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7. Chapter 7 Old Pig and Copper Coin Trading

From Pingximen, the corridor more than 3 meters long entered the city, and the eyes suddenly became clear. Compared with outside the city, it was like a different world. Rows of black tiles, eaves, earth, wooden and brick houses were lined up one after another, and there were scattered. The pedestrians on the street were bustling and very lively. There were not many surprises in Huangshi, but they felt the huge contrast between the front and back. The children came to the bustling city for the first time and were obviously deeply shocked by the prosperity in front of them.

"Sir, is this the most lively place in the world?" "Of course not, this is just a small corner of the world." For children who have just had the word "world", the prosperity of this small town is like opening a window in their hearts.

Huangshi asked the three boys to follow him closely. He held Xiaoya's hand and walked in front. The street was more than 1 mile long. The road was paved with square stones and stones. Along the way, I saw dentistry, day-choice hall, barber shop, grocery store, chess and card club, brown rope club, scale shop, pastry shop, sauce squid shop, rice wine shop, green herb stall, tripod copper tan, department store tan, etc. These shops were lined with both sides of the street, and customers were also in and out.

As the crowd moved forward for a while, I finally saw a slightly larger inn, a two-story wooden house, with the swaying cloth banners in front of the door saying "Tongfu Inn". Thinking about the fact that after walking for most of the day today, the children were also a little tired and wanted them to play in the city for two days, and by the way, they would inspect the local local products.

When I entered the store, I found that although it was noon, there was no popularity in the store. The counter was on the left side of the store. There was a "Finance of Finance" in front of the counter. Behind the counter were two rows of wine cabinets, with wine jars of various sizes and sizes placed on it. There were 4 or 5 long tables and square tables in the middle of the store, and teapots and lamps were placed on it, which were all matched with long square tables. There was a door hole on the left side of the counter, which probably led to the kitchen, and on the right side of the counter was a wooden ladder leading to the room upstairs.

The shopkeeper at the counter saw Huang Shi and five others, and immediately smiled and nodded and bowed, "Will this young man have a meal or a stay?"

"Open two rooms upstairs, and you'll guess give me some delicious meals." "Okay, young master, please wait for a moment." The shopkeeper took the abacus on the left, pushed the account book in front of him back, and calculated it with a crack, "Young master, the two customers are 3 cents of silver. If you wipe the fraction of the meal, you will get 4 cents of silver in total." After that, he put the abacus back.

Huang Shi took out the broken silver pieces he had bet and handed them to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper held the silver pieces for a while and weighed them for a while. He probably wondered why the young master's silver looks so good. He picked up the rod on the right and weighed them, then took out a handful of clippings from the counter, then put them on the plate and weighed them for a while. After putting them down, he picked up the clippings and cut them for a while, and then picked up the scales and weighed them. He went back and forth several times, and finally turned the scales and showed them to Huang Shi. Naturally, Huang Shi could only pretend to behave and nodded. In fact, he really couldn't understand. He saw that the shopkeeper wanted to return the remaining 9 cents of silver to him.

"Shopkeeper, I can exchange the remaining silver for copper coins, and it will be useful for me to go out on the street." "Young Master, do you want to exchange it for Zhengde, Jiaqing gold back money, or other small money?"

Huang Shi was a little puzzled about what Xiaoqian was, but he was embarrassed to ask, so he asked the shopkeeper to fold the money. The money was more than 600 yuan in total, and it was tied with a thin linen rope, which was quite heavy. Then, under the guidance of the waiter, he went to the two rooms upstairs to take a look. On the left side of the door of the room was a desk and a straight-back chair, and on the right side of the door were two official hat chairs with a small coffee table. The last place was against the wall was a shelf bed. The place was not big, but it was quite clean and simple. The furnishings were no different from modern hotels, with a wardrobe and bathroom, and there was only one toilet in the corner of the room.

He asked the waiter to go down to urge the meal first. Huang Shi pulled the door up and made arrangements with the children, so that they could sleep in a room for four nights, at least with each other, and he obviously wanted to go back, so this room just played a concealment role.

After a while of rest, the meal was almost done. Huangshi led the four little guys to lock the door downstairs. When the shopkeeper saw it, he called him, asked the waiter to lead Huangshi and the others to sit at the best-looking table, and then served the dishes one after another, which was a meat and three vegetarian dishes with a bowl of tofu soup. Although there were no modern seasonings, the ingredients were good and the professional chefs made the little guys who had already digested the stock in their stomachs add two bowls of rice.

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After an hour of rest after dinner, Huangshi led the little guys to the street. According to the waiter's introduction, Xin'an Lane outside the inn, which is the most central street and alley in the city. According to him, he also introduced several attractions that can be viewed in the city, such as Yishan Hall of the City God, Yangzhilou, Heshan Garden, etc. Huangshi and the others took a quick look. There was nothing special. As for the former residence of Zhang Yuangan, a famous poet of the Song Dynasty, he wanted to go to, but he couldn't enter.

However, the children found their favorite gadgets in the shops in various alleys, and then asked Xiao Ya to pull Huang Shi's arm, "Sir, do you think this is fun?" "Oh, you guys come back again," "I've agreed this time, this is the last time." After that, Huang Shi pinched Xiao Ya's little face recently.

The little guys were holding fun rattles, mud yelling, and dicks in their hands, and eating osmanthus cakes in their mouths. They were satisfied and followed Huangshi uphill and downstairs in the city to pursue the distant charm of 500 years ago. When they returned to the inn, they had already started to light up. Huangshi took out silver and asked the shopkeeper to serve some simple meals and prepare some bath water. By the way, they found some copper coins to come back.

After helping the children wash, they took them to the adjacent room to bed. When they returned to the room, they closed the door and pressed them against two official hats and chairs, and then sat at the desk to take out some of the copper plates they exchanged for today, hundreds of them, and specially picked out the "Jiaqing Tongbao", only "Zhengde Tongbao", "Hongzhi Tongbao", "Xuande Tongbao", etc., and counted 213.

After successfully returning to his modern home, Huangshi put the string of copper coins in his hand on the table, then went to the bedroom to take out his cell phone, and saw that there were no friends looking for them today, only a few unmarked phone numbers, probably either real estate sales or usury. By the way, he flipped through the text messages. Then he flipped out the correspondence book and found Wu Guangzhu, a college classmate who had a good relationship when he was in school, but after everyone had children, they had no time to get back and forth. A few years ago, he took his father's plate and opened an antique shop in the Han and Tang Cultural City. The store was not very big and also had some mounts of calligraphy and paintings, saying it was a ancestral craft.

"Hey, old pig, I'm Shitou, yes, yes, I'm looking for you today, how about you? Are you still in the store?" After receiving the affirmative reply, Huangshi changed the clothes, then put the ancient copper coins in a thick paper bag, and hit it straight to the Han and Tang Cultural City.

When I arrived at the place, I saw people coming in and out of the Han and Tang dynasties. Especially the streets have several nightclubs. Now it is the most lively time. I used to chat with Lao Zhu. Lao Zhu said that most of the things in the antique market are imitations, usually made by high-quality antique factories in other places, and then delivery is carried here every day. Sellers who eat antiques and rice have their own purchasing channels, and buyers can only rely on their own eyes. If one day the buyer buys a high-quality imitation, it can only be said that he has taken the lead.

When he walked to Laozhu's shop, he saw Laozhu delivering his customers. It was obvious that both sides were quite satisfied and they were all smiling. Huangshi thought that the old pig was kind-hearted and black, so he probably fooled another fat sheep. Seeing that the customers were walking away, Huangshi walked over, "Old Pig, I went to my hometown today to collect some copper coins, see if it is a good thing."

At this time, the old pig noticed Huangshi and his eyes lit up, "What a good guy, you have been doing well recently, and you seem to be doing well." The old pig, who has not met for more than a year, could tell at a glance that Huangshi seemed to have gained a lot of weight, even his spirit was different. "I am not like you, you are still a boss at least, and I am a worker. Look at you, your hair is getting less and less, but your belly is getting bigger and bigger, and it looks much more developed."

"Old brother, to be honest, it's just a good meal. It's hard to do this business." "By the way, why did you go back to your hometown recently and do this?" Lao Zhu pulled Huangshi into the store, took the paper bag, poured the copper coins on the table, put them on his glasses, sat at the table and carefully studied the copper coins. Huangshi saw that he was busy, so he pulled a chair and sat next to him. Only then did he have time to observe Lao Zhu's store and found that the collection in the Lao Zhu store is obviously more than last year. Even the younger sister collected one more. Two younger sisters were talking to customers there, and the business was obviously good.

Seeing the old pigs looking at the copper coins one by one and fiddled into several piles, finally clapping his hands, Huangshi was a little looking forward, "How is it?" "Good quality, it is better preserved, some are valuable, some are not valuable", "Mr. Look at this Xuande Tongbao, deep version, thick, thin rust and green rust are valuable, one is about 140 yuan now, this Yongle Tongbao is not good, the explosion point blue rust is the highest 14 yuan, and other Hongwu Tongbao and other things are between 10 and 15 yuan. This is the small flat money of Hongzhi Tongbao, but the production
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