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With that glazed red high-foot carousel cup of the Yuan Dynasty, Meng Zitao's trip to the copper capital was already perfect.

Originally, Meng Zitao also planned to have a good time in the copper capital and go to the antique market again, but with this treasure, he immediately changed his mind and wanted to go home, otherwise he would not be at ease if he put things by his side.

However, early the next morning, You Xiaofu called Meng Zitao, saying that someone in his village had something to sell, and asked him if he was interested.

This made Meng Zitao a little embarrassed, but he immediately reacted, he was too stupid, it was not safe to keep around, but he could store things in the bank!

Meng Zitao deposited the high-foot heart cup in the bank and drove to You Xiaofu's house.

Yesterday I was in a hurry, I didn't pay attention to the scenery along the road, today is different, while driving carefully all the way, Meng Zitao enjoyed the scenery on both sides of the road.

When he was about to arrive at You Xiaofu's village, Meng Zitao suddenly found several houses in southern Anhui that were still in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Although because of the topography, the height of these houses is scattered, and the area of the houses is large and small, but without exception, they are all cornices and corners, pink walls and tiles, and door posts are carefully carved with large bluestone, which is quite pleasing to the eye.

Meng Zitao vaguely saw the clothes drying outside the house, and he was a little happy in his heart, because the old building means that there may be old goods, since there is a chance to pick up the leak, then he will definitely make a cameo appearance in the shovel today.

However, all this has to wait until the matter on You Xiaofu's side is resolved.

When the car was about to arrive at the entrance of the village, Meng Zitao saw that You Xiaofu was already waiting where he got off the car yesterday.

After being polite, You Xiaofu took Meng Zitao back to his home, and then served tea and water to Meng Zitao, looking very enthusiastic.

The reason for this is that the thickness of the red envelope given by Meng Zitao accounts for a large factor, and it is precisely because of this that You Xiaofu felt that the money was a little unrighteous, so he told Meng Zitao the news that someone in the village wanted to sell the old family heirlooms.

Seeing that You Xiaofu was going to get the fruit again, Meng Zitao hurriedly waved his hand and said, "The fruit can be eaten later, let's go and see the things first." ”

You Xiaofu hurriedly said, "Okay, then let's go." ”

The family You Xiaofu said was located in the west of the village, and while walking, You Xiaofu was introducing Meng Zitao.

"The family's surname is Tian, and now the head of the family is called Tian Jinkui, and their family was in trouble in the late Qing Dynasty and moved from the city to our village. It is said that his ancestors also served as high officials in the Qing court. According to my grandfather, when they moved here, they had a lot of money, so they bought a lot of land with us. ”

"Originally, according to this situation, it would definitely be unlucky later. But Tian Jinkui's grandfather had a very good vision, he did a lot of good things at the beginning, and he also donated a lot of money and materials during the war. ”

"However, this Tian family is getting worse and worse than the generation, Tian Jinkui's grandson is a famous gambler in our village, and he owes a lot of foreign debts outside, and the family has helped him pay him a lot, but he still hasn't paid it back. Yesterday, someone came to collect debts, and Tian Jinkui said on the spot that he would sell the ancestral items to pay off the debts, and the other party left. ”

After listening to You Xiaofu's story, Meng Zitao felt that the probability of Tian Jinkui's family having good things was still quite high, he thought about it and asked, "Did the Tian family sell anything before?"

You Xiaofu said: "I have sold it before, but I have been in the field for the past few years, so I don't know very well." ”

Meng Zitao asked a key question: "Then there should be a lot of people who know about this matter, right?"

You Xiaofu was slightly stunned, and immediately reacted: "Shopkeeper Meng, I really didn't think of this before, look at this ......"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "It's all here, you can't help but go, right? Besides, it won't necessarily be in vain." ”

"Shopkeeper Meng, if you are lucky, you will definitely not run in vain. You Xiaofu hurriedly added, but he was a little worried in his heart, if Meng Zitao ran for nothing, then he would be embarrassed.

This made him complain to himself: "Why am I so stupid, I don't know to inquire first." ”

Knowing that someone might be the first to arrive, the two hurriedly quickened their pace, and after two or three minutes, when they were about to arrive at Tian Jinkui's house, You Xiaofu paused, and said with some doubts: "Isn't that You Wanquan, is he also here to buy antiques?"

Meng Zitao saw an old man in his sixties and seventies at the door, who was entering the door with a young man in his thirties, and asked, "What's the matter?"

You Xiaofu said: "You Wanquan is also from our village, and has been doing business in the city for decoration materials. ”

Meng Zitao didn't think about it, and said, "Oh, leave him alone, let's go over and have a look first." ”

"Okay......

Seeing that the old man was about to walk into the door with You Wanquan, You Xiaofu hurriedly shouted, "Uncle Tian." ”

Tian Jinkui looked at Meng Zitao and the others, and when the two of them stepped forward, he said lightly: "It's Xiaosan (You Xiaofu's nickname), when did you come back?"

You Xiaofu said with a smile: "I came back last night, this is the shopkeeper Meng, who opened an antique shop in Ling City. ”

Meng Zitao greeted politely.

"Oh, you've heard that, too?"

Tian Jinkui's expression was a little gloomy, everyone can understand this, anyone who encounters this kind of thing will not be in a good mood.

Since he didn't know what to say, You Xiaofu just nodded.

"Then let's go inside. Tian Jinkui didn't want to say more, turned around and walked towards the house.

On the way, You Wanquan took a step behind and said in a low voice: "Little San, can you discuss with your friend and give me the things?"

You Xiaofu shook his head: "I can't be his master." ”

Meng Zitao heard You Wanquan's words and said, "What can you give me?"

You Wanquan smiled and said, "Let's make friends." ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "We don't know each other well. ”

You Wanquan smiled: "Just kidding, don't take Shopkeeper Meng seriously, how about it, let's discuss it later, how about it?"

Meng Zitao did not say the words to death: "Okay, I'll talk about it ...... then"

Tian Jinkui led everyone straight into the back room, and then took out a square bucket cup covered with red paint from a large wooden cabinet.

The square bucket cup is a kind of cup type popular in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and it is named because it resembles a square bucket. In ancient times, the square ware was made, not like the round ware, which could use the rotation of the pottery car to directly draw the blank, and its process was relatively special, and the blank mud needed to be made into sheets and bonded. Due to the complexity of the process and technical limitations, the square bucket cup in the Jiajing period was more irregular.

In the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a kind of beam-type square bucket cup. There is a beam in the cup, which connects the inner walls of the two sides, thereby strengthening the strength of the square bucket cup in the firing process, making the shape of the vessel very regular.

Some friends may want to ask, cup, round is not very good, why invent this kind of square cup with a large mouth. In fact, this kind of large-mouth cup has a lot of advantages when drinking tea, and it can make the tea soup feel the most mellow when it enters the mouth.

It sounds a little strange, but in fact, this is caused by the principle of physics, due to the large opening and low height of the cup, the surface tension of the liquid is the greatest, rather than the roundness of the tea itself.

Like the square bucket cup in front of me, in terms of vessel shape, it looks like it was from the Ming Dynasty, but due to the relationship between the red lacquer, it is not possible to judge what period it was made, and the red lacquer makes people look really awkward.

What's more, it is also painted in blue, and the words "We have to hold the decisive victory" are written, how strange it feels no matter how you look at it.

You Wanquan frowned and said, "I said Uncle Tian, why is your thing covered with a layer of red paint, and there are also words written, what does this mean?"

Tian Jinkui said lightly: "You should all know the previous ingredients of our family, although my family did not suffer much crime at that time, these things in the family must be handed over." There was nothing else, but this one my father liked very much, so he thought of this way. ”

You Xiaofu asked curiously: "Isn't that just covered with red paint? Why do you still write?"

Tian Jinkui said: "Aren't you afraid of being smashed, this is a lyric on "Defending the Yellow River", I wrote this, and no one dared to smash it at that time. ”

"Uh......" Everyone thinks about it, not to mention that at that time, even during that period, few people dared to smash this thing.

You Wanquan said: "Uncle Tian, when did you get this thing, do you still know?"

Tian Jinkui said: "I also saw the whole picture of this thing when I was a child, but the time is too long, I can't remember it clearly, I only know that the outside is a yellow background, green ornamentation, the painting is a phoenix, and the other bottom seems to be written 'Ming Jiajing year' These words, as for whether it was at that time, I can't do it accurately, you have to judge for yourself." ”

You Wan was happy in his heart, if it was really like what Tian Jinkui said, it must be a thing from Jiajing Guanyao, even if it was not good, tens of thousands of dollars were still worth it, right?

However, the premise of all this must be genuine.

You Wanquan turned his head and said to Meng Zitao in a consultative tone: "Shopkeeper Meng, why don't I take a look first?"

"Please ......" Meng Zitao made a gesture.

You Wanquan smiled, picked up the square bucket cup, first weighed the weight of the things, felt that it was okay, and flicked it with his fingers, listened to the sound, and then turned the cup over, and suddenly his eyes lit up, because there was a part of the bottom circle of the cup that was not painted with red paint, revealing the "true face", and the glaze could be faintly seen.

In fact, at this time, You Wanquan made a common-sense mistake, since Tian Jinkui's father painted the whole cup with red paint, and this thing is not big, how could he just miss this?

You Wanquan carefully put the fetus and the yellow glaze that can be seen clearly, and carefully observed it, only to see that the fetal quality is relatively fine, the yellow glaze is relatively light, and the glaze looks quite even. These two points show that this is a piece of Jiajing official kiln porcelain with quite exquisite workmanship, and it is likely to be a fine work.