Just as the two were chatting away, Wang Xia and Guan Xiaoguan rode back together. As soon as Wang Xia entered the courtyard, she called out when she saw Wang Yue,
"Bro, Mom says to come home for dinner!"
Wang Yue turned around and saw Wang Xia and Guan Xiaoguan, each riding a women's geared bicycle. The sweat on their foreheads made it clear they'd been riding hard.
Wang Yue smiled at Old Man Guan. "Uncle, I'll head home for dinner, then. I'll come by again after work tomorrow."
Old Man Guan merely waved a hand and rocked in his chair as if he'd fallen asleep again. His voice was so languid it was hard to make out.
"You can stay and eat here tomorrow. No need to keep running back and forth."
Wang Yue wasn't embarrassed in the least. He immediately smiled and said, "Uncle Guan, are you really inviting me, or just being polite? I could have my sister go home first today, and I'd stay and eat here."
Old Man Guan hadn't expected Wang Yue to be so shameless. He could almost rival Han Chunming!
Still, Old Man Guan thought people like that were just right for dealing in antiques. Without a thick enough skin, you'd never manage to find a bargain.
If you relied on money alone to buy antiques, collecting them could easily bankrupt you.
As for finding bargains, that was entirely a matter of skill and acting: getting people who didn't know the trade to sell you their treasures.
Put nicely, it was called finding a bargain. Put bluntly, it meant taking advantage of people who didn't understand the market by bluffing and talking them into a bad deal.
Of course, there was also the chance to make money off antique dealers by taking