Chapter 630 629. The Energy of the Flea Market

The Martins chased them to ask about the evening, and Li Du explained it in detail.

During the period, the couple kept crossing their chests, and finally they came to the same conclusion as Sophie, God bless, an archangel was sent down to rescue them.

Li Du took out the birthday present for Mr. Martin, a narwhal tooth.

Mr. Martin taught history but not biology. He was a little puzzled when he saw this thing, and asked, "What is this?"

Li Du introduced the identity of the narwhal tooth with a smile. Mr. Martin stroked the smooth surface of the tooth, and said in surprise: "This is the horn of a unicorn? God, it's so beautiful! But, this thing is not allowed to enter the people, right?"

There is an iron rule in the American folk collection field, that is, things that are prohibited by law must not be used as collection objects, such as wild animals or natural products protected by the state, weapons and drugs that have not been registered with government departments, etc. These cannot be collected.

For example, wild elephants are legally protected animals, and collecting ivory is a crime. Therefore, it is rare to buy, sell and collect ivory products.

However, this does not mean that there are no ivory and other items in the United States. There are still antique shops and some collectibles stores, but these items are from the previous year. They entered the market before the legal ban was issued, and these items can be collected.

"These have a collection permit, and I have someone identify them. Judging from the fracture, they have fallen off for more than half a century, so they can be collected." Li Du explained.

The Martins are university professors and must have a hobby of collecting things.

This narwhal tooth can enter their collection room and become a treasure among them. After all, this thing is of high value and has strong artistic plasticity. Once it is shaped into a work of art, its value will be even higher.

After returning from the house of Martin and his wife, Li Du stayed in the camp and didn't go out much.

He felt that his luck was too bad during this time, and he didn't want to go out to find excitement. According to the almanac, it was too old to show up in public.

In addition, he is resting and recuperating, and is going to go to the Petrified Forest National Park to continue searching for fire opal.

On the weekend, Hans was going to Hessman to attend the country auction, and asked Li Du if he wanted to go.

What they planned to auction was the man's secret base that had just been built. Hans priced it at 10,000 yuan, and all the electrical appliances used in it were brand-name. The total value was 5,000 yuan, which was very high.

Li Du was bored for a few days and wanted to go out to relax, so he nodded and said to go together.

The flea market auctions in autumn are particularly lively. After the autumn harvest, many people in the countryside are free and have money, so they start to add things to their homes.

In addition, rural areas in the United States have the habit of cleaning their homes in autumn, which is to store the harvested food. They will clean up their homes in autumn.

In this process, you will find a lot of things that you don't usually use, and they won't sell them, because selling them to grocery stores can often only be done cheaply.

They choose to go to the second-hand goods trading market, find what they need, and give their things to those who need them, so as to realize the maximum value of these things and achieve a win-win goal.

In the afternoon, five of them and four animals drove to the small town of Hessman.

The flea market in the town is very lively now, just like the yearly collection in Li Du’s hometown. There are stalls on both sides of the long street, selling everything: fruits and vegetables, food and snacks, hardware supplies, furniture and appliances, and seafood. and handicrafts.

Li Du saw some small things that looked old on many stalls, so he went up to them curiously and asked, "Are these all antiques?"

The stall was a middle-aged man of Chinese descent, who spoke fluent English, and said solemnly: "Yes, all of them are Chinese porcelain, which was brought by my grandfather when he immigrated to the United States from China."

Seeing that Li Du also had a Chinese face, he asked, "Are you Chinese?"

Li Du nodded and said, "Yes, I'm interested in the cultural heritage left by our ancestors recently, and I want to find some interesting things to take back for collection."

The middle-aged man immediately waved his hand and said: "Then you have found the right place, buddy, there are a lot of our cultural treasures here, come on, for the sake of our ancestors, if you make your choice, I will give you a 20% discount. "

Li Du laughed, this buddy is very good at soliciting business.

He released small flying insects, looking for something with time energy.

It is impossible to find any antique cultural relics in this kind of place. It is too difficult to find leaks in the street stalls. The things of these stall owners have been appraised. If there are real cultural relics, I must keep them myself.

His purpose is to find something that contains the energy of time, and then feed the little flying insects.

As a result, the little flying insect came out to wander around, and returned to his shoulders without interest. Obviously, the things here looked antique, but they were actually fakes and worthless.

In this case, he shook his head and left without wasting time.

The middle-aged man quickly grabbed him and said, "What's the matter, brother? Look, I have some good things here. Look, this is Yuan blue and white, this is Yuan and Ming ancient coins, and there are also weapons from the Sui and Tang Dynasties..."

Li Du resolutely leaves, the more he talks about it, the more unreliable it is, Yuan Qinghua? Yuan and Ming ancient coins? Sui and Tang weapons? Take out any one of these things and you can buy everything in the entire market!

He guessed that he would continue to stay, and this middle-aged man even took out the bronze vessels from the Spring and Autumn Period.

But the market is huge, and there are always things that contain the energy of time. The little flying insects flew around, and soon found a rusty dagger.

Li Du strolled over. This stall was owned by a second-hand treasure hunter. The owner was an acquaintance of his, named Wright George. They were two brothers, and they often went to his camp to play.

Since he was an acquaintance, he stopped beating around the bush and asked, "How much is this dagger?"

Wright's eyes lit up, and he said, "Hey, Lee, what good is this dagger? Tell me, for the sake of friendship, let me have a chance to make some money."

This dagger is not a famous product, it just contains time energy, and the little flying insects are only interested.

Li Du used the ability to reverse time and saw the scene where the dagger followed a veteran walking on the battlefield of World War II.

The veteran took good care of this dagger, and usually wiped and maintained it. Later, when he passed away, his family threw the dagger in the garage, which caused it to rust.

Li Du said: "To be honest, Wright, this knife is not worth much. I just want to buy it casually. I definitely don't want to collect it or sell it to make money."

He has a good reputation in the circle of treasure hunters in Flagstaff City. He will not make money from his own people, but only lead them to make money.

Therefore, Wright believed his words, and said helplessly: "Then give me fifty yuan, I bought it for twenty-five yuan."

Li Du threw him fifty yuan, took the dagger and threw it in the backpack at will, and the little flying insect immediately got in and sucked the time energy in it.