Chapter 107: Chapter 107: Buying Up Junk
Chapter 107: Buying Nothing but Junk
Cheng Jiuhe rolled down the car window: “I was referred by Sixth Zhao.”
Upon hearing the three words ‘Sixth Zhao,’ the man’s smile instantly widened: “Please, co in.”
The car drove into the farm and traveled another four or five hundred ters before reaching a large canopy covered with oil felt.
Cheng Jiuhe parked the car on an open space and led ngyu towards the canopy.
There were still guards at the door. Cheng Jiuhe ntioned “referred by Sixth Zhao,” and they were allowed to pass without further ado.
ngyu felt a bit nervous and a little excited: Why does it feel like we’re engaging in so underground activity?
Upon entering the canopy, there were quite a few people and about five or six stalls. Each vendor displayed various old objects, but there were only about thirteen or fourteen buyers, making it appear sowhat desolate.
Cheng Jiuhe noticed that ngyu’s eyes lit up the mont she saw the old items on the stalls. He couldn’t help but chuckle; it turns out his little sister truly loved antiques.
It’s indeed a strange preference. A young girl’s ho, shouldn’t she prefer flowers and such? Even those with a bit of money would go for jewelry.
But she likes antiques!
He took hold of her hand, “Co on, sister, let’s also take a look.”
As they approached a stall, ngyu heard Xiao Tao’s voice chiming in: “Ah, there’s a lot of Sun and Moon Essence. These items have absorbed so much Sun and Moon Essence. Master, hurry and bring them in, bring them all in.”
ngyu suddenly rembered Xiao Tao once sneaking an antique vase into her space and quickly warned: “These antiques belong to others, you’re not allowed to take them without permission.”
Xiao Tao pouted: “Master, the reason I took the antique vase last ti was that I knew it belonged to you.”
Only then did ngyu feel at ease: “Quick, check which antiques have the most Sun and Moon Essence on them?”
Following Xiao Tao’s directions, ngyu pointed to an item on the stall and asked for its price: “Boss, how much for this chipped bowl?”
The middle-aged, thin boss looked at the broken, gri-covered bowl and said, “That’ll be one hundred yuan.”
ngyu was dissatisfied: “Boss, this one is broken. And it’s not a rare piece, just an ordinary one. Broken items are worthless, no one would buy this besides , how about twenty yuan?”
The boss considered for a mont and agreed: “Take it.”
ngyu then picked up another item Xiao Tao wanted, a dish that was broken to one-fifth: “And this?”
Seeing her pick another broken item, the boss said, “Fifteen yuan.”
After figuring out the price range for these worn items, ngyu simply stopped inquiring one by one and quickly selected several broken antiques based on Xiao Tao’s suggestions.
She placed the junk antiques she wanted in front of the boss: “Boss, how much for this pile of junk?”
The boss looked over the five or six antiques, all broken and difficult to repair, all ordinary items, and offered a fair price: “One hundred yuan for all.”
Cheng Jiuhe watched ngyu pick through a pile of junk antiques, his brows furrowed deeply: “Sister, why are you only picking through these pieces of junk? You’re not here to collect trash, are you?”
Others buy antiques for their collectible value, waiting for them to appreciate over ti.
But ngyu buys antiques for those with the most Sun and Moon Essence absorbed, which are usually the ones from the oldest era. Therefore, she’s not afraid of junk but is afraid of items not being ancient enough.
ngyu gave her brother a reason: “Brother, I’m selecting these old items because I want to study and learn how to do the archaeological work. So it doesn’t matter if they’re damaged. I am just concerned about their age.”
Hearing that ngyu was doing this for study purposes, Cheng Jiuhe didn’t interfere with her anymore.
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