The next day, Lin Yi woke up early in the morning and was in a state of chaos, with a little confused mind. It seemed that he had a dream last night. The strange woman named Yu Meiyan got into her dream. As for what she said and did in the dream, she couldn't remember it.

At this moment, Lin Yi felt like Zhuang Mengdie in Jia Pingwa's novel "The Abandoned Capital", because the woman was so entangled.

He got up, went to the bathroom, washed his face with a handful of water, and then woke up. He really woke up, and looked at the time, it was almost eight o'clock. If I remember well, today was the first time I went to work after I was transferred to work.

...

The wind rushed to the company in a hurry and went directly to the business department to report. I thought I was late for the first time and would be criticized by someone, but when Lin Yi arrived at the business department, he was stunned.

Is this really a business department? Why... no one? No, to be precise, there are only two old men sitting in front of the counter, one reading the newspaper and the other drinking tea with a tea cup. This situation is very different from the lively situation of the business department in Lin Yi’s impression.

Seeing that the two old men were busy with their own things, Lin Yi felt a little embarrassed to speak, so he had to cough and said, "I'm sorry, who is Uncle De?"

At this time, the one holding the newspaper raised his head, showed his reading glasses, and looked at Lin Yi with a deep brow, "I am, what's wrong?"

Lin Yi hurriedly said, "Hello, Uncle De, I'm here to report. I just transferred here today."

The reading glasses - Uncle De, then slowly put away the newspaper and muttered: "These guys from the Human Resources Department are really good. They asked them to find me a capable one, but they just found me a young man." They seemed to have a bad impression of Lin Yi's first.

"What do you know?"

"Which aspect are you referring to?"

"Will it be possible to pour tea and water?"

“This…can be done.”

“Can you massage the back massage?”

"This...is difficult."

"Where are flattering and flattering?"

"This... hasn't been learned."

"If you don't learn, you have to study hard---It's not that you flatter me, but that you are to customers." Uncle De explained.

Lin Yi was surprised: "Is this... necessary?"

"Of course it is necessary. Do you think this is still a pawn shop in feudal society, a pawn shop, a regular enterprise. Customers are God. What do we eat if we don't flatter customers?" Uncle De taught.

"But, aren't we responsible for treasure appraisal?" Lin Yi said in confusion.

"Wrong! It's not us, it's me and him. As for you, your responsibility is to serve customers well and serve me well by the way."

Uncle De said this. The old man who was sitting beside and leisurely tasting tea was unhappy and said in a voice: "De, what are you saying, how do you serve you alone? Then who will serve me?"

Uncle De sneered: "He is my apprentice sent by the Human Resources Department to the Ministry of Human Resources, and it's not yours. If you want to find someone to serve him, then apply to the Human Resources Department."

"It's a big deal to apply. One person stayed in less than ten days and ran away. Those who didn't know thought that our place was a dragon's and tiger's den. Nowadays, it's so difficult to find an apprentice in our industry."

"It's your fault, it's not me, I have it." Uncle De raised his eyebrows and looked at Lin Yi again: "What's your name?"

"Lin Yi."

"Well, the name is OK, it's easy to remember. Forest belongs to wood, and the leisure belongs to earth. Wood and earth are very matched. You will have a good future in the future--I belong to metal in the five elements, and metal overcomes wood. You must be careful in the future and don't make me angry, otherwise the consequences will be serious." Uncle De said very seriously.

Lin Yi was stunned and suddenly remembered what Song Qiaochu told him, saying that these two old men had strange tempers, and many interns and apprentices were driven away after staying for less than a month. He thought it was just a joke, but he didn't expect it to be true.

"Okay, since you're here, work hard and don't worry me. Well, go and sweep the floor first and then mop it. The most important thing about the sales department is the storefront, what kind of despicable thing is the dirty floor."

"Then when will you teach me how to appraise treasures?"

"Teaching you, why do I teach you? Have you paid me the tuition?"

Lin Yi was stunned: "No."

"Have you performed the ceremony of apprenticeship?"

"No."

“Is it my duty to teach you?”

Lin Yi: “…”

"So, you'd better sweep the floor!" Uncle De sent Lin Yi away directly.

Looking back, Uncle De said to the old man who was drinking tea: "Why are young people so impetuous nowadays? They did nothing and wanted to learn skills. At that time, we all bowed three times and bowed nine times, and even gave the master a red envelope..."

Old man drinking tea--Uncle Kang: "Times have changed, do you think it was the pawnshop of the past."

"Don't run me, let's take a bet again."

"Okay, just like before, I'll bet on how many days your new apprentice can last."

Uncle De smiled coldly, "I let him not hold on for ten days."

Uncle Kang: "I bet he can hold on for half a month."

“Where is the bet?”

"Old-looking, a pound of top-quality Tieguanyin."

"make a deal!"

...

For three consecutive days, Lin Yi, who was transferred to the business department, learned to do two things: sweeping and mopping the floor.

As a master, Uncle De also "did not hide his own personalities" and told him a lot of skills---

When sweeping the floor, turn off the air conditioner and then sweep it again to prevent dust from flying around.

When mopping the floor, add some dishwashing liquid locally to facilitate sterilization and disinfection and clean the floor.

As for how to appraise treasures, he didn't teach him a word.

Fortunately, Lin Yi still has a pair of eyes, so he can watch it from the side. When the business department is doing well, he can pick up almost every day for customers. Most of the customers who come here have financial difficulties and want to mortgage their valuable things, including mortgages of real estate, cars, mortgage shops, jewelry, and of course, mortgages of some antiques and cultural relics, these rare collections.

Often at this time, Lin Yi, who has turned into an apprentice, would stare at Uncle De and Uncle Kang identifying such a treasure, and learn a trick and half a move aside.

During the period, Uncle Kang was an expert in gold and stone, good at identifying antiques and jade, while Uncle De was an expert in calligraphy and painting, good at identifying calligraphy and painting works from various periods.

The reason why Lin Yi came to this pawnshop was that this day, and he would certainly not miss it when encountering treasure appraisal.

But often when Lin Yi concentrates and watches with relish, Uncle De will suddenly interrupt the appraisal of treasures and instruct Lin Yi: "Go, pour me a cup of tea."

When Lin Yi hurriedly poured the tea and brought it over, the treasure appraisal here had been completed.

Lin Yixin complained about this, but couldn't say it. Uncle De just looked cold and seemed to have never regarded Lin Yi as his apprentice.

Uncle De's attitude towards Lin Yi was all because of his eyesight. Uncle Kang was worried. It was not because of love. He felt sorry for Lin Yi, but because he was about to lose the bet. He probably would have to pay Uncle De a pound of the best Tieguanyin. This kind of Tieguanyin was brought by Xu Haoming and Xu from other places from thousands of miles away and gave them a gift. It is said that one tael costs several thousand yuan. Each of them got three pounds, and they hid at home and couldn't bear to drink it. Last time, he made a bet, Uncle Kang won a pound and was happy for several days, but he was unwilling to lose again.

So Uncle Kang's eyes rolled and he made a plan to heart.

On that day, Lin Yi had just cleaned the floor of the business department and wiped the tables, chairs, benches, counters, etc. As soon as he packed up, he was about to go home. Uncle Kang bit his little mouth pot and walked over slowly, asking, "Lin Yi, how many days have you been here?"

Lin Yi said, "It's been almost four or five days."

"Are you still used to it?"

"It's okay." Lin Yi didn't quite understand why Uncle Kang suddenly cared about him.

"Young people, be honest... If you are not used to it, you are not used to it, and what is okay to say." Then he lowered his voice, pulled his mouth out of the mouth of the pot and said sneakily: "You don't need to say I know that Old Man De abused you... I can't even feel sorry for it."

Lin Yi stared at Uncle Kang blankly, dizzy, the old man is so kind?

Seeing Lin Yi being stunned, Uncle Kang thought he had been moved by him, so he returned to his serious appearance and said, "Little Linzi, I think you are a rare talent. It is a good thing for young people to like studying. The treasure appraisal industry requires a young man who is as passionate as you..." He glanced at Lin Yi with his eyes.

Lin Yi was still confused. Did this old man take the wrong medicine?

Seeing that Lin Yi was so unintentional, Uncle Kang was straightforward: "So, you should be my apprentice!"

You should be my apprentice!

Lin Yi was a little in a turning point for Uncle Kang's "forever" request.

"Ahem, Uncle Kang, aren't you kidding?" Lin Yi asked.

Uncle Kang's expression was a bit unnatural. He was definitely the first time he did it. He was inevitably unprofessional and not thick-skinned enough. "I just said casually, I will teach you if you want, and if you don't want to, I will pull you down." He became a child's temper.

Lin Yi laughed, "Why don't you want to? I came to this business department to learn from you two elders."

"You are tactful." Uncle Kang breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately reminded Lin Yi, "You can't tell Uncle De about this."

"Why?"

"I'm considering his face, who makes us kind-hearted!" Uncle Kang sighed indifferently.

...

In the next few days, Lin Yi secretly followed Uncle Kang to learn how to identify antiques on gold and stone.

At the beginning, Uncle De just wanted to prevent Lin Yi from being driven away by Uncle De, so he could just swear to teach him something; but Lin Yi was actually very talented and understood at a glance, which made Uncle Kang feel strange. He was not so smart when he was learning treasure appraisal. Did he meet a genius? Suddenly, Uncle Kang became curious about Lin Yi, and accidentally taught some more profound treasure appraisal knowledge to Lin Yi.

Besides, Lin Yi is not a genius. The main reason is that he likes to read books and also likes to read some books involving gold, stone, antiques, calligraphy and painting. After reading too much, it is inevitable that there is some inventory in his stomach. Old Man Kang burns his inventory by burning it a little bit, so his skills in gold, stone identification are so great that he can see that Old Man Kang patted his chest and shouted "Incredible"!

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Chapter completed!