Body 098 Treasure Trove
Xu Wen walked into the Four Seasons Hall.
Twilight had fallen, and it was especially dark in the Four Hour Hall.
Xu Wen found a candlestick, and there were two flints next to it. He lit a candle with flint—something he had learned in the Banmen World.
The three candles were lit together, and the misty yellow light shrouded in all directions from his position, illuminating the scene in the Four Seasons Hall.
He hadn't looked at it closely.
The area of the Four Seasons Hall is not small, about fifty or sixty square meters, and it is full of things. These things are large and small, tall and short, and they block several windows tightly, and there are very many of them. He hadn't really looked at what these things were.
Now he walked over with the candlestick, lifted the tarpaulin from the thing, and the various furniture and large and small boxes underneath were suddenly revealed.
Almost all the furniture that can be used in a home is here. Tables, chairs, beds, couches, cabinets, all kinds of colors.
There is more than one of each, and this feeling is like all the furniture that the entire Xu Mansion needs to use has been concentrated here.
Xu Wen held up the candle and looked around carefully.
Indeed, unlike the foyer in front, there is no sign of posterity living here.
It's also strange to say, the Xu Mansion is almost a ghost house, but the foyer in front of it looks like it's been rented out for people to live in for a short time, and I don't know what Jing Cheng thinks......
Jing Cheng didn't come with him, and Xu Wen could clearly feel that he was the only one here.
He didn't suppress his interest and leaned in front of the furniture to see the details.
At this sight, he was shocked.
Most of the people who just arrived at Xu Mansion won't feel anything, but now that he has experienced the study of the class world, he is no longer the same person he used to be.
The furniture in front of me is so beautiful and precious!
After taking the apprenticeship exam in the Banmen World, he went to Yue Mu Xuan and other places to observe the precious furniture there, which were all made by famous carpenters, and the level of craftsmanship and design was very high.
But even those are far inferior to the furniture in front of them.
For example, the sandalwood Baizi stepping bed in front of him.
It is made of fine rosewood, which glows with deep purple and almost black in the candlelight, and is hard with a unique softness of wood, which makes you want to touch it when you look at it.
Rosewood is very rare and has always been one of the most prized of all kinds of wood.
The whole bed is made of rosewood, which is so extravagant that people have nothing to say.
Rosewood is a hardwood that is difficult to work with. This step bed is carved with a hundred child patterns, a total of 100 boy statues are carved inside and out, each of which has a different shape, looks and expressions, no matter joy, anger and sorrow, it is so vivid that it is like jumping off the bed and jumping on the ground.
This carving is enough to cover up the brilliance of the red sandalwood, and it is a true masterpiece!
And this pull-out bed is a genuine "big bed", the most standard and complex style of pull-out bed.
It is square and luxurious, the structure is very solemn and reasonable, and the mortise and tenon process at the joints has reached a very high level, leaving almost no gaps, so that Xu Wen can't see what structure is used for a while.
It was the best bed he'd ever seen in two different parts of the world—a piece of furniture!
The only regret is that for some reason, the rest of the bed is quite well preserved, except for the missing piece of the bed board on the right, and there are obvious marks of bruises in the next two parts. It felt like something had happened to me while transporting it, and it was damaged.
Such a good bed has such damage, just like the pearl is covered with dust, and people can't wait to repair it quickly and restore the pearl to its original light.
But of course, it's not that easy.
Rosewood is not easy to decay, wipe other dirty places, and repair the damaged parts. Missing bed boards is a nuisance.
One is that there are also Baizi carvings on the missing bed boards, and what these carvings are like need to be completed by the restorers themselves. The style of completion should be consistent with other Baizi carving styles, but it cannot be the same, which is a big difficulty.
The second ...... What's more troublesome is that this bed is made of red sandalwood, and the missing bed board is also red sandalwood.
Where was he going to find such a big piece of rosewood?
The most common way to do this is to tear down the east wall and replace the west wall, and find the right size board from other furniture that cannot be repaired......
Xu Wen reached out and patted the stepping bed, and continued to look at the others.
In addition to this bed, the rest of the furniture here is also made of luxurious materials and exquisite workmanship, which is a rare and excellent product.
But unfortunately, they are usually missing arms and legs, and where there is a problem here that needs to be repaired, looking at it, there is not a single one intact, but there is also not a single one that is too broken to be repaired!
That's the problem......
Each piece has to be repaired, and it can't be dismantled to make materials for other furniture.
No matter what you say, you have to find a way to add to it.
Xu Wen finished looking at the furniture, and then went to open the boxes to look.
"Huh. He had just opened a box when he let out a soft sigh in surprise.
He had just opened it casually and found that the box was full of things!
This box was full of paintings and calligraphy, rolled up and wrapped in silk cloth, and he swept it over, and there were about thirty or forty of them.
Xu Wen put down the candlestick and opened one to see.
The firelight was reflected on the silk canvas, and Xu Wen was speechless.
He could see at a glance that it was a place next to Taihu Lake, which he was very familiar with.
The reeds of the flat lake, the green mountains are hidden, and two egrets pass by the edge of the algae, bringing ripples in circles.
Xu Wen didn't know much about calligraphy and painting, but as soon as he opened the painting, he felt a vast and quiet aura coming towards him.
He remembered that Lian Tianqing said to him that looking at paintings is the first thing to look at.
This painting is full of momentum and must be a masterpiece!
But like the furniture, the painting, though placed in a camphor box, is inevitably damp and mildewed, and there are a few small holes on the right side, as if it had been eaten by insects.
This painting is like this, and it is inevitable that the other paintings in the box will have the same problem.
In other words, these paintings and calligraphy are also to be restored......
Xu Wen carefully put the scroll back, looked around, and sighed.
Jing Cheng's so-called repairing the house naturally includes these things.
The entire restoration project of Xu Mansion is even bigger and more arduous than he imagined!
I really don't know how much time it will take him to complete it, but fortunately time here stops, otherwise he wouldn't be able to finish it in a few lifetimes.
When Xu Wen thought like this, his eyes lit up in the dark.
There is no doubt that this is also a treasure mountain.
The sum of the things in this house can be said to be priceless!
Regardless of its economic value, it is also a restorer's greatest luck to be able to devote his life to the restoration of these treasures!
If you can really fix them all......
Xu Wen looked somewhere.
It was still a certain window in the Four Seasons Hall, and when you looked through it, you could see it in its entirety.
The sky had completely darkened, and the moon was beginning to rise in the sky.
A few bamboo poles swayed outside the window, the bamboo leaves reflected the moonlight, and there was a faint sound of insects.
Xu Wen noticed that the carvings on the window were a few long-bearded crickets, vivid, and the sound seemed to come from them.
Xu Wen sighed again, a faint smile on his lips.