PS: I wish you all good health and all the best in the new year!

Fan Dingxi nodded secretly, because one of the things selected by Meng Zitao was what Jiang Lexian and they liked, and from this point of view, Meng Zitao's eyesight was at least in the past.

Next, the two began to bargain, and what made Meng Zitao feel a headache was that it was indeed difficult to bargain with Fan Dingxi, often he said as much as he wanted, and he just didn't sell the counteroffer. Even if You Xiaofu helped him speak, it was only a little lower, and it didn't matter at all.

The reason why Fan Dingxi is like this is actually because he only knows the old and the new, and he doesn't know whether the things are precious, so he can only shout the price indiscriminately for fear that it will be sold out.

tried to say a price again, but seeing that Fan Dingxi still didn't agree, Meng Zitao shook his head and said, "Mr. Fan, shouting like you like this, it's really difficult for me to do this deal." ”

Fan Dingxi complained bitterly: "Shopkeeper Meng, to be honest, it is really not easy for a shovel like us to get goods, the wind and the sun, the snow and rain, and we must be careful not to step on a mine, so we finally received a genuine product, sold cheaply, how can we have the money to support our family! ”

Meng Zitao said: "In these years, who can say that doing business is sure to make a profit without losing money? Although we don't have to work as hard as you, the cost of opening a store such as rent is still necessary, right? The price of your things is so high, I can't sell at a loss, right?"

Fan Dingxi was unmoved: "Shopkeeper Meng, I also have my difficulties, besides, this year's antiques are one price a year, as long as the things are old and put at home, it is better than exchanging money and storing them in the bank, right?"

Meng Zitao pondered for a moment and said, "Otherwise, you can spare me one more thing, okay?"

"Tell me about it. Fan Dingxi's heart moved, and he did not give a positive answer.

How could Meng Zitao not understand his thoughts, he walked to the side of the cabinet, first pointed to the goblets full of Tuqin on the ground, and said, "I don't have too high requirements, just this one." ”

Fan Dingxi saw that Meng Zitao chose this thing, and he was very puzzled, he had an idea, and pretended to hesitate and said, "What about this......"

Seeing that Fan Dingxi hesitated for a long time without replying, Meng Zitao pointed to an iron kettle not far away and said, "Mr. Fan, if you feel embarrassed, let's just do this." ”

"Hehe, you know that you are a drunkard, and you don't mean to drink. Fan Dingxi laughed secretly, and then chose to wait for a while, and did not give an answer immediately.

"Then this one will do. ”

Meng Zitao pointed to a wrong silver iron frame next to him, and said with some displeasure: "If it doesn't work, then forget it." ”

Fan Dingxi hurriedly said hypocritically: "Shopkeeper Meng, I'm really sorry, I have promised a friend these two things before. Otherwise, it's better to be the first one, and I'll give you this bottle with me. ”

Meng Zitao felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, so he pretended to be a little reluctant and said: "Of course there is no problem, besides, it was the first one I chose, and the other bottle was forgotten." ”

"Shopkeeper Meng, then I'm welcome. Fan Ding smiled a little proudly, and said in his heart: "Sample, let you play tricks on me!"

However, he didn't know that he was smart but was mistaken by cleverness, and he didn't know what kind of expression he would have when he learned the result.

Meng Zitao said that just now, he was really just polite, and he didn't think that Fan Dingxi would take it seriously, but he didn't expect Fan Dingxi to take it seriously, although he didn't care much about the bottle, but he was still a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Of course, when he picked up the goblet, his mood immediately improved again.

Meng Zitao chose a total of eleven things, which cost him eighty-five thousand.

Most of them are very ordinary things, and a single estimate is worth hundreds or thousands.

The most precious is a small round box with a silver engraved caviar and a double goose pattern, which is a work in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, with a market value of about 70,000 or 80,000 yuan. But the price of getting it is estimated to be 723, and if you count the labor costs, you can't actually make a few dollars.

Meng Zitao now has a limit of 200,000 yuan in the telephone bank, and after negotiating the price, he transferred it directly, and then resigned on the grounds that there was something wrong. And You Xiaofu also said that he wanted to go home to see his parents, and he also said goodbye.

When the car drove out of the village, You Xiaofu said a little embarrassedly: "Shopkeeper Meng, I'm really sorry just now." ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "It's okay, your cousin is your cousin, and you can't decide what he thinks." Besides, I can't let you help me pit your cousin, and you won't be able to poke anyone else in the back!"

You Xiaofu smiled, and had a good impression of Meng Zitao in his heart.

Meng Zitao asked, "By the way, where is your home?"

You Xiaofu replied: "It's about five kilometers away from here." ”

"Okay, you show the way, I'll send you back......"

After a while, Meng Zitao sent You Xiaofu to the entrance of his hometown, and casually gave You Xiaofu a red envelope and said, "Hard work." ”

Touching the thickness of the red envelope, You Xiaofu was very surprised, and hurriedly said: "Compared with you, I simply enjoyed this trip." ”

Speaking of this, he hurriedly invited Meng Zitao to his house for dinner.

Meng Zitao was in a hurry to deal with the goblet, how could he be in the mood to go to You Xiaofu's house for dinner, and after refusing, he drove to the city.

booked a business suite in a star-rated hotel, and asked the waiter for a basin, and Meng Zitao began to deal with the goblet.

Like the surface of porcelain Tuqin is actually very simple to deal with, just one word "bubble", once it doesn't work twice, twice if it doesn't work, three times, soak once for two to three hours, soak once with a very soft soft brush to clean it.

In addition, some people will also put some 84 solution when dealing with Tuqin.

However, Meng Zitao didn't dare, because this thing was too valuable, and he was worried that the glaze would be injured. Moreover, although he went to buy a soft brush, when dealing with it, he can still use his hands, the reason is that he is still worried about damaging the glaze.

Originally, Meng Zitao thought that the Tuqin on the goblet was difficult to deal with, but he didn't expect that the Tuqin was not very strong, and it had an effect after soaking it once, removing most of the Tuqin on the surface, and the tire glaze and ornamentation could basically be seen.

I saw that the bottom of the tire is exposed, the tire is gray-white, it seems to be a little rough, but it feels very delicate to the touch, and the tire glaze is light orange, which is a typical characteristic of hemp soil.

The surface of the goblet is glazed with blue and white, and the inner side of the cup mouth is stamped with a circle of back lines, and the plum blossom and tangled chrysanthemum patterns are printed below the back lines to the inner bottom.

The inner bottom and outer wall are decorated with several red spots in the glaze. The color is indeed bright red, and there is also a halo phenomenon, but the degree of halo is so low that in the case of Tuqin, it is not visible. In addition, the lower part of the abdomen is stacked with two dragons, which are in a bent and crawling posture, which looks very vivid.

Seeing the original appearance of the goblet, Meng Zitao's eyes widened, because it was very similar to the Yuan Dynasty glaze red goblet he had seen on the Internet!

It is said that the porcelain firing of the Yuan Dynasty is epoch-making, and this is very appropriate when put on the high-foot turning cup.

Let's just say that the goblet in front of you, from the outside, the shape of the vessel is no different from the ordinary goblet popular in the Song and Yuan dynasties, but if you look closely, you will find that the structure of the combination of the bottom of the cup and the hoop foot is extremely peculiar.

At the bottom of the cup, there is a small and large round "male tenon" embedded in the circle foot, and the upper end of the circle foot is slightly adducted into the "mother tenon", and a certain gap is left between the two to form a live tenon, so that the cup can rotate left and right. The design may seem simple, and it's easy to use it on wood, but it's not the case with porcelain.

First of all, in the process of firing, even if the craftsman reserves a certain amount of space, this gap is reserved when it is sent to the wood kiln for firing, and once it enters the kiln, the round "male tenon" will expand, and the ring foot surrounding the round "mother tenon" will also expand.

If the expansion amplitude is inconsistent, if the gap is too small, the tenon will die and cannot rotate, if the gap is too large, the tenon will not be able to fall off the foot and the cup, and the finished product that can be coordinated is very rare.

Because it is very difficult to fire, it is not easy to fire the carousel, which leads to the very few carousels that have been handed down today.

In addition, at that time, the glaze red had just been born, and because the difficulty of firing the glaze red was also not small, the "boutique" was even rarer.

As a result, the carousel is even rarer, and there are no more than 5 pieces of domestic museum collections with archaeological evidence, which shows its preciousness. It can be said that in the field of ancient porcelain collection, even fragmented specimens are hard to find.

In addition, as mentioned above, due to problems such as the experience of craftsmen at that time, the red color in the glaze was more light red, black red, and gray-black, and bright red was rare.

In itself, the carousel is very rare, and the addition of the two is not as simple as one plus one equals two, and the value is simply immeasurable.

At this moment, Meng Zitao's excitement was beyond words, and after a while, he reacted, and hurriedly put the heart cup back into the basin and soaked it.

At this time, he had another worry in his heart, worried that Tuqin would change the structure of the carousel, so that the cup could not be rotated, if that was the case, what would it be called?

Fortunately, the result did not disappoint him, after soaking it twice, after cleaning, except for some soil at the bottom of the foot that had been deep and could not be removed, the rest of the soil was all detached from the goblet.

At this time, the high-legged heart-turning cup can be described as amazing. The base enamel is shiny, the two dragons are vivid, the red color spots in the glaze are bright and generous, bright and abnormal, and with a slight turn, it can be described as three-dimensional and dynamic.

On the whole, it is a perfect crystallization of craftsmanship and art, which makes Meng Zitao admire again and again......