In other words, Li Jingjing's traditional literacy is already good, at least among the current young generation, she is an absolute talent, but if it weren't for her father's reminder, she wouldn't know what this tiger has to do with the twelve golden hairpins.

Zhang Shanzi's painting skills have nothing to say, but compared to his younger brother Zhang Daqian, his reputation is still a little worse, especially now. His painting of "The Twelve Hairpins of Jinling" was even considered to be a forgery for a time, and it was not until later that connoisseurs from all walks of life determined that this was Zhang Shanzi's painting through the appreciation of painting skills and painting meaning.

However, like Xie Bin, turning the twelve hairpins of Jinling into wood carvings is indeed relatively rare, or even not at all. The fundamental reason is that it is relatively difficult, and ordinary people cannot carve such an artistic conception and image. After all, if you do wood carving, you can't carve a name or a poem on the body of a tiger, right? But if there is no text marking, it is indeed very difficult to show these twelve women with different characteristics just by virtue of carving.

It's just that Xie Bin doesn't know enough about his own level, and he doesn't know what kind of position his level is, so it is inevitable that he is a little arrogant and underestimates his level.

Li Guohui is a self-made auction house owner, and he also plays with these works of art, not to mention anything else, just the objects he handles, I don't know how many there are every year, this vision and judgment ability is enough to make many famous connoisseurs bow down.

After reading a set, Li Guohui smiled at Xie Bin and said: "Xiao Xie, if you change this gift to ordinary people, you really can't understand it, haha." ”

Xie Bin nodded, and said with a straight face: "If it were an ordinary person, I wouldn't take this as a gift," look at the level of this sycophant.

Li Guohui laughed at what Xie Bin said, "Okay, I accepted your gift, do you have any other works, let me see again." ”

Xie Bin thought about it, took out his mobile phone, opened the album and handed it over: "These are all fine products that have come out of my hands in the past two years, how about you take a look?" ”

The future father-in-law looked at the photos Xie Bin took by himself, nodded and shook his head from time to time, and finally concluded: "It's okay, but it's still a little worse than this set of "The Twelve Hairpins of Jinling", well, only a few pieces can reach this level." As he spoke, he asked with a smile: "Xiao Xie, how about opening a special auction for you, to ensure that you will earn more than you make it yourself, well, the handling fee will be waived for you, how about it?" ”

Xie Bin blinked, is there such a good thing? If there really is such a special auction, his Xie Bin's worth will definitely rise a lot. It's just that he doesn't have so many good things in his hands now, let alone a special auction, and he can't even put together a set. Xie Bin could only shake his head regretfully, "Forget uncle, I don't have any inventory in my hand now, so I will have the opportunity to think about this in the future." ”

Li Guohui nodded, "It's okay, if you have anything in the future, just look for us." ”

Subsequently, several people chatted casually about some messy things together, mainly Xie Bin's own, including his previous life and work, Xie Bin himself did not hide it, and he was not restrained when he said anything, and slowly let it go.

Li Jingjing's mother doesn't talk much, and occasionally cares about Xie Bin's life, and most of the time Xie Bin and Li Guohui are chatting. Fortunately, they are not reserved people, and they have common topics, so the interest is still relatively high.

was chatting happily, Li Jingjing ran over with a painting, "Dad, look at this painting, can you understand it?" ”

Xie Bin looked up and saw that Li Jingjing was holding the painting "Buddha Jumping over the Wall" he painted, he didn't expect this girl to take it out at this time, did she want to add some face to him? However, Xie Bin is not afraid of showing clumsiness, and he is still very confident in the level of that painting. Of course, with Li Guohui's level of appreciation, he should be able to see the mystery.

Sure enough, Li Guohui frowned and looked at it for a while, and suddenly smiled, "Yes, this painting is really good, the Buddha didn't jump off the wall, but the Buddha's heart has already jumped over the wall," and asked, "Jingjing, whose painting is this?" Very clever idea. ”

Li Jingjing pointed at Xie Bin, "His, how's that?" ”

Li Guohui glanced at Xie Bin, sighed and said: "Xie Bin, you really make me a little ashamed of myself, if I don't know, others will only think that this is painted by a certain master, and now there are really not many people who can paint such clever ink paintings in China." ”

Xie Bin was stunned, "Don't be like this, I can't stand such a boast, I am a little panicked when I say this." ”

Li Guohui shook his head, "It's not an exaggeration at all, maybe your pen is a little more tender, but this artistic conception is very clever, whether it is poetry, calligraphy and painting or other, this idea is the most important point, your painting, Zen is very strong, but it is expressed through a dish, this technique, I can't think of how many people can use it." ”

Li Jingjing listened to her father's words, muttered to herself for a while, and then suddenly realized what the point of this painting was. On this painting, there is a monk with the sun and clouds and a jar of vegetables, the monk is solemn and solemn, and the vegetable jar does not see any uniqueness, and the other embellishments are even more sparse, but he made a little action on the wooden fish knocked by the monk, and knocked the mallet of the monk knocking the wooden fish off. This was nothing, but when combined with the idea of this painting, this cleverness was revealed, although the monk was still solemnly knocking on the wooden fish, but his mind had already run to the jar of vegetables.

In a narrow sense, it shows that the unique and rich fragrance of this stall Buddha jumping over the wall can disturb the monk's mind, so that the mallet in his hand is actually knocked off. And if you take it broadly speaking, it's like that story, "the wind moves the banner and the heart moves", what is moving? It's not the wind that moves, it's not the flags, it's the heart.

Of course, this is broken by her father, but if no one points it out, Li Jingjing is afraid that she doesn't know when she will be able to understand this. Is it difficult? It's not difficult, but if you don't have a certain amount of experience and deep appreciation, few people can really understand it.

It's no wonder that Li Guohui actually has a bit of a lost soul, he met Xie Bin this time, mainly to test Xie Bin's personality and ability, but unexpectedly, Xie Bin's uniqueness made him a little surprised.

Xie Bin may not be good in other aspects, but his clever calligraphy and painting ability is enough to compare most young people. Li Jingjing likes these traditional Chinese knowledge very much, but Xie Bin is so good at this, no wonder the two can get together.

The meals eaten at noon are also very simple, four people, six dishes and one soup, the amount is not large but the cooking is very exquisite, Xie Bin has a great appetite and eats very refreshingly. And there are not so many rules when eating, just like an ordinary family. If it weren't for sitting at the yellow rosewood antique dining table, Xie Bin would have thought that he was eating at Liu Wenqing's house.

Perhaps Xie Bin initially won the approval of his future father-in-law and mother-in-law, and Xie Bin was taken care of during the meal, especially when Li Jingjing's mother served Xie Bin vegetables, which almost made him cry. Growing up, he had never been treated like this, and it reminded him of how he felt when he was a child when he saw other mothers bringing umbrellas to their children for lunch.

Fortunately, Xie Bin's nerves were still relatively strong, and he didn't make jokes on the spot, although they didn't laugh at Xie Bin. In fact, since Xie Bin entered the door, they have not asked about Xie Bin's family situation, probably knowing that Xie Bin is an orphan, for fear of irritating him.

I have to say that this little detail still moved Xie Bin very much.

After lunch, Li Guohui said to Xie Bin: "Xiao Xie, come up and take a look at my collection?" ”

When Xie Bin heard this, he knew that it was time to talk about business, so he hurriedly nodded, "Okay, follow my uncle to open my eyes." As he spoke, he followed Li Guohui to the second floor. The escalator of the staircase is also made of mahogany, the carving is very fine and elegant, the corridor is very wide, and there are flowers and plants. The second floor is also a mix and match style, with Western-style chandeliers and walls and Chinese-style embellishments, which is very comfortable and atmospheric to look at. On the contrary, those expensive mahogany furniture and celebrity calligraphy and paintings are not so conspicuous, and there is a bit of a hidden meaning.

As the future father-in-law entered his study, Xie Bin's eyes lit up, and he was stunned by the collections in the house. This study is not a pure study, but a collection room. The study was almost the size of the living room downstairs, and there were obviously cubicles. In addition to two large desks, there is also a treasure cabinet. There are large and small porcelain and pottery on the treasure pavilion, and all kinds of calligraphy and paintings are hung on the walls, and what makes Xie Bin particularly eye-catching is the root carving on the desk, as well as the two paperweights.

The root carving is very exquisite, the carving is a plum blossom, simple and full, with a trace of the pride and upright of the cold plum, lifelike placed there, like a real plum blossom. I don't know who carved it, I don't have to say anything about the craftsmanship, the creativity is also very good, and the more important thing is the selection of materials. The most important thing is the selection of materials, otherwise it is difficult to go under the knife, even if you are reluctant to use the knife, you may give up because the material is too hard or there are defects.

Xie Bin didn't do root carving before, because it was time-consuming and laborious, and the material was difficult to find, so he gave up, otherwise, with the artistry and shaping of root carving, it can still be sold at a good price.

In addition to this root carving, the two jade paperweights are the objects that amazed Xie Bin, the jade paperweights that are almost twenty centimeters long are actually Hetian jade, and they are mutton fat white jade, and what is even more rare is that it is still a pair. The price of mutton fat jade is the same as that of high-grade jadeite, only when it goes up, not down, this pair of pure and warm mutton fat jade is particularly precious. To put it seriously, this is a good thing that money can't buy.

Li Guohui saw Xie Bin's eyes and said with a smile: "How is it?" I'll give it to you. ”

Xie Bin shook his head, "A gentleman doesn't win people's love, you can keep it for yourself, and I'll get a pair of jadeites to come back and play when I have time." ”

Li Guohui laughed and said, "You, so confident? Jadeite is not something that ordinary people can play. ”

Xie Bin thought to himself, this is true, he has an ability, let alone other people. However, his advantages are still very obvious, at least Xie Bin is just looking away, and all the other materials are gambling up, and they are still rising sharply, including a few ordinary materials for Zou Xintong a few days ago. The dozen or so pieces of material, although it is not a high-end material, can win in large quantities, and they are all mid-range, after cutting, on the whole, Zou Xintong has not lost, and can even make some money.

"Xiao Xie, what are your plans for the future?" Li Guohui didn't beat around the bush and asked directly.

Xie Bin smiled slightly, "There are no big plans, the main thing is to return to the old business, but the scope may be wider, not only bamboo and wood carving, but also jade, now I mainly want to open an online store to try, as for the physical store, I have to wait." "Actually, Xie Bin also wants to open a physical store, but now the money is not enough, and there is no manpower, so he can't be allowed to supply it alone, so he can't supply it if he is tired. A small stall made him tired enough, and if he opened a physical store, he would have to vomit blood, unless he found another manpower. (After reading the book reviews of my friends, thank you, the target will work hard, and the general direction of the book will not change, please rest assured!) ）