Chapter 5 Ancient Paintings

Li Xi listened and followed with a copper coin. The shopkeeper and the man who had just arrived followed.

Li Zonglin walked over to a table and opened the paper tube.

"Dad!" The man who just came took out a pair of white gloves and handed them to Li Zonglin, who took them with him, and then reached out and took out a pair of scrolls from the paper tube.

The scroll is a little yellowed, and at first glance it looks like an antiquity, and from the outside, it looks like a painting.

Li Xi was puzzled and stared at the scroll. At the same time, he noticed that the shopkeeper's breathing became heavy, and his eyes stared at the scroll without blinking.

"What kind of painting is this?" Li Xi was even more puzzled.

Li Zonglin finally unfolded the scroll and gently spread it on the table, and the shopkeeper took a few pieces of paperweight and pressed the four corners of the scroll.

"Huh!" Li Xi saw the situation of the scroll clearly, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

This scroll is indeed a painting, to be exact, an ancient painting, and what is painted on the ancient painting is a cash cow.

The appearance of the cash cow is similar to the one in his house, except that it is obviously an enlarged version. In addition to the money-shaped leaves, there are also silver ingots, gold ingots, and a variety of gems of different colors and shapes.

"Ah!" The shopkeeper was slightly taken aback, and said in a lost voice: "Old Li, this ...... Is this a cash cow?"

"Hehe!" Li Zonglin smiled and explained: "A painting I got a few years ago is an antiquity from the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and the person who painted it is not famous, but the content of the painting is a bit interesting, it is a cash cow. ”

"Oh!" the shopkeeper sighed, tilting his head to look at the painting, which was a living tree, not like the cash cow in a normal painting, and at first glance he knew that it was a fake tree made of gold.

"It's rare to see such paintings. The shopkeeper couldn't help but sigh.

Li Zonglin obviously agreed with the shopkeeper's words, nodded, and turned to Li Xi again, "Young man, where is your money? ”

Li Xi hesitated for a moment, and then took out the copper coin. Mainly after seeing the picture of this cash cow, he was a little worried. lest the other party have seen their copper coins, guess something, and suspect that they have a cash cow or something. However, after thinking about it for a while, I felt that it was unlikely.

Li Zonglin took the copper coin, flipped it over, first glanced at the four words "heaven and round place" on the copper coin, and then shifted his gaze to the picture.

On the top of the picture, on the table directly in front of the cash cow, there are piles of copper coins, silver ingots, gold ingots, and various colored gemstones.

Li Zonglin didn't look at those gold ingots, silver ingots and various colored gemstones, but put a magnifying glass on top of a stack of copper coins.

Four magnified characters immediately appeared - the sky is round and the earth is round.

"Look!" Li Zonglin beckoned.

"Huh!" the shopkeeper sighed slightly, and said in surprise: "The sky is round, and the words on the painting are the same as those on the copper coin." ”

This result was something Li Xi had thought of a long time ago, and he still couldn't help but get nervous.

"It's not words. Li Zonglin reminded: "Look at the texture. ”

As he spoke, the magnifying glass moved, but when he saw the copper coin in the picture, the texture on the copper coin was immediately revealed, and the entire copper coin was covered with textures like the copper coin Li Xi took.

"Same texture. The shopkeeper looked at the texture in the magnifying glass, and then looked at the texture on Li Xi's copper coin, and looked even more surprised.

"It's the same. Li Zonglin nodded and said, "However, the texture on the real money is much clearer than the one on the painting." ”

Li Xi was apprehensive, but the shopkeeper nodded again.

But Li Zonglin continued: "After I got this painting, I have always wondered, why is there a texture on the copper coin in the painting?"

As he spoke, he looked at Li Xi and the others, and his eyes swept over everyone one by one.

Li Xi's expression was calm. Why there are textures, of course he knows very well, these copper coins are all grown from the cash tree, and the textures on the copper coins are actually leaf veins.

"Why?" asked the shopkeeper subconsciously.

Li Zonglin glanced at Li Xi with a smile before continuing: "I didn't know until I saw this young man's copper coin, I didn't know ......" Speaking of this, he stopped again, with a smile on his face, picked up a copper coin, pointed to the texture on it, and said to everyone: "Look, what do these textures look like?"

Of course, Li Xi knew that it was Ye Mai, not even like, but just, but he didn't speak.

"What is it?" the shopkeeper muttered quietly, pondering.

The man who had just arrived was also thinking about it.

But the two thought for a moment, but they had no clue.

Li Zonglin shook his head and couldn't help but remind, "Think about it carefully, the money on the cash cow is actually made of its leaves, if this copper coin is a leaf, then ......"

"It's the veins of the leaves. The shopkeeper suddenly came to his senses and said loudly.

"Yes, it's the vein. Li Zonglin smiled, glanced at Li Xi, and said: "It was this young man's copper coin that inspired me, and I knew that these textures were originally the veins of the leaves of the money tree." ”

"What does Elder Li mean...... Are these copper coins real?" muttered the shopkeeper.

"It's still fake. Li Zonglin shook his head, "How can it be true that the condition is so new?" However, the person who forged these copper coins must have seen the paintings of cash cows, otherwise it would not have been possible to forge them so similarly? Hey, young man, where did you get these copper coins?"

Li Xi heard Li Zonglin conclude that the copper coin was fake, and he was slightly relieved, but at the same time, he was entangled, if the other party thought that the copper coin was fake, then he would not be able to sell it.

After listening to Li Zonglin's inquiry again, he didn't think about it, so he said: "That is handed down from the ancestors." ”

"Hehe!" Li Zonglin smiled, not only him, but also the shopkeeper and the man who had just come also had a smile on their faces, obviously not believing Li Xi's words. How could it be so new that the three of them were all connoisseurs, and judging from the newness of the copper coins, they knew that they had been newly created recently.

Seeing that Li Xi was silent, Li Zonglin said again: "Young man, let's make a price, I plan to buy these three copper coins of yours and study them carefully." ”

"Old Li, since it's fake, why bother to buy it?" asked the shopkeeper puzzled.

"Hehe! It's just copper coins, mainly these leaf veins, I want to take them back and take a good look at how they were made. Li Zonglin explained, and then said to Li Xi: "Young man, make a price." ”

"This ......" Li Xi really didn't know how to make a price, and hesitated for a while. The main thing is that I don't understand antiques, but in fact, it's useless to understand them. This is money that grows out of a cash cow, and it is different from ordinary money, and there is really no standard for valuation.

Seeing Li Xi's hesitation, Li Zonglin smiled again, "Otherwise, young man, I will buy yours for five hundred yuan each of your three copper coins, do you think it's okay?"