The Old Miser's Son (Part Two)

It had to be said that Ma Laocai's son really did have a talent for antiques. After learning from Ma Laocai for a while, he was more than capable of working as a picker. He had even found several bargains, which made Ma Laocai very happy.

More importantly, Ma Laocai's son had inherited his father's cold-blooded "personality." He was incredibly stingy when buying things. For an item worth two hundred yuan, he would insist on paying only twenty. His miserly ways were every bit as bad as Ma Laocai's.

Ma Laocai, however, felt no shame. He was actually proud of it, loudly proclaiming that his successor had arrived.

The only bad thing about Ma Laocai's son was his extraordinarily explosive temper. Whenever there was the slightest disagreement, he liked to settle things with his fists. At first, nothing too serious happened, but seven or eight months earlier, he had gotten into major trouble.

Once, Ma Laocai's son went to the countryside to collect an item and took a fancy to a Duan inkstone. But the man was so stingy with his offer that, despite prolonged bargaining over an item worth more than two thousand yuan, he was willing to pay only one hundred and fifty. The owner naturally refused him outright.

As luck would have it, another picker passed by at that moment. Seeing that the owner would not sell, he came over, examined the item, and then bought the Duan inkstone for five hundred yuan. When Ma Laocai's son saw that the item he had wanted had been bought by someone in the same trade, how could he accept that? He immediately rushed over and began cursing furiously.

The picker found it baffling. "Your offer didn't satisfy the owner, so he refused to sell it to you. What's wrong