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 piece in the safe can be exchanged for a whole pile of little trinkets in the side room's cabinet."

"Among them, those packed in red boxes are all things I prepared for your wedding. Why don't you go and 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 the origin of heirlooms."

Li Ye babbled for a long time, but didn't hear 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 little sister, Yujiao is the sister from the older sister's family, and how good is your relationship with Xiaohui? It doesn't matter if you give her one."

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

Wen Leyu suddenly hugged 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 of yuan into tens of thousands."

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

Li Ye really didn't expect that his casual remark of "it's appreciated in value now" would open a certain gate in Wen Leyu.

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

Those telecom fraud criminals also like women's weaknesses in this area the most.

Li Ye touched his chin and narrowed his eyes.

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

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

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 'pfft pfft pfft'. Who are you looking down on?"

"I... mmm mmm mmm mmm..."

Li Ye and Wen Leyu were currently in a very wonderful transitional relationship between lovers—half-push, half-yield.

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-push, half-yield, Li Ye had to push first! Otherwise, was he waiting for the girl to jump up and move herself?

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

One was green jade, and one was mutton-fat jade.

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

That jade one was fine; everyone knew that jade bracelets were good things.

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

But this time Pei Wenhui did not make any more comments.

Just because she had said a few more words earlier, Yang Yujiao refused to accept 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 Li Ye got unhappy?

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

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

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

"Our house has a gatekeeper!" Li Ye said with a smile: "The fourth household to the west is our fellow villager from Qingshui. There are people there all year round. As long as Pavlov barks, no petty thief can escape!"

"Oh."

Fu Yiruo suddenly realized.

She didn't know that a few years ago, because of the threat from Sanshui, Wang Qiangdong had been arranged by Grandpa 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 Qiangdong did not leave and still secretly guarded Li Ye.

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

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

Two cars carrying Li Ye, Li Dayong, and four young girls quickly arrived at the Longtan Lake Flower, Bird, Fish, and Insect Market.

This market was 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 didn't want to pick up a leak in a business where you could make money just by flipping hands?

Facing this kind of environment, there were more crooked things, fakes and counterfeits were everywhere, and the main theme was "the willing take the bait, no returns after leaving the counter."

And girls like Wen Leyu and Fu Yiruo, who looked rich and were young and enthusiastic, were even more the favorite targets of unscrupulous vendors.

Wen Leyu's target was accurate; today she only looked at wooden products and jade jewelry.

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

The vendor saw Wen Leyu pick up a bracelet and immediately started his bragging mode. According to the routine in his stomach, he would probably brag about the Empress Dowager in forty seconds.

"This bracelet came 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, sell or not?"

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

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

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 jade bracelet on her wrist!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By now, Wen Leyu finally understood that picking up leaks wasn't that easy. The things on these stalls, let alone compared to the bracelet on her hand, were even worse than the little trinkets given to Fu Yiruo and the others—it was like heaven and earth.

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

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

"How much for this necklace?"

"Eight hundred sixty, no bargaining."

"One hundred sixty, sell or not?"

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

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

Wen Leyu was not flustered and said lightly, "I wouldn't sell this bracelet even for thirty-six thousand."

The vendor's eyes flickered, and he said with a smile, "Young lady, can you let me take a look at that bracelet? It'll count as letting me gain some knowledge."

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.

The vendor saw Wen Leyu was about to leave, so he had to say, "My string of beads is three hundred sixty at the lowest. If you want it, take it."

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

Comparing back and forth, this string of beads was passable, and besides, she couldn't come here for nothing today, right?

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

"Sun Laoliu, I want these beads. Let Duo Ye come over to settle the bill in a while."

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

He Xue looked at Wen Leyu, then at Li Ye behind 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 hand, so this thing isn't yours."

Wen Leyu's eyes narrowed.

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

Back at that debate competition, He Xue used Lu Jingyao's sore spot to attack Li Ye. Wen Leyu had held a grudge against He Xue at that time. Today the two met, and 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 she saw Li Ye, she didn't even look at him straight.

Today on Duo Ye's turf, she was going to avenge the grudge of Jin Lian from back then.

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 Sun Laoliu was also in a dilemma. Although the girl who paid was not old, she didn't look like someone easy to mess with.

But Duo Ye was also not easy to mess with!

If it were a year ago, Duo Ye would be in about the same situation as Sun Laoliu, but this year was different.

He was wealthy, specialized in collecting boutiques and top-grade items, and his methods were ruthless and dark enough. He raised a large group of thugs who wanted money but not 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 Duo Ye'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.

Just at this time, Sun Laoliu saw Duo Ye running over in a hurry from a distance.

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

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

She just looked at Duo Ye who was running over, coldly preparing to have a fight.

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

If it came to fists, was this market not planning to open tomorrow?

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

"Slap"

Really crisp, really loud.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 482 =====

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