In the history of China, the origin of the pawnshop is very early, the earliest pawnshop appeared in the Northern and Southern Dynasties period, operated by the temple to use clothing and other property as collateral to lend, at that time it was called the temple treasury. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info in the Tang Dynasty pawnshop was called the quality store, the Song Dynasty for the longevity library, until the Ming Dynasty was officially called the pawnshop. Today, with the development of the economy, China's pawnshops have entered the era of chain operation, and many pawnshops with corporatized operations have appeared.

The personnel structure of pawnshops in Hong Kong and Macao is quite complex, generally speaking, there are managers, courtiers, ticket desks, discounted goods, chasing thin cats, posteriors and generals, each performing their own duties.

And Mr. Tian's small pawnshop is only run by him, and sometimes it is rare to have two businesses in a month, and he is usually idle.

When Qin Fan and Meng Xiaowei walked into the pawnshop, Old Man Tian was holding a porcelain bowl with a dragon and phoenix pattern in his hand to taste it carefully, but he was not surprised by Qin Fan's sudden appearance, as if he expected him to come.

"Grandpa Tian, I want to find something from you."

Because he was afraid of arousing Old Man Tian's disgust, Qin Fan did not ask to buy a store straight to the point, but planned to probe his tone first.

It's just that Old Man Tian's attitude was suddenly much colder than yesterday, he just looked up at Qin Fan, lowered his head and continued to play with the porcelain bowl with the dragon and phoenix pattern in his hand.

After eating a closed door at Old Man Tian's place, Qin Fan was not discouraged, he had already known from Fang Xiaojun that this old man had a strange temper and was not so easy to get along with, and he was really in a hurry to persuade him to sell the shop.

So, Qin Fan walked to the absolute product area and looked at it casually.

The so-called absolute pawn means that if the pawnbroker does not redeem or renew the pawn within the time limit, then the items he mortgages will become an absolute pawn, and the pawnshop has the right to sell or discount it at its own discretion.

The unique items in Mr. Tian's pawnshop are not rich, only a few pieces of jade and jade, mid-to-low-end watches and some antique calligraphy and paintings.

These antique calligraphy and paintings look very old, and many of the inscriptions on them are famous calligraphy and painting masters in history. However, in Qin Fan's eyes, these calligraphy and paintings are imitations of the modern or Republic of China period, and they have no collection and economic value after being old.

The warm sunlight sprinkled in the antique old pawnshop, Qin Fan circled around the absolute product area again and again, and the old man Tian never said a word, as if he was not such a big living person.

With Qin Fan's experience, it can naturally be seen that Old Man Tian is deliberately hanging him, and now no matter what he says, don't try to pry his mouth open. But he was not in a hurry, and he was very patient with the old man.

However, Meng Xiaowei didn't have the patience like Qin Fan, and tried her best to talk to Old Man Tian, talking about things in the east and west.

In the end, Meng Xiaowei was also a little bored, leaning on the chair and basking in the sun, and taking a nap comfortably.

It took about three or four hours, Old Man Tian woke up, took off his reading glasses, looked at Qin Fan and said, "Stinky boy, you are quite patient, you are willing to do this with the old man." ”

Qin Fan's heart jumped, the old man who dared to love Tian was testing his sincerity just now, if he couldn't help but turn around and leave just now, this matter would definitely be yellow.

"You came here yesterday, did you want to buy my store like that person?" Old Man Tian squinted, it turned out that he had already known Qin Fan's intention.

"Old man, you are really a god, I don't know how you can see it?"

Qin Fan hadn't mentioned this to him all the time, and he didn't understand how he saw through his intentions.

Old Man Tian smiled, "I heard the person's voice on the phone call you answered yesterday. It should be your friend who called, a stunned young man, who had just come here a few days ago and was kicked out by the old man. ”

"Hehe, the old man's eyes are like torches." Qin Fan didn't expect that it was a phone call that exposed his flaws, but fortunately, he had a good relationship with Tian Lao yesterday, otherwise he would definitely have driven himself out without saying a word with his temper.

"Let me ask you, what do you want to do when you buy the old man's shop?"

Qin Fan thought for a moment, and told Old Man Tian about his and Fang Xiaojun's plan to prepare for the founding of the National Art Pavilion without concealment.

"What, Master Fang is coming to Luzhou to open an apprenticeship?" Old Man Tian's eyes lit up, as if he had heard Fang Zhenxing's name.

"Didn't I mention this to you last time when Fang Xiaojun came?"

"Hmph, that stunned young man is hairy and frizzy, and he asked me to sell the shop before he could say it clearly. In terms of qi cultivation, kung fu is much worse than Master Fang. ”

Qin Fan smiled bitterly, Fang Xiaojun was a quick temper, no wonder he would offend Old Man Tian.

"So, you're also Master Fang's apprentice?"

"Well, I'm half a disciple, I've learned a little bit from Uncle Fang before."

Hearing this, Old Man Tian nodded, his wrinkled face showed a look of reminiscence, "Ten years ago, I had the honor to meet Master Fang, and at that time, Master Fang defeated all the martial arts hall leaders in Luzhou with one hand of Fang's Baji Fist, what a majesty. It's a pity that the hero is in the twilight. ”

"I admire the kung fu and conduct of the other master, but I still can't sell this pawnshop."

Qin Fan was stunned for a moment, but he was not angry, after all, Old Man Tian must have his own difficulties if he refused to sell the pawnshop.

"Old man, does it have something to do with the bowl in your hand?"

Hearing this, Old Man Tian was stunned for a moment, looking at the porcelain bowl with a dragon and phoenix pattern in his hand, a complicated color appeared in his eyes.

After a long time, Old Man Tian sighed and said slowly, "This porcelain bowl was put here by a comrade-in-arms, who was my old friend for thirty years and once suffered a bullet for me on the battlefield in South Vietnam. ”

"At that time, the bullet almost killed him, and although he saved his life after returning from the battlefield, the bullet got stuck in his body and could not be retrieved. Over the years, his health has deteriorated day by day, and the doctor said that if he didn't open the knife and take out the bullets inside, he might not have a few years to live. ”

So his family plotted to send him abroad for treatment. But it took a lot of money to cure the disease, so he gave me the bowl for 500,000 yuan. ”

At that time, 500,000 yuan was already a huge amount of money, almost the savings of Old Man Tian's life. But for the sake of that old friend, he still took out the money without hesitation.

However, it was also because of this bowl that it brought a lot of trouble to Old Man Tian.

After getting this bowl, Old Man Tian specially asked someone to identify it, but the result shocked him. The expert said that this bowl was not the official kiln of the Kangxi Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty, but a worthless modern imitation.

After this incident came out, Mr. Tian became the laughing stock of the collection circle, and even his family thought that the old man had been deceived and persuaded him to call the police. But he insisted that the old friend could not lie to him, so he would open the pawnshop and wait for the old friend to come back from treatment, and ask him about the bowl in person.

It's just that later Mr. Tian found a lot of people to identify this porcelain bowl with dragon and phoenix patterns, and none of the people who saw it thought that this bowl was the real product of Kangxi official kiln.

After listening to Old Man Tian's narration, Qin Fan asked a little strangely, "How can these experts be sure that this Doucai dragon and phoenix pattern bowl is not from the Kangxi official kiln?" ”

So, Old Man Tian turned over the bowl and pointed to the paragraph at the bottom and said, "The six-character paragraph of the [Kangxi Year System of the Qing Dynasty] under this bowl was written by someone with a pen later, not burned. This is enough to prove that this bowl is not genuine from the Kangxi official kiln. ”

At this moment, Qin Fan's gaze fell on this small bowl of doucai, and a flash of brilliance suddenly flashed in his pupils.

To his great shock, on this Doucai dragon and phoenix pattern bowl that was identified as a fake, there was an extremely strong layer of purple treasure light!

This bucket color dragon and phoenix pattern bowl is not a fake, but a rare treasure!