It was as if time had stopped.

Staring at the teacup in my hand, I was a little dumbfounded, and the first reaction in my mind was impossible, absolutely impossible to be true. I know very well the situation of Yuan Yazhen's family, I was cornered by money, if there is a real official kiln cup, they will never stay at home and not sell it, let alone take it out like a bun to greet guests, and Yuan Yazhen has a friend who is proficient in antique identification, even if Sister Yuan doesn't understand antiques, but after seeing the official kiln under the Yuejihua cup, she didn't have anything to do to find her friend to identify?

"Jing? Gu Jing? Yuan Yazhen, who was in the bed, took out the thermometer, "What's wrong?" ”

I withdrew my gaze, "It's okay, look at this cup is pretty good, um, how many degrees?" Is it still burning? ”

Yuan Yazhen turned her finger around the thermometer and muttered, "Thirty-seven degrees six." ”

"Oh, low-grade fever, much better than just now, then hurry up and cover the quilt, a little sweat will be fine tomorrow." I re-examine this fake moon season flower cup, Kangxi five colors are bright and bright, different shades, red color is bright red, yellow color is different shades of beeswax yellow, purple color is mostly grape purple or eggplant skin purple, green color is deep and dark black, black color is pitch black and shiny, mostly used to outline the outline, blue color is bright and moving, mostly used to depict mountains and stones, a change from the style of the previous generation. Just from the color, it made me stunned, this is exactly the same as my eleven cups, is this really fake? Is it a fake?

Father Yuan looked at me suspiciously: "Have you taken a fancy to this cup?" Take it if you like it. ”

The outer wall of this cup is painted with blue and white colorful moon flowers, one side of the painted moon flowers swaying with the wind, red flowers compete for beauty, and the dead branches, turquoise, flowers and plants next to it are clustered, and the green space is painted; On one side, the blue and white poems in regular script "do not follow a thousand kinds, and put a year of red alone", and the tail is "reward" The word seal. Seeing this, I became more and more suspicious of my judgment, and involuntarily swallowed and spit, raised my head and said, "Uncle, this is the Colorful December Flower God Cup, where did you get it?" ”

"Oh, it was given by a friend who was doing business." Father Yuan sat down beside me and said disapprerovingly: "I don't know if it's colorful or not, but this must be a fake." ”

I winked, "Why are you so sure?" Didn't find someone to identify it? Doesn't my sister have a friend in the antique shop? "His attitude made me very strange.

Father Yuan waved his hand: "Your aunt also mentioned last year that she would let Yazhen's friends take a look and try her luck, but there is no need for that, and you don't need to identify it to know that it is fake." Feeling out a cigarette lit, Yuan's father swallowed the clouds and spit out the fog, and finally said a sentence that made me tremble, he looked at me sideways: "If it is a real official kiln porcelain, have you ever seen seven or eight of them brought over at once?" And every cup is exactly the same? ”

I gasped: "Seven or eight? Seven or eight moon flower cups? ”

Father Yuan nodded: "Yes, only a few fakes will be mass-produced together, if the real product is genuine, how can it be possible to make seven or eight so casually?" That's cheap, too. With that, Father Yuan shook his head and smiled.

It seems that there is a thunder explosion in my mind, Yuan's father's words make all the mysteries solved, if this cup is the real Kangxi official kiln, then, why there has never been a moon season flower cup on the market The problem can be explained, those things that collectors are looking for are all in Yuan Yazhen's house, and they are regarded as fakes!

I forced myself to calm down, touched this colorful December Moon Flower God Cup left and right, and finally didn't see anything wrong with the cup, if it wasn't for its counterfeiting methods too superb, it means that the cup is indeed Kangxi official kiln. At this time, I was also a little uncertain in my heart, and after a few heartbeats, I turned my head sideways and asked, "What about the other cups?" Can I take a look? ”

"Okay." Yuan's father called Yuan's mother, who was washing the dishes, and asked her to bring the cups, "But there are no eight now." ”

I was overjoyed, "What's going on?" ”

Father Yuan pointed to the coffee table, "When I knew it was fake, I kept them under the bed and didn't move, but then I thought about it, and it wasn't worth a few dollars, so why keep it?" Once there were not enough cups for guests at home, so I took out those flower god cups, and since then, I have used them when drinking tea at home, and they are also quite beautiful, um, but I have used them for more than 20 years, and I accidentally broke three when washing dishes, a friend broke one, Yazhen smashed one when she lost her temper, uh, I also broke one, which means that in addition to the one in your hand, now there is only one left. ”

"Where's the broken cup?"

"I threw it away, why did you keep it?" After speaking, Father Yuan pondered a little, "Xiaojing, you said this cup is real?" ”

"Huh? No way? At this time, Mother Yuan came over with the last moon flower cup and handed it to me: "Can you be sure?" ”

After a long time, I took a deep breath and said to them with a wry smile: "To tell you the truth, if a single cup appears here, I am almost sure that it is true, because there is no fault in any other aspects such as glaze or painting, I can't imagine that the counterfeiting process more than 20 years ago will be so high, but you just said that there are a total of eight moon flower cups in your house, which ...... Ahem...... I'm a little vague about that, uh, what's that friend up for? ”

Father Yuan shook his head and said: "Twenty years ago, I was in the clothing business, and I had a few contacts, but I haven't been in contact for a long time. ”

Mother Yuan echoed: "Yes, I don't even have a phone call, I don't know if he is with Yanjing now." ”

"Oh, that'...... I'm going to make a call. As soon as I groaned, I took out my mobile phone and pushed the door into the courtyard, turned out Yan Wanru's phone number and dialed it, "Hey, Sister Yan, I'm Gu Jing, what are you doing?" Do you have time now? ”

“…… Driving, what's the matter? ”

"Oh, then you open it first, I'll fight later?"

"No, it's already parked on the side of the road, but parking is not allowed here, just say it quickly."

"That's good......" I sorted out the language: "Do you think the current Colorful December Flower God Cup is a fake that is particularly similar to the real thing?" ”

"Even you can't see it's fake?"

"Yes, nothing wrong with it."

"Well, you have some eyesight, it is said that this kind of price is not as good as the official kiln big pot and big bottle of small cups, no one will spend so much effort to study, but it can't be said absolutely, like last year's auction There was a colorful chrysanthemum cup, isn't it a fake? Later, the person who took the picture went to court to file a lawsuit, and that cup was made well, so I suggest you be cautious. ”

"What if it was twenty years ago? Is there such a counterfeiting technique? ”

"Hehe, how do you know the cup is more than twenty years old? What did the store tell you? You can't believe it all. ”

If the stall owner of Pan Jiayuan told me that the Yueji Flower Cup had been in his house for 20 years, I obviously wouldn't believe it, but Yuan's father and Yuan's mother didn't need to lie to me, so this 20 years has a high gold content, "It's not wrong, it's been at least more than 20 years." ”

“…… That's eighty percent fake. ”

"Why?"

"First, the counterfeiting technology of 20 years ago could not reach the current height, and secondly, the antique collection of that era was not as prosperous as it is now, and many people did not have the awareness of counterfeiting, and it was unlikely that there would be a high-quality imitation of the colorful December Flower God Cup, which was replaced by a few years ago or ten years ago, it is difficult to say."

Yan Wanru's answer made me feel relieved, "I have been taught, thank you Sister Yan." ”

"You're welcome, by the way, haven't you collected eleven of them? Why buy it? Missed it? ”

I smiled mysteriously: "I'll tell you later, I'll come to your house to get a cup in about an hour, and I've already made an appointment with the person in charge of Poly to shoot last autumn." ”

"Finally figured it out? It's okay, eleven can be sold for a lot of money, well, I'm waiting for you with my family, the extra hundreds of thousands of dollars on my bank card haven't been settled with you yet, you, you, you said that the two cups are wedding gifts for you and your wife, and you still have to give me money, it's really ......"

Putting down the phone, I turned around and returned to Yuan's house, and as soon as I entered the house, I saw Yuan's father and Yuan's mother staring at me with big eyes.

I touched my nose and nodded slowly: "I consulted with a friend, this month's season flower cup must be real, it can't be wrong." ”

Hearing this, Yuan's mother suddenly slapped her thigh in annoyance: "Oh, I said at the beginning to find Yazhen's friend to appraise it, you don't listen, don't listen, it's good now, Kangxi Guanyao was stunned to let our family use it as an ordinary teacup for 20 years, how many of them were broken?" Alas! Isn't this a loser? ”

Father Yuan looked into my eyes distractedly and said, "Who is your friend?" ”

I said: "She is an authority in the antique shop, an expert in cultural relics identification who often appears on TV, and her words must be right." ”

After a pause, Father Yuan said with some pain: "How much does this cup cost?" ”

"No score." I flipped through the laptop I was wearing, turned on the Internet, and pulled out a few colorful December Flower God Cup lot interfaces from the information of the auction house, pointed to them and said: "This year's auction price is about 220,000 to 260,000, but your Moon Flower Cup has never appeared on the market, the price must be higher, as for the specific number, I can't predict." ”

Yuan's mother sighed, turned around and glared at Yuan Yazhen viciously: "If you accidentally break it, forget it, last year, no, it was the year before last, didn't you just let you go on a blind date once?" What kind of tantrums do you have when you're full? And if you lose your temper, you lose your temper, what are you doing with the cup? Look at you! More than 200,000 things for you to smash, right? Alas! If only I had this money! Are we still going to sell the house? ”

Yuan Yazhen looked over here with a dark face: "What's the hurry with me?" I didn't know the cup was real! ”

"Stop arguing." Father Yuan sighed: "It's useless to say that." ”

Mother Yuan pointed to the coffee table: "Then what should I do?" ”

"What else can I do?" Yuan Yazhen on the bed turned over, took off the towel on her head, and said to me: "If these two cups can be worth more than 200,000 yuan, then let my father take them to the auction, and when the cups are sold, I will return the money to you." ”

Yuan's father agreed: "Yes, this money must be repaid." ”

"This ......" I rubbed my eyebrows a little embarrassed, "Uncle, aunt, sister, it's not a secret, this cup is auctioned alone, maybe it won't be auctioned at a high price, but it is extremely useful to me, I also happen to be collecting this set of colorful December flower god cups, and I have collected eleven of them, so, can I take advantage of you and take away this season flower cup?" "I'm more face-saving, I just said that 650,000 yuan was given to them for free, and I don't have to pay it back, but now there is such a scene, I always feel a little embarrassed.

Father Yuan was stunned for a moment, and immediately picked up the two cups and pushed them in front of me: "Are you useful?" That couldn't be better, take it, take it all! ”

"Don't, one is enough, one is enough."

Mother Yuan said: "No matter how good the cup is, it doesn't make sense if we want it, you can accept both, you have helped our family so much, what are two cups?" ”

“…… That...... Then thank you. "I know that now is not the time to be hypocritical, there will be no such shop in this village after that, so I poured out the tea in the Yueji Flower Cup, dried it with a napkin, and carefully put it away in the bag, "This time I will pick up a bargain, and you will not mention the matter of repaying the money in the future, I believe that these two Yueji Flower Cups are definitely more than 650,000, but I owe your family." ”

Mother Yuan's expression was much more relaxed: "Don't say that, it's our family who owes you." ”

Father Yuan said, "Drink some more tea, I'll go change the cup." ”

"Don't bother, I still have something to do over there, go first." I walked to Yuan Yazhen's bed and pulled a cup for her, and touched Xiaolong's face, "Sister, you take care of your illness, don't catch a cold, when I'm busy with the things at hand, I'll come to see you again, by the way, remember to call me if you have something, be on call." ”

Yuan Yazhen hummed lightly: "Pay attention to safety on the road." ”

Walking out of this alley to be demolished, I didn't want to be more excited, I thought that the Yueji Flower Cup was no play at all, who would have thought that such a drama would fall into my hands, and one is two, alas, it is really impermanent!

I resisted the urge to look up to the sky and laugh, looked at my watch, and saw that it was almost five o'clock, so I took a taxi back to the Qianmen courtyard. Let the driver wait outside, while my parents have not yet gotten off work, I walked into the hut quickly, turned out nine flower cups from under the desk, wrapped them one by one, put them in a long box prepared in advance, stuffed them into the school bag, thought about it, and I rinsed the extra moon flower cup, and put it in the middle of the schoolbag alone.

Out of the courtyard, I got into the taxi and reported the address of Yan Wanru's home.

However, Grandma Bao, who opened the door for me, told me that Sister Yan had something to do temporarily, and it seemed that there was a problem with the recording of an episode of the TV station, and she needed to make up for it later. Lianlian was not at home either, so she went to her classmates to do her homework.

I said, "Then I'll call Sister Yan and tell her to bring a cup." ”

Grandma Bao pinched the Buddha beads and pointed to a table opposite, and said, "No need to play, maybe the show is recorded, and the play is also turned off, do you see if it is those two pairs?" When Wanru left, she said that if you come to the house, take this away. ”

I looked sideways and said, "yes, yes, thank you then." ”

Bring the schoolbag to the front and put the two flower god cups into the box, narcissus, magnolia, peach blossom, peony, pomegranate, lotus, orchid, osmanthus, chrysanthemum, hibiscus, yueji, plum blossom, looking at the whole twelve cups all gathered, I have a strong sense of accomplishment in my heart.

Taking the elevator downstairs from Yan Wanru's house, I dialed Xiao Hao's phone and set up an appointment with him to meet at eight o'clock.

Because I was going to stay in Niujie in the evening, we made an appointment at a café near Guang'anmen, and when I arrived, Xiao Hao's Xiali happened to be parked on the road.

"Brother Hao." I greeted him with a smile, "I'm really sorry to let you drive so late, are you working time or rest time?" ”

Xiao Hao laughed: "As long as I have work, I work 24 hours a day, the autumn auction is coming, I'm busy, I'm mixed commission now, and I'll have an extra penny for receiving more lots, so ah, brother, I should thank you, don't be so polite to me, well, did you bring anything?" ”

I patted the back of my bag: "Of course." ”

"Let's go, sit inside."

After ordering two cups of coffee with the waiter, I took a break from my schoolbag and said, "I forgot to read it on the Internet, when will our Poly Autumn Auction be opened?" ”

"The day after tomorrow is the day after tomorrow." Xiao Hao said: "Actually, you are late, suspend the registration of the lot at half past five this afternoon, but the rules are dead, because you have cooperated with Poly once, and it is our old customer, so it doesn't matter what the deadline is, if you can get it done today, we will sign the contract tomorrow to go through the procedures, even if there is less publicity on the website, but the preview can appear on the day, it is the best publicity, I believe that those who like the colorful December Flower God Cup can notice." ”

"Okay, let's take a look at things first." I pulled the zipper open and slowly took out the box.

Xiao Hao rubbed his hands eagerly, took out a cup wrapped in tissue paper from it, uncovered the paper paper, and looked at it repeatedly: "...... Well, I haven't studied porcelain much, but if I look at it like this, it should be true, beautiful, really beautiful. Xiao Hao sighed, put it down, and picked up the second one, "Hehe, when you called first, I was really afraid that you wouldn't participate in this autumn auction, what a pity you missed the opportunity?" The moon flower cup has never appeared on the market, and it may not be in the next few decades, so which life do you have to wait? If it was really that easy to find, wouldn't someone have already made it up? ”

I smiled and didn't speak.

Xiao Hao looked at the cups behind him in turn, "Okay, it's all pretty good, I'll show it to the appraiser in the line tomorrow, no problem, eh?" Aren't you eleven cups? Why are there twelve of them? After reading the eleventh one, Xiao Hao was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Don't tell me this is the moon flower?" Disappreciatively, he casually touched the last flower cup, uncovered the paper on the skin, and ...... Stayed on the spot: "...... No way!? ”

I smiled, "Why not?" ”

"I'm dizzy! Flower Cup of the Month! You actually found the Moon Flower Cup!? Xiao Hao was stunned and held the flower god cup: "This joke is a bit big, right?" ”

"It's just luck." I sipped my coffee and said, "How many do you think you can get?" ”

Xiao Hao inhaled one breath: "There is no reference, it cannot be evaluated, but it will definitely be sky-high!" Gu Jing! You're really hairy this time! ”

……

(To be continued)