You Fang's grandfather is elegant and handsome, and grandma Mo Sigu was also a local beauty when she was young. And You Fang seems to have inherited the excellent genes in the family inheritance, although he has practiced martial arts since childhood, he looks very delicate and even a little elegant, and his physique is not particularly strong when he wears clothes, but looks very well-proportioned and straight.

And the elder sister You Chengyuan seems to have inherited the not-so-good side of the family genetics, and the "wild surname" is definitely there, but the "beauty" is not. The figure is good, he is very tall and has a meter of seventy-five, the key is his appearance, and the ugliness of describing people is usually said to be able to scare children to cry, and coldly seeing You Chengyuan, he can scare children and dare not cry! ――According to You Fang's recollection, when my sister is not going out, there is almost no trouble at home.

The girl's parents have become like this, and it has become a problem for the parents, although they don't say it to their faces, but they are worried about how this daughter will be able to marry in the future? Before You Fang's grandfather died, the most regrettable thing was that he didn't see his granddaughter get married, and he didn't close his eyes for a long time holding You Chengyuan's hand. Such a girl with "characteristics", she can't look down on ordinary men, and it is really rare for a man who can take a fancy to her, which makes You Fang's mother sad.

But things are beyond everyone's expectations, You Chengyuan married a good man - a golden beetle son-in-law who is impeccable in all aspects!

You Fang's brother-in-law is called Chi Mu Duo, and his uncle once said: "This guy's name is interesting, the five elements account for three elements, there is life and gram in the center, things in the world are so wonderful, it is really a thing to a thing, how can he be in the middle of the Yuanyuan?" ”

Chi Mu Duo is very fair, 1.82 meters tall, wearing glasses and looking polite, looking at the demeanor and conversation, he obviously has a good upbringing since he was a child, and his education is very high, he graduated from the School of Archaeology and Museums of Yenching University with a doctorate, and his mentor is the old Mr. Wu Pingdong, who was later forgotten by You Fang.

Chi Mu Duo was born in a side branch of a big family, the scale of the Chi business group is very large, but his parents do not have much status in the family group, Chi Mu Duo has not been treated well since he was a child, his cousins like to show off their family wealth in front of him, what kind of valuable collections, and despise him for a side branch of a small family who has never seen or understood Yunyun.

Perhaps unconvinced or intrigued, Ikeki Duo chose to major in archaeology as an adult, and received the best formal education in this field. When I met You Chengyuan, his parents were no longer alive, and the inheritance he inherited was the shares of the family business, with a considerable dividend every year, enough to live without worrying about food and clothing.

After graduation, he worked at the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, and often participated in the excavation work of the grassroots archaeological team, and loved his career very much. Such a guy, almost impeccable in all aspects, maybe because of work, he is almost thirty years old but has never talked to anyone, but he took a fancy to You Chengyuan and launched a subtle and enthusiastic pursuit.

Chi Mu Duo first met You Chengyuan, it was at an archaeological excavation site on the outskirts of Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, it was 2004, when Jingdezhen found a Ming Dynasty official kiln waste porcelain pit ruins, that is, hundreds of years ago the ancient official kiln dumped the remnants of the garbage pit, now it has become a good thing, in various places to extract a number of professionals to investigate and excavate, Chi Mu Duo is also among them.

This incident also caused a small sensation, and many insiders went to Jingdezhen with different purposes, hoping to receive such utensils from the people in the countryside. Damaged porcelain is also a kind of collectible, there are many cultural relics dealers also use ancient broken porcelain pieces to forge high-grade ancient porcelain with the method of patchwork bonding, the magic of the technique is difficult for experts to see, because some of the raw materials used are real.

You Chengyuan was working and studying in a craft ceramics factory in Jingdezhen at the time, and when he heard the news, he also went to the countryside to see the excitement. There were a lot of onlookers in that field, the detectives had already dug up, and a number of archaeological team members were taking out pieces of broken porcelain number records, and there were yellow ropes around them, and there were police officers from the local police station to maintain order.

You Chengyuan strode into the crowd of onlookers, glanced around, and the crowd who "saw the truth" immediately dodged a way with a frightened look, and she walked calmly to the front of the warning yellow rope. Coincidentally, Chi Mu Duo happened to walk up from the pit with a plate in his glove, and he wanted to go around in front of You Chengyuan and go to the temporary tent on the side.

Ikeki Duo was very happy to be able to find a complete piece of porcelain in this pit, perhaps because the Overseer had been negligent hundreds of years ago and had not found a single plate in the pile of broken porcelain pieces that had not been broken. The eyesight of archaeology is generally very accurate, the precise diameter of this plate is about eighteen centimeters, there are twenty-eight radial chrysanthemum petal patterns on the edge, the center of the plate is slightly sunken, the arc wall is intact, and the bottom has the inscription of the Ming Hongzhi year.

This was a major discovery, and Chi Mu Duo was extremely excited, but when he looked up, he saw You Chengyuan staring at him with wide eyes. Suddenly, Chi Muduo mistakenly thought that he had arrived in Dunhuang, and when he saw the Yaksha on the mural in broad daylight, he was startled, his legs trembled, his hands trembled, and he didn't hold the plate. Although the ground under his feet is muddy, he has stepped on it very solidly, and the white porcelain of Hongji is extremely thin, and if it really falls to the ground, it will be difficult to escape the doom of turning into pieces.

This plate was left after the catastrophe hundreds of years ago, but it has just been seen again, and in the blink of an eye, it is unlucky! said that it was too late, and then it was fast, only to see a flower in front of him, and the "Yaksha" had already drilled under the yellow rope with a step, and grabbed it firmly at the moment when the plate was about to land, and then stood up and handed it to Chi Mu Duo and said: "Take it, if you play with porcelain, you must be steady and your hands must be accurate." ”

Chi Mu Duo was already petrified, and he didn't answer at the first time. Seeing You Chengyuan, Chi Mu Duo was not afraid but surprised, as soon as the plate was taken out of his hand, he immediately reacted badly, and his head buzzed, it was too late to save it. Unexpectedly, this woman's movements were so neat, and she caught the plate in front of her in the blink of an eye, and she didn't see how she got through the rope?

Looking at Chi Muduo's stupid appearance, You Chengyuan couldn't help but laugh, this smile made the police officers who were walking not far away feel furious. Chi Mu Duo felt very kind, because the other party had just saved the plate and did not leave any major regrets for his archaeological career.

I only heard You Chengyuan say with a smile: "This is a typical Hongzhi white porcelain, the tire is thin and the glaze is greasy, it is easy to deform and warp when firing, and it is not easy to form a plate." The edge of this plate and the soles of the feet are not deformed, but there is some unevenness on the side glaze, which is the most particular about white porcelain, and two of these chrysanthemum petal patterns are slightly wider, which is not coordinated when you look closely. ”

You Chengyuan is ugly, but his voice is very good, like the absolute gentleness and melodiousness of the nightingale.

Just reacted and wiped the cold sweat, took the plate and was about to say thank you, Chi Muduo was stunned again, not because of You Chengyuan's voice, but what she said. He was still wondering just now, this plate is not wrong in the eyes of archaeologists, how can it be mixed in the waste porcelain pit? was about to take it back to his peers for careful study, but at this moment he was broken by You Chengyuan, which also shows the strict standards for screening utensils in the royal kiln of the Ming Dynasty.

You Chengyuan just glanced at it, and the plate fell and was taken in her hand, only a few seconds before and after, and even the style at the bottom of the plate was not turned over, and it had already accurately broken the generation of porcelain, and also said the reason why it appeared in the waste porcelain pit, this kind of vision and insight is too admirable, Chi Muduo sighed to himself!

At this time, the policeman who maintained order came over and rushed to You Chengyuan and said, "What's the matter?" Retreat outside the yellow cordon! ”

You Chengyuan didn't say anything, and in a flash, he got out of the yellow rope. Chi Muduo was in a hurry, and hurriedly explained: "Comrade policeman, it's nothing, she is a colleague. He begged at You Chengyuan again: "Don't go, wait for me for a while, okay?" Then he cautiously entered the tent with the plate in hand.

You Chengyuan felt that this person was silly and a little funny, anyway, he didn't rush to see the excitement, just waiting by the yellow rope. There was not much time, and I saw Chi Mu Duo struggling to hold a large piece of thick porcelain and walked over, followed by two colleagues who were holding the same porcelain piece in their hands, which should be a fragment of a dragon jar, and there was a blue and white glazed dragon pattern on the surface.

"This, little, miss, could you please do me a favor and see if this dragon jar was broken by mistake, or if there was some defect that was deliberately thrown here?" Chi Mu Duo greeted You Chengyuan again with some shyness.

It turned out that the archaeological team found several fragments in the same place in the waste porcelain pit, which happened to be able to form a complete dragon jar, and a group of people could not find the slightest fault after the initial restoration of the artifacts, whether it was from the glaze, fetal quality, shape, ornamentation, etc., it was decent, and should not be discarded. Some people at the scene speculated that it was broken by mistake back then, and some people thought that it must have flaws that modern people do not know, and the debate was inconclusive for a long time.

You Chengyuan crossed the rope and leaned down to carefully look at a few pieces of porcelain, smiled slightly and pointed to the half-cut dragon body on the glazed surface of the porcelain piece in Chi Muduo's hand and said, "There is a small problem, the painting is wrong!" ”

Ordinary painting errors, such as drawing a five-clawed dragon into a four-clawed dragon, or asymmetrical dotting, the dragon's two eyes not looking in the same direction, etc., can be found by archaeologists. But they may not be proficient in arts and crafts, and there are some very professional details that cannot be detected. For example, in a gongbi painting, can you tell the order in which the painter drops each stroke, and know what the correct order is?

The problem with this dragon tank is that there are several dragon scales on the dragon's body that can be seen that the order of the painter's pen is wrong. The arc of the front pen of the dragon scale is just pressed against the edge of the back pen, and it looks like a tile layered on top of each other without flaws. However, there are some dragon scales on this dragon tank that are brought out a little bit when the pen is down, and if you look closely at the edge of the scales that should be pressed underneath, there is a small section that is slightly drawn into the scales on the top.

It may be because the painter did not paint strictly in the order of the pen, this small flaw is not obvious, if it is an ordinary utensil there is no problem at all, but as a royal dragon tank, it does not meet the requirements, it must be broken and discarded!

After listening to You Chengyuan's explanation, everyone suddenly realized. There are some humble tricks in the world of collection and appraisal that may be easy to say, but it is difficult to understand without telling you. That's why some people take a lot of effort to identify a fake, while others can see it at a glance.

You Chengyuan had a good impression of Chi Mu Duo at first sight, so he didn't hide it and told him, and everyone expressed their gratitude to You Chengyuan. Someone exclaimed: "At that time, the process requirements of the official kiln were really strict, I don't know what punishment the painter who painted this dragon jar received, it must not be light!" Someone answered: "Of course, otherwise the porcelain of the Ming and Qing dynasties would be so expensive?" ”

At this time, an elderly archaeological team member said to You Chengyuan very politely: "May I ask your surname?" You are an expert in this area, if you have time, can you come in and help us see some more things. ”

You Chengyuan couldn't ask for it, and followed Chi Muduo and others into the excavation and cleaning site, and this is how they got acquainted. You Chengyuan's portrait is used to seeing too much, and archaeologists are very bold and have seen everything. I forgot to mention one thing, Chi Mu Duo's doctoral dissertation was dedicated to the study of the ancient corpse of Loulan.

At first, this group of cultural relics workers were a little suspicious of You Chengyuan, suspecting that she was a cultural relics dealer, although archaeological excavation and antique appreciation are similar, but after all, they are also different, and they have their own professional knowledge in identification. Archaeologists do not have a good impression of antiquities dealers, who walk the streets and alleys to be abducted and deceived, and will also promote the growth of tomb robbery in some places.

After talking, Chi Muduo learned that You Chengyuan worked in a local ceramic craft factory and was not a dealer in cultural relics, and his impression of her was very good for a while. With the deepening of the exchange, there is a lot of common language between the two, and Chi Muduo has a lot of like-minded feelings and hatred for each other.

The next day was Monday, You Chengyuan had to go to work and did not come to the excavation site, but after dinner, Chi Muduo specially rushed back to the city, inquired and found You Chengyuan's single dormitory in the craft factory, and wanted to talk with her at night. A guy ran alone to the eldest girl's dormitory at night and didn't leave, and he must be suspected of plotting against him, but if the object is changed to You Chengyuan, no one will suspect that he has bad intentions.

There are many common topics to exchange between Chi Mu Duo and You Chengyuan, Chi Mu Duo is from the academy, received formal higher education, and has very solid theoretical knowledge of various majors. Compared with him, You Chengyuan is a typical Jianghu school, with a family history since childhood, and has seen a lot of knowledge in antiquities research, and the two of them are a perfect match together.

Chi Mu Duo is not a very talkative person, but there is always something to say in front of You Chengyuan. After the on-site excavation of the ancient kiln site was completed, Chi Muduo used the excuse of assisting the local museum to organize the work, but he still stayed in Jingdezhen and did not leave, and went to find You Chengyuan when he was free, as if he felt that something was missing in his heart if he couldn't see him for a day.

You Chengyuan didn't think much about it at first, she also liked to communicate with Chi Mu Duo, but after more than a month, she gradually realized that something was wrong, this young and promising handsome guy was too enthusiastic about herself, and it obviously exceeded the feelings between ordinary friends. She hesitated and retreated, not daring to think about further development, feeling that it was a little impossible between the two.

At this time, Chi Mu Duo's unit repeatedly urged him to go back, and he finally packed up his things and left. You Chengyuan breathed a sigh of relief and felt inexplicably lost at the same time, and didn't want to stay in this place anymore, so he resigned and returned to his hometown. She worked in Jingdezhen to learn the local traditional crafts, neither to make money nor to stay for a long time.

I thought that this relationship had passed, like a pebble thrown into the middle of a lake, and the ripples slowly disappeared. Unexpectedly, on the first day of the Lunar New Year in the coming year, the first guest to visit the White Horse Post was a tall, handsome young man with good manners, carrying a valuable gift, claiming to be a researcher at the Henan Provincial Institute of Archaeology Chi Mu Duo, who had heard You Chengyuan mention You Zuming in Jingdezhen, and specially came to visit this folk craft master, and had a lot of professional questions to ask.

The You family is a litter of human spirits, and you can see at a glance who Chi Mu Duo is coming for. From the grandmother Mo Sigu to the younger brother You Fang, they were all shocked, and showed great enthusiasm for the visitors, welcomed them into the house, and held hands and chatted about homely affection. Mo Sigu even burned several pillars of high incense for Taishi Gong, the ancestor of the book, behind his back.

You Chengyuan didn't know how to face this distinguished guest who came to the door, and he was always a little dodgy when he met and talked. The relatives and friends of the You family were anxious, and privately took turns to persuade her to catch this man, if she missed it, it would be simply sorry for the people, sorry for the party, sorry for the society, sorry for the political axe, sorry for the grandfather, sorry for the villagers.