After the group finished dividing the bracelets, the men and women wore a cloisonné bracelet on their wrists, which was a tacit understanding. Ai Xiaoyu chose a cloisonné cloisonne that she had found early in the morning, which should be a bracelet from the prosperous Kangqian period of the Qing Dynasty, and it was inlaid with purple diamonds, which was very rare.

Then, everyone continued to shop by store, and when they were about to finish, they entered a special shop, which sold all purple clay pots, and the purple clay pots reminded people of the tea ceremony in Guangzhou.

Guangzhou's herbal tea ceremony, the so-called herbal tea, refers to the medicinal cold and can dissipate internal heat of the Chinese herbal decoction water as a drink, in order to eliminate the heat in the human body in summer, or the sore throat caused by dryness in winter.

The herbal tea here has a long history, and there are many varieties of herbal tea, including the herbal tea series represented by the famous Wanglaoji herbal tea in later generations, as well as the turtle paste soup, raw fish and arrowroot vegetable soup, carrot and bamboo cane water, etc., which are all traditional old herbal teas in Guangzhou.

Then there is the morning tea tea ceremony, what Guangzhou people call drinking tea, in fact, refers to drinking tea in a tea house or tea house. Not only drink tea, but also eat all kinds of snacks as breakfast; Not only drink morning tea, but also drink afternoon tea and night tea; Not only to fill the belly, but also to spread news, talk about friendship, and negotiate business by the way.

Tea drinking in Guangzhou is actually a way of social communication, just as eating and drinking in Chongqing is a way of communicating. Although Ai Xiaoyu especially doesn't like to eat and drink to exchange feelings, she really would rather meet friends with tea and appreciate friends with tea.

In addition, the people of Guangzhou love to drink sugar water in all seasons, and they believe that the sugar water made by boiling certain medicinal herbs, beans, fruits, and noodle foods with sugar has the effect of moisturizing and cooling off the heat and nourishing the body. Perhaps many functional drinks were born in this way.

"This is a purple clay pot store, right? That's a lot! ”

Ai Dad is very interested in tea now, thinking that so far, he has not had a decent set of tea sets, and seeing so many purple clay pots in front of him, it can be regarded as drowsy and touching the pillow.

Seeing Ai Dad's eyes shining, Ai Xiaoxiang also remembered that although Ai Dad now has a certain habit of drinking tea, but the tea and tea sets used are not high-grade, it seems that this time to Guangzhou not only to examine the clothing industry, but also to change a good set of tea sets, buy some famous black tea in Guangzhou, oolong tea.

"Dad, why don't I help you pick out a tea set? I don't think the tea set at home is very good, and now I have met the purple clay pot, just to help you change the grade! ”

Ai Xiaoyu ran the Tai Chi exercises, and gradually there was a spiritual compelling in a corner of the shop, she took a closer look, it should be the purple clay pot covered with a thin layer of ash, and looked at the position where it was placed, and she knew that the Tao was not valued by the store.

Ai Xiaoyu didn't have time to carefully observe the purple clay pot she fancied, so she listened to the shopkeeper introduce to Ai's father: "This gentleman, at first glance, you are a fellow practitioner, and the purple clay pot in my house is the most collected purple clay pot in Guangzhou!" In addition to the pots that did not offer spring, Chen Mingyuan's purple clay pots are a lot, you can come and have a look, you can all come and have a look. ”

The shopkeeper pulled Abba to the most conspicuous container and introduced: "Look at it, look at it, this is Chen Mingyuan's pumpkin pot, lotus seed pot, Fenghan Sanyou pot, and Songduan pot......

Here, and here, there is a tree gall pot that imitates the Ming Dynasty for spring, which is not bad! There are also famous pots in modern times, including the Sinochem Dragon Pot, the Erquan Ming Pot, and the Bingxin Daoren Pot......

Isn't it dazzling and dizzying? These are antiques!

I heard the accent of your voice and knew that you are from Sichuan, and it is rare to come to our Guangzhou once, so you must bring something back as a souvenir. Our tea culture is prevalent in Guangzhou, and tea sets must be good tea sets! ”

Ai Xiaoyu listened to the store call out Chen Mingyuan's famous teapot, she snickered in her heart, she observed this shop, the store seemed to be selling with the unique shape of the purple clay pot, and the purple clay pot with the characteristic shape should be a good pot in his mouth.

Ai Dad looked at it for a long time and understood, dare to love this store is also a second goods that don't understand anything, if these are the so-called antique teapots, this store will not have been sent a long time ago!

He said to the shopkeeper very wittily: "Boss, if these purple clay pots of yours are antiques, I can't afford to buy them, the money I earn is hard money, and I can't spend it lavishly!" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, we're all so familiar, it's a big deal I'll give you the biggest deal. Do you have a crush? ”

"How much do you want for this imitation of the spring pot?"

"This pot? This, although this is not an authentic spring pot, but it is also an imitation of the Qing Dynasty, it has been hundreds of years from now, the price is certainly not low, I generally sell it for 10,000 yuan, and I will give you the biggest discount now, five thousand! Well, it's a 50% discount! ”

"Wow, you didn't buy a teapot here! You're going to kill me! Five thousand dollars is not fifty, five hundred! For 5,000, I can buy a decent house in the mainland! No, no, it's too expensive, you can introduce me to a cheaper one! ”

"Or, just this Chinese dragon pot, this is a mandarin duck tea vessel designed by Ji Hansheng and made by Cao Anxiang that can brew two kinds of tea at the same time! You see, take a closer look, this shape is ingenious, the lines are stretched, vivid, look, look, what a good pot! ”

As the shopkeeper spoke, he felt that he was moved, and he was reluctant to sell it, so he was so depressed that he didn't dare to ask the price, so he said: "I see that your pot is still too good, I definitely can't afford it!" Why don't you switch to another cheaper one? ”

Ai Xiaoyu saw that everyone's eyes were gathered on the store, and she put her eyes back on the body of this unappreciated purple sand pot, this purple sand pot shape is very common, with half a scoop as the body, the flow is short and straight, put into a ring, and the cover is set with an arc button, the shape is particularly simple, and it doesn't feel like the general design of the famous artist.

Although there is no gorgeous pattern on the body of the pot, there is only a bunch of chrysanthemums in a simple pen, and there is a knife inscription on the side: "The tea is ripe, the chrysanthemum is blooming, and the autumn people are coming, do you come?" ”

Picking up the purple clay pot, I found that the bottom of the pot was written with the inscription of "Amanda Room", and there was a small seal of the word "Peng Nian" under the handle. Ai Xiaoyu thought about it, could this be the Mansheng pot that has been handed down very rarely?

Ai's father was dizzy by the store at the moment, he saw his daughter carrying the store on his back, and quietly pointed to a purple clay pot in the corner, so he tacitly knew that his daughter should think that the pot was very good.

Ai Dad consciously took the store to the corner, and this time Ai Xiaoyu had gone around to the back of the crowd, and the father and daughter's abacus was not discovered by the store at all.

"Boss, you said so many good pots, I can't afford one, I see that the purple clay pot in your corner has been covered with a layer of dust, it shouldn't be very important to you, are these pots much cheaper?"

"Oh, you're talking about these pots? These pots are simple in shape and have no sense of art, I don't think you need to buy them! ”

"I just usually use it to drink tea, I don't pay attention to modeling, I don't pay attention to art, and I don't need antiques, as long as I can use it to make tea, I don't dislike it."

Boss, tell me, are your pots the same price? How much do you need to sell? ”

Ai's father didn't point out the pot that his daughter was optimistic about, he was still careful in everything, lest the bamboo basket be empty, and he wouldn't cry when the time came!

"Okay, I see that you are an honest man, and I won't force you, these pots you said are all at the same price, these are all wholesaled back by me from an antique shop next to it that is about to close, the price is really not expensive, I don't make you money, you can take a handful for 500 yuan!"

"Huh? Aren't these cheap? Forget it, forget it, boss, you just told me so much about the knowledge of purple clay pots, and I have gained a lot of knowledge, and I am embarrassed to pay you back the price, 500 is 500!

I'm going to want this teapot, it's a complete set, and there are four teacups, so I don't have to go with the teacups when I buy them.

Xiaolan, help me pay for it! Hehe, I usually don't bring money with my wife when I go out, and it's not safe to put it on my body, she has a bag, which is a lot safer! Hehe......"

Ai Dad ignored the store's contempt for him, said honestly, his hand did not stop, and chose the tea set that his daughter had just pointed to, with a slight apologetic smile on his face.

The group walked out of the door in the disdain of the store, and Ai's mother also said to Ai's father helplessly: "Wanlin, I didn't say you, your current face is really thick enough to be a city wall!" ”

Ai Xiaoyu also admired Ai's father very much: "Dad, you are so good at pretending now, you have fooled that store for a long time in vain!" ”

"Hehe, good daughter, we are far away from that store now, do you want to tell your father, what is the origin of this set of purple clay pots you chose?"

"Ha Luha, I'm guessing, I think this purple clay pot looks like the Mansheng pot introduced in a book! Mansheng pot, also known as half scoop pot, is designed and made in Yixing, Jiangsu Province in the Qing Dynasty, and the famous pot maker Yang Pengnian and the goldsmith Chen Mansheng cooperated.

Chen Mansheng is a seal carver in the Qing Dynasty, good at poetry, calligraphy and painting, and should be regarded as a generation of celebrities. ”

"I think the shape of this pot is very simple, huh?" Ai Dad said with a skeptical expression.

"Ai Dad, the ancients have a saying: 'Literature is simple is precious, painting is precious', this purple clay pot should be the same reason, returning to simplicity is also a kind of beauty! And the purple clay pot is made to make tea, if it is too prosperous and beautiful, there will be some priorities! “

Nie Xinyuan is a staunch supporter of Ai Xiaoyu, but he has seen Ai Xiaoyu miss it several times, and he has great trust in this sister's appraisal of antiques.

Ai's mother also said with a look of agreement: "Well, what Xinyuan said is very reasonable, and I also believe in my daughter's choice, Wanlin, you, just go to the side and steal the fun!" My daughter has selected it for you for a long time, but it is not an antique, but the heart inside is also precious! ”