After walking for more than an hour, the sky was gradually beginning to lighten, and the east was gray-blue faintly, reflecting the bare branches in the distance, gently shaking in the morning breeze.

When I went out in the middle of the night, I felt quite cold, but when I arrived at this place, I walked around and completely forgot about the cold.

A place full of treasures at a glance is really easy to arouse people's desire to gamble.

However, Zhou Heng was quite calm, some of the carvings, vases, night pots and other things that looked very good, he just looked at them a few more times, and he didn't have the heart to start.

He knew that he didn't have that eyesight, and he also knew that "nine out of ten bets lost", so he didn't think about that aspect at all.

provoked Jiang Xiaoxuan to urge him: "Boss Zhou, what did you say about the things you gave me?"

Let's see how he fulfills his lie and lets him catch the chicken.

Zhou Heng always said calmly: "Aren't you watching, don't worry, I will definitely give you a big gift." ”

Passing by a stall, there was a pile of gourd carvings, Zhou Heng's heart moved, and he picked up one and checked it.

"What's the matter? Is there any mystery in this gourd carving?" Jiang Xiaoxuan also picked one up and took a look.

Gourd carving is also a type of art, the earliest research is from the Song Dynasty, and it has been divided into many schools until now, each with its own art.

There are a bunch of gourd carvings here, it is obvious that there are any styles, and they are messy, and they must not have been collected at the same time.

However, most of them are very exquisitely carved, very interesting, one is carved is "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", and one is "Journey to the West", which is obviously old.

The gourd homonym "Fulu" is very festive.

Jiang Xiaoxuan glanced at what she had in her hand, then put it down and went to look at other patterns. A pattern with strong colors and a strong sense of exoticism caught her eye.

She glanced at Zhou Heng with a smile: "Your vision today is okay." ”

She hadn't noticed this side just now, and almost went straight over, otherwise, she would have to miss the object at hand.

The corners of Zhou Heng's mouth tugged down: "I just remembered a person I knew before." ”

"Yes, yes, what person, male or female?" Jiang Xiaoxuan immediately came to gossip interested.

Zhou Heng replied: "Man, with a beard, long hair, nicknamed 'Long Hair', that guy is a designer, he always says that he wants to retire and go back, plant the land in his hometown, plant all the gourds, and harvest it in the autumn, so he will use it all for carving, and carve until he dies." ”

Jiang Xiaoxuan: Hehe!

She's not interested in this story, and she's not a childhood sweetheart, a bloody character with an early crush or something, so she's not interested.

Zhou Heng continued: "He used to always tell people that his mother had told him his fortune and could only live to be 46 years old, so he always said that he would die in a few more years, and he had to plan for himself as soon as possible......"

Jiang Xiaoxuan carefully looked at the gourd carving in her hand, and really felt that this pattern style was what she liked, and it was not the common kind of dragon and phoenix, peony, four gentlemen and the like, which was very rare.

The pattern of this work, the upper half is geometric, and the lower half depicts a family of three working in the fields.

According to the black, light brown, dark brown and other hues on the surface of the gourd, the artist skillfully carved hills, cacti, mule drivers, etc., expressing the exotic life and unique national costumes.

As far as she is concerned, the lines of this gourd carving are strong and smooth, quite knife-like, and it is very harmonious with the light yellow contrast of the inner peel and the artistic effect.

Even if it's just a fake masterpiece, it's very ornamental.

Just look at this carving, it can be worth a little money.

While admiring, she replied absentmindedly: "So, is he still alive now?"

"I don't know, I haven't been in touch for years. ”

Jiang Xiaoxuan pretended to be disgusted: "I haven't been in touch for several years, so when you see the gourd carving now, you suddenly think of him?

Zhou Heng's answer almost made her laugh: "What nonsense! He borrowed 600 yuan from me and didn't want to pay it back, and he wanted to use other small things to pay me back! Such a disgusting thing has been done, so I still remember!"

Jiang Xiaoxuan burst out with a very unladylike smile, and then asked, "Then why doesn't he want to pay it back?"

"Who knows! He really taught me a lesson. Zhou Heng himself looked at the pattern in the gourd and said.

When you borrow money, you say it nicely, like your own brother, but it turns out that you will be ugly when you repay the money.

People who are given this kind of class are usually hard to forget, right?

I really didn't expect that when I saw this gourd carving and remembered this incident, I really felt like I didn't get out of my breath, and I panicked.

It doesn't matter how much money you have, the main thing is that it feels very bad. At that time, he had just graduated, and a few hundred dollars was not so easy to earn, so he lent him trust him.

But fortunately, after so many years, I won't sulk for a long time, but this incident should not be forgotten for decades, right?

I believe that there should be many people who have his experience.

The stall owner saw the two of them picking and choosing in the gourd pile, especially Jiang Xiaoxuan holding an exotic style and not letting go, they watched for a long time, so he said: "I am quite knowledgeable, that is the president of Bolivia, who gave our country this ...... in 1963."

As he spoke, the stall owner paused, then raised his right thumb, pointed to the sky, and continued: "This is a royal use, with the spirit of a king, and an age!"

The stall owner spoke in a Beijing accent, and his face was serious and determined when he said this, as if he was on the spot.

Zhou Heng couldn't help but smile and asked him, "Then how did this thing come to you?"

The stall owner continued to say with a serious and determined face: "Soon after, this ......" said and paused, raised his right thumb, and pointed to the sky, "This one was given to that person, and the times have changed in the future, and there have been great changes, and after several tosses, isn't this coming to me!

The stall owner said a name, but the origin of this name is not small, it is a character with a thumbs up, and it cannot be written.

Zhou Heng listened to it in front of the joke, and then asked, "How much?"

"This ...... You give five thousand!"

I really dare to make an offer.

Zhou Heng glanced back to see if Jiang Xiaoxuan really liked it.

If it's true, it's time to start a counteroffer – if you're not going to buy it, but you're making a counteroffer, it's very bad.

She just wanted to ask, but she picked up another pattern and asked the stall owner, "What about these two together?"

She was still thinking before, no wonder this is exotic, saying that it is Bolivian style, it feels like this, South American style is indeed very strong.

If it's a small thing that is paid tribute by Fanbang, and it hasn't formed a trend in the market, then it's really possible!

Especially the craftsmanship, I feel that it is really difficult for ordinary people to imitate it, and it has indeed reached the level of masters.

If it's a masterpiece, it's worth the price.

And the other one she picked up, the picture carved on it, is not an ordinary Chinese style, but a pattern of another carving technique.

This gourd has only one section, unlike the common one with two rounds, and the crooked neck is also very chic.

The gourd is engraved with lotus petals on the neck and the pattern on the belly, which is a picture of the figure storing grain in various containers.

The carving method is a realistic technique, through the contrast of lines and blank spaces, to depict the busy and joyful scene of a group of farmers during the harvest. Its line carving is like flowing water, similar to the white drawing technique of Chinese painting, and the technique is very skillful.

Among the many dragon and phoenix, fairy Buddha, and four gentlemen patterns, these two are really special.

The stall owner looked at this, then gestured and said, "If the two of you want it together, you can just give seven thousand." ”

When Zhou Heng came, he heard Yang Wenhai talk about the counter-offer skills, the price must not be opened by oneself, and the counter-offer is half of it, as long as others don't have a knife, it's easy to say.

So he said, "Is it okay to have two thousand yuan?"

The "master" Yang Wenhai, who was watching from the sidelines, secretly gasped, this apprentice is out of school!

The stall owner was stunned for a moment, his eyes were like copper bells, and his head shook like a rattle: "No, no, no." ”

"Then I'll add a thousand to you. ”

"No, no, no. The stall owner didn't want to open his eyes.

"I'll give two thousand five, if it doesn't work, forget it. ”

The stall owner thought for a second, struggled for a moment, and said, "If you really want it, give at least 3,000 yuan!"

Gotcha!

Isn't that still the case? Half of the bargain price is still being made.

After negotiating the price and then paying, the two gourd carving artworks were packed in Jiang Xiaoxuan's bag, and she was happy as if she was something, and said, "This is my family heirloom!"

The transaction price is not low, and the seller also gave a piece to Zhou Heng, which is said to be made by Yabai. It is a palm-sized piece, two round wooden strips, and an iron pillar in the center is worn, and the wooden strips can be shaken to exercise the dexterity of the hands.

Local small items, anyway, Zhou Heng had never seen this style before.

The seller said that he would get 100 for this single purchase, and now he will give it to him.

Okay, it doesn't cost anything. I don't know if this is the real Yabai.

Looking at Jiang Xiaoxuan's happy appearance, Zhou Heng asked her, "Do you like it?"

"Yes, I like it!" the guy said happily.

Zhou Heng thought to himself, okay, she has seen good things, she must have more eyesight than him, and it is not in vain to be able to make her like this.

Wenwan is like this, what you buy is your favorite, hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy a jade pendant, some people are not too expensive, but dozens of dollars to buy a jade bracelet, some people are too expensive, this is not accurate.

You don't have to go around asking people if it's true or false - because it's no good to ask someone.

If the person you ask is also an expert and tells you that the answer is wrong, and you still blame yourself for it, or you are so angry that you smash the thing, isn't that wrong?

After the deal, the sky really brightened, and there were layers of fog in the distance, but it was still very lively, more and more people came, and some vendors got the wholesale goods and left.

Even Zhou Heng, who planned to just shop and not buy, also carried a bag, and the rest of the people also had their own gains.