The house of whistle making is engraved at the bottom of the whistle as a sign. Famous family in Beijing, the first to be born in the early years of Jiageng "Hui" word, after which there are "Yong" (Lao Yong), "Ming", "Xing", "Yong" (Xiao Yong, the son of Lao Yong), "Xiang", "Wen", "Hong", etc., a total of eight.

Among them, the names of the makers of "Hui", "Yong", "Ming" and "Xing" whistles are no longer available. The name of the "Xiang" character maker is Zhou Chunquan, the word "Wen" is Tao Zuowen, and the word "Hong" is Wu Yutong.

The pigeon whistles made by the eight families have their own characteristics.

Among them, the word "Hui" whistle is clear and more graceful, and the rhyme is mellow; the word "Yong" whistle is yellow bell Da Lu, and the sound is magnificent; the word whistle "Ming" is melodious and loud, between "Hui" and "Yong"; the word whistle "Xing" is high-pitched and refreshing, which makes people wake up; the two families of "Xiang" and "Wen" have respectively inherited "Yong" and "Hui", and each has a wonderful sound; the "Hong" word whistle is oblique, because of the relationship between its hand disease, but the sound is extraordinary.

Among these eight schools, the hand-me-down works have the least number of "Ming" characters, so they are highly valued by collectors.

Therefore, when Meng Zitao saw that it was actually a pigeon whistle with the word "song", he was overjoyed and hurriedly looked at it carefully. Look at the words first, only to see the lettering neat and sparse, great pen power. Looking at its workmanship, there is no problem. It should be a genuine product.

Putting down this "Ming" word gourd pigeon whistle, Meng Zitao picked up the remaining few pigeon whistles, but was surprised to find that in addition to the two are the same author, the other six actually have different authors for each pigeon whistle, and only the word "Hui" is missing.

Put the last pigeon whistle back, Meng Zitao said with some pity: "It's a pity that there is no word 'Hui', otherwise the eight families will be gathered, then the value of these pigeon whistles will be high." ”

Chang Huarong said with a smile: "If there is the word 'Hui'." I won't transfer these pigeon whistles. Shopkeeper Meng, I don't know if you can accept these pigeon whistles from me?"

Meng Zitao pondered for a moment. Only then did he say, "Professor Chang, there are not many people here who play this kind of thing. I suggest that you take it to the capital to have a look, otherwise, you will definitely be affected. ”

Chang Huarong thought for a while and said, "I only need eight (eighty thousand) to count, how about it?"

As far as Meng Zitao is concerned, 80,000 yuan is not low, but for him, there is still a little bit of profit, so he said with a smile: "Since you were brought by Brother Zhang." So be it for the price. Do you want to transfer money or cash?"

Seeing that Meng Zitao was so refreshing, Chang Huarong smiled and said, "Just transfer the money." ”

"Okay, please report the card number......

After transferring the account, Chang Huarong was in a hurry to leave, and Zhang Jingqiang stayed.

Meng Zitao put away his things and made Zhang Jingqiang a cup of tea.

After taking a sip, Zhang Jingqiang's eyes lit up and praised: "This Longjing tea is green and green, and the fragrance is mellow. There's a different flavor, where did you buy it?"

"This was delivered to me by Aze two days ago, but I don't know much about tea. I just think it tastes good. ”

Meng Zitao only knew a little about the tea ceremony, but he didn't know how to drink tea, and he couldn't afford to buy any good tea to drink before. Although he knew that Shu Ze would not give him a bargain, he felt that he would drink it anyway. There is no comparison with other teas, I just think it tastes good.

Zhang Jingqiang suddenly said: "It turned out that he sent it." No wonder it tastes a little different from the dragon wells I bought before. ”

Speaking of this, he rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "I said Xiao Meng, such a good tea, you actually only say that it tastes good, isn't this a tyrannical thing? Otherwise, these teas will be transferred to me, and I will buy some special Longjing for you, how about it?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "I don't understand tea, but I also know how good it tastes, so don't beat me up with these teas." However, it's okay to send you some, and the rest is not to be discussed. ”

Zhang Jingqiang also accepted it when he saw it, and said with a smile: "You said this, don't regret it." ”

Meng Zitao pretended to be speechless and said, "Isn't it just a little tea, and I will regret it?"

Zhang Jingqiang smiled and said, "You went to Tongdu during this time, you shouldn't know about Zhu Dachang, right?"

"What happened to Zhu Dachang, who didn't deal with you?" asked Meng Zitao curiously.

Zhang Jingqiang smiled: "Didn't he buy a Wenwang Ding last time?"

"Yes, has it been found to be a fake?"

Meng Zitao's heart moved, if this is the case, then Xue Wenguang should be unlucky, right?

Zhang Jingqiang gloated and said: "It's worse than this, Zhu Dachang originally bought the Wen Wang Ding to give it to a big man, and the things were also given away." As a result, when the big man invited a friend to come over to admire, he was pointed out to be a problem, he was annoyed and angry, and directly sent Zhu Dachang in, and it was no problem to be locked up for more than ten years as far as he had done before. ”

When Meng Zitao heard that this was the case, he felt a little incredible: "Since it was given to a big man, didn't he know to ask someone else to appraise it before he gave it away?"

Zhang Jingqiang shrugged his shoulders: "Who knows what he thinks, maybe it's because he believes in Xue Wenguang too much." ”

Meng Zitao was a little speechless, but then again, Xue Wenguang's eyesight is really good, and he has never heard of any eye-piercing experience, but the two times he met him, he looked away.

Thinking about it like this, Meng Zitao felt that he was not Xue Wenguang's nemesis.

Meng Zitao hurriedly asked, "What about Xue Wenguang?"

Zhang Jingqiang smiled: "What else, Zhu Dachang's wife took someone and smashed his shop." ”

Because Meng Zitao took a shortcut when he came over today, and did not pass by Xue Wenguang's shop, he was surprised for a while, but he immediately became happy and scolded "deserved".

Zhang Jingqiang continued: "But Xue Wenguang is also a thief enough, after learning the news, he took away the more expensive things in the store, and took the whole family to other places, and now I don't know where to go." However, Zhu Dachang's wife said that as long as she sees Xue Wenguang in the future, she will be beaten once she sees it. ”

When Meng Zitao heard this, he was somewhat emotional, originally, he was still thinking about how to solve Xue Wenguang's trouble, but he didn't expect it to be solved like this, thinking about it, it is really impermanent.

However, although this is good news, it also sounded the alarm bell for him, and when doing business, you must put your tricks on the light, otherwise it is likely to bring you endless trouble.

Drinking tea and chatting, before you know it, a morning has passed.

Meng Zitao took some tea and gave it to Zhang Jingqiang, and as a gift, Zhang Jingqiang took Meng Zitao to have a big meal. It's not a good deal, but the friendship deepens in the middle.

After the meal, Meng Zitao returned to the store, and when he saw that there were no customers, he took the gifts he brought back from the copper capital and went to Zhengyixuan.

When he got there, Meng Zitao found that Wang Menghan was drowsy there, and Wang Zhixuan was not in the store, and he didn't know if he had something to do or went to take a nap.

When Wang Menghan saw Meng Zitao coming in, he got up and greeted him with a smile: "Brother Meng, when did you come back? ”

"Arrived home last night. Meng Zitao smiled and handed over the gift: "These are all specialties of the copper capital, and this one is for your brother Cheng." ”

Wang Menghan took the gift with a smile: "Then I will be disrespectful." ”

Meng Zitao asked, "What about your father?"

"Help someone else's palm. Wang Menghan asked again: "By the way, how about your harvest in the copper capital this time?"

"It's ok. Meng Zitao said with a smile.

Wang Menghan smiled and said: "Brother Meng, you said it's okay, that is, you have gained a lot, what are the good things, use them to open our eyes." ”

Meng Zitao said: "I have put all the things at home, so bring them next time." ”

Wang Menghan asked: "What are the things, let's talk about it first." ”

Meng Zitao said: "Actually, it's really nothing, just a Yuan Dynasty glaze red high-foot turnaround cup is not bad, and the others are relatively ordinary things." ”

On this trip to the copper capital, he was most satisfied with being able to meet He Wanyi, but of course this kind of thing can't be said.

"Heart-turning cup?" Wang Menghan's eyes widened, and when she came back to her senses, she quickly took out her mobile phone and searched for relevant information from the Internet: "You mean this kind of heart-turning cup?"

Meng Zitao said: "Yes, except for the ornamentation, which is a little different, the others are similar to this one on the Internet. ”

Wang Menghan opened his mouth, and then said speechlessly: "Such a baby, you actually said 'not bad', your requirements are too high." ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "Our countrymen, modesty is a virtue." ”

Wang Menghan said angrily: "Are you being modest? This is simply showing off!"

Meng Zitao spread his hands and joked: "This is what you have to ask." ”

Wang Menghan snorted: "Or am I not right to say that?"

"That's not what I said. ”

Meng Zitao smiled and asked, "Ask you a serious matter, how is Xue Wenguang's shop handled now?"

Wang Menghan said: "What else can I do, of course, I can only transfer it, and his store has been smashed very badly, unless he comes back to deal with it, otherwise, the rent paid before will be deducted, but now it is like this, how dare he come back, this time he is really a big deal." ”

"That's fine, our antique street has one less black sheep, and Brother Meng, you don't have to worry about him coming to trouble you. ”

Meng Zitao smiled and nodded, but he did not relax his vigilance in his heart, because Lao Song had not yet found the results of the investigation, and he didn't know who invited the Yao brothers to make trouble. In case it wasn't Xue Wenguang but a mouse, with this guy eyeing him by the side, he wouldn't be at ease.

Next, he told Meng Zitao some details, and Wang Menghan said: "By the way, I have something to tell you, the eighteenth day of the lunar month is Zheng Lao's seventy-ninth birthday, although Zheng Lao didn't say anything, there should be a lot of people who go back." Zheng Lao doesn't like other people to give him any expensive gifts, I discussed with Ah Heng, how about we buy a birthday gift together?" )