Chapter 296 The Yellow-Bellied Girl's Hometown Thief
The stall owner glanced at the porcelain piece in Zhang Caifeng's hand and quoted a price, "Six hundred."
When Zhang Caifeng heard the price, she was so frightened that she didn't even dare to look closely and quickly put the porcelain piece down.
Seeing this, the stall owner was about to reach out to take it.
Su Xing moved very quickly, taking the porcelain piece from Zhang Caifeng's hand, and raised his hand to hold it steadily.
The stall owner immediately caught the empty one.
Zhang Caifeng was also stunned.
Gao Yang and Pei Shiqi also paused in their actions of selecting porcelain pieces.
Su Xing stared at the stall owner with a sharp gaze, and said with a half-smile: "Boss, since you are in this business, you should understand the rule of not passing the goods on to your hands, right?"
The stall owner was stunned when he saw Su Xing's actions, and then a look of embarrassment flashed across his face when he heard her words.
But he immediately smiled cheekily and said, "I forgot for a moment. Keep picking. If you buy a lot, I'll give you a package price."
Su Xing smiled, put down the porcelain piece in his hand, and casually touched the texture under the spread cloth.
She said, “Let’s go shopping.”
Gao Yang and Pei Shiqi also put down what they were holding.
And Gao Yang also pressed the stall.
"Let's go." Gao Yang said.
The girls nodded and stood up.
Just after taking two steps, Su Xing said to his roommates, "I forgot to tell you just now that there is a rule in the antique market. Do not pass items to others hand to hand, because if the other party fails to hold the item firmly and breaks it, it will be unclear what the responsibility is."
In fact, it was wrong for her to "snatch" things directly from Zhang Caifeng. If she was not absolutely confident in her skills and her roommate relationship with Zhang Caifeng, she would not have done that.
Gao Yang chuckled and added, "Some bosses may be too 'precious' about their belongings. The stalls are all covered with hard goods. We should be more careful when taking and putting things, so as not to let the boss down."
Under the spread of cloth, it felt like a piece of iron plate!
Zhang Caifeng was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat, "That was a close call..."
Pei Shiqi sneered, "How much is a porcelain piece worth? Is it worth it for him to resort to such means?"
Gao Yang said: "It's because the price is not too high that it gets bumped by accident."
They spoke loudly, and their words were clearly heard by the stall owner and some nearby tourists.
When visiting antique markets, they may see through the items without saying anything, but they don’t want to condone such tricks, especially when they have already cheated their own people.
The tourists around subconsciously moved away from the stall.
There were also a few customers who were picking out porcelain tiles at the stalls, who put down their things and left.
The stall owner had a very ugly look on his face, but he couldn't lose his temper on the spot, so he was very angry.
The four girls walked away.
A stall owner next to that stall owner laughed and said, "Zhang Mazi, I told you a long time ago not to do this kind of tricks all the time. Do you think young people don't know the rules? Don't make the market manager angry one day and they won't let you set up your stall. That would be more trouble than it's worth."
Zhang Mazi snorted twice and said nothing.
He often uses this trick on young tourists or players who look like novices.
Generally, items like these that cost hundreds or thousands of dollars, if they are broken, the price is not too high, so most tourists will just accept their fate and pay the money, and won't make a big fuss.
He often relies on this method to "open" his business.
Just now he saw those girls, although they looked only about 18 or 19 years old, some of them were dressed quite well and looked like children from wealthy families. He thought they were going to "open for business" today.
I didn't expect to run into a yellow-mouthed thief from my hometown!
Su Xing and the other four girls walked a little further away from the stall and stopped at a porcelain tile stall.
This porcelain tile stall is quite large, with a lot of items.
Zhang Caifeng had been traumatized by the recent incident and didn't dare to get close to the stall.
Gao Yang reached out and pressed the stall, feeling the cushion which was quite soft.
Then she pulled Zhang Caifeng and said, "Squat down and let's take a look."
Su Xing and Pei Shiqi have already started picking and choosing at the stalls.
Su Xing has recently read a lot of books on ancient porcelain appreciation, but there is a big difference between reading the descriptions in the books and seeing the real objects. She, like several of her roommates, is a complete novice in this field.
However, as soon as she touched these porcelain pieces, she had a very strange feeling in her heart. The patterns, body glaze, firing process and other aspects of the porcelain pieces in her hands clearly matched what she had learned from the books.
Her heart moved. Could this be the feeling after her ability to appreciate cultural relics has improved?
She held up a porcelain plate at the bottom of a plate and asked the stall owner, "Boss, how much is this porcelain plate with five bats holding a longevity scarf?"
The stall owner looked at Su Xing and said with a smile, "You are quite knowledgeable, little girl. This is from the Yongzheng period, eight hundred."
Su Xing picked up another fragment of the fish-turning-dragon fragment and asked, "What about this one?"
The boss quoted a price, "This one is twelve thousand."
Su Xing asked: "I want to buy a few more pieces, can you give me a discount?"
The boss said cheerfully: "Of course, the more you buy, the better the discount."
Gao Yang and Zhang Caifeng looked at Su Xing in surprise. Was she really planning to buy it?
Although they are from the Cultural and Museum College, they have only studied professional courses for a few days? They haven't even learned the basics. They really don't know these things well. Today, they just planned to come and see the excitement and feel the atmosphere of the ghost market.
Pei Shiqi didn't show any surprise. To her, these porcelain pieces didn't cost much. So what if they were real or fake? If she liked them, she could just buy them for fun, just as a practice.
Su Xing carefully selected eight pieces of porcelain and asked the boss about the prices one by one. The cheapest was 80 yuan and the most expensive was 2,600 yuan.
All in all, the boss wants a total of 6,600 yuan.
Su Xing said, "Boss, the pattern of your five bats holding a longevity statue is incomplete, and one bat is missing half of its wing. Although the fish-turning-into-dragon statue is from the late Ming Dynasty, it is not made of Sumaliqing, so it is not that expensive. And the fragment of the dragon-patterned bowl also has a large piece of the pattern missing. Your asking price is too high. How about this? I'll take all eight pieces for three thousand yuan. How do you think?"
Most of the customers who were choosing porcelain tiles in front of the stall were regular players. Seeing this little girl, who looked only about seventeen or eighteen years old, bargaining with the stall owner like an old player, they all laughed and thought she was very interesting.
The stall owner couldn't help laughing, "Three thousand is too little, add another thousand, four thousand."
Su Xing, "Four thousand is too expensive, and it doesn't sound good. How about this, I'll add another two hundred, how about three thousand and two?"
The stall owner shook his head, "Three thousand nine, you take it all."
Su Xing said, "Boss, I won't bargain with you for a hundred or two hundred. I'll just give you three thousand six. If you think it's suitable, sell it to me. If not, I'll take another look."
As she spoke, she was about to stand up.
The stall owner hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Deal!"