The birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, the parrots are learning, and the liveliness of the flower and bird market is no better than that of antiques.

In addition, the noon sun is very strong, and as soon as the golden earth shines, it is as if the entire flower and bird market is covered with a golden coat.

Wang Ding saw that in this market, there are a lot of flower and bird stalls, birds include parrots, sparrows, lovesick birds, chickadees, pigeons.

There are even colorful birds that Wang Ding can't name at all, Xiao Changyi told Wang Ding that the bird is called the colorful bird, which is a beautiful bird native to Australia, it has colorful feathers, and the tail has two long forks, just like swallows, they can rarely be seen in the place of origin anymore, due to human disturbances, their wild habitat has become less and less, and the wild species have been listed as conservation species.

Wang Ding couldn't help but lean over to observe, found that its body shape is between the yellow finch and the sparrow, and gossip with the stall owner, the stall owner told Wang Ding that the colorful bird feeds on cereals, artificial breeding has already been successful, now the breeding of the colorful bird is divided into several strains, the general varieties on the continent mainly have green body pink breast yellow head type and green body pink breast red head type or black head type, black head is generally a mother bird.

And when Wang Ding asked how many wild ones there were on the other side, the stall owner also shook his head and sighed, "There are less than 2,500." ”

At present, the colorful birds, one has to be sold at a price of up to 3,000 yuan, if it is not artificially raised, but the wild colorful birds native to Australia, the price is even more expensive. Of course, in general, China will not appear either.

After chatting for a while, Wang Ding realized that his knowledge of antiques was too narrow. In the consciousness of these stall owners. Flowers and birds are not separated. Antiques have been picked up, flowers and birds are also available, and even rare bird and beast varieties have surpassed antiques, and some good bonsai are old, and the price of beautiful root shape is unimaginable.

Wang Ding was not in a hurry to meet Xiao Changyi's friend, Xiao Changyi saw that Wang Ding was very interested in flowers and birds, so he simply made an appointment with his friend first. Let's take a look at this antique market first. Wang Ding also thinks that it is a good choice to buy two good decorative bonsai, put them in the courtyard, and then put them in the store.

When it comes to buying bonsai, Wang Ding is not as good as Xiao Changyi, or Xiao Changyi has to be Wang Ding's master.

For bonsai, Xiao Changyi has studied it, and his experience and experience in life are also richer than Wang Ding's.

Flowers and birds antiques, although "flowers and birds" are often associated with antiques, but in fact. Flowers, trees, birds and beasts, compared with antiques. There are certain differences.

Although the value of high-quality bonsai and rare birds and beasts is not inferior to that of national treasure-level antiques, flowers, trees, birds and beasts still pay attention to the word "raising"!

Antiques, even if they are leaked, they buy good things at a low price, but the value of this "good thing" is basically fixed, and experts have identified how much it is worth, and it will not fluctuate too much when it is sold. However, this is not the case with flower and tree bonsai! No matter how good the bonsai is, if you buy it back, raise it for a few months, and when you die, it is worthless.

And some bonsai bought at a low price, pruning branches and leaves, trimming shapes, and carefully taking care of them for a period of time, the price may increase several times or even dozens of times!

Of course, bonsai is more technical. Taking care of a high-quality bonsai, the doorway skills contained in it are almost comparable to simulating a fake antique that can be fake.

And to study the quality of a bonsai, it is probably from four aspects.

To sum up, it is age, shape, root, and rareness.

The so-called "age" is the age of the tree, a decades of old piles, the price is naturally more valuable than only three or five years of bonsai flowers, simply put, the silver laurel tree, more than ten years of the trunk of five or six meters will be tens of thousands, or even 100,000, if it is a year or two, that is just a few thousand pieces. This is easy for the average person to understand.

The shape is naturally the overall shape of bonsai flowers and trees, which is particularly critical to bonsai. If the shape is not good-looking, bonsai naturally cannot be considered a good bonsai. Generally speaking, the shape of bonsai, in addition to the shape of the basically fixed rhizome, is also more important, generally the trunk is divided into three branches, three branches and then three branches are the best. Of course, this is a specific type of bonsai, and most on the whole, bonsai also needs to pay attention to some details. A bonsai plant has been cultivated for a year, and it is important to pay attention to which new branches are issued, which ones to prune off, and which ones to leave. Even through various techniques, it is necessary to control its growth and development to make it a unique artistic shape, once something goes wrong, bonsai may be unrecognizable!

Roots, needless to say, most of the bonsai, look at the old roots, the root type has a great impact on the value of bonsai, the root type of good can make the price of bonsai greatly increased, and even, if a bonsai is raised "dead", the root type of good can still be sold at a very high price, carving. Jackie Chan carved phoenix is generally used from these materials.

As for "rare", that is, the degree of rarity, such as orchids, flower-like bonsai, naturally can't pay attention to the root and stem type, some are worth dozens of dollars, and some are worth millions of yuan. Those that are worth millions are basically because of the rarity of the variety.

Knowing this, Wang Ding began to shop in the flower and bird market.

Speaking of antiques, Wang Ding has aura to rely on, but in the case of flowers and trees, Wang Ding really has to rely on his own strength to judge.

Fortunately, Wang Ding's eyes have a special ability, and Wang Ding still has his advantages when he looks at a bonsai.

Wang Ding first looked at the banyan bonsai, which is also one of the more popular bonsai, and the most common banyan trees we generally see in urban beautification.

Banyan bonsai is made of banyan trees, ornamental banyan stumps and rhizomes and leaves for the purpose of ornamental banyan tree stumps, through pruning, pruning, hanging, grafting, careful cultivation, long-term control of its growth and development, making it a unique artistic shape of the potted banyan bonsai.

The aerial roots that grow on the branches of the banyan tree and protrude into the soil to form a new trunk, which is called "pillar roots". The banyan tree is 30 meters tall and stretches infinitely in all directions. The roots and branches of the pillars are intertwined, resembling a dense jungle, so it is called a "forest of trees".

There is also a kind of banyan tree whose roots resemble ginseng, which is called ginseng ficus. Its form is natural, the root plate is exposed, the crown is lush, the charm is unique, the posture is appreciated, it is interesting, the mood is happy, it is deeply liked by consumers all over the world, and it has been named "Chinaroots" (Chinese roots) in the Netherlands, it is a flower variety that goes to the world and has a Chinese brand, and it is a beautiful scenery for indoor and outdoor decorations!

Wang Ding's pick is a ginseng banyan.

The owner of this stall is an old man in his sixties, his temples are dyed white, his beard is flowing, and he has the demeanor of a master.

Wang Ding bowed politely and asked, "Old man, I want to buy a bonsai of a ginseng banyan tree, just this one, how much?" ”

The main trunk of this bonsai plant that Wang Ding likes is 30 centimeters high and 50 centimeters high, precisely because the roots of the tree resemble ginseng, which is very beautiful and decent.

Put it in the store, it must be good, Wang Ding thought about buying it.

The old gentleman glanced at Wang Ding, and then glanced at Xiao Changyi next to him, and said, "Buy ginseng banyan?" I don't listen to your accent like a local, I don't want you to pay a high price, I have been raising a bonsai for more than half a year, you look at this root type, this stem type, and this leaf is verdant and dripping, you will give me 3,008. ”

"Three thousand eight? You really dare to open your mouth, you can open a banyan bonsai for three thousand eight, so how much is the silver cinnamon next to you? ”

Xiao Changyi doesn't understand bonsai, a banyan bonsai, like this shape, age, and size, Mo Buqi will stop at a thousand, and three thousand eight is definitely the price of killing pigs.

Interlaced like a mountain, although flowers and birds and antiques are not separated, Wang Ding is still a layman, but listening to Xiao Changyi say this, Wang Ding also knows very well that this is the old gentleman's inflated price.

The old man glanced at Xiao Changyi unhappily, pointed to a silver cinnamon next to him and said, "You can't buy this silver cinnamon for three thousand eight, this silver cinnamon is a little white flower, the variety is very good, the root type is crooked, the grip is very deep, the shape of the stem is natural, it is very easy to raise, and if it takes a while, it is a treasure, and hundreds of thousands can be sold." If you buy it now, give me at least 20,000 yuan. ”

The old man is very arrogant, in fact, the old man already has the eye to see people when selling flowers and trees, although Xiao Changyi seems to be very interested in flowers and trees, but in the old man, he is not an insider at all, at most he has been playing antiques for a long time, and he has dabbled in the edge of flowers and trees, but when it comes to bonsai, he must not know very well.

Sure enough, as soon as the old gentleman said this, Xiao Changyi really couldn't argue with reason. But even though he didn't argue further, Xiao Changyi also knew that it was impossible for this silver cinnamon to sell for 20,000, and it was definitely mixed with a lot of water.

"Old gentleman, let's talk about this banyan bonsai first, I bought it to decorate the room, can it be a little cheaper, we have also come all the way, the price is high, you can't sell it, right?"

Or Wang Ding's words are true, the old gentleman glanced at the stall next to him, helpless the pressure of competition, and smiled, "Yes, although there are ginseng banyans, but each bonsai is different, they are all individual lives, I won't say so much, if you like it, give me three thousand yuan, and you will take three thousand yuan!" ”

"Three thousand yuan, can't it be cheaper?" Wang Ding was confused.

"Say, it's the lowest, it can't be lower!" The old gentleman said firmly.

"Can't you really go any lower, Lao Li?"

Wang Ding was still hesitating whether to buy this banyan bonsai for 3,000 yuan, only to hear a voice ringing in his ears, and then a man in his fifties had already stood beside Xiao Changyi.

This man was wearing a Mao suit, full of energy, with sword eyes and starry eyebrows, if it weren't for the folds at the corners of his eyes and the white silk on his temples, he really couldn't tell his age.

The man in the tunic was followed by a young man of about thirty years old, in a straight suit, which looked a little similar to the man, a bit like a father and son.

"Old money?" (To be continued......)

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