"I told I had something. Before leaving, I had to prepare the things of the two big customers before I could rest assured that they would be handed over to Lao Pang. Do you think you're as disrespectful as you are? ”

"Grandma's!" Tang Yi gave Wen Jia a punch, but his eyes were a little moist.

Wen Jia took the boarding pass and whispered to herself as she walked, "There are not only people like Bai Lao in Hangzhou who live in seclusion, I hope we don't run into other masters." ”

"What did you say?" Tang Yi followed.

"It's nothing, I said the weather is good today, and it's not easy to come across it." Wen Jia smiled.

It was night, there was no haze in Yanjing, there was wind, and you could see the stars in the sky when you looked up. A plane from Yanjing to Hangzhou left the ground in a roar and flew into the bright night sky.

In the middle of the night, I arrived in Hangzhou, Zhang Lu went to pick up the plane, and then I had to take them to have supper, saying that the hotel was arranged, just go back to sleep after eating, and talk about things tomorrow afternoon, just right, he also wanted to take a break.

Tang Yi and Wen Jia didn't feel tired, so they listened to Zhang Lu's arrangement.

Zhang Lu took them to a place in Hangzhou called Hedong Street. This Hedong Street is a more famous supper place in Hangzhou, this street can be divided into two sections, one has a relatively elegant environment, but can only be until about two o'clock in the morning, and the other section is more like a food stall, and the time is also late, can reach four or five o'clock in the morning.

Because Tang Yi and Wen Jia had just gotten off the plane after all, and they might have something to say, they arrived at a relatively elegant area and entered a crayfish restaurant. Zhang Lu's driver said that he was too full for dinner and wanted to go for a pedicure, and he would come back to pick them up.

There are no private rooms, but there weren't many people that night, and most of the tables were empty, and it was relatively quiet. Maybe it has something to do with not being on the weekend, or maybe it's because the noisy ones go to the store that opens later.

The three of them chose a corner seat in the middle and ordered a pot of crayfish and a few refreshing side dishes.

"I have arranged all the goods you sent from Yanjing, and I have also dispatched the guys from the antique shop, and they can be opened at any time. However, the wood industry center still has to wait, one is that the production and sales have not been smoothed out, and the other is that there is a heavy antique shelf bed, which has to wait a few days to be done. After Zhang Lu sat down, he first gave a general introduction to the progress.

"Shelf bed? Rosewood? Tang Yi asked, "This is the most stylish piece you said?" It's a lot of money! ”

The shelf bed, simply put, is that there are four wooden pillars at the four corners of the bed, and there is a ceiling on it. If you put a curtain on it, it's a small house.

"It's a little bit of material, isn't it abundant red sandalwood! Besides, it really attracts attention, and it doesn't worry about selling! In the Republic of China, there are still many large households using this kind of frame bed, and now there must be people who want to try the retro feeling. I would have liked to make a stepping bed, but it was a bit too complicated. Zhang Lu explained.

The step-up bed is a complex version of the shelf bed, on the basis of the shelf bed, plus a corridor in front, and a small space is formed in front of the bed, which is a bit like a "suite".

The shelf bed and the step bed only appeared in the Ming Dynasty, and the complex version of the step bed only existed in the late Ming Dynasty.

Tang Yi nodded, "These two batches of materials, red sandalwood and pear are all high-quality products, you are an expert, try not to waste materials, small materials to make beads, they are also good things." ”

"I have counted. If you come this time, just focus on doing a good job of Bai Lao's work. Zhang Lu said with a smile.

Wen Jia peeled a crayfish, "Two bosses, how can I listen to you two talking about business, it's like a street vendor selling meat: hey, don't throw away the bones after shaving the meat, and the stew is also a good thing!" ”

Zhang Lu laughed, "This kind of entertainment business, so that it has a taste." However, as far as we just said about the fine sea yellow materials in our hands, a string of beads, at least the price of tens of thousands! ”

While they were chatting, a man suddenly sat down at the empty small table next to him. The man looked to be forty or fifty years old, tall and thin, with a long face, and wore a blue-gray shirt of "Really Good", "Boss, as usual, two bottles of cold beer, a pot of crayfish." ”

Indeed, the good shirt is a product of the prosperity of the 80s, and no one can wear it now, and the one this person wears does look like it has been around for years.

However, one thing that he had been rubbing in his hand still aroused Tang Yi's idea.

This is a gourd. The belly is round, the waist is thin, open, ruddy, and shiny. The top is a white core, a two-story platform, and a peony is carved in the middle.

The gourd is good to say, the core of the mask, in fact, is a mouth with a lid. However, since it is a gourd, the lid must be hollowed out and have a mesh, otherwise how to raise a gourd? Don't say you can't hear the scream, and you can suffocate to death.

The so-called two-story platform, that is, the hollow Mengzi above, and then a layer to be carved. This layer has no practical effect, mainly for the sake of good looks, such as the dust of this gourd, is carved with peonies, and there are many other themes, flowers, beasts, figures, towers and so on.

The white dust on the gourd is ivory.

Zhang Lu saw Tang Yi staring twice, and couldn't help but look at it, he didn't have Tang Yi's eyesight, and whispered in his ear: "It's been a few decades, right?" ”

Tang Yi responded quietly: "More than that, I look like something like Sanhe Liu!" ”

At this time, the boss brought over the things that the big long face wanted, as if he was quite familiar with him, put away the wine and lobster, stared at the things in his hand and said, "I said, it's not time to buy grasshoppers, so you will take out the gourd?" ”

Indeed, playing with the grasshopper gets the sixth month of the lunar calendar, and the grasshopper has not yet grown up at this time. This grasshopper is also called a whooping insect, and it usually lives for a little time in the summer.

"It's been put on hold for half a year, so let's raise it first." The big long-faced urn said angrily, and then carefully put away the gourd, poured a glass of beer and drank it all.

At this time, Zhang Lu's expression was a little surprised, and he looked at Tang Yi, "Is it really Sanhe Liu's thing?" ”

"It should be right, light element, porcelain skin, listen to his rubbing voice is thicker. And that dust, is also the Xianfeng Dynasty masters, a peony carved extravagantly brilliant, if you look closely, I guess it must be very fine. Tang Yi said.

"Damn. He has something like this in his hand and is dressed so shabbyly? ”

Indeed, holding a song insect gourd of Sanhe Liu in his hand, or the ivory carving configured by the masters of the same era, this toy is a bit expensive.

Sanhe Liu, speaking of the Xianfeng Dynasty, Jingdong Sanhe, has a person surnamed Liu, who is a top master of planting and fanning gourds (mold sets to grow the desired shape).

Gourd products, also known as tools, such as the chess basket and pen holder of the "Liang Jiu metric system" that Tang Yi picked up before, and there are also lotus longevity character patterns on the chess basket. It was the Kangxi Emperor's vessel.

However, Sanhe Liu's gourds are all light, and in the late Qing Dynasty, his worth has surpassed that of the official model. It is said that in the Guangxu period, it costs thousands of taels of silver to buy a song insect gourd of Sanhe Liu.

And today, it's hard to buy it.