Song Xiuping was slightly stunned, he was surprised at first why the other party took the initiative to return the goods, but as soon as he saw Meng Zitao next to him, he knew what was going on. The other party is worried that through Meng Zitao's mouth, the matter will be spread, so he will not want to do business again.

Thinking of this, Song Xiuping was very angry, saying something unpleasant, the other party just looked down on him, otherwise how could he return the goods?

Song Xiuping immediately wanted to be tougher and said that the thing would not be returned, but was stopped by Meng Zitao's eyes.

Although people fight for a breath, there is no need to get by with their own money, besides, since they have seen the face of the other party, they will definitely not contact again in the future, so why bother with their own money?

Song Xiuping understood what Meng Zitao meant, and felt that it made sense, so he said: "The thing is in my hands, let's return it now." ”

Song Xiuping originally felt that he had been engaged in antiques for so many years, and it was a shame to look at this pearl box, and he wanted to dispose of it cheaply, but then he comforted himself that victory and defeat and the common things of soldiers were still placed in a conspicuous position to warn himself.

Therefore, Song Xiuping took the things home, but he didn't expect things to take a turn again.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Sir, I don't have that much cash in my hand, let's go to my store and talk in detail." ”

Song Xiuping originally wanted to say that there was a bank not far in front of him, so there was no need to be so troublesome, but he noticed that Meng Zitao gave him a look, so he agreed.

The shopkeeper took the two of them to his shop, and at the moment the store was a middle-aged woman about the same age as the shopkeeper who was opening the shop, and she was supposed to be the storekeeper's wife.

The store invited Meng Zitao and Song Xiuping to take a seat, and hurriedly let his wife serve tea and greeted him with a smile.

Meng Zitao looked around, this store from the decoration point of view, should be open less than a month, the things in the store look okay, but take a closer look, you can see some flaws, on the surface, the real product is about thirty percent, the old and new are separated, the new goods are placed outside, the old goods are placed inside.

This is also a trick of antique business, called watching people put down dishes.

Generally speaking, when a customer walks into an antique shop, the knowledgeable guest will go to pick up some old goods, and the layman will patronize them to get the beautiful new goods, so as long as the old Jianghu pays attention to the eyes of the customer, he can determine whether the other party is knowledgeable or not.

When the shopkeeper spoke, he talked about him left and right, never mentioned the matter of returning the goods, and knocked on the side when he spoke, but Song Xiuping and Meng Zitao saw at a glance what he wanted to express.

Song Xiu said indifferently: "Boss Chang, I won't say much if I say anything superfluous, the goods will be returned, and this matter will be over, and I am not a person who likes to talk too much." ”

When the shopkeeper saw Song Xiuping say this, he didn't say much, asked his wife to take the money and handed it to Song Xiuping: "Old man, you order." ”

Song Xiuping counted the money, nodded and said, "It's okay, you've seen the things too, we'll leave if it's okay." ”

"I'm going to ask you two to wait a while. The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Mr. Meng, can you please help me identify a piece of porcelain?"

Meng Zitao was a little disappointed, originally he thought that the store was going to do something again, but he didn't expect that he would just let him identify the antiques. But as I said before, he won't easily help others identify antiques now, especially people like the shopkeeper, who don't even want to think about it.

So, Meng Zitao politely refused.

The shopkeeper also knew that what he was doing was not authentic, and if he changed his position, he probably brought someone to make trouble, so Meng Zitao's response was not unexpected. However, he believes that there is nothing in the world that cannot be solved with interests.

So, he first snorted at his wife and asked her to close the door, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Meng, I won't hide it from you, what I want you to help identify is a Tang Dynasty Yue kiln blue glaze round box, this porcelain I bought two years ago, and I have been keeping it as a treasure." It's just that now that I've opened this store, I don't have enough liquidity, so I can't bear to transfer it. ”

Meng Zitao said: "Since you have already broken the dynasty, why do you have to ask me for appraisal again?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "It's not the day before yesterday that I transferred it to a boss, he felt a little empty, and I was soft-spoken, he just didn't believe my words, and I didn't have a problem." So please ask Mr. Meng to help me take a look, I will give you an appraisal fee according to the value of the thing, and if there is a problem with the thing, I will also give you this number. If there's nothing wrong with the thing and you want it, I'll give you a discount. ”

The shopkeeper gestured with his hand, meaning that he would give a thousand.

With Meng Zitao's current reputation, the appraisal fee of 1,000 yuan is also so-so, which of course does not include the appraisal certificate, if you want to appraise the certificate, it will be at least 3,000, then it is still a little-known expert, like Meng Zitao and so on, it depends on the situation.

This money is nothing to Meng Zitao, he thought about it, had an idea, and said: "Forget the money, if you want me to appraise it, then give me that longevity jar." ”

The shopkeeper looked at the porcelain jar pointed out by Meng Zitao, and hesitated for a while, Meng Zitao was a well-known expert in the country, and he picked up such a big leak during the appraisal competition, of course he was afraid that Meng Zitao would pick up the leak in his hand.

Seeing that he was hesitant, Meng Zitao smiled faintly and said, "Since you don't want to, then forget it, let's go." ”

Seeing that Meng Zitao was so decisive, the store was excited, and the things in his store couldn't be clearer, the longevity jar was definitely not a treasure, otherwise how could he not have a little impression.

Besides, Meng Zitao didn't look carefully, so he chose the longevity jar, obviously to make himself suspicious, so that he would give up the identification, and when he said it, it was not Meng Zitao's lion who opened his mouth.

The shopkeeper consciously figured this out, and hurriedly said: "Teacher Meng, look at what you said, isn't it just a longevity can, how can I disagree? It's just that I'm worried that you're suffering too much." ”

Meng Zitao said: "That's my own choice, it's my question whether to lose or not, if you agree, take out the things." ”

Seeing Meng Zitao's disapproving attitude, the shopkeeper felt more and more that his guess was correct, and he was busy bringing things over: "Mr. Meng, it's this Yue kiln blue glaze round box, please take a look." ”

This blue glazed round box, plain and without lines, but the shape is rich and complete, the box body is shallow, the lid is round, and it is well preserved, if it is the Tang Dynasty to the present, it is not easy.

Meng Zitao took the round box in his hand and looked at it, and asked, "Do you think this Yue kiln round box is a work of the middle Tang Dynasty?"

The shopkeeper nodded yes.

Meng Zitao explained: "In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the carcass of the Yue kiln celadon was more dense than before, the tire color was gray and white, the glaze was uniform and bright, the glaze color was light blue, blue-green, etc., and the whole body was covered with glaze. At this time, the bowl and plate are more skimmed, the bottom foot is shallow and wide, like a jade shape, and the middle is concave and the umbilicus is also glazed. In addition, because of the process, there are three, five, seven square or bar nail marks under the vessel. ”

Speaking of this, he flipped over the round box, pointed to the bottom of the box and said, "Do you look at the nail marks of this round box, is it in line with the production technology at that time?"

The shopkeeper stepped forward to take a look, his expression suddenly became stunned, and his wife exclaimed: "No, there is something wrong with this box!"

Meng Zitao felt that this was very strange, the thing is yours, is there a problem, do you only realize it now?

I heard the shopkeeper's wife shout, "No, no! I remember this trace clearly, and the location was not here." ”

The shopkeeper also clapped his hands and said angrily: "Damn, it's the way!"

"Are you guilty of Alzheimer's, why didn't you see it sooner when it was so obvious?" the wife scolded her husband.

The shopkeeper shirked his responsibility: "Who would have thought that he would do this, besides, haven't you watched it a few times, why didn't you see it!"

Seeing that the husband and wife were arguing, Meng Zitao spoke: "Boss Chang, we still have something to do, we have to go first." ”

Although the store was in a very bad mood, it was not good to offend Meng Zitao, first thanked him, and went to get the jar, before giving it to Meng Zitao, he also looked at it, although he didn't find anything special, he was still a little uneasy, but he had to give it, not to mention how awkward it was.

Coming out of the antique shop, Song Xiuping gloated and said, "What a retribution!"

Meng Zitao smiled: "It's still good as the old saying goes." ”

"It's thanks to you this time, otherwise I wouldn't have returned things so easily. Song Xiuping smiled and expressed his gratitude.

Meng Zitao laughed: "Speaking of which, I have to thank you, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to pick it up." ”

"Ah!" Song Xiuping was slightly stunned, and looked at the porcelain jar in Meng Zitao's hand, he just thought the same as the shopkeeper, and felt that Meng Zitao's choice of this porcelain jar should be a prevarication, but he didn't expect Meng Zitao to really fall in love with this porcelain jar.

Meng Zitao laughed and said: "Your guess was right before, I really didn't want to identify him before, so I said this on purpose, but I just got it in my hand and found that this should be a Yuan Qinghua." ”

Song Xiuping was stunned, and said word by word: "Yuan Qinghua?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "It's Yuan Qinghua, but it's a pity that it's not the most positive type." It's not very convenient here, but when we get to the car, let's talk about it. ”

Got into the car, Meng Zitao handed over the porcelain jar to Song Xiuping, Song Xiuping carefully observed, and found that it was indeed Yuan blue and white, but it was made of domestic green materials, but from the perspective of regular shape, unique painting work, etc., it should also be an official kiln work, and the longevity jar of Yuan blue and white is quite rare, even if it is a domestic green material, it is also quite precious, and the value is at least several million.

Song Xiuping's envy needless to say, Yuan Qinghua can be said to be a treasure that every collector dreams of, some people can't ask for it all their lives, and Meng Zitao just chose a piece of porcelain at random, and actually got it, this is really more people than people have to die, and goods have to be thrown away.

The two of them, who were discussing Yuan Qinghua all the way, soon arrived at Song Xiuping's house.

Song Xiuping took Meng Zitao into the living room, and saw two guests sitting in the living room, his niece and niece-in-law, who now live in Shanghai and rarely come to Jinling in a year, Song Xiuping was a little surprised.

Later, after Song Xiuping's wife's introduction, he learned that his niece and his wife came to Jinling to hold a seminar this time, and the so-called seminar was not a formal meeting.

After a period of greetings, Song Xiuping pointed to a brocade box on the table and asked, "This was just bought?"

Song Xiuping's niece Song Lina was really cool and said, "I just bought it, you like porcelain, so we chose one." ”

Song Xiuping shook his head: "You just have this heart, if it's a modern handicraft, forget it if you buy it, but it should be filled with ancient porcelain, right?"

Song Lina said triumphantly: "Yes, it contains Jiaqing's blue and white dragon pattern plate, I bought it because it looked very good." ”

Song Xiuping was a little speechless: "You look very good, isn't it really good? Do you understand the technological characteristics of Jiaqing blue and white porcelain?"

Song Lina said confidently: "Of course, I usually study blue and white porcelain." ”

"Okay, then you can take it out and take a look at it first. Song Xiuping didn't have any hope for Song Lina's eyesight.

"Okay. Song Lina opened the box and took out the blue and white plate inside.

"Let's let Mr. Meng take a look at it first. Song Xiuping pointed to Meng Zitao and said: "Don't look at Teacher Meng's youth, he is the champion of the previous appraisal competition, and my level is not as high as his." ”

Song Lina was a little surprised, and then suddenly said: "Oh, I know you, I didn't expect you to be younger than on TV, you are really young and promising!"

Meng Zitao smiled and said that he had won the award.

As the saying goes, "As soon as the connoisseur makes a move, he will know if there is one." "The real knowledgeable people, as soon as they look at the utensils, they have some numbers in their hearts, and they say that Mencius Tao, as soon as the thing is started, from the weight of the utensils, you can conclude that this is a new imitation, because the manual and the mechanism of the blank is not the same, from the weight, you can feel it, some people say that the current things are pressing, that is, this truth.

Meng Zitao just glanced at it twice, and then quietly returned the thing, seeing this, Song Lina felt a little furious in her heart, and hurriedly asked about the authenticity of the thing.

With Song Xiuping present, Meng Zitao told her directly: "This thing is an imitation, and it is a modern imitation, and then after some aging on the surface, it has become what it is now, but overall, the imitation is in place, if you don't pay attention to it, it will be eye-catching." ”

After that, Meng Zitao pointed out a few problems on the porcelain, and then Song Xiuping's judgment, the two of them knew that they were indeed eye-catching, and they felt very embarrassed, and their faces were a little not good-looking.

"And how much is this thing worth?" asked Song Lina.

Meng Zitao said: "At most, it's only one or two hundred yuan." ”

Song Xiuping said: "Okay, eat a trench and grow a wisdom, after this incident, you should know that this antique appraisal is not something that can be learned just by reading a few books and listening to a few words of experts, so don't buy it easily in the future." ”