43 Carving

Five million is definitely a low price beyond Chen Xiu's heart, if it was before, he would definitely agree without saying a word.

However, since he went to see the "Holy Order" with Qin Zhi yesterday, he was deeply fascinated by the vicissitudes of the antique itself.

The most important thing is that he really doesn't lack five million now.

"Elder Zhang, if you like it, I can give it to you in the future...... Not now, though. Chen Xiu shook his head and said, "I plan to use this cabinet to practice my hands and practice my technique of repairing wooden antiques!"

Zhang Lao was originally a collector, so he naturally understood Chen Xiu's mood of repairing an antique by himself, nodded and said: "It seems that I am more and more fond of the craft of restoration, and I am also very pleased, but according to your current level...... It's a bit hard to restore this big guy to good condition!"

"It's not difficult, it's very difficult!"

Chen Xiu still knows how many catties and taels he has.

"I don't know how to fix it without getting new. ”

"Isn't it easy?"

"Easy, Mr. Zhang, teach me quickly. ”

"If you want to restore the original quaint temperament, you must not use new wood, you must use old materials, I think the style of this cabinet looks like a thing from the time of Daoguang...... You must find the old Huanghuali material from the Daoguang period to make up for the original defects. ”

"Old materials from the same period?" Chen Xiu said with a wry smile: "Now the prices of new Huanghuali trees are ridiculously high, I went there to find the old materials from Daoguang." ”

"You prepare the money, and leave the matter to me...... But before, you have to learn the original craftsman's carving technique of this cabinet, if your technique and other people's is very different, I suggest that you might as well not carve, just use a piece of flat wood to install it. ”

"If you want to fix it, you have to do it perfectly. Chen Xiu shook his head and said, "Old Chen, you can teach me from carving first." ”

Zhang Lao first asked Chen Xiu to buy some ordinary trees, and then bought some tools for carpentry work, and taught Chen Xiu bit by bit from the very basics of carpentry work.

The most important thing to do carpentry carving is to have a steady hand.

And Chen Xiu's hands are undoubtedly the most stable, after Zhang Lao pointed out some theories, Chen Xiu carved according to the painted lines as soon as he got started, as if he had several years of experience in carpentry.

Zhang Lao couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "If I had such a pair of skillful hands as this kid when I was young, my collection of items now would be at least twice as many as now!"

The two of them taught and learned, more than three hours passed in a while, and when it was time for dinner, Zhang Laocai reluctantly glanced at the cabinet and said: "Boy, the price of Huanghuali is high now, once you repair it, plus its own historical value, it can be sold for at least 10 million ...... You're going to have to find someone to keep an eye on the portal!"

Chen Xiu helplessly pointed to Songshihe, who was dozing off at the counter, and said, "I want to find a few people with kung fu to help take care of it, but it's not easy to find people who are trustworthy and have good kung fu...... Now I have to keep him on a part-time vigil at night. ”

He turned his head to Bai Yide and asked, "Shopkeeper Bai, did I let you find someone to find it before?"

The white shopkeeper also said helplessly: "There are a lot of people with some skills, but these people are ...... I didn't know their character for a short time, so I didn't dare to hire them. ”

"It's easy to do!"

"Elder Zhang, do you have a candidate?"

"Hey...... You have also seen the people I have there, and I will arrange for you two according to my people, what do you think?"

"That's good, of course!"

Zhang Lao gave himself all the notebooks of his life's collection experience, and Chen Xiu was naturally not afraid that he would send someone to guard and steal it.

"Okay, I'll call someone right away. ”

Zhang Lao made a phone call, and the two of them came over in less than ten minutes.

One was tall, and when he stood there, he looked like a King Kong in a temple, and the shape alone made some thieves chill.

The other is emaciated, with a harmless smile on his face from the moment he entered the store.

However, Chen Xiu didn't dare to underestimate him at all, and there was a murderous aura faintly exuding from his body, just afraid that this person had seen blood light on his hands.

"The big one is called Huzi, and the other one is called Lu Qian...... Both of them are veterans who have retired from the team, and they can definitely rest assured that they are both martial arts and character. ”

After Zhang Lao introduced Chen Xiu, he turned to Huzi and Lu Qian and said, "From now on, he is your new boss, do you understand?"

"Yes!"

Huzi and Lu Qian responded in unison.

Chen Xiu was naturally very satisfied with these two people, but he was even happier with Songshihe, he finally didn't have to work at night, and he was working all day during the day.

If you have a lot of money, you have to have time to spend it, that's money!

After lunch, Mr. Zhang also left, and Chen Xiu was still intoxicated with learning the craft of carpentry carving.

At this time, a person walked in outside, dressed very plainly, the clothes on his body and the shoes under his feet were full of dust, obviously from afar, and he was holding an object tightly wrapped in a towel in his hand, and his expression was very nervous.

"Sir, do you want to buy or sell?"

The white shopkeeper came out from behind the counter and took the initiative to greet him, judging from his many years of experience, this person is going to ship nine times out of ten.

Really.

"Do you want to accept this thing?" the man asked, patting the object in his arms, "but if the price is too low, I won't sell it to you!"

The white shopkeeper was not dumbfounded, and said with a smile: "You must at least let me see what you are, so that I can give you a price, do you say yes?" ”

The man looked the white shopkeeper up and down suspiciously, and still said uneasily: "You won't rob my things and then don't give money!"

The white shopkeeper pointed to the sky outside and said with a smile: "Lang Lang Qiankun, who dares to blatantly snatch things in broad daylight? If you can't trust us, you can go to another house to have a look." ”

Hearing what the white shopkeeper said, the man believed it, and directly put the item wrapped in a towel on the table of the Eight Immortals, peeled off the towel layer by layer, and made it for more than an hour, before finally revealing the true face inside-a large white open bowl.

The white shopkeeper played with his hands for a while, and then looked at the bottom of the bottom, and he was already particular about it.

"What price are you going to pay for this bowl?"

"That's the number!"

The man was excited, it was obvious that his bowl was really genuine, or the other party would not ask him the price!

At that moment, his five fingers were wide open, and he stretched out a slap and said, "Fifty thousand yuan......"

I was afraid that my price would be lower, so I also stretched out my left hand and said, "No...... No, 100,000, I'll sell 100,000!"