Although Jiang Wei was a local, this was the first time he has come to Antique Street. He looked around like a silly mule, wanting to see inside after seeing a shop. Fatty Wang grabbed him by the collar and snarled: “Follow the Little Master.”
Lin Qingyin held the tortoiseshell and stayed in the middle of the street for a while, and then walked directly to a nearby shop. The shop owner was sitting under the eaves and drinking tea. He saw Lin Qingyin, but he only raised an eyebrow and didn’t get up. However, when he saw Fatty Wang behind, he smiled.
“Oh, Fat Brother has time to come here? Is business not so good recently?”
Fatty Wang laughed twice but didn’t directly answer his question. Instead, he said ambiguously: “I was bored to death, so I came to see if Boss Zhao has received any treasures.”
Jiang Wei was in his early twenties, and Lin Qingyin was only a high school student. Boss Zhao thought that Fatty Wang brought out his relatives to see the world, so he stood up without care, and lazily opened the store door: “You came at the right time, I just received a bunch of old coins 10 minutes ago. Some of them are pretty old, you buy some of them to play with.”
After Lin Qingyin came in, she looked around the shop. Her eyes then stayed in the small stainless steel basin on the counter, which contained dozens of old coins, which seemed to be from all dynasties.
Fatty Wang followed Lin Qingyin’s line of sight and looked into the small basin. He reached out and fiddled his finger at it, then shook his head in dissatisfaction: “This is product is not so good, huh? Boss Zhao, where is your good old money? Take it out for us to see.”
Boss Zhao pulled out three thick boxes with ancient coins from the shelf behind him and placed them on the counter. He opened them casually, and there they saw the ancient coins were stored separately, at a glance.
Boss Zhao leaned his arms on the counter and introduced them: “These products are the best, there is no damage at all, but the price is slightly higher.”
Lin Qingyin only glanced at it and no longer pay attention. She moved back her gaze to the small basin. Boss Zhao didn’t care too much when he saw it. He knew it as soon as he saw these three people. Fatty Wang didn’t plan to buy anything at all. He was just brought these young people out to meet the world.
He chatted with Fatty Wang from the side, while Lin Qingyin picked up 5 ancient coins from the small basin. Fatty Wang stretched out his neck and took a look. The 5 ancient coins had thick verdigris on the surface. They couldn’t tell which age these coins belong to.
Fatty Wang knew that the Little Master didn’t know much about other stuff besides fortune-telling, so he quickly explained to her: “Little Master, the verdigris on these old coins is too thick. Even if they are cleaned, it will damage its appearance. I’ve never seen this kind of ancient money.” Fatty Wang said, then asked: “Boss Zhao, what dynasty is this money?”
Boss Zhao took it and looked at it carefully. It was covered with verdigris, he couldn’t see the pattern on it, so he didn’t care much and handed it back: “It’s not worth any money. If you like it, I will sell it to you. 5 coins for 100 yuan.”
After paying, Lin Qingyin held the 5 coins in her palms as if they were treasures. Although she didn’t speak, Fatty Wang and Jiang Wei could see that her brows were filled with joy.
“Little Master, is there any particular good about these coins you choose?”
When they got out of the shop, Fatty Wang couldn’t help but ask. Although he was not very proficient in antiques, he has also learned a little about them. These ancient coins don’t look valuable.
Lin Qingyin held up an ancient coin and looked at the sun: “It doesn’t need to be valuable, as long as it has spiritual energy.”
Early the next morning, Lin Qingyin set up spiritual energy gathering formation and slowly transported the spiritual energy in her body to the ancient coins. The verdigris on the ancient coins dissipated out of thin air, revealing its true appearance that belongs from thousands of years ago.
After putting the ancient coins into the tortoiseshell, the tortoiseshell made a slight noise of pleasure. Lin Qingyin smiled, but then sighed with regret: “It’s a pity that one coin is missing.”
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5 days passed in a blink of an eye. Lin Qingyin checked all her homework again and found that they were all completed. She had to say that Jiang Wei was indeed a top student. He even imitated her handwriting when writing her homework. Lin Qingyin felt that as long as the teacher didn’t look at it carefully, he would be fooled.
Compared with Lin Qingyin, her parents were more nervous. Lin Qingyin didn’t do well in school last semester. No need to mention her decline in studies, even her mood decline, which made her parents even more worried. Although they were happy to see her doing her homework and undergone makeup lessons during summer vacation, they were worried about her entering the school. What if those students in school bully Lin Qingyin again? So they wanted to talk to the teachers at school.
However, they need to ask Lin Qingyin’s opinion about it first. Lin Qingyin refused without even thinking about it. She will make those students pay for what they did to the original owner.
Seeing her daughter full of self-confidence, Lin Qingyin’s Mother felt a lot more at ease. She put the newly bought clothes and schoolbags on Lin Qingyin’s bed, then asked: “You will report to school tomorrow. Is the monthly exam will also be held tomorrow, Monday?
Lin Qingyin: “!!!”
Seeing her daughter looked shocked, Lin Qingyin’s Mother also became surprised: “Didn’t you read the notice you brought back before the holiday?”
Lin Qingyin carefully checked her memory and found out that after seeing the transcript, the original owner directly stuffed the notice in her bag and jumped into the river. She didn’t even read the notice!
The mother and daughter looked at each other. Then Lin Qingyin’s Mother saw her daughter picking up the tortoiseshell and seriously fell in thoughts. Is she trying to calculate when will be the exam or trying to calculate the answers in the exam in advance?