Chapter 1246 Treasure in the Box

In terms of the variety of gourmet specialties, the variety here is definitely not as rich as that in China. Li Mo will listen to it first and keep it in mind, and then he will consider buying some when he encounters good ones.

As they walked, everyone observed the surrounding buildings. The local buildings were painted with candy-colored paint, making those inside feel like they were in a princess castle in a fairy tale. The colorful pointed top is decorated with golden beads, and the snow-white stairs are painted with light yellow patterns. From time to time, you pass a small sculpture. The sculpture is painted in colors. Its funny appearance and serious beard make people feel... I couldn't help laughing.

Zhu Caicai was in a very good mood.

Today is Sunday, a big ant market, and the weather is good, so there are many stalls. In addition to the shops, there are different stalls on both sides of the sidewalk and in the square outside.

In addition to classic matryoshka dolls, various furs, old cameras, handicrafts, oil paintings, antiques and other types of art are also sold here. Matryoshka dolls of all sizes are displayed on the cabinet in a dazzling array. Even if you don’t buy them, it will be a beautiful enjoyment to look at them more. The boss also welcomes tourists to take photos with the matryoshka dolls.

"Brother Daxia, take some photos for me."

Zhu Caicai held a matryoshka doll and posed for a few photos. The female boss didn't look unhappy when she saw that she didn't buy it. Instead, she gave her a thumbs up and complimented her on her beauty.

Originally, she just planned to take photos to show that she was here. Now I heard my boss compliment her on her beauty, and then asked happily: "Boss, can you send goods across countries?"

"Of course, many tourists will mail it back internationally. Girl, do you want to buy one?"

The slightly chubby female boss introduced different styles of matryoshka dolls with a smile.

"Thirty pieces, please."

The female boss thought she heard wrongly: "Thirty?"

"Yes, there are many children in the family, buy one for each child."

While she was bargaining here, Li Mo had already gone to the stall next to him to look at the jewelry on display. There were the most visitors in front of this stall, but there were no inquiries. It seemed that it was just for fun and to gain knowledge.

Li Mo picked up one piece and touched it with his hands, then put it down and picked up another piece.

"Mr. Li, this is a very famous beeswax, very popular."

Anna introduced at the side, but then she thought of Li Mo's identity and knew that she was unnecessary.

Li Mo put down the bracelet, shook his head slightly and walked forward. Caicai had already discussed the mailing arrangements and caught up to look at the various beeswax bracelets on the stall. She said curiously: "Brother Daxia, among the sunken treasures you salvaged from the South China Sea, there are ten to twenty thousand pieces of beeswax jewelry. You Don’t you think those are quite expensive?”

"Of course antique beeswax bracelets are expensive, but these are high-tech synthetic beeswax. They are very attractive in terms of production technology and color. But you can't wear them after buying them. People with sensitive skin will get rashes when they wear them."

It turned out to be a fake.

Anna looked back at the boss. Just now she was thinking of recommending it to him, but it turned out that it was all synthetic fake beeswax, a profiteer.

"This antique market is quite popular, and there are many tourists from all over the world."

Anna said from the side: "This is close to the Kremlin, and many tourists come from there."

"No wonder there are so many people."

Li Mo and the others walked through one street and turned into another avenue. There were more tourists here. There were people buying goods in front of many shops, and some were still haggling.

"Brother Daxia, I saw in the guide that the bosses here see that foreigners' prices are very low, so you must use your bargaining skills to the extreme when buying goods."

Zhu Caicai seemed to be quite experienced. She had bargained with the boss for several rounds just now and almost made him cry.

Li Mo stopped at the door of a shop. The glass cabinet at the door displayed a lot of honey in different packages.

"Cai Cai, is this local specialty honey?"

Zhu Caicai looked at it and nodded and said: "It's linden tree snow honey. I heard that this kind of honey is very popular in China. For example, it can relieve cough and reduce phlegm, relieve fatigue, protect the liver and relieve hangover, and also has beauty and beauty effects. "

"Universal honey?" Li Mo was speechless. "It sounds like an advertisement for a secret recipe passed down from generation to generation that can cure all diseases."

Zhu Caicai was happy: "Anyway, there are people around me who are taking it, and the reputation is pretty good. Boss, how much does this pound of linden tree snow honey cost?"

The male boss is bald and his true age cannot be seen, but he is short and fat and looks a bit cunning.

"Nine hundred rubles."

Li Mo could understand it with literal translation headphones on his ears, which cost more than seventy yuan. I don’t know if the price is expensive or not, he doesn’t understand it after all.

Zhu Caicai was a little unhappy and pointed it out directly: "Boss, the original imported goods we purchased in China only cost more than 30 yuan, which is less than 400 rubles. This also includes various transportation fees, profits, etc. Wait, the cost is probably only about two hundred rubles. If you just offer nine hundred rubles, do you think I am fooling you?"

The pudgy boss saw that he had met an expert, and all the tourists coming and going looked in his direction, and he quickly said with a smile: "You can bargain."

"I won't buy it." Zhu Caicai got angry and took Li Mo's arm. "Brother Daxia, let's go. There are many merchants selling linden tree snow honey in this market."

Anna also kept sighing secretly. It was really embarrassing. When she went out with Li Mo, she encountered unscrupulous merchants and had no sincerity in doing business. I don't know what Li Mo will think of them, and I hope it won't affect his mood of treasure hunting.

"Mr. Li, Miss Zhu, if you really want to buy linden tree snow honey, you can walk forward. There is a agricultural chamber of commerce over there. There are many local specialties there that are directly transported and sold by the surrounding farmers. They We have formed a complete industrial chain of collection, production, transportation and sales. The price is very affordable and the quality is excellent."

"Then we'll go over and take a look later."

Li Mo looked at the various products displayed in the shop while shopping. So far, he has not come across a treasure worth selling. Although this place is known as the Panjiayuan of Kyoto in China, in fact it is far from comparable from an antique point of view.

After walking for more than fifty meters, we arrived at the Agricultural Chamber of Commerce that Anna mentioned. It was a very large shop with an area of ​​four to five hundred square meters. It was filled with various packages of honey, including large red sausages, and various other products. Brands of coffee, various vodkas, unique bacon, cheese sticks, milk powder, and biscuits.

The shop assistants inside are also young people. They all have smiles on their faces. No matter who comes into the store, they will come up to say hello enthusiastically. When they encounter foreigners who do not understand Russian, they will promptly take out a translator for simple communication. .

"Brother Daxia, let's go in and take a look. We have to buy some souvenirs when we come back."

Li Mo nodded. Since he didn't speak Russian anyway, he just asked her to inquire about the price while he listened.

Zhu Caicai entered the store excitedly, and Li Mo followed leisurely. He glanced casually at the huge store. Maybe it was because of the high quality and low price. There were so many customers entering here to buy. They are all purchased in large packages. Just like Zhu Caicai's idea, it would only make sense to buy something when going out for fun.

Maybe it's because this store has a lot of traffic. There are antique stores on both sides, and they are connected to this specialty store. After buying specialties, if you are interested, you can also go to the antique store next door to see if there is anything you like.

"Yangya, you stay here with Cai Cai, while I go to the antique store next door to take a look."

"Okay." Fang nodded to someone behind him, and two men wearing duck-billed hats immediately followed.

Li Mo entered the shop on the right. There were quite a lot of antiques on display here, including sets of silverware, medals, yellowed books, antique swords, various exquisite wooden boxes, and ones made of amber. Pendants, bracelets, rings, etc.

There are not many of these amber products, but they are all real. They are a kind of oil fossil. Some of them contain an ancient organism, some of them are ancient plants, or there is even nothing at all.

Anna followed him and saw that he had been looking at the amber products on the counter with interest. She couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "Mr. Li, is the amber here real?"

"kindness."

Li Mo watched for a while but did not make a purchase. Instead, he looked at the other goods on display. When he saw the large and small square boxes displayed, his eyes suddenly lit up. He could see that the square boxes of different shapes were all made of wood, with a layer of patterns carved with many elements on the surface, and then a layer of paint on the surface.

Aside from the style of the wooden box, in terms of craftsmanship it is somewhat similar to ancient Chinese lacquerware. It can be seen with the naked eye that those wooden boxes are a bit old and have a thick layer of patina on the surface.

Of course, some wooden boxes were inevitably bumped and bumped due to improper storage, destroying the overall beauty.

A woman in her twenties came over and asked with a smile: "Hello sir, if you like it, I can show it to you up close."

Facing a sweet-looking clerk, Li Mo pointed at one of the flat square boxes.

Anna was translating.

The clerk took down the square box Li Mo asked for from the wooden shelf and carefully placed it on the counter in front of him and introduced: "According to expert appraisal, this wooden box has a history of more than 120 years. Its specific The origin cannot be verified. You can buy it back and put it on your dressing table as a jewelry box or something like that. It’s very noble and gorgeous.”

Although it is impossible to study its origin, it does have a history of more than a hundred years, which is almost the time period at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Li Mo touched the surface of the wooden box with his hand. After opening it, it was empty. Later, he could buy some wooden grids and put them inside so that he could store small trinkets.

The things are old, but they are all foreign elements, and they are out of place and inappropriate on the dressing table.

Li Mo pushed it back to the other party, glanced at it again and was about to leave. Suddenly, a gray halo came out from a larger wooden box, and then turned into circles of halo and spread around.

This means that there is a priceless antique in that wooden box, which dates back to the mid-Qing Dynasty, around the time of Qianlong and Jiaqing.

"Sir, do you want to see anything else?"

The smiling female clerk interrupted Li Mo to continue his exploration. Li Mo withdrew his eyes and smiled in return: "These wooden boxes look very good. I have an elder who likes to collect these old objects. I don't know what these are. How to sell it?”

Anna translated completely on the side, and the female clerk said after listening: "The price ranges from 500,000 rubles to 2.8 million rubles."

"Which one is the most expensive?"

The female clerk pointed to a wooden box with two gems inlaid on the surface: "This is the most expensive one, 2.8 million."

After speaking, she pointed directly to another item: "Because of some special reasons, this wooden box is the cheapest, 550,000 rubles."

Five hundred and fifty thousand rubles, almost forty-five thousand yuan. The price was not expensive at all, but what surprised Li Mo was that the cheapest wooden box in their store contained a valuable antique.

"What special reason do you mean?"

Li Mo asked pretending to be puzzled.

"That wooden box must have been too old. Not only is there serious wear and tear on the surface, but I don't know which master's hand it was made by. He actually made the entire wooden box fit perfectly. We tried many times and couldn't find it to open. Method, I don’t know what is inside, if it is opened violently..."

The female clerk did not continue, but Li Mo knew what she meant. If he opened it violently and found that there was nothing inside, it would be a waste of 550,000 rubles.

From an ordinary person's perspective, this risk is a bit high. Since it is an old item, and since no one knows whether there is anything inside, let's put it out and try to sell it.

"Sir, which one do you like?"

"Let me take another look. This time I came here mainly to purchase specialties from outside. I have thought about picking out two or three of these antique wooden boxes to take back, but I have to cut the price."

After Anna translated, the female clerk smiled so brightly.

Zhu Caicai came over and said: "Brother Daxia, I don't seem to have the talent for bargaining. I can't lower the price of that one-pound bag of basswood snow honey."

Li Mo smiled: "How did you bargain?"

"The asking price was four hundred and fifty rubles, and I bargained down to three hundred and fifty rubles, which is almost twenty-eight yuan. But the boss was quite stubborn and couldn't offer less than four hundred rubles."

Li Mo asked curiously: "How much are you going to buy?"

"I just bought some to take back and share with everyone to try, only thirty or forty bottles."

According to Cai Cai, buying imported linden snow honey in China only costs you a little over thirty, so buying it from here is the same as buying it from China.

"Cai Cai, how many employees do our group have in total?"

"I'm really not sure about this. Counting the total number of employees in the factory, it is estimated that it exceeds 100,000."

"I understand, I'm here to talk to the boss."

Li Mo walked to the souvenir shop and asked Cai Cai to call the boss.

"Hello sir."

The boss is a woman in her thirties, not pretty, but dressed very smartly.

Li Mo casually picked up a one-pound bottle of lime tree snow honey and asked, "How much does a bottle cost?"

The boss looked at Cai Cai and then at Li Mo: "The minimum is four hundred rubles."

"It's too expensive, two hundred and forty-eight rubles. I'll buy a batch."

The boss frowned slightly. Although he wanted to refuse immediately, he still asked politely: "Sir, what is the batch quantity you mentioned?"

"Starting at 200,000 bottles."

After Zhu Caicai translated simultaneously, the whole store suddenly became quiet, and many people looked over. Starting from 200,000 bottles, this is not a batch. It’s almost complete. And many people are even thinking, is the total amount of linden tree snow honey produced every year so much?