Yu Yao listened to Shen Chongyuan's words, and just smiled slightly.

Father Shen seemed to understand Yu Yao's smile, this was not complacent, nor was it modest, this was a natural reaction.

A reaction that only a true master has.

The three of them chatted for a long time in the study, but Shen Ge didn't come in until finally before Yu Yao was about to leave.

When leaving, Shen Ge sent Yu Yao out, walked on the Yong Road in the villa area, and said to Yu Yao, "My mother is an official, just talk like that, don't you mind." ”

"Auntie, if she is very casual, then it will be troublesome!" Yu Yao smiled, "It means that this is seriously investigating me." ”

"My dad is a different kind of normal. Shen Ge couldn't help but smile.

Yu Yao gently shook Shen Ge's hand and didn't say much. Shen Ge's father is a businessman, so he will naturally be very mellow. However, his admiration for Yu Yao's vision is certain.

What happened in the next few minutes, Yu Yao went home.

As soon as Yu Yao got up the next day, he received a call from Guardian Auction House, informing him that the spring auction would be held in three weeks, and that his six-shot star pigeon blood red would be auctioned on the rare gemstone sale.

"Why has it been delayed for so long?" this was Yu Yao's first reaction.

Indeed, it was late spring, and three weeks later it was early summer. Moreover, Galde's overseas spring auctions have long ended, and the spring auctions in Yanjing and Shanghai have also been held, but the spring auctions on Hong Kong Island have dragged on for too long.

"This ······" The other party slurred.

Yu Yao was a little confused at first because he had just gotten up, but after chatting for a few words, he suddenly understood, and said, "I know." I'll pick it up myself, you don't have to send it to me. ”

If you don't go, it's useless to ask for an invitation and an admission card, and if you do, just pick it up a day in advance.

Recently, there have been a lot of things, Yu Yao slowly brushed up at home in the morning, and in the end, he suddenly felt like a world away.

At noon, I simply boiled a little scallion oil at home, made a noodle, made a scallion oil noodle, and went to Gegu Zhai after eating.

Yu Yao walked to the door, saw that the lock was on, and was about to take out the key to open the door, when he suddenly heard the sound of sudden braking, turned his head to look, and saw an old lady lying crooked on the side of the road, next to a young man who was riding an electric car to deliver food.

The young man stopped the car and walked to the old lady, but he didn't dare to help, but said to Yu Yao, "This gentleman, you see, I didn't touch her, she fell down by herself!"

Yu Yao nodded. Indeed, there is still some distance between the electric car and the old lady, and the original trajectory of the electric car is biased towards the middle of the road, and the old lady is walking against the side of the road.

As she spoke, the old lady propped herself up with one hand and said in a weak voice, "It's none of your business, quick, I have medicine in my pocket, I have to take it immediately." ”

The takeaway guy was still hesitant and didn't dare to step forward, Yu Yao looked at it, and he couldn't care about it so much, so he immediately stepped forward, and helped her take out the medicine bottle according to what the old lady pointed out, and after unscrewing it, "How many?"

"Just one. ”

Swallowing the pill, after less than a minute, the old lady's face softened a lot, and Yu Yao slowly helped her up, "I'll take you to the hospital!"

"Thanks, no, it's an old problem. It's because I'm so confused that I thought I took medicine before going out. ”

Yu Yao thought to himself, helping others to the end, "Then you go and sit inside for a while, and I'll pour you a cup of hot water." ”

The old lady hesitated, "Well, thank you then, young man." ”

"It's okay, so I'm leaving?" said the takeaway guy quickly.

Yu Yao helped the old lady pick up a cloth bag that fell on the ground, helped her into the store, and poured her a cup of hot water. The old lady drank a few sips of hot water and was in better spirits.

The old lady looked to be over seventy years old, dressed plainly, but neatly tied, with short ear-length hair, a dignified appearance, and a peaceful and gentle conversation.

"Young man, thank you today, you are the owner of this Gegu Zhai?"

"Well, small shop, there's no boss or not. ”

"My surname is Wang, young man, what is your surname?"

"Grandma Wang, my surname is Yu, it's okay to call me Xiaoyu. ”

"Xiaoyu, you sell antiques here, do you still collect antiques?"

When Yu Yao heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and said in his heart that he just ran into an old lady who also had antiques to sell? But when he thought about it, it was not surprising that the old lady came to the old street where there were several antique shops, maybe she was here to sell things.

"Accept it. To do business, you have to go in and out. Yu Yao then replied.

"Then can you take what I bring?"

"Don't be busy, you can rest first. ”

"I took the medicine and it was fine, I recovered. As she spoke, the old lady opened her cloth bag.

The old lady took out a brocade box and took out a gourd from it.

Not an ordinary gourd, but a gourd.

The belly is slightly round, the waist is slightly thin, open, ruddy and shiny.

The mouth is covered with a white core, which looks like it should be toothy, and with carving, and the middle is carved with lotus leaves.

The gourd, also known as the gourd, is used for raising insects, and the core is the inlay with a lid. The gourd for raising grasshoppers naturally has pores, and the core naturally has space and something similar to a mesh to ventilate, and it is also to be able to hear the cry of the grasshopper.

"I've got it?" Yu Yao's eyes lit up after taking a general look.

"Look. The old lady said with a smile.

The gourd itself, Yu Yao, has basically understood, and after getting started, he focused on the core of the ivory carving.

This core is a two-story platform, that is, an extra layer of carving is added to the hollow bottom. This layer of carved ornamentation will greatly improve the ornamentality. The core of the gourd has a wide range of themes, including animals, figures, plants, and scenes.

This one is carved with a lotus flower, Yu Yao carefully inspected it, and couldn't help but praise it secretly.

This lotus flower is carved delicately and vividly, cleverly using the texture of the tooth to express the level of the lotus flower and the lotus leaf, and there are two drops of dew, which are skillfully carved by using the most moist place in the heart of the tooth.

"This is the craftsman of the palace!" Yu Yao sighed in his heart, "Could it be that this gourd is actually made by Sanhe Liu and Dong Sanbao?"

Sanhe Liu was the top master of making gourd insect tools in the Xianfeng Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty. Unlike Liang Jiugong, the great eunuch of the Kangxi Dynasty, Sanhe Liu was mainly active among the people.

He is a native of Sanhe, Jingdong, and although the gourd insect tools he makes are all light elements, they are absolutely in shape and workmanship. In the late Qing Dynasty, the price of Sanhe Liu Hulu had exceeded that of the official model gourd. It is said that in the Guangxu period, it took thousands of taels of silver to buy a gourd of Sanhe Liu.

And Dong Sanbao is the ivory carver of the Ruyi Pavilion of the Xianfeng Dynasty.

Of course, after he arrived at the Ruyi Pavilion of the Manufacturing Office, it was estimated that it would be impossible to join forces with Sanhe Liu to make a gourd. But before he entered the palace, he was an ivory carver, and a small number of works have been handed down from the people.