came to Jumbo Xuan, very few people bought it. There are a few guests who are more interested in Shen Ling's calligraphy and painting. One of the guests also bought a picture of flowers and birds, ready to go back and hang it in the living room.

In addition, many people brought so-called family heirlooms to sell them.

Among them was a retired employee who came with a porcelain pillow when he came. He said that the porcelain pillow was bought from a stall owner for five thousand yuan, and according to the stall owner, he picked it up from the construction site. The retired workers also read several appraisal books on weekdays. They looked at the porcelain pillows as if they belonged to the Ding kiln of the Song Dynasty, so they bought them cruelly.

Shen Ling took a look at the porcelain pillow and knew that the retired employee had been deceived.

Shen Ling has encountered several cases of this kind of thing in a few months when he opened a store. Because the antiques are hot now, those who have read the two appraisal books feel that they have met the genuine product when they see something similar. The psychology of picking up leaks can easily be exploited by others.

However, it is precisely because the antiques are hot that Shen Ling finally made his first big business after opening a store for half a year.

A big fat man with a gold chain around his neck came into the store that day, and three professionals followed him.

The three professionals watched for a long time and whispered to the fat man for a long time, and then the fat man stood in front of the bogu rack which was full of genuine products.

"Boss, how do you sell this famille rose bowl?" The first thing the fat man liked was a famille rose bowl from the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty.

This bowl came from Lao Mengbai. Shen Ling spent 10,000 yuan at the time. At this time, when he saw the fat man asked, he doubled it ten times and raised the price to 100,000 yuan.

The fat man winked at the three people behind, and one of them stood up and bargained with Shen Ling. In the end, Shen Ling lowered the price to 50,000 and refused to make any further concessions.

The fat man took a fancy to the agate cup and a bamboo pen holder when they were bargaining.

In the end, the fat man spent 150,000 yuan here in Shen Ling to buy these three things.

As he left, the fat man said to Shen Ling: "Jin Baoxuan, I have written down the name. I have been taking people around for a long time, and there are so many real things in your store."

Shen Ling smiled and said: "You are an insider, and I don't want to fool you. The shelves in my shop are all real things. The rest of the shelves are fake and better fakes, but they are used. I don’t intend to sell it."

The fat man said: "You boss is real, I will definitely go to your store next time to buy things."

Shen Ling sent this guest away, and after calculating his own profit, he felt that the sentence was really correct. The antiques business really does not open for three years, and eats for three years.

A few days before he was happy, Lin Fang came over from the evening dress shop.

The evening dresses hanging in the evening dress shop have been sold one after another, but the new ones have not arrived, and Lin Fang is a little anxious.

Only then did Shen Ling remember that he was patronizing the antique shop, and for a while forgot to design a new evening dress. He discussed with Lin Fang to see if she could recruit a few talented design talents, because with the opening of the antique shop, he was indeed a little too busy.

Lin Fang heard this and said: "I have already anticipated this. Long before the boss opened an antique shop, I secretly inquired about it. There are also a few budding newcomers in City A, but they didn't get your approval before. Then I dare not call the shots."

Shen Ling said: "In the future, you don't need to ask me, you can directly call the shots. I can still trust your ability."

Lin Fang lowered her head and smiled when she heard this. In the past few years she has been out to work, her personality has become much brighter than before, but every time Shen Ling praised her, she still looked embarrassed.

After a few days, the evening dress shop recruited two newcomers. Shen Ling simply closed the antique shop, wrote a phone call, and then went to the evening dress shop to design evening dresses while bringing the newcomers.

He hadn't stayed for a few days before he received a call from Grandma Li, who urged him to go back for a blind date. After Shen Ling graduated from university, she has been busy with store business, and she hasn't brought a girlfriend home, so Grandma Li is in a hurry.

She asked people everywhere to find out if there was a suitable girl. The people around had heard that Shen Ling had made a lot of money by opening a store before she graduated, and they rushed to introduce her relatives' children.

As soon as Shen Ling came back, Grandma Li stuffed him with a bunch of photos.

Shen Ling was a little bit dumbfounded: "Grandma, I'm only 24, and I'm not even 23 years old. Is it too early to think about lifelong events?"

Grandma Li turned a blind eye to the top photo and said, "What do you think of this girl? It's the best looking girl among these girls."

Shen Ling thought for a while. Rather than confronting it, it's better to go on a blind date. So Grandma Li arranged a blind date for him, and he went all the way, but when she told her to Grandma Li, he didn't see any of them.

Nipple Li complained that he was picky, but the person who introduced him said that his grandson did not find a suitable person, so that they would introduce him when they met a suitable one in the future.

After a dozen times of dating, she didn't succeed. Shen Ling was said to have high-sightedness in the local area. For a while, there was no one to introduce him to Shen Ling, and Grandma Li regretted it a little.

After she suffered this setback, she simply ignored Shen Ling's marriage.