Chapter 69 Comic Strip

Mr. Chen turned his head, saw Xue Lanqi, and said with a smile: "At that time in the hotel lobby, your teacher insisted on letting you compete with each other. Didn't I say that I would take you two to Panjiayuan? Today is just right, let's go to Panjiayuan."

"Okay." Chu He was a little excited because he had been to Kyoto twice, but he had not been to Panjiayuan yet.

Legend has it that this place used to be a place where families and walks of life searched for treasures, and many experts who collected antiques would go there to search for treasures.

However, because there are more and more counterfeit products, Pan Jiayuan has gradually lost his charisma.

Panjiayuan is not far from the hotel, after passing two streets, and then crossing a sidewalk.

On the way, Mr. Chen told Chuhe and the others about Panjiayuan: "Visiting Panjiayuan is not all about picking up mistakes. Listening to stories and gaining knowledge is also a kind of fun."

"Panjiayuan was originally called Panjiayao. This kiln is a brick kiln. There used to be many brick kilns located to the east of the moat in Kyoto, and the location of Panjiayuan is the place where a family surnamed Pan fired brick kilns. .”

"Probably at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the Luangangzi here gradually became a ghost market, that is, a night market and dawn market that opened in the middle of the night and closed at dawn."

"When ghosts are on the move, people come and go. There are dandy boys stealing and selling household items, and descendants of wealthy families selling ancestral calligraphy and paintings. There are also gentlemen selling stolen goods. Generally speaking, things of unknown origin are true or false, cheating, and sneaky. Haunted."

When Mr. Chen talked about the past events of Panjiayuan, he couldn't help laughing and seemed to be very interested in the situation at that time.

"Among them, buyers and sellers abide by the rules of 'don't ask where the baby came from' and 'regard things not people', and use 'what, press, search, smell, crooked, material, pretty, stupid, feet, spoon' instead of one The number of ten, bargaining.”

Chen Laole asked happily: "Every weekend morning, before dawn, there are two places in Kyoto that are crowded with people. Do you know where it is?"

Xue Lanqi immediately named a place: "Tiananmen Square!"

"That's right, one is Tiananmen Square, looking up at the raising of the national flag; the other is Panjiayuan Market, looking down for national treasures." Mr. Chen laughed after finishing speaking.

This is enough to explain the grand occasion of Panjiayuan.

With excitement, Chuhe finally came to Panjiayuan.

As soon as he entered the antique market, he heard many shouts.

"Can you make this thing cheaper? I really have no money!" An old man with a slightly hunchback was bargaining with the boss at the door of a shop.

"No, no, it can't be cheaper. I lost my underwear and didn't have to wear them. You know? I take the bus and walk when I go out. It can't be cheaper." The boss waved his hand. , resolutely refused to lower the price.

On the other side, someone was yelling: "Old Kyoto popsicles! Old Kyoto popsicles!"

When Xue Lanqi heard this, she was immediately diverted and looked there.

Seeing that Xue Lanqi seemed to want to try it, Chu He suggested, "Why don't we go buy a popsicle."

Xue Lanqi nodded immediately, but she still asked Mr. Chen: "Mr. Chen, do you want to eat?"

"I have bad teeth, so I won't eat. If you want to eat, go ahead and eat. I'll take you to see Lao Yu after eating." Chen Lao explained with a smile.

Chu He then came to the vendor, asked him to take two popsicles, and handed one to Xue Lanqi.

Xue Lanqi took the popsicle and thanked: "Thank you~"

Chu He took a bite of the popsicle, and his gums shivered from the cold. He immediately asked Mr. Chen, "Mr. Chen, who is Mr. Yu?"

"Do you know comic strips?" Chen Lao didn't explain Lao Yu's identity, but asked Chu He instead.

Chuhe nodded: "Although I saw it when I was a child, I almost forgot about it."

Xue Lanqi said embarrassingly: "I haven't seen it yet."

"Then the place I'll take you to later, there will be a lot of comic strips in it!" Old Chen said.

After a while, after turning a corner, they came to a small shop.

Before entering the store, Mr. Chen greeted a middle-aged man in the back room: "Less than that!"

The middle-aged man seemed to be reading a book when he heard someone calling his name, he raised his head, and said excitedly, "Old Chen! Why are you so free today!"

"Come and have a look!" Mr. Chen immediately introduced Chuhe and Xue Lanqi beside him: "Today, I will bring two students here to open their eyes and let you pass on some knowledge to them."

The middle-aged man continued to be modest: "Mr. Chen, you're going to beat me up. Didn't I have to play tricks in front of you? Come, come, sit down, I just made a pot of tea, come and taste it. "

Mr. Chen and Chu He introduced the middle-aged man: "This is Yu Min, Mr. Yu, who knows the most about comic books in the antique city."

"Hello, Mr. Yu." Both Chuhe and Xue Lanqi respectfully greeted each other.

Yu Min waved her hand embarrassingly: "Hey, what do you mean the most knowledgeable comic book in the antique city? With Mr. Chen here, I can't even catch up with eight horses!"

"Do you still have comic books here, show them to the children." Old Chen suggested.

"Yes!" Yu Min immediately walked into the inner room, and after a while, a large set of comic books appeared in his hand.

"This is the 57 version of the "Water Margin" comic strip! Bapinxin!" Yu Min proudly introduced.

Chu He picked up one of the comic books and found that although it was a book from 60 years ago, the paper was well preserved and even reached the new level of Jiupin.

Xuelan Qi had never seen comic books before, so she was even more curious about the novel book in front of her.

"Younger has been in this antique market for almost 20 years, and he has developed a sharp eye." Chen Lao explained from the side.

Yu Min said: "Where, where, it means that you have suffered a lot. You just have experience. In fact, if you study cultural relics restoration, you also know the classification of old books, right? The best is 'ten grades' (ten percent new)."

"There are no damages, stains, or creases. However, now the old version of the tenth grade book is basically not traded in the market, it is all secretly traded, so we will not see it."

"How much do you think this eighth-grade set of "Water Margin" will cost?" Yu Min asked Chu He and Xue Lanqi.

Xue Lanqi looked at the small comic book in her hand, combined with the publishing capital 60 years ago, she gave a number: "Ten thousand?"

In fact, when she said [-], she was still beating her heart.

Yu Min nodded when she heard her quotation, and then looked at Chuhe: "What do you think?"

"I think it should be [-]." Chu He estimated conservatively.

Xue Lanqi couldn't help being a little surprised, because she said [-] was an overestimate, could it be higher?
"You all guessed wrong." Mr. Chen said at this time, "This set costs 57 to 58 yuan, especially the 60th, [-]th, and [-]th editions of the four major classics are still out of stock, and there is no market for the price!"

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(End of this chapter)

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