Because of this, what Meng Zitao lacks now is only hands-on ability, but this is not difficult for him, specifically, he is completely confident that he will master this craft within two or three months.

"Hehe, I didn't expect to have such a craft, it seems that I have one more way to make money. ”

That being said, however, Meng Zitao mainly regarded this craft as a hobby, after all, it was much more convenient for him to use his abilities if he wanted to make a fortune.

In addition, in the antique industry, learn more about the old method, it is easy to identify, learn this craft, the help of identification is needless to say, compared to making money, this is what he is most concerned about now.

After resting at home for a day, the next morning, Meng Zitao and Dajun had just come out of the parking lot of the antique street when they met Lao Liu and Lao Niu.

"Ouch, my shopkeeper Meng, you're finally back, but you miss me!"

Looking at Lao Niu's exaggerated expression, Meng Zitao smiled: "Come on, it's okay, you miss me?

Lao Niu smiled flatteringly: "Don't talk about Lao Niu so utilitarianly." ”

Meng Zitao ignored him and said with a smile: "Just say it quickly, otherwise I will leave." ”

Lao Niu smiled: "I remember that you got a clear imitation Xuande furnace before, I don't know if it's still there?"

Meng Zitao said: "Yes, but we have to make it clear in advance that the Xuande furnace is also a relatively rare imitation, and it is not cheap." Before you 'move bricks', you have to talk to the other party. ”

Lao Niu nodded and said, "I know, you give a price, and I'll bring someone over to get it when it's suitable." ”

"That's it. If he wants, let him come and get it. Meng Zitao gestured with his hand.

Lao Niu pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay." I'll bring him to you when I turn around. ”

Meng Zitao smiled and said that there was no problem, and then said to the sixth child: "Do your friends still want the object of 'gossamer hair carving'?"

The sixth man was surprised and said, "Yes." Did you get another one?"

Meng Zitao said: "I went to the exchange meeting this time and brought one back. ”

"How much?" asked the sixth child.

"It can't be less than 200. Meng Zitao said.

The sixth smiled and said, "No problem, as long as it's not higher than 500 for him." ”

Meng Zitao said: "You set the time, I haven't been going out recently, and I usually have time." ”

"Okay, I'll contact him now. ”

Seeing that Lao Liu was about to take out his mobile phone, Lao Niu hurriedly stopped: "Hey, hey, I'll talk about it when I'm done here!"

The sixth laughed and scolded: "Then why are you still so calm?"

When the old cow heard this, he ran away: "Wait for me for half an hour......"

Back at the antique shop, when the two of them cleaned up, half an hour was almost over. But there is still no sign of the old cow.

After waiting for a while, Meng Zitao was about to call Lao Niu's phone when he saw Lao Niu walk in with a young man in his thirties.

Seeing that the young man was still carrying something in his hand, Meng Zitao muttered a little in his heart, could it be that he was going to barter things, why didn't Lao Niu say it before?

Lao Niu first introduced the two sides, and then pulled Meng Zitao aside, and said with a smile: "Something went wrong." ”

Meng Zitao asked, "What's the matter?"

Lao Niu smiled bitterly: "He lost his gambling money, and he can't afford your Xuande furnace." ”

Meng Zitao has always had little affection for gamblers. Wen Yan's tone began to be unfriendly: "In this case, what else is he buying?"

"He said that he was going to give it away, and he wanted to exchange it for his things. ”

Lao Niu sighed: "Hey, I didn't want to bring him over. But I can't shirk it, so I can only trouble you. ”

Meng Zitao said: "If I have any trouble, I will make up for what I lack." It's impossible to make me suffer. ”

Lao Niu nodded and said, "Don't worry, that's for sure." ”

The two walked back to their positions. Meng Zitao said bluntly: "Mr. Lou, I already know your intention. So let's get started. ”

Lou Li nodded with a smile on his face and said: "My situation, I must have told you about it, I brought two ancestral paintings this time, one is Xia Chang's ......"

"Wait. ”

Meng Zitao waved his hand and interrupted him: "Mr. Lou, do you know who Xia Chang is?"

Xia Chang was a famous painter of bamboo in the early Ming Dynasty, good at painting ink bamboo, and was famous for his profound skills and unique artistic style.

Xia Chang painted Wang Fu, who was mentioned earlier, and later integrated Wu Zhen and Ni Zhan's painting methods to form his own style. Its painting method pays attention to the law, the structure is rigorous, and the beginning and end of the pen are carried by the regular method, which can not only be thick and heavy, but also has a chic and clear posture.

Because the level of Xia Chang's bamboo painting is very high, there is a reputation of "Xia Qing a bamboo, Xiliang ten ingots of gold" in the Ming Dynasty, and there is a proverb: "Lin Liang Lingmao Xia Chang bamboo, Yue Zheng grape Ji Li chrysanthemum." ”

If it is indeed Xia Chang's authentic work, a painting can top a few or even a dozen or dozens of Qing imitation Xuande furnaces of Meng Zitao, isn't this a joke?

Lou Li sneered: "Of course, my painting is not genuine, but the level is also very high." ”

Meng Zitao said, "Then can I appreciate it?"

"This ...... Hehe. Lou Li smiled and looked at a brocade box placed by Meng Zitao on the table.

Meng Zitao understood what he meant, opened the brocade box, and took the incense burner out of it: "I don't know what else Mr. Lou wants?"

Lou Li saw the skin color of the furnace body that was beautiful and muslim, showing a warm luster like jade, his eyes immediately lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper Meng, can you let me enjoy it...... Oh, here's the painting I brought. ”

As he spoke, he directly put the two calligraphy and painting brocade boxes he brought in front of Meng Zitao.

Meng Zitao said that there was no problem, and then took the painting out of the brocade box.

The first thing he saw was the so-called "Xia Chang" painting, only to see a pillar of lake stone painted in the painting, several poles of wind and bamboo, bamboo leaves falling ink, no double brush, the lake stone with an axe split horizontal writing, from the beginning to the end, the air veins are connected, and they are integrated.

Xia Chang painted bamboo, emphasizing the rhyme, advocating "in one go", the bamboo leaves fall into ink, do not see the double brush, and the mountain stone is swept by the axe splitting method with a large brush.

His ink bamboo is not just a simple literati-style expression of nostalgia, but also a bamboo in its natural growth environment, incorporating the artistic conception of landscape painting into the bamboo painting, showing profound skills and unique artistic style.

Meng Zitao carefully observed this painting, not to mention, this painting is indeed deep in the taste of Xia Chang's painting bamboo, and it also reflects the artistic conception of Xia Chang's pen.

Meng Zitao shook his head and smiled: "Hehe, this person is really funny, he actually uses rough-edged paper to make Xia Chang's paintings." ”

Raw edge paper is a kind of bamboo paper, the paper is delicate, the color is beige, the front is light, the back is slightly astringent, the texture is slightly brittle, the toughness is slightly poor, and the durability is inferior to Taishi even paper. The ink has good water absorption, which is not only suitable for writing, but also can be used for printing ancient books and writing calligraphy and painting, but the paper edge is not hairy.

The reason why this name is called, because the Ming Dynasty bibliophile Mao Jin is fond of books, good use of bamboo paper to engrave books, the paper used, extremely particular, the amount of paper used, often order slightly thicker bamboo paper, and on the edge of the paper covered with a seal engraved "Mao" word seal, over time, people are used to call this kind of paper "raw edge paper", and continue to use it to this day.

Lao Niu asked curiously: "Is there anything wrong with using raw edge paper?"

Lou Li on the other side hurriedly pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "The rough-edged paper was produced in the late Ming Dynasty, but Xia Chang was a figure in the early Ming Dynasty, can this rough-edged paper still pass through?"

Lao Niu also laughed when he heard the explanation: "Doesn't that guy know to do his homework before painting?"

Meng Zitao pointed to the position of the inscription in the painting and said: "Maybe not so, you see that this inscription is obviously not the same as the handwriting of the inscription, and the skill is also worse. ”

Lao Niu took a closer look and agreed with Meng Zitao's point of view, as for how much this painting could be worth, he didn't ask much because the owner was present.

Next, Meng Zitao took out another painting, but it was a portrait of Emperor Guan Sheng, which is the well-known statue of Guan Yu.

Originally, Meng Zitao also looked forward to this painting, but found that the whole painting was full of ingenuity, not made by a famous artist, and then looked at the payment, there was only one "Lou" word, and the seal was the word "Lang Zhai" in seal text.

Meng Zitao thought about it, but he didn't have the impression of the character Lou Langzhai in his mind, and guessed that this car was probably painted by Lou Li's ancestor himself.

Such a thing is obviously not worth much, but Meng Zitao now has a habit of using his ability after every appraisal, but the result given by the ability is so frightened that he almost jumps.

"What's going on? Is this still a picture-in-picture?"

Meng Zitao was secretly a little dumbfounded, but when he took a closer look at the drawing paper, he found that the drawing paper was very thin, and it was impossible to have such a picture-in-picture.

In addition to the picture-in-picture, it is also possible that something is hidden in a pole or pole, however, neither the pole nor the pole is heavy, so it does not look like something is inside.

This made Meng Zitao feel strange, but now is not the time to delve into the presence of the master. Of course, no matter what, he definitely wants to leave the painting behind.

Meng Zitao quietly put away the paintings, and Lou Li couldn't wait to ask: "Shopkeeper Meng, I don't know what you think of my two paintings?"

"This imitation of Xia Chang is okay, as for this one......" Meng Zitao took his words back, as if he didn't want to comment on the portrait of Emperor Guan Sheng.

Lou Li felt that he could understand what Meng Zitao meant, originally, he didn't think of taking this statue of Emperor Guan Sheng, but he really didn't have any cards to play in his hand now, but the Xuande furnace was what he urgently needed now, so he could only use this painting to fill the number.

Lou Li smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Meng, I don't know if this imitation of Xia Chang's work can be replaced by your Xuande furnace." ”

Meng Zitao directly refused: "Mr. Lou, I can't agree to your request." (To be continued.) )

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