Chapter 94 Bazaar Day
Ding Jie's eloquence is very good. Along the way, he kept talking and laughing around several women, which made several women laugh constantly. Even Tang Ran covered his mouth and laughed secretly. Only Xiao Han's expressionless face was worthy of her name.
Out of the hotel, not far away, I saw a very large market, in which there were not only high-end jade shops, but also ordinary stalls selling glasses and hats. Song Kai finally understood that the so-called Bazaar Day is a big market day.
Since he is here, Song Kai also plans to find something that may be used to take back.
When he arrived at the market, Xiao Han told everyone to be careful. Two hours later, they gathered in front of the jade shop at the market entrance, and everyone dispersed.
Song Kai and Tang Ran walked all the way to the west of the market.
When the Silk Road was popular, Xinjiang was once the largest cargo distribution center in Asia. Although it is no longer the largest, you can still see all kinds of goods in these markets, including Han agricultural tools, handicrafts of ethnic minorities, European art, and special products in Russia and Outer Mongolia. Colored snack products, etc.
This is more like an international trade market.
Song Kai looked all the way and didn't see anything worth buying.
After wandering around, the two of them came to a distribution center of traditional Chinese medicine. Many exquisitely decorated Chinese medicine pharmacies opened their doors, with the words of Chinese cordyceps sinensis, local snow lotus and so on.
In the past two years, the medicine Cordyceps has been hyped into a sky-high price, and these pharmacies have also taken the opportunity to make a lot of money, and Xuelian has always been a relatively expensive traditional Chinese medicine. The precious medicine in martial arts novels often has the medicine of snow lotus.
Song Kai and Tang Ran turned to the Chinese pharmacy. Tang Ran was surprised to see the price marked on the Cordyceps sinensis. He didn't understand that it was just a traditional Chinese medicine. How could it be so expensive?
Of course, Song Kai would not listen to the deception of TV and the hype authors. He turned to several stores, and then came to a small stall with red flowers, licorice, astragalus and other newly produced traditional Chinese medicine.
These drugs are all local medicinal herbs.
Song Kai stopped.
"Brother, do you want Chinese medicine? My drugs are all wild and collected by our family from the mountains. Behind the stall was a strong man in his forties. Seeing Song Kai coming to see the medicinal herbs, he hurriedly greeted him. Behind him, there was a motor tricycle.
Song Kai nodded and said, "Are you also medicinal herbs on your mountain wheelbot?"
The man stretched out his hand, lifted the plastic cloth on the tricycle, spoke non-standard Mandarin, and said, "Don't worry, brother. The sample I put on is the same as the tricycle."
Song Kai said, "Uh-huh" and said, "What's the price of astragalus?"
"Fifty yuan per kilogram." The man said.
"Where's the red flower?"
"Four hundred yuan per kilogram."
Song Kai nodded. Although the price of this medicine is more expensive than that in pharmacies and the mainland pharmaceutical market, because it is a local wild medicine, the quality is much better than that of ordinary medicinal materials.
"Okay, I want all the medicinal herbs in your car. How much is it in total?" Song Kaidao.
"Ah?" The man was stunned at first, and then showed a surprised expression, "A total of 11,000 yuan, and I count the little brother as 10,000 yuan."
Song Kai said, "Uh-huh" and said, "Okay, you clean up the stall. I'll go to the hotel with me later and load the medicinal herbs into my car."
The man cleans up the stall.
"This is a deposit of 500 yuan. You drive the car to the gate of the market. In about an hour, we will leave the market. Let's go together." Song Kai gave the man 500 yuan.
The man didn't answer and said with a smile, "At first glance, the little brother is a person who knows medicinal herbs. I believe you, okay, I'll wait for a few people at the gate of the market."
When Song Kai saw that the man was so cheerful, he smiled and nodded, "Okay!"
After buying this batch of medicinal materials, Song Kaixin was still very excited. Among those astragalus, several astragalus plants are more than 30 years old, and they will definitely be used in future alchemy.
"Let's go to the jade shop. Now that we have come to Hetian, why should we bring some souvenirs," Tang Ran suggested.
Song Kai doesn't know much about jade, but Tang Ran usually knows a little about jade.
After randomly choosing a jade shop, Song Kai and the two went in.
The store is quite large, with an old man and four young men in it.
Seeing that Song Kai and the other two were foreign tourists, the old man with a goatee hurriedly greeted him, "Are you two here to buy jade? Just look at it. I like it. Our store can engrave patterns or handwriting for free.
"Can you still engrave your name?" Tang Ran listened and was a little surprised. Then she turned around the cupboard and stared at a jade ring in the cabinet.
The price of the jade ring is 900.
"Boss, take this ring and let me have a look," Tang Ran pointed to the ring.
The old man came over, took out the ring, and said, "This girl is really discerning. This ring is authentic Hetian Baiyu. Look at the texture and color."
Song Kai also came over.
"Huh? Is there still a little energy fluctuating?" Song Kai was a little surprised. As a martial artist, Song Kai could feel the internal fluctuation of other martial artists, but he did not expect to be able to sense the fluctuation on the jade, but this fluctuation was very weak. If he hadn't deliberately looked at Song Kai, he would not feel it at all.
"No wonder in the Song Dynasty, emperors and concubines liked to wear jade. They always said that jade is alive. It seems that real good jade can indeed bring vitality to people." Thinking like this, Song Kaizhong nodded to Tang Ran and said, "Let's buy this."
Tang Ran smiled and said, "But I don't have enough money. What should I do?"
"Ah? Do you still have money... Oh, I'll buy it for you, I'll give it to you!" Song Kai understood.
Tang Ran showed a lovely smile.
"Okay, by the way, girl, what pattern, mascot or name do you want to engrave?" The boss took the jade ring and walked to the back of the counter and said.
Tang Ran thought for a moment and said, "Let's carve a simple rose."
The goateed boss picked up the carving knife and carved it sharply. Soon, a lifelike rose appeared on the surface of the ring.
"Okay, I'll wrap it for you," the boss said.
"No, just take it with you. Song Kai will pay," Tang Ran stretched out his hand and was about to take the ring.
Song Kai glanced at his eyes and felt a moment in his heart. Although the ring looks exactly the same as the ring just now, the energy fluctuations in it are completely gone, and he can't feel it at all.
"Boss, this ring..." Song Kai said.
"What's wrong with the ring? Teenager, you just asked for it, and asked me to carve roses. I tell you, after carving the pattern, you can't return it!" The goateed boss said.
The goateed boss pinched the Hetian white jade ring and said.
Tang Ran looked at Song Kai strangely.
Song Kai has understood that this is the way to make money in these jade stores. The jade taken out at the beginning is a good product, but when they package or engrave patterns, they have replaced the genuine goods with fakes.
At this time, the four store clerks around also leaned towards the middle.
Song Kai walked to the goateed boss, reached out and patted the boss's right shoulder, and said, "The boss laughed. Since we chose this jade ring, of course we won't return it."
At the time of the second shot, Song Kai used dark strength. The force of his thumb went straight through the goateed old man's shoulder chastity point, and the pure yang breath penetrated through the old man's shoulder chastity point.
The old goateed immediately felt a numbness in his arm. He shouted, "What do you want to do? Ouch, my arm."
Seeing this, a little man beside him quickly came forward, supported the old man, and said, "Boss, what's wrong with you?"
The goatee's right hand was holding the jade ring. At this moment, he was supported by the little clerk. His right wrist was suddenly numb, and then a few fingers involuntarily **.
With a click, the jade ring fell to the ground and fell into three petals.
After the numbness, the goatee's arm returned to normal.
"You...what did you do just now?" The old man with goatee pointed to Song Kai, "Now the ring is cracked. Pay quickly!"
Song Kai sneered and said, "It's obviously your guy who touched you, and then the ring fell down. Now why did you ask me for money?"
"You talk nonsense. Obviously, you just cheated and made my arm numb." The goatee snored.
"Is that right? Then why is your arm okay now? Oh, that's the surveillance video. If we can't tell whether it's right or wrong, we can invite the comrades from the police station. I think they will give us justice. Song Kai snorted coldly, and then his eyes looked at the ground and said, "Ah! This ring seems to be a little wrong. Why is the color of the section different from the color of the surface?
Song Kai's voice attracted the attention of other guests in the room.
"Humph! What nonsense are you talking about! Second son, clean the floor." The goateed boss ordered. Song Kai did it too cleverly just now. Even if the police intervened in the investigation, they would not believe that Song Kai just patted his shoulder and made the goatee's arm numb. With surveillance, the goatee can only suffer a hidden loss, and after the ring falls to the ground, everyone can see that the ring is made of inferior jade coated with color, so he can't justify it.
Song Kai didn't say anything. His eyes looked around, and then his eyes fell on a jade bracelet that was as green as a spring.
The price of this jade bracelet is 3,8888, and the price is not expensive. It should be the quality of jasper. Jasper can only be regarded as mid-range in Hetian jade, but Song Kai felt that the energy fluctuation in this jade bracelet is very strong.
"Hey, boss, try this jade bracelet," Song Kai waved.
The old goateed stared at Song Kai and came forward, "Are you talking about this one? This jade bracelet is made of jasper, which is as transparent as a clear spring. This time you can be sure. If you are sure, you can pay quickly so as not to fall to the ground and be fooled by you again.
Song Kai laughed, looked harmless, and said, "Boss, you wronged me again. Tang Ran, come and have a try."