Chapter XXIII

Zhou Wenping and Chu Chen had a drink and asked him, "Xiao Chen, are you free next week?" I have a house-digging job. ”

"Like our antique business, how can we not be free? But who is the other party, Brother Zhou, how did you start the work of pulling fiber? Chu Chen asked a little strangely.

"Hey, the owner of that house is actually my mother-in-law's second uncle......"

"What second uncle!"

Sister-in-law Zhou interjected: "Actually, it is one of us in the village, their family was a landlord at the beginning, and my grandfather also worked as a long-term worker for them." ”

"Mom, what is a long-term worker?" Zhou Wenhui stopped the sweets in her mouth and asked curiously.

Zhou Wenping hurriedly said: "This long-term worker, that is, a person who has been working without wages, is called a long-term worker." ”

"you, how can you say that, and I'm not afraid of teaching my daughter badly." Sister-in-law Zhou said with a strange face.

"Ah, then Dad doesn't have to be paid for housework all day long, then Dad you are also a long-term worker!"

"Poof!"

Zhou Wenhui's words caused everyone to laugh, and Zhou Wenping said to her embarrassedly:

"Children, eat your stuff, don't talk nonsense."

When Zhou Wenhui heard this, she was immediately a little unhappy, pouting and saying, "Hmph, stinky father, I ignore you." ”

"Uh-huh!" Zhou Wenping coughed a little embarrassed, and changed back to the topic:

"Just like my mother-in-law said, that family used to be a landlord, and there were still some things in the house, which were not destroyed before, and this time something happened to his family, so he was going to find someone to take a look, and wanted to exchange these ancestral things for some money for emergency."

"They all know that I'm in this business, so they called me in the afternoon and asked me to help pull down the fiber, but I don't know what good things his house can have, so I want to ask your opinion."

As soon as Chu Chen heard this, he happily agreed: "Cheng, this is definitely no problem, of course this kind of opportunity cannot be missed, even if there is no gain at that time, you can also go to Xijing to have a visit." I have been in the antique industry for so many years, and I have not been to Xijing, the thousand-year-old capital, so I should take this opportunity to visit the antique market there. ”

Zhou Wenping was also very happy when he saw Chu Chen agree, and turned his head and asked the fifth child: "What do you say, fifth child?" ”

Lao Wu scratched his head and said a little apologetically: "Brothers, I'm sorry, I'm going to go home with my daughter-in-law next week, but unfortunately I can't catch up." ”

"Okay, Guodong, are you going?" Zhou Wenping asked Li Guodong again.

Chu Chen said with a smile before Li Guodong could answer: "Yes, Guodong, you are fine during the summer vacation, you can bring your girlfriend with you, you can also increase your feelings for each other, and let us get to know your girlfriend." ”

After hearing this, Lao Wu said jokingly: "Yo, Guodong, okay, it's still vulgar after being a monk for a few years, why didn't you bring it to dinner today, so that everyone can get to know each other." ”

Zhou Wenping picked up the wine bottle and said: "That's it, you can't do it, you shouldn't be a friend, no, you must be fined three glasses in a row." ”

Everyone coaxed him to drink, and when Li Guodong saw this, he had to drink three glasses of wine.

Maybe it's really wine that makes people brave, after three glasses of wine, Li Guodong has a red face and red ears, and says with a big tongue:

"Okay, just go, I'll bring my one with me, or I'll take your last name."

Everyone applauded, Chu Chen said with a smile: "Okay, in the words of the people of Bashu, Xiong is rising, just rush here, I also want to give you a cup Brother Li." ”

After that, everyone was staggered, happy, and the atmosphere was quite warm.

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The next day, Chu Chen also woke up early in the morning, yesterday's meal, everyone ate for more than three hours, the atmosphere was warm, and the wine was also very intense, the four of them drank a total of eight bottles of 500 ml of Moutai, to Zuihou Except for Chu Chen, who was still a little sober because of his good physique, everyone else was drunk.

Maybe it was because the quality of the wine was good yesterday, or maybe it was because he had a special ability, Chu Chen didn't feel a headache after getting up, otherwise the taste of a hangover would be uncomfortable.

Today, Chu Chen plans to buy some goods, after thinking about it in the past two days, he still thinks that it is better to practice the stalls, there are still a lot of news channels for the vendors, and the antique industry is the most important news, and it is mixed in the market, and it is more convenient to encounter the opportunity to pick up leaks.

As for gambling stones, to be honest, Chu Chen didn't think about how to plan specifically, it's okay to gamble occasionally, but if he goes to gamble on stones all day long, and he wins a lot of bets, maybe he will be suspected.

Besides, the quality of wool here in the capital is not as good as in the south, and good steel should be used on the blade, what Chu Chen wants most now is to take a hitchhike to the gambling stone market in southern Yunnan to see if he can meet a few informants.

He usually hears that haode jadeite wool is placed in the seller's house, and if there is no informant to lead the way, others will not sell it to you. If he knew the informant now, he wouldn't have picked up the goods today, and would have made a plane to gamble on stones in southern Yunnan.

In fact, the most important thing is that there is no money, if there is money, go directly to the public market for bulk transactions, Chu Chen believes that with his ability, he will definitely be able to make a lot of money at that time, and if he is lucky, it will not be difficult to earn hundreds of millions.

Thinking of these, Chu Chen was a little hesitant, whether to go to gamble on stones, or to get the goods, after thinking about it, or give up the temptation of gambling stones, after all, this gambling stone market is too easy to spread, yesterday I went to gamble on stones and won, and today I won again in gambling stones, which will always make some people with ulterior motives notice.

In the final analysis, Chu Chen's fame is too small, if he is famous, he will not be surprised to win a lot, which is why he wants to gamble on stones in southern Yunnan, where the wool base is large, it is not strange to win a bet, and if you win a few times, others will only praise your good eyesight, and then your fame will come up.

The place where Chu Chen went to pick up the goods was in the Beijing Antique City, which is separated by a wall from Panjiayuan, and this channel was also introduced by Uncle Wu.

Beijing Antique City, should be regarded as the largest antique art trading center in Asia at present, its formation time is similar to that of Panjiayuan, both places, are the old antique market in Beijing.

Although it was not a weekend, Chu Chen came here, and he still saw the crowd surging and lively, but the shop Chu Chen was going to was a little remote, and he didn't have to try the crowded taste with others, otherwise it would be really uncomfortable to be crowded on a hot day.

When he was about to walk to the shop, suddenly an old man threw out of an antique shop and said indignantly:

"What kind of thing, it's obviously an object handed down from my ancestors, but I insist that it is a modern imitation, and I don't have the eyesight to open an antique shop!"

This situation should be the contradiction caused by the old man taking antiques to sell, but the palm master is not optimistic, and he also said bad things. Chu Chen didn't care about it at first, after all, there are many such things in the antique shop, although there are also antique shop masters who look away, but most of the objects brought by the guests are not real.

It's just that when Chu Chen saw the object in the old man's hand in the afterglow of his eyes, he felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted: "Old man, please stay." ”

"What, what's the matter with you?"

The old man stopped, his tone was a little stiff, he tightened the things in his hand, and looked at Chu Chen with some vigilance.

Chu Chen said to the old man with a smile: "Old man, I don't mean anything, I just want to ask if you want to sell what you have in your hand, and if you can, can you let me get started." ”

The old man looked at Chu Chen with suspicion and said, "Do you want to buy it?" If you want to buy it, we can say that this item is not cheap. ”

Chu Chen nodded and said, "Okay, it's just that the things are good, and we can negotiate the price." ”

The old man had originally come to sell something, and seeing that Chu Chen was very talkative, he walked to the side of the road, and then handed the things in his hand to Chu Chen.

This old man may not be a person in the antique industry, and he doesn't know that antiques can't be used directly, Chu Chen frowned when he saw this, so he had to carefully take the things over, and then observe them carefully.

It is a green jade seal about six centimeters high, and there is a black thing on it, which at first glance feels a little ugly.

However, as soon as the thing was in his hands, Chu Chen's heart laughed, and he knew that this was indeed an antique, perhaps it was because of this black thing that the people in the antique shop were gone.

This piece of black and black thing, there is a special term in the antique shop, called "oil", from the Song Dynasty to the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is very popular. Specifically, through some thermal processing methods, some black substances such as "ebony sawdust" are dipped into the jade, so that the jade produces an antique taste, which is also called "blackening".

This method is also often used in modern counterfeiting, but the ancient practice has certain limitations, because their processing level is not in place, so the jade will have cracks. After the ancients played for a long time, the sweat soaked into the cracks, resulting in a kind of yellow Qin, which contrasted with the black Qin very obviously.

From this point of view, it can be seen that this seal should be an old thing. Chu Chen didn't understand either, such an obvious feature of weishenme, the owner of that store didn't see it, could it be that the person's level was not high, or was it just a casual glance and it was determined?

Then Chu Chen's mother carefully observed the characteristics of this seal, and the first thing she saw was that the black qin produced by the oil spread down from the top, which could be described as solemn.

The whole chapter is square, and the texture is delicate and clean. The top black Qin part is carved with dragon buttons, the dragon body is coiled, the dragon head is in the center, and the majestic four instruments. The dragon scales can be counted, the facial features are fine, and the craftsmanship is excellent, which is the perfect combination of jade and craftsmanship.

Look at the carving of this dragon button, it should be the characteristics of the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, and then use a magnifying glass to look at the carving of this dragon, you can see that there are many lines, this pattern is the ancient water stool and emery polishing traces, in line with the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty.

From the above points, it can be basically concluded that this thing should be a Ming Dynasty oil-lifting green jade ancient dragon button seal, and then use the ability, which also confirms this conclusion.