Zhou Yide smiled wryly and continued: "I rushed back to tell her that she had been deceived when she bought a fake, and I went there to find someone but didn't find it. But she didn't believe it www.biquge.info said I was talking nonsense, and in the end it was her daughter who came to say a fair word, and she took something and said she was going to do a test, and she left without looking back, and the silk scarf would fall on my stall. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Yide sighed: "To be honest, now good people really can't deserve it, originally we said before, I took their mother and daughter to go shopping in the market, cheap and won't suffer, I didn't expect it, I didn't believe me, I didn't say it if I didn't believe it, and finally I was deceived, it seems that it is still my responsibility, it is really inexplicable." ”

Meng Zitao said: "There are still more such people now, since she doesn't believe you, you don't have to put a hot face on it, there is no need for that." ”

Zhou Yide said: "It's not that I'm boasting, I'm still good to my friends, since she told me before she came, I have to be responsible for her." In fact, to put it mildly, in fact, I just want to save face, and if I make my friends think that I am not doing well, I will be very unhappy. Forget it, let's not talk about it, Master Wei is still sleeping, I'll take some of his finely carved jade works first. ”

"Okay. ”

Meng Zitao drank tea and looked around, this is actually an ordinary house, it should be some years old, there are no other characteristics, that is, the house is large, it is better to place all kinds of utensils, as well as jade raw materials.

After a while, Zhou Yide came back with his things, except for a pair of jade bracelets and a statue of Guanyin, the others were all kinds of jade jewelry.

Among these jadeite, Meng Zitao paid the most attention to the statue of Guanyin, and after he greeted Zhou Yide, he picked up the statue of Guanyin and admired it.

The material used in this statue of Guanyin is quasi-ice jadeite, the so-called quasi-ice species, generally refers to the water head is good, translucent, and the texture is very good, but it is not up to the ice jadeite, and it is also a medium and high-end jadeite in the jadeite.

This statue of Guanyin is holding the lotus Guanyin, which is one of the faces of Guanyin. Because the lotus flower is not stained in the sludge, and the wonderful fragrance is widely spread, it is deeply loved by everyone, and the lotus flower is often used as a metaphor for the ten kinds of good practices practiced by the Bodhisattva, and the lotus flower with buds is a metaphor for the bodhicitta hidden by all beings, which has the meaning of praying for joy and auspiciousness. It is more common in all kinds of Guanyin statues.

This statue is in a standing posture, its head is draped in a scarf, a long dress and a long skirt, the left hand holds a huge lotus stem, the right hand holds a willow branch, the placket is fluttering, and the bare feet stand on a huge lotus leaf. His low eyebrows and eyes, plump face, kind and kind, solemn and elegant. Guanyin is surrounded by a corner of the lotus pond, the lotus leaves around are either half-exposed and half-hidden, or delicate and solitary, swaying with the wind, the graceful posture, the water under the lotus leaves is murmuring, and the swimming fish are happy.

The statue is larger, the emerald color is fresh, the design concept is ingenious, it integrates various carving expression techniques such as openwork carving, the figure modeling is accurate, the carving is vivid and round, and it vividly reproduces the gentle and broad mind and compassion of Guanyin. It also reflects the author's superb skill.

After seeing this Guanyin statue, Meng Zitao said a little incredulously: "Boss Zhou, don't tell me, the jadeite I bought from you before is all an author." ”

Zhou Yide smiled and said, "Don't say it, it's indeed an author." Don't you think it's a little strange that such an author can't have taken the time to sculpt those, and to be honest, I thought it strange at first, but if you know his character, you know it's normal. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Yide looked at the back room, for fear that the other party would hear it, and then lowered his voice and said:

"Master Wei is actually not bad, but do things more casually, want to come out is a play, I give you an example, there was a customer who came to him with the material to carve, and also set a time, originally promised to be good, but halfway he went to do something else, to the specified time can not get the work, the customer is angry enough. If it weren't for his high level, the other party wouldn't want to pay. ”

"And he has done a lot of this kind of thing, and he is also famous in the circle, everyone calls him 'slow Langzhong', and people who don't particularly like his craft will not ask him to carve. That's why he agreed to work with me, otherwise it would be my turn. ”

Meng Zitao said, "Then don't you invite an apprentice?"

Zhou Yide said: "I also want to invite, but his temper is not good, several apprentices he invited before were scolded by him, I don't want to say anything, no way, who said that he has no other ability, he can only be like this temporarily." ”

Zhou Yide's helplessness Meng Zitao can also understand that the situation is not good, and the means of making money are not in his hands, so it is normal to be anxious.

In this regard, Meng Zitao didn't have much to say, if it was a friend who had known each other for a long time, he could help some, but he had no friendship with Zhou Yide, and it was impossible for him to take care of everything.

Zhou Yide also knew that it was not good to talk to Meng Zitao about this topic, so he immediately changed the topic: "Boss Meng, you can take a look at the others." ”

"Okay. ”

After a while, Meng Zitao appreciated all the jadeite products that Zhou Yide brought, needless to say, the production level is from the same person, and the use of medium and high-grade jadeite, the worst also has ice glutinous species, Meng Zitao likes it quite much.

"Boss Zhou, are you going to sell all these things?" Meng Zitao asked.

Zhou Yide was pleasantly surprised: "Are you going to have both?"

Meng Zitao nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Zhou Yide almost couldn't help but agree, but when it came to his mouth, he still took it back and said apologetically: "Boss Meng, I can't make decisions about this matter, you wait a while, I'll ask Master Wei." ”

"No problem. ”

After Zhou Yide left, Meng Zitao got up and walked to a long table next to him, picked up something from the table and looked at it.

This is a lid with a six-pillar foot ring handshake and inlaid with red copper, which is a bronze vessel that has been opened to the present at a glance.

Such a lid, Meng Zitao remembered that a bronze reel he had seen before also had a similar lid.

It is an ancient wine container. It is also used to hold liquid food, originally from the same shape pottery, where the silk refers to the respect, not the bath, the ancients used the silk is mostly pottery. Archaeological excavations have found that only a small number of larger tombs have bronze threads, and there are "threads, pottery vessels, so they hold wine pulp, and the meridians of the Qin people's drums are pictographed." It can be seen that the ancestor of the bronze thread should be the pottery thread.

The confirmation of the thread is due to the self-name, Cai Hou Zhu Ling, Cai Hou Shen Zun and Shu Tie all have their own names, the glyph characteristics of the thread show that this kind of utensils is the original prototype of many similar utensils, originally the general name of the large-mouth pottery vessel. The wound is different from the bottle, the former has a large mouth, and the latter has a small mouth and a long neck. This is a common feature of the reincarnation system.

Generally speaking, the bronze ornamentation is more simple, and the exquisite ones are rare, but Meng Zitao found that the lid of this bronze thread is complicated, which shows that this vessel is still relatively rare.

Moreover, the bronze thread is generally excavated in large tombs, so such a lid appears here, which makes Mencius Tao can't help but think, why did it appear here, where is its body, and where was the whole vessel unearthed?

Meng Zitao pondered for a moment, and at this moment, he heard a complaint coming from the back room.

"Zhou Yide, do you want to die, don't you know that I hate being woken up from my sleep the most?"

"Teacher Wei, I'm sorry to wake you up, it's not like I invited a boss to come over, he took a fancy to the Guanyin statue, so I just wanted to ask your opinion. ”

"Let him ...... Huh?

"Yes. ”

"Wait a minute, I'll get dressed. ”

Hearing this, Meng Zitao put down the cap and returned to his seat. As soon as he sat down on his front foot, Zhou Yide walked back with a young man who was only about twenty-six or seventeen, with unkempt hair like a chicken coop and a somewhat sloppy appearance.

Meng Zitao was a little surprised, he originally thought that the master who could carve such a beautiful jadeite was at least thirty or forty years old, but he didn't expect to be so young, and it seemed that he was also a genius.

Master Wei's real name is Wei Cunshi, and when he saw Meng Zitao, his footsteps paused, and a thoughtful look flashed on his face.

After Zhou Yide introduced the two parties, Wei Cunshi spoke: "I know you, the youngest grass saint of the present generation is you, right?"

When Zhou Yide heard this, he was immediately stunned, and at the same time, he was also inexplicable, the contemporary grass saint? This is talking about Meng Zitao? How is this possible!

Meng Zitao said modestly: "This is just the love of a few old-timers, and I really don't deserve such a title now." ”

Wei Cunshi waved his hand: "Okay, my old man said that you deserve this title, what kind of strength are you still modest, you cultural people are like this, this is also modest, that is also modest, can't you be more straightforward?"

Meng Zitao asked, "May I ask Elder Wei?"

"Folk calligraphy lovers, you don't know each other. Wei Cunshi said: "Don't talk about him, listen to Lao Zhou, do you want me to make these things?"

"Please make an offer. Meng Zitao said with a smile.

"One and a half million. ”

Zhou Yide was stunned when he heard this price, 1.5 million is too cheap, and the raw materials are all at this price, doesn't Wei Cunshi even want wages?

I heard Wei Cunshi continue: "However, I have one condition. ”

"You say. ”

"Write a picture for me. ”

"What do you want to write?"

"Song Dynasty Chao Buzhi's "Touching the Fish in Donggao Residence", do you know how to write it?"

Meng Zitao said: "I still know this. ”

A poem by Chao Buzhi in the Song Dynasty is the author's representative work, which was written when Chao Buzhi returned to his hometown and lived in Dongshan "to return to the garden". The words not only describe the beautiful scenery in the garden, but also express the whole word through the discussion of the feelings, sincere feelings, heroic momentum, even with allusions and can flow freely, in one breath.

Wei Cunshi said: "I just need you to write this word in cursive, if you think the price is too expensive, we can't negotiate." ”