Chapter 271 Demolition

Fang Ming smiled bitterly, with Liu Hanyan dismantling the stage here, it is impossible for him to keep the secret.

"Sister, it seems that you did it on purpose."

Fang Ming also saw it now, Liu Hanyan said this on purpose, wanting to see his jokes.

"Hey!"

Liu Hanyan had more smiles on his face, and continued: "That's right. Xue Xue was born in a family of calligraphy and painting, if there is anything else in this world that can arouse her interest, it is pen, ink, paper and inkstone, these things, now she knows that you have such an inkstone, you will obediently take it out to let her enjoy it, or you will wait to be annoyed to death. ”

Growing up with Song Xue, Liu Hanyan certainly knows her character, and she may not be interested in other things, but when it comes to things related to calligraphy and painting, Song Xue is definitely like a hungry dog who has seen meat and bones, how can she give up?

Fang Ming became even more vigilant when he heard this, looked at Song Xue and said, "This...... It's okay to take it out, but you can only look at it, you can't force it to buy! I won't take it out if I don't kill it. ”

"I'll pay a high price, double the market price, no, double, triple the price."

Song Xue didn't seem to hear Fang Ming's words, and the light in her eyes became even brighter.

Shaking his head resolutely, Fang Ming said: "I'm not bad for money, you can take a look, if you don't buy it, then don't talk about it." ”

"You don't; One; Root; Read, the novel yb+du is short of money? ”

Song Xue looked at Liu Hanyan strangely, and then looked at Fang Ming, there are really few people who dare to speak like this.

Liu Hanyan nodded and said: "Xuexue, this kid is really not bad for money, the thing he said just now, if the jar he picked up was true, it would be at least 100 million dollars, and this was just something he picked up when he went to eat supper." ”

Although Song Xue was born in painting, she didn't know anything about antiques, and when she heard Liu Hanyan say this, she was immediately frightened, and she said after a while: "Ah? No way? Such a bullish rage? ”

"Hey, of course, this master is not a mess, but a real talent. So, don't tempt me with money, I won't be fooled. ”

Fang Ming was stinky again, and even had a triumphant expression on his face.

"Okay...... Then lend me a look, but okay, then I'll have to use it to polish the ink and write a picture or something. ”

Song Xue knew that under such circumstances, it was unrealistic for her to ask to buy the inkstone again, so she could only retreat and ask for the second.

"Yes, but I have one condition."

Fang Ming's eyes rolled and he immediately thought of an idea, saying, "The words you wrote or the paintings you drew must belong to me after they are finished." ”

"Fang Ming, you really don't want to suffer at all, your abacus is really quite fine."

Liu Hanyan knew that Fang Ming didn't know Song Xue's identity and origin, but this requirement was too shrewd, you must know that Song Xue's fame in the calligraphy and painting industry is already quite large, if a painting is carefully made, the value has exceeded 500,000, this is still the current value, if it is really collected for a few years, the price will definitely soar further.

"Hey, this is called Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, there is nothing to say. Besides, that's the inkstone used by Xu Wenchang, think about it, where is there anyone who has such an opportunity to use this inkstone now? ”

As soon as Fang Ming heard Liu Hanyan's words, he immediately understood that although he had not heard of Song Xue's name, he must be a person with a great background, knowing that his bamboo pole was knocked on the right one, where would he let go, and he would rely on it with a dead face, at most, I would not charge money when I appraised the antiques for you for a while. ”

"Yo! Dare to talk to me about money? ”

Liu Hanyan was so happy when he heard it.

"Just kidding, don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously."

Of course, Fang Ming's words were joking, but they were just using this way to "coerce" Song Xue's calligraphy and paintings.

Looking at Song Xue, Liu Hanyan said, "Xue Xue, this is your business, you can make up your own mind." ”

"No problem, I agreed to this condition, but this inkstone can be lent to me for half a year, and after half a year, I will give you two paintings, I promise that it is a meticulous work."

Fang Ming opened his mouth wide, he knew that in this world, not only he could open his mouth, but Song Xue would too.

Liu Hanyan looked at Fang Ming and then at Song Xue, the smile on his face became more and more, and he thought that it was not a fuel-efficient lamp.

"If you don't agree, then Liu Hanyan's promise to help you find someone with weight just now must be yellow."

Liu Hanyan nodded and said, "Fang Ming, if it was something else, she might not be able to do it, but if it was something like this, she could really do it." ”

"Okay."

Fang Ming nodded and said, "It's all like this, can I still say I don't agree?" ”

Song Xue finally showed a smile on her face and said, "Deal." ”

Carefully took out a bag from his bag and gently put it on the countertop, Song Xue had recovered her bookish breath at this time, and said softly: "Some time ago, I went out to travel, and I accidentally saw a stall selling this kind of paper, although the price is a little expensive, but I think the quality is not bad, so I bought it, but I am not an expert in identification, I can't say for sure, Hanyan said that you are a master of identification, so I will show it to you." ”

"Okay, I'll take a look."

Fang Ming gently opened the small bag that Song Xue put on the table—it was made of paper, the color was light blue and pink in between, and as soon as it was taken out, it exuded a faint fragrance, and at a glance, he knew that it was something for girls.

After opening it, I took it out and looked at it, and found that it was a small piece of paper, the size of a palm, and although the edges were neat, it was still visible that it was cut off.

"Cut from a whole sheet of paper?"

Fang Ming gently pinched it and put it in front of his eyes to look at it, but the afterglow looked at the back of his right hand, and found that Pixiu only appeared faintly, not very clearly, and suddenly counted it in his heart.

"Well, yes, there are a total of three knives of paper I bought, and this is cut by one of them."

In the Chinese tradition, paper-making is not made by machines, and there is no special paper cutting machine, generally speaking, it is hand-made paper, common paper such as rice paper, raw edge paper, etc., are a hundred stacks of stacks, about 100 sheets, folded into three to four folds, it becomes a stack, such a paper is a knife, ten stacks will be packed together. Of course, this is in terms of quantity, and the real name of "knife" is related to paper cutting.

In ancient times, there were two ways to cut paper, one was a straight knife, a double handle, which could cut four to five knives of paper at a time, and there was a special paper cutting case, about 35 cm high, as big as a bed, and the paper could be cut along the designed lattice after it was arranged. The other is the more common one is to use a scimitar, a long knife to make an arc of about 220 degrees, only one handle, after the paper is folded, put the scimitar into it, hold the crease with one hand, and pull the knife with the other hand to cut the paper. For the average strong person, the limit is to cut about 100 sheets of paper at a time, so slowly 100 sheets of paper are called "one knife".

If the paper Song Xue bought was of this quality, and there were three knives, it would be a terrible thing.

"Excellent! I'm sure you've missed it, but it's a pretty good paper. ”

With his ability, Fang Ming didn't need to look closely at all to know that this paper was a good thing.

Paper is one of the four great inventions of ancient China, about the time of the Western Han Dynasty has appeared relatively mature paper, at that time the paper was mainly made of hemp plant fibers, for example, the "paper spectrum" said that "the Shu people to hemp, the Fujian people to tender bamboo, the northern people to mulberry bark, the river to rattan, the sea people to moss, the Zhejiang people to wheat rice stalks, the Wu people to cocoon, the Chu people to the paper." ”

No matter what kind of raw materials are used, the method is actually the same. First, the plant with flexible fibers is boiled, then mashed, and some things are added to form a mucus shape, and then evenly "spread" in the basket, and after forming a film, it is pressed with a heavy object when it dries to a certain extent, and finally the paper is made.

Of course, this is a traditional handmade paper, which has been carried out by machine for a long time now.

After the advent of paper, it was mainly used for painting, and the most well-known in this regard is, of course, the famous rice paper. There is a legend about the appearance of rice paper, that is, Kong Dan, a disciple of Cai Lun, the "ancestor" of papermaking, has always wanted to make a particularly white paper to paint a portrait of Cai Lun and repair the score, but after trying many methods, he has not succeeded. For a while, he accidentally saw in the mountains that the sandalwood tree that fell to the ground was soaked in water for a long time to form white fragments, so he used sandalwood bark as raw material, and finally made white rice paper like jade after many attempts. Regardless of the name, it is undeniable that it quickly became a favorite paper for calligraphers and painters.

For example, Zhang Yanyuan, a calligraphy and painting critic in the Tang Dynasty, said in his "Records of Famous Paintings of the Past Dynasties": "A good thing should be a hundred pieces of rice paper, and use wax to prepare for copying." ”

The reason why rice paper is so popular is because it has two characteristics: one is that calligraphers and painters can write calligraphy and painting works with clear layers and strong ink moistening by controlling the depth and shade of ink through its extremely superior paper, forming a unique artistic characteristic; Another reason is very real, that is, the characteristics of rice paper are that there are few insects and can be stored for a long time, so it is also called "millennium paper". In fact, most of the paintings and calligraphy from hundreds of years or even earlier that can be preserved today were written or painted on rice paper.

It can be seen from this that the rice paper is famous, and what Song Xue brought is the rice paper, and it is the best rice paper!