Meng Zitao smiled and said a few words modestly, and then Xia Dayou took everyone into the house. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Xia Dayou's wife died of a serious illness in her early years, and now she stays at home alone, living alone in a four-bedroom and two-hall house, feeling cold and lonely, and the elderly are easy to be lonely, Meng Zitao and He Wanyi both feel a little pitiful for him.

Waiting for Xia Dayou to pour tea for the two, He Wanyi asked, "Uncle Xia, does Sister Qingqing usually come back?"

"She's busy, and the kids don't have time to take them, so how can she come back often. Xia Dayou smiled and shook his head, but no matter how he looked at it, there was some bitterness in his smile.

He Wanyi thought for a while and said, "Uncle Xia, don't you like to play chess? You can usually play chess with the old people in the community to cultivate your sentiments." ”

Xia Dayou smiled: "It's not that you don't know that I'm a stinky chess basket, playing chess with people in the community, and others don't want to play with me, saying that it's boring to win, and no one wants to play with me." It's just that I'm a person, I can't look at it and my heart is itchy, so I just can't see it. ”

He Wanyi continued: "Then you can cultivate another hobby, so that you can not only be in a good mood, but also good for your body." ”

"Look, that's it. Xia Dayou showed the hand he was wearing: "I'm studying the bracelet now, this bracelet is Qingqing knows that I like this now, I bought it, and I said it was red sandalwood, and I don't know if it's right." ”

Meng Zitao took a look at it and said with a smile: "No accident, it should be the old material of red sandalwood, it seems that Sister Qingqing should be quite filial to you." ”

"Why, what does this have to do with filial piety?" Xia Da asked curiously.

For example, if an elderly person wears a bracelet of red sandalwood and huanghuali old material, it means that his children are filial and have a higher social status, because the elderly are generally reluctant to spend a lot of money to buy such valuable and impractical objects for themselves. ”

"If an elderly person carries a string of mainstream bracelets, it means that the elderly person has an easy-going personality, is willing to be consistent with everyone, and has a lot of fun in life, and is a person who loves life and is good at making friends, because anyone can buy such bracelets, they are all wearing, and it is a public topic for everyone. ”

"And if an elderly person wears a non-mainstream bracelet, such as an uncommon variety of blood dragon wood, it means that he has a lot of personality, but he loves life, maybe he is an old bar, you go east and I want to go west. ”

Xia Dayou nodded and said, "Don't say it, it's really reasonable, that young man wears a bracelet, is there anything to say?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Indeed, there are also some sayings, if a young man wears a high-end bracelet, it means that he is a big idler, because he has a lot of time to study what kind of bracelet is good, what kind of bracelet is valuable, and there is also time to choose and maintain the bracelet, and the really busy people go to wear watches, because they do not have time to carefully select and play, let alone a lot of time to study the connotation of the bracelet." ”

"If a young man wears a string of mainstream bracelets, it means that the person is self-motivated, optimistic and easy to socialize, because choosing bracelets has not become the main choice and hobby of his life, but he does not want to lag behind others, so he follows everyone's trend and buys a string of mainstream bracelets. If there is a young man who wears a low-grade and non-mainstream bracelet, he may be a person who has low eyes and a low hand, likes to show off but has no strength. ”

Of course, these statements must be too absolute, there are exceptions to everything, and these are just topics that we usually talk about in small talk, and they should not be true. ”

"No, no, no, I think it makes sense. ”

Xia Dayou said with a smile: "A few days ago, I saw on the Internet that the material and collocation of the bracelet can reflect a person's character, such as the contrast between the materials used in the bracelet, indicating that the person has a certain aesthetic sense, open-minded, bold, and more intelligent, avoiding the repetition and monotony caused by the same material; ”

"There are also things like the color of the material, which can also reflect a person's personality, and so on, and I want to study this aspect, and maybe in a few years, I can publish a book about it. ”

He Wanyi said: "Uncle Xia, I support you and hope to be able to read your work as soon as possible." ”

Xia Dayou smiled and said: "Haha, this is just some of my ideas, and it takes a lot of information to study this, I am a loner, and I don't know anyone in the antique world, so it is a little difficult to complete the research." ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "Maybe I can help you solve this matter." ”

Xia Dayou reacted: "By the way, Xiao Meng, are you in the antique business?"

Meng Zitao nodded and said, "Yes, I have a shop in the antique street, and I also know a lot of friends, I can introduce you to you." ”

Xia Dayou looked at Meng Zitao and was stunned for a while, then said in surprise: "Wouldn't the shopkeeper of Meng Da in the Appreciation Pavilion be you?"

Meng Zitao waved his hand modestly: "I'm just a small shop, and I can't be called a big shopkeeper." ”

Xia Dayou became a little excited: "It's really you, it's a bit too much for you to be so modest! Now who knows a little bit about our Ling City doesn't know, not only do you have a big business, but also your calligraphy is also top-notch, and you are known as the contemporary grass saint!"

Speaking of this, Xia Dayou clapped his hands: "This Lao He is so uninteresting, he didn't tell me earlier, as if he thought I would ask you for calligraphy...... Uh......"

Speaking of this, Xia Dayou was stunned, and his expression was a little embarrassed.

He Wanyi covered her mouth and laughed, Meng Zitao also felt a little funny, he said: "Uncle Xia, what work do you want, I will write you one." ”

Xia Dayou looked very embarrassed, but he still said truthfully: "Xiao Meng, I'm really sorry, in fact, this word was invited by me for Qingqing, one of her customers likes cursive writing very much, I think with your words, she can do business more conveniently, I hope you don't be surprised." ”

"Hey, what is this, human nature. Meng Zitao waved his hand, pitying the hearts of parents all over the world, Xia Dayou pulled down his old face to ask for words, and explained the purpose clearly, of course Meng Zitao didn't want to ruin his interest.

Xia Dayou was happy and arched his hand to Meng Zitao to express his gratitude.

Meng Zitao then said: "The day after tomorrow, if you are free, you can go to my shop, and I will introduce you to a few friends at that time." ”

"That's the best ......"

Because there are other new friends to notify, the two did not stay here in Xia Dayou for long, sat for a while and got up to say goodbye, as for the calligraphy works, because they did not bring pen and ink, they wrote one after returning and gave it to Xia Dayou the day after tomorrow.

In a blink of an eye, it was time to make an appointment with Xia Dayou, these days, the relatives and friends who should be notified have been notified, and now they are just waiting for the day of engagement to come, Mencius feels a little excited just thinking about it, and he can't sleep at night, but fortunately, in his current situation, even if he sleeps for an hour every day, it will be no problem, and it will not be affected much.

In the morning, Meng Zitao came to his antique shop and found that there was already a customer, who seemed to want to sell something.

At this time, Hu Yuanliang was standing, Zhu Xinyue was sitting face-to-face with a middle-aged man with dark skin and body size, Zhu Xinyue was wearing gloves and carefully pinching a walnut in his hand, carefully appraising it.

When he saw Meng Zitao coming, Zhu Xinyue subconsciously wanted to get up, and he was relieved, because there should be no need for him to appraise Meng Zitao, although he has some experience in the appraisal of cultural toys because of his talent and hard work, but in the end because he is young and inexperienced, so he doesn't have much confidence, if it weren't for Hu Yuangao forcing him to identify, he would definitely be a hundred unwilling.

"Xinyue, you don't have to get up, just continue to identify. ”

Meng Zitao's words made Zhu Xinyue sit back again, and he understood a little in his heart, the boss let him appraise it, this is to test himself.

For a moment, Zhu Xinyue became excited, but immediately he looked very nervous, if he was wrong in front of the boss, what would be the impact?

Meng Zitao saw Zhu Xinyue's emotions, smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be nervous, no matter what, you have to take the first step, right or wrong is second." ”

Meng Zitao gave Zhu Xinyue some encouragement, looked at a few pairs of walnuts on the table, and asked the seller with a smile: "Sir, your surname?"

"Don't give your surname Wu. The middle-aged man replied.

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "It's rare to have lion heads, presumably these should be Mr. Wu's treasures for many years, right?"

People who like to play are familiar with walnuts, and there is an old saying in Beijing: there are three treasures in Baylor's hands, wrench, walnut, and caged bird. The walnuts in this refer to the walnuts.

Different from ordinary walnuts, cultural walnuts are collectible walnuts formed after the selection and processing of special types and characteristics. It requires a deep and clear texture, and each pair of walnuts should have a similar texture, the same size, and the same weight, so it takes a lot of effort to make a pair, plus the careful carving of skilled craftsmen and the old red formed by years of play, it is even more precious.

The lion's head walnut is a large series of walnuts, one of the "four famous walnuts", and it is also a treasure among the walnuts. The reason for this name is because when viewed upside down, the walnut pattern is like the mane of the stone lion in front of the Yamen in the old days.

The market of walnuts is getting longer, and the price of lion's head walnuts is changing a year by year, especially the high-quality ones, which are even more expensive. For example, now in 09 years, the price of a pair of lion heads that have just come off the tree with a diameter of about 45 mm is about 15,000 yuan, and if you play for ten years, the price will be unbelievable.

Getting back to the point, Mr. Wu shook his head: "It's not a collection for many years, I only play walnuts for two or three years, but I'm easy to obsess, once I like a thing, I won't stop if I don't get it, I have spent a lot of money on walnuts over the years, and I feel that I can't go on like this, so I plan to sell some of the collections, and I will be more leisurely in the future." ”

Meng Zitao nodded, and picked up a pair of walnuts with brown skin, generally speaking, all walnuts were light brown at the beginning, and after two or three years on the plate, the pulp of the walnuts came out, and the color gradually darkened and became coffee-colored.

So this pair of walnuts should be walnuts that have been plated for two or three years, and judging from the pulp, it should be the appearance of often playing with them recently.

Meng Zitao was slightly puzzled in his heart, because the shape and color of the lion's head were the same, and they were also millstone lion heads.

The grinding plate lion head is one of the precious varieties of walnuts, since ancient times, so the old walnuts that are more preserved in the world are named according to their shape characteristics, because the walnut pile is short, the belly is large, the two walnuts are stacked up like a grinding disc and named the grinding plate lion head, because of the W-shaped small tip, it is not easy to fall to the tip when it falls to the ground, so it is also called the stuffy tip lion head, usually the edge is thick and strong, one high and one low, and the positive one is relatively rare.

The variety is relatively small, the width of the side to the side is generally between 38mm and 45mm, not very large, the texture is convex and full, the walnut is larger than the plate, there is a feeling of rising hand, so the value of a big one is relatively high, different from other walnuts, there will be no feeling of stinging, you can hold hard to play, the overall density is large, it is easier to change color at the beginning, and it is very popular with Tibetan friends.

The pair of grinding lion heads in front of me is not only a rare Zhou Zheng, but the size is estimated to be about 45mm, and the difference between a pair is very subtle, which belongs to the boutique of the grinding lion head.

Let's not talk about the price of this pair of grinding lion heads, generally players who like to play walnuts in general, get a pair of such lion heads, it's too late to cherish them, how can they be willing to sell them? This can also be seen from the pulp of walnuts.

Maybe a friend wants to say, isn't this seller determined not to indulge in walnuts, and it's normal to sell them, right?

If he just sold the other walnuts on the table, Meng Zitao wouldn't think much about it, but the key thing is that this pair of walnuts is played by the owner every day. Under normal circumstances, would a person sell what he likes so easily?

Therefore, Meng Zitao felt that there might be something wrong with the origin of these walnuts, and in short, it might not be Mr. Wu's own.

Of course, this is just a small question and speculation in Meng Zitao's heart, and there may be many inside information that he doesn't know, maybe the reason why this Mr. Wu collects walnuts is just to expect the appreciation of walnuts to bring him benefits, and playing walnuts is just to increase income.

Meng Zitao had a question in his heart, so he asked Mr. Wu a few questions, and after asking these questions, he knew that his guess should be correct, and these walnuts should not be Mr. Wu's own, because this person would be wrong even with simple knowledge of walnuts, and he didn't believe that the other party could play the pair of pulp plates with the head of a grinding lion so well.

In this case, of course Meng Zitao can't let the other party succeed......