pappabearbooks Chapter 2032: There is a mystery inside!
Chapter 2032: There is a mystery inside!
Lin Ran spit out the tea.
Jiang Hua obviously misunderstood him, Lin Ran said: "Brother Jiang, I am dating Miss Yuan."
"Hahaha, I have nothing to do with you young people." Jiang Hua laughed.
Lin Ran felt extremely embarrassed.
They chatted about antiques in the backyard, and then Jiang Hua mentioned: "Recently, the East Stone Valley Ghost Market has opened again. Are brothers Lin interested in taking a look?"
East Rock Valley Ghost Market?
Lin Ran remembered that he bought mountain ghost flower coins there a long time ago, and then he officially met Lu Yingjie.
I didn’t expect it hasn’t been banned yet.
Of course he is very interested in picking up leaks in the ghost market.
So the two made an appointment to set off together in the middle of the night.
Lin Ran did not go home today, but chatted with Jiang Huachang until midnight.
It wasn't until two o'clock that they drove to East Stone Valley.
Dongshi Valley is just the name of a place. It was originally a small village between valleys. Later, the people here moved away.
And some local masters will come here to sell antiques.
It was a relatively famous ghost market in Beijing in the early years, but it was not open all year round, only in summer and autumn.
If you don't know the news in advance, you will most likely miss out when you come here.
However, unlike before, the antique market is now very prosperous.
The ghost market here is also the same as Panjiayuan. There is no need to wear a mask to hide your identity.
And it seemed very lively.
Lin Ran and Jiang Hua walked around for a while and felt a little disappointed.
Although there are more stalls, the good stuff seems to be decreasing.
This place has turned into a commercial market, and many ordinary antique stall owners came over after hearing the news.
Along the way, what they saw the most were cultural relics from the late Qing Dynasty, which did not have high collection value.
It wasn't until he was almost at the end that Lin Ran saw a wooden box and found it a bit interesting.
Lin Ran and Jiang Hua stopped in front of the stall.
This stall owner is also very interesting. He is playing cards with the old man in the next stall. The two of them seem to be doing nothing.
Lin Ran suddenly thought of a word, no professionalism.
The stall owner saw someone coming to his stall and squatting down, obviously interested in the goods on his stall.
So he quickly played out all the cards in his hand and looked at the two of them with a smile.
"You two can watch as you like."
It happened that there were also customers squatting down at another stall, and they each went about their own business.
Lin Ran looked at the wooden box and felt that the workmanship was quite exquisite.
The wooden box is empty inside. This kind of wooden box is usually used by ancient families to store things. It has dragon patterns carved on the surface. It looks like it should be a wooden box from the palace.
The wood material used was also good, so Lin Ran decided to buy it.
"Do you know what this is?" Jiang Hua asked in a low voice.
He couldn't understand what Lin Ran wanted to buy. He didn't understand why he wanted to buy this wooden box?
The wooden box in front of me does look a bit old. It should be made of mahogany, but it is impossible to tell unless it is high-grade mahogany.
After years of baptism, it presents a unique and simple atmosphere.
The surface of the wooden box was carved with complex patterns. The texture was very delicate, but very strange, unlike the wooden boxes he had seen before.
Moreover, the wooden box itself actually has little collection value.
In ancient times, wooden boxes were mainly used to store things, such as ingots and books.
Once upon a time, a farmer dug out a rotten wooden box from the ground. When he opened it, he found that it was filled with gold objects from the Tang Dynasty.
The gold alone made him a multi-millionaire.
But the wooden box was eventually sold as a gift.
Lin Ran just smiled and asked the boss the price.
Seeing that he was young, the boss deliberately offered a high price and said: "Little brother, this is a high-quality mahogany wooden box from the Tang Dynasty. It will cost you 200 yuan."
Jiang Hua smiled and said, "Boss, you are deliberately trying to trick people."
As the founder of Liulifang, Jiang Hua could not see the price of the wooden box.
It is estimated that all the valuable items in the wooden box have been stolen by the stall owner. It is just a shell and he wants to sell it for 200, which is a complete rip-off.
I thought that Lin Ran would find a way to counter-offer, but unexpectedly, Lin Ran just hesitated for a moment, and then said: "150."
The stall owner took a look at Lin Ran. In fact, the wooden box was exquisitely made, but there were very few collectors on the market, so it was really not worth much.
He rolled his eyes and said, "180, it's not easy for me to set up a stall in the middle of the night."
"Deal." Lin Ran took out his wallet, counted the money and handed it to the stall owner.
The stall owner smiled and handed the wooden box to Lin Ran and said, "Little brother, you should be careful to keep it. It will get damaged easily after a long time."
After the transaction was completed, Jiang Hua asked: "Brother Lin, my estimate of this red wooden box is only sixty or seventy. If you bought it at such a high price, do you have any other ideas?"
"Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from Brother Jiang." Lin Ran smiled mysteriously, "This thing is much more valuable than other things on the stall!"
Jiang Hua also became interested when he heard this.
"Appreciate further details."
"There are a lot of people here, let's talk when we go back."
Lin Ran stopped talking nonsense. After shopping all the way, there was nothing worth buying, so he decided to go back directly.
However, because it was too late, Lin Ran returned home with the wooden box after sending Jiang Hua home.
In his impression, there is a story.
In the East Shigu Ghost Market, someone once bought an old box. He thought he had successfully picked up the leaks, but no one cared about it.
In a fit of rage, he smashed the box. Unexpectedly, there was a treasure map in the box!
Following the treasure map, he dug up treasures at the foot of a mountain near the capital, all of which were silver coins!
It must have been that during the Zhengzheng war, a collector found a place to bury his property, and then hid the picture in a wooden box so that future generations could find it.
But his descendants sold the box directly.
After going round and round, it was in the hands of this leak picker.
The person who picked up the leak initially wanted to buy the box because it was cheap and simple in shape. However, he changed hands and wanted to sell it, but found that no one was interested, whether it was antique shops or individual collectors.
The thing hit his hand, and he smashed the wooden box in anger, exposing the unknown secret.
The reason why Lin Ran bought this box was because he could see at a glance that there were heavy repair marks on the surface of the wooden box.
There must be something in there!
But it was too late today, so he put the box away, took a shower and went straight to bed.
Even if you want to dig for treasure, you have to wait until the matter is over.
He was confident in the value of this wooden box.
Decided to wait for the right time before digging at the location indicated on the treasure map.
Although I haven't been busy with work these past two weeks, I have a lot of things to worry about.
After finishing these things, it's time to deal with your own affairs.