Chapter 254: Lion Head
Ming smiled and shook his head with a sigh. With their status and abilities, it wasn't too difficult to make some money, but the fourth group was in trouble, and the regulatory authorities were stricter.
For departments as powerful as the second and third groups, there are many violations, and the supervisory office turns a blind eye. As long as they don't exceed the standards, they won't take care of it.
There are actually only two or three departments like this in the country, the National Security Bureau, the Second General Staff Office, the Third General Staff Office, the Ninth Public Security Bureau, etc. The members of the executive teams of these secret departments are actually the so-called "agents" who are sent overseas.
He is called a "spy" and his personal power is so great that he almost has a "license to kill".
But the fourth group that Lin Shaohua entered was not actually an "agent" in the true sense. It was a fringe group and a "spare tire". Now, this spare tire has to be removed.
"Shaohua, where are you going? Shall I go to the parking lot and bring the car?" Mingxiao raised his head and looked around. The sun was scorching and the sun was making him uncomfortable.
Lin Shaohua smiled and pointed ahead: "Go there for a walk, you can't drive!"
Because Lin Shaohua saw the road ahead, which was shaded by big trees, and there were many stalls on the sidewalk, and most of them were selling jade, antiques, etc., so he wanted to take a look.
Of course, trying to find valuable genuine goods at this kind of street stall is no different than winning a five million lottery ticket. People today are not the same people as they were a few years ago. They are cunning and cunning beyond description.
Mingxiao had no choice but to follow Lin Shaohua. Lin Shaohua was in front, looking at all the way. There were especially many jade ornaments. The stall owner shouted: "Boss, come and take a look, absolutely authentic Laokeng jadeite. Buy one for your girlfriend to wear."
, it’s both good-looking and good-looking, and it only costs thirty-eight yuan a piece. If you want more, you can get a better price..."
Lin Shaohua heard it funny. Just buy an authentic Laokeng Jade Thirty-Eight? Looking at the many street stalls, none of them had "qi" in them. The jade articles were almost entirely made of glass, and even one inferior jade piece was
None, pure fake!
Mingxiao didn't understand this and just followed Lin Shaohua and watched.
Lin Shaohua didn't answer. In fact, these people are not scammers. They just set up stalls to survive. Everyone tries their best to say that their products are good. Whether they are good or bad only depends on the buyer's own eyesight.
I don’t know where Lin Shaohua is going, but Mingxiao likes this young man very much. He is unpretentious and affectionate. Being with him feels like a family member. Moreover, Lin Shaohua is very protective of his "short", for her and Fu.
Qingfeng and several other team members did not hesitate to confront Gun Kuang, which made her unmoved.
Lin Shaohua stopped in front of a group of people, then squatted there, squatting there with others to watch.
Mingxiao was a little surprised that he didn't stop to look at so many street stalls. Could it be that this stall had valuable jade and antiques?
When I walked forward, I saw that there were seven or eight people surrounding this stall. The person setting up the stall was a man about forty years old, sitting on a very short plastic stool.
A piece of black cloth was placed in front of him, and some walnuts were placed on the cloth, some were opened, and some were still walnuts wrapped in green skin.
The price in the supermarket is 20 to 30 yuan a pound, and the skin looks much thinner. There are less than a hundred walnuts here in total, and I don’t know what they sell at the stall. These walnuts are probably peeled and still filled with rice, so they are probably not delicious.
Lin Shaohua squatted down and watched with great interest. What the stall owner was saying was: "Ma walnuts, play with them with your hands, and keep the walnuts in your hands. You can live eighty-nine, surpassing Emperor Qianlong, and the king of hell will not let you go..."
Lin Shaohua has considerable skills in appraising antique jewelry. Coupled with the clairvoyance ability of Yin and Yang eyes, he can see the "qi" of items, so he is naturally very powerful in appraisal.
He also knows a lot about "playing" utensils. This hemp walnut is also a kind of culture, a culture of "playing". Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming Dynasty never left walnuts.
But when it comes to play, the Qing Dynasty is of course inseparable. Lin Shaohua knew a lot. After the Qing Dynasty entered the country, the bannermen were nobler than the Han people. They had hard-core crops. They ate, drank and had fun all day long, taking "play" to the extreme.
For example, fighting cocks, fighting grasshoppers, playing with walnuts, jade, and playing with birds. Even now there is an old jingle in the capital: "Baylor has three treasures, a peach in a cage with a finger," and this walnut is one of them.
On the stall, there are thirty or forty walnuts with green skin on the left, and thirty or forty walnuts with open skin on the right, with a few individual ones placed in the most conspicuous positions.
An old man in his fifties who looked very dignified pointed at a pair of dark red walnuts in front of him and asked: "How do you sell this pair of walnuts?"
The stall owner stretched out his hand: "Five thousand!"
Mingxiao couldn't help being startled and stared at the walnuts. Such a pair of walnuts costs five thousand? Could it be that they are made of gold?
Who knew that before the boss finished speaking, he said again: "One!"
The words before and after are "five thousand one"!
The old man pondered for a moment and then said: "I know the boss will say that these pairs are Arhat heads, but you can see that the texture is not deep enough, the tips are slightly white, and the width is only 4.5 centimeters. Five thousand each is still expensive!"
As soon as the stall owner saw the old man talking, he knew that he was an expert, and immediately asked: "Uncle, I think you are also an expert. How about this? You can set a price yourself. If it suits me, I will sell it!"
The old man pondered again, and then said, "I'll give you a thousand yuan for this pair!"
The street stall owner pondered, and then said: "Okay, uncle is an expert, I won't bargain on the price of this pair, one thousand is one thousand!"
The old man didn't say much. He took out the money from his trouser pocket with a smile, counted ten old people's heads and gave them to the stall owner. Then he took the pair of walnuts and tried to play with them.
"Crazy!" Mingxiao said secretly in her heart. She was so full that she was so full, wasn't she? She had too much money and couldn't use it all, right? Two walnuts cost one thousand yuan, which can be bought in the supermarket for fifty kilograms.
Carry a big bag!
Lin Shaohua was staring at the green skins at this time, looking at them one by one, then selected two from them, and asked the stall owner: "Boss, how much do you want for these green skins?"
The stall owner said without even raising his head: "Fifty-one, Qingpi doesn't negotiate the price!"
Lin Shaohua immediately reached out to Mingxiao and said: "Sister Ming, give me one hundred yuan, I don't have any money!"
Mingxiao couldn't help but frown, but she still gave him a hundred yuan. One hundred yuan was a small thing, but spending one hundred yuan to buy two walnuts without even peeling the green skin was unimaginable!
It would be understandable to say that the walnut seller was a young and beautiful beauty, but the stall owner was in his thirties or forties and could not even be called handsome. The old man who just spent a thousand yuan to buy a pair of walnuts, Mingxiao thought he was
The accomplice who works with the street stall owner to defraud people!
Lin Shaohua gave 100 yuan to the street stall owner, and then asked with a smile: "Boss, can you help me peel it?"
"Of course!" The stall owner immediately took his utility knife, and peeling was free.
This method of peeling is different from that of gambling on stone. It is much easier to peel walnuts, but caution is still necessary. Do not use too much force with the knife, but it must be just right. If you use too much force, the surface of the walnut will be damaged. If you use too little force, the surface of the walnut will be damaged.
The skin is not easy to peel off.
The street stall owner is very skilled. He has peeled a lot of walnuts and is very familiar with his techniques. Looking at his dark hands, you can tell that he peeled too many walnuts.
Walnut peel stains hands and cannot be washed off.
The stall owner used a sharp knife to make a full circle on the surface of the walnut, then made a few more horizontal cuts, and then used the tip of the knife to pick out a piece of green skin about two centimeters wide, revealing the dark red walnut skin inside.
Come.
The street stall owner was very discerning. When he saw this bit of walnut skin, his face was stunned, and then he became surprised. Then he stopped and said to Lin Shaohua: "Brother, this knife is open, the color is good, it should be worth the money.
Let’s do this, regardless of whether the other location is good or not, and whether there are any defects, I will give you a thousand yuan and then buy it back, okay?”
It was really shocking, the stall owner's words immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Originally, no one was curious about the pair of green leather pieces that Lin Shaohua bought. It was just like gambling on stones. No one knew whether there was jade in the rough stones, and even if there happened to be, no one knew whether the quality was good or not.
Moreover, there are very few raw stones with jade that can be gambled on. Betting on walnuts is almost the same as gambling on stones.
Even Mingxiao couldn't help but laugh and get angry. Is this Lin Shaohua really just a coincidence, or is he, as he said, someone who has a hand in these "heterodox practices"?
In just five minutes, his one hundred yuan turned into one thousand yuan. Wasn’t he making money too fast? And it was effortless!
Yiming smiled and saw that these people were not normal. How much money could a few hickory nuts be worth?
But Lin Shaohua did not agree, shook his head and said: "No, I'd better ask the boss to help me open the green skin!"
The stall owner seemed a little reluctant to give up, and said, "How about I give you two thousand?"
Mingxiao bit her lip to hold back her laughter, she was going crazy!
But Lin Shaohua still shook his head: "Open!"
The street stall owner sighed. He didn't expect that he had made a mistake. The good thing in his hand was actually such a good quality walnut. The texture was very deep. According to its internal shape and this trend, if other parts
If the color and texture are the same as the exposed area, then this thing is worth money!
Of course, no one has clairvoyance and cannot see what other parts look like. Maybe if the skin is peeled open with a knife, the walnut will be worthless, and even the original investment of fifty yuan will be lost. This is not surprising.
In the end, it’s all one word: “Gamble”!
Lin Shaohua refused, so the stall owner had no choice but to continue peeling off the skin. Others were also watching him peeling off the skin. At least the price had been set at two thousand yuan for now. It was a gamble for the time being. I don't know what will happen next.
The stall owner is much more careful and slow when opening the peel at this time, for fear of damaging the walnuts inside.
When half of the walnut was opened, everyone could see clearly. The half of the walnut was exposed, with a big belly and a big bottom. It was about a quarter high, but the width was definitely more than a quarter, and the lines were deep, as if carved with a knife.
When the old man who had spent a thousand yuan to buy walnuts saw this walnut, his eyes lit up and he came over.
This half has no mottled color, has deep lines, and looks like a lion's head.
The street stall owner was also surprised and envious. He didn't expect that he sold a good item for fifty yuan!
Although half of the side is still unopened, generally speaking, if there is a defect, half of the surface is opened and the defect is exposed. Since there is no defect, the possibility of problems with the other half is very small, but this is naturally
There is no 100% guarantee.
The old man smiled slightly at Lin Shaohua and said: "Little brother, you are so lucky. Look, this half of the noodle is a good lion head. Although the other half is still unopened, I will give you 10,000 yuan, can you sell it to me?"
Chapter completed!