Chapter XXXVIII
The old lady smiled, didn't answer Xie Jiashan, and asked Xie Jiabao and Xie Jiacheng: "The second, third, and daughter-in-law, which one of you are optimistic about, you can pick them all!" ”
The three daughters-in-law all picked out the three jade ornaments on the desk, and Xie Jiabao and Xie Jiacheng picked two of the calligraphy and paintings.
The old lady asked Zhou Nan again: "Nannan, what do you like?" ”
Zhou Nan stretched out his little finger and bit it lightly in his mouth, then pointed to the purple clay pot on the coffee table at the root of the tree and said, "That, purple clay pot!" ”
After Zhou Nan said this, he secretly glanced at Zhang Can again, but saw Zhang Can frowning slightly, thinking that it was bad, wrong, it was not a purple clay pot, but there was obviously only this thing over there, if he was wrong, what was it?
The old lady smiled even more, then looked at Zhang Can and asked, "Young man, tell me, what do you say is the most valuable thing in my living room?" ”
Zhang Can smiled slightly, turned his head and pointed to the tea set in the corner, and said with a smile: "Old man, there are many valuable things in your living room, calligraphy and painting, jade ornaments, purple clay pots, including those two mahogany furniture, these are all worth some money, but the most valuable thing is the wooden plate on the coffee table at the root, that is, the dark wooden plate containing the purple clay pot, that thing is the most valuable!" ”
Except for the old lady, everyone else was stunned, the three brothers of Xie Jiashan and their daughters-in-law didn't expect that Zhang Can actually said that the tea set plate for drinking tea was the most valuable, just now when Zhou Nan said that the purple clay pot was the most valuable, they were a little bottomless in their hearts, maybe it was really the purple clay pot that was valuable, but at the beginning they didn't think about it at all, this antique, it must be the more precious things the more tightly hidden, but the purple clay pot tea set, teapot and teacup, are all the old man made tea every day before his death and drank tea, after the old man passed away, It was rarely used, and no one touched it in the corner, and the old lady occasionally sat to make a pot of tea, and they all thought that the old lady was missing her wife, so they didn't care.
But what is that wooden plate worth? Speaking of tops, it's just a small plate made of wood, what is it worth?
Everyone has doubts in their hearts, but which one is the most valuable, Zhang Can said that it doesn't count, and it doesn't count until the old lady says it, so everyone looks at the old lady.
At this time, Xie Jiacheng's son Xie Yong bought a box of clock tools and came back, which was a subtle tool specially used for disassembling clocks and watches, but it was a critical time for the old lady to speak, so Xie Jiacheng just put the tool box on the coffee table and did not let Zhang Can open the watch immediately.
The expression on the old lady's face was not obvious, so that her sons and daughters-in-law couldn't figure out whether they were selected or not, Zhou Nan naturally didn't know whether it was right or not, but in the bottom of her heart, she still believed in Zhang Can, after all, Zhang Can's appearance in the gold store made her extremely surprised, although she didn't understand, but she also knew that the kind of technology, the level of eyesight, is far from being achieved by ordinary people, generally speaking, the clerks who work in the gold store will be professionally trained to avoid business trips. The sales employees who work in the regular store will be assessed and can only be officially employed after getting the employment certificate.
"Well, since you've all picked it out, I won't say more, I just want to hear Xiao Zhang's explanation and listen to his views." The old lady still said to Zhang Can with a smile on her face, and asked him to explain why she chose the wooden plate.
Zhang Can spread his hands and praised the old lady: "Old man, almost all the things in your living room are genuine, calligraphy and paintings, jade ornaments, pen holders, mahogany chairs, root coffee tables, purple clay pots, sandalwood tea trays, all of them are genuine, none of them are fake." ”
Everyone has just heard Zhang Can say, the wooden tea tray is the most valuable, but except for the old lady, no one else understands, what is the value of the wooden plate, then I heard Zhang Can say the name, said "sandalwood", the reputation is not very peculiar, it seems that I have heard it somewhere, but I can't remember, what is this sandalwood, just such a wooden plate, even if it is valuable, where can it be worth?
Zhang Can had already swept the living room completely with black and white eyes, these things were printed in his mind at the moment, while thinking, he said: "Those six calligraphy and paintings, it is really the most valuable horse picture, but these six paintings are not ancient paintings, they are all modern works, and the painter is not a famous master, speaking of which, the value of the horse picture should be about 20,000, and the other five are in the thousands, and the other three aunts picked the three jade ornaments, the pen holder is black jade, and the texture is average. It is worth about three thousand, the jade reclining Buddha is a topaz carving, the carving is average, only medium, the jade quality is also average, about five thousand, the most valuable jade ornament should be the rooster carved from the bloodstone, the color on the jade will be cleverly matched, the craftsman's carving skills are excellent, but the bloodstone itself is not very good, the texture is also medium, so the price will be discounted, it should be worth about 30,000. ”
Zhang Can said this, and turned to point to the mahogany chair and said: "Let's talk about it here, the two mahogany chairs are some years, they are real rosewood, but they are not the most expensive kind, the two chairs can be worth about 25,000, the root carved coffee table, the surface is also carved a reclining Buddha, a pair of hands just hold the tea tray tea set, vivid, this skill is very good, the root is also old yellow wood, there are three or four years of age, this root coffee table is a good work of art, in my opinion, it can be worth 20,000 yuan." ”
The three brothers of the Xie family and the three women were in a daze, but they never thought that these things in the living room were worth tens of thousands of dollars, and they always thought that the old lady hid the old man's antiques in the room, because there were indeed two locked big boxes in the room, but they didn't expect that the old lady put all the valuable toys in the living room and never moved, they really didn't expect that these things in front of them were genuine products worth tens of thousands!
What I didn't expect was that the root tea carving was worth 20,000 yuan!
Zhang Can pointed to the purple sand pot and said: "Let's talk about this purple sand pot tea set, a pot and six purple sand cups, this thing, at least before the end of the Qing Dynasty, is from the Qing official kiln, and the bottom of the pot and the cup have the mark and seal of the official kiln, this is the least difficult to recognize......
"Brother Zhang, you are a good student, these things in my house are really worth so much money?"
The most curious was Xie Yong, the son of Zhou Nan's uncle, the junior high school student, who asked curiously.
Fortunately, other people were attracted by Zhang Can's explanation, and no one thought about what Xie Yong was thinking, in fact, Xie Yong thought in his heart that if he took one piece and exchanged it for money, he could have a good time with a few good friends.
Zhang Can smiled and said: "Let's talk about the wooden plate, this wooden plate is really valuable, I think you all know the high-end of mahogany furniture, this wooden plate is also mahogany, but it is different from the two types of mahogany chairs, this is the most precious type of mahogany, called' Rosewood', the preciousness of rosewood, mainly has a thousand years of square timber, and after a thousand years of rosewood, the trunk is twisted and turned, there are few straight trunks, and the largest diameter is only about 40 centimeters, that is already the limit, generally hundreds of thousands of rosewood is only about 20 centimeters, and the rosewood trunk is twisted, there are a lot of hollows, there are ' Generally speaking, the furniture that can be made of red sandalwood is very small, and the most to do is some Buddha beads, pendants, hand beads, etc., and this plate, you see, the texture is twisted purple and black, although the plate is wooden, but the weight is like iron, what is more rare is that this wooden plate is about 40 centimeters long, and the width is more than 30 centimeters, which is extremely rare in the red sandalwood, it is already extremely rare large material, if you talk about the price, I really can't say......
The old lady's eyes were very bright, and she stared at Zhang Can very appreciatively, while Zhou Nan's uncles and aunts were stunned for a long time, but Xie Yong stretched out his head and asked, "Then how much is this plate worth?" If it's more expensive than those, it's worth at least 180,000, right? ”
Xie Yong listened to it for a long time, those words and paintings, including those teapots and cups, tree roots and chairs, these are worth tens of thousands of yuan, which makes him itch, I heard that this wooden plate is more expensive, and he is more curious, this wooden plate is small, and it is easier to take, and if the price is good, it is more convenient to get out, so he quickly asked, how much is this thing worth.
Zhang Can groaned, the value of this red sandalwood, he really doesn't know too much, I heard Lao Su mention a little bit before, if you want to talk about the value, this red sandalwood is more valuable than the golden silk nan wood he made in his hometown river, the reason why the golden silk nan wood is not as good as the red sandalwood, the trunk is large and straight after the timber, and it can make large furniture, and the red sandalwood is ten sandalwood and nine empty, and the trunk is twisted, so it can't make large furniture at all, so the price of red sandalwood is more expensive than the golden silk nanmu.
After pondering for a moment, Zhang Cancai said: "I can't say the specific price, but I can mention that the red sandalwood is ten sandalwood and nine empty, and it is rare in the world to be able to make a material like this plate so wide and long, a few years ago in Jincheng auctioned a twenty centimeter long red sandalwood carved lion statue, the final transaction price is 6.6 million, although this plate does not have the carver of the lion, but it is so wide and so long, and it is really unique, I think its price is by no means less than the lion statue, at least, it is about the same! ”
"Oh...... More than six million? ...... days"
The people in the hall suddenly exclaimed, Xie Jiashan Xie Jiabao and other three brothers and daughters-in-law were so shocked that their faces changed, although their family is still rich, but they are by no means people who take six or seven million things seriously, and the main thing is that this wooden plate is worth so much money, which is really unimaginable to them, from childhood to adulthood, they have seen it every day, and they have never taken it seriously, but they didn't expect it to be a precious thing worth six or seven million!
But whether it is as Zhang Can said, it is not certain, but also the approval of their mother and old lady, the old lady should know the value of this rosewood plate.
The old lady's smile finally slowly put away, and she looked at the rosewood plate in a daze.
The old lady didn't speak, and the Xie Jiashan brothers were also anxious, and the three daughters-in-law also gathered around and asked, "Mom, is that wooden plate real or fake, is it really worth so much money?" ”
The old lady seemed to be immersed in the memory, as if she had not heard.
Zhou Nan and Xie Yong stepped forward, one on each side, and hugged the old lady's arm and shook it gently, before shaking the old lady awake.
The old lady let out an "oh", looked at Zhang Can and remembered the situation just now, nodded, and then asked, "Young man, then you said that this is a wooden plate made of rosewood, so do you have any way to prove it?" ”
When the old lady asked, the family's eyes were firmly on Zhang Can, and they didn't know what method he was going to use to prove it, or there was no way at all, or he was just talking nonsense, this was not rosewood at all!