After leaving the wine alley, Zhao Huai planned to go to Qinglongmen downtown as his next stop.
Qinglongmen downtown is the largest downtown in Jinzhou. It is located in the inner city. If you want to buy beds, tables, chairs and other furniture, or luxury goods such as jade, ivory, spices, as well as famous horses, cats and dogs, birds, fish, insects and other livestock, you can buy them all. It can be found in downtown areas.
On the streets and alleys, dogs, cats of various breeds, and birds of various shapes and colors were performing arts and crafts, screaming happily in this lively street.
Every time Zhao Huai passed by a house, he would stop and take a look.
Although the wife said she wanted to buy some small animals, she did not say whether to buy a cat, a dog, or a bird, but asked him to watch and buy.
It's really casual, but there's no way he really wants to keep a pet. It seems he just wants to add some vitality to the shop.
He stared in front of a wooden cage for a long time because he found that the dog had been staring at him.
Zhao Huai also looked at the Shiba Inu in front of him without politeness.
People glared at dogs, and the scene was very friendly.
What are you looking at?
Zhao Huai couldn't help but think bitterly.
"This guest, do you want to buy a dog? The dogs we have here are all high-quality products trained by dog fighting, and they are guaranteed to be lively and vigorous." Seeing Zhao Huai staring at the dog, the owner of the dog shop on the side stepped forward with a smile. .
"If you don't want to buy it, I'll just take a look."
When Zhao Huai heard that it was a dog fighting shop, he immediately shook his head.
Nowadays, the rich and powerful gentry in this city like to fight with each other no matter what.
These days, cricket fighting has become too popular, and many ordinary people have followed the trend. In order to distinguish their hobbies from elegance, the rich and powerful have begun to embark on other tracks.
There is a saying that if it is too popular, it will be ruined. I think the wealthy gentry think so too.
The new trend now is dog fighting and horse racing. No matter the type of dog or horse, it is not within the reach of ordinary people. Naturally, it has become a new toy for the rich.
In any entertainment venue, it is inevitable that someone will open a business, paying ten for one, and one for ten. Many people flock to it, and every year some people lose their pants.
But occasionally there are people who make a fortune and become extremely rich.
But let alone say it, it has actually driven the economic development of Jinzhou.
The reason why Zhao Huai didn't buy it was simply that the dogs from the dog fighting ring were surly and dangerous. They were just fine to keep at home as a guard, but it was almost difficult to hold them in his hands. Moreover, they often had injuries and illnesses on their bodies, which were all caused by dog fighting. .
He didn't think Madam would like this.
After walking around, Zhao Huai came to the Bird Shop, which was much more lively than the Dog Shop.
But there are also many frauds in Bird Shop.
Today you bought a new thrush. Maybe the bird dealer put some material on it to make the thrush's feathers look similar to those of a new bird, but in fact it is an old bird.
In addition, there are also extremely beautiful-looking birds, which may be dyed. Such birds do not survive for long. They are usually used to deceive novices. You can't say anything after they are raised to death, and you think they are yours. The problem.
There are indeed many tricks to buying birds, but Zhao Huai is not panicking.
He didn't think anyone could trick him.
It is always him who deceives others, and it is impossible for others to deceive him.
And he also found a surprise.
That is, my destiny as a [treasure appraiser] came in handy.
[Treasure Appraisal Expert] In addition to appraising antiques and antiques, he can also appraise other things.
The so-called treasure appraisal naturally includes identifying objects.
Whether it is a dead thing or a living thing, you can distinguish it.
Zhao Huai watched beside a group of bird cages.
There are quite a lot of types of birds here. In addition to the common thrushes and larks, which have excellent voices, there are also raptors such as goshawks and sparrowhawks. There are also cards for the caretakers.
Zhao Huai looked into the store and found some parrots with bright feathers.
As we all know, parrots can learn to speak, which undoubtedly aroused Zhao Huai's interest.
"Let's talk."
Zhao Huai smiled at the yellow-green parrot in the birdcage.
"Fool, fool."
The yellow-green parrot tilted its little head and jumped away without looking at him, making a childish sound in its mouth.
Zhao Huai suddenly became unhappy and said, "Hey, you stupid bird, can you still curse people?"
But I couldn't afford to argue with one bird, so I turned to other birds.
Soon, he saw that among the many bird cages, one cage was very special. It was placed in a separate place and covered with black cloth.
Zhao Huai felt curious, so he asked the bird dealer: "Boss, what is the condition of your cage? Is it for sale?"
When the customer asked about it, the bird dealer smiled and said, "It's like this. This bird is so wild that I can't keep it close to you. If it sees the light, it will hit the cage. In desperation, I have to cover it."
Zhao Huai nodded understandingly.
When raising birds, we often encounter situations where we cannot keep them close to each other, and then the bird will keep hitting the cage until it kills itself or is dying.
"Can I see it?"
Zhao Huai asked.
"It doesn't matter, the guest officer just sees it."
Zhao Huai opened a corner of the black cloth of the birdcage and saw a bird covered in jet black with white feathers standing on top of its head lying under the cage, motionless. The white feathers were stained with a lot of blood. The birdcage One corner is also slightly raised, and it looks like it must have been knocked into this shape.
Even when he saw this miserable appearance, he couldn't help but sigh. The bird was too suffocated and should be let out for some fresh air.
The bird dealer next to him introduced: "This is a myna. It has white hair on the top of its head. It is a good breed and has an excellent tone. I did not dye it. Let me tell you first. I found it in the mountains outside the city. I spent a lot of time at that time. With great effort, the bird flew very fast, and it took more than ten people and an hour to catch it."
"But this myna didn't say a word when he caught him. He just kept banging against the cage. He was so stupid that he probably didn't have a good brain, but he was quite strong and knocked the cage crookedly."
Zhao Huai looked at the myna, thoughtfully.
To be honest, myna is also a magical species. It looks like a crow, with only slight differences.
But it is actually a symbol of good luck, and like the magpie, it is also a mascot.
At the same time, it can also imitate the calls of more than a dozen species of birds, including parrots, and it can also imitate human speech.
[Bao Appraisal Expert]'s destiny was activated, and Zhao Huai's facial senses were immediately amplified.
His eyes slowly narrowed, and he could see all the details of the myna in front of him.
The eyes of this starling are full of spirituality. Unlike other birds, although its wings can no longer flap, its small eyes are still turning.
It was very strange. It kept staring outside the cage, or in other words, staring at the mysterious ring in its hand, wondering what it was thinking.
As if it has a mind of its own.
Through the fate chart, Zhao Huai can basically conclude that this bird is not that simple.
If you don't care, the bird dealer may throw it away and it will be picked up by a wild cat.
So, he decided to take it down.
But before that, let’s see if we can get some luck first.
I threw a copper coin, and as expected, I got a "lucky" result.
A yellow light group escaped.
[Observe words and colors (Huang Pinxia, etc.)]: When a businessman does business with you, you can always get a good price and save a lot of trouble.
"It's a price-bargaining artifact. It's not of high quality, but its practicality is quite good."
Zhao Huai gradually discovered that sometimes practicality is more important than grade.
"Boss, sell this myna to me."
Zhao Huai spoke out.
The bird dealer put down his work and asked curiously: "Why did you buy it? It doesn't scream and it doesn't look good."
"As the saying goes, people are more valuable than their ambitions, and birds are more valuable than their feathers. It's better for you to buy a good-looking and healthy bird. I'm afraid this bird won't live long."
The bird dealer also kindly reminded me.
Zhao Huai smiled and said: "It's better to buy it and bury it than to throw it away and let wild cats eat it."
After hearing what he said, the bird dealer's eyes moved and he sighed:
"Hey, the guest officer is also a kind-hearted person, so I'll just charge you a hundred coins."
"Can."
Zhao Huai nodded.
One hundred taels is a huge bargain. Otherwise, a cheap bird would cost more than ten taels of silver. The expensive ones can be sold for hundreds of taels, and the price of starlings is more than 500 taels.
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