Chen Yong worked as an apprentice in a pawn shop with a master who was very clever. With his cleverness, he had learned a lot about the master's work over the years, but he was still unable to become independent.
Although the old master is old, he is still strong and strong. He has been in the business for many years and has a good reputation. Pawnshops near and far are connected with him.
Next to his old master, Chen Yong felt that his abilities were useless and he was rather giving up on himself.
As time went by, I no longer paid attention to studying or doing anything. I often sneaked out and idled around all day.
The old master couldn't stand it anymore, and one day he said to Chen Yong: "Boy, why have you learned to be lazy recently?"
Chen Yong kicked his legs, lay on the chair, swayed his feet and said angrily: "Anyway, I have nothing to do."
The old master glared and said, "How come you have nothing to do? You haven't learned all the master's skills yet? You are lazy before you even graduate. How will you be in charge of a pawn shop in the future? Those of us who are in charge must study hard all the time." Stop, otherwise once someone makes a fake that you can’t recognize much, and you make one mistake, the reputation you’ve accumulated in this life will be in vain, and you won’t be able to work in this industry again in the future.”
Chen Yong picked his ears and said lazily: "There's no need to wait until I make a mistake. Anyway, I won't be able to survive in this industry with you."
The old master was startled and asked hesitantly: "What do you mean?"
Chen Yong stood up and sneered: "Master, why do you ask questions knowingly? It's true that I am your apprentice, but who recognizes me from far and near? Everyone only recognizes you, the one with the eye, who am I? Even if No matter how much I learn from you, no one will look for me. Unless you die one day and it is my turn, who will acknowledge me?"
"you you……"
The old master's hands were trembling. He didn't expect that the disciple he valued would actually say such words to him.
Chen Yong walked out in eight steps, without looking back, and said: "You make your money, and I'll do my thing. Anyway, I've learned almost all of your skills. There's no point in learning the rest. Wait." If you die, I will live, so it’s not too late to learn again.”
"Unfilial disciple! Unfilial disciple!"
The old master coughed repeatedly and almost couldn't breathe. He hurriedly poured himself a glass of water and drank it.
Chen Yong walked to the casino on his own.
His luck has been good recently, and he thought he could win a few today and go find a few girls to talk about life and ideals.
The casino was always busy, and there were all acquaintances inside. When they saw him coming, they all raised their hands to say hello.
"Hey, Brother Yong is here again?"
"How much do you plan to win today, Brother Yong, before you leave?"
"Brother Yong, why don't you become the God of Wealth for once? You win every time, why are you so embarrassed?"
Chen Yong laughed and said: "What are you talking about? I came to the casino to win money. I came to see the God of Wealth, not to be the God of Wealth. Moreover, my money is tight recently. You Gods of Wealth should be more considerate." .”
"With your big pawn shop, your money will be tight? Brother Yong, this joke is not funny."
"Then the pawnshop has nothing to do with me? You poor parents who starved their children to death find new ways to give money here every day. I'm afraid you go to the pawnshop often. How many times have you ever seen me? You've lost all your money to this old man. Take it and give me less every month than what I won here yesterday!”
"You made a lot of money yesterday!"
Everyone was making a fuss and gathered around Chen Yong at the gambling table.
The dealer felt a little nervous as he faced a formidable enemy.
It's true that Chen Yong has been so lucky these past two days that it's scary.
But this time, Chen Yong's gambling luck came to an end. Although he won the first three games, he failed to do so, and then he kept losing, until he lost all the money he won.
With no money left to gamble, and seeing that it was getting late, he withdrew from the crowd of gamblers.
Everyone welcomed him when he came, but no one paid attention when he left. Standing at the entrance of the casino, facing the moonlight, he found that his pockets were empty, and Chen Yong kicked a stone away.
"Fuck you!"
When he returned to the pawn shop, he saw that the pawn shop would be closed soon. The old master was waiting for him at the door with a bulging bag in his hand.
Chen Yong has long been used to this. He knows that the old master is going to visit those wealthy families again. The bag will probably contain some rare antiques. Those wealthy families are so nice.
"Old man, are you going to find your ancestors again?"
The old master gave Chen Yong a hard look. After today's quarrel, he felt chilled by the apprentice, ignored him, and walked away.
But after taking only two steps, the old master stopped and turned around and said, "I'll go back when I go. Don't run out all the time when I get back."
Chen Yong said "tsk", waved his hand and went in.
The old master sighed helplessly. If he hadn't been old and didn't have the energy to re-teach an apprentice, he would have expelled the unfilial apprentice. However, he lamented that his skills were probably not passed down completely. He was a little bit Congested.
Returning to the pawn shop, it was empty. Chen Yong was sitting in the rocking chair, swaying from time to time.
He fell asleep, but not long after, there was a rapid knock on the door outside.
"Who is it?"
Being disturbed from his sleep, Chen Yong spoke in a bad tone, rolled his eyes suddenly, and quickly ran over to open the door.
Outside was a middle-aged man in rich clothes, holding something in his hand, but he didn't know what it was. It was only wrapped tightly in a black cloth.
"I...I want to be a pawn!"
The man looked a little nervous and covered the things in his hands tightly. At the same time, he looked into the pawn shop warily, for fear that there would be someone else inside.
Chen Yong smiled and pointed at himself and said: "I am the one here, show me what you want to be."
The middle-aged man hesitated, looked around, and said, "Watch it here?"
Chen Yong finally came to his senses, pointed to the inside of the pawn shop, and said, "Please come quickly."
The middle-aged man walked in and saw that there was no one in the pawn shop. After Chen Yong walked in, he quickly closed the door, as if the thing could not be seen.
Chen Yong took a look at this person's behavior and immediately made a judgment. The things in this person's hands were probably either stolen or robbed.
However, he didn't care about this. It was not surprising that some of the items received by the pawn shop had this background. Moreover, some rare and rare antiques came from this.
Chen Yong rolled his eyes slightly, thinking that this was a big business.
As long as this order is completed, the old man will be proud and proud when he comes back.
Counting the time, the old man used to go out to meet his grandparents, and he would come back around this time. He quickly said: "Take out the things and take a look."
The middle-aged man hesitated.
Chen Yong grabbed it and took apart the cloth.
The middle-aged man said nervously: "Be gentle!"
After the cloth was opened, a red jade Ruyi was revealed, which was crystal clear and slightly showed traces of time.
After carefully observing the patterns on it and some scratches of time, Chen Yong murmured: "This is from the previous dynasty, it must be at least two hundred years old."
The middle-aged man stretched out his hand to hold Ruyi down and said, "Give me a price."
Chen Yong hesitated, stretched out his right hand, spread out his five fingers, and waved it in front of the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man frowned and shook his head.
Chen Yong was impatient and said: "I can only give you this number. It is obviously very high in this industry. When my master comes back, he won't even have this number."
Saying that, Chen Yong put away his thumb and shook it.
The middle-aged man gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I want cash."
"Easy to say."
Chen Yong took out five banknotes and handed them to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man took it and left, almost without delay.
Chen Yong didn't care and played with his wish.
Not long after, the door opened again.
Chen Yong looked back and saw that the old master was back. His hands were empty and he didn't bring back the bag.
When the old master came in, he also saw the Ruyi in Chen Yong's hand. He was stunned and asked: "Where did it come from?"
Chen Yong waved Yu Ruyi in front of the old master and asked proudly: "How is it?"
The old master looked at it carefully, nodded and said, "It's indeed good. The workmanship can be so fine, and it's also specially made to look old. It's a skillful way to make it look fake."
Before Chen Yong could say anything else, he was already stunned, as if struck by lightning.
