Chapter 241: Turtle Shell Gem
Ignoring Wei Hang's speechless eyes, Chen Jianliang took out the contents of the bag. When I saw the items inside, my eyes immediately turned red.
"Third child, you're useless with these, leave them to me! ”
This was said in a very awe-inspiring manner, which made Yun Rulong and the others roll their eyes, and said secretly: Can you change the line?
These are all treasures, why are they useless? What are you saying is really ...... Inexplicable!
"It's all red coral? Third child, you can't say how lucky you are. Goofy was also dumbfounded. He also got this treasure. The first pot of gold in life came from this red coral.
Wei Hang didn't care, but he did have the idea of placing that cactus-like thing on the windowsill.
"Well, that cactus ball, you leave it to me, the rest is at will. ”
"What are you doing here? You can't eat this thing. Chen Jianliang was reluctant to leave a little bit for Weihang. He knew that these treasures, no one in this kid's family knew how to appreciate them, so what was the use of keeping them?
Collecting this treasure, in the hearts of uncles and aunts, it is better to collect a few pieces of gold.
"Go back, I'll get you a batch of gold to collect. Chen Jianliang continued to persuade.
This family is full of people who like gold, even Weihang is no exception, he knows it. I don't say anything on my lips, but I definitely say it in my heart: vulgar, really vulgar! What is so beautiful about gold? I really don't understand.
"Ahem, no, what do I want you to pull so much gold for? I'm going to keep it for myself on the windowsill. Wei Hang immediately spoke.
As soon as these words came out, even if they had little money, they also felt that this guy owed a beating. Uncle's! Millions of things are treated like a pot of flowers and plants, and they don't dare to think of this luxurious life.
"That...... Third child, can you not be like a nouveau riche?" Gao Fei rolled his eyes and almost couldn't turn back, this kid is really troublesome.
They kind of get it. Why did Auntie teach this kid a lesson and help him take care of the money.
Wei Hang was depressed: Could it be that I put a slightly valuable thing, that is, a nouveau riche?
"I'll just swing around. Wei Hang said weakly.
Put your sister! Everyone secretly said in their hearts, is this thing used to put up windows? If it is discovered by some collectors, you kid will become a public enemy!
"What's so nice? Another day, I'll help you get some orchids and the like, isn't it elegant?" Chen Jianliang resolutely didn't leave anything for Wei Hang this time.
You want to furnish it, it's simple, more than 100,000 orchids, it's enough grade, right?
Don't make such jokes in the future. It will scare a group of people to death, and it will kill a group of people. Isn't it a temptation for you to set such a precious treasure naked on the windowsill?
"Uh! That thing doesn't serve well!"
Wei Hang didn't think about it, but he was a lazy person. If you come back from a pot of cactus, it is estimated that you can also die of drought, will the orchid be okay?
"Why can't you wait? Let my brother and sister help with watering, when did you bother you? Don't say more. I'll help you look at this stuff when you get back. Chen Jianliang no longer gave Wei Hang a chance to speak.
Others, seeing that Wei Hang got so many treasures, it was a lot of wealth. It is false to say that you are not tempted. Daniel Zhang and the others went to the sea one after another to see if they could try to dive deeper, and the most important thing was to see if they could pick up some leaks from Wei Hang's teeth.
Wei Hang didn't go down any further, pretending to rest.
Soon. One by one, the guys came out to sea with their heads down. They tried several times, but they still didn't dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool, as long as they dived two more meters. I'm going to have chest tightness right away, and I can't stand it.
Sun Xucheng is also single, since he didn't find what he was looking for, he just picked up a little bit and picked it up, and when he saw a turtle shell, he picked it up. A single tortoise shell, he hadn't seen it yet.
He thought it would be good to take it and collect it! With this in mind, he took it with his hand.
"Old Sun, don't think that just if you take something up casually, you think it's a baby!" Daniel Zhang wondered.
Sun Xucheng shrugged his shoulders: "It doesn't matter! Anyway, I can take it back and collect it, this turtle shell is also very beautiful." ”
Wei Hang and Chen Jianliang looked at the turtle shell, and they didn't know what to say for a while. Especially Chen Jianliang, his heart is extremely unbalanced, how can the things that people pick up casually are treasures? I made a special trip to look for them, but there was no shadow.
The turtle shell in Sun Xucheng's hand is not an ordinary turtle shell. That's the turtle shell of the turtle of the protected animal hawksbill turtle, which is worth a little money.
It has a flat torso, protective dorsal armor, and paddle-like flippers suitable for paddling, and its most distinctive features are its eagle-like beak-like beak and jagged rim shield at the back of its body. It lives mainly in shallow lagoons and coral reefs, feeds on sponges, and also feeds on cnidarians such as seaweed, anemones, jellyfish, shrimp, crabs, shellfish, and other fish.
Hawksbill turtle meat is delicious, eggs are delicious, and it is highly sought after in the market, regarded as a delicacy of the mountains and seas, and its medicinal value is also high.
And its back armor is heart-shaped, smooth and shiny, with beautiful and colorful patterns on it, it is a precious gemstone, which can be used as a raw material for jewelry, sculpture and other jewelry, noble and elegant, a symbol of auspicious happiness, health and longevity, and enjoys the name of "sea gold". The craft of tortoiseshell has been practiced in China for thousands of years, and Japan has also been deeply influenced.
"Ahem, you're lucky, it's a baby, too. Chen Jianliang said.
Except for Wei Hang, everyone else was stunned, Sun Xucheng reacted, and then he was overjoyed, he didn't expect that he had the intention to plant flowers and flowers, and he had no intention of planting willows into the yin!
"Isn't it a turtle shell?" Fang Zhen muttered quietly.
"Yes, however, this is the back shell of the tortoiseshell, which can be used as both a high-grade medicinal herb and a precious gem!" Wei Hang said.
He saw that the back shell was not small, and there were no injuries, and guessed that the tortoiseshell was not injured and died, either died of natural causes, or some special diseases. Turtles that die of natural old age, that's many years. Turtles are known for their longevity, and if so, then the value is even greater.
Due to the unusually solid carapace of hawksbill turtles, they have few major predators, as few animals can bite through their shells. Sharks and bay crocodiles are considered natural predators of hawksbill turtles, and octopuses and some marine surface fish also prey on adult hawksbill turtles.
And because hawksbill turtles often forage for sponges, they will have some unpleasant sponge smells on their bodies, and because hawksbill turtles feed on poisonous sponges and cnidarians, their meat contains a considerable level of toxicity.
As a result, it can sometimes deter certain predators or humans. Tortoiseshells are ferocious and bite when caught, but they will not attack humans if they are not harmed.
"Yes, it's a gemstone with a long history. Chen Jianliang also spoke.
He has a love for all kinds of gemstones, so he is naturally a treasure of all kinds of gemstones.
As far as he knows, this turtle shell has been used as a gem as early as the Han Dynasty, which has been used for one or two thousand years.
There is a record in Sima Qian's "Historical Records: The Biography of Chunshenjun": "Zhao Pingyuanjun made people in Chunshenjun, and Chunshenjun gave up in Shangshe." Zhao envoy wants to boast of Chu, for the tortoiseshell hairpin, the sword room is decorated with pearls and jade, please order Chunshen Junke. There were more than 3,000 guests in Chunshen, and their guests all tiptoed to see the Zhao envoy, and the Zhao envoy was ashamed. ”
This shows that as early as that time, tortoiseshell shells became precious.
This organic gemstone is amorphous and slightly transparent to translucent, with a waxy to oily luster. Tortoiseshell can be used to make rings, bracelets, hairpins, combs, fans, boxes, glasses frames, small parts of musical instruments, combs for precision instruments and scraping boards and other utensils.
"It's a great insight that a turtle shell can be a gem. "This kind of knowledge, even Fang Feifei they don't know very well, so they are very surprised.
It can be used as a traditional Chinese medicine, but they know it.
"Yes, I know that the ancients used it for divination and medicine. Muzi said.
In ancient times, the most important thing was to use it for divination, right? Anyway, there were a lot of TV dramas.
The turtle shell is used as a tool for divination and good luck, because the ancients believed that the sky is round, the back carapace of the tortoise is bulging like the sky, the abdominal carapace is flat, like the earth, and the tortoise seems to be carrying the heaven and the earth. Therefore, the tortoise is considered to be a spiritual creature that can know astronomy and geography, and the tortoise shell is used to predict the rise and fall of existence and death, and is used as a mascot for divining evil and asking for good fortune.
Divination is one of the ancient Chinese witchcrafts and has a very long history. In ancient times, people did not understand the natural world, and due to the extremely low productivity at that time, people were shackled by the forces of nature.
As a result, a fear of nature arises. Moreover, because people have agricultural production, it is followed by a series of natural disasters. No one could give a scientific explanation for this, so while praying for peace on earth, divination was born.
During the Yin Shang period, the emperor's diviner used a charcoal fire to grill the tortoise shell, and according to the cracks of the tortoise shell, he used to divinate the emperor and predict state affairs, wars, weather, disasters, etc. The origin of the word "Bu" is because after the fire burns the turtle shell, it is easy to have cracks like the word "Bu", and these cracks are used to predict the destiny of heaven. Legend has it that the inspiration for the pattern of Bagua also comes from the tortoiseshell pattern of the tortoise.
Many numerology fortune tellers still use turtle shells and copper coins to tell people's fortunes. Fortune-telling taboos killing, especially turtles that are considered psychic by the Chinese. As a result, many people use bronze turtles and wooden turtles instead of real turtle shells.
In daily life, it is common to see fortune tellers using turtle shells and copper coins to divinate fortunes. , holding a turtle shell in his hand, shaking in his hand, chanting words in his mouth, and then shaking out the copper coins in the turtle shell, according to the number and distribution of copper coins to determine the good luck. (To be continued......)