Noticing the strange eyes of the passers-by around him, Qin Fan's old face turned red and smiled awkwardly, took the stone sculpture into his arms, and hurriedly disappeared into the cold wind. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

When he got home, Qin Fan rushed into the study impatiently under the surprised gaze of his parents, as if holding a piece of ice that might melt at any time, holding the stone lion with gentle movements, and excitement appeared on his face.

In the pupils of his eyes, this stone carved lion actually bloomed with a layer of extremely brilliant treasure light, which was even stronger than what Qin Fan saw in the Wuying Palace version of the [Kangxi Dictionary]!

"Baby, I've found a baby!"

Qin Fan carefully held the stone carving lion and couldn't put it down, he never thought that the stone carving given to him by Yaya turned out to be a priceless cultural treasure, is this a good person has a good reward?

"It's such a big person, and it's still hairy, isn't it just a stone, and you can use such a fuss?" Qin Xuedong brought a pot of hot tea, staggered over with a figure-eight step, glanced at Qin Fan, who was flushed with excitement, and said.

"Dad, don't you know, this is not an ordinary stone." Qin Fan said with a smile, "This stone is rare, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is worth a city." ”

Qin Xuedong didn't believe it, so he shimmed and said, "What's so rare about a stone, can it be more expensive than gold?" ”

Hearing this, Qin Fan glanced at Qin Xuedong with a strange expression, "Dad, you're really right." This stone is not only more expensive than gold, but many times more expensive. ”

"What do you mean?"

"If such a stone sculpture is taken out for auction, it can be exchanged for at least three houses."

Qin Xuedong almost squirted out the hot tea he had just drunk, and he said with straight eyes, "How much do you say?" Three houses! Is this thing still the emperor Lao Tzu played? ”

"That's not it, although the material of this stone carving is some years old, but the craftsmanship is new, and it is a modern cultural game."

"Then why is this stone so expensive?"

Qin Fan played with the Tianhuang stone carving lion in his hand, the starting point was delicate and warm, the texture was tight, the luster was procter & Gamble and transparent, coupled with the ghostly carving skills, it was the best.

"Dad, you don't know about this." Qin Fan explained to his father with a smile, "Cultural toys are different from antiques, there are no age requirements, but the requirements for materials and carving are extremely strict, and the value of a piece of cultural play is even greater than that of antiques." ”

The so-called cultural play is the four treasures of the study and the various cultural toys derived from it, and the stone lion in Qin Fan's hand is the "fifth treasure of cultural play" that has risen in recent years, the seal stone!

Moreover, this stone lion is still a treasure in the Shoushan stone system, and there is Tian Huangshi with the title of "King of Ten Thousand Stones"!

"Xiaofan, you said this is Tian Huangshi?"

Qin Xuedong lifted his glasses with an incredulous expression, carefully observing every inch of texture on this Tianhuang stone carving.

Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, Tian Huangshi has been regarded as the "king of printed stones" and is deeply loved by collectors.

Not only that, according to legend, when the emperor sacrificed heaven and earth in the early Qing Dynasty, there was no shortage of the best Tian Huangshi on the god case. Therefore, Tian Huangshi has the reputation of "sacrificing the heavenly spirit stone", "national stone" and "emperor stone".

As the saying goes, "Gold is easy to obtain, but yellow is hard to find." ”

Due to the scarcity of Tianhuangshi and the price of cultural seal stones in recent years, the asking price of even the average Tianhuangshi has reached 3,000 yuan, which is ten times more expensive than 300 yuan a gram of gold!

Moreover, according to Qin Fan's observation, the original stone for carving lions is still the best grade in Tianhuang stone, Tianhuang frozen stone.

Tianhuang frozen stone is more precious than chanterelle yellow and orange peel yellow, and the characteristic is that the whole piece of Tianhuang is clear and transparent, like solidified honey, and it is extremely moist!

"Xiaofan, this stone carving in your hand is really Tian Huangshi? Don't be fooled by how much you spend on it. ”

No wonder Qin Xuedong is worried, Tianhuangshi is only produced in a field less than a kilometer away from FJ Shoushan, and it has been mined for hundreds of years.

Because Tian Huangshi is too cherished and difficult to find and is very valuable, as early as the Qing Dynasty, there were merchants who used Jiang Lianhuang to pretend to be Tian Huangshi.

In recent years, with the development of science and technology, some counterfeiters have started to use the color close to Tianhuang stone, the texture of the radish pattern of the stone into a pebble, and with a hard tool to chisel or put in the hard sand to roll, and then stained with soil to be steamed, so that its color and appearance are similar to the skinless Tianhuang stone.

At first glance, this kind of fake Tian Huang looks like the real thing, but if you look closely, you will see that the appearance is densely covered with chisel marks, and it is not as natural as Sanada Huang.

In the school where Qin Xuedong taught, there was an old principal who loved collecting and spent a lot of money to buy a chanterelle Tianhuangshi seal from a cultural merchant, but after playing with it for a few days, he found out that it was fake, and he went out with a house in vain.

"Don't worry, Dad, this piece of Tianhuangshi is definitely genuine."

Qin Fan told Qin Xuedong about eating breakfast carefully.

"So that's the case, I didn't expect your kid to be quite caring, worthy of being my Qin Xuedong's son." After learning the ins and outs of the matter, Qin Xuedong finally put his mind at ease.

At the same time, Qin Xuedong was also a little surprised, this time Qin Fan came home from working in the southern Shenzhen market as if he had changed as a person, I don't know where to learn these strange knowledge, and he also relied on his eyesight to pick up a Qing Dynasty wrench and earned 180,000 yuan, and this time he picked up a priceless Tianhuang stone carving.

This luck is really against the sky.

"Xiao Fan, I think the carving of this piece of Tianhuang stone is also quite good, you said that the little girl's grandfather carved it himself?"

Jiang Yulin, who had just come back from outside, also heard the conversation between their father and son, she was from a large family in Yanjing, and she had seen a lot of carved seals, so she could naturally see that the master who carved this piece of Tianhuangshi was quite exquisite.

I heard Qin Fan say that the little girl's grandfather should make a living by picking up rags, and ordinary old people don't have this kind of exquisite craftsmanship.

"Mom, you're right, the carving of this Tianhuang stone carving is very good, and you can carve a seal without carving it underneath."

Such a fine Tian Huang stone carved seal is almost priceless in the cultural market, and countless collectors want to get a fine carved seal of Tian Huang stone.

In Qin Fan's memory, in his previous life, the Subifu Auction House in Xiangjiang had auctioned a piece of the imperial treasure of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, "Tian Huanglong Button Seal", and finally sold it at a sky-high price of 8.37 million yuan.

The Tianhuang stone carving in his hand is not as large as the dragon button seal of Emperor Qianlong, but the value should be above one million.

"Wife, Xiaofan said that this piece of Tianhuangshi can be exchanged for three houses, do you think it's worth the price?" Qin Xuedong knew that Jiang Yulin was born in old Yanjing, and he knew more about cultural and antiques than himself, so he asked curiously.

Jiang Yulin glanced at him and said leisurely, "Three houses? This is only a conservative estimate, if you let the auction house publicize it, I am afraid it will be worth five or six houses. ”

Qin Xuedong was so frightened that he almost threw away the Tianhuang stone carving.

After being silent for a while, Qin Xuedong suddenly looked at Qin Fan and said with a serious face, "Xiao Fan, we can't ask for this thing, we have to return it to others." ”

Qin Fan was slightly surprised, but did not object.

"You heard Dad say that if this thing was bought by you with money, or given to you by someone who knew the value of Tian Huangshi, Dad would never let you return it."

"But this thing was given to you by that little doll without knowing anything, we can't take advantage of other people's dolls for nothing, the Qin family can't afford to lose this person."

Although Qin Xuedong was poor, he did not lack the arrogance and integrity of traditional literati. As he said, it was indeed a little inappropriate for Qin Fan to accept this piece of Tianhuangshi.

Although this piece of Tian Huangshi was given by Yaya, and Qin Fan didn't know the value of this thing at that time, he could have left this piece of Tian Huangshi.

But if he really did this, I am afraid that Qin Fan would look down on himself.

Returning to his first life, Qin Fan only wanted to have a clear conscience and didn't want to leave any regrets.

"Son, although your dad is a little old-fashioned and stupid, this time he is right, I am on your dad's side." Jiang Yulin was also in favor of returning Tian Huangshi.

"When did I get old-fashioned." Qin Xuedong said with a smile.

Qin Fan smiled bitterly, "Dad, Mom, I didn't plan to leave things behind. When I first got this stone carving, I didn't know that it was from Tianhuangshi, so I couldn't have deceived other little girls. ”

"Don't worry, when I find a place where this girl and her grandfather live, I'll send them back."

Hearing Qin Fan say this, Qin Xuedong and Jiang Yulin were also relieved.

"By the way, Xiaofan, tell your mother when you go, and your mother will bring you a quilt and bring it over. Don't freeze the elderly and children on a cold day. ”

"Gotta do it!"

In a leaky tin room near the Jiaocheng garbage dump, a snow-white, cute, pink-carved little girl is struggling to feed white porridge to an old man with yellow muscles lying on a tattered bedding.

"Yaya, where did this bowl of white porridge and beef buns come from?"

The old man took a bite of the hot white porridge, felt a little better, and asked.

"It was bought by a kind brother." The little girl told her what happened to Qin Fan, "By the way, grandpa, Yaya gave the little lion you carved to my brother." ”

The old man's expression remained unchanged, and he said as if he didn't care, "Just send it, and grandpa will carve another one another day." ”

The little girl cheered, tore a piece of beef bun and stuffed it into the old man's mouth.

In the bitter cold wind, because of a bowl of white porridge and a piece of beef bun, the cold tin room was full of warmth.