Chapter 40: A Small Sandalwood Wooden Box

After greeting Zheng Jiehao's mother and son, and after a few more words, Zhuo Feng left Zheng Jiehao's house.

It seems that this trip, although the plot has changed a lot, but successfully went to Zheng Jiehao's heart knot, and after returning to school, he should be able to return to the right track and catch up with the final exam.

As soon as the troubles in the heart are gone, the spirit of the person is relaxed.

Seeing that he hadn't gotten together with his old classmates for a while, he called Liu Sheng to make an appointment, and of course, Hanwa also had to be called.

Just as I was about to go to the meeting place, a strange phone call came in.

"Hey, me, Haizi, Zhang Niuhai. Are you Mr. Zhuo Feng who bought my big vase last time?"

My brain was racing, and the scene of buying a large vase ten days ago came to mind.

"Yes, it's me, I'm Zhuo Feng, what's the matter with you?"

"Didn't I buy a defective big vase and sell it to you last time, and I was a little upset. No, I have found another treasure in the past few days, and it is definitely no longer a defective product. Let's see, do you have time, let's meet and talk?" Zhang Niuhai spoke in a hurried voice on the phone.

"It just so happens that I have a few friends to have lunch together, and if you don't have any food, you come to this place, and we'll see you there. After speaking, he edited the address where he was going to eat and sent a message to Zhang Niuhai.

When Zhuo Feng came to the meeting place, the cow sea was already waiting at the door.

Seeing Zhuo Feng coming, Zhang Niuhai eagerly ran over, patted the wooden box in his hand, and looked around.

"Baby I've brought, here. ”

"Well, let's go in and say, a few of my friends haven't arrived yet, don't worry, talk while eating. ”

As he spoke, he was led by the waiter to the pre-booked private room.

After entering the room, Zhuo Feng took the wooden box and looked at it, but did not open it.

This wooden box is some age, made of sandalwood, and it is black. The lacquer pattern on it has been touched a lot, and it has become smooth and polished. The box was not large, and if you shook it gently, there was a shaking sound of an object inside.

Zhuo Feng didn't speak, put the wooden box on the dining table, and beckoned Zhang Niuhai to drink tea.

After a while, Liu Sheng and Hanwa arrived one after another.

Liu Sheng didn't notice Zhang Niuhai when he entered the door, and directly joked to Zhuo Feng: "Fengzi, okay." I heard that you are now in Yucai Middle School, and you are doing well. ”

Turning the table, he poured himself a cup of tea, drank it, and turned back to find that there was a stranger in the room, and there was a small old-fashioned wooden box on the table.

"Fengzi, what's the situation, who is this?" put down the cup and asked Zhuo Feng.

"Oh, this is a friend I just made a while ago. It's called Zhang Niuhai. Just now he called and said that there was an antiquity that he wanted to sell, so I asked him to come over and get to know everyone together, and by the way, I also asked you to help me with my staff. This little box contains the antiquities. ”

"I don't know anything about antiques, what can I do. The water in this antique is very deep, Fengzi, don't be careless and fall into the ditch?"

"It's okay, I didn't say I wanted to buy it, it can be regarded as a rising eye. Just see, right, Brother Haizi. ”

When Zhang Niuhai heard Zhuo Feng say this, he was anxious on the spot.

"Don't, Brother Zhuo Feng, you can take a look, in case you like it and like it, you can still be your own sa. ”

Liu Sheng gave a look, walked to Zhuo Feng's side, and whispered: "This person, are you familiar with this thing? You and I don't know the origin of this thing, you dare?"

threw four or five questions to Zhuo Feng in a row.

Zhuo Feng knew that he was also in dire need of antiquities now to provide energy to the stone to break its seal, but he also knew the reason why Liu Sheng asked these questions.

Don't talk, just smile.

Zhang Niuhai saw them muttering in a low voice, and guessed most of them, so he said loudly:

"You can go to the antique market and ask about my Haizi's personality. Although I resell some antique goods, I do not deal with people who make ghost goods. To put it bluntly, I walked the streets and alleys, went to the countryside, scavenged everywhere to buy some antiques, bought low and sold high. If I see the right eye, I will be rich.

That ghost is a tomb robber who has dug up stolen antiquities, and I know it's illegal. I just poured two dollars for use, and I couldn't break the law. ”

As he spoke, he opened the small wooden box, took out a small object and placed it on the table.

"I picked up this object in a small mountain area two days ago, and at first I took a fancy to this small sandalwood box, but I didn't think that there was another object in it. ”

Zhuo Feng stepped forward and took a closer look at this small object.

It's an inkstone.

A cedar is carved on the lid of the inkstone, and on the side is an inscription with a poem and the name of the maker, the time and place of production. It is russet brown in color, sandy red and sandy red.

The inkstone groove surface is smooth, finely polished, and there are carved mountain stones, grass and cedar around it. Touch it with your hands, the inkstone body is smooth and delicate.

Zhuo Feng felt that this was a good inkstone, but he didn't know where to start.

"How did you get this object?" asked Zhuo Feng.

"Ten days ago, I wasn't in a hurry for money? just for this object, no, for this sandalwood box. Zhang Niuhai took a sip of tea and began to speak.

"About half a year ago, you may have heard that someone found an antique in our county's antique market. I did everything I could to find the man who started selling antiques, and found the place where he lived, which was a remote little mountainous area.

The people of that small mountain area are simple, distant and quiet.

When I entered the mountainous area, I was dumbfounded, and the pots and jars of a certain age were everywhere, and they were used by the villagers to pickle radishes and make kimchi.

To do our barren goods is to pour these old objects into the antique market, and to do eyesight work, eyesight is good-looking, and you can make money. Didn't you just look away from the vase you sold last time?"

Zhang Niuhai smiled, sometimes for an object, busy for half a month, spending all the money of the body, just to make a shout, if you don't lose money, you will be lucky.

"I stayed in that small mountain village for half a month before I found this small sandalwood box. The owner of this small sandalwood wooden box is the head of this mountain village. Eccentric personality.,Don't take care of outsiders very well.。 I brought wine and meat to eat and drink with me every day, and then I agreed to take out the small wooden box and show it to me.

When I first saw the little wooden box, it was locked. The village chief said that the small wooden box was left by their ancestors, and it had been locked, and now they could not find the key. It just stayed there and didn't move.

The village chief also said that when their ancestors first got this wooden box, they said that when a Xiuchang who went to Beijing to take the exam came to this village, he exchanged it for silver taels and stayed there. The little box was in good condition and condition, and they kept it. But the village chief just didn't plan to make a move.

Until half a month ago, the village chief called me and said that he was in a hurry to use the money and wanted to sell this box. But he offered 5,000 yuan.

At that time, the big vase I bought couldn't be used, so there was a story about not knowing you.

I took out all my belongings and the 3500 you gave, and wrung two bottles of good wine, so that I could say it, and finally got it. ”

After saying all this, Zhang Niuhai felt comfortable all over. In this way, others will not think that they are illegally obtained antiquities.

After taking the small wooden box home, it took some effort to open the lock without destroying the wooden box, and I accidentally found this inkstone. ”