Chapter 115 (2/2)
”Andy, I've prepared all the meals. You can heat them in the microwave at noon. Today I'm going to take a day off.” Liu Yan came out of the kitchen and said to Andy.
Andy asked casually, ”Aunt Liu, are you going home?”
”Ha ha, no, I'll be back in the afternoon. It's Sunday. The flea market of rose bowl is held today. I want to go and have a look. I'd like to hear some old Chinese people say that although the things there are a little old, they are all used, but the quality is still very good. When I get there, I might be able to exchange some Chinese antiques...”
”Well, Chinese antiques?” Andy puts down the remote control, looks at Liu Yan and confirms.
”There are many second-generation and third-generation descendants of immigrants who are setting up stalls to sell the things left by the elderly. They say that there are really people who want to exchange for good things, and they don't know whether they are true or not.”
Andy nodded thoughtfully. There are three levels in the antique market of Meidi: auction house, antique shop and flea market. Anyway, if he is free, he will go to join the party. There are not many good things, but there are many. Although he doesn't know how to do it, if he comes across something that his soul has a reaction to, he can at least guarantee that it's true or not.
”Aunt Liu, I'll go with you, and I'll have a look.” Andy puts little Laura on the sofa and starts putting on her shoes.Liu Yan smiled and put on her coat and shoes. Seeing Andy packing up, she picked up her handbag and opened the door.
Get in the car and go all the way.
After coming back a few days ago, I went to the Chinatown in New York City and was very interested in the Chinatown in Los Angeles. When I got there, I was disappointed.
Some of the buildings are very natural in appearance, and the streets are also very neat, except that there are no imaginary people coming and going, but they are very desolate. The bronze statues of Li Xiaolong and sun Dapao are particularly conspicuous.
Although there are many billboards on mandajie street in China, they are more Vietnamese.
It seems that because most of the Chinese people have moved to San Gabriel, the new immigrants can't even see the old urban area here. Gradually, they are filled by Vietnamese. The Chinese have become the settlement of Vietnamese, and a large number of old immigrants rent houses here.
However, there is an old antique shop, Kuang's, which has been in operation for decades. There are many things in it, but the price is not cheap. After all, people have been in operation for decades, and they know the quality of antiques very well, so the price of antiques on the shelf is still in line with its value.
Leak detection is not possible.
In the second-hand flea market, Andy is really strange. No matter in the past or in this life, he has no memory. He just knows that there are old things to sell there, and antiques are old things. As long as he doesn't know antiques at all, he may find treasures, but that's also a very small number. After all, there are not so many fools in the world.
In the famous Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, northeast Los Angeles, we saw cars parked on the spacious lawn in front of the door, people lined up in front of the window of the ticket office, children happily played with amusement equipment, and the air was filled with the mouth watering fragrance from the mobile dining car. The home court of the famous local football team UCLA football team turned into a huge open-air market, attracting visitors from all directions.
Walking into the fences around the stadium, countless tents are set up in the huge parking lot, and there are a variety of goods in it. Clothing, furniture, antiques, collectibles and gifts are all over the stalls. The vendors either shout loudly or bargain with the buyers in a low voice.
The market, known as the Rose Bowl garage fair, can hold 2000 vendors and nearly 50000 customers, making it the largest flea market on the west coast of the United States.
It opens on the second Sunday of each month. It is said that some Hollywood stars such as Oscar winner Paul Newman are regular visitors here.
Flea market adopts cash transaction to facilitate both parties. There are strict restrictions on the sellers of goods. The stall holders should not only pay the booth fees ranging from tens of dollars to hundreds of dollars, but also pay taxes to the relevant government departments. The stall holders are not allowed to sell infringing goods and sell stolen goods. Once found, they will be punished by law