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“How much is this?”
The owner of the stall stared at the wine bottle before replying, “Well, my father said that I could only sell that for at least twenty thousand dollars and not a cent less!”
Jacob almost laughed out loud when he heard the price of the wine bottle. Subsequently, he quickly said to Joe, “The owner of the stall does not even know the value of the antiques that he is selling! Let’s hurry up and buy it before anyone else does.”
After he was done speaking, Jacob hurriedly took some money out from his pocket.
At this time, Joe quickly stopped Jacob before he smiled and said, “Dad, this thing is definitely not worth twenty thousand dollars. We are not buying it.”
“What?” Jacob was taken aback. “Then… how much do you think it is worth?”
Joe stretched out his hand before shaking his hand in front of the owner. “This number.”
“Five thousand dollars?” The boss asked as he stared at Joe.
Joe shook his head. “No. Fifty dollars at most.”
The owner of the stall stared at Joe as though he was looking at an alien before he suddenly shouted, “Do you even know the value of antiques? This is an antique that was left behind by my grandfather! It is a rare piece of treasure that you cannot find anywhere else today. Are you trying to bully me just because you are from the city?!”
Jacob became anxious and tried to stop Joe from challenging the owner of the stall. “Joe, don’t talk nonsense. You are interfering with his business.”
Joe smiled before raising the wine bottle and turning it around. After that, he wiped the yellow mud stain from the bottom of the wine bottle with his hand and pointed to the wordings at the base of the wine bottle. “Dad, take a look at this.”
The wordings were very small, and an ordinary person would not have noticed it if Joe had not pointed it out. There were a few words written in English at the bottom of the wine bottle.
“Made in China.”
Jacob was so stunned that he froze in place for a brief moment, at a loss for words.
After a short while, he regained his composure and his face flushed red as he yelled and pointed his finger at the owner of the stall.
“You… you cheater!”
Joe took the wine bottle and waved it in front of the owner of the stall before saying, “The manufacturer will not blatantly allow the sale of fake antiques, and that is the reason why they printed this in the fine print. You are quite clever to cover everything with mud. Will you sell this for thirty dollars now?”
“This…”
The owner of the stall was stunned for a moment before the smile on his face disappeared completely.
“Boss, I think I must have brought the wrong wine bottle out since I rushed out of the house in a hurry today.”
“So, you brought the wrong bottle out today?” Joe smiled as he picked up another wine bottle that was covered in mud. He wiped the mud off with his hand before looking at it under the sun. After inspecting it, Joe said, “What about this bottle, then? It seems as though this wine bottle was made in Suzhou.”
Sure enough, there was a row of small characters written below the bottle.
“Made by Suzhou Craft Factory.”
“I don’t know what is written on it since I am illiterate,” The owner of the stall smirked as he replied. After that, he rubbed the sole of his feet against the oil paper, making it seem as though he was not interested in doing business with them at all.
Jacob became angry and annoyed when he saw that he had been fooled.
Grabbing hold of the owner of the stall, he shouted angrily at him.
“You liar! Give me back my money!”
“What money are you talking about?! I have never seen you before in my life!” The owner of the stall shouted back as he struggled to set himself free. Just then, the fake copper coins and jade horses that he had put on display fell to the ground.
However, when the jade horse fell to the ground, it did not break at all! In fact, it seemed to be made out of hardened plastic.
“I will call the police if you refuse to return my money to me!” Jacob yelled as he exploded in anger.
Both of them continued struggling, and during their tussle, something fell from the owner’s sleeve.
Joe frowned when he saw the fallen item.
Staring at it, it turned out to be a fist-sized white pebble that looked just like any regular pebble that could be found by the river or beach.
However, the only difference was the fact that there were a few words carved on the pebble—Peace and Wealth!
The font was very crude, and at first glance, it was evident that these words had been manually carved onto the pebble.
This kind of pebbles with engravings could be found anywhere in the city, therefore, it was usually not worth any money at all. It was no wonder why the owner of the stall did not display the pebble along with the other items.
Joe walked up to the pebble before picking it up. As soon as he touched the pebble, he could feel the blood boiling within his body.
He could feel a completely different vibe exuding from this object!
It was not just a vibe, it felt more like some kind of energy and magnetic field that was producing a very powerful attraction force, attracting Joe to it.
Joe knew that this must be the spiritual energy that was recorded in the , also known as reiki.
Reiki was a mysterious energy that had already been lost for a long time. Even though it could not completely transform a person’s physical body, it could cultivate and produce many incredible effects on the human body.