"One hundred." The stall owner said casually. The good things he had on his stall had been bought by others long ago, and the remaining purchase price was not more than ten yuan. No matter what, you can just shout for the price, and it will never lose money. Of course, it depends on the people's food and adapt to local conditions. If a person like Yu Lifei exceeds one hundred, he may scare the people away immediately.

"A brick is worth so much money?" Yu Lifei was really shocked. Half a piece of blue brick costs 100. There are so many houses in the village made of blue bricks. Wouldn't they all become rich?

"This is not an ordinary brick, do you see it? It is engraved with words, made in the 16th year of Qianlong. This is the imperial blue brick used in the palace. My ancestral treasure is an antique." The stall owner said lies and did not even blink. This brick was collected from the countryside. At that time, he collected a few ancient coins and sent it to others. He used to be a stool, but he brought a stool these days before he put it on the stall, but the main function is to press the corner to prevent the sudden gust of wind from blowing his stall.

"Can you sell it for one dollar?" Yu Lifei asked. If he held it in his hand, the brick should be only one-third or one-quarter of the original one, but it weighs seven or eight pounds. If it were put in the bag, it would be a lot of burden. If it were placed in the past, he would not have bought it, but Wu Wengu promised to find him a job, so it wouldn't matter to bring a brick.

"One dollar? Not enough for breakfast, at least ten yuan." The stall owner said exaggeratedly. From the other party's offer, he knew that he might not be able to sell it at a high price. But this brick is indeed not light. If no one wants it for a few more days, he might have discarded it. Such bricks in the antique market next to it look like the Great Wall, which is not worth much money.

"No matter how expensive it is, I won't buy it. It's a burden to carry it." Yu Lifei put down the brick and said slowly. Although he knew that there was a world of things in this brick, he is still a layman in antiques and does not know the current market conditions. But when he was holding the brick just now, he felt comfortable. Last night, he spent one-third of his net worth for this feeling, and he couldn't do such a stupid thing anymore today.

"Five pieces, okay, you can take them away." The stall owner stretched out a hand and said firmly.

"Five pieces need to add this ink and this knife paper... and this pen." Yu Lifei picked up a piece of two-finger-wide broken ink and a knife of ordinary rice paper on the stall. He said it was a knife, but he felt that it was less than half a knife. As for the pen, although it looked a bit antique, it was actually made.

"This piece of residual ink is not good, but you can give it to you. As for this pen, it must be calculated separately." The stall owner's face looked a little ugly. If it weren't for the lack of customers now, he would have ignored Yu Lifei long ago. Although the residual ink is not valuable, this piece of residual ink is the real ancient ink, which can be said to be the longest in his street stall. Of course, the age may not be valuable, but it is also a matter of talking about it when it is placed on the stall.

Many people think that antiques are expensive, but most of them are unknown. Some people think that antiques are expensive because they are a game for rich people, or the obsessions of the ancients at that time, they paid any price to get what they love. Some people think that antiques are expensive because of the age. As long as the age is, the higher the value will be.

In fact, this idea is incorrect. There are two main reasons why antiques are expensive. One is the value of antiques itself. For example, antiques are well-made and exquisite in craftsmanship, and later generations cannot imitate them at all. For example, the calligraphy and painting of the Tang and Song dynasties and the finest attainments, no matter how hard people in later generations work, they cannot reach the level at that time. There are also copper and jade from the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, which are very fine, and generally have texts on them, which is of great help to modern archaeology. Even porcelain, pen, ink, paper, and ink, ancient coins, etc., are all because of this reason.

Another reason is artificial. In fact, to be honest, collecting antiques is actually a very boring behavior. Nowadays, people spend manpower, material energy, collecting, and playing with the relics behind the ancients after their death. What is the point?

But for thousands of years, everyone has been talking about antique collections and even obsessed with it all their lives. What is the reason? This is actually a helpless move, which has a lot to do with the social system at that time.

In addition to eating, sleeping and resting, we humans must also think. With thinking, we will have ideas and then form our own ideas. After having ideas, we will take action, such as Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought. If there were no thoughts of those great men at that time, we would probably not have the current China.

However, China has been practicing monarchy for thousands of years. In order to maintain its dominance, the emperor naturally hopes that his subjects will worship him. All rule will instill instill the monarch into his subjects with the commandment of heaven, which is the reason. Moreover, if he encounters a foolish monarch and tyrant minister, if he criticizes the current situation and talks about politics, he will not only fail to protect himself, but also implicate the nine tribes at all. Therefore, in ancient times, the literati and doctors did not want to have any inappropriate ideas, so he tried not to engage in other activities except studying and engaging in politics.

Of course, people nowadays have a variety of entertainment activities, including singing and dancing, playing cards and gambling, taking baths and massages, gatherings and associations, which greatly enriched our spiritual life. However, in ancient times, these were all demonic acts, which were not allowed by national laws and public opinion. Therefore, it was absolutely necessary to study antiques for entertainment. Moreover, antiques also play an important role in the lives of officials, scholars and officials: hiding wealth.

Chinese people have always been concerned about wealth and not revealing their money, especially for officials. For example, an official with an annual salary of less than 100 taels of silver will own more than 1,000 taels of real estate ten years later. If such obvious property is included in the censor's book, it will be a black hat.

However, antiques are different. Antiques are not priced. Things worth 100 taels of silver can be bought for one tael of silver or sold for ten thousand taels of silver. Therefore, no matter how many antiques there are in your house, it is reasonable. Therefore, most officials in ancient times used collecting antiques as a wonderful way to hide their wealth, which is also why antiques are precious.

Moreover, the promotion of officials in ancient times was not scheduled. If you bought real estate when you worked in the capital, it might be very convenient at that time. However, once you were transferred externally, you might never come back in your life. Whether you hire someone to manage it or sell it, it would go a long way. Moreover, there was no national-connected bank at that time, and it was not convenient to store gold and silver. An antique or a cart of silver is equivalent to a cart of silver. It is not conspicuous to keep an antique in a box, but once you pull a cart of silver, if you are a cart of silver, you may not be able to keep your head if you know it.

Back to the point, this piece of residual ink, although it smells fragrant and looks simple, it only has a small piece, and there are neither style nor words on it. Although it may be dozens or hundreds of years, it cannot be sold at a price.

"The residual ink is not valuable, and I use it for use, not for collection." Yu Lifei said. Spending small money to do big things is his principle after he came out. Otherwise, if he has no money on him, he will really stump the hero with a penny. He may not know any other antiques, but he is still clear about the pen, ink, paper and inkstone related to calligraphy and painting.

"Young man, I didn't expect you to have the style of the ancients? Plus, you can take this piece of residual ink for ten yuan." The stall owner was very surprised. Nowadays, few young people write brushes, and even fewer people learn to grind ink and write in ancient people. Now he understands Yu Lifei's intention to buy blue bricks, and it seems that he wants to use it as an inkstone.

But there are also many inkstones on my own stall, and some of them are very good in workmanship, so why doesn’t he like them? But no matter how much I think about it, I can’t make a decision for others. Besides, he may not be able to afford his inkstones.

"Can you give me another pen?" Yu Lifei asked, "Would you like to send me a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, you can't write a word without a pen.

"Then add two more dollars. If you start a business, you won't make any money." said the stall owner.

Yu Lifei did not bargain anymore, so he chose a small wolf hair calligraphy with a short pen tip. After paying the money, he got up and left. He made an appointment with Wu Wengu. This morning, he met at the rice noodle shop last night. Now it’s almost time.

When Yu Lifei was about to pass through this antique street stall market, he suddenly remembered something and his steps stopped again.
Chapter completed!