Shu Ze read the information he found on his phone: "The sea coconut is one of the three rare plants in the world, and only the Seychelles Islands survive in the world. Legend has it that when Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden for stealing the forbidden fruit, www.biquge.info ate sea coconuts. ”

Hearing this, Sima Yuelan pouted: "I always like to be far-fetched, if that's the case, why haven't we heard of it before?"

"You also have to understand, if you want to increase your fame, but you have nothing to do with celebrities, you can only pull up this kind of legendary character. ”

Shu Ze laughed and continued: "The sea coconut fruit is the largest and heaviest seed in the plant kingdom, usually between 10 kg and 30 kg. When it is 7-9 months old, it can be eaten while the flesh is still gelatinous, once it exceeds 9 months, the flesh will gradually harden, and the flesh of the ripe sea coconut is white and hard, and some people have used it to pass off as ivory, and its hardness can be imagined. ”

Meng Zitao asked curiously, "Can I pretend to be ivory?"

"Yes, you see this carving of mine, it's actually made from sea coconut meat. He pointed to an ivory-like ornament next to him.

Meng Zitao went up and took a closer look, and found that it was really good, if he was a novice, it was easy to lose his eyes, and nodded: "It is indeed a little similar." ”

He Wanyi asked, "In that case, why is it rare to use it to pass off as ivory?"

"Because this kind of sea coconut is also rare. ”

"Seychelles has a rule that no individual may grow sea coconut without permission, and no cultivable sea coconut seed can be taken out of Seychelles. If you want to own a peculiar sea coconut, you have to pay a few hundred dollars for a hollowed-out sea coconut 'shell' that has been authorized by the local government. ”

"There's one more thing I've heard about protection. It is said that the German Emperor Rudolf II also offered to buy sea coconut fruit with 250 kilograms of gold, but the Seychelles side refused. The purpose of this is to ensure the scarcity of sea coconuts, just as Turkey did to protect coffee beans. ”

Sima Yuelan said: "It's too much to manage it so strictly." ”

Xun Suo shrugged his shoulders: "This is actually very normal, the economy of Seychelles is underdeveloped, the industrial and agricultural foundation is very weak, and the general people are engaged in agriculture and fishing, and raise many poultry and livestock. In other areas, the country's income is largely dependent on the consumption of inbound tourists. It's like an ordinary person who has no money at home, and finally has something that can bring them a relatively large profit, do you think you will see it to death?"

Everyone said that it was understandable.

I listened to Shu Ze continue to read: "However, the most impressive thing is that the shape of this kiwifruit is not only male and female, but also looks like the characteristics of human men and women......"

"Wouldn't it, it's still male and female?" Sima Yuelan heard this, leaned up to take a look, and said, "How can there be such a thing, it's really shameless." ”

"Brother and sister, you are wrong, this is the wonder of nature. ”

"And this kind of tree is still very loyal, the male and female trees always hug or grow side by side, if one of the male and female is cut down, the other will be 'martyred and die', so it has the reputation of 'love tree' and 'fruit of love'." ”

Everyone was surprised, and they all sighed that the world is really strange.

After looking at the sea coconut products on the table, everyone looked at the utensils next to them.

Shu Ze said: "I said fatty, when did you invite another statue of Guanyin and put it here?"

Xun Suo said: "I ...... with Xiaofang last time"

"Which Xiaofang?" Shu Ze asked teasingly.

"You don't know you, listen to me. ”

Xun Suo hurriedly skipped this topic and said: "Last month, Xiaofang and I went to Jiuhua Mountain for a trip, and when we came back, we passed by an antique store and happened to see this statue of Guanyin, and she said that she wanted to help her grandmother please go back, so I paid." ”

"In that case, why is the Guanyin statue here with you again?" Shu Ze asked with a smile.

Xun Suo spread his hands: "On the way home, she played a little trick with me, so I gave her away." ”

"What to send her?" asked Shu Ze.

"Send her back to her hometown. Suo smiled.

Everyone was amused by his words.

Shu Ze smiled: "You kid is as diligent as changing his girlfriend as changing clothes, when will you be able to settle down?"

Xun Suo patted his stomach: "You said that with my physique, if it weren't for my money, which beauty would take a fancy to me?"

Shu Ze shook his head: "Yes, I've told you this countless times, and I don't bother to talk about you." ”

Xun Suo also diverted the topic, and continued: "The owner of the previous shop said that this Guanyin looks like an antique, you can help me see if it is, if not, I have to settle accounts with him." ”

Shu Ze smiled: "Let's let Zitao see it, he is an expert in the Forbidden City." ”

Xun Suo was very surprised: "Ah, brother, you are capable, you are an expert in the Forbidden City at such a young age." ”

"I owe it to my master. Meng Zitao said modestly.

Shu Ze took over and said, "Zitao is my uncle's closed disciple. ”

Xun Suo suddenly said: "Brother is modest, if it was someone else, I wouldn't say it, but I know Zheng Lao, if you don't have the ability, he can't help you enter the Forbidden City." ”

Meng Zitao just smiled, and then began to look at the statue of Guanyin on the table, and after a while, he began to explain: "This statue of Guanyin, sitting on its knees, with the left hand knotting the meditation seal to hold the water bowl, the thumb and middle finger of the right hand are lightly twisted, holding the willow branch, and making the gesture of throwing nectar. Wearing a flower crown on his head, his face is dignified and generous, his eyes look down, and his demeanor is kind and soft. The upper body wears a double-necked through-the-shoulder robe, the chest is decorated with beaded jewels, and the lower body wears a long skirt with a high tunch, which is a common attire for Han statues in the Ming Dynasty. ”

"The clothing pattern treatment adopts the traditional carving techniques of the Han Dynasty, which is natural and smooth, vivid and realistic, the edge of the clothes is engraved with patterns, the workmanship is fine, the overall shape is dignified, the carving is meticulous, the style of the times is distinct, and it has a distinct style of Ming Dynasty inland statues. ”

Xun Suo said happily: "In other words, this is indeed an antique?"

Meng Zitao nodded: "Yes, the market value is about 300,000." ”

"Ouch, it looks like I'm still buying cheaper. Suohaha laughed.

Meng Zitao continued: "However, there is one thing I want to remind you, there is nothing wrong with the Guanyin statue being placed here, and you had better move the trash can opposite. ”

He stopped laughing and looked back at the trash can: "What does this mean?"

Meng Zitao said: "Guanyin statues and Buddha statues should not be placed towards unclean places, if Guanyin Bodhisattva can not be placed in the bathroom, the trash can should also be moved, and there are two other points to pay attention to, not to the door, not to the dining table." ”

"OK, understood, I'll move right away. Xun Sobi gestured and immediately went to change the position of the trash can: "It's okay to put it here." ”

Meng Zitao said yes.

After looking at the handicrafts on the table, he invited everyone to take a seat, and then chatted again.

After chatting for a while, Xun Suo thought of something: "By the way, you guys are going to Pingzhou, right? Let's go together." ”

"Didn't you say you didn't want to go, why did you change your mind again?" Shu Ze asked him.

Xun Suo said: "I haven't had anything to do lately, I'm idle anyway, I'm idle anyway, and I'll play with you guys, maybe I can meet true love." ”

"You're really big!" Shu Ze scolded with a smile: "Don't think I don't know, you want to see the gambling stone." Don't forget, the lesson of five years ago. ”

It turned out that Xun Suo used to be addicted to gambling, and five years ago, he was set up and lost more than 200 million at once.

After that, Xun Suo swore that he would never gamble again in his life, and it seems that after five years, he is a little ready to move again.

Xun Suo smiled and said, "Don't worry, no matter how stupid I am, I won't fall in the same place." ”

Shu Ze looked at Xun Suo, knowing that even if he rejected him this time, Xun Suo would find a chance to go to Pingzhou, in the final analysis, everyone is an adult, the key is to rely on yourself, no matter how much others say, it is useless.

"I won't talk about anything else, you can figure it out for yourself. ”

Suo smiled and said that he would definitely pay attention.

Meng Zitao watched coldly from the side, all the gamblers when they were about to move, if they were not restrained, they would have a small gamble with their own mentality, and the idea of winning the point was repeated, which was often the most terrible. Even if it's a buck.

Once you lose your vow, the pain of losing money will rush to your brain again, and at that moment gamblers are likely to lose their minds again, and continue to gamble without hesitation, losing more and sinking deeper.

Therefore, if Xun Suo breaks his oath and contacts gambling-related matters again, Meng Zitao is still very optimistic about whether he can control himself. Although gambling stones are not quite the same as ordinary gambling, gambling stones are actually more crazy, a piece of tens of millions of wool collapses, and it is common to lose all your money, so let alone 200 million, even if you have more money, you can lose it all, especially for a newcomer who does not know about gambling stones.

However, just like Shu Ze thought, Meng Zitao also felt that everyone was an adult, even if he incarnated as Tang Seng and said vigorously, in addition to increasing some disgust, what role could it play?

Everyone talked about the interesting things they encountered, and soon there was laughter and laughter.

It was almost evening, a guest came, and the person who came was Xun Suo's cousin Xun Ziqing, this person was the same as Xun Suo, he was also a womanizer, but this person had no eyes, or he was bold, and when he saw He Wanyi and Sima Yuelan, his eyes were straight.

This is very disgusting to everyone.

Xun Ziqing has been a gentleman since he was a child, Xun Suo doesn't like him very much, he beat him a few times when he was a child, and when he gets older, although Xun Suo still doesn't like it, but Xun Ziqing can speak well, and sometimes he will bring some things over, and the relationship between the two is not so bad.

Seeing that his cousin did not care about the occasion, Xun Suo immediately scolded angrily: "Is it polite!"

Xun Ziqing came back to his senses, touched his nose and smiled.

Xun Suo glared at him: "Say, what's the matter today?"

Xun Ziqing immediately returned to the appearance of a hippie smile, took out a box, and said mysteriously: "Brother, I got another good thing this time?"

Xun Suo didn't want to talk to him, and said bluntly: "If you have something to say, say it quickly, and let it go if you have a fart." ”

Xun Ziqing smiled, and then opened the box, and said: "This good thing, is Mi Fu's calligraphy!"

I heard that it is Mi Fu's calligraphy works, everyone is curious to look inside the box, but when they see the real thing, everyone was stunned.

"You're a fan?" said Shu Ze with a strange expression.

"Yes, the fan of the folding fan. Xun Ziqing said proudly: "This is what I spent a long time and cost to get." ”

Shu Ze smiled strangely: "Is there a folding fan in the Song Dynasty?"

"Your knowledge is too shallow. ”

Xun Ziqing put on a preachy look: "Writing and painting on the fan surface have been popular in the Han and Tang dynasties. The fan held by the fairy in "Luo Shen Futu" and the large fan held by the palace maid in "Hairpin Lady" can be seen to have detailed paintings, and they are by no means plain fans. Of course, in Sun Wei's "Gao Yi Tu", the fan held by the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest and the fan held by Han Xizai seem to be made of bamboo strips, which is extremely exquisite. Time and space have traveled for more than 1,000 years, and this style of fan can still be seen today.

In the Song Dynasty, the economy was prosperous and the humanities were prosperous, and painting and calligraphy were not only loved by the court scholars, but also covered almost all social strata. Most of the Song paintings that have been handed down now are fan-surfaced. Whether it is flowers and birds, landscapes, people, or calligraphy, there is no shortage of fine products. ”

"In terms of content, form, and technique, there is a big breakthrough compared with the previous dynasty. There are not only precise and gorgeous brushwork, but also the freehand of the pen Jane Shenfeng. There are not only large, medium and small famous artists, but also many anonymous authors, but no matter what their names are, they all draw very seriously. It can be seen that the art of calligraphy and painting is deeply immersed in social life, and how exquisite the life of the common people is. So, Mi Fu left a fan down, what's the problem?"

In the end, Xun Ziqing also glanced at Sima Yuelan triumphantly, as if to say, the man you are looking for is not qualified.

This kind of look made Shu Ze very angry, if it weren't for the fact that the other party was Xun Suo's cousin, he would have already done it.

Shu Ze sneered: "Were you deaf just now or what, can't you hear what I asked, is there a folding fan in the Song Dynasty?"

Generally speaking, the fan, whether it is a group fan or a feather fan, is definitely the first to be invented in China. Cui Bao of the Jin Dynasty said in the "Ancient and Modern Notes" that the fan making 'started in the time of Yin Shi Shangzong'. In the Han Dynasty, a round fan flourished again, called a fan, made of silk. In the poem "Song of Resentment" written by Han Anonymous, there is 'a new crack Qi Su, as white as frost and snow. Cut for a fan, like a bright moon. In and out of the king's arms, shake the breeze'.

There are Korean, Japanese, and Chinese theories, and the more common view is that the folding fan was introduced to China by Korea during the Northern and Southern Dynasties in the 5th century AD.

Meng Zitao took over and said: "Folding fans have entered China and started production in the Song Dynasty. Su Dongpo once mentioned in his article: "Such as the folding fan made in the market...... ，…… The width of the exhibition is three or four, and the combination is two fingers'. ”

Then again, what Su Dongpo said can certainly prove history, but so far, the folding fans before the Song Dynasty have neither seen reliable physical objects, nor have they been reflected in Song paintings, which shows that it was still a niche culture at that time and was not popular. The large-scale popularity of folding fans should have arrived in the Ming Dynasty. So from this point of view, Mi Fu should be unlikely to write on the fan surface of the folding fan, and there has never been a discovery in this regard. ”

Xun Ziqing was a little stunned, and immediately said: "You also said, Mi Fu is unlikely to write on the fan, can not guarantee that he must not have written, maybe I am the only heirloom work?"

"In that case, let's judge by calligraphy. ”

Meng Zitao snorted secretly and said: "Mi Fu Xingshu has formed its own characteristics, mainly in the dot painting and structure different from others' treatment methods. And the richness of its changes, the peculiarity of its changes, are not comparable to others. He flexibly and correctly applies and handles the principles of thickness, back, density, opening and closing, sideways, white cloth, retraction, unevenness, size, and adaptation, so that the appearance of the works is dangerous but not strange, hearty and pleasant, and fresh and natural. ”

The main characteristics of his brushwork are that he is good at forming an elegant and transcendent momentum and a calm and happy style in the positive side, leaning up, back, turning and frustration. The beginning of the word is often quite heavy, slightly lighter in the middle, and when it encounters a turn, the side of the pen turns straight down. There are also many changes in the pen, sometimes the focus of the pen is in the beginning of the pen, sometimes in the pen, sometimes in the middle of the stroke, for the longer horizontal painting there are twists and turns. The hook is also full of characteristics. ”

Mi Fu's calligraphy often has a sideways posture, want to left and right, want to promote the first suppression, are in order to increase the ups and downs of the jumping style, the spirit of flying fast, with decades of ancient words as a premise, so out of naïve nature, never pretentious. ”

Speaking of this time, Meng Zitao glanced at Xun Ziqing with contempt, and then said: "Let's take a look at this fan, the font is rough, what is flexible and changeable, not to mention the calligraphy characteristics of Mi Fu, I don't know why some people think that such calligraphy will be Mi Fu's work. ”

Xun Ziqing was speechless by what Meng Zitao said, and when he saw everyone's ridiculous expressions, he was even more annoyed and angry.

Xun Suo knew his cousin's virtue, and said directly: "Why are you still stunned, find someone to settle accounts!"

"I ......" Xun Ziqing's mouth opened, and finally swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, and then he silently packed up his things, and left without even saying hello to everyone.

Meng Zitao's feelings are keen, before Xun Ziqing left, he felt Xun Ziqing's malice, there is a way that biting dogs don't bark, of course he also remembered Xun Ziqing.

As soon as Xun Ziqing left with his front foot, Shu Ze said to Xun Suo: "I can't get used to your cousin, if it weren't for you, I would have to teach him a lesson!"

Xun Suo smiled: "This guy has been spoiled since he was a child, don't be like him." ”

Sima Yuelan said: "I have met this kind of person several times before, if he doesn't have the strength to deal with you, he will do something in secret." ”

Xun Suo sneered: "He dares!"

"Fatty, I think you don't underestimate him, some brains can be forbearing, it's definitely not a good match, I'll put my words here first, that is, your cousin, I'll give you a face, don't do anything to him now, but if he dares to provoke me in the future, then don't blame me for being unkind, if you don't die, you have to let him shed his skin." ”

Shu Ze hated the look in Sima Yuelan's eyes when Xun Ziqing looked at him just now, and he also had a bad impression of Xun Ziqing.

Xun Suo said: "Okay, as long as he dares to provoke you, you can spare his life." ”

When Shu Ze heard this, he was a little surprised and said, "I don't think you like him very much." ”

Xun Suo said: "This kid liked to talk flatteringly when he was young, to make his grandparents happy, at that time I was fat, and I couldn't speak, my grandparents had to give him any good things, I would give them to me, do you think I would like him? Even now, I don't like him, but there is a way to be soft-handed, he often brings some things to me, as long as it is not a matter of principle, I don't want to say much about him." ”

Shu Ze laughed: "He's sugar-coated for you." ”

Xun Suo patted his chest and said, "Who am I, he gave me sugar-coated cannonballs, I ate the sugar-coated cannonballs, and the cannonballs were sent back to him." ”

Shu Ze smiled and said, "It's not that I said you, let's not say anything else, the fan just now, do you think it's genuine?"

Xun Suo waved his hand: "I'm not so stupid yet, if it's really valuable, I will definitely ask an expert to identify it." ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly thought of something: "By the way, speaking of which, there is a royal carpet of the Qing Dynasty, I bought it without asking an expert to appraise it, it won't be so unlucky, right?"

"It's not unlucky, let's see. Shu Ze said.

"Follow me. ”

He led everyone to a room, which was filled with all kinds of exquisite handicrafts, but most of them were modern, and only a few of them looked antique.

"Well, it's this carpet. ”

You see, it is a carpet with exquisite craftsmanship in the main color, soft wool, heavy material, yellow color as the ground, painted seawater river pattern and cloud pattern, the main body is decorated with dragon pattern, the demeanor is fierce, well-preserved, it looks like it has not been used.

"Zitao, what do you think?" asked Shu Ze.

Meng Zitao did not give a direct result, saying: "Some carpets have not been paved, they are loved and protected, and they are stored in boxes, and after decades, their hair has not been worn and there is no light. But the colors used on the old carpet are mineral, plant dyes, its pigment is elegant, secretly bleached, although not paved, the same as the new carpet, but the connoisseur can see at a glance that it is the old carpet, the mystery lies in the identification of the old and new from the color. ”

"Carpets that have been laid for nearly 100 years or more have their hairs scattered and their roots scattered. The weft of the hair root turns gray-black, and its true and fake can be identified from the old color: the weft of the antique carpet is specially dyed with alder water, which looks very unnatural, and can be seen by comparing it with the natural old color. Looking at the natural old color, I feel that it is naturally formed, and the old weft color is hard and unnatural......"

Hearing this, Duan Suo waved his hand and said, "Don't say it in such detail, just say whether this is true or false." ”