After chatting all the way and arriving at the hotel, Xiao Bai began to inquire about the specialties and delicacies of She County.
Loquat, Huangshan Maofeng, Gongju and She inkstone?
It looks quite interesting.
The antique exchange meeting will officially start tomorrow afternoon, and it will last for two days in total. You should not be able to go anywhere.
Therefore, Xiao Bai is now thinking about whether to take advantage of this gap to join the traveling special forces and use this time to visit Huangshan.
After checking that the distance to Huangshan was not too far, Xiao Bai made up his mind.
After having lunch with his master Qin Hai, Xiao Bai said goodbye to his master for the time being and took a ride straight to the Huangshan Scenic Area.
Xiao Bai plans to stay temporarily in Huangshan today and get up early tomorrow to climb to the top of Huangshan to watch the sunrise.
After checking into the hotel, Xiao Bai wandered aimlessly in this small town at the foot of Huangshan Mountain.
This small town is similar to what Xiao Bai expected. Almost all shops serve the tourism industry, and most of them sell various teas.
White tea, Maofeng, Gongju.
In order to promote regional economic development, Xiao Bai also bought a small amount of each item to try when he had free time.
In the evening, when the night was getting dark, Xiao Bai ate a local specialty stone cake and unknowingly went to the night market selling all kinds of groceries.
The night market was very large and crowded. Among the dense crowd, Xiao Bai could hear people with accents from various places chatting and buying and selling.
I don’t know if night markets across the country are the same.
No matter where you go, you can see some stalls selling old things, coins, and old books.
Xiao Bai was attracted by these stalls without knowing it.
I watched a few tourists with Modu accents haggling with a stall owner over a few old books.
Xiao Bai squatted down with interest, looking through the objects on the stall while listening to the difficult exchange between the two groups.
Sure enough, popularizing Mandarin is a very important national policy!
After listening to the two groups chatting for a few minutes, Xiao Bai felt like his head was getting big.
The goods at this small stall are mainly old books and coins.
It can be said that Xiao Bai has no experience in old books, so he did not join in the fun, but quietly looked through the coins on the stall.
After rummaging around until the stall owner successfully concluded a deal with another group of Modu people, Xiao Bai still couldn't find anything he was interested in.
There is no way, with the current convenience of the Internet, it is really difficult to find leaks on ancient coins.
Just when Xiao Bai was about to get up, his eyes suddenly caught sight of a "stone" pressing on the corner of the spread.
Well, because it was already dark and Xiao Bai didn't bring a flashlight, Xiao Bai wouldn't have been attracted to the stone if he hadn't seen a golden light flashing on the "stone" accompanied by a ray of light just now.
After turning on the flashlight in his cell phone, Xiao Bai took the heavy stone in his hand.
After looking carefully, Xiao Bai realized that this should be an inkstone, but it looked a bit abstract, so it was a little difficult for Xiao Bai to identify it.
Is this She Yan?
Looking at the obvious ancient rhinoceros ribs on the inkstone and the "Venus" that just flashed by, Xiao Bai had a rough idea in his mind.
"Young man, have you fallen in love with my stone? Hahahaha, didn't you see it? You are quite discerning. I might as well tell you that the most valuable thing in my stall is this stone in your hand."
"You see, it may not be that eye-catching now. That's because it hasn't been carved yet, so it can't be called a She Inkstone yet."
After hearing the stall owner's words, Xiao Bai felt a lot more relaxed.
No wonder it took me so long to pick up this piece, but the system didn't give a prompt. It seems that this is not an antique, and it is not a finished product.
Hearing the stall owner say that the stone had not been carved yet, Xiao Bai observed it carefully again.
The Venus on this stone is very beautiful, densely clustered into a thumb-width strip on one side of the stone.
"Boss, what's the price of this stone?"
After looking at it carefully, Xiao Bai raised his head and asked the stall owner.
"Hey, it's not expensive, it's 180,000."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Bai's pupils dilated for a moment.
"How much? One hundred and eighty thousand?"
Hearing Xiao Bai's roar, the stall owner laughed and picked his ears.
"Young man, don't be too surprised, this thing is no longer allowed to be mined."
"And you have to look at the quality! As for the quality of my piece of stone, if it is carved by a famous artist, it will definitely be at the auction level, and it is something that can only be found."
"Come on, young man, take a look, I have similar records of auctions."
Looking at the mobile phone handed over by the stall owner, Xiao Bai looked up and down.
Even the current auction prices for famous carvings rather than antiques are all in the high six figures. Looking at it this way, the price offered by this stall owner is actually not too outrageous.
Handing the phone back, Xiao Bai looked through the stone in his hand carefully.
A long while.
"Twenty thousand!"
Hearing Xiao Bai's quotation, the stall owner shook his head and smiled.
"Young man, if you can't afford it, you can read my other things. Some of my books are quite good. There are the earliest editions of Journey to the West after the founding of the People's Republic of China, The Three Kingdoms, and some other books and newspapers. You don't have to buy my precious stone. .”
After hearing what the stall owner said, Xiao Bai put the stone back on the stall, then pretended to give up and stood up to leave.
After a while, Xiao Bai walked out of the stall. Seeing that the stall owner didn't even call him to stop him, Xiao Bai couldn't help but sigh.
It seems that the price is indeed low.
Walking not far away, Xiao Bai turned on his mobile phone and checked the price of the finished She inkstone. He found a few pieces that were similar to the one he saw and made a simple price comparison.
After a while, he circled back to the stall.
"Boss, don't talk to me about 180,000 yuan, just give me a good price!"
Seeing Xiao Bai return to his stall, the stall owner smiled.
"Oh, young man, I really didn't raise the price randomly. This thing I have is just good. Things are rare and expensive. If I sell them for 180,000 yuan, it's not too much."
"As you can see, my business is quite down-to-earth. I have closed several orders this time."
"Let's see. This thing has been here for a long time. To be honest, it's a bit of a financial drain. 120,000, you can just take it."
Hearing this, Xiao Bai gritted his teeth and made another offer.
"Sixty thousand!"
After hearing Xiao Bai's quotation, the stall owner ignored it and turned around to continue bargaining with another person who was interested in a few ancient books.
Seeing this, Xiao Bai sighed softly.
Sure enough, it is impossible to pick up the leak.
Seeing that the stall owner reached two more transactions, Xiao Bai stared at the stall owner with bright eyes.
"Eighty thousand, fixed price, just don't sell it. You know, it's not cheap to hire a famous artist to carve it."
“And this thing is always a niche product, so it’s not easy to sell it at a good price.”
"make a deal!"
Listening to the two words spoken softly from the stall owner's mouth, Xiao Bai shook his head helplessly.
The number 80,000 is really unavoidable.
