It was supposed to be on the shelves last Friday, but it can't be delayed this Friday. As usual, you have to write a testimonial on the shelf, selling miserably and begging for a subscription or something.

Subscriptions are really important, but I don't like to sell badly, and I want to use this to top a chapter, and I'm embarrassed to write less and write nothing, so let's talk about something else.

There are no clear ideas and rules, probably my understanding of antiques and collecting experience, let alone use it as a substitute for the testimonials on the shelf.

Antiques are not independent, they are always inseparable from history, and when I write about antiques, I unconsciously spend a little space to connect with history.

When we understand history, we are probably inseparable from two things, one is written historical materials, and the other is cultural relics.

Written historical materials are all written by people, and there are too many subjective things in them, and there are even a lot of speculations and deliberate tamperings. The study of history is also called the study of history, and it is not enough to just review it, but also to study a lot of evidence.

But cultural relics are different, they are physical objects, and if you can understand the "language" of cultural relics, it is actually more credible than historical materials.

Cultural relics and antiques, there are large areas of overlap. And antiques are easier to circulate, while appreciating and playing, you can also "talk" with the ancients, which is fun and wonderful.

I like antiques, starting with jade, from ordinary jade pieces to ancient jade, then to porcelain, and then to other categories.

I remember very well that it was the summer of 1999, and I was about to go to college after graduating from high school, and it was probably one of the most relaxing stages of my life, and it was basically just fun.

I was fond of stamp collecting, and in a coin market in a small park in the middle of the street, I found a small stall, not selling stamps, but all kinds of knick-knacks. Among them, there is a white round "stone", very moist, half an egg, and a piece of black-red skin on it.

I squatted down and picked it up, and the stall owner told me that it was Hetian jade seeds.

I've heard of Hetian jade seed material before, but I've never seen the real thing, and I was immediately attracted. It looks good, it's too comfortable to hold in your hand! I asked him how much it was, and he said two hundred and eight.

There are more than 60 grams of this material, which is Hetian white jade seed material, and it is estimated that it cannot be bought at the current price of 20,000. But in that year, although the market of Hetian jade had begun to rise, the market price was not uniform, and it was not uncommon for a piece of such material to be bought for two or three hundred yuan.

I only had 200 yuan on me, and I was going to buy a nice pair of sneakers. But I really like this piece of Hetian seed material, and I didn't know the price at the time, so I took out the money on impulse, "I'm only two hundred, can it be cheap?"

The stall owner shook his head resolutely, "No, I will earn you twenty yuan if I collect two hundred and six." ”

Of course, I can understand now that the stall owner must have made it up casually, but I really only had 200 yuan at the time, and I believed his words, so I regretfully left the stall. I hadn't taken two steps before he stopped me, "You're so nice!"

"That's all I have. ”

"Forget it, give it to you, make a friend. ”

He made a bird friend with a student like me, who had never known him, and in fact, he would definitely be able to sell it for two hundred, thinking that I was playing to get away with it!

After buying this piece of Hetian jade, I slept in my hands. Later, I left home to go to school and brought it with me, and this seed jade has been with me for many years.

Coincidentally, the boss of the same dormitory as me later was half of Yangzhou and knew a little about jade. We talked a lot, and he told me a lot about the craft. I became interested and went to the school library to look up a lot of materials.

Once, the two of us went to the Baoguo Temple antique market together, and I spent 60 yuan to buy a Dushan jade Guanyin, and we always felt that the craftsmanship was not the same as modern jade. There is a Qing history institute in our school, I don't know how he met one of the doctors who knew how to do it, and I looked at him, and it was identified as an old jade, from the middle of the Qing Dynasty.

The novice is prosperous, and he was confused and missed it.

From then on, I gradually lost interest in modern jade and became fascinated by ancient jade.

The National Library is not far from the school, so I got a library card. The National Atlas is just across from Zizhuyuan Park, and I often borrow books on weekends, take the overpass, and go to Zizhuyuan Park to find a place to read.

The ticket to the Forbidden City, half price with a student ID, in a year, I went to the Forbidden City twenty or thirty times, just to see good things. When I go to the Forbidden City, I have to eat less meat buns.

It was in the process that I fell in love with porcelain again. The things in the Forbidden City have been leaked many times in history, and only a small part of them are on display, but they are still breathtaking.

At that time, Panjiayuan, Baoguo Temple, and Liulichang were also places I often went to on weekends. I like to go to Baoguo Temple the most, the courtyard environment is good, antique, and green trees.

I was a student at the time, so I didn't dare to mess around, I saw more and bought less. So apart from the travel expenses, it didn't cost much money.

However, jade is good to say, the most important thing is porcelain, which is difficult to get started. I didn't have a high finger, I relied on myself to see things, and then I listened to a bunch of old insects in the market.

Later, I really met a master.

It is often said that such and such a plot can only be seen in novels, illogical, unrealistic, and so on. In fact, everyone has different experiences and different experiences, and if you haven't seen it, it doesn't mean that it can't happen. Sometimes, reality is more dramatic than fiction.

Because I walk a little bit outside, the leather shoes I wear are intact in other places, but the outside of the heel is always worn off first. Once, near Baoguo Temple, I found a shoe repair stall, and my heart said that it was just right, and I gave leather shoes two leather palms.

The one who repaired the shoes was an old man, with gray hair and a blue cloth apron, and he looked plain. Just when he nailed the leather shoes he gave me, a well-dressed middle-aged man came, who seemed to be very familiar with him, "Old man, you give me a palm!"

The middle-aged man took out a brocade box from his bag, and took out a small bottle from it, blue and white, and the picture was a lotus leaf lotus.

"What's wrong?" the old man didn't raise his head, and nailed the soles of his shoes first.

"I think this bottle is real, but I found several people, saying that they were not optimistic about it, and I bothered you!"

Nailed the sole of a shoe and put down my leather shoe, the old man only glanced at the small bottle a few times, and then turned his hand, and the middle-aged man understood, turned it over and showed him the bottom.

"Kangxi official kiln. When the old man had said this, he stopped looking at the bottle, picked up my other shoe, and began to nail the soles of it.

I was blown off!

That look, that tone, the clouds are light and the wind is light but undoubted, and the mountains and rivers are low all of a sudden, so that I can never forget them.

But he's just an old man repairing shoes!

"Gotcha! You're busy!" the middle-aged man put away the bottle, took out a red envelope from his pocket, and put it on the shoe repair box.

The old man didn't say much, and continued to nail the soles of his shoes.

The two shoes cost six yuan, he accepted it first, and then picked up the red envelope, and he didn't open it, but put it in his pocket.

I handed over a cigarette and began to wrap it almost. At that time, I smoked red plums, four yuan a pack, which was easier to smoke than the current soft China, but it was not easy to buy.

He didn't refuse, he nodded, squinting at me, "Young man, you like porcelain too?"

"yes, there's just no one to point me out. ”

"What books have you read?"

I've talked about a few books, all of which are connoisseurs.

"The way is not right, first read the "History of Chinese Ceramics"!"

"Okay, I'll see. You're setting up a stall here, can I come and talk to you when I have time?" I was young and didn't speak much.

"I'll talk about it when I'm done!"

After I left, I bought a copy of "The History of Chinese Ceramics", first swallowed the dates and read it, but also understood, the previous way is really wrong, do not understand the historical characteristics, do not understand the kiln process, come up to see some of the tire glaze decoration, easy to float, difficult to penetrate.

Three days later, I went to look for the old man again, but the shoe repair booth was gone!

I didn't see that old man until I graduated and left.

Later, when I came back from a business trip, I went to look for it again, but I didn't even have the commissary next to the shoe stall.

After work, I have more spare money, more contacts, and more experts, and slowly improve my eyesight. But my foundation is thin, and I can't reach a high level after all.

I have picked up leaks, I have been eye-catching, I have suffered losses, I have been fooled, I have made money, and I have broken my fortune. In the past 20 years, he has changed from a young man to a greasy middle-aged, but his preference for antiques has not changed. Although there are no good collections, there are not many real things that I have seen.

Writing antique novels is also because of the change of residence. In 2015, I left the city where I had worked for many years, and the group of playmates around me couldn't go shopping with each other.

Antique novels are not easy for people to read, because the focus is not on the antique, but on the story and the way the story is told.

But I'm at this level, and as I get older, I feel like my brain is getting a little bit weaker.

I solemnly thank you for supporting you, it is really difficult to be motivated without your support.

As for those who can't stand it, it's natural to abandon the book. It's just that don't leave behind bad words, whether it's a sincere comment or not, it's easy to see. Burying it for a while, it won't show how clever you are, I still have to delete it, it's actually not very interesting.

Although it is a "sense of substitution", I have to say something real in the end. At this time, there must be a group of people who turned to see piracy, and they couldn't stop it. I have a small request, though.

It should be on the shelves around 12 noon tomorrow, and the 24-hour subscription for the first chapter, that is, the first order, is very important. Different members,Order a chapter to spend different money,The most expensive is a dime,If there is a starting point account,Annoying to take out a dime,Give a first order to rush a rush?

It's a dime, and it's hard to bend down to pick it up when you see it on the street.

Not much to say, tonight and tomorrow I will push away the miscellaneous things and multi-code words, and strive to ensure that there will be five chapters tomorrow. It's not as good as those in ten chapters and eight chapters, but it's also a good one.

Thousands of miles apart, meet here, turn over time, thank you for not abandoning.

Thanks again and blessings to Shun Kangtai.