Pick up bargains in Chinatown and make 10,000 times the profit at the beginning

Chapter 26: I can tell if something is old or not just by touching it
It has to be the Yankees! They made the little ones obedient and even forced them to smile when they were beaten.

The folding fan was in his hand. Yes, this was the only treasure on the Xiao Ri Zi stall that glowed yellow. Since he was asked to choose, Lin Yuan would definitely choose the one with the highest value.

In fact, there was another valuable item on the stall.

Lin Yuan whispered something in Paul's ear.

Paul's eyes lit up, he turned to look at what Lin Yuan was talking about, then gave Xiao Rizi a big smile.

But this smile was somewhat scary in Xiao Ri's eyes. Their faces became even more bitter, thinking to themselves: Let's get rid of this plague god as soon as possible! Today, I will consider it as a loss to avoid disaster.

"How much is that stone?"

Xiao Rizi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly picked up the things that Paul liked and handed them over.

"No money, just a gift to you."

"How can I not want money? Here." Paul took out $10 and put it on the stall.

Finally, he did not forget to give a sweet treat: "If you encounter any trouble in this market in the future, you can come to me. Of course, you can't take the initiative to cause trouble, understand?"

When the two little ones heard this, they immediately smiled and were very surprised.

If that's the case, it doesn't seem to be a loss.

In fact, apart from being unhappy about Lin Yuan wanting the folding fans in their hands, they thought the other things were just average and did not think that Lin Yuan and his friends could find a treasure at their stall.

What does a young person know?
"Understood, understood!" The two nodded quickly.

Looking at the performance of the two little puppies, Lin Yuan sighed in his heart: Americans are still really good at raising dogs!

Not long after walking, the uncle looked at the stone that Paul bought for $10 and said uncertainly: "This should be agate, right?"

It feels a bit like that, but I'm not sure.

He had been setting up a stall for so many years, so he had learned a little about antiques. He could roughly tell what something was, but it was hard to tell whether it was real or fake.

"Agate? That doesn't seem to be the case, does it?"

Agate is one of the traditional gemstones and is very famous. Many people have heard of it even if they have never seen it. Henry has seen agate. His Chinese classmate once wore a red piece.

The one in front of me is completely different.

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "It is indeed agate. There are many kinds of agate. Ordinary agate is worthless, but some precious varieties are sold by gram. Different varieties have different values."

It just so happened that after reading some relevant knowledge about agate last night, Lin Yuan felt that he was very familiar with agate and knew it like the back of his hand. It was not difficult for him at all and it seemed that he could tell the real from the fake even without the golden finger.

According to patterns and impurities, it can be divided into onyx, sardonyx, moss agate, castle agate, etc.

They are often used as playthings, ornaments, decorations or playthings.

Many Chinese people know that agate is one of the seven treasures of Buddhism and has been used as a talisman and amulet since ancient times.

"Really? The ones I saw before were red," Henry said.

Lin Yuan: "That should be South Red Agate, a type of agate unique to China. It is a precious variety and has a high collection value."

There is more than one kind of southern red agate. According to color, there are brocade red, rose red, cinnabar red, red and white, and red.

Among them, the most precious of the southern red ones is the brocade red, and the best ones are as bright red as brocade, with the following characteristics: red, glutinous, fine, smooth and even.

In China, South Red Agate has formed a three-way competition with Hetian jade and jadeite.

Henry nodded, not quite understanding: "I see. What kind of agate is this?"

"This is blue agate, which is also a rare species. Rare things are more expensive, tens to hundreds of dollars per gram." Lin Yuan told them. In order to take care of Paul, Lin Yuan and the others spoke English.

Paul smiled happily when he heard this. This piece must be at least one pound, right?

In the United States, people prefer to use pounds instead of catties. One pound is equal to 454 grams, which is less than one catty.

Even if it's $50 a gram, it would be more than $.

You know, this is only 10 US dollars, and the profit is one or two thousand times, it’s exciting to think about it.

As they were talking, they passed by another stall. Lin Yuan showed no intention of stopping. The uncle thought he was so busy talking that he forgot about "treasure hunting", so he reminded him, "Are you not going to look at this stall?"

Lin Yuan: "Look! I'll go to that stall and take a look."

Henry and the others did not suspect anything and actually stopped to look at the items on the stall.

The uncle glanced at it, pointed to what he thought was most likely a treasure, and said, "Beauty, bring that bone over to me."

The word "beautiful" made Henry turn his head and look at his uncle, as if asking: Uncle, are you serious? Is this a beauty? Is this your standard of beauty?

The stall owner was a fat woman with dark skin. Of course, it was undeniable that her butt and breasts were indeed big.

It’s okay that Paul doesn’t understand Chinese, he doesn’t feel anything wrong.

The stall owner was very satisfied with the story.

"You have good taste." The stall owner said with a smile.

I don't know whether she wanted to say that her uncle had good taste in liking that piece of bone, or that her uncle had good taste in liking her as a beauty.

"It's a real old thing, an oracle bone inscription from four or five thousand years ago. Look at its condition, how well it is preserved!" the stall owner added.

Henry exclaimed, "What a guy! He's really good at bragging."

Why don't you say it's something from the Jurassic period?
There are indeed some symbols carved on the bones, but you can't say that they are oracle bone inscriptions, right?
Henry, who had studied abroad, knew that oracle bone script was the earliest Chinese writing and was mainly popular during the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

In fact, oracle bone script is the most important writing system in the late Shang Dynasty. Archaeological discoveries have revealed a large number of oracle bones, totaling more than 100,000 pieces. The contents are mainly divination records of the Shang royal family, and the names of clan emblems of many states and tribes can also be seen.

It already has various types of Chinese character formation, and has the "four bodies" of the traditional "Six Books", namely pictographic, indicative, associative, and phono-semantic. This shows that in the late Shang Dynasty, Chinese characters represented by oracle bone inscriptions had basically established their formation methods, and the formation system had gradually developed and matured.

"Beauty, I can tell whether something is old or not just by touching it, so stop joking. Let's get straight to the point! How much is it?" My uncle is not that easy to fool.

The stall owner gave my uncle a wink and said, "Handsome guy, if you really want it, 9 is fine."

Henry and Paul nearly vomited.

But the uncle looked calm: "I can't even make soup with this thing, and you think it's not nutritious. Why is it 9? Beautiful, you are not sincere in doing business. I'll offer you 9 yuan. If you want to sell it, then sell it. If you don't want to sell it, forget it."

The stall owner said: "To make it even, I'll give you 10 dollars."

My uncle didn't bother to argue over a few dollars, as it seemed a bit inconsistent with his current status. He nodded and readily took out a 10-yuan note from his wallet.

The two of them called Henry a beautiful woman and a handsome man respectively, and almost sent him away.

He suppressed his nausea, picked up an item from the stall, and asked the price.

The stall owner asked for a sky-high price, but in the end he was able to bargain it down to just $20.

This time, Paul did not use his identity as a market manager to "buy things", but he also picked one and spent $15.

(End of this chapter)