The gloomy wood in Bai Xiaosheng's mouth and the ebony in the mouth of Uncle Li, the owner of this antique shop, are actually two names for the same thing.

"The name of this gloomy wood sounds strange...... gloomy, what do you say?" Dong Tianxiu saw Uncle Li looking at the heavy wooden board in his hand, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but protect the thick wooden plank and asked Bai Xiaosheng.

"It's just ebony, how can it be as exaggerated as you say! There is a timber market!" Uncle Li tried his best to look away, his expression pretending to be disapproving.

But Uncle Li still peeked at the wooden board that Dong Tianxiu was holding from time to time.

He found it in a farmer's house. People used it to pad the feet of furniture, and he thought it was good, so he gave some money and took it.

Originally, he planned that this board was thick, the shape and outline were very good, and finding someone to make a sea of tea should have a different taste.

As a result, after coming back, Uncle Li's business was struggling, he came and went, and he was tired, so he just had this idea, and later, he threw the wooden board to the ground, and used red paint to paint a few rows of words as decoration, and he didn't care anymore.

"How did I know it was gloomy wood! gloomy wood, I've only heard of it, but I've never seen it, and my field of expertise is calligraphy, painting, and coins!" Uncle Li was extremely annoyed in his heart.

He doesn't have many friends in this circle, and even if he does, he is not good at this field.

Bai Xiaosheng listened to Uncle Li's pretended contemptuous words, and immediately smiled, and said to Dong Tianxiu unhurriedly, "Now on the market, there are also some woods called 'ebony', but that is a kind of mahogany, most of which originate from Africa, mainly African ebony and East African black sandalwood. ”

"And the really golden ebony was called gloomy wood in ancient times. ”

"It is said that the real gloomy trees were pushed into the river by earthquakes, floods, and mudslides tens of millions of years ago, and buried in the mud. In the state of oxygen isolation and high pressure, under the action of bacteria and microorganisms, it is formed by carbonization for tens of millions of years, also known as 'carbonized wood'. ”

Bai Xiaosheng's explanation made Dong Tianxiu fascinated.

People are always unknown things, and they are particularly interested, so after Bai Xiaosheng finished speaking, Dong Tianxiu urged him to say more.

Uncle Li couldn't help but stare at Bai Xiaosheng. He had heard the name "Gloomy Wood", and what he knew was only a little bit of it, so he was naturally interested.

"To put it simply, gloomy wood is a wood that has been naturally carbonized in a special geographical state, between carbon and wood, and has its own unique woody properties. Bai Xiaosheng said with a smile.

With the help of Honglian, he knows the knowledge well, and he talks eloquently and easily.

"My God, tens of millions of years have been preserved to this day, so presumably this kind of ebony ...... There are very few such trees, right?" Dong Tianxiu was speechless.

"Gloomy wood, in fact, is not a kind of tree. Bai Xiaosheng corrected with a smile, "Trees that can become gloomy wood, from hemp willow, green oka, camphor to golden silk nan, small leaf nan, red almond wood, sandalwood, and so on. Whether it is gloomy or not, it depends on the degree of carbonization, if it is too carbonized, it will really become coal, and it will not be a material, it can only be-"

"What can it be?" Dong Tianxiu couldn't help asking.

Uncle Li also stared at Bai Xiaosheng.

"'Rotten wood, burnable also'. Bai Xiaosheng shrugged and smiled.

Dong Tianxiu laughed.

Bai Xiaosheng continued, "The cycle of birth is long, there is a risk of carbon decay, gloomy wood is difficult to become, but it has the essence of wood, the luster of stone, and it is an excellent material. ”

"From the perspective of scarcity alone, the value of gloomy wood can be imagined. ”

In addition, in Chinese culture, gloomy wood is regarded as a thing to ward off evil spirits. ”

This last point is too important.

The ancients had a tireless pursuit of blessing and longevity, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and modern people are the same!

Dong Tianxiu couldn't help rubbing the plank, and had already begun to think about the "car beads".

Uncle Li's eyes couldn't stop shining when he heard it.

He also knows that handicrafts, Buddha statues, and amulet pendants made of gloomy wood have been widely loved and sought after by all walks of life throughout the ages.

As the old saying goes, "A home with half a square of ebony is better than a chest full of treasure."

It's a pity that this thing sold itself!

In Uncle Li's heart, he couldn't stop being annoyed.

"This gloomy wood, isn't it particularly valuable?" Dong Tianxiu cares about this problem, although he is not short of that money, but what he has found out is always different, and there is a unique pleasure in it.

Bai Xiaosheng smiled when he heard this, "Of course." But—"

"Although gloomy wood is more precious, not all gloomy wood is valuable, it depends on the difference in quality, and quality determines the price. ”

"The quality is mainly based on the wood, tree variety, size, color, shape, carbonization degree and other aspects. ”

"In fact, even if it is the same gloomy wood, the price gap is very large, and the top one costs tens of millions of tons. Bai Xiaosheng said, "And a good gloomy wood should be present in the world, with the right time, place, and people, the first two factors are the finished material, and the last factor is to be discovered, and, to be recognized." Otherwise, even if it is a treasure, it will only be treated as a broken wooden plank. ”

Hearing Bai Xiaosheng's last sentence, Uncle Li couldn't help but have a dark face.

He is the one who guards the treasure and uses it as a broken plank......

Dong Tianxiu looked at Uncle Li with a wicked smile and asked Bai Xiaosheng, "Then how much does this piece in my hand get?"

Bai Xiaosheng asked the red lotus in his heart, and after asking it to estimate, he said, "Find a better craftsman to carve it carefully, and the finished product is estimated ...... Between a hundred and three million!"

Uncle Li listened to Bai Xiaosheng's valuation, and his face turned green.

One million to three million things, just let him sell it cheaply!

It's okay if I don't know, but when I know, the feeling of being like a knife is like a knife, not to mention how uncomfortable it is!

Dong Tianxiu grinned, his face full of surprise, "Wow, that's not making a fortune!"

Starting with 30,000 yuan, selling at a sky-high price of 1 million to 3 million in a blink of an eye, the antique industry is really profitable!

It's easy not to open, and it's really not covered for three years.

"Lao Bai, I, Dong Tianxiu, am convinced!" Dong Tianxiu laughed loudly.

Bai Xiaosheng couldn't help but look at Dong Tianxiu, feeling that his laughter was a bit excessive.

This is still in front of other shopkeepers, so it's better to be a little more restrained.

Bai Xiaosheng wanted to hint at Dong Tianxiu with his eyes, and then take him away.

In fact, the antique circle is the most rules, the transaction is completed, the money and goods are both gone, regardless of whether it is a leak or an eye, each with his ability, there is nothing to say, it is the business of this industry.

Therefore, Bai Xiaosheng is not afraid of Uncle Li's remorse and difficulties.

However, Bai Xiaosheng unexpectedly found that the moment Uncle Li heard Dong Tianxiu report his home, he looked at Dong Tianxiu suddenly, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he seemed to be shocked.

Bai Xiaosheng was suddenly surprised.

Dong Tianxiu originally looked at Bai Xiaosheng, but when he saw him staring at the shopkeeper, he couldn't help but turn around.

Subsequently, Dong Tianxiu also found that Uncle Li looked at him with a look that was wrong!

"Why, uncle, you don't want to regret it, that won't work! You have to be conscious and conceited life and death when you do business!" Dong Tianxiu thought that Uncle Li was going to regret it and not sell it, so he immediately protected the gloomy piece of wood and said loudly.

This ordinary sentence was like a medicine lead, which suddenly exploded Uncle Li's anger.

"Same words! It's the same words! You're her brother!" Uncle Li shouted with a hideous expression.

Bai Xiaosheng and Dong Tianxiu were startled by Uncle Li's voice, and looked at each other, not knowing what this Uncle Li was stimulated.

What is "the same word"? What is "her brother"?

Could it be that Uncle Li knows Dong Tianxiu...... 's sister?

Bai Xiaosheng thought so, he looked at Dong Tianxiu and asked with his eyes.

Dong Tianxiu was stunned, he looked at Uncle Li again and again, but he still didn't know him, so he wanted to ask Uncle Li.

Unexpectedly, Uncle Li was crazy, roaring while picking up a porcelain bottle from the side, holding it high at Dong Tianxiu, and smashing it directly.

"Five years ago, she pitted me, and five years later, you came to pit me again!"

"I said, your Dong family can't let me go, I'll run back to my hometown, are you all ghosted!"

"Then in that case, I,, don't be afraid of anything, I, I'll fight with you!"