Chapter 101: Going to the Market
dream! She just laughed louder.
"Just wait and see, maybe she has already gone back to pack her bags and run away!"
Jin Yao was still talking in a gloating manner, but Zhou Yuean frowned as he listened.
"It shouldn't be that serious."
"Lin Siqiao did hand in her paper early, but she didn't hand in a blank paper. She answered all the questions."
Although he also felt it was a bit unbelievable, after all, everyone knew how difficult today's test questions were.
Unexpectedly, Jin Yao laughed out loud after hearing this.
"The most candidates from Tsinghua University and Peking University answered only 16 questions. Could it be that Lin Siqiao is better than them?"
"If she really had that level, she wouldn't have gone to a drama school in Shanghai."
Everyone fell silent after hearing this. Although Jin Yao's words were a bit harsh, they did make some sense.
"Come on, let's all go back."
"There's no point in guessing now. We'll know the results this afternoon."
The group returned to the guesthouse, and Jin Yao immediately went to ask the lady at the front desk.
Knowing that Lin Siqiao had not returned yet, I felt even more certain!
"See, what did I say? She doesn't even dare to come back to see us!"
Because of this incident, Jin Yao was so happy that she ate two extra bowls of rice at noon. She did not even take a nap and kept paying attention to what was happening in the next room.
I was afraid that Lin Siqiao would sneak back to get his luggage and run away.
Lin Siqiao had no idea that this man had become so stubborn. After finishing the exam in the morning, she did plan to come back and rest.
However, when the bus was halfway there, Lin Siqiao suddenly changed his mind.
When she came here in the morning, she saw from the car that there was a huge open-air market here. Judging from the boundaries of the area, it should be the flyover area of the old Beijing city.
Forty years ago, this was the most prosperous and bustling place in Beijing.
Although it has declined nowadays, it is still very lively.
Unlike the black market, no one is reselling goods here. It looks more like a rural market.
The people who set up stalls here are not just individuals, but communes in the suburbs of Beijing.
In addition to farming these days, many communes have their own businesses, some grow vegetables, some raise livestock, and some make wood products.
The 3rd, 6th and 9th days of each month are the happiest times for all the major communes, as this is a major event that affects their collective income!
Lin Siqiao came here today just for fun, but she didn't expect to see something interesting.
In front of a stall selling bamboo products, Lin Siqiao actually saw a variety of exquisitely shaped handicrafts.
There are not only baskets, baskets, suitcases, wooden toys, but also her favorite bags!
There is no woman in this world who doesn’t love bags, except Lin Siqiao, and she is a bag-buying maniac!
The shape and craftsmanship of this bag completely hit Lin Siqiao's heart!
It’s just that such a good thing cannot be recognized by the market.
From the flow of people at the stalls and the expressions on the stall owners' faces, you can tell that business today is extremely bleak.
It shouldn't be like that.
Lin Siqiao took a closer look and soon discovered the reason.
All I can say is that success and failure are both due to Xiao He.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with their products, but the problem is that there are too many stalls selling ordinary woven products in the market. Take the vegetable baskets for example, the cheaper ones only cost a few cents each.
Buy one and it will last for several years.
Who among the ordinary people would be willing to spend several times more money to buy these flashy things?
In their words, it is not worthy of using such good things just to buy vegetables or pack something.
It is also because of this that many craftsmen are eventually forced to change careers.
What a pity!
Such good craftsmanship really shouldn’t be buried!
Thinking of this, a vague idea suddenly came to Lin Siqiao's mind.
In addition to clothing design, can she also design some bags?
On the one hand, it can open up foreign markets, and on the other hand, it can allow national skills to be better inherited.
Although he had an idea in mind, Lin Siqiao did not make a big fuss about it. He had to wait until he returned to Shanghai to discuss the matter with Director Zhong.
Taking this opportunity, Lin Siqiao chatted with the stall owner for a while.
The stall owner was an honest uncle. Whether he was introducing his products or answering Lin Siqiao's questions, he always had a shy smile on his face.
Lin Siqiao silently kept the information he had heard in mind, and then began to busy himself with his own important matters.
When the uncle saw that she wanted to buy two bags, a suitcase, a straw hat, and two small toys at once, he was so excited that he didn't know what to say.
In the end, the uncle refused to take money for the two toys.
According to them, this girl helped them to open a good business today!
They are just two small toys, made from scraps and not worth much.
Lin Siqiao did not refuse and paid the bill according to the price the uncle asked.
After buying all these, Lin Siqiao found a small shop selling mutton soup in the market and ordered a bowl of mutton soup.
The soup is snow-white, the mutton is bright red, and some green coriander is sprinkled on top. It is so delicious to drink it in this weather!
I don’t know if it’s because the chef’s skills are good, or if all mutton is like this these days.
Anyway, this mutton doesn't taste any mutton smell at all. It's fresh and tender, and has a light sweetness.
It was still early after eating and drinking, so Lin Siqiao continued to stroll around and bought some small things here and there.
Seeing a group of people gathered in front, Lin Siqiao walked over curiously.
I saw a white-haired old man sitting steadily on a small stool, pulling the bellows with one hand and shaking a black iron can with the other hand.
The tin can is the kind that is big in the middle and small at both ends, and looks a bit like a chubby gourd.
This was the first time Lin Siqiao had seen him.
"Fire! Fire quickly!"
The children watching all covered their ears and kept muttering to themselves.
Lin Siqiao was just wondering when he saw the old man stand up.
First he took down the iron can, then he took an iron rod from the side and turned the switch around.
Finally, he pried the rubber tube outside the cloth bag with force, and heard a loud bang!
Earth-shaking!
A wave of heat rushed out of the pot, carrying the popcorn into the long cloth bag.
The children clapped their hands and jumped up and down with joy.
"There's popcorn!"
Lin Siqiao felt like crying but had no tears.
Fortunately, she could hear the sound. Just now she almost thought her ears were deafened!
Lin Siqiao fled the scene.
My heart was pounding with fear in the last second, but I didn’t expect the surprise to come so quickly in the next second.
Just when Lin Siqiao was about to go home, he saw someone selling coins at a stall in an inconspicuous corner.
It is called a stall, but in fact it is just a piece of tattered cloth.
Although people can trade freely in the market, there are also special patrols. Now, only the brave ones dare to do this while the patrolmen are having lunch.
But looking at this man's expression as he looked around, you can tell that he was very nervous at the moment!
Lin Siqiao was more nervous than him because she recognized that several of these copper coins were very valuable!
Lin Siqiao heard from his grandfather that two of them were treasury coins from the Qing Dynasty.
In the past, when coins were minted, a special batch of coins would be minted to suppress evil and pray for peace.
Her grandfather once spent two million to buy one, but its quality was not as good as the one Lin Siqiao saw now.
There are also a few coins issued during the Xianfeng period. Lin Siqiao can't remember the price, but it was definitely not cheap.
One is anxious to sell, the other wants to buy.
The two sides talked for less than a minute and the deal was done.
In the end, Lin Siqiao spent less than two dollars to buy six copper coins.
The price offered on the platform was also very attractive, with the total value of these six coins being 13 million.
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