Chapter 323: A Woman Like a Fan

PS: You might as well guess Margaret's identity. Guess the winning prize!

During the exchange, Margaret's mouth often popped out of a few Chinese words, which greatly increased Yu Fei's favor for her.

It was certainly a pleasure to have a good conversation with such a charming woman at London's Bermondsey Market.

However, although the two chatted happily, Margaret never talked about her family and background, and Yu Fei didn't ask, and this understanding also made Margaret feel very comfortable.

Margaret was obviously very familiar with the Bazaar, and she took the initiative to take Yu Fei to the shop she frequented, and very enthusiastically introduced Yu Fei to the origin and history of some antiques.

Yu Fei didn't expect that Margaret, a young and beautiful woman, would be interested in antiques, and she seemed to have studied it like this.

In the end, Yu Fei fell in love with a set of baroque style antique furniture, the price was very cheap, a total of only 3,500 pounds, or about 35,000 yuan. Baroque furniture pays attention to smooth lines, luxurious carving technology, elegant curves, Europeans attach great importance to art decoration, they will clearly record the historical and cultural background through the process, its age, characteristics, belonging to which period, which person is well documented.

At the beginning of 2000, European classical furniture became popular in China, in addition to the exquisite shape, mainly because the Chinese people felt that the use of European furniture seemed to improve their own taste and decorate the façade. Yu Fei bought this set of British antique furniture, of course, not to decorate the façade. He felt that the shape of this set of furniture was relatively simple. Compared with Chinese furniture, each has its own characteristics.

Western antique furniture is very particular about the decorative style, and from the 18th century, new techniques such as Boolean craftsmanship, parquet veneer, madan lacquer painting technology, ivory inlay and so on have emerged. For example, the furniture is inlaid with precious stones and ivory, which reflects luxury. The tortoiseshell on the surface of the furniture is inlaid with copper to decorate the countertop of the cabinet, which is also a difficult process. Wood veneer is also popular in Europe. In contrast, Chinese Ming and Qing Dynasty furniture pays more attention to raw materials, and does not like this kind of bells and whistles process, thinking that it is a bit flashy.

Therefore, when Yu Fei saw this set of antique furniture, he felt a little novel. Coupled with the fact that the price was not expensive, I bought it.

Yu Fei left his address in Kyoto to the other party and asked the shopkeeper to send it directly to Kyoto.

"Yu. I can't tell you like these old stuff too. A lot of people would rather go and buy new ones, and in their opinion, the furniture is too old. Margaret said.

"They're old and old, but they're more attractive. Because he carries the memories of the past. Reverberates with the aftermath of history. Yu Fei said sincerely.

Although at the beginning, for Fei, picking up and buying antiques was to make money. But in the past few months, Yu Fei has fallen in love with the pleasure brought by antiques, and gradually realized the charming charm behind antiques.

"So, what you said is so good, you must be a poet." A misty glint flashed in Margaret's eyes. Although she is a few years older than Yu Fei, she has found a long-lost feeling of heartbeat in Yu Fei's body.

Yu Fei smiled faintly, looked at the sunset in the sky in the distance, and did not speak.

"It's been a pleasure to meet you. But I'm leaving. Margaret said, her voice a little muffled. It seems to be a little reluctant.

I don't know what Lu Dao is for, hearing that she is leaving, Yu Fei's heart is also a little reluctant, but he still nodded and said: "Me too, I'm very happy, I hope we will meet again." ”

"Hmm!" Margaret nodded, then drifted away. In fact, in her opinion, the encounter between the two is just a rub in the road of life. From the previous conversation, Margaret learned that Yu Fei did not live in London for a long time, he came here only for sightseeing, and he may leave in two days, and it is unlikely that he will even return for the rest of his life.

Therefore, the so-called re-seeing is nothing but a hypocritical courtesy, which is impossible to achieve. And even if they meet, the distance between the two is too great, and there is no hope at all if they want to be together.

Looking at Yiren's back, Yu Fei also felt a little distracted.

"Hi, Yu, you're here, let me find it." Borg's voice sounded, and the incompetent receptionist was sweating profusely and squeezed to the side of the two, he was really afraid that he would lose the distinguished guest by his negligence and laziness, and he would be reprimanded by the company.

"Wow! She is truly a charming beauty. Following Yu Fei's gaze, Borg saw Margaret's back, although it was only a back, but it still made him immediately judge that this was a very charming lady.

"Yes. You're right. Yu Fei said approvingly.

"It's just, why does this back look familiar?" Borg said with some confusion.

"Familiar? Do you ever see any pretty lady who would say that? Yu Fei quipped.

"Oh, how could it be?! How can you say that I am such a gentleman, my friend. Borg said with a smile.

Yu Fei ignored him. He walked out of the city first. He was no longer interested in shopping in the Bazaar, it was almost time for dinner, and Yu Fei felt hungry.

Dinner was a grilled steak. Considered a masterpiece of British cuisine, it is made by grilling large pieces of raw beef with oil in the oven. It can be eaten with Western-style mustard sauce, and the Yorkshire pudding as a side dish is also very good. Even though Yu Fei doesn't like Western food very much, he still eats a lot.

After dinner, seeing that Yu Fei did not want to go back to the hotel immediately, Borg took Yu Fei to the Tower of London, which has been used as a fortress, armory, treasury, mint, palace, observatory, refuge and prison for more than 900 years. When Yu Fei and the others arrived at the Tower of London, it was already night. But there is no shortage of tourists. After asking Borg, I learned that most of these people came to see the door locking ceremony.

Originally, Yu Fei still felt a little funny, there was a ceremony to lock the door, and there were so many people watching it. Seeing Yu Fei's disapproval, Borg's words made Yu Fei silent.

"I once had the privilege of going to Kyoto in your country, and it is said that many people come to the square every morning to see the flag-raising. I was also a little strange at the time. Borg said.

Yu Fei Zhidao Borg was talking about the flag-raising ceremony in Tiananmen Square in the morning. Indeed, since there are so many people watching the flag-raising, no one can watch why the door is locked.

After visiting the Treasure Hall, Yu Fei was about to leave when suddenly there was a commotion in the crowd, and it turned out that the door locking ceremony had begun.

Yu Fei saw a chief guard, escorted by a sergeant and three guards, wearing bright red shirts and black high-topped fur hats, walking out. The warden first locked the outermost gate, then the gate of the middle tower, and the door of the border fort at the end. Upon returning to the inner city, he was challenged by a sword-wielding officer. The guards drew their weapons; The Warden raised his Tudor hat and shouted, "God protect Queen Elizabeth!" ”

At this moment, the clock struck ten times, and a trumpeter blew a clear and long "Night Roll Call", echoing the 900-year-old memory of the majestic Tower of London in the dark night.

When I returned to the hotel, it was already more than 11 o'clock in the evening, and from 8 o'clock in the morning to 11 o'clock in the morning, Yu Fei played outside for fifteen hours! Yu Fei has the nourishment of chaotic qi, and Qi Zhi's physical strength is good, neither of them is aware of anything, but this is a bitter Borg.

Because he doesn't usually do much exercise, Borg's physical strength is completely overdrawn, and at the end of the day, he has already complained of misery. But considering Yu Fei's face, he didn't dare to show the slightest impatience. I just complained secretly in my heart: "I really don't know why these two Chinese can go so far!" Could it be that they were all trained by their daughters-in-law? ”

When Borg said goodbye, he handed Yu Fei a beautifully printed booklet, which was the lot of Southby's auction. Yu Fei roughly flipped through it, and as Ye Jianjun said, every lot in it was very unusual. This made Yu Fei also interested in tomorrow's auction. Otherwise, he might even go to see the scenery the next day.

But if that were the case, the blog wouldn't be with him.

Early the next morning, Sosby's car was already waiting outside the hotel, and the reception staff was still Borg, but compared to yesterday's casual, today's Borg's outfit was much more formal. Apparently because of today's auction. You must know that the British are very old-fashioned, and for such a high-profile auction, of course, you can't dress so casually.

Because of Ye Jianjun's reminder, Yu Fei returned a suit, and it seemed that the whole person was in a lot of energy.

"Let's drive." got into the car, Ye Jianjun said lightly. (To be continued......)