The young man surnamed Zhao will only ask the buyer for the intermediary fee, and the asking price is not low, but he can help Yan Xifan lower the price, and in the past few years, the money he has earned from Yan Xifan is not small. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Some friends may be strange, in this case, why did Yan Xifan sell things to him?

The reason is very simple, the young man grasped Yan Xifan's weakness, and often brought some things, such as wine or food, and usually came to accompany Yan Xifan when he was free or not.

There is a saying that eats people with a soft mouth and takes people short, and Yan Xifan is the kind of unruly character, therefore, when a young man introduces someone to him, as long as the price offered by the other party can not be lower than the bottom line of the price in his heart, he will basically not refuse.

In the final analysis, if Yan Xifan's son would come over to accompany Yan Xifan from time to time, there would be nothing to do with the youth.

Getting back to the point, the middle-aged man said with a smile: "I heard Xiao Zhao say that you have a treasure of a pen holder from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, I wonder if you can let me appreciate it?"

"Just want to see?" Yan Xifan asked.

The middle-aged man smiled: "This is not your old treasure, and to be honest, I really just want to see if it is the one I am looking for." ”

"Then you have to ask Shopkeeper Meng, I just transferred it to him. Yan Xifan pointed to Mencius next to him.

This answer surprised the middle-aged people, especially the young people, whose faces flashed with a look of loss, and at the same time a little painful, because today's intermediary fees are estimated to be a lot less because of this.

On the other side, the middle-aged man's reaction was quite calm, he first introduced himself to Meng Zitao, and then politely asked Meng Zitao if he could show him the pen holder.

The other party's words were more polite, and Meng Zitao agreed.

"Unfortunately, it's not this one. ”

After Chai Jiayou looked at the pen holder, he shook his head with some disappointment, and then explained to everyone: "My family used to have a similar five-old drawing pen holder, which has been passed down in my family for hundreds of years, in the eighties, when I went to college, my family couldn't afford to pay for tuition, although my father was reluctant, but still sold it, and now I have the ability, I want to get it back." ”

Everyone understands Chai Jiayou's thoughts very well, but so many years have passed, and if you want to find the pen holder, unless there is a clue, otherwise, it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Yan Xifeng said, "You can try to find the original buyer. ”

Chai Jiayou said: "I also looked for it, he is also in Yangcheng antique business, at the beginning he introduced himself as Lao Chen, according to him is very famous in Yangcheng, but I have a lot of relationships, I can't find that person." ”

Yan Xifeng said: "There are a lot of people called Lao Chen in the Yangcheng antique world, tell me what it looks like, see if I recognize it." ”

Chai Jiayou described the person's appearance and said: "I heard about the person's appearance from my father, maybe I don't know too well, I heard my father say that his most striking feature is that he has a big mole under his ear." ”

Hearing the end, Yan Xifan said, "Okay, I know who you are talking about." ”

Chai Jiayou asked a little excitedly when he heard this: "Who is it?"

Yan Xifan said: "Let's put it this way, he was indeed very famous in the Yangcheng antique industry at the beginning, but in 91, when he went to the countryside to receive the goods, he was kidnapped and finally tore up the ticket, so it is normal for you not to ask." In addition, his collection was basically disposed of by his family after his death, and there is basically no possibility that you will find the pen holder from his family. ”

When Chai Jiayou heard that this was the case, he was very disappointed, and then asked, "Then do you know where his family lives?"

Yan Xifan shook his head: "After so many years, how would I know. ”

"Well, anyway, I have to thank you, I don't know how long it will take to hear from him. Chai Jiayou expressed his gratitude.

"It's nothing, it's just a gesture. Yan Xifan waved his hand, he really didn't care about this matter.

Now that he got the news he wanted, Chai Jiayou said goodbye with a few polite words, and then left with the young man.

After sending Chai Jiayou away, Yan Xifan said: "It's not too early, you guys pick two more things, and we'll go to dinner." ”

Ding Tianjun said: "Why, you don't have enough money in your hand?"

Yan Xifan said: "I gave my son the money for the pen holder, and the money for buying wine in my hand is almost gone, and of course I have to sell two things." ”

"I don't even know what to say about you. Yan Xifan's mention of drinking still made Ding Tianjun very angry.

Yan Xifan smiled: "Come on, I know you are for my good, but this is the end of my life, you don't care about this matter." ”

Looking at Yan Xifan's smiling face, Ding Tianjun said angrily: "I'm too lazy to care about you." ”

"Alright, stop talking nonsense, let's pick one. ”

Yan Xifan led everyone to the storage room, where he stored his collections, but the Bogu shelves in the room were already empty, and it was estimated that more than two-thirds of the collections had been disposed of.

Ding Tianjun shook his head: "I said Lao Yan, just how long can you hold out with these collections?"

Yan Xifan said with a smile: "Until I am sixty years old, I will have insurance money to take." ”

Don't look at Yan Xifan's gray hair, in fact, he is only in his early fifties, and he still has six or seven years to go until he is sixty years old.

Ding Tianjun sneered: "Hey, you are still shrewd, if you put your shrewd mind into your career, you would have made a comeback a long time ago, right?"

"It's really annoying that you talk so much every time you come back!"

"Okay, then I won't care about you!"

Meng Zitao could see that Ding Tianjun said so, but the next time he came back, he definitely couldn't help but chatter.

Next, Meng Zitao observed the collections in the room and walked around, there was basically nothing particularly outstanding, and the highest value was a snuff bottle, but only twenty or thirty thousand. With these things, it is no wonder that Ding Tianjun will say that he will support him until he is sixty years old

When Meng Zitao walked to the corner of the north wall, he suddenly found an iron box nearly 70 centimeters long and nearly 50 centimeters wide.

The surface of this iron box is rusty, it looks a little strange, first of all, the height of the box is only about twelve centimeters, and there are basically not many things to say, and Meng Zitao didn't see anything that could be opened in the box, so he really couldn't figure out what it did.

In addition, through the rust, Meng Zitao vaguely saw that the top of the iron box was divided into ten rectangular lattices from left to right, and a figure was engraved in the middle of each grid. The characters are men, women and children, and they look like ancient characters, but in terms of shape, there are some strangeness, giving people a feeling of being unChinese.

After that, Meng Zitao carefully inspected it again, and found that this box did not find any place that could be opened except for the slight gaps where the characters were engraved.

Strangely, Meng Zitao used his ability, and as a result, his face changed somewhat.

"Elder Yan, what is this iron box used for?" After settling his mind, Meng Zitao turned around and asked.

"Iron box?"

Yan Xifan didn't react for a while, until he walked up and saw the box, and then suddenly said: "Hey, this is what I got when I went to the countryside once, I thought it was quite strange at the time, I bought it back and studied it, but in the end, it was all in vain, and no one wanted to sell it, so it has been put until now." ”

Meng Zitao thought for a while and asked, "I wonder if you can give it to me?"

Yan Xifan didn't care about this iron box very much, he didn't bother to think about why Meng Zitao wanted it, and said with a smile: "This box is not valuable, I bought it for a hundred yuan at the beginning, you can just take it if you want to." ”

"It's definitely not going to work. ”

Meng Zitao hurriedly said that he couldn't ask for it in vain, and finally the two pushed each other, and Meng Zitao gave a thousand yuan.

After that, Meng Zitao also chose an inkstone and gave Yan Xifan 10,000 yuan, in terms of value alone, he could buy an inkstone for 5,000 yuan, but even so, he took a big advantage. Of course, he would have taken this matter to heart.

On the other side, Ding Tianjun didn't choose anything, and when Meng Zitao paid, everyone put the things in the car, and then went to a nearby restaurant for lunch.

After the meal, Yan Xifan, who was drunk and unconscious, was sent home, and Ding Tianjun asked the driver to send Meng Zitao and them back to the hotel.

Back in the room, Zhang Jingqiang hadn't come back yet, Meng Zitao packed up his things, put the iron box on the table and prepared to study how to open it.

The army looked at it curiously: "Is there any treasure hidden in this thing?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "You have always watched me pick up leaks, I haven't found a way to open the box, how do I know if there will be treasures inside." ”

Dajun laughed, "I'm sure it's going to be a piece of cake for you." ”

Meng Zitao observed the details of the box and replied: "Don't say that, I really don't know how to open this box." ”

"I wonder if you're going to get rid of the rust on it?" said the army, "Oh, I forgot, this kind of thing can't be rusted." ”

Meng Zitao said: "Of course not, if something like a bronze mirror doesn't affect it, it's best not to get rid of it, this can still be handled." ”

Next, Meng Zitao took out some tools and dealt with the rust a little, and the box looked a lot clearer.

Speaking of which, the workmanship of this box is really good, and the ornamentation is also very rich, in addition to the figure on the top, the front is also engraved with passionflower, and the side is also engraved with various ornaments, and the carving is exquisite. It's just that the ornamentation looks more Westernized, not quite like a domestic aesthetic.

Meng Zitao observed carefully for a while, but still did not find a place to open the box. got a treasure, but couldn't find a place to open it, his mood can be imagined.

"Dajun, where do you say this box should be opened from?" Meng Zitao turned his head and asked Dajun next to him.

"This ......" The army hesitated for a moment, then pointed to the center of the passionflower: "Could it be here?" (To be continued.) )