"The so-called building near the water gets the moon first.!" At this time, Tang Qinghua said triumphantly: "Living near Panjiayuan, I naturally have a lot of treasures, and I will let you open your eyes and see it in a while." ”

"Open your eyes? Just don't blind my eyes. Yu Feibai scoffed, and then urged: "Hurry up, after reading your things, maybe Pan Jiayuan hasn't closed yet." When the time comes, I'll go over and take a look, and maybe I'll pick up a lotus-patterned bowl too. ”

Next to them, Wang Guan and Tang Qinghua both knew what was going on with the lotus pattern in Yu Feibai's mouth.

It happened some time ago, when a New York resident found an old Chinese porcelain bowl for $3 at a thrift market. Later, it was identified as a treasure from the Northern Song Dynasty Ding kiln, and then sold at auction for $2.225 million.

To convert, that is to say, a bowl of about 19 yuan was sold at a sky-high price of 13.85 million yuan. Just thinking about it makes people feel surging and hard to suppress. To some extent, it has also inspired more people to join the army of collecting Taobao.

However, for Yu Feibai's ambition, Tang Qinghua gave his best wishes: "Dream of you!" ”

"Wake up." Tang Qinghua said casually: "And today is the weekend, not only is there a night market at night, but also a morning market in the early morning, why are you in a hurry." ”

"Oh, and the morning market." Yu Feibai immediately came to his senses, clapped his hands and shouted, "I almost forgot about this stubble." ”

"Early morning market?" Wang Guan was stunned for a moment, then reacted and asked, "Is it the so-called ghost market?" ”

"That's right." Yu Feibai nodded and asked with a smile, "How is it?" Interested in visiting a ghost market? ”

"Needless to say, it's a definite thing." Wang Guan didn't say a word, and immediately agreed. Pan Jiayuan was already very attractive, coupled with the legendary ghost market, he was naturally excited, and there was no reason to refuse.

"Don't be in a hurry, that's the second half of the night." Tang Qinghua smiled: "Let's go." Let's sit in my room and have a cup of tea. lest you run out of energy. Saw the wrong thing. ”

While speaking, Tang Qinghua led the two of them towards a garden-style building.

At this time, Wang Guan had time to look at the surrounding environment. I saw that there are grass and trees here, and there are some artificially created rockeries and flowing water, which is also a little elegant.

After a while, I crossed a cobblestone path, came to the garden-like building, and took the elevator up to the place where Tang Qinghua lived. It was a very large mid-floor suite, divided into two floors. The large glass windows have excellent lighting angles, and the decoration is very elegant and comfortable.

As soon as you enter the door. On the first floor is the spacious living room. Yu Feibai was not polite, he walked to the longest and most comfortable sofa and sat down as if he was paralyzed, and then said to the guest: "Wang Guan, sit casually." As for the other person, hurry up and boil water to make tea......"

Tang Qinghua smiled helplessly. If Yu Feibai came alone, he wouldn't bother to pay attention to it, maybe he would let Yu Feibai do it himself. Now that there is an additional Wang Guan, it can't be so casual.

Fortunately, living at home, Tang Qinghua will definitely be better to himself. There is no shortage of tea sets, tea leaves, and even a large bottle of Yuquan water, which is said to be from Yuquan Mountain. After a while, the water is boiled, and then it is poured into the needle-like tea, only to see the steam curling and the fragrance filling.

At the right time, Yu Feibai tasted tea with peace of mind, then hooked his fingers and said lazily: "That...... Whoever said they wanted me to open my eyes, I could take things out. ”

"Wait, I'll have to blind you." Tang Qinghua said confidently, turned around and ran to a room on the second floor. A few minutes later, he walked down with a few more brocade boxes in his hand.

At this time, Wang Guan stood up, went up to help pick up the two boxes, and then walked back and sat down. Then, he smiled and gestured to Tang Qinghua, and gently opened a box.

"What's that?" Yu Feibai hurriedly came over to watch.

"Huh?"

Wang Guan was a little surprised, only to see that there was actually a gourd in the box.

"Wen plays with gourd!" Yu Feibai recognized it, took out the gourd and looked at it, and said with a smile: "The thing looks good, but the leather shell is so oily, don't be fried." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, it's out of the plate." Tang Qinghua said angrily: "The gourd that has been fried at high temperature, although it is antique, but the luster is stiff, where is there such a restrained nature, crystal clear and clean." ”

"It's hard to say, and it may be oiled and sun-dried." Yu Feibai said with a smile, and took advantage of the situation to hold the gourd in the palm of his hand, only to see that the thing was not as big as a palm, and it was very small and exquisite.

"This thing is a paradigm, isn't it?" At the same time, Wang Guan said with interest: "New? Old? Is it an official model or a civilian model? Insect storage, or purely ornamental objects? ”

Gourd, homophonic Fulu, both ancient and modern, are deeply loved by the world, such as gourd baby or something......

The general gourd, that is, the naturally grown gourd, does not need to be mentioned. The fan gourd that Wang Guan just mentioned refers to the mold gourd that is fixed with a mold in the process of gourd growth, and when it matures, it is finally formed.

As for the so-called official model, it was in ancient times, when everyone used to call the gourd made by the court and the palace of the kings as the official model, and the gourd made by the folk craftsmen themselves as the folk model. In addition, among the mold gourd, there are flower molds and plain molds. In short, there are many kinds and each has its own particularity, which cannot be clearly explained in three words, so there is no need to repeat it here.

It is worth mentioning that the ancients bought mold gourds, generally to raise crickets, grasshoppers, oil gourds and other songworms, rarely used for simple ornamentation. But now it's just the opposite, there are more gourds bought for ornamental use, and there are fewer insects.

"It's not new, it's not old."

At this time, Tang Qinghua said with a smile: "It's been more than ten years, and the surface has become shiny and smooth." ”

In an instant, Yu Feibai immediately changed his face, and said disdainfully: "Eh, it's just a few dozen yuan of things, you are embarrassed to take it out and show off." ”

"What dozens of dollars, at least tens of thousands."

Tang Qinghua argued, picked up the gourd and pointed: "Look, this gourd is dry, good-shaped, and positive. When you hold it up, you feel a slight pressure on your hand. The lining, which is thick and elastic like a sponge, is the so-called porcelain bran. The most important thing is that the skin color is clean, there are no blemishes at all, and it is as beautiful as a pool of water. ”

"Come on, don't blow it. It's not Sanhe Liu's thing, so don't take it out and embarrass it. Yu Feibai said in disgust, and lay back on the sofa and sat up.

The so-called Sanhe Liu refers to the gourd made by a skilled craftsman surnamed Liu in the Sanhe area of Jingdong during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty. Legend has it that a masterpiece of Sanhe Liu cost thousands of taels of silver to buy it during the Guangxu period. Until now, Sanhe Liu Hulu must be getting less and less, even if you want to buy it, it depends on chance.

Therefore, Tang Qinghua was very unhappy with Yu Feibai's words, and couldn't help but retort: "You are Sanhe Liu's gourd is a cabbage on the bad street, you can buy it casually?" If you have the ability, you can buy me one. In addition, I kindly remind you that Sanhe Liu Hulu's fame is too great, and there are a lot of imitations, so be careful not to be fooled. ”

"What, what you want, why should I buy it?" Yu Feibai simply shook his head and said, "I don't do such stupid things." ”

Before the two quarreled, Wang Guan interjected in advance: "The core on this gourd is good, quite chic." ”

"Hehe, I think it's not bad, that's the three-moving butterfly love flower Mengxin." Tang Qinghua was very happy, and deliberately took out Mengxin and showed it to Wang Guan alone.

Here, it is necessary to mention what is Mengxin. Perhaps, some people think that the cover of the core is to plug the mouth of the gourd, then there is a bit of a fallacy. You must know that in something like a gourd, the lid is one thing, and the cover core is another.

In fact, the so-called Mengzi is the engraved Mengzi inlaid on the frame (upper cover) of the gourd. There are many different materials, including coconut shells, hawksbill turtles, ivory, coral, rhino horn, and many more. All kinds of materials, after the careful carving of skilled craftsmen, have formed exquisite and ingenious ornaments such as distant mountains and near waters, towers and pavilions, feathered beasts, character stories, and so on.

Generally speaking, the masked core is hollowed out and plays the role of a megaphone. If you raise songworms in the gourd, when the insects chirp, the sound is emitted through the hollow core, which is more loud and crisp.

There is also that movement, which refers to the hollow carving on the core through the branches and stems, so that the small objects in the theme of the core can be moved. The three-moving butterfly love flower means that the butterflies, flowers, branches and leaves on the core can move.

Think about it, if you can enjoy the delicate core on the mouth of the gourd while playing with the smooth and round gourd, and even make the beautiful decoration on the core active, what a comfortable thing it would be.

Anyway, Wang Guan thinks it's really good, and when he plays with Mengxin, he has a pleasing feeling.

"Gadgets, it's really nothing."

Yu Feibai poured cold water and said: "You must know that the exquisiteness of Mengxin does not lie in the amount of movement, but in the thinness of the material and the fineness of the branches. Of course, the most important thing is the carving of the material and the delicacy of the polishing. I remember that Qian Lao said that the exquisiteness of the Mengxin is carved in four points and grinded in six points. You Mengxin, it looks a little rough and is not a boutique. ”

"It's not a boutique in the first place." Tang Qinghua rolled his eyes and said: "If you like to watch, just watch, if you don't watch, shut up, and talk less." ”

"Well, I won't say anything, lest anyone be angry." Yu Feibai was as good as a stream, and immediately took a cup and smacked his tongue to drink tea.

Without Yu Feibai arguing beside him, Tang Qinghua played with the gourd, and his face was a little more touching: "Speaking of which, the reason why I collect this gourd is mainly a kind of nostalgia." After all, when I was young, I didn't play with crickets and gnats. I happened to see this thing a few months ago, so I bought it. ”

Wang Guan nodded lightly, and also understood Tang Qinghua's mood. Collecting is like that, it was just a kind of nostalgia at the beginning, and then it slowly derived other meanings.

After feeling nostalgic for a while, Tang Qinghua put down the gourd, picked up another brocade box and said: "That gourd is just the cheapest thing in my collection, and the real boutique is ...... here."

"What is it?" Yu Feibai glanced over. (To be continued)

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