Chapter 411 Red Gold Walking the Dragon
"Look at whatever you like, I'll sell it to you cheaply."
The female boss has a good impression of Li Mo, who is young and has a sense of justice.
The items in this stall are pretty average, except for the common handicrafts, but the inconspicuous little golden dragon is extraordinary.
Li Mo took several things at the stall and took a closer look. Finally, he picked up the little golden dragon as big as his thumb in the corner and asked curiously: "Boss, did those two people talk about this little dragon again just now?"
"No, that's right. This is a golden dragon. Those two people must be called bronze dragons. Do you think it's irritating or not?"
Li Mo smiled, took a closer look and then said: "Boss, I don't blame people for saying it's a copper dragon. There is obviously a patina on this little dragon's body, which means that the gold content of this golden dragon is impure. It is estimated to be only about 80% gold. Look at this
With Xiaolong’s size and weight, if you offer someone two thousand, it would be strange if they don’t hurry up with you.”
The female boss obviously knew what was going on and couldn't help but smile.
"The shape of this little golden dragon is quite unique. It is completely different from the image of our Chinese dragon. If there are several of them in a group, you can buy them back and put them on the desk as a display. If it is just this one, you will not accidentally fall into it.
You can’t even find it in the cracks.”
Li Mo shook his head and put the little golden dragon, a relic of the Tang Dynasty, back on the stall.
"Little brother, do you like this little golden dragon?" The female boss immediately felt that there was something interesting and asked quickly.
Li Mo shook his head: "I can't say I like it very much, I just think this little dragon is quite special. It's a pity that you only have one in your hand and you don't have room to put it when you buy it."
"Who told you that I only have one? To be honest, little brother, our family has a total of six such little golden dragons. Our grandfather bought them from a local family when he was doing fruit business in Shaanxi decades ago.
If you really like it and we can agree on the price, how about I call my son and bring over the remaining five little golden dragons?"
"Ah, you really have several in your hand?"
Li Mo was a little surprised. He scratched his head and said: "Two thousand must be expensive. If I buy it, the price of such a small golden dragon will not exceed one thousand. What if its copper content is too high? How about buying it back?"
It’s not blood loss.”
"Uncle Master, don't be deceived." When Chen Xiaoyan saw that Li Mo wanted to spend a thousand yuan to buy this little golden dragon, she immediately became anxious and felt that he had been deceived.
"Little sister, judging from what you said, even if I want to lie to people, I won't do it so openly." The female boss seemed a little guilty and said quickly, "If you are really afraid of being cheated by me, then don't buy it.
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"Yanzi, please stop saying a few words." Li Mo turned to look at her and motioned for her not to interrupt.
Chen Xiaoyan blinked, as if she had realized something.
"Honey boss, one thousand is too expensive, so why don't you get it cheaper?"
"Oh, I offered two thousand and I couldn't counter-offer. It's just that this little brother helped me once, so I agreed to the counter-offer. If the little brother really likes it, how about one thousand and one little golden dragon?"
"I'll think about it some more."
Li Mo picked up the little golden dragon and looked through it for a while before nodding slightly and saying, "Deal."
The female stall owner immediately became happy. She quickly took out her mobile phone and dialed the number. After a few seconds, she said eagerly: "Girl, please bring over the five little golden dragons in the wooden box under the bed in the bedroom. If anyone wants to buy it, hurry up."
Click haha.”
After hanging up the phone, the female boss smiled at Li Mo and said: "I live very close to here, it only takes more than ten minutes to walk.
"No hurry, how about I pay you the money for this little golden dragon first. Then we go to the tea shop diagonally across the street to buy something to drink, and come back to you in more than ten minutes?"
"Okay, it will be delivered in no more than a quarter of an hour."
Once a thousand yuan arrives, it doesn't matter even if he never looks back.
After Li Mo paid, the female boss took out a ring box and put the thumb-sized golden dragon in it and stood there. He took the box and walked towards the opposite side with Chen Xiaoyan.
The tea shop not only sells milk tea, but also provides freshly baked bread and donuts. There are five tables in the shop, and there is exactly one left.
"Two cups of milk tea and two donuts.
Chen Xiaoyan shouted to the clerk, and the two of them sat directly on the empty table and chairs.
Li Mo opened the box, took out the little golden dragon and began to appreciate it again. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that the little golden dragon was weird.
"Uncle Junior, is there anything weird about this little golden dragon?"
"It's not clear yet, but I'm sure it was made during the Tang Dynasty. After I buy the other five little golden dragons, I will find someone to study it together."
Apart from being able to determine its age, Li Mo knew nothing about its origin or function.
"You two, please use it slowly."
The clerk brought milk tea and donuts, and the two of them ate while waiting. They were all cold from walking outside before, but after taking a few sips of the milk tea, their hands and feet finally felt warm.
About a quarter of an hour later, Li Mo paid and walked towards the stall.
"Little brother, everything has been delivered."
Next to the female boss stood a woman who was nearly twenty years old. She was playing with her mobile phone with her head lowered. Li Mo picked up one of the boxes and opened it and took a look. Sure enough, it was a little golden dragon from the Tang Dynasty, but its expression and posture were the same as the first one.
A little different.
He checked them one by one and paid all the money after making sure everything was fine.
“Boss, we’ll clear the payment in full.”
"Thank you little brother."
Li Mo put all six boxes into his backpack, and then continued shopping with Chen Xiaoyan.
At noon, the two had a simple meal in a snack bar. Li Mo took the opportunity to take a few sets of photos and sent them to Professor Zhu Changping to see if he could give a clue.
Within five minutes, Professor Zhu called back, and his tone seemed a bit serious when he answered the call.
"Xiao Mo, where did you find these little golden dragons?"
"In an old street in a small county town in Huizhou, teacher, do you know what this is?"
The person on the phone paused for a few seconds before replying: "If you read it correctly, it should be the 'Red Gold Dragon'. Xiao Mo, there is a big question about the origin of the six red gold dragons in your hand. You can check more information first, and I will check it now."
Check the information about it and we will communicate on the phone in the evening."
"good."
When Li Mo heard Professor Zhu say that the origin of the 'Red Gold Walking Dragon' in his hand was very problematic, his first reaction was that the female boss's grandfather was not a tomb robber, and got it by digging a tomb from the Tang Dynasty.
With suspicion, Li Mo logged into an official website. He logged in with his real name. He entered the four words "Red Gold Walking Dragon" into the search keywords, and then several messages popped up below.
After clicking on the first message, Li Mo read it carefully.
In the early 1970s, a group of twelve thumb-sized golden dragons were unearthed from an ancient tomb in the Tang Dynasty.
Among a group of small golden dragons, the tallest is 2.8 centimeters and the shortest is 2 centimeters. They are slender in stature, have a wide mouth and stretched out their necks, double horns on the top of their heads, bent at the back of their heads, round eyes and deep eyes, open lips, and long ornaments on their jaws and cheeks.
Mane pattern: The neck is curved twice, the body is bulging, the tail is trailing downward, and the end is upward
In addition to the long mane pattern on the back and tail spine, the whole body is decorated with deeply concave dot patterns, which are decorated with flaky scales. The entire body is carved with warping scales, the size of which are between millimeters, as if using the tip of a drill.
It is formed by inserting dots, has a wide mouth, and a long tail curled up, making it walk in various postures.
Because of this, a group of twelve dragons was named "Red Gold Walking Dragon".
As a symbol of the Chinese nation, the dragon is well known and admired by Chinese people at home and abroad. Speaking of dragons, people will naturally think of majestic, magical and weird. However, the Tang Dynasty Chijin Dragon is small and exquisite, simple and plain. Craftsman
Use gold bars to knit the body first, then insert the tail and horns, and finally use a chisel to carve out the fish scale pattern decoration. Because it is handmade, each one is different from the other.
Chapter completed!