darknovel Chapter 47 1 Accidentally Picked Up 5
Chapter 47 1 Accidentally Picked Up 5
Seeing Li Yi rummaging through his stall, the shopkeeper didn't care whether Li Yi was a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner or not.
Anyway, we're all destined not to be together today.
"Hey kid, all the books here are 100 yuan each, no bargaining. If you're not going to buy them, don't touch them."
Wang Tao immediately objected, "They're just some old books, not antiques. You dare to sell them for a hundred yuan a copy?"
The shopkeeper rolled his eyes and said dismissively, "If they were really antiques, I wouldn't sell them for a million! Anyway, these are all old books that you can't find on the market. Take it or leave it."
"you......"
Wang Tao wanted to say something more, but Li Yi stopped her.
"Fine, one hundred it is."
As the stall owner said, the books here are all secondhand books that you can't find anywhere else.
If it's really related to medicine, then 100 yuan is nothing.
Li Yi scanned the stall and immediately spotted a particularly thick book.
That book had some mold on the surface and looked older than the other books.
So he immediately brought the book over.
This book seems to be a biography.
The book begins by using a flashback technique to tell the story of the author himself suffering from a strange illness.
Li Yi was engrossed in watching when the stall owner started urging him on again.
"Kid, your time's up. If you keep reading, you'll have to pay!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Tao immediately became displeased. "Pah! You're selling a lousy book for such a high price, and you won't even let people take a look at it first?"
The shop owner retorted, "Nonsense! Books are different from other things. If everyone read them like you, and didn't buy them, who would I sell them to?"
Li Yigang had just become somewhat interested in the contents of the book.
After hearing the argument between the boss and Wang Tao, he simply closed the book and said, "Fine, one hundred it is. I'll buy this book."
Li Yi took out his phone and was about to pay.
Then, the shopkeeper suddenly spoke up again: "Wait! This book costs two hundred yuan."
Seeing his sudden price increase, Wang Tao was immediately furious. "What's wrong with you? We clearly agreed on one hundred yuan per book, and now it's two hundred yuan?"
The stall owner glanced at Li Yi and casually made up an excuse, "This book is more than twice as thick as the others, and I'm only charging you two hundred yuan, which is already a bargain."
Two hundred yuan isn't much, but the other party's arbitrary price increases are rather annoying.
Li Yi frowned, hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Fine, two hundred it is. But if you raise the price any further, I won't take the book."
"Don't worry, I value integrity the most in business. If I say two hundred, I mean two hundred. I will never go back on my word."
The stall owner immediately pulled out his QR code for payment.
He beamed with joy as soon as Li Yi finished paying the bill.
I bought these old books for only three cents a pound.
I met this sucker Li Yi today; he sold a book for two hundred yuan. He really made a killing.
"Xiao Li, really! You knew he was deliberately raising the price, yet you still spent two hundred yuan on a worthless book!"
Seeing that Li Yi had actually bought the book, Wang Tao immediately started complaining.
"It's okay, it's just two hundred yuan. I think this book is quite interesting."
"Tch! It's just a tattered book, all moldy, what's so interesting about it?" Wang Tao scoffed.
She didn't care about the two hundred yuan; she just felt uncomfortable because she thought Li Yi had been cheated.
Li Yi naturally understood Wang Tao's thoughts.
He glanced down at the book he had just bought and noticed that it was not only moldy but also covered in a thick layer of dust, so he simply shook it off.
In an instant, dust rose everywhere and smoke filled the air.
"Pah! That's really dirty."
Li Yi accidentally shook off the dust and covered himself in it.
Upon seeing this, the stall owner grinned.
Just then, a small, square piece of paper floated down from the book and landed on the ground along with the dust.
"Huh? What's that?"
Li Yi thought someone had put a bookmark in the book, so he casually picked up the small piece of paper from the ground.
The small piece of paper was slightly yellowed, with a dragon drawn in the middle and several traditional Chinese characters written on it.
"Five cents in silver, large post office..."
Wang Tao also came over and read the words on it, "Xiao Li, doesn't this look like a stamp?"
Li Yi nodded. "I think so."
Wait a minute! The Large Dragon stamps?
The boss, who was watching Li Yi eat dust, was slightly taken aback when he heard these words, and then immediately ran over and craned his neck.
After he finally saw the small piece of paper in Li Yi's hand clearly, his pupils contracted and his breathing became labored.
"Young man, this is indeed a stamp, but its condition is so-so. However, I'm a collector of secondhand goods here, and maybe someone likes to collect these kinds of things. Why don't you just sell it to me?"
Upon hearing this, Li Yi subconsciously turned to look at the other person. "Boss, is this thing valuable?"
"Oh dear, what money could such a small thing be worth? It would only sell for three or five hundred if it were someone who really loves collecting stamps."
"Here's what I'll do: I'll take it for two hundred yuan. If I find a suitable person who's meant to have it, I'll resell it to earn a little extra money."
Wait a minute! Something's not right.
The boss in front of me had a flushed face and his muscles were trembling slightly, which was clearly due to a surge of adrenaline causing his blood vessels to dilate.
If the stamp in my hand is really only worth a few hundred yuan, why would the other party go to such lengths?
Although Li Yi didn't know much about stamps, he was very familiar with human body reactions. "Forget it, it's only two hundred yuan. I'll just keep it for myself."
"etc!"
Seeing him turn to leave, the shopkeeper quickly stopped him. "Young man, to be honest, I quite enjoy collecting stamps. How about this, I'll take it for five hundred yuan!"
The other person's blood flow accelerated.
Li Yi smiled, shook his head, and uttered two words: "Not for sale!"
"One thousand dollars, I'll offer one thousand dollars! If that's not enough, young man, you can name your price?"
Seeing the boss so excited, even Wang Tao belatedly realized that something was wrong.
"Xiao Li, is this stamp very valuable?"
"I don't know either!"
Li Yi shook his head, then suddenly remembered Wen Rui, "How about we take a picture and ask Sister Wen?"
"Oh right! How could I forget about Xiao Liu? She's a history professor!"
Upon hearing the words "history professor," the stall owner's face immediately changed. "Fifty thousand dollars! I'll pay fifty thousand! Just sell me these stamps!"
"Pshaw! We won't sell it for any price!"
Wang Tao had never liked him, so she rolled her eyes, took out her phone, took a picture of the stamp, and sent it to Wen Rui.
The next moment, the phone rang.
"Hey, Xiao Liu, that stamp from earlier..."
Before Wang Tao could finish speaking, Wen Rui interrupted her, "Taozi, where are you right now?"
"I'm with Xiao Li on Taining Street."
"Wait here, I'm coming right away! That was a Large Dragon stamp, extremely rare, worth at least five million. Don't damage it."
Hearing the urgent voice on the phone, Wang Tao froze on the spot.
Seeing that she was motionless and somewhat dazed, Li Yi asked curiously, "What's wrong? What did Sister Wen say?"
Wang Tao held the small stamp in front of her eyes, as if in a dream.
"Xiao Liu said this stamp is worth at least five...five million!"
How many?
Upon hearing this, Li Yi's eyes widened immediately.