Chapter 426

"Alright, then wait for me a moment, Big Brother."

As the middle-aged man spoke, he led the little girl and walked back.

And a very funny scene was that the middle-aged man walked very fast, and the little girl had to run to keep up.

Wang An couldn't help but laugh at this father and daughter.

Three minutes later, this middle-aged man led the little girl back, and this middle-aged man was carrying a basket; looking at the deformation of the basket, one could see that the basket was very heavy!

Sure enough, when the middle-aged man reached Wang An and put the basket on the ground, Wang An discovered that this basket was actually full of copper coins.

However, this basket of copper coins had all kinds of styles; there were many that Wang An had never heard of. Wang An rummaged through them and actually found quite a few Five-Zhu coins.

Awesome, genuinely awesome!

However, Wang An didn't want these Five-Zhu coins; there was no other reason, mainly because this thing isn't very common in the Northeast region, but it's quite common in the Central Plains region, so it's simply not worth any money.

Seeing so many copper coins, Wang An took a sack from the sled, spread it on the ground, and then poured all the copper coins from the basket onto the sack.

Just as Wang An was picking out copper coins, Qiao Xiaohu brought over a middle-aged man in his 40s.

Seeing Wang An picking out copper coins, Qiao Xiaohu didn't introduce them to each other, but the middle-aged man Qiao Xiaohu brought and the middle-aged man who sold the copper coins to Wang An knew each other.

And so, after the two greeted each other, they chatted simply.

From the two's chatting, Wang An learned that the one who sold him the copper coins was surnamed Zhang, and the one Qiao Xiaohu brought was surnamed Jia.

Soon, Wang An picked out the copper coins he wanted; besides "Kaiyuan Tongbao," there were quite a few "Shunzhi Tongbao," "Guangxu Tongbao," as well as "Zhizheng Zhi Bao" and "Zhizheng Tongbao."

The reason Wang An picked out "Guangxu Tongbao" was because although this thing's age isn't very long, the quantity isn't very large.

Because in the late Guangxu period, copper coins became the kind without a hole in the middle; this kind of round-outside-square-inside copper coin basically stopped production.

And "Zhizheng Zhi Bao" and "Zhizheng Tongbao" are copper coins from the Yuan Dynasty, the kind that aren't very numerous.

What's awkward is that Wang An didn't recognize the characters on several types of copper coins, but Wang An knew that this kind of copper coin wasn't circulating currency at the time, but was used for sacrifices.

All the picked-out copper coins added together totaled 107; Wang An asked:

"Just these, 107 in total; then Brother Zhang, take a look, how much money is appropriate to give you?"

To be honest, copper coins in this era have no value; that is to say, this thing is actually worthless.

So Wang An's question directly stunned this Big Brother Zhang.

After a while, seeing his father not speaking for a long time, the little girl said anxiously:

"Dad, Big Brother is asking you a question, why aren't you speaking?"

Hearing his daughter's words, Brother Zhang said helplessly to Wang An:

"Big Brother, you decide; I've never heard that this thing can be sold for money! I don't know how much these things are worth."

One has to say, people in this era are truly simple and honest, without so many tricky thoughts.

However, this put Wang An in a difficult position; giving too little isn't appropriate, and giving too much loses the thrill of picking up a bargain.

At this time, the person surnamed Jia whom Qiao Xiaohu brought over spoke; only to hear him say:

"Little Brother, don't mind me saying something."

Wang An felt very disgusted when he heard this, actually not just this kind of talk.

There are also things similar to "I'm drunk, don't take what I say to heart," "What I'm saying is unpleasant, don't be unhappy," "Give me some face, can we just end this matter?" and so on and so forth...

Because as soon as he heard these words, Wang An had the urge to retort.

If you know people will mind, why do you still say it?

If you're drunk, just shut your anus, what's there to beep about?

If you know your words are unpleasant and will make the other party unhappy and you still say it, are you an idiot?

Give you face, who do you think you are, and I should give you face?

However, although Wang An was disgusted, he didn't show it; after all, the two parties knew each other, and the other party didn't even know his name.

Only to hear this person surnamed Jia continue:

"Large coins, nowadays nobody wants them, but in the future, who knows, you're right, Big Brother?"

One has to say, what this person surnamed Jia said was indeed correct, because "gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times," and large coins are genuine antiques.

So Wang An said: "Yeah, right."

The person surnamed Jia continued: "A one-mao coin is aluminum, this thing is copper anyway, why don't you calculate it at one mao each for him, what do you think?"

When Wang An heard this, he instantly felt this Big Brother surnamed Jia... hmm, quite good!

According to wage conversion, one mao in this era is equivalent to more than 10 yuan in later generations.

So buying a copper coin for 1 mao, Wang An could fully accept it.

And so, Wang An said to Big Brother Zhang with a smile:

"Brother Zhang, what do you think of what Brother Jia said?"

After Brother Zhang heard it, he immediately said with a face full of joy:

"Yeah, okay, okay, I think it's okay."

Wang An chuckled and took out a ten-yuan bill and a 1-yuan bill and handed them over, then casually took three copper coins from the sack and said:

"Alright then, Brother Zhang, that's it, we're all settled."

Brother Zhang clutched the money tightly in his hand, but the joy on his face couldn't stop flowing out.

Seeming to feel bad, he pointed to the copper coins on the sack and said to Wang An:

"I saw you didn't pick those three large coins you took just now, why don't you grab another handful."

Hearing this, Wang An hurriedly refused:

"No need, Brother Zhang, my family has quite a few of these, I don't have much use for more."

At this time, the little girl holding the shuttlecock in her hand suddenly said to Wang An:

"Big Brother, you're lying, you haven't bought my shuttlecock yet."

Hearing the little girl's words, Wang An was stunned, only to hear Brother Zhang immediately say:

"Now that we have money, why buy your shuttlecock?"

The little girl said unconvinced: "Hmph, the money that enters your hands, you won't buy me candy balls."

After saying this, Brother Zhang instantly flushed red and said hurriedly:

"Talking nonsense, I'll go buy them for you in a while."

The little girl muttered: "My mom won't let you go."

Brother Zhang looked at everyone with a bitter smile and turned to the little girl, saying sternly:

"You... why are you so unreasonable?"

Seeing this scene, Wang An couldn't stand it anymore; this little girl of ten or so actually didn't look much older than Wang An's two little sisters, and she was sallow and thin, looking malnourished.

So, Wang An took out 5 yuan and said to the little girl:

"Come, come over, we have a deal; if you sell these shuttlecocks, you have to sell them all to me, not a single one can be left, otherwise I won't buy them."

Clearly, Wang An gave the little girl a difficult problem, because if she sold them all, she would have nothing to play with.

So, the little girl looked at the money in Wang An's hand, then looked at the 5 feather shuttlecocks in her hand, her little face tangled into a ball.

The three people next to Qiao Xiaohu clearly saw Wang An's intention, because buying 5 shuttlecocks for 5 yuan is equivalent to selling one copper coin for 5 mao.

Wang An looked at the tangled little girl, laughed "hahaha," touched the little girl's head, and kindly reminded her:

"Isn't it fine to just have your dad make a few more?"

Sure enough, as soon as the little girl heard this, she was no longer tangled, immediately handed over all 5 shuttlecocks in her hand, and then took the 5 yuan in Wang An's hand.

At this time, Brother Zhang hurriedly said: "Big Brother, this won't do, how can a few shuttlecocks be worth this much money."

Wang An, who was observing the copper coins on the shuttlecocks, didn't even lift his head and said: "Don't interfere in our business."

After Wang An finished observing the shuttlecocks, he discovered that only the copper coins on two shuttlecocks were valuable, so he returned the 3 shuttlecocks that weren't valuable to the little girl and said with a smile:

"I'll give them to you, hahaha."

The little girl looked blankly at the shuttlecocks in her left hand, then looked at the 5 yuan in her right hand, completely not knowing what to do.

Wang An touched the little girl's head again and said with a chuckle:

"Hurry up and buy candy balls, otherwise your dad will ask you for money again."

Hearing this, the little girl secretly glanced at her father, turned, and ran, running fast, really fast!

(End of chapter)