The middle-aged man's face froze: "Why am I not kind?"

Zou Yue'e picked up the cricket jar from me, "Xiao Jing, what's the problem?"

"The problem is too big." I pointed a little in the orchid petals with Suxin Jianjian. "Originally, the orchid petals are mostly spots with brown color. This type of variety is not worth much. The rare Suxin Jianjianjian is similar to this flower. The petals are clean and there is no trace of pollution. However, if you look at these petals carefully, the color is very unnatural."

Zou Yue'e asked, "What can that mean?"

"If I guess correctly, this is a common Jianlan after being faded by chemical potions. It is a fake technique commonly known as fading."

The middle-aged man probably didn't expect me to speak so professionally, and was stunned for a moment, "Hey, you can eat food randomly, and you can't talk nonsense. Let me tell you, these orchids are all from the Yuquanying Flower Market. They are genuine treasures. How could they fade? Don't talk nonsense if you haven't seen them before. Look at another pot of Jianlan, which is also a strange flower called Duobailan, and look at that pot..."

"Don't mention that many orchids to me." I waved my hand and interrupted him, raised my arm lightly, and placed my index finger on the mutant orchid petal: "I just found it strange. Even if it is a mutant species, there must be a limit. There may be so many leaves on a bone flower. Boss, if you have to choke with me, then let me touch it a little. I want to see how reliable the leaves stuck to the glue are."

"Glue?" Zou Yue'e's eyes twitched.

The boss held back his words.

I shook my head: "You are such a scam. I bought it back and wanted to give gifts. I really want to give it out. Every few days, all the leaves fell out. It would be strange if someone didn't scold me, Aunt Zou."

Zou Yue'e pulled her face down: "Please explain it."

"These are all famous products, why am I lying to you?" The middle-aged man was still stubborn.

I saw that he didn't cry without seeing the coffin, so I sighed and patted the outer pots of tender green orchids: "This pot is a tiger-spotted seedling, I think it can be sold for a lot of money, but I dare say that as long as I sunbath it for two days, the tiger-spots will evaporate. Why? Because this is the artificial marking of leaves and branches to cover the leaves, so that it will not see the markings formed by the sun." I paused and pointed to the next pot and said, "Look at this pot of short orchids, this is cut with a knife, and your orchid with crystal plums written on it. I think I found ordinary orchids similar to crystal plums. There are traces of fake cutting on the roots, and that..."

"Stop talking, stop talking." The middle-aged man smiled bitterly with a sad face: "I've met a master today. You're right, everything is right, and you know it better than me. Oh, it's really evil. Young man, are you professional orchids? Why do you buy it here? Isn't this disappointment? "

My head shook left and right.

Zou Yue'e looked calm and said, "You almost broke my big deal."

The boss spread his arms with a frown: "You think I'm willing to make these messy things and attract scolding people. I can't do anything about it because of life."

I said, "It's summer, I know it's not easy for you to set up a stall. You can offer a price for this pot of jade rabbit."

"Okay, we can't fight or not." The middle-aged boss gritted his teeth, "...I'm the only jade rabbit here, which is a real treasure. Well, take it away for 1,500!"

Zou Yue'e looked at me when she asked, and when she saw me nodding slightly, she paid for the bill without saying a word.

This little detail makes me feel warm. I have to say that it feels really good to be trusted.

Get off the overpass.

Because the weather was too stuffy and dry, I went to McDonald's at the intersection and ordered two servings of ice cream.

McDonald's in Fuchengmen is a lively store around it. It's summer again, and there are a lot of people, so I queued up for a long time.

After coming out, I handed the crispy cylinder to Aunt Zou under the shade of the tree.

She took a few bites, smiled and touched my leg with the back of her hand: "You are so good. You are speechless when the flower sellers are speechless. I didn't see anyone around you giving you a thumbs up. Haha, fortunately, my aunt brought you here today, otherwise, my job as a sales manager might have to be ruined."

"You have won the award, and I have also read some orchids' fake methods from a news report."

But there is something I didn't say, and I could not see the report that Zou Yue'e could see, because it was a Beijing Evening News that would be published two months later. The newspaper clearly described the fraud craze in the market around Beijing orchids. Not only mobile stalls on the street, but also many problems with Guanyuan Bird Market and Yuquanying Flower Market. At that time, the relevant departments cracked down on it for a long time.

"Xiao Jing, his place is nothing but fake. Can you be sure that this pot is the jade rabbit among orchids?"

"Don't worry, you can't make a mistake." I know she is a little worried. "Although I am used to attribute flowers, birds, fish and insects to collections, they are not antiques after all, and they are not as difficult to distinguish between authenticity like antiques. There are countless imitations. As long as you spend some time on them, most people can still be proficient. It is not difficult to distinguish between authenticity."

"Come on." Zou Yue'e glanced at me: "I think I will never figure it out for the rest of my life."

"Actually, this pot of jade rabbit can definitely be considered a top-notch, it can be said that it has picked up a small leak."

"I don't understand, anyway, I know that orchids used to be very expensive."

"It's not just the word "very" to describe it?" I ate the last bite of ice cream with one hand and threw the paper circle on it into the trash bin. "It's so expensive that my grandma's house. The basin you are holding now can be replaced with a villa when the price has not dropped a few years ago."

"Oh, that's really outrageous."

This is the first time I have come to Bird City after moving from Xizhimen to Fuchengmen Bridge.

Compared to the dirty environment before, the bird market after the migration was much cleaner. I walked along the steps to the underground market. Instead, I walked around with a cricket jar and took a simple walk inside to examine the overall price of crickets this year. Generally, crickets of six cents are mostly a few dollars or eleven, and the better ones can only reach more than one hundred. It is not very valuable. The seven cents are slightly more expensive, and generally between two hundred and six hundred. There are very few insects in eight cents. I saw a white-toothed yellow-headed cricket that is slightly smaller than my black-headed cricket. The boss sold for 5,000 yuan.

Of course, the prices here are all watery.
Chapter completed!