"Yes, under the hurricane, there must be monstrous waves!" Yu Yao sighed lightly.

The taxi stopped, the two got into the car, and the topic stopped.

The family that wants to sell a pair of chairs is said to be the western suburbs, but in fact it is already a village in the Mentougou Mountains. However, this village is easy to find by a large road.

There are still a few old houses in the village, but most of them are new tiled houses, and there are many small buildings with two or three floors.

Lin Fengcao dialed the phone as he walked inside, but no one answered.

Fortunately, according to the house number, Lin Fengcao and Yu Yao still found this family quickly.

This family is really an old house, like the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The blue brick gatehouse, two black lacquered wooden doors are open, you can see the shadow wall, the shadow wall wall is also made of green bricks, grinding bricks to joints, and there is a regular Fu character pattern.

"Is Uncle Li here, I'm here to see the furniture!" The door was open, and Lin Fengcao didn't rush in, standing at the door and shouting.

An old man in his sixties then walked out, "It's Mr. Lin, right? Just now I was brushing walnuts, and my phone fell into the house, and I just saw that I was going to give you back, and I heard a shout." ”

The old man was dressed simply, but he was neatly clean.

"My surname is Lin. I'm sorry to bother you, Uncle Li. ”

"Be polite to Mr. Lin, brush small walnuts and wear strings to earn some pocket money. Li Laohan smiled and rubbed his hands, "Please come in!"

Yu Yao and Lin Fengcao followed into the courtyard, this courtyard is quite square, there are four main rooms, two east wings, no west wing, and the west wall is surrounded by a bamboo fence, which is a small vegetable field.

At the door of the hall, a very tough old lady wearing yellow rubber gloves was holding a wire brush, brushing the small walnuts soaked in the big iron basin, and put them in the plastic basket next to them.

Seeing Lin Fengcao and Yu Yao coming in, the old lady got up with a smile, "Teacher Lin, right? Wait a minute, it's not good for me to stop this work immediately, it's cold, I have to brush it out quickly in the afternoon." ”

"It's okay, you're busy, isn't there still Uncle Li to greet me?" Lin Fengcao smiled.

Yu Yao looked at the small walnuts that were brushed out, "Auntie, you are an authentic Jingbaleng! Well, at first glance, it is pure wild, and the leather and texture are not bad!"

"We're called Hachijo, and it's not as nice as you say. Most of the wild walnut trees in the nearby mountains have been sold after the white dew, and they have not been brushed. Alas, this year the rain is heavy, there are no small ones, and they cannot be sold at a price. ”

Playing wild small walnut strings, when it comes to Beijing Baleng, it is familiar, but now the merchants, as long as they look similar, are shouting the name of Beijing Baleng to sell, in fact, the most authentic Beijing Baleng is a wild walnut tree produced in Mentougou.

Whether it is eight ridges or eight tendons, it is all about the texture of this small walnut, with a total of eight protrusions around the body, and a concave broken pattern in the middle. The belly is round, and the beef tendon is red when played, which is particularly beautiful.

Pairs of walnuts are bigger and more expensive, but the smaller the smaller the more expensive they are, with a diameter of two centimeters is a bar, stuck in two centimeters of authentic Beijing eight-sided bracelets, and now a string on the market can be sold for thousands of small pieces, and smaller ones are more expensive.

"You don't want to pick a bunch, do you?" Lin Fengcao smiled.

"It's a bit bigger, but the leather and texture are top-notch, let's look at the chair first!" Yu Yao replied.

Yu Yao doesn't like to play with pairs of walnuts, which are big and separate, and it is not convenient to carry them, but small walnut bracelets can be worn on the wrist when going out, and it is difficult to take them off and twist them to play.

Yang Rui has a bunch of small walnuts in his hand, although the size is small, the texture is not as beautiful as the old lady's brush.

"Yes, you look at the chair first, I'll finish brushing it after reading it, you want, you can pick it up first, there is also a punch mill at home. The old lady said happily.

Entering the hall, the old man pointed to the innermost corner of the wall, "It's that pair of chairs, it's old, but my wife and I are old, and we can't lean on our backs or hold our hands when we sit on it, and it's uncomfortable!" ”

Lin Fengcao and Yu Yao both nodded and walked closer.

"You are a university teacher, I heard that you have also published a book on ancient furniture, tell me, why did the ancients make such strange chairs?"

In fact, Yu Yao knew from a distance that this shape was called a Zen chair.

The armrests are short, the seat is long, like a normal chair with an extra piece in front of it, and if you want to lean back against it, you can't get your feet on the ground. And the back panel is not high, so it may not be comfortable to lean on.

The reason why this kind of chair is called a Zen chair is that it is not a normal sitting, but is used to meditate cross-legged on it, which is a bit of a meditation meaning.

On this chair, sitting for an hour and a half every day and meditating on it is definitely much more beneficial than nesting in the sofa with a mobile phone, brushing Weibo, brushing the circle of friends, and playing Douyin to fight the king of pesticides.

After taking a closer look, Yu Yao found that this pair of Zen chairs is really good!

The texture is old mahogany, and the age should be in the late Qing Dynasty.

The shape is a typical Beijing-style Zen chair, with a "brain" back volume, a book style. The brain generally refers to the structure of the highest point of the back panel of the chair, which is very vivid, and it is used to build the head.

However, the head of this Zen chair is very short, and the head is not able to be built; the middle board where the brain is located is relatively narrow, and the two sides are hollowed out crutches to connect the back plate frame, and the short armrests are also crutches.

The teeth on all four sides of the seat are slightly wider, and the legs are square, with four legs attached, and the bottom of the legs is turned inward.

There is no ornamentation in all places, that is, there is no carving, but it looks simple and elegant.

But the shortcomings are also obvious, there are a lot of bumps and scratches on this pair of chairs, and I don't usually pay much attention to protection. The legs are also dirty.

The two exchanged glances as they watched.

"Uncle Li, this is called a Zen chair. After Lin Fengcao finished reading it, he first explained to Li Laohan.

"Alas, my grandfather has always had a field and land at home since he was a child, and he didn't have to worry about eating or drinking! No wonder there is such a pair of chairs!" After hearing this, Li Laohan couldn't help grinning.

"I've explained this to you, so how much are you going to sell?"

Li Laohan scratched his head, and seemed embarrassed to speak, "This ······"

Lin Fengcao looked at it, and then asked, "By the way, have you and your family agreed to sell this chair?"

"What do you mean by this? The child is working in the field, and there is no one above, so my wife and I ······."

Before Li Laohan finished speaking, he heard his wife shouting outside the door, "Old man, Xiao Zhen next door has brought someone here!"

Lin Fengcao listened, "Uncle Li, if you have something to do, you can get busy first, I'll wait." ”