Dong Xuebin, who was fast asleep, was smelling the fragrance of flowers in the countryside in his dream. A storm suddenly came and flooded the whole world. He was unable to breathe when he was soaked in the water and struggled to swim up... Then, he woke up from his dream, only to
Seeing Qu Yunxuan's beautiful and gentle face only a dozen centimeters away from her own, she pinched her nose with her hand and said with a funny look on her face: "What did you dream about? Are you laughing so silly?" The relationship between the two is getting closer and closer.
Recently, they exchanged keys to each house, so he was not surprised that Aunt Xuan was here.
Dong Xuebin rubbed his nose with lingering fear, "Huh, why can't I breathe? I thought I was going to drown."
Qu Yunxuan chuckled, stretched out her hand and tapped his forehead, "Breakfast is ready, let's go eat."
After she went out, Dong Xuebin quickly put on his clothes. When his eyes suddenly fell on the plastic bag on the bedside table, he remembered that the gift to Liu Hua's wife yesterday was not sent out. He touched his nose and thought for a while, then he grabbed the bag.
He opened the door and said to Aunt Xuan who was bending over to clean the window sill: "Oh, don't be busy with this. I'll do it by myself later. What's the matter? Aunt Xuan, come and see if you can use these cosmetics."
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Qu Yunxuan was startled, then she immediately said with a face: "Why are you blindly buying something for your aunt again?"
Dong Xuebin didn't want to make up a lie and said: "Actually, I bought it for the leader's wife, but she didn't accept it."
Qu Yunxuan looked at him, "...Didn't you lie to aunt?"
"How dare I lie to you, really." Dong Xuebin handed over the bag.
Qu Yunxuan glared at him, opened the bag and took a look, "L'Oreal? Arden? They are not cheap." She raised her eyes and smiled: "You are really good at buying, they are all used by my aunt, and I just happened to remember them.
I'm going to buy cosmetics in two days, okay, this saves me an extra trip, but my aunt won't be polite to you, okay?"
"The best thing is to eat and eat."
"Auntie has eaten just now and is preparing to go to the newspaper office. You can eat it by yourself."
"Isn't it Saturday? Are you working overtime again?"
"Yes, but working overtime is also for myself. If these two orders can be completed, I can get a good commission and buy you some clothes." After finishing the work on the window sill, Qu Yunxuan
He picked up the handbag on the sofa and said, "Okay, I have to go. I might have dinner with clients tonight and won't be back."
Dong Xuebin knew that she was working so hard for the desire to open a company, but one million was not that easy to earn. Dong Xuebin was really afraid that she would tire herself out, so she secretly decided to wait for the deputy director to deal with it.
After his son was finished, he had to find another way to make some money.
At nine o'clock, Dong Xuebin went to the bank, took out 20,000 yuan in cash, put it in his bag, and took a car to Panjiayuan.
Although he was not confident that he could find a 46mm lion head, he still had to give it a try.
Panjiayuan Flea Market.
The market is located at the southeast corner of the Third Ring Road in Beijing. It is the largest flea market in the country. It sells various cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings, four treasures of the study, porcelain and wooden furniture, etc. There are more than 3,000 stalls. People from 24 provinces and cities across the country have set up stalls here.
Therefore, in addition to food, the products it sells can be said to be diverse. It is like a museum, attracting a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists. It is a gold mining treasure for Chinese and foreign people who like antiques and antiques.
Morning is the busiest time in Panjiayuan, and today is Saturday again, so there are even more people.
After scanning the market, Dong Xuebin walked west on a familiar road and entered a shop specializing in walnuts and walnut miniature carvings. He had worked in a nearby porcelain shop, so he knew where to find a walnut shop.
However, "Boss, do you have the lion head?"
The person in the store said: "Yes, what kind do you want to get?"
"Four sixes."
"Uh." The shopkeeper shook his head without thinking, "That's not the case."
Dong Xuebin smiled bitterly and said: "It doesn't matter if you're not a short guy, and it doesn't matter if you have a little vaginal skin, as long as it's four or six."
The shop owner kept waving his hands, "The four-six ones are too hard to get, and it's hard to find them individually. If the four-six ones really make a pair, I won't be planning to sell them. I'll keep them for myself."
Dong Xuebin sighed, left here without any surprise, and walked to the next store.
"Boss, please ask, do you have a lion head with four sixes?"
"Hey, the biggest pair I have here are 44-year-old Maihu, why don't you take a look?"
"...Forget it, thank you."
One, two, three, and four in a row with the same result. Just one answer - no!
Not long after, Dong Xuebin shook his head and muttered with a sigh, "I knew it. If it was so easy to find, wouldn't Liu Hua and his wife Tian Tian have already bought it?"
Just as he was about to go back, the sound of hawking suddenly reached his ears.
"Take a look, here are big chicken hearts, 200 a pair, and here are winding lion heads, 400 a pair."
Under a big parasol not far away, a group of people were surrounding the walnut stall on three levels inside and three outside.
Dong Xuebin walked away from the crowd and took a closer look. What the store was selling was not finished walnuts, but round green-skinned fruits. Several piles of green-skinned walnuts were placed in the basket of the stall, and five or six hands were grabbing and touching them.
They were picking the walnuts on the ground, and the business was booming. Since the juice of green walnuts turns black when exposed to the air, the stall owner's hands looked like a coal digger. He was peeling the green walnuts with a knife and kept shouting.
This picture is not unfamiliar to Dong Xuebin.
Gambling green skin, commonly known as gambling walnut.
Since walnuts are round green fruits that are beaten from the tree without waiting for the skin to rot, most of the varieties sold in Shilihe area are young man's hat, chicken heart, tiger head, and the most high-end lion head.
It is impossible to tell the color, texture, and size of the walnuts inside the green peel from the appearance, and scientific instruments cannot detect it. Therefore, it is called gambling on green peel. Buying good or bad depends entirely on luck. It is a very exciting thing that has become popular in Beijing in recent years.
gameplay.
The tiger head leaves the tree relatively early, and it is almost impossible to see it in this month. Most of the varieties sold now are lion heads.
Betting on walnuts!?
Dong Xuebin blinked thoughtfully. Although the quality of the green skins selected by the store was not very good, there were some exceptions. When he was working the year before last, he saw an old man opening two green skins. As a result,
A pair of 44mm wheat tiger heads came out, which are very good. So...since I can't find the four-six lion heads anywhere, should I try my luck in this pile of green leather? What if there really is one in there?
No, it’s not just in case, there are so many green peels in Panjiayuan, no matter how few four-six walnuts are, there must be one or two, right?