Chapter 6: The Spirit of Being Rich
Maybe I was born to have a keen sense of danger, back after the short, told him not to yell everywhere, even if the money can not show off in the village, because digging graves is against the law.
The next day I and shorty early in the boat to the township, to the antique store, the boss is still in the aunt's arms miso, see me come, he can not care about what is decent, cloaked in clothes and opened the door to invite us to go in.
Touch out three silver ingots thrown on the table, he did not say a word, touch out six hundred dollar bills handed me, look at me calmly look, he rubbed his hands and shouted to the aunt to pour tea, and then asked me if there is anything else.
No business is not treacherous, this point I am very clear, so did not rush to touch that vial out, but asked the boss said.
"Liu Quan's tomb is a clothes grave, and in it are these four silver ingots that pad the coffin, could it be that he was not buried in our township?"
The boss took a look at the short man who was looking around, and said to me after savoring a mouthful of tea.
"Liu Quan was put in a coffin by Heshen's aunt, thrown into the water and suffocated to death, that the capital on our township can be far away, not a few months back and forth, and then he was offended, the descendants can build a mound for him is not easy to be afraid of, it's hard to not really have any good things?"
I touched the small bottle in my pocket, looking at the cunning boss, then asked: "Our township is not a lot of people digging out the tomb, his tomb was pulled out."
"This is not clear, but often people send something to exchange money, this road, you have to be careful, demons and monsters are good to prevent, the hearts of people are difficult to prevent, don't ask people to see, out of this door, we do not know anyone."
Finished, the boss touched out a fifty dollar bill, I looked at the bill on the attractive color, grabbed over and smelled it, then touched out the vial and handed it to the boss.
His eyes glistened when he took it, and he let out a slurping exclamation, before placing it lovingly on the table.
"This is Emperor Qianlong's snuff bottle, it belongs to Sanqing porcelain, little brother may as well make a price"
When I heard it, I knew it was a good thing, but I still pretended to be ignorant, and after drinking a few mouthfuls of tea, I let him watch and give it to him, and he calculated for a long time, and stretched out two fingers, and asked me how it was.
Two hundred or two thousand, I am not clear, I did not expect him to open his mouth first and said, "Give you twenty thousand, how do you see it"
I ate a shock, could not imagine that this small snuff bottle actually worth 20,000, but looking at the boss's cunning eyes, I violently grabbed the snuff bottle in my hand and said not for sale.
"Do not mediate ah small brother, so, 30,000, this is the highest price, our township things, only I can accept, you do not sell to me to stay useless."
Thirty thousand dollars?
I weighed a moment, the bottle to the boss, smilingly said to him: "Okay, on thirty thousand, we do not pull those useless, what good things in the future, you can not pressure the price."
"Fast!"
He drank a mouthful of tea, got up to the counter to drum for a while, with three dozen hundred dollar bills handed to me, I and shorty looked at each other, and the boss after saying goodbye can no longer be suppressed in the excitement of the heart, a jumping old high to shorty said.
"Shorty, go, we have money today, go to the county, get some good clothes!"
Later I saw that snuff bottle in the newspaper, said it was auctioned close to two hundred thousand, but I did not blame the boss, because all aspects of this line of work have to spend money, he did business to earn his, I shelled out the goods to earn my, two unrelated.
The county is very prosperous, I and the short man called a table of food only spent less than twenty dollars, eat and drink enough after the market to buy a few pairs of jeans, counted less than two hundred dollars, the short man looking at the motorcycle must be a whole to go back.
In fact, I would like to get a motorcycle, but considering that the money is not bright, too flashy and easy to get into trouble, so I had to bear the pain of refusal.
But when I passed by the shampoo store, shorty looked at the girl in the eyes straight, I laughed and said: "Do not look at it, go, let's also go to a haircut, wash the bad luck".
Of course, I really want to cut the hair, but those girls' techniques are too bad, will make my hair unsightly to the extreme, if not for her chest against my back, I guess it would have been angry.
Shorty was pulled inside by a girl wearing a very revealing dress, but only went inside Shorty rushed out, his mouth cursing angrily.
"Brother Shan, heck, city people are shameless is how, go in and take off my pants, not play, go home."
I was surprised to look at a few girls sitting together, only then I realized that they are hanging sheep's head to sell dog meat, they came to the wrong place to enter the kiln, so drop ten dollars, pulling the shorty on the way out, the shorty puffed up, ran out after not forgetting to turn back to the door to spit, inside the head of the girl pointing at us to scold.
"The two hicks, no money to pretend what a big man, just ten dollars, not enough to buy a pair of underwear."
Shorty was furious, want to rush up to teach her a lesson, I hurried to shorty dragged, drank him down and said: "Do not make trouble, we have this amount of money in the city is nothing, such as brother and sister to do a big job, back to call these girls look good".
Shorty spit a few mouth, and then we no longer interested in shopping down, on the bus back to the countryside, and so rushed home when it was dark.
I thought there is nothing to do anyway, why not go to the big head of the house to see, knocked on the door of the kiosk uncle Zhang, that Zhang Fang was sitting on the rattan chair with his legs crossed, listening to the radio, looking at me and shorty in amazement.
"You two brats, not sleeping so late, say what to buy?"
I took a look at Zhang Fang, saw that her chest was unbuttoned, scared and hastily turned my face away, pointed to the row of cigarettes and alcohol and said, "Uncle ah, a few days ago caught a few wangbangs, sold some money, looking to go to the big head's house to see his old man, so let's do it, take a strip of Daqianmen, a bottle of Erhotou, plus a pack of orchid beans it!"
Uncle Zhang is a snob, see the money to earn did not ask anything more, after collecting the money to drive me and shorty out, shorty still want to see more Zhang Fang, I dragged him out, and so on Uncle Zhang closed the door, I smiled and said to him.
"Don't worry, you like to see, I let her willingly give you a look, go, let's go to the big head home to stay a night."
Shorty happy to laugh, for me to take the cigarette, the big head home from the store is not far, not a few minutes to, knocked on the door, but saw the widow sitting inside, we were surprised, ready to go back, do not want to that the widow but shouted to us said.
"You two little bastards to come, quickly come in I look at, see what things to bring."
Waiting to see the two of us in the hands of the things, she was a little disappointed, rubbing on the outside, mouth also said.
"Change tomorrow also go to my home to take a look, aunty recently prepared to give you two say a mother-in-law".
I did not pay attention to her, big head his old man into the house to bring a big bowl of melon seeds, look at the table of tobacco and wine on the table to blame me and shorty.
"What are you two doing, know okay, don't know also think I'm bribed, it's not cheap, have to dozen dollars, you two where the money, is not illegal?"
Big head of the old man is worthy of the village chief, the momentum is very bluffing, shorty suddenly panicked, I secretly kicked him, hastily picked up the bottle of boiling water to the village chief to pour water, and said smilingly.
"Uncle, you can not be sarcastic about us, lawlessness, that is, borrow my guts do not dare, this is not to catch two big eight sent to the township, sold for a good price, thinking about the big head is not at home, you also old care of us, which came to take a look at it."
The village chief smiled cheerfully, reached out and opened the big front door, to me and shorty threw a packet of one person, kowtowing to melon seeds said.
"You two are not young, our village life expectancy is short, rich to find a mother-in-law, in the future can not be like this, this man does not smoke can not do things, you two also learn."
I unwrapped the cigarette, smoked a mouthful of choking and coughing violently, amusing the village headman laughed endlessly, aside the short man is also beautiful ZiBa a few mouths, I know that he is happy to home.
"I tell you, our village, you two see on who do not hide, I give you the Lord, as long as you can pull out twenty dollars, who do not marry me to let the police station arrested to go."
The village chief has always been so playing the official voice, I and shorty did not care, just have a sentence and he gossiped, and so a bowl of melon seeds eaten, he only frowned and I said.
"Tomorrow there is a meeting in the township, the county and sent people to the village to study water quality, you two are idle anyway, tomorrow for me to take them around the village, at noon in the old Zhang's store to eat, hanging the village account"
I was a little alarmed, afraid that it is difficult to be a big job, do not dare to agree with him, which know that his next words let me from now on to be an official have another kind of understanding.
"are idle, down to dally bragging, you two do not need to be nervous, problems with me, I can not handle and the mayor, estimated that the big head to come back in the year after next, the young students on you three smart, maybe later can also mix a cadre."
After that, the village chief got up and went back to bed, I have little interest in accompanying the county people around the village, shorty is full of desire, I know he wants to see Zhang Fang, so the plan and he said.
At the end of the day, I picked a set of techniques to change the theater from the "Ten Thousand Laws Returned to Tibet", and when I revealed it, Shorty realized that what I said was not false.
"You damn well still have this skill, changing money with empty hands, quickly teach me, when I learn it, Zhang Fang's father still doesn't think I'm the God of Wealth coming down to earth"
This technique is not difficult, but to learn to understand it will take some time, I see to give him to handle Zhang Fang need process, also taught him the law without hiding.
That night I talked to the short man for a long time, not knowing that tomorrow came a few people almost did not send me and the short man to the police station, fortunately, the widow appeared in time, although she solved the problem of the means is not very good, but in the end, or to send away a few of the plague.
Vertical day morning, the weather is as good as ever, I and shorty is still in the nest hair spring dream, do not want to Zhang widow suddenly came.
"Why are you two little bastards so lazy, get up, the county people will soon arrive."
She pushed open the door, regardless of the two of us clothes are not wearing, reached out to open the quilt, shorty may be the night want Zhang Fang, see this embarrassing scene, she forked her waist, lol hair laughing said.
"Little son of a bitch grew up, know that want women ah."
