For Luo Danran, his task is to complete the carving, as long as the owner feels that the material is okay, he will not have a problem. He came over this time just to help Yuan Zengxian, even if the other party asked him to carve a marble, he would agree to it.

Therefore, how Mr. Yuan decides has nothing to do with him, he just needs to follow the steps.

Luo nodded indifferently to say no opinion, and then gave a business card: "You can send the jade material to this address then." ”

Mr. Yuan took the business card and looked at it, and after putting it away, he asked Yuan Zeng to take a brocade box first, and said to the two of them with a smile: "Thank you two for the statue, especially Meng Xiaoyou, who helped me a lot, this is a jade carving belt ornament I got a few years ago, you can see if you like it or not." ”

"Old Yuan, this is too precious. Meng Zitao opened the box, which put a white jade carved dragon wearing flowers oval belt decoration carving fine and smooth, beautiful layout, vivid image, the production is quite exquisite, should be used by the royal family and nobles in the Ming Dynasty, now the value is about 80,000, is a heavy gift.

Mr. Yuan said with a smile: "No matter how valuable it is, it's just a piece of jade, compared to what I can achieve, it's really nothing, you can accept it with confidence." ”

With the environment where Mr. Yuan lived, this jade was indeed not valuable to him, and Meng Zitao couldn't push it off for a while, so he had to accept it in the end.

After that, the old man gave each of them a can of tea, both of which were top-of-the-line Maojian tea, which was said to be privately customized, and money on the market could not buy it.

After having lunch with Mr. Yuan, everyone said goodbye.

Knowing that the two were going to Luo Danran's cousin's house next, Yuan Zeng sent them directly first, but fortunately, it was not too far, and it was only more than half an hour by car.

As soon as he followed Luo Danran up the stairs, Meng Zitao heard a violent quarrel from above, as if he was about to fight.

Luo listened indifferently and hurriedly said, "It seems to have my cousin's voice." ”

The two of them quickly went upstairs, and when they walked to the fourth floor, they saw from below the door of Luo Insan's cousin's house on the fifth floor, there was a group of people arguing there, and the two sides were tense and almost about to fight.

Luo indifferently hurriedly went up, separated the two sides of the quarrel with Meng Zitao, and did not let them fight.

"Auntie, what's going on?" Luo asked indifferently.

Luo's indifferent cousin said angrily: "They said that my turtle is fake, and that jade gourd wants to go back, how can there be such a reason!"

"Your stuff is fake, what's wrong with us coming back?" shouted a young woman opposite.

Luo Yinran's cousin said: "Did I force you to change the thing? Oh, I kept begging me to change it, but now I say that my thing is fake, anyway, the mouth grows on you, you can say whatever you want!

"Phew, you stinky old guy, you obviously want to swallow my baby!"

"You're shameless! This thing is mine now, you dare to try it!"

"You think we're scared of you!"

The two sides quarreled again, and the emotions were even more excited than just now, if it weren't for Luo Danran and Meng Zitao to stop them, they would have been fighting now.

At this time, two policemen came up, and they came after receiving a call from a neighbor.

Both sides have their own reasons, and the police are also very troubled by the handling of this kind of thing, especially since antiques are not ordinary commodities, and they can only find experts to identify them.

At this time, the young woman who had been arguing with Luo Indifferently just now said: "Her turtle was dug up from the ground by the seller, if it is a cultural relic, is it illegal to buy and sell?"

"Don't talk nonsense, what's not legal?" Luo Indifferent Cousin was a little flustered.

One of the policemen said with a serious face: "The resale of illegally obtained state cultural relics is indeed illegal, and not only the goods must be confiscated, but also legal responsibility." ”

Luo Indifferent's cousin was speechless for a moment, and she didn't know what to say.

"Hmph, don't you go and bring our jade gourd!" said the young woman proudly.

Under the watchful eyes of the police, Luo Insan's cousin could only go and bring the jade gourd over: "Officer, I want to report it, the origin of their jade gourd is also unknown!"

"Nonsense! This thing is my ancestor!" retorted loudly to the young woman.

The old man next to him also spoke: "That's it, I've been playing with this jade gourd, how can it come from an unknown source!"

The policeman also said: "Auntie, you can't talk nonsense about this, according to the principle that whoever reports it should provide evidence, you should provide evidence, not just talk nonsense by will, that is slander!"

"I ......" Luo's indifferent cousin was speechless, and the wife next to her was so angry that she entered the house, feeling that she couldn't afford to lose that person.

At this time, Meng Zitao spoke: "This uncle, you just said that you often play with this jade gourd?"

"Can't you!" asked the old man.

Meng Zitao smiled: "Of course there is no problem, how to do it is your freedom, but there is one thing I feel very puzzled, since the thing is your family's ancestral, and you often play with it, then why is there no pulp on this jade gourd?"

Meng Zitao explained the meaning of the pulp simply and clearly, and said to the dumbfounded old man with a smile: "You said that you often play with the pulp, but there is very little pulp, is this in line with the laws of nature?"

Luo indifferently pointed at the old man and scolded: "Wow, I'll just say how did you change it so refreshingly, this thing must have been obtained by you breaking the law!"

"You're breaking the law!" the old man hurriedly said, "Comrade policeman, listen to my explanation, I bought this thing from the antique market." ”

"Since you bought it at the antique market, why do you say it's an ancestral heirloom?" asked the policeman with a serious face.

"I ...... Aren't I afraid of trouble?" said the old man.

"You're talking nonsense for fear of trouble?" the policeman said sternly: "I think you should be honest, otherwise it won't be so easy to go to the police station later." ”

"I really bought it at a stall. ”

"Which market, which stall?"

"It's the old antique city......," the old man said in a hurry.

Meng Zitao suddenly asked, "When did you buy it?"

Seeing that the old man couldn't answer, he sneered: "You can't remember such a simple thing?

The old man hurriedly replied, "It was the last Sunday of October last year. ”

Meng Zitao asked non-stop, "Do you know what day the next day is?"

"No...... I don't know!" the old man broke out in a cold sweat.

"It's clear, you're lying!" Meng Zitao scolded.

"I'm not lying!" the old man argued, "What evidence do you have to say that I lied!"

Meng Zitao sneered: "You don't even know that the last Monday of October last year, that is, the day after you bought this jade gourd, was the Double Ninth Festival, it's not that you are clearly lying!"

The old man suddenly panicked, looking at a loss.

The policeman said: "You better be honest, you can be lenient now, otherwise you can only be strict! You don't want to stay in prison for the rest of your life!"

The old man's psychological defense line suddenly collapsed: "This jade gourd was picked up by me from the door of the old ship's bow." ”

"Old bow?"

Luo Yinran's cousin showed a sudden look on her face, pointed at the old man and said, "Old man Zhang, it turns out that you stole this jade gourd from the old bow! Last year, the old bow searched for a long time, and everyone lost weight but didn't find it, and the result was stolen by you!"

"I didn't steal it, I picked it up!" argued the old man.

"It depends on what the police say. Luo indifferent's cousin gloated, although she lost two hundred yuan, but Old Man Zhang also fell to the benefit, and the result was much more serious than her!

Since it involves lost property, the police must investigate carefully, and the matter of Old Man Zhang must also be investigated, but it is not that he said that he picked it up.

Luo Danran's cousin was going to record a confession, Luo Danran and Meng Zitao went with them quickly, and on the way, the two learned about the old ship's bow from her mouth.

The old captain was a sailer when he was young, and he had this nickname, but then he broke his leg and the boat could not be opened, so he did odd jobs, and then put away the rags.

A few years ago, when the old shipwreck helped people clean up the old house, he got a large number of old goods, including dilapidated dishes and so on. He had vaguely heard that some of the old dishes were worth some money, but he didn't even know the words, and he couldn't possibly know how much they were worth.

One day, when a shovel got the news, he went to see the goods of the old ship, and the old bow spread one or two hundred tattered dishes on the ground and said, "You pick first, you have picked well, and then we will negotiate the price." ”

The shovel didn't think much about it, but carefully selected six things and asked him, "How much do you want to sell?"

The old bow asked, "How much do you want to pay?"

The other party said, "I am willing to bid 100 yuan for each of these six things." ”

When the old shipwreck heard this, he replied, "I will sell everything for eight hundred dollars." ”

The land was found to be too expensive, and the transaction was not successful.

As a result, the old ship's head knew that these five plates should be the most valuable of them, and the market price of each was about three or five hundred yuan.

Later, people kept coming to the door to pick them, and he relied on the same method to know which dishes were wanted and which were garbage. As long as the other party picks it well, he will offer an outrageous price and not let people buy it.

Of course, there are also people who see his plan, and when he gets angry, he will say, "Otherwise, you can pick as many of the rest as possible, and I will sell it to you at the cheapest price." ”

In this case, those people will basically not trouble him.

During this period, the old bow also received some old goods, and basically relied on this method to clear the rotten goods, and the best remaining pieces were left at hand, slowly waiting for the price to sell, and the small life was very moist.