The three of them chatted and soon arrived at Hualin Temple. After passing Hualin Temple, they turned into a narrow alley and saw the shop where the monkey was going.
When I looked up, I saw a plaque with three golden cursive characters engraved on it - Jade has no fate, and a couplet hung on the left and right side of the store: Jade walks alone in thousands of mountains, sighing with all my heart that it has no fate.
"What a strange store name. Monkey, didn't you say that selling jade is very particular about the word "fate"? But the name of this store is called 'jade, no fate'. Doesn't this mean that it is a self-defeating sign?" Zhusheng was puzzled by this store name.
Yu Fei thought about it and said: "Buddha said: Form is emptiness, emptiness is form; Laozi also said: Existence is nothingness, nonexistence is existence. Maybe this shopkeeper is a very cultivated and connotative person."
"Wow! Brother Fei, you actually know everything I say. I admire you so much. Except for his classic sayings, 'You can't have your cake and eat it too,' I have long forgotten all the rest..."
Before the beast finished speaking, he was slapped on the back of the head by the monkey: "Please! Don't say you are my classmate when you go out! You don't even know the famous allusion of 'You can't have your cake and eat it too' and it's embarrassing to say it."
, it’s obviously from Confucius’ Analects, okay!”
At this time, the two children who were squatting and playing stood up. The short child asked the tall child doubtfully: "'You can't have your cake and eat it too,' doesn't it come from Mencius?" "Yes!
Fish is what I want; bear's paws are also what I want. You can't have both, and one would give up the fish and take the bear's paw..." The tall child answered as he took the shorter child and ran away.
The beast and the monkey looked at each other, their faces instantly pulled into a look of embarrassment. Yu Fei on the side said with shame: "Two outstanding students, I admire you, I admire you." After saying that, they quickly stepped into the store. The beast and the monkey quickly walked into the store.
With an embarrassed look on his face, he followed Yu Fei in without saying another word.
As soon as they entered the store, the three of them smelled a faint aroma, which made people feel relaxed and happy. There were no other customers in the store, so it seemed relatively cold, perhaps because the store was located in a remote alley. There were only people sitting at the counter.
With kind eyes
, an old man with white hair and white beard, dressed in a soft white Tang suit, with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and holding a blue-black wooden pipe in his mouth in one hand, lingering in the shop.
The unique aroma comes from this pipe.
Seeing Yu Fei and the others entering, the old man took a blue-black wooden cane beside him and stood up to greet him. When he saw the monkey, the old man clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Hou, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
The monkey hurriedly clasped his fists and returned the greeting: "Thank you, Mr. Ye." Then he turned back and pointed at Yu Fei and Zhu Yang: "These two are my friends, Yu Fei and Zhu Yang. They are coming with me today.
Long eyes."
Yu Fei and Zhu Sheng were obviously not used to the non-modern traditional etiquette of holding fists and bowing, and they seemed a little at a loss for a moment. They could only agree: "Hello, Mr. Ye! Nice to meet you! Nice to meet you!"
Mr. Ye smiled and let the three of them sit down at the coffee table on the left side of the shop. He then went straight into the inner room of the shop. After a while, he took out a palm-sized sandalwood brocade box from the inner room. Mr. Ye opened the brocade box.
On the golden brocade silk, a piece of crystal clear turquoise jade suddenly came into view. The jadeite was in the shape of a drop of water, which is about the size of an adult's thumb.
As soon as the monkey saw this piece of jade, his eyes immediately glowed green. He carefully took out the jade from the box, first put it under the lamp to examine it carefully, and then took out a magnifying glass to observe it carefully.
Yu Fei and Zhu Sheng watched in amazement. This was not jade, it was clearly a green drop of water. When Yu Fei thought about the piece of ancient jade he was wearing on his chest, he felt that it was like heaven and earth.
Don't.
After looking at it carefully, the monkey carefully put the jade back into the brocade box, and couldn't wait to ask: "Mr. Ye, how much are you going to sell me for this piece of jade." Mr. Ye did not answer directly, but smiled slightly and said:
"You should set a price. I will only sell such good jade to people who understand jade. Since Mr. Hou is a person who understands jade,
Naturally, I will offer you the price of this piece of jade." Monkey lowered his head and thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Eight hundred thousand! I'll tell you the truth, that's all I can offer now." Mr. Ye
He took off the pipe from the corner of his mouth, knocked it on the coffee table, and replied in an orderly manner: "Okay, since Mr. Hou has offered this price, it will be 800,000."
At this time, Yu Fei's mouth had already opened into an O shape. Eight hundred thousand! That was his income for several years. Is it worth it for such a small piece of jade? But when the beast saw that Mr. Ye didn't even bargain, he readily agreed to the monkey.
After asking the price, Monkey felt that he had suffered a big loss. He winked at Monkey fiercely and said to Monkey: "Monkey, you should think about it again. I think the 800,000 yuan seems a bit high."
The monkey's eyes were still staring at the jade in the brocade box as if possessed, and ignored the beast's dissuasion. However, Mr. Ye seemed to see through the beast's mind and said with a smile: "Little brother must think that I didn't counter-offer.
I think this price is fishy. Don't worry, Mr. Hou will definitely not suffer a loss for the price he paid me. The reason why I didn't counter-offer is just that in my heart, 'good jade has a price'."
At this time, the monkey also spoke: "Don't worry, I won't make mistakes." While speaking, the monkey took out an ultra-thin laptop from his GUCCI bag, turned it on and said to Mr. Ye: "Such a lot of money
It's inconvenient to bring cash, so I'll transfer the money to you right now. Mr. Ye, please give me your account information." Mr. Ye took out a bank card from his wallet and handed it over.
Seeing that the matter was a foregone conclusion, the beast could only say helplessly: "Hey! Forget it, I'm too lazy to tell you, you have a lot of money anyway."
The monkey rolled his eyes at the beast and said sadly: "After buying this treasure, I will be completely broke. For it, I sold my car."
"Ah! You just bought a new car a few months ago and sold it so quickly! No wonder you asked me to drive here with you. I thought your car had been hit by someone. How did you get to this point now?" Beast?
Shocked.
"Oh, don't mention this. Ever since I almost had an accident when I secretly went to Myanmar to buy jade, my father has sealed my bank account. Now I only give me some pocket money every month, which is pitiful.
"Yeah." The monkey sighed sadly with a grimace on his face. But when his eyes glanced at the jadeite on the coffee table, he immediately smiled again.
Suddenly the monkey thought of something again, raised his head and said to Yu Fei: "Brother Fei, Mr. Ye happens to be an expert in Chinese ancient jade. Why don't you show Mr. Ye the piece of ancient jade you are wearing?"
Yu Fei had not yet recovered from the sky-high price transaction just now. When he heard that he wanted Mr. Ye to appreciate the piece of jade around his neck, he took another look at the top-quality jadeite on the coffee table. He suddenly felt ashamed and hurriedly waved his hands.
He said: "Let's forget it. I'm just a broken stone. Don't taint Mr. Ye's wisdom."
Mr. Ye still maintained his signature smile and said: "You don't have to worry too much about this. In my eyes, jade is not good or bad, only whether it is rewarded or not. As the saying goes, 'stones from other mountains,'
You can attack jade. Sometimes what is valuable is not necessarily a treasure, and what is cheap is not necessarily inferior."
Since Mr. Ye said so, Yu Fei couldn't put it off anymore, so he had to take off the ancient jade from his neck and hand it over. Mr. Ye took the ancient jade with a smile, and the moment Mr. Ye's eyes came into contact with the ancient jade
, he seemed to have discovered a new world, his eyes
He stared wide-eyed, staring at the red and white seemingly simple ancient jade in his hand. Gradually, the signature smile on Mr. Ye's face disappeared, replaced by an extremely serious look, and Ye
The old body was actually trembling slightly.
After a long time, Mr. Ye raised his head, stared at Yu Fei, and asked slowly: "Where did you get this piece of jade?"