Chapter 1 The Magical White Jade Wrench
Taipei City, hot summer.
Hao Huai was shirtless and seemed to be walking leisurely on the sidewalk beside the main road.
The cicadas on the green willow kept screaming, and Hao Huai was wondering whether to find a serious job. After all, there was no way out when eating and drinking.
But then again, finding a job is really difficult for young people like Hao Huai who have a diploma but no diploma, and a background but no background.
"Badabadada" the mouth, the fragrance of dog meat had not completely dissipated. Just last night, he even gave the landlord's aunt's Jingba dog a tooth sacrifice. The more he savored the deliciousness last night, the more his stomach screamed, and his pocket was cleaner than his face.
"If this continues, you'd better find a job steadily. At least you can have some food to eat. If you're lucky, you'll have a place to live."
After eating the landlord's dog, I think I can't go back, but it's not easy for the landlord and aunt to live by relying on those broken houses. If it weren't for the time she came to collect rent and the Beijing dog would bark to bite Hao Huai, he wouldn't have made that little guy delicious.
"I can't go back and listen to the landlord's criticism. It's better to go back and pay back the rent when I get my first month's salary, and buy a better pet dog for the aunt."
Hao Huai made plans. Since he wanted to change his prejudice, he had to find a serious job, even if he was washing dishes. In short, he was not willing to return to his previous life.
The steps were very fast, and before he knew it, Hao Huai walked to the intersection of the antique market of "Panjiayuan".
"Panjiayuan", known as the "ghost market", is one of the three major cultural relics markets in Taipei City. Although it is not as grand as "Liulichang", it is a bit higher than Huguo Temple.
Store merchants and greenhouses will be open from Monday to Friday, and all store stalls will be open on Saturday and Sunday. With the popularity of collections in recent years, this place is extremely popular, attracting antique lovers and tourists from all over the country and even the world.
After the afternoon heat, the antique street was filled with people, and Hao Huai also joined the crowd.
From time to time, antique lovers are heard around me, either happy to "picking up bargains", or heartbroken to "shoot the eyes". In short, people only have one central idea inside and outside, that is, the depth of antiques.
Hao Huai didn't care what the people around him were saying. His purpose was just to find a job and end his career as a gangster.
Soon, a shop called "Nongyuge" appeared in Hao Huai's sight, but in his opinion, the shop was deserted and the scene of no one getting involved was more like a newly opened shop.
In fact, Hao Huai doesn’t know that antique shops are not always crowded like supermarkets. It is said that “it doesn’t open for half a year, but you can eat for half a year” is about antiques.
"It should be a store that has just opened, and it seems that this kind of shop is the most short of staff."
Hao Huai knew that this industry requires some insight. Even if he was a young man, he probably had to be the first in the service industry. In his opinion, this newly opened shop should be easy to fool.
After putting on the black vest on his shoulder, Hao Huai stepped into the "Nongyu Pavilion". The first thing that caught his eye was the glass counter facing the door.
Small pieces of new and old jade are neatly placed on the counter, and large and exquisite jade carvings are on the black hardwood shelves on the walls on both sides. Although Hao Huai can't understand the quality of the jade in the store, whether it is true or not, he can see clearly whether there is anyone in the house at a glance.
"Why don't you even have a clerk? Did you go out for dinner and forget to lock the door?"
Hao Huai was wondering, and a sweet voice came out of the inner room of the shop and said, "Please wait a moment, I will rush my hair and come out immediately."
"I'm still a woman, I don't know if it's a clerk or a boss lady. If it's a boss lady..."
Hao Huai made a bronze spring and autumn chair in the store, enjoying the coolness of the cabinet-style air conditioner behind him, and also imagined the dramatic stories that often happened to the clerk and the boss lady in film and television dramas.
After lighting a cheap cigarette, he took a sip and a golden light flashed in front of his eyes. Hao Huai couldn't help but close his eyes. Then, when he opened his eyes, the golden light disappeared.
Driven by curiosity, Hao Huai turned his gaze to the glass counter facing the door.
A white jadeware that was as big as a bottle cap appeared immediately in his sight. He got up and came to the counter and found that it turned out to be a very ordinary white jade ring. The blue dragon on the ring was particularly eye-catching, especially the pair of bright longans, which had a charming charm.
"A golden light flashed just now, where did it shine?"
Hao Huai did not first appear the golden light and thought of the pulley on the counter. However, after searching, he could not find the answer. Finally, he set his eyes on the white jade ring.
"Is it the ring that reflects the sunlight shining in the window?"
Hao Huai stretched out his right hand and gently picked up the ring and placed it on a ray of sunlight shining into the walls of the store from the glass window. He wanted to see if the sunlight would reflect the bright golden light just now when it hits the white jade.
"Crack", when Hao Huai put the ring in the sun, he obviously heard the ring making a crisp sound. Almost at the same time, two cracks with golden light appeared in the center of the ring, and then the ring made a sound exactly the same as before.
"No, can the jade artifact be so uncontrollable that it will break when it is put in the sun?"
Hao Huai didn't think much about it. He immediately covered his fingertips in his palm, wanting to get rid of the sunlight, but his curiosity still wanted to see if the fingertips were broken. Then, he spread his palms and looked at the fingertips, but found that the fingertips were neatly divided into two parts, and they really broke into two parts.
"This is bad. Not only can the story with the boss lady not be staged, but it may also be blackmailed."
Hao Huai didn't feel sorry for the ring, but was worried that he would be blackmailed because of "breaking" the store's ring. The best way now is to leave quickly and leave quickly when no one has discovered it.
After making up his mind, Hao Huai wanted to put the ring on the counter and leave, but just as he was about to turn around, he clearly saw that the broken ring began to tremble independently in his palm, and finally floated five centimeters from his right palm.
Hao Huai was shocked. He had never encountered such a strange thing when he was so old. This made him feel curious and wanted to see what other strange things would happen.
Chapter completed!