bullyxtreme Chapter 2036: Being Followed
Chapter 2036: Being Followed
"Okay." He thought the price was good, so he took out 100 yuan from his wallet and handed it to her.
"Deal, hehe." The stall owner said, then took out a small cloth bag, put the snuff bottle in it, and handed it to Lin Ran.
Before leaving, Lin Ran warned her again: "You are not an industry insider, and you are setting up a stall alone. Try to close the stall as late as possible. It will be safer to go back in the morning."
Although most visitors should be just ordinary collectors.
But people's hearts are divided, and among the people who come to pick up leaks, there are many gambling dogs who owe a lot of debt. There is no guarantee that they will use their brains when they see that the stall owner is so young and female.
But there was only so much he could do.
"Thank you, little brother." The stall owner smiled, then pointed at Lin Ran's face and asked, "Why do you have to wear a mask?"
“In the past, you had to wear a mask when doing business here.”
"Really? No wonder I said I saw some people wearing masks?"
While she was muttering to herself, Lin Ran had already left the stall.
You are changing, and the world is changing.
Today’s ghost market no longer requires wearing a mask to conduct transactions.
But this situation is more dangerous, and everyone knows it when wearing a mask.
But some people wear masks and cannot see through their true thoughts.
Lin Ran would come here at night to set up stalls and hang out with people. Everyone had a story behind them. The most important thing was to ensure his own safety.
He walked on and looked at some stalls.
There was nothing left that could attract his attention.
Holding one in hand and wearing a mask, I don’t have to worry about being recognized by yesterday’s stall owner.
Therefore, he walked directly towards the stall owner's position yesterday.
Sure enough, I saw the stall owner at the same place, and in his stall, a wooden box appeared again, very similar to the one from yesterday.
Lin Ran wanted to take down the wooden box, maybe half of the treasure map was inside.
However, he did not show this intention directly, but stopped in front of the stall.
The stall owner saw a masked man standing in front of the stall and immediately smiled: "This brother is an old customer."
Lin Ran didn't answer, just nodded.
"Look at whatever you want." The stall owner waved his hand, indicating that he could look at the goods on the stall.
People wearing masks like this are all old players in East Stone Valley.
The stall owner has obviously been here before to set up a stall, but this year he was told that he no longer needed to hide his identity, so he didn't wear a mask.
Don't think it's funny when you look at the person wearing a child's mask in front of you.
But at the same time, it felt a little familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere before.
Lin Ran did not go directly to look at the wooden box, but pointed to an inkstone and said, "Can I have a look at that thing?"
"Please." The stall owner nodded.
At the same time, two other people came to the stall, and the stall owner also went to greet them.
Lin Ran observed the inkstone in his hand. Although it was the shape and standard of the Qing Dynasty inkstone, the workmanship had obvious traces of mechanical processing. It should have been imitated in the past two years.
He put down the inkstone with some disappointment.
In fact, in the ghost market in the 80s, as long as you have a discerning eye, you can still pick up good things.
Since the 90s, folk ghost markets like Dongshi Valley have been completely replaced. Counterfeit goods are also rampant in Panjiayuan, Liulichang and other places, making it almost impossible to pick up the missing goods.
However, what makes him regretful is that a large number of fakes have appeared since the beginning of this era.
Maybe it's really because of the butterfly effect brought about by his rebirth, the rapid economic development, antiques in prosperous times, and gold in troubled times.
After having money, people will think about investing.
There was no stock market in this era, so the best way to invest was in antiques.
A large amount of money is revealed in the antique market, and it will naturally be targeted by counterfeiting gangs.
Originally, the past two years were supposed to be the golden period for picking up leaks, but when I saw a bunch of fakes on the market, which were still machine-processed imitations, I felt an indescribable feeling.
But it didn't matter, he looked away from the inkstone.
In fact, his real purpose is the wooden box.
The shape of this wooden box is exactly the same as yesterday's wooden box. The stall owner also said that there is only one, which is obviously misleading others and artificially creating scarcity.
To be fair, this kind of wooden box would not fetch much if sold alone.
Lin Ran wanted nothing more than to find the treasure map inside.
He slowly shifted his gaze to the wooden box, but just as he shifted his gaze, he felt something unusual.
The other two customers at booth three were not entirely focused on the items they wanted to buy. One of them glanced at Lin Ran from time to time.
Before, Lin Ran might not have taken it to heart.
But after experiencing so many things, Lin Ran instantly guessed that they were following him.
He pretended to look at a wooden Buddha statue at hand and deliberately asked: "Boss, can I take a look at this?"
In fact, before the boss could answer, he went to look at the two people next to him.
Sure enough, those two people were observing themselves.
Seeing Lin Ran's face turned to their side, he immediately lowered his head and continued to look at the goods on the stall.
This move undoubtedly proved Lin Ran's guess was correct.
However, Lin Ran suddenly remembered that he was wearing a mask, so it shouldn't be his enemies who came to his door. If there were cars following him, and there were not many cars on the road at such a late hour, he would have noticed it already.
If it weren't for having a grudge against him, he would come here.
There is only one possibility - to make money.
He was wearing very ordinary linen clothes, with patches specially left on them, because Lin Ran knew that wealth should not be revealed.
He wants other people to feel that he is poor and only comes here to make money by picking up leaks.
Such people often have little money and will not become targets of robbers and thieves.
However, they still focused on him.
In a ghost market, there is only one possibility.
He instantly thought of the snuff bottle he had just bought.
Only fresh meat can attract wild beasts, and the snuff bottle just now may be their target.
Lin Ran never stood up, and the other two people kept watching.
When the stall owner asked them, they also hesitated, which made the stall owner a little unhappy.
"Watch it for yourselves."
He was no longer introducing his own goods. In contrast, he felt that Lin Ran might be more discerning.
Lin Ran was holding a wooden Buddha statue in his hand at this time.
Before he could appraise it, he heard the stall owner boasting: "Little brother, how do you look at the nanmu Buddha statue?"
Lin Ran lowered his head and looked at the wooden Buddha statue in his hand.
The level of carving is quite high, showing the solemnity of the Buddha.
As the stall owner said, the Buddha statue is made of hard nanmu material. The material is strong and more suitable for carving textures. No wonder the expressions are lifelike.
The wood carving is approximately 25cm tall and stands on a lotus print on the base.
Lin Ran looked at the Buddha statue, and actually observed the two people around him through the gaps in the mask.