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Sandwiched between two courtyards with buildings, this high-gate compound is inconspicuous, but the gate tower still looks very imposing.

At this time, the door hole was wide open, Huo Xiaodong and Sun Zhongyuan walked in, the gatehouse was facing a shadow wall, the shadow wall wall was built of blue bricks, grinding bricks to joints, forming a beautiful staggered ornamentation.

"The courtyard looks like it was built in the late Qing Dynasty!" Sun Zhongyuan said.

"You're right, the ancestors of this family are the people of the late Qing Dynasty, and it is not easy for this house to stay until now. Huo Xiaodong laughed.

Bypassing the shadow wall, Sun Zhongyuan saw two young men in the courtyard, sitting on a low flower wall and chatting.

"Hey, it's Manager Huo, right?" a young man stepped forward.

"Yes, you're Kobayashi?"

"Hmm. The young man responded, "My uncle said, you are the first to watch, but the two of you have to hurry, there will be people coming in the evening, if there are left, there will be people tomorrow, and the new head of the household will take over the day after tomorrow." ”

"Can you decide the price?" Huo Xiaodong asked again, uneasy.

"No problem. Xiao Lin didn't hide it, "My uncle left an approximate reserve price, and if he sells more, it's mine, don't let me work in vain." ”

It turned out that the family had moved out and the house had been sold, leaving only a few pieces of old furniture, which the head of the household planned to sell because it was too bulky and old. The head of the household is somewhat knowledgeable, and sells to antique dealers, not to collectors of old furniture.

Huo Xiaodong is the first to look at it through relationships.

Sun Zhongyuan said in his heart, the head of the household is this Xiaolin's uncle, who has moved away, and maybe Xiaolin is still living in the village. It seems that although the head of the household knows that he sells to the collector of antiques, he does not attach much importance to it, otherwise, he will keep the transaction himself.

However, there is also a possibility that there is nothing too good, and it is old and not precious.

Sun Zhongyuan glanced at Huo Xiaodong, "How do you know, Biding kiln lid jar?"

He said half a sentence, in order to prevent Xiao Lin and the other young man from understanding, but Huo Xiaodong must understand as soon as he heard it.

Huo Xiaodong smiled a little embarrassedly, "I'm not afraid that you won't come! Besides, I didn't say it must be, I just said that it was possible!"

Sun Zhongyuan couldn't cry or laugh, "Okay, if it's a big item, you have to hire a car again, don't make no freight." ”

Xiao Lin seemed a little impatient, "Two, hurry up and look, there is a big recliner in the hall, a bed in the bedroom, a table in the wing, and a few chairs and stools." ”

The yard here is relatively large, but in fact, there are not many houses, it is a courtyard with three main rooms and two east and west wings.

Sun Zhongyuan and Huo Xiaodong entered the hall and saw the "big recliner" that Xiao Lin said.

In fact, this is also a bed, the Luohan bed, but it was placed in the living room as a sofa, and it was covered with thick cushions.

Luohan bed, this name is a bit strange, in fact, Sun Zhongyuan doesn't know the origin of this name, not only him, but Xu Beiwu doesn't know.

Moreover, there are many shapes of Luohan beds. However, it is generally like a couch, with legs, surrounded on three sides. It's really fitting to be placed in the hall.

As a bed, the Luohan bed has always had the function, but since the Ming Dynasty, it has also had the role of hospitality. If it is a close friend, the two of them sit on the Luohan bed recliningly, and it is still very comfortable to chat.

It is not difficult to see that with this hospitality, the level and intimacy are higher than those of chairs.

Sun Zhongyuan stared at the Luohan bed for a while. At this time, Xiao Lin and another young man were still in the courtyard, and they didn't come in at all, and there were only furniture left in the house to sell, and they were not afraid of stealing.

"This seems to be a big smoking bed!" Sun Zhongyuan began.

"Huh?" Before Huo Xiaodong came, he had done some homework on ancient furniture, "You mean the late Qing Dynasty?"

"It's the same in shape, you see, this bed is facing each other, less than two meters long horizontally, but about one meter two vertically, just two people can lie down side by side. Sun Zhongyuan measured.

That's right, the general Luohan bed has a large horizontal length and a small vertical width, so you can lie down one person horizontally or two people vertically.

But this Luohan bed has changed some proportions.

Big smoke, opium, is the late Qing Dynasty into China, once had a name: Fushou ointment. At first, some people thought that it would "cure all diseases"! So this thing was once treated as a rarity for distinguished guests. Think about it, the host and the guest are lying side by side on this arhat bed, facing each other, this is the state.

It sounds a little silly, but that's history.

Therefore, this kind of arhat bed that appeared in the late Qing Dynasty is also called a large smoke bed.

The big smoke bed is a form of Luohan bed, because it is relatively special, it can be named separately in the folk.

"It seems to be really good, it's an old mahogany!" Sun Zhongyuan looked at it carefully. Now it is said that mahogany has become a big category, but the old mahogany, in fact, refers to the red sour branch that is now called.

Huo Xiaodong rubbed the circumference of the big cigarette bed with his hand, and his mouth smacked, "Such a big one!"

"Luohan bed is the most valuable in the ancient bed, although this big smoke bed is the late Qing Dynasty, but the material is solid, good material and good work, if they don't want much, it may really be a leak. Sun Zhongyuan walked up to Huo Xiaodong and lowered his voice.

There are roughly four kinds of furniture and beds in ancient China. In addition to the Luohan bed, there are three kinds.

One is called a couch, a couch under the stay, which is the oldest form of the bed, in short, it is the bed surface and the legs of the bed, there is nothing around, and it is also the simplest shape.

The other is called a shelf bed. As the name suggests, there are supported bedposts with a roof on top. In this way, mosquito nets can be hung in summer to prevent bites, and cotton curtains can be hung in winter to keep warm.

There is also the most complicated one, which is called the stepping bed. There is a roof and a fence, and there are two floors, the first floor is a shallow corridor, in which you can put stools, toilets, and dressers, and the second floor is the bed, which can be separated from the outer corridor by hanging a curtain.

Strictly speaking, the Pull Bed is no longer a bed, it's a small bedroom. Ordinary people can't afford to pull out the bed.

First of all, because of the artistry, the Luohan bed is the best-looking, and at the same time, the shape is diversified, and it is also easy to show artistic characteristics, such as the height of the fence, such as the inlay and carving on the fence, such as the shape and decoration of the relatively high bed legs.

Among these four types of beds, Westerners also like the Luohan bed the most, and many collectors buy it and place it in the living room, rather than in the bedroom, which can be used as a work of art and as a sofa.

When entertaining guests, the compulsion is fully revealed.

Many of the records of Chinese artworks sold at international auctions were actually created by foreigners, and the Luohan bed had the highest price, and tens of millions of dollars were also recorded. Of course, it also depends on the material, craftsmanship and age. Can the sea yellow be the same as the elm wood, can the Ming Dynasty be the same as the Republic of China, can the famous master and the little carpenter in the alley make the same?

"Look, what am I talking about? As soon as Huo Xiaodong saw it, he ran into something good, and his emotions rose.