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Chapter 1 finally waiting for you

Parallel space and space, blue stars.

Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 3 a.m.

Yuhai City presents a completely different tranquility than the bustling and lively daytime. Xia Yu felt particularly profound when riding a shared bicycle.

Every Tuesday, he would sneak out of the dormitory of Yuhai University. As graduation approached, he became more and more free. However, the "Tianguangxu" market on Wenchang Road only opened on Tuesday. Once he graduated and left this city, he would have fewer opportunities to be able to Taobao. Thinking of this, Xia Yu couldn't help but sigh.

When he was about to reach Haiyu Bridge, he slowed down. There was such a "ghost market" here every day. But the category here is very different from the Wenchang Road Ghost Market where he was going. There are all kinds of items here, but there are fewer antiques, most of them are daily items, and even old clothes and expired foods have to be sold.

While there was still some time, Xia Yu slowed down and pushed the bicycle and walked slowly. This was an experience different from the daytime experience, but he had long been used to it. There were many stall owners here, even homeless people, who collected some items that they thought could be exchanged for money, and then sold them in the ghost market here. There were also many people who collected old goods, and they could find them at their stalls, old books, old electronic appliances, foreign garbage and other things.

When Xia Yu was casual, he would also shoot some related videos and post them to the P site. Unfortunately, he was not very popular and only had a few kittens. Moreover, in most cases, the stall owners of these ghost markets were more disgusted with taking photos and videos, and it would not be fun to be used as evidence. Of course, he also didn't care. He filmed documentary videos, with homeless people as the protagonists. It is said that he was stolen from his wallet and luggage and went here to survive.

After walking along the way, Xia Yu did not see anything he particularly liked. He basically would not buy old clothes and shoes here and have two dollars a cup of instant noodles. At this time, there were many people visiting the ghost market, but there were still very few young people like him in their twenties.

After crossing the Haiyu Bridge, Xia Yu continued to ride his bike forward, aiming directly at the Tianguang Ruins Market on Wenchang Road. This is also one of the few Tianguang Ruins Markets in Yuhai City. It is rumored that soon, the ghost market on the Haiyu Bridge will also be banned.

He just got the right time and arrived before 4 a.m., locked his bicycle and started a new week's trip to Tianguangxu Taobao. Even if he rarely found real treasures here, Xia Yu still enjoyed it.

It is said that early birds eat insects, and there are quite a few people who have the same idea as Xia Yu. They are generally older than him and they all look very professional. The two pieces of equipment he carries with him are equipped with strong light flashlights and magnifying glasses, and experts basically bring them, but most of them are not used!

This day is no exception. Xia Yu has a good memory in his youth, and even has an impression of which stall owners had placed what items last week. This also saved him a lot of time and the shopping efficiency became higher. He didn't need to read what he had seen before.

There are almost all kinds of cultural relics and antiques in these stalls, and there are also many jewelry and jadeware. But if you really want to buy jewelry and jadeware, Yulin Temple will be more and more professional.

There are also many porcelains here that are claimed to be salvaged from the sea, but Xia Yu glanced at them and knew that they were fakes with wide open doors. Even if some were really salvaged from the sea, many merchants customized a batch of porcelains and put them down for a while before fishing them out. This is quite particular, and more of them are directly fake. Once the strong sour is soaked in some sea mud shells, it will be "freshly released". This makes many new people who have entered the industry who feel that "snatching porcelains in the sea" cannot be faked happily think that they have found the treasure, but in fact they are "paying tuition fees" as takeovers.

Xia Yu is most familiar with porcelain. This is not only related to the history major he studied in college. He was born in a fisherman and grew up on the beach. When his parents went out to fish, they caught a lot of porcelain from the sea. This made him have a strong interest in porcelain since he was a child. In addition, his water quality is extraordinary. When he went out to sea, he often dived into the sea. Basically, all types of export porcelain have been used in person, and he has a lot of inventory.

Therefore, he was not interested in the so-called "snatching porcelain" on Tianguang Ruins.

Xia Yu didn't stay in the first few stalls for a long time. If he didn't see new goods, he would just evacuate without stopping for much. At the next stall, the middle-aged fat stall owner who was quite familiar with him even greeted him, "The handsome guy is here again!"

"Hello, boss, are there any new products?" Xia Yu asked casually. He was a little handsome but didn't take "fashion" seriously. People here call men handsome girls, and they call them beautiful girls. Anyway, they don't call them "hair-chewing". However, Xia Yu is really eye-catching in the crowd now. He is too young, so the key is that he will come here to check in on time every week.

But Xia Yu never revealed his name, nor did he ask the stall owner what his name was. He bought two items from this fat stall owner, and he thought he had paid the tuition fee at one time, and he also picked up small leaks. Tianguangxu and even the antique market are actually the same. They rely entirely on their own eyesight to make a living. Just don’t believe other people’s stories. Even if he “shots”, he will not have the shame to settle the score with others.

"I have collected a few new pieces, including porcelain and jade. See if there are any ones I like." The stall owner replied.

Xia Yu squatted down and carefully took a blue and white bowl with dragon pattern. The signature was actually "made in the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty". After turning on the strong light flashlight and looking carefully, he did not react, so he carefully put it back.

He also took the other two jade artifacts and took photos, and then there was nothing. After putting them back in place, he continued to visit the next stall.

For Xia Yu, this is the norm. In the past four years of college, he would come to "Tianguangxu" to visit whenever he had the chance. Now there are fewer and fewer opportunities to find authentic products.

After visiting several stalls, I didn’t see any items I was interested in. Xia Yu was not worried and continued to watch along the road.

In a stall that is not very common, there are bronze ware here. Xia Yu finally saw something he thought was interesting, which was a bronze ge. The bronze ge was the main weapon of the Han Dynasty and the previous era. Idioms such as "handling swords in the same house", "turning swords into jade silk", and "turning against each other" are the best manifestations of the status of "ge" in the history of ancient weapons.

He played with other bronze ware for a while, and pretended to ask about the price. Then he reached out to take the bronze spear to look closely. After he got it, he felt that it was different. This was different from the bronze spear after the Shang Dynasty. The upper and lower blades were not well developed, and the hooking function was obviously insufficient. It mainly caused damage by the pecking strike of the forward, which can be said to be very primitive. The traces on the spear were mottled and corroded, and he did not see any inscriptions or even patterns.

Of course, what surprised Xia Yu the most was that there was a burst of indescribable feeling from the blue birthmark on his butt, and he looked very happy.

Xia Yu's expression was very calm, and he didn't keep staring at him. His tone was the same as before. He asked the thin middle-aged stall owner, "Where did the boss's bronze spear come from?"

"If you take it, let's talk about it if you sincerely want it." Xia Yu's acting skills are superb. Unfortunately, the stall owner obviously looked through everything and said even more tightly. He was not ready to reveal too much to him. After all, the important objects of the bronze vassal state are in a gray area and are not allowed by law. There are strict regulations on auctions, but private transactions cannot be stopped.

As if it was really "the Taoist is one foot taller than the demon is one foot taller than the demon", Xia Yu immediately understood when he heard it, so he simply said, "If you really want to collect it, it should be more than this one, take it out and take it out and take it a look."

"I really understand it at first glance. You can look at this sword first. If you want it, you will be worth 300." The stall owner did not answer positively, but the price of the bronze sword. However, what he said was not really 300 yuan, but the jargon here. One piece is equal to one hundred, and three hundred is 30,000 yuan. Obviously, he was selling this bronze sword as the authentic product. As for the age, the buyer can judge it by himself! The stall owners have learned it now, and are afraid of being troubled. The Tianguangxu side is fine, and the antique market and antique shops, the bosses pay more attention to these things. Even if they sign a contract, they only write artworks and are not fidelity.

When he asked for a price all over the place, Xia Yu shook his head and paid it back, "Fifty."

"It's definitely not possible for fifty." said the stall owner, "The price of such a good thing cannot be lower."

Finally, Xia Yu successfully bargained for 100 yuan with him. The boss then revealed that there were still items. If he really wanted to see them, he could take him to see them immediately after buying them, which means that this was just a stepping stone.

Xia Yu was not vague. He brought a lot of cash in his big backpack, and the bronze spear never let go. He simply put it back on his backpack and put it away before talking. If he wanted to put it back to the stall and be taken away by others, he would not cry to death. Moreover, no matter what, he would react to his own body, and the bronze spear had to be taken down.

He took a till and gave the stall owner a bit of money. He told the stall owner next to him, then picked up a black pocket from his side and asked Xia Yu to borrow a step to speak.

Xia Yu quickly followed, feeling like a thief, but the stall owner's caution makes sense. If someone is really troubled, it will be troublesome. Xia Yu is not worried about being jumped by a fairy or something. He feels that he is quite capable of hitting it.

The stall owner didn't take him far. He turned a corner and entered an alley and stopped. He just carried those who took advantage of the Tianguang Ruins. He smiled and said, "Young brother has good eyesight!"

"Where!" Xia Yu didn't make much politeness, "Let's take a look first!"

The stall owner didn't say much nonsense, opened the bag and showed him the goods. Xia Yu used the flashlight to send a bronze ware. It was a small bronze tripod with three legs and two ears, which was only twelve or three centimeters tall. It looked very simple and even rough, with thin fat, and was not well treated. It felt like the bronze spear he had just bought, which was one of the reasons why he just asked the stall owner.
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