"Uh......"

Seeing Xu Xinqing mention his jade pendant, the old man hesitated, probably worried that Meng Zitao would say that it was a fake. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The aunt immediately sneered: "Old man, don't you say all day long that your thing is real? Why don't you even have the courage to show the teacher now?"

"What are you talking about, why don't I dare to show it to the experts!" The old man was easily agitated, and immediately took out his precious jade pendant: "Teacher Meng, please help me take a look, I don't believe it, this will be a fake!"

As soon as the thing arrived in his hands, Meng Zitao knew that this must be a fake, as far as the carving was concerned, it was an obvious mechanic, not to mention the material, Meng Zitao was a little puzzled, why did the old man have to treat it as a treasure, was it his own deception?

Meng Zitao could have said that there was something wrong with the jade pendant right away, but considering the old man's emotions, he still took some more time before he came to a conclusion.

When the old man heard the result, he really couldn't accept it: "Teacher Meng, why don't you take a look at it again?"

Meng Zitao said: "Old man, I think it's nothing, you don't have to be so entangled, just talk about me, I used to make eyes a lot, but I didn't give up eating because of choking." ”

The old man looked at Yu Pei fixedly: "This ...... No, how can there be a problem with such a beautiful jade pendant?"

Meng Zitao said: "Then let me say it bluntly, although this jade pendant is made of jade, it is actually electric. ”

Now with the development of science and technology, there are many counterfeiting methods for jade, among which it is more difficult to distinguish the electric color fake jade, which refers to the electroplating, the inferior jade is plated with a beautiful emerald green appearance, and it is easy to mistake it for real jade.

Meng Zitao continued: "I don't know what you know about the identification of this electric fake jade?"

The old man shook his head.

Meng Zitao asked for the jade pendant and explained: "If you look closely, you can see that there are some small cracks with green and blue on it, which are fake jade. Because of the cracks left during plating, connoisseurs call them 'spider claws'. ”

The old man also saw the characteristics that Meng Zitao said, and said in a tangled way: "Could this be a characteristic left by nature?" ”

"Uncle......

Meng Zitao waved his hand and interrupted Xu Xinqing's words: "In this way, let's do a destructive experiment that can prove that this is an electric fake jade, if there is no problem, the loss is mine, how about it?"

The aunt said angrily: "Old man, the expert teacher has said so, when are you still going to be obsessed!"

Xu Xinqing took over and said: "Uncle, I know that you are in a bad mood because you have been deceived by money, but you can earn it again when the money is gone, and if you have a physical problem like this, it is not that money can buy it back." Besides, this flower arrangement is worth 400,000 yuan, so you don't have to worry about money for the time being. ”

The old man was silent for a moment, and finally looked up to the sky and sighed: "Hey, forget it, let's just think it's a nightmare." ”

Seeing the old man say this, the aunt and Xu Xinqing both breathed a long sigh of relief in their hearts, and at the same time expressed gratitude to Meng Zitao.

The old man silently put away the jade pendant, and the aunt saw it and hurriedly asked, "Why are you still putting it away!"

"I take it as a lesson and remind myself that I can't do it!"

The old man snorted angrily, and then asked Meng Zitao, "Teacher Meng, what is the method you just said?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Actually, it's quite simple, but few people do it, specifically put it in an oil pot and boil it, or it won't be long before its color will return to its original state." ”

"So that's what happened. The old man suddenly said, "People nowadays are so smart that they can even think of this way." ”

The aunt muttered: "Smart is smart, but there are too many people who use it in crooked ways, and we ordinary people will be deceived if we are not careful." ”

Xu Xinqing hurriedly signaled to her aunt not to mention this matter again, lest her uncle think of sad things again, isn't this nothing to look for?

The aunt hurriedly kept silent, she had had enough of more than half a year, seeing that her wife was getting better, and because she was talking too much, she had no place to cry.

At this time, Meng Zitao pointed to the remaining jade artifact in the box and asked, "Old man, can I take a look at this jade?"

"Absolutely. Only then did the old man notice that there was still a jade object lying in the box, and casually agreed, and the whole person fell into memory.

This is a shanzi, not very large, although Khotanese jade is used, but the jade quality is relatively ordinary. However, the jade carving is very exquisite, polished and delicate, the carving is skillful, and the layout is fresh and refined.

I saw that the mountain was carved into a towering mountain peak shape according to the shape of the jade material, the mountain stone is steep, concave and convex, and the overall shape is seamless and just right. There are blemishes and skin color, the whole body skillfully carved pavilions and pavilions, mountain cliffs, pine long steps, the old man in the robe walks with a cane, walks up the steps, two boys follow closely, the stream behind the mountain obliquely passes into a stream, the flowing water is turbulent, pick up the steps and go up, there is a pavilion at the top, the ancient pine surrounds, the cliff side ladder goes straight to the top of the mountain.

It can be said that the whole jade is properly laid out, the grinding work is delicate, and it has reached the level of a master, and what makes Meng Zitao even more concerned is that its carving is the same as the jade carved plum bottle and Zigang brand that he got before, and it is likely to be from the same person.

So, Meng Zitao couldn't help but ask: "Old man, is it convenient for you to tell me the origin of this mountain?"

"Is there any question?" the old man replied without hurrying.

Meng Zitao replied: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that I have encountered two pieces of jade with the same carving before, so I am a little curious about the author and want to know about it." ”

The old man nodded: "This is the work of my friend." ”

Meng Zitao really didn't expect it to be such a coincidence, he was very curious about this jade carving master, so he asked, "Is it convenient for me to visit?"

The old man smiled bitterly: "Because of me, I have no contact with him now." ”

It turned out that the old man and this friend were iron buddies who had nothing to say, and they could wear a pair of pants if they had a good relationship, and his friend loved jade carving, and he had worshiped a jade carving master as a teacher before, and after studying for about two or three years, the master died of illness, and he could only go home and study by himself, but he didn't expect to be really famous for his research.

However, this temper is a little strange, although there is a superb carver, but he does not make a living from it, jade carving is just his hobby, only occasionally for his best friend to carve a thing or two. Because of this, he buys relatively poor jade, which is why he is a master-level carver, but it appears on ordinary jade.

As for why the old man broke off the relationship with his friend, in fact, it also has something to do with this mountain, this mountain is a birthday gift given to him by an old man's friend, one day, his business partner saw this mountain, felt very liked, and asked the old man where he bought it from, I heard that it was carved by the old man's friend himself, and quickly asked the old man to ask his friend to help carve one, and the old man patted his chest on the spot because he drank some wine.

In fact, the old man's friend has a rather eccentric temper, he can help his friend carve jade for free, but if the friend asks for someone else's own initiative, he will be unhappy, and the old man knows this, but because his mouth is about to agree.

As a result, although the old man's friend still agreed to help, because of this incident, the two had a gap, and then quarreled over a trivial matter, and they broke up completely.

The old man smiled bitterly: "In fact, if I apologize to him, he will definitely forgive me, but I love face, so I didn't think of apologizing, and when I wanted to apologize, he had already moved, and I didn't have his contact information, so I asked my neighbor to inquire, and the neighbor didn't know where he moved, and there was no news since." ”

"And what about his friend?"

"There are only four or five of his friends, two of whom have died, and the remaining ones I don't know well with and don't have their contact information. ”

"Is there a picture of him?"

"That's right. ”

"Can you let me take a picture?"

As long as the person is alive and knows the name and photo of this person, it is really not too difficult for Meng Zitao to investigate.

"There's nothing wrong with that, but he can't be guilty of anything, right?" asked the old man.

"It's really nothing. Meng Zitao smiled and waved his hand, but it was really strange to think about him, his previous desire to see someone was really not so strong, why is this?

The old man also felt that according to his friend's character, there should be nothing bad, and Mencius was not very good at deceiving him for this, so he took out the photos of his friends in his early years and told Mencius everything he knew.

Meng Zitao got the information he wanted and thanked the old man.

The old man smiled and said, "Teacher Meng doesn't need to be so polite, in fact, I want to ask you to do me a favor, if you find him, can you notify me?"

"Of course that's fine. Meng Zitao nodded with a smile.

After chatting a few more words, Meng Zitao felt that there should be nothing to do here, and wanted to leave.

Seeing that Meng Zitao wanted to leave, the two old men hurriedly invited Meng Zitao to have lunch at home before leaving.

The aunt called the restaurant and ordered a few dishes, went back to the kitchen to prepare some vegetarian dishes, and the remaining three chatted about some antique topics.

Speaking of his collection for many years, the old man was annoyed: "It's all those black-hearted liars, so I have disposed of most of the collection for many years, but there are some worthless gadgets left, and I feel depressed when I think about it now." ”

Xu Xinqing hurriedly said: "Uncle, it's still the same sentence, look at it a little, the old ones don't go, and the new ones don't come." ”

"Well, that's just what I thought. The old man scratched his head, looking helpless, and after a while, he remembered something: "Teacher Meng, how is the market of the purse in the Qing Dynasty?"

Meng Zitao replied: "The purse is a niche collection, and the value depends on whether it is court or folk, and it also depends on what craftsmanship is used." ”

The old man said: "I have three pieces of female red, which should all be from the late Qing court, and I don't know much about the production process." ”

"You can show me it. ”

"Okay, wait a minute. ”

After a while, the old man came back with his things, and the three things were daily necessities at that time, namely a purse, a glasses bag, and a key case.

Among them, the purse is a waist round type, which is a daily place of money tickets and banknotes, and is not hung in the bag or placed in the bag. The center of this purse is embroidered with a large peony with yarn, and begonias, chrysanthemums, lotuses, etc. are embroidered around it. The glasses cover is embroidered on the white satin ground with longevity mountain stones, red-crowned cranes, pine trees, and birds, which means "pine cranes prolong their lives", and peony and roosters on the other side imply "wealth and wealth". The key case is embroidered with heald flowers on a red satin floor in a light color.

Meng Zitao picked it up and looked at it, and knew it in his heart: "This should be made of 'nano yarn'." ”

Na yarn is one of the traditional stitches of embroidery in China. It belongs to one of the Suzhou embroidery yarn embroidery needle methods. Suzhou embroidery is called "poke yarn", and the north is called "nano yarn". With plain yarn as the embroidery base, embroidered with colored silk full of patterns, there is a yarn floor around. The color is carried out in the order of the pattern, the inner depth and the outer light or the outer depth and the inner light. It is suitable for embroidering quilt covers, bed blankets in practical embroidery and appreciating the character costumes in embroidery.

"How much is that worth?"

"Your three embroideries are still good, but this kind of collection is relatively niche, not sought after by capital, and there is no hype, so the value is not too high, your three pieces together can be worth about 30,000 yuan." ”

"That means 10,000 a piece?"

"Of course not, if it were a single piece, it would definitely be cheaper. And I'll tell you the truth, if you meet someone you like, it's okay to say it, otherwise 30,000 may be enough. ”

The old man looked at his things and said, "Forget it, in that case, I'd better keep it for myself." Speaking of which, when I was a child, purses were still common things, and now they have been replaced by purses, and in terms of practicality, purses are no worse than purses. ”

In fact, the history of wearing purses in China can be traced back to the pre-Qin period, and the "Book of Rites and Internal Rules" says: "Children are parents, and they are worn left and right...... Jin Ying, suitable for parents and aunts. That is to say, when young people go to meet their parents and elders, they should wear a woven sachet (purse) to show respect for their elders.

By the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the pouch was formally established as a system. Later, the pouch gradually became a kind of proof of identity, and it was clearly stipulated in the Book of Sui and the Chronicles of Etiquette that officials of the second rank and above were "woven of gold", those of the third rank and above were "woven of silver", and those of the fifth rank and above and below the third rank were "woven of silk". Since then, the custom of wearing purses has continued until the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China.

But later, with the increasing westernization and fashionization of clothing, the custom of wearing purses gradually became extinct, and now everyone has little concept of purses.

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "There will be no bank cards at that time, in fact, this is also due to the development of the times, each period has something suitable for each period, maybe in the near future, we don't even need a wallet." ”

Xu Xinqing said: "It's impossible, you can't put all the money in your pocket, how inconvenient it is." ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "Who knows." ”

"Teacher Meng, I still have one more thing here, and I want you to take a look at it. ”

Meng Zitao was stunned when he saw the things that the old man took out......