After eating, Meng Zitao wiped his mouth, was very satisfied with the dishes here, and said with a smile: "The dishes here are really good, I will definitely recommend this place to my friends in the future." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Then I'll say thank you for my friend. ”

Wang Qingchen arched his hand to Meng Zitao, and then made a phone call to call his friend over.

About ten minutes later, Wang Qingchen's friend came over.

Wang Qingchen's friend's name is Wei Yousheng, and his image is similar to that of a restaurant chef in ordinary people's imagination, with fat head and big ears, but he is a little overweight, giving people the illusion that the floor is bumpy when walking.

Wang Qingchen introduced to everyone, and when he learned of Meng Zitao's identity, Wei Yousheng couldn't help complaining about Wang Qingchen and said: "I said Qingchen, you are a little uninteresting, you actually made a surprise attack on me, I want to know that Teacher Meng is coming, and he will definitely cook in person and give Teacher Meng a few dishes of mine!"

Wang Qingchen said with a smile: "I'm here to let Brother Meng help you introduce business, and you may not be able to cook every time a friend introduced by Brother Meng comes over for dinner in the future." ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Next time I have the opportunity to try Brother Wei's craftsmanship, besides, today's dishes are delicious, I will definitely recommend them to my relatives and friends in the future." ”

"Thank you so much. Wei Yousheng said thank you repeatedly, grinning happily.

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "No thanks, the main thing is that your dishes here are both distinctive and delicious, otherwise I would be embarrassed to introduce them to my friends." ”

"I still want to thank Mr. Meng for his kind words. Wei Yousheng said modestly.

After a few polite words to each other, Meng Zitao said: "Brother Wei, I'm also very interested in cooking, in this table of dishes, I'm very interested in this gold medal ginseng, I don't know if Brother Wei is inconvenient to talk about how to do it, of course, if it's about a unique secret recipe, don't say it." ”

The reason why Meng Zitao asked about the method of this dish is because He Wanyi's family usually likes to eat radish, and in order to please his fiancée's family, it is natural to inquire about it.

"Hey, the secret recipe for this dish is a simmering word, the key point is still in the long time, and the condiments are commonly used, nothing bad to say. ”

Wei Yousheng introduced the method of this gold medal radish in detail, and with this as a topic, the more we talked, the more speculative we became, and the relationship between them became a lot closer.

The big guys chatted so happily that they forgot the time, and in the blink of an eye, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening.

Wei Yousheng said with a smile: "It's not too early, and I won't delay the big guy's time." Teacher Meng, you go slowly. ”

"Okay, we'll get back in touch when we're free. ”

"Okay. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Yousheng suddenly thought of something, and said a little embarrassedly: "Teacher Meng, I wonder if I can ask you for a word?"

Since he was more in love, Meng Zitao readily agreed: "Of course there is no problem, in this way, you can go to my store tomorrow afternoon to get it." ”

"Thank you so much. ”

Wei Yousheng hurriedly thanked him, and asked everyone to wait for a while, and after a while, he came over with a brocade box.

"Teacher Meng, I don't have anything to thank for this, this is a copper cartridge I got some time ago, you can see if you like it or not. ”

Copper cartridges belong to the traditional stationery supplies, popular in modern China, according to the "Tianjia Occasional News" record: "Ink cartridges are prevalent, the end of the inkstone is cheap, the old pit of the Song Dynasty, not more than ten gold, Jia people do not know, the scholar's desk, outside the ink cartridge, there are few stone inkstones." "With the advantages of lightness and dexterity, keeping the ink color smooth and black bright, the copper ink cartridge once surpassed the stone inkstone and became a must-have item in the business bookkeeper, private school, and literati ink guest table at that time.

In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, copper engraving artists represented by Chen Yinsheng and Zhang Yuechen made copper ink cartridges one of the main carriers of copper engraving art, making them exquisite handicrafts and artworks with words, patterns, ornaments and styles. According to the record of "The Prosperity of the Capital": "The ink cartridge of the capital and the elephant eye bamboo fine work of Jiangxi Province and the embroidery of Jing Chu are the three famous objects of China. It can be seen that the engraved copper cartridges in the capital at that time were well-known at home and abroad.

The copper ink cartridge brought by Wei Yousheng is engraved with white copper, showing the weeping willows on both sides of the river. The diagonal blank space in the painting, the messy left and right corners and the ethereal contrast in the middle reflect the agility of the weeping willow and the tranquility of the river. There is a lonely boat moored on the right bank, and there is a scholar pavilion on the left bank to meditate, as if chanting to the river. A fishing in the river, sitting in a small boat, the boat is slightly warped, as if there are fish on the hook.

Meng Zitao looked at the copper ink cartridge and excused himself: "Brother Wei, you don't need to be like this at all. ”

Wei Yousheng said: "Teacher Meng, you can accept it, I bought this copper ink cartridge to fill the scene, and it would be a waste to put it on me." ”

At this time, Wang Qingchen next to him suddenly spoke: "Brother Wei, where did you buy this copper ink cartridge?"

"Cripple Chen, is there anything wrong?" Wei Yousheng asked subconsciously.

Wang Qingchen was a little speechless and said: "How can you buy things from Chen Cripple, this guy's goods are all from some small merchants and hawkers, there are miscellaneous everything, there are few treasures and many fakes, and there are some high-quality imitations made by masters in the fakes, which will make people look at them if they are not careful." You said you didn't know anything about it, so why did you do it?"

"You mean to say that this thing is fake?" Wei Yousheng's eyes widened, and he looked incredulous.

Wang Qingchen pointed to the copper cartridge and said: "Of course it's fake, what do you see written here?" 'Daoguang Second Year', at this time, this kind of cartridge has not yet been born, how can it appear?"

Wei Yousheng said: "No, I have seen Kangxi copper cartridges in a museum before." ”

"Impossible!" Wang Qingchen shook his head again and again, feeling that he must have made a mistake.

Meng Zitao said: "It's not that the museum is mistaken, it should be an inkstone box instead of an ink cartridge." In addition, it was not that there were no copper cartridges during the Daoguang period, but they were not popular at that time, and there were not many people who used them, so the box surface was basically undecorated. When from the late Xianfeng period to Tongzhi and Guangxu, the ink cartridge was prosperous in the world, so some people began to make an article on the surface of the ink cartridge, which is the reason for the production of the engraved copper ink cartridge. ”

"There are also relevant records about when the engraved copper cartridge began, and Xie Songdai, an ink-making merchant in the Tongzhi period, said: 'Wen Liuli Factory's professional cartridge is the beginning of Wanfeng Zhai. Engraved on the cover, the beginning of Chen Yin Maocai. The shop and the people are especially there, and it was really popular in the early years of Tongzhi. ’”

"Here we should note that Xie Songdai and Chen Yinsheng are contemporaries, Chen's Wanfeng Zhai and Xie Yide Pavilion are located in the capital glaze factory, Wanfeng opened three years later, Yide Pavilion also opened, so Xie's words are far more reliable than later generations, Xie Songdai said that the engraved copper cartridge 'was really popular in the early years of Tongzhi', and there was no engraved copper cartridge before the 'prevailing'. Therefore, it is still possible to find the engraved copper cartridge of the Xianfeng year, but it is definitely impossible to have it in the Daoguang period, so Chen Yinsheng has not been born yet. ”

After listening to Meng Zitao's explanation, Wei Yousheng was embarrassed and angry, and he hurriedly apologized to Meng Zitao: "Teacher Meng, I'm really sorry, but fortunately, I found it in time, otherwise I would have missed it a lot." ”

Meng Zitao waved his hand: "As the old saying goes, those who don't know are not guilty, besides, the experts in our industry have times when they are eye-catching." ”

Wang Qingchen took over and said: "Brother Wei, the water in the antique industry is too deep, no one will help you in the future, don't buy it, so as not to be deceived again." ”

Wei Yousheng nodded and said, "Well, I will definitely not touch this in the future, there is still a cripple Chen, I have to settle accounts with him!"

"Don't, it's useless for you to look for him, but you may still suffer. Wang Qingchen explained some of the rules in the antique shop to Wei Yousheng.

"In other words, I can only knock out my teeth and swallow it in my stomach?"

Seeing that Meng Zitao and Wang Qingchen both said this, Wei Yousheng was quite depressed, but he had no choice but to turn into a long sigh, but this loss made him too unwilling......

said that early the next morning, Meng Zitao received a call from Xie Mingxu's mother, saying that Xie Mingxu had woken up, and everything seemed normal except for his bad face, and he expressed his gratitude to Meng Zitao.

After that, Xie Mingxu called and expressed his gratitude again, and said that he would come to the door in person to express his gratitude.

Meng Zitao originally asked Xie Mingxu to have a good rest, but Xie Mingxu was resolute, so he had to agree and simply let Xie Mingxu come to his house, and Kang Yan would come over after a while to discuss work matters with him.

While waiting for the two of them to come over, Meng Zitao gave Yu Weigang another pulse: "It's okay to recover, take another day of medicine today, and change the prescription for you tomorrow." ”

"Isn't this medicine very good, why do you have to change it again? Yu Weigang was a little confused.

Meng Zitao replied: "The fierce medicine I prescribed to you can quickly replenish the source of your losses, but you can't take it all the time, otherwise you will wait for a nosebleed." ”

Yu Weigang hurriedly said, "That's it." ”

Meng Zitao smiled and said, "Look at your fear of death." ”

Yu Weigang spread his hands: "No way, I have a wife and children, so I can't be cheaper than someone else's." ”

Meng Zitao laughed and said: "By the way, today is Friday, I have booked a flight to Xijing at noon, to give acupuncture to a few patients, let's meet in Shanghai tomorrow night, if you are worried about the source of the disease, you can stay in the hotel first, and when I go to Shanghai, we will deal with it together." ”

"Okay, but are you in time?"

Meng Zitao said: "It must be in time, it is only more than two hours from Lingshi to Xijing, if there is enough time, I can finish the acupuncture today, even if it is not enough, I can finish it tomorrow morning, take the afternoon flight to Shanghai, and I can still have dinner there." ”

Yu Weigang thought for a while: "Okay, I'll just go to Shanghai tomorrow afternoon, if it's in time, I'll pick you up at the airport, and let's go to Liu Vol to fight the autumn breeze together." ”

"Whatever you want. ”

The two of them chatted casually, and after more than an hour, Kang Yan and Xie Mingxu came together.