Chapter 92: Hanyu

At this time, without waiting for Li Lao's orders, Wu's mother, who was standing aside and waiting after serving Liu Dong tea, immediately raised her legs and walked out after hearing the knock on the door.

Soon, the hoarse sound of the door opening outside the courtyard could be heard in the distance.

"Mother Wu, is Elder Li inside?" I don't know why, listening to this voice, Liu Dong always felt a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it before.

"Here, the old man is in the living room!" Wu Ma's tone was warm, obviously very familiar with the person who came.

"Okay, I'll go in first with something in my hand, please trouble Mother Wu, you're closing!" The voice was very young, and from his tone, he could roughly guess that the person who spoke should be very familiar with Li Lao, and he was basically a frequent visitor here.

Just as Liu Dong was thinking about who this familiar voice was, a young man in his twenties strode in in his twenties, wearing an orange short-sleeved shirt, a pair of dark trousers, and a pair of brown leather shoes.

"Hehe, Mr. Li, the kid has given you a salute. This is a pot of longevity flowers that I specially bought for you, and I hope you will always smile!" After entering the door, the young man first bowed his waist to greet Li Lao, and then hurriedly took out a pot of green plants with red flowers in his left hand.

Longevity flowers, also known as birthday flowers, fake lotus flowers, Christmas cabbage, dwarf cabbage. It belongs to the family Sedum, and it belongs to the genus Gallinaceae. A succulent plant with low clusters of large, shiny leaves that are verdant all year round. Planted in the open field in spring, summer and autumn, the flowers bloom brightly and brightly from December to April. There can be dozens of flowers on each branch, and the flowering period is more than 4 months, hence the name of longevity flowers. Longevity flowers are ideal potted flowers for relatives, friends and elders during New Year's Day and Spring Festival.

However, Liu Dong basically doesn't know this kind of flower.

"Hehe, okay, I'll take the things, but this time you're so well-behaved, is there anything I need to identify for you?"

After hearing his words, the young man's face showed a hint of embarrassment, but it quickly disappeared, "Hehe, you still know me." This time, I found a good jade pendant outside, and I ask you to make an appraisal. ”

"Okay, let's put things here first! I'll go out, and I'll show you when I come back!" After a pause, Li Lao turned his hand and pointed at Liu Dong and introduced: "This is Liu Dong, who is doing carving, and his craftsmanship is very good!"

After hearing his words, the young man's face couldn't help but show surprise. He has not known Li Lao for a day or two, and he is also very clear about the old man's temperament. Although he is not proficient in carving, as an appraiser, Li Lao's level of appreciating carved products is indeed not bad at all.

Now he can be a good sentence, although his carving level can not be called a master, but it is not worse than the general senior carver who has been in the industry for more than ten years. What's more, the person looks younger than he is.

"Is it you!?" The sunlight outside just now was too dazzling, and the light in Li Lao's room was relatively dim, so after coming in, most of the young people who paid attention to Li Lao didn't notice Liu Dong's appearance.

"Hehe, I didn't expect to see you here again. Speaking of which, I would like to thank you yesterday!" Hearing the young man's surprised voice, Liu Dong stood up with a smile on his face. He didn't expect to meet an acquaintance here at the beginning, of course, it can't be regarded as an acquaintance, but it was just a one-sided relationship at the beginning. Yesterday in the casino of the Black Tiger Gang, and finally when Han Lei accused him of smoking a thousand dollars, it was this young man who stood up and helped him. And the seat where Liu Dong gambled was given to him by this person, so Liu Dong was very impressed by this person, and he recognized him as soon as he entered the door. It's just that I didn't say hello in advance.

"Oh, it's really! I didn't expect to meet you here again! It seems that we really have a fate between us!" Li Yuncong said with a smile. He also remembers this person who killed all sides at the gambling table and won a huge sum of 30 million from Han Lei. Therefore, after suddenly seeing this person here just now, I couldn't help but cry out in surprise.

"Do you know?" Listening to the conversation between the two, Li Lao, who was sitting on the main seat, couldn't help but ask with a look of surprise on his face.

However, before Liu Dong could answer, Li Yuncong hurriedly replied: "Yes! Some time ago, when I came to Quancheng, I happened to buy a jade carving from Brother Liu, and the craftsmanship is very good!" After finishing speaking, he kept glancing at Liu Dong, obviously he didn't want Liu Dong to tell the truth about the acquaintance of the two.

Seeing his appearance, and the slightly pleading look in his eyes, Liu Dong smiled in his heart, since the other party didn't want to say, for the sake of the other party's face that had helped him at the beginning, how could he repay Li with peach, so in the face of Li Lao's inquiring gaze, he nodded lightly.

"Okay, since you know each other, then I won't introduce you!" After looking at the time on his watch, he stood up, "Okay, it's almost time, let's go!"

"Elder Li, my jade pendant!" Hearing his words, Li Yuncong hurriedly said.

"Alas, too! This person is old and always forgetful!" patted his forehead, Li Lao's face showed regret and annoyance, "Give it to me, let me here first, and when I come back, I'll show you!"

Hearing this, Li Yuncong's face showed joy, and he hurriedly escaped from his jacket pocket and took out a jade pendant wrapped in white cloth and handed it to Li Lao.

"Han Badao ......!" After taking away the white cloth covering it and seeing the appearance of the jade pendant below, Li Lao's heart suddenly became interested. At the moment, he took the jade pendant in his hand and looked at it carefully. I also forgot about the idea that I was going to save this jade pendant for identification after I came back.

Seeing the appearance of the old man, Li Yuncong, who seemed to have expected this situation for a long time, couldn't help but snicker beside him.

At this time, under curiosity, Liu Dong also walked over with his legs raised, and he also liked antiques very much. In addition, he is still a jade carver, so he is more interested in jade carving, especially ancient jade carving. At that moment, he stood beside Li Lao and looked at the ancient jade in his hand.

Different from the Song Dynasty, especially the Ming and Qing dynasties, the relatively complex shape of ancient jade, the pre-Qin period and the Qin and Han dynasties, limited by social productivity, people's preferences, and the influence of living habits, whether it is carving, or painting, all reveal a simple and atmospheric artistic style.

This jade pendant is the same, a few knives depict a half-curved dragon shape, and the dragon body is also engraved with the same size of scale-like ornaments, on the back of the dragon shape, that is, where the jade pendant is buckled, is a relatively small dragon.

The whole jade pendant is a typical style of Han Dynasty jade pendant, simple and generous, with smooth lines and vivid images. And as a jade carver, he has long heard of the famous Han Badao Liu Dong. However, this was the first time he had seen a genuine jade carved with a Han Eight Knife.

The reason why it is sure to be genuine is also the result of the identification of his mustard seed space. And this time, on this jade pendant, he once again saw the same red light as on the ancient crane painting yesterday. However, compared to the crane painting, the red aura on this jade pendant is also dimmer.

In addition, the whole jade pendant is about 14 centimeters wide and about 10 centimeters high, although Liu Dong does not have a specific amount of thickness, but it will not exceed half a centimeter thick. Moreover, what is even more rare is that this jade pendant, in addition to the blue and white it has, actually has three colors: yellow, brown and black.

Generally speaking, the color on ancient jade is due to the color change formed by the interaction between the trace elements of the jade itself and the substances in the soil when the jade has been buried in the soil for a long time.

Due to the different substances contained in the soil in the buried area and the different length of burial time, the color on the jade is also different, so that it presents a kaleidoscopic color. Chen Yuanxin of the Qing Dynasty made a detailed classification of the color of jade in the "Jade Chronicle", which has such a record: "The source of all colors is difficult to examine, and the general name is called Thirteen Colors." Generally speaking, the soil in the north of China is mostly alkaline, the color of jade is mostly yellow, the soil in the south is moist and acidic, and the color of jade is mostly white. The blue and cyan of the ancient jade unearthed in the tomb are mostly the color of clothing, the brown color is mostly the color of iron, and the black color is mostly the color of mercury stained in the tomb.