Chapter 481: I Just Like Picking Up Leaks

"What, you still don't believe me!"

Li Ye said amusedly, "I'm not lying to you. Any single item in the safe can be exchanged for a whole pile of trinkets in the side room cabinet."

"Among them, the ones packed in red boxes are all things I prepared for you to use when we get married. Why don't you go take a few to use now?

Jade is something that needs to be nurtured by people; the more you wear it, the more spiritual it becomes. If you wear it for decades, you'll leave blessings for your descendants. That's how heirlooms come to be..."

Li Ye rambled on for a long time, but didn't hear Wen Wen Leyu's reply. He turned his head and saw her dragon-like gaze.

Dragons are very stingy.

"Don't be so stingy! Xiao Ruo is a younger sister, Yang Yujiao is the younger sister from the older sister's family, and how good is your relationship with Liu Xiaohui? It doesn't matter if you give her one."

Wen Wen Leyu shook her head slowly: "I'm not stingy, I'm not stingy at all! I just..."

Wen Wen Leyu suddenly wrapped her arms around Li Ye's arm and said coquettishly, "I just want to learn how to pick up leaks. You have to teach me. I must learn the skill of turning tens into tens of thousands."

Wen Wen Leyu acting coquettishly was truly the first time in history!

Li Ye really hadn't expected that his casual remark of "it's appreciated in value now" would open some kind of gateway for Wen Wen Leyu.

This is just like those big bosses who, because it's not cost-effective, will drive around for ten or eight yuan in parking fees. Women love "petty gains," such as discounts or picking up leaks.

Those telecommunications scammers also love this weakness of women the most.

Li Ye rubbed his chin and narrowed his eyes.

"I can teach you, but this tuition fee... hehehehe."

Li Ye smiled maliciously and suddenly exerted force with his arm.

Wen Wen Leyu was shocked and warned with her hair standing on end: "I'm warning you! Xiao Ruo and the others are still at home!"

Li Ye straightened his face and also warned: "I'm also warning you, no more 'peh peh peh.' Who are you looking down on?"

"I... mmph mmph mmph mmph..."

The current Li Ye and Wen Wen Leyu were in a very wonderful transitional relationship between lovers—half-pushing, half-yielding.

Wen Wen Leyu was still a bit shy, but she liked Li Ye very much in her heart, so...

Of course, for it to be half-pushing, half-yielding, Li Ye had to push first! Otherwise, was he waiting for the girl to jump up and do it herself?

When it was time to eat, Pei Pei Wenhui and Yang Yang Yujiao both discovered that Wen Wen Leyu had two more bracelets on her hands.

One was green jadeite, and the other was mutton-fat jade.

Pei Pei Wenhui, who had seen a lot of jewelry, couldn't help but take a few more looks; she was very envious.

That jadeite piece was one thing; everyone knew jadeite bracelets were good things.

But that mutton-fat jade piece was also very precious, because mutton-fat jade material is generally not large, and large jewelry like bracelets wastes material, so it was even rarer.

But this time, Pei Pei Wenhui didn't make any further comments.

Just because she had said a few more words earlier, it resulted in Yang Yang Yujiao refusing to accept Wen Wen Leyu's gift no matter what.

In the end, it was Li Ye who came over and stuffed it into the little girl's hand. If she said anything more now, what if she made Li Ye unhappy?

"Are you all full? If you're full, hurry up and clean up together. We'll go stroll through the stalls first, and then watch the lanterns in the evening."

After eating and drinking their fill, Wen Wen Leyu urged everyone to go out; even the video game they were fighting over in the morning didn't seem as fun anymore.

After getting into the car, Fu Fu Yiruo said to Li Ye: "Brother, there are so many good things at home, should we hire a gatekeeper?"

"Our family has a gatekeeper!" Li Ye said with a smile: "The fourth house to the west is our fellow villager from Qingshui. There is always someone at home. As long as Pavlov barks once, no petty thief can escape!"

"Oh."

Fu Fu Yiruo was suddenly enlightened.

She didn't know that a few years ago, because of the threat from Sanshui, Wang Wang Qiangdong had been arranged by Grandpa Li Li Zhongfa to come over. He first lived in Li Ye's courtyard for a while, and then bought the courtyard to the west.

Even after Sanshui was sentenced to life imprisonment, Wang Wang Qiangdong did not leave and still secretly guarded Li Ye.

Even during the New Year, Wang Wang Qiangdong stayed in the capital, taking on the burden of feeding the dogs and guarding the gate.

Pavlov and its little brothers crawled out of the dog hole every day to find Wang Wang Qiangdong for food, and then returned to Li Ye's courtyard to guard the house!

Two cars carrying Li Ye, Li Li Dayong, and four young girls soon arrived at the Longtan Lake flower, bird, fish, and insect market.

This market was even larger than when they came last time, there were more stalls selling antiques, and there were even more people wanting to get rich by strolling through the stalls.

In 1985, it was no longer 1980. Well-informed people in the capital knew that the era of "prosperous antiques" was coming. Who wouldn't want to pick up a leak in a business where you could make money just by flipping hands?

Facing this kind of environment, crooked things also increased. Counterfeits and fakes were flying everywhere, with the main theme being "willing victims take the bait, no returns after leaving the counter."

And young girls like Wen Wen Leyu and Fu Fu Yiruo, who looked wealthy and were excited at first glance, were even more the favorite targets of unscrupulous vendors.

Wen Wen Leyu had a precise target; today she was only looking at wooden products and jade jewelry.

"Little sister, look at this bracelet, genuine water-seed jadeite. Do you know how many types of jadeite there are? Bean seed, ice seed..."

Seeing Wen Wen Leyu pick up a bracelet, the vendor immediately started his bragging mode. According to the routine in his belly, he would probably be bragging about the Empress Dowager in forty seconds.

"This bracelet flowed out of the palace. Back then, after the Empress Dowager passed away, the eunuchs around her were afraid of being buried with her, so they stole things and escaped from the palace..."

"Five yuan, are you selling it or not?"

"Little sister, you really don't understand! This is the best jadeite. Don't even think about it without two thousand."

"No, this jadeite of yours is definitely not the best; it's far worse than the best."

Wen Wen Leyu held the bracelet high, looked at it carefully against the sun, and shook her head in denial with certainty.

Why was she so certain? Because she was wearing a jadeite bracelet on her wrist!

If she only had one bracelet, she might not be able to tell how good or bad it was.

But now Wen Wen Leyu quietly pulled out the bracelet from her sleeve, and the two bracelets were placed together against the sun. How could she not tell the difference?

"Little sister, I can see you're a decent person. One thousand eight, let's make friends..."

Wen Wen Leyu put the bracelet on the stall and turned to leave.

It didn't look like a good thing at first glance, and still one thousand eight? She wouldn't even take it for eighteen yuan.

"Hey hey, five hundred, three hundred, I'll sell it to you... one hundred eight."

Wen Wen Leyu wouldn't eat the grass she had already turned back from!

She just came to enjoy the fun of strolling through the stalls. If she offered five yuan and he wasn't willing to sell, didn't that prove her eye for things wasn't good?

So after strolling for a long time, except for a few gains of small rosewood materials, Wen Wen Leyu didn't buy a single piece of jade jewelry.

By this time, Wen Wen Leyu finally understood that picking up leaks wasn't that easy. As for the things on these stalls, let alone comparing them to the bracelet on her hand, even compared to the trinkets given to Fu Fu Yiruo and the others, it was like heaven and earth.

Eating fairy peaches and buying rotten apricots—would you be willing to buy them?

After strolling for a long time, Wen Wen Leyu finally discovered a necklace made of jade beads that was barely passable.

"How much for this necklace?"

"Eight hundred six, no bargaining."

"One hundred six, are you selling it or not?"

"Pfft, I say, this young lady, this thing of mine is indeed not as good as the bracelet on your hand, but as for that bracelet on your hand, let alone eight hundred six, I'll offer three thousand six—will you sell it to me? So you can't bargain like that."

This vendor had actually seen through Wen Wen Leyu's little movements and concluded that the bracelet on Wen Wen Leyu's hand was not an ordinary item.

Wen Wen Leyu was unhurried and said lightly: "I wouldn't sell this bracelet of mine even for thirty-six thousand."

The vendor's eyes flickered, and he said with a smile: "Miss, can you let me take a look at that bracelet? It'll count as letting me broaden my knowledge."

Wen Wen Leyu shook her head, put down the string of beads, and turned to leave.

This bracelet was prepared by Li Ye for her wedding; let alone selling it, she wouldn't even be happy to let others see it.

Seeing Wen Wen Leyu about to leave, the vendor had no choice but to say: "My string of beads is three hundred six at the lowest. If you want it, take it away."

Wen Wen Leyu thought for a moment, turned around and walked back, deciding to make a purchase.

Comparing this and that, this string of beads was still passable. Besides, she couldn't come here for nothing today, right?

However, just as Wen Wen Leyu reached out to take it, someone else grabbed it first.

"Old Six Sun, I want these beads. Let Master Duo come over to settle the bill in a while."

Wen Wen Leyu turned her head and looked at the other party twice, then said coldly: "Classmate He Xue, I already wanted this string of beads."

He Xue looked at Wen Wen Leyu, then looked at Li Ye behind Wen Wen Leyu, and also said coldly: "In the antique business, it's first come, first served. Now you haven't paid, and the thing is in my hands, so this thing isn't yours."

Wen Wen Leyu's eyes narrowed.

She didn't necessarily have to have this string of beads, but she would absolutely not let He Xue succeed.

Back at that debate competition, He Xue had used Lu Lu Jingyao's sore spot to attack Li Ye. Wen Wen Leyu had held a grudge against He Xue at the time. Today, the two met, and Wen Wen Leyu hadn't even looked for trouble with He Xue yet! As a result, He Xue was still pushing it.

He Xue was really pushing it. That day when she saw Li Ye, she hadn't even looked at him straight.

Today on Master Duo's turf, she was going to avenge the "Golden Lotus" grudge from back then.

Wen Wen Leyu didn't argue with He Xue anymore, but took out three hundred sixty yuan and placed it on the stall.

"I've paid now, and she hasn't paid yet. Shouldn't the thing belong to me?"

The vendor named Old Six Sun was also in a bit of a dilemma. Although the girl who paid wasn't very old, she looked like someone not to be trifled with at first glance.

But Master Duo wasn't to be trifled with either!

If it were a year ago, Master Duo's situation would have been about the same as Old Six Sun's, but this past year had been different.

Wealthy and overbearing, he specialized in collecting high-quality and top-grade items, and his methods were ruthless and dark. He kept a large group of thugs who valued money over their lives.

Several big dealers who competed with him for business were eventually driven out of the capital's circle by him.

This He Xue was Master Duo's new favorite, held in the palm of his hand all day long. If he offended her, he really wouldn't be able to mix in here anymore.

Just at this moment, Old Six Sun saw Master Duo running over in a hurry from a distance.

So Old Six! "I'll give you a little trinket, just consider it my fault, okay?"

Old Six Sun really gave Wen Wen Leyu a small piece of jade strung with a red rope, but how could the anger in Wen Wen Leyu's heart dissipate?

She just watched Master Duo running over, coldly preparing to have a fight.

A verbal fight—she had three younger sisters behind her, she wasn't afraid.

If they were to use their fists, was this market not planning to open tomorrow or what?

But what Wen Wen Leyu never expected was that after Master Duo came over, he slapped He Xue in the face without a word.

"Slap!"

Truly crisp, truly loud.

(End of chapter)

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