Xu Yang Restaurant.

I, Jiang Yan, Tangerine, Xiao Jia, Shen Zi'an, and Zhu Lei sat at the dining table in the corner, waiting for the waiter to take the menu, and each ordered a dish.

During the banquet, few people spoke, Jiang Yan tried to start the topic several times, but the results all ended in failure, in the end, she took a mouthful of fish-flavored shredded meat and chewed it, glanced at me, and coughed: "It is said that the truth is often in the hands of a few people, this seems to be true, okay, the mirror classmate has let everyone grow back to knowledge today, hey, how do you know that the inkstone is an antique of the book?" Don't you keep saying that you don't understand antiques? ”

I said while eating, "I've seen it by chance before, and it's a coincidence." "Actually, I should say that I have seen it later.

Tangerine rolled her eyes: "Say that again?" What are so many coincidences? I see, it's clear that you are pretending to be stupid! ”

Da Jia laughed dryly: "Mirror, I'm sorry, just now I said that you said you said you said there, uh, I am very embarrassed now, you look at my brother, he also blushes." ”

Xiao Jia smiled bitterly: "Who thinks it's true, it seems that the expert's words can't be fully trusted." ”

Tangerine smiled: "In the future, believe in the mirror, and those who believe in the mirror will have eternal life." ”

He made a few jokes, and at this time, Shen Zi'an, who had been silent, spoke, he hesitated for a moment, sighed, looked at me and said, "Alas, this time I am convinced, Gu Jing, we may have had some small collisions before, I hope you don't mind, come, have a drink." ”

I picked up the teacup and said, "You are serious, do it." ”

Jiang Yan chuckled: "That's right, how good it is to be kind, come on, cheers!" ”

Everyone raised their glasses, but Zhu Lei didn't move.

After everyone's eyes were focused on him, Zhu Lei, who was not very good-looking, stood up from his seat: "...... I've got something to do, so I'm going back. With that, he left the restaurant without looking back.

Jiang Yan cut off, pouted and said, "Wrong is wrong, I can't let go of my face to admit it, ignore him, let's eat." ”

Picking up a big leak, this meal is naturally my account.

When I got home by car, I sneakily carried the inkstone back to my cabin, opened the desk cabinet door, and gently put it in.

This trip to the CCTV Tower, the harvest was unexpectedly good, not only successfully got the inkstone, but also only spent a low price of 30,000 yuan, it is worth mentioning that from Mr. Qian's mouth out of some very important words, his friend actually has this kind of inkstone, and more than one, this news is undoubtedly very exciting to me. Perhaps in Dean Shi's opinion, it was just a good antique, and 100,000 yuan was over, but only I knew that the potential value of the inkstone box was by no means just that, so I didn't sell it easily at that time.

I already had a plan in mind, sat down on the mat, took out my mobile phone, and called Mr. Qian's friend.

Toot beet, it rang three times, and a middle-aged man's voice came from there: "Hey? ”

"Hello, it's Uncle Xu, right?"

"You are?"

"Oh, you don't know me, it's Mr. Qian who called me, I ......"

Before I could finish speaking, Uncle Xu said: "Oh, Lao Qian called just now, you are the young man who bought his inkstone, I know you, let's say, what's the matter?" ”

"This, I may not be clear on the phone, if it is convenient, can I go to your house? Mainly want to see the antiques you have collected. ”

"Come home?" Uncle Xu's voice paused, and said, "Okay, you take a note of the address, and ...... in Haidian District."

As soon as he said this, my heart immediately fell into my stomach, and I could hear that he had a heart to sell, otherwise he would not let me go to his house. However, there is a problem that follows, after spending 30,000 yuan, I only have a little more than 30,000 left in my bank card, I am afraid it is not enough to buy other antiques in his hand, however, I can't help but go, in case Mr. Qian gets the news that the inkstone is genuine, and then tells Uncle Xu, the price is uncertain.

Alas, let's take it one step at a time.

I took off my sweat-soaked clothes, changed into a clean T-shirt, and went straight to Haidian District with a note with the address written on it.

Inside a tower two kilometers east of Tsinghua University.

Ding Dong Ding Dong, I pressed the doorbell of a dark green security door on the west side of the second floor.

Click, the door opened, and it was a young man five or six years older than me, "...... Who are you looking for? ”

"My name is Gu Jing, and I made an appointment with Uncle Xu."

The young man sighed and stretched out his hand to open the security door: "Please come in." When I entered the house, he bent down and took a pair of plastic slippers and shouted inside, "Dad, someone is here." ”

The tower is relatively old, and his house should have been renovated very early, and the wooden floor has lost color in many places, and it is slightly loose, making a creaking sound when stepped on it. When I followed the young man into the living room, the south bedroom door was slowly pushed open from inside, and a middle-aged man in his fifties walked out, he was probably sleeping, and the corners of his eyes showed a slightly tired color, "Arrived so soon?" My tower is hard to find, and I thought you had to arrive at three o'clock, so I went to sleep first. ”

I smiled and said, "I came by taxi, and the driver happened to know this side and pulled me downstairs directly." ”

"I'm tired, sit down and drink some tea."

"You're welcome, I'm not tired." Sitting on the sofa with Uncle Xu, I said, "Listen to Mr. Qian, the inkstone box he received from you, do you have anything similar?" Seeing Uncle Xu nodding slightly, I asked tentatively: "Where did you buy these things?" Why haven't I seen it in the market? ”

Uncle Xu shook his head and said: "I didn't buy it, it was given to me by an old friend, saying that this thing must be valuable, let me keep it, and have a chance to sell it in the future, I asked him what the thing was, and he didn't tell me at the time, who would have thought that I haven't seen anyone else since then, and I don't know where I went, alas, later, when Lao Qian came to the house, I saw one, so I sold it to him." "There are some vague things in his middle that I think there is something hidden in them, and I don't need to ask, I just care whether those things are real, whether they are stolen or robbed, and it has nothing to do with me.

“…… Can I look at things? ”

Uncle Xu said yes, got up and led me to the bedroom, pointed to a glass cabinet and said, "That's all." ”

There are a lot of objects in the white glass cabinet on the east wall, the top row is a few old black and white photos, and the bottom is scattered coins and small bowls.

A Ming and Qing pen holder, an inkstone, a brush.

After my hard work, I can probably see some doorways. The pen holder is very stiff and obviously artificially worn. Inkstones and brushes are commonplace, and they are both modern crafts. Yes, these belong to the four treasures of the study, and they have similarities with the inkstone, but in my opinion, they are a heaven and an earth, and they are not at all related to the eight poles. Could it be that the similar things that Mr. Qian said are just them? I'm dizzy, isn't that a trip for nothing?

I was disappointed and said, "These are the ones your friend gave you?" With the inkstone? ”

Uncle Xu nodded: "Yes, there is also the one on the far right, all together." ”

The thing on the right is two tumblers, which are naturally worthless...... Hey, that's not right!

I looked over there and looked at it intently: "...... Can you get started? "Hearing what Uncle Xu said, I opened the glass door, reached out and touched the two irregular oval objects, took them, and my heart jumped suddenly, no, this is definitely not a tumbler, wooden, hollow, there is nothing in it, and the bottom of them is flat, unable to move freely. On closer inspection, the two tumbler-like objects were contained in a box with only four sides, empty on both sides, and a small brass handle on top.

Could this be...... To tell you the truth, I don't know this thing, but I'm almost certain that it's from the original, just like the inkstone.

Because the painting style on it is similar to that of the inkstone, it is also a technique of painting gold.

I didn't put the excitement on my face, I quietly put the object back in its place, and took the inkstone to look at it a few times to divert my gaze, before I turned around and said casually: "Uncle Xu, how much are you going to sell these things?" ”

Uncle Xu is not stupid, pointing at the pen holder, inkstone and brush: "These three things, how much money you look at, but those two round things are not slippery, they will definitely not be sold without 200,000 yuan, this is a type of inkstone, which is valuable." While he spoke, his son listened in the room and did not interject.

"Two hundred thousand is too expensive." I shook my head without thinking, "And I don't even know what it is?" What for? Did you know? "The inkstone box that is more delicate than this one, he only sold Mr. Qian for 80,000 yuan, but it is not as good as this inkstone, but it is 200,000 yuan as soon as he opens his mouth, which is indeed a bit outrageous.

"That's what it's worth." Uncle Xu didn't know if he wanted to.

I said, "Uncle Xu, I'm young, but don't take me as a wrongdoer, I think, Mr. Qian told you on the phone, right?" I was also present at the time, and I really listened to the words of the four experts in the treasure appreciation column. ”

Uncle Xu looked at me fearlessly: "Then you still want to buy it?" "I don't know what Mr. Qian told him, but he seemed to expect me to buy it.

I said: "If you think I have to buy it, and then the lion opens his mouth, then we can't talk about it, hehe, what about this kind of thing, you can keep it if you want, 200,000?" It's only 200,000 yuan for me to buy a pair of ice bracelets, right? Leave! "I'm pretending to leave, uh, it's not pretending, it's really leaving. Because the price of 200,000 yuan is indeed too high, and the memory of my previous life has not appeared in this thing, I naturally dare not spend so much money to collect it.

I have to say that after Yuan Qinghua's accident, I am much more cautious than before, so I may miss a lot of opportunities, but I will also avoid a lot of risks.

When I came out of the bedroom, Uncle Xu's son seemed to be unable to hold his breath, and the young man said, "Wait a minute, how much do you want to want?" ”

I stood in the living room and thought about it for a while, "You also know that I gave Mr. Qian an inkstone box of 30,000 yuan, but your thing is worse than an inkstone, well, 10,000." ”

The young man glanced at his father, and Uncle Xu shook his head resolutely: "The expert's words are not necessarily right, besides, my piece is different from the inkstone, how do you know that it is a fabrication?" We don't have to beat around the bush, since you want to buy it, there must be your reasons, 100,000, not a penny can be low. ”

I said, "Do you think you're real?" It's not the same as Mr. Qian's inkstone? ”

Uncle Xu said: "That's nature, this thing is very finely made, and the pulp is good, I have found someone to identify it." ”

I asked rhetorically, "What about the appraisal report?" Seeing that he didn't squeak, I said: "I understand, you don't know whether something is true or false, good or bad, and you're afraid of buying less at a loss, but have you ever thought about it, except for me, how many people will be willing to spend 10,000 yuan to buy your thing in the future?" And how do you know that I won't lose money if I buy it? Do you know what I bought it for? ”

"Do what?" The young man wondered.

I shook my head in a vague way, this is a means of bargaining, and I can't expose the bottom to others.

Uncle Xu looked at me, but he was still unmoved.

I bargained for a long time, and in the end, I raised the price to 30,000, but the other party still bit 100,000 and didn't let go.

The young man estimated that 30,000 yuan was a lot, so he dragged his father's clothes, "If you can't get it, let's go to the appraisal line to appraise it?" ”

As soon as I heard it, I immediately said: "If you want to sell it, I will take it to your home immediately for 30,000 yuan, and we will pay the money with one hand and deliver it with the other, but if you want to live or die and think that the thing is worth 100,000 yuan, then you can go to a professional organization to do an appraisal, but after the appraisal, if the expert also gives a statement that it is a fabric, you have to go back and sell it to me, I can't give it 30,000 yuan, and you have to spend a lot of appraisal fees." ”

The young man looked at Uncle Xu: "What's the matter?" Sold or appraised? ”

After being silent for a long time, Uncle Xu said, "...... Identification, young man, will you come with you? ”

"Of course." My mind moved quickly, and after Uncle Xu walked to the living room with something, I proposed: "I have an idea, you two also go to a professional organization, the white flower appraisal fee, it is not worth it, you take the things to the Liulichang store to take a turn, see if anyone will spend 100,000 yuan to collect, of course, if you are not at ease, Liulichang also has a professional appraisal place." ”

Uncle Xu thought for a while and nodded: "Let's go to the glass factory first and ask." ”

The appraisal agency is not for nothing, the experts there are involved in all aspects, there is no bias, there must be someone who specializes in foreign antiques, so, if I go to these places, I want to pick up the leak of eighty percent of the mind is going to be in the soup, uh, besides, I don't know if this is a leak, maybe 30,000 yuan to buy a loss, so, for the sake of prudence, I can only spend more effort to minimize the risk.

We took a taxi to Liulichang.

The young man's expression was very uneasy, and from time to time he glanced at the things in his father's hand, maybe he would have preferred to sell me directly for 30,000 yuan. Uncle Xu seemed to have confidence in his baby, hugged it tightly, and after getting out of the car, he chose a relatively large door and walked in, and put things on the counter, "...... Do you collect antiques here? "There was no one in the store, it was empty, and there was an old man and a middle-aged man playing Go in the back.

Hearing this, the sixty-year-old man put down the black chess pieces and stood up from behind the counter, "Is this the thing?" ”

Uncle Xu pushed it forward: "Yes, how much is it worth?" ”

Staring at the thing that looked like a tumbler, the old man looked suspicious, took a magnifying glass to look left and right, and opened two things to look at the structure inside, and at the end, he put the magnifying glass on the counter, shook his head and said, "Forgive me for being clumsy, I don't see what this is for." ”

Uncle Xu frowned and said, "If you take a closer look, it's definitely a good thing." ”

The old man pushed the thing: "Take it back, we can't take it here." ”

Uncle Xu picked up the things, turned around and said, "Change one." ”

The owner was wearing glasses and was showing a plum bottle to a young woman, and we waited next to him for a while, and when we saw the young woman leaving, Uncle Xu handed over the things: "Sell something, you see how much it is worth." ”

The boss took a sip of tea, picked up the things and looked up and down, and subconsciously said, "...... How much do you want to sell? ”

Uncle Xu said directly: "One hundred thousand." ”

The boss almost squirted out a sip of tea, but he didn't continue to look at it, and put the thing down: "This thing isn't even an antique, right?" I haven't seen it anyway, so you can take it back. Uncle Xu asked a few more words unwillingly, but the boss took a newspaper and looked at it, shook his head vigorously, and said no.

changed three or four in a row, and as a result, without exception, things were pushed back.

However, there is also a shop owner who hesitated to take it in his hand and play with it for a long time, and after thinking about it for a long time, he gave a price of 8,000 yuan. I think he should know that this thing comes from the capital, but like me, he doesn't know its exact value, so he can only conservatively estimate the low price to avoid losing money. In the end, Uncle Xu naturally didn't sell him, and the shopkeeper didn't point out which thing it was.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that the antiques are really unpopular, and it is also that the Chinese culture is broad and profound, and it takes a lifetime to study it and can't study it thoroughly, who has the time to ponder the antiques? It's just a minority.

In front of the West Glass Factory.

I didn't say a word, I went to the commissary to buy a bottle of iced tea with ice, drank it in one gulp, and waited quietly for the two of them.

I saw the father and son exchanging glances with each other, the young man had some regret in his eyes, and Uncle Xu's eyes showed a taste of unwillingness, and he didn't seem to give up. After being silent for a few minutes, Uncle Xu asked his son hesitantly: "Otherwise, go to Rong Bao Zhai to spend money to appraise it?" ”

His son smashed his mouth, "...... Sell it, so many bosses don't accept it, there must be a reason for him. ”

"But......" Uncle Xu sighed in embarrassment and glanced sideways at me.

I took a few steps over, pretending to be careless, and asked, "Have you decided?" It's almost time for dinner, and I have to go home. ”

He hesitated on the spot for a long time, until the young man pulled his clothes, and Uncle Xu gritted his teeth: "Twenty-nine, take it." ”

As I said before, if I took it to ask others, I wouldn't give the price of 30,000 yuan, and when I saw that he reduced it by 1,000, I didn't say anything more. Finally, I looked at the balance in the ATM, and there were only a few thousand yuan left.

Expectantly taking the things, I said goodbye and hurried home while my parents hadn't gotten off work yet.

In fact, I was in Liulichang, and I wanted to leave directly several times, after all, so many shopkeepers were not optimistic about this thing, and I had never seen it in my previous life, so I naturally had no score in my heart, and I didn't know whether the price of 30,000 yuan was reasonable.

When I entered my cabin, I hurriedly turned on my computer without even taking off my clothes, and looked up antiques on the Internet.

However, even on the Internet, which has a huge amount of information, there is very little information about this antique, and after checking for nearly half an hour, I found nothing, and I didn't see anything like a tumbler.

What to do?

My eyes moved, didn't the antiques I received from Fei Xiaohong's house last time look for jasper for identification? She has a lot of friends who seem to be doing this professionally.

So, I logged on to QQ and sent a message to her black avatar: Are you there?

After waiting for a while, seeing that there was no response, I knew that she was not invisible, so I took a picture of that thing, uploaded it from QQ, and said that I wanted her friend to help identify it.

After dinner in the evening, I went back to the hut and turned on the computer, and found that the avatar of Jasper under QQ was flashing.

Click on it, it was sent ten minutes ago, Jasper: Let me ask.

I hurriedly replied with a "thank you", breathed steadily, and waited patiently with my chin on my chin.

Not long after, a paragraph popped up in the chat window with Jasper: I just asked, my friend can't say it's difficult to identify, but if the pulp and the inside are fine, the thing should be a very rare thing, it is an antique of the book, the full name is "Painted Gold Mountain Food Box", as for the age, my friend is not sure, probably around the Edo period, of course, this inference is based on the thick pulp, otherwise, this is just a high imitation fake.

I picked it up and touched the batter of the food box, well, eighty percent will not be wrong, it is very full, and I typed one by one: how much can he say it is worth?

Jasper: There are almost no such things in the Chinese market, so it is difficult to estimate and there is no price to refer to, but he said that the price of this kind of Edo period depicting gold landscape food box should be about 1.2 million yuan, which is less than 100,000 yuan if it is equivalent to Chengren people's coin.

So much? It's almost time to catch up with the inkstone!

In addition to being excited, I hurriedly thanked Biyu, and admired her friend very much, even a character like Dean Shi couldn't break the things of the era, but the person said it casually, and it could be seen that the person knew the antiques very well.

Biyu: No thanks, I have something to do, I'm offline.

Me: Goodbye.

Turning off the computer, I opened the cabinet door and took a deep look at the food box and inkstone, and slowly clenched my fists.

The inkstone box is estimated at 100,000 yuan, and the food box is estimated at more than 90,000 yuan, which is 200,000 yuan. But what about me? I only spent less than 60,000 yuan, and in one day, I made a net profit of 140,000 yuan inside and outside!

I exhaled, calming down.

But...... 140,000?

It's not even close!

These two things are more than just that!

(To be continued)