Judging from the situation after Zhou Yide woke up Wei Cunshi just now, Wei Cunshi's temper is indeed a little irritable, but it is also very direct, as long as this kind of person can talk, it is still relatively easy to deal with, plus this person's carving skills are very good, Meng Zitao feels that he can get in touch with it, maybe he can become friends. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since this is the case, he did not bargain again, after all, this price is already very cheap, unless it is leaked, otherwise it is definitely impossible to buy it in the market for such a small amount of money.

Meng Zitao smiled and said, "Okay, then so be it, but I don't have a pen, ink, paper and inkstone." ”

Wei Cunshi had a smile on his face, and immediately patted his chest and said, "I'll buy it." ”

"Hey, it's still early, and the store won't be open. Zhou Yide hurriedly reminded.

Wei Cunshi pouted: "You don't have to worry about this matter, don't you just pen, ink, paper, ink, ink, and inkstone, I will go out in person, can I still get it?"

After Wei Cunshi finished speaking, he turned his head and hurriedly ran out of the door.

Zhou Yide didn't say anything, and said disdainfully in his heart: "With your temper, how many friends can you have, or else you will get to the point of cooperating with me?"

After Wei Cunshi left, Meng Zitao asked about the canopy: "Boss Zhou, what is that thing on your table?"

Zhou Yide looked back: "You're talking about that old bronze artifact, right?"

"Yes, can I take a look?" said Meng Zitao.

"No problem, it's just a lid, and it's not a valuable thing. As he spoke, Zhou Yide took the cap.

Meng Zitao pretended to look at it again, and then asked, "Boss Zhou, take the liberty of asking, do you know the origin of this thing?"

Zhou Yide replied: "I really don't know much about this, the thing was brought back by Mr. Wei from his hometown. ”

Meng Zitao asked, "Where is Mr. Wei's hometown?"

"His hometown is from Wenling, wait for him to come back and let him tell you the origin of this thing. Zhou Yide then asked with some curiosity: "Boss Meng, is this thing quite valuable?"

Meng Zitao smiled and said: "If it is a whole piece of equipment, it is really worth a few dollars, just such a lid, it is not worth a few dollars." ”

Zhou Yide nodded in approval, just such a lid, he also felt that it was not worth a few dollars, otherwise it would not be possible to put it on the long table like this.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Wei Cunshi did not come back, and the mother and daughter that Zhou Yide said earlier arrived.

Zhou Yide hurriedly invited them into the house, and when they saw that Meng Zitao was still there, the two of them were a little eager to talk and stopped.

Zhou Yide said with a smile: "Sister Yang, this is my friend, you can tell me if you have something." ”

Yang Jinfang said with a sad face: "Xiao Zhou, is my money really not recoverable?"

Zhou Yide shook his head: "I'll tell you the truth, this matter is really slim. No, aren't you going to get appraised? The door to the appraisal isn't open yet, is it?"

"Yes, we were stopped by the doorman, and he told me at the time that this thing can't make a certificate, I asked him why, he said that even one of his doormen can see that this thing is fake, and to make a certificate is also to write B goods, let's not spend that unjust money. Yang Jinfang was annoyed when she thought that the goods she bought were fakes.

Her daughter Yu Xiaoyan kept saying: "Let you call Uncle Zhou first, come and help see, if you have to buy it, I think, how can you buy a green bracelet for 60,000 yuan, you have to listen! ”

Yang Jinfang said with some embarrassment: "You girl, it's all this time, and you still say that." ”

Yu Xiaoyan said: "Who told you that you don't have a brain, and now you have been deceived by a liar, that is to yourself and take all the 10,000 yuan I brought!"

Yang Jinfang said angrily: "Hey, you girl is still talking about it, do I want to be deceived?"

"If it weren't for your greed, would you have been deceived?"

Zhou Yide saw that the mother and daughter were arguing more and more, so he hurriedly played a round and said: "Two, don't quarrel, now arguing can't solve the problem." ”

"Then how can I get my money back!" Yang Jinfang said with a sad face: "My 50,000 yuan is not all mine, most of them are relatives and friends who asked me to bring the jade back and put it here for me first, and now I have been deceived, I have to compensate them!"

Yu Xiaoyan interjected: "Don't forget, there is still my 10,000 yuan." ”

Yang Jinfang was angry: "I said that you are not my daughter! It's all at this time, and you still want to block me!"

Yu Xiaoyan-for-tat: "Why did I add to the blockage? Is my money blown by the wind? 10,000 yuan, but I saved it for more than half a year, and I didn't get anything, so I was deceived by a liar, what kind of mood am I!"

"Well, I'll ask a friend to help you inquire and see if you can find the scammer. ”

Zhou Yide started the round again: "However, you had better be mentally prepared for this matter, it is very likely that you can't find the liar, or if you do, you may be spent by them." ”

Yang Jinfang said: "It's not so fast, 60,000 yuan, it's all spent?"

"It's hard to say. Zhou Yide shook his head: "I know a liar, he owes a lot of gambling debts, and every time he cheats money, he uses it to pay off his debts." ”

Yang Jinfang said weakly: "It shouldn't be so unlucky." ”

Meng Zitao was a little speechless next to him, you were deceived by a liar, and said that you were not so unlucky, although there was a suspicion of schadenfreude, but how could you listen to this and want to laugh?

Zhou Yide didn't know what to say, so he simply asked a friend for help and went to call.

At this time, Wei Cunshi ran back in a hurry, because the mother and daughter had been here yesterday, and he also knew each other, so he said hello at random, and said to Meng Zitao: "Teacher Meng, I have borrowed pen, ink, paper and inkstone, you can see if it is suitable." ”

Meng Zitao picked it up and found that the pen and paper were very good, especially the pen.

The barrel of this pen is made of spotted bamboo, and the bamboo grain is mottled and fine, which is very elegant. Spotted bamboo is also known as Xiangfei bamboo. Jin Zhangye's "Naturalist Chronicles" recorded this: "Yao's second daughter, Shun's second concubine, said: 'Mrs. Xiang'." The emperor collapsed, the two concubines cried, waved the bamboo with tears, and the bamboo was spotted. ”

The amorous bamboo, with its smudges and ink, has attracted literati to use it since ancient times, so it is also a common material for making brush barrels.

This spotted bamboo pen is delicate and simple, with a bamboo shoot tip type and a thick pulp, which has a certain age, at least it is also a work of the late Qing Dynasty.

The paper is a special grade Wang Liuji Shengxuan, which is based on the price calculation in the market.

In comparison, the ink block and inkstone are much inferior, of course, they are only relatively speaking, and for ordinary people, they are not too bad.

"Teacher Meng, what do you think?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "Very good, especially this brush, which is already an antique, I really can't bear to use it to write." ”

"Hey, you're good at it. Wei Cunshi waved his hand: "Aren't the four treasures of the study all used for use, just looking at them, what's the value? You can rest assured, the master must agree to let me use them before they will be borrowed by me, don't you say?"

Meng Zitao felt that it made sense, and this item had indeed been used not long ago, so he was no longer polite.

"I'll help you with the ink. Wei Cunshi said with a smile: "I used to help my old man study ink, and I still have a hand in this area." ”

As he spoke, he moved his hand, and the mother and daughter next to him looked at it curiously, and at the same time they were a little inexplicable, thinking about who Meng Zitao was and how he could be so courteous to Wei Cunshi.

Generally speaking, the grinding ink should be light and heavy, the speed and slowness should be moderate, the posture of the person grinding the ink should be correct, the vertical and flat ink should be maintained, and the ink should be vertically circled, not obliquely grinding or straight pushing, and not grinding at will.

Wei Cunshi's ink research technique is just right, and it seems that he has indeed practiced.

When Wei Cunshi was studying ink, Zhou Yide came back after making a phone call, he called the mother and daughter out, and waited until Wei Cunshi had almost finished studying the ink before bringing the frustrated mother and daughter in.

Meng Zitao didn't have the heart to care about this matter, he brewed his emotions, and began to write: "Buy Pitang, spin and plant willows, and vaguely Huai'an Jiangpu." Donggao Jiayu new traces rise, sand herons come to the gulls to gather ......"

Meng Zitao put down his pen like a divine help, and he did it in one go, and he saw that Wei Cunshi's eyes were shining with golden light, and Yu Xiaoyan's jaw was about to fall in shock.

"What's wrong?" Yang Jinfang touched her daughter and asked in a low voice, "Is this person very good at writing?"

Yu Xiaoyan said: "It's great, I've seen the vice president of our university write cursive before, and he is already a famous calligrapher in our Xishu, and I don't think he can write as well." ”

"Is this an exaggeration?" Yang Jinfang was a little unconvinced.

Yu Xiaoyan swore and said, "Really, I swear." ”

At this time, Meng Zitao had already put down the money and seal, Wei Cunshi applauded repeatedly, and then turned his head and said: "Aren't you talking nonsense, this is the youngest contemporary grass saint in our country, of course, he writes better than your principal." ”

Hearing this, the mother and daughter were a little dumbfounded, and their minds were full of question marks.

"I said Teacher Wei, can you not keep saying that I am a grass saint. "Meng Zitao is not a flamboyant character, every time he hears others say that he is a contemporary grass saint, he feels a little awkward in his heart, not to say that he does not have that strength, but don't have to say often, if you know, you know, if you don't know, you don't know, he feels that in the end, he still has to use calligraphy to talk about things.

"Hehe, what's this, you deserve it. Wei Cunshi smiled, continued to appreciate the calligraphy that Meng Zitao had just written, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and finally even screamed.

"Haha, this time it's the old man's birthday, I'll see what else he can say about me!"

Wei Cunshi laughed, and then said, "No, Teacher Meng, I think I've taken a big advantage, so you can wait for a while." ”

Before Meng Zitao could speak, Wei Cunshi ran towards his house.

At this time, Yang Jinfang came to Meng Zitao's side with a smile on her face: "Teacher Meng, can you please help me write a word?"

Meng Zitao was slightly stunned, a little didn't know how to reply, and thought, "Am I very familiar with you?"

Yu Xiaoyan was very embarrassed, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Mom, why are you like this." ”

Yang Jinfang didn't think there was anything wrong with me: "What's wrong with me, I finally met Mr. Meng, what is the problem when I ask him for a painting?"

Yu Xiaoyan was speechless, and thought to herself: "Mom, are you pretending to be stupid or are you really stupid, you are not familiar with him, isn't it boring to ask for words like this?"

Yang Jinfang didn't feel that there was anything wrong with her behavior, and was about to continue to speak, but on the other side, Wei Cunshi came back with something.

"Teacher Meng, this is a set of balls, you can see if you like it or not. After Wei Cunshi opened the box, he pushed it in front of Meng Zitao.

Meng Zitao took out the contents of the box, this is a set of balls carved from ivory, using hollow techniques, between the ball and the ball was originally an entity, it is easy to carve the outer sphere, but the carving to the inner layer needs to be peeled off layer by layer, the operation space is limited, the difficulty is very great, and the skill is peculiar.

Hollow openwork is a commonly used technique in ivory angle carving, the most representative work is the magic hollow openwork ivory set ball, this ivory ball is called "ghost work ball" in the book "Gegu Yao", is one of the traditional ivory carving skills. In 1915, at the grand "Panama International Exposition", a 26-layer openwork openwork ivory ball won the special gold medal.

This kind of set of balls is made of several layers of concentric hollow balls of different sizes in a row, each layer is independent of each other, each layer of the sphere can rotate freely, and the surface of each layer of the ball is engraved with relief patterns, which is really exquisitely clear, exquisite. The stunt of hollow openwork ivory ball was once lost, but it was recreated during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty and continued to develop. Now, the technique has been further developed, and the craftsman can carve up to 48~50 layers.

Looking at the set of balls in Meng Zitao's hand, the inner and outer layers are staggered and overlapped, exquisite and clear. The surface layer is carved with pavilions, trees and flowers, and there are nearly 40 people of various colors, which are the picture of cooling off the heat. From the outside to the inside, there are about 17 layers of large and small hollow balls, each layer of balls can rotate freely, and all of them are hollowed out with exquisite patterns. There is a buckle chain and a red silk spike on the top and bottom of the ball.

From the point of view of the characteristics of the process, this set of balls should be a masterpiece in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, and it is not easy to be able to leave it completely until now, and the value is of course quite high.

Meng Zitao played with the set of balls and asked, "Teacher Wei, are you going to give me this set of balls?"

Wei Cunshi smiled: "It's better to hear than to see, I now know that your calligraphy is so exquisite, and the advantage just now is big, this set of balls will be my compensation for you." ”

Meng Zitao smiled and waved his hand: "You don't need to be like this, the conditions just now are what I promised, and it is my own choice to lose or gain." ”

"But I'm not feeling well!"

"The market value of this set of balls is 200,000, I deserve it!"

Hearing that such a small thing is worth so much, the mother and daughter were dumbfounded.

Yang Jinfang reacted immediately, no wonder her daughter stopped herself just now, it turned out that she had to pay such a big price for asking Meng Zitao to write a word, and she was still thinking about the white wolf with empty gloves just now, and she felt a little embarrassed when she thought about it, and she couldn't wait to get into the cracks in the ground.