"What, I can't come here to buy antiques. The girl said coquettishly.

Jiang Lexian smiled: "Okay, okay, of course it's no problem, which one you like, I'll give you a discount." ”

The girl pouted, "I thought you would give it to me?"

"No way, who made your Uncle Jiang's net worth too thin. Jiang Lexian laughed, of course, he just said so, with his relationship with the girl's father, if he just looked at hundreds or thousands of things, it didn't matter if he gave them away.

"Uncle Jiang, you are really a stingy ghost. ”

The girl's nose wrinkled, and then she said with a smile: "By the way, I forgot to introduce just now, this is my college classmate He Wanyi, she is still single." ”

"What are you talking about!" He Wanyi said embarrassedly.

He Wanyi's silver bell-like voice made Meng Zitao a little stunned, and at the same time, he thought to himself, doesn't "Wanyi" mean "soft appearance"?

The girl laughed coquettishly: "This is my boyfriend Gong Yinghua." ”

As she spoke, the girl also hugged Gong Yinghua's arm, showing a sweet look.

Seeing that Gong Yinghua was the girl's boyfriend, Meng Zitao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, although he felt that he was a little unworthy of He Wanyi, but if He Wanyi did not have a boyfriend, he still had a chance after all.

Besides, Gong Yinghua is really handsome and chic, very much like a popular student in the TV series, and in terms of appearance, he is very popular with girls. Meng Zitao's score in this area is not high.

"Now I can understand the mentality of hating little white faces in the novel. ”

Meng Zitao muttered a little sour in his heart, but immediately he cheered up again, his appearance was given by his parents, so why should he be ashamed of his appearance, what if he didn't look good. Does a pretty girl have to marry a handsome guy?

What I just thought was a complete manifestation of inferiority, but does I need to be inferior now?

Just as Meng Zitao was reflecting on himself, a man in his thirties walked in from outside the door, he wore glasses and dressed like an intellectual.

The man holds a brocade box in his hand. After coming in, he bluntly said that he had something to sell, and asked where the appraiser here was?

Jiang Lexian invited the man to sit down first, and said with a smile that he was the boss here.

The man put the box in his hand on the table, opened it, and saw a blue and white character lotus seed jar inside.

Lotus seed jar is a kind of jar popular in the Chongzhen Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty. Its straight mouth, hanging shoulders. Oblong bulging belly, circle foot, attached lid, the cover surface is slightly raised, the overall shape is just like a lotus seed, hence the name.

The lotus seed jar in front of me is similar in shape, with figures drawn all around, and I saw a man who looked like an official eunuch standing in the garden. One hand holds the ring around his waist, and the other points to the sky. Two handmaidens stood behind him, whispering.

Not far in front of him was a woman kneeling, holding the ground with one hand and hiding her face with her sleeve with the other. Behind the maidservants, a woman watched from behind a half-hidden door, and a child tugged at the corner of her dress. There was also a servant girl standing next to her, with crooked eyebrows and eyes, as if she was laughing at the kneeling woman.

The characters on this jar are portrayed freely, the composition is exquisite, and the painting method is skillful. At first glance, it is not something that ordinary craftsmen can draw.

Seeing the ornaments on the object, Jiang Lexian was in good spirits, and quickly looked at it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became, and he couldn't wait to buy this artifact immediately.

But after all, he was experienced and knew that he did not have a deep study of Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain, so he immediately restrained his mind and asked Meng Zitao and Liang Youhai to help him appreciate it, and he asked the young man: "Sir, what is your surname?"

"Don't give your surname Zhang. ”

"Hello, Mr. Zhang, can you tell us about the origin of this thing?"

The young man said: "This is the ancestral heirloom of my grandfather's family, it is said to be the porcelain of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not easy to pass it on to the present, if it were not for some reasons at home, my grandfather would not have sold it." ”

Young people's sayings can often be heard in the antique market, and the reason why Jiang Lexian asked this is also to clear up his relationship in case there is a problem with things in the future.

"Then do you know what this is?" Jiang Lexian asked again.

The young man said: "I only know that it is a jar, and I don't know the scientific name. ”

Jiang Lexian nodded, then explained a little, and waited for Meng Zitao's results.

After more than ten minutes, Meng Zitao and the others had also looked at it carefully, and Jiang Lexian pulled them aside and asked for their opinions.

Liang Youhai seemed a little hesitant, while Meng Zitao gave a clear answer, he was not optimistic.

Jiang Lexian thought for a while and said, "Okay, then I'll push the thing." ”

Meng Zitao took over and said: "Shopkeeper Jiang, I am only a shallow learner, don't just listen to my opinions." ”

Jiang Lexian smiled: "Shopkeeper Meng, you shouldn't just guess, right?"

"Of course. ”

"Needless to say, I trust your eyesight. ”

After speaking, Jiang Lexian went to refuse with the young man.

The young man didn't seem to understand this, and wanted to ask Jiang Lexian what the reason was.

"There could be some reason for this, of course, because the thing is a fake. ”

However, it was impossible for Jiang Lexian to say this kind of truthful words, so he casually gave a reason and sent the young man away.

When the young man left, the girl asked curiously, "Uncle Jiang, I think the jar just now is very good, it doesn't look like a fake." ”

"If you want to know the reason, then you can ask Shopkeeper Meng. Jiang Lexian smiled and pointed at Meng Zitao.

"Him?"

Jiang Lexian's answer made the girl and the three of them all quite surprised, and like many people's reactions, they had never seen such a young antique shop owner, so they were a little late to react.

Jiang Lexian said with a smile: "There is a way that people can't look good, and the sea can't fight, don't underestimate the shopkeeper Meng, in terms of eyesight, I can't compare to him in some aspects." ”

Meng Zitao hurriedly said a few words modestly, but he was a little excited in his heart.

For him, only by deepening the impression in He Wanyi's mind can he increase his chances, how to deepen the impression, isn't it an opportunity now? In this case, he must perform well.

However, he immediately thought again, what's wrong with him, how can he be so uncalm? No, he must treat this matter with a calm mind, otherwise he may make He Wanyi look down on him, which is not what he wants to see.

Liang Youhai said a little impatiently: "Shopkeeper Meng, don't be modest, let's tell us about that lotus seed jar, what's wrong." ”

Meng Zitao secretly took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Then I'll say a few points, first of all, the lotus seed jar just now, what I want to show should be Chongzhen blue and white porcelain." ”

Jiang Lexian and Liang Youhai both said that there was no problem.

However, the girl and the three of them were a little confused, and the girl asked curiously, "Why do you say that it is Chongzhen Blue Flower?"

"You don't even know this, how do you know the authenticity of things?" Jiang Lexian smiled and explained briefly from the aspects of tire glaze and blue and white hair color.

Meng Zitao then said: "To identify the real Chongzhen porcelain, we must first understand the glaze color of the Ming Dynasty porcelain, Ming porcelain and Qing porcelain are different, due to the age, the heirloom is thick and heavy, so the glaze is particularly bright than Qing porcelain. ”

"But the lotus seed jar just now is clear and clear, but I feel that it does not meet the standards of Chongzhen porcelain. ”

The girl raised her hand like a student: "How can this be judged by feelings?"

Jiang Lexian said: "The identification of antiques depends on experience, some things can only rely on feelings, of course, feelings can only be used as auxiliary judgments, the key is to have strong evidence." ”

Meng Zitao nodded with a smile, and then said: "Second, there is the problem of production technology, the porcelain of this period has a very significant feature, there are more exposed tires on the foot, neat rotation, and many rotation marks ......"

Listening to Meng Zitao talk about the production process, Liang Youhai remembered the characteristics of the bottom foot, and suddenly said: "I said that it feels wrong, it turns out that there is a problem with the process." ”

Jiang Lexian also reacted, and said with a wry smile: "It seems that we still have to strengthen our studies in the future!"

The girl hurriedly comforted: "Uncle Jiang, I remember that you mainly identified miscellaneous items in Gu Yuli." It's okay if the porcelain doesn't look right. Besides, didn't you invite Zhao Lao to sit in the store? By the way, why didn't you see Zhao Lao today?"

Jiang Lexian said: "He has something at home and has taken two days off, otherwise, it is unlikely that I will stay in the store." Shopkeeper Meng, is there anything else wrong with that thing?"

Meng Zitao said: "There are also problems in the way of painting. ”

"Ahh ”

This time, in addition to the girls, Jiang Lexian and Liang Youhai were also surprised.

Mencius said eloquently: "I admit that the figure painting just now is indeed very good, but each era has the characteristics of each era, such as the painting content, artistic conception and brushwork on the blue and white porcelain of the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty are consistent with the style of ink painting of the literati at that time, and it is intended to express the hidden thoughts of the literati and doctors who are attached to the landscape and pastoral." ”

The blue and white landscapes on the porcelain and the blank space on the subject matter of the figures also show the understanding of the literati freehand painting in the porcelain paintings of the folk kilns. ”

"At that time, painting techniques paid more attention to the effect of 'shadow' through hooking, dotting and writing. On the basis of 'giving up the form', the object image is abandoned, and the 'image is not sought to resemble the rhyme of survival', creating an 'image' of visual experience, and reflecting the interest with the intimacy, distance, and relationship between the 'image'. This kind of hidden layout interest is also well expressed in Chongzhen blue and white porcelain. ”

Speaking of this, Meng Zitao paused, looked at everyone and said, "Do you recall the painting technique of the pattern on the lotus seed bottle just now, have you seen this performance?"

Everyone recalled, because they didn't know much about the landscape, only Jiang Lexian said again and again that this was indeed the case.

Seeing He Wanyi's gaze at him was a little different, although it was only a slight change, it still made Meng Zitao's heart very excited, and he couldn't help but think in his heart, a good start, but half the success! )