Soon, the time was Sunday. Today is already Chinese New Year's Eve, the streets and alleys are already full of the smell of the New Year, thinking that this year can be celebrated with his parents soon, Chu Chen's heart can't help but be a little excited and excited.

Moreover, when he went to treat the old man today, he also said that this year, in addition to Chu Yongping, the men, women and children of the Chu family are going to Chu Chen's house for the New Year, and as for Chu Yongping not to come, there is no way to do it, after all, he is now the number one in the local area, and he will be more busy during the New Year and the holidays.

Speaking of which, Chu Yongning is also very busy, but he is in the capital, so he can still rush back for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and Chu Shengjie of the uncle's family can only arrive in the evening of Chinese New Year's Eve.

Because of what happened since he was a child, Chu Chen actually envied those scenes of a large family, seven or eight or even a dozen or so people celebrating the New Year together. However, in previous years, when the adoptive father was alive, only the father and son were lonely for the New Year, and when they arrived in the capital, because of Uncle Wu's family, the New Year was finally a little more lively, but with Wu Ke, there were only five people.

Therefore, even if all relatives were not present, Chu Chen was already very happy.

After coming out of his grandfather's place, Chu Chen came to the TV station to complete the filming of the program, had dinner with the program team, and then took the red envelope and drove to his store.

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone is busy with New Year's affairs, Chu Chen came to the store pù, there were only two or three guests, looking very deserted.

After greeting everyone one by one, Chu Chen found that everyone was very enthusiastic about him.

In fact, this is also normal, because when Chu Chen and everyone had a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner last night, he had already sent a relatively large red envelope to each employee. In particular, some of the work has been remarkable, and there are additional rewards. Therefore, everyone sees him as the God of Wealth. How can it not be enthusiastic?

After saying hello, Chu Chen saw that Zhou Wenping was writing a holiday notice, the time was from Chinese New Year's Eve to the seventh day of the new year, and the eighth day of the new year officially went to work, and the eight-day holiday was also good. Of course, considering that there are more valuables in the store, during the Spring Festival, the store also arranges staff on duty, and the security guards are also on duty 24 hours a day.

Wait for Zhou Wenping to post the notice. Chu Chen asked, "Brother Zhou, have they arrived?" ”

"I just arrived at noon today, and now I'm home!" Zhou Wenping said with a smile.

"That's the business anyway today, or you can go back first!" Chu Chen said.

"No, you don't! No! Zhou Wenping waved his hand again and again: "Anyway, as long as you wait a few more hours, it's okay for me to go back so early." ”

Seeing that Zhou Wenping insisted, Chu Chen didn't say anything more, and turned back to Uncle Wu and said, "Dad, why don't you go back early, anyway, no one will come to sell antiques today." ”

"Hey! I didn't have anything to do when I went back! Uncle Wu put down the newspaper in his hand. said with a smile: "Besides, this seller doesn't necessarily have it, the fifth child is home again, and I can still top it at a critical time." ”

"Isn't there still me!" Chu Chen said with a smile.

"Is there any delivery here today?"

Chu Chen's words just fell. An old man in his fifties walked in through the door.

"Look, isn't this a business?" Uncle Wu said with a smile.

The clerk welcomed the old man in, and Chu Chen asked with a smile, "Uncle." Do you have something to transfer? ”

"The most!" The old man nodded: "I went to a few antique shops just now, and it's not a desperate price cut." That is, if there is not enough money, the bank cannot withdraw the money. There are even more annoying, after looking at it twice, I can't see it accurately, this thing is obviously handed down by my ancestors, how can it be wrong? ”

Chu Chen was noncommittal about this, although this old man seemed to be more honest, but there was no shortage of liars in the antique industry, and there were many people who looked like honest people but were actually liars.

He smiled and said, "Uncle, don't worry, as long as the things are good and the price is reasonable, we will definitely accept them." ”

"This thing of mine must be good, you will know it when you see it!" The old man put the thing wrapped in cloth in his hand on the table, and then opened it, and it turned out to be a porcelain pillow.

The porcelain pillow is rectangular with rounded corners, small in size, it looks like a pulse pillow, its straight body and flat bottom, the pillow surface is slightly concave inward, the shape is simple and elegant, which makes people feel happy at a glance. However, to the surprise of Chu Chen and others, this porcelain pillow actually uses the twisting process.

Stranded porcelain is also known as "twisted mud", "stirred porcelain", "through the flower porcelain". Twisting tires is a new process in the ceramic industry in the Tang Dynasty, which did not appear before the Tang Dynasty and was lost after the Jingkang Revolution in the Song Dynasty.

The so-called twisted tire is to knead two or more porcelain clay of different colors together, and then twist and pull the blank, make zuò forming, pour a layer of transparent glaze, and fire. Due to the different ways of kneading the mud, the texture changes endlessly.

There are two techniques for twisting tires, or full twisting tires, that is, the two-color tires are directly pulled and formed after twisting, and the effect is extremely small wood leaf texture; The other is the bezel tire, which is to twist the tire and slice it, and then paste it on the porcelain one by one and fire it twice.

The types of fetal utensils unearthed in the Tang tomb include cups, bowls, plates, jars, pillows, etc., with rectangular pillows being the most common, and the main shapes are rounded rectangular pillows, rectangular pillows, and three-color glazed rectangular pillows.

The twisted tire pattern is fine and fine, and the wood texture, the "several" shape zigzag pattern, the group pattern, etc., among which the group pattern has three kinds of plum pattern, Ruyi cloud pattern, and diamond pattern. There are three kinds of white, brown and black twisted mud, there are white, brown or white, black two-color twisting, there are also white, brown and black three-color twisting, all of which are very exquisite.

The pillow surface of this porcelain pillow in front of me is the flower plum pattern of the twisted fetus, the pattern is delicate, the structure is symmetrical, the layout is appropriate, and the sense of decoration is very strong. The side of the pillow is decorated with a wood grain effect, and the literature records that the texture of the pillow of gall wood is peculiar and gorgeous, and the porcelain pillow is made into a wood pattern in order to achieve the effect of the pillow of gall.

Stranded porcelain is a special variety in the ancient ceramic decoration process in China, due to the complexity of the process, the difficulty of making zuò, so its products and output are limited in a large way.

This piece of Tang twisted porcelain pillow, the technique of making zuò is exquisite, the texture decoration is diverse, the craftsmanship is complex, the quality is high, it is really a rare treasure of the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, this porcelain pillow seems to be very new at first, but if you look closely, you will find that there is a thick layer of pulp on it, and the glaze looks warm and moist like jade. This is exactly one of the characteristics of old porcelain.

To be precise, the glaze of an old porcelain must be able to see some subtle scratches and pulp, you know, ancient porcelain can be used, even if it is ornamental, and when cleaning and wiping.

Therefore, can a piece of porcelain handed down from the Ming and Qing dynasties be glazed without scratches after hundreds of years? This is obviously impossible. Secondly, even if the unearthed porcelain is buried in the ground, the sediment in the ground will cause scratches to the porcelain, which is the number of scratches.

It is estimated that there are at least nearly 100 fine cow hair patterns on the glazed surface of a square centimeter (an area the size of a coin), and if the area occupied by the cow hair pattern is concentrated, it accounts for at least 20% of the total glazed surface.

Cow hair scratches are tarnished, can not be reflected, just like using diamond on the glass to move, leaving a trace that can not be erased, if a few more strokes, the scratches are dense, then the glass surface will lose its luster, porcelain glaze is the same, cow hair pattern more, glaze natural luster dim.

As for the cow hair pattern on the surface of the old porcelain, why it still looks warm and moist like jade, this is also because of the long-term play, the invasion of oil stains and sweat on the hands, the glaze will naturally become shiny and soft, warm and moist like jade, which is the origin of the porcelain pulp.

Judging from the pulp of this porcelain pillow, the original owner must have cherished it very much, so it will be preserved so perfectly, it is the porcelain pillow that looks too perfect, so the old man Kai just said, some people casually look at it a few times, and feel that this porcelain pillow is not right.

Therefore, the most taboo thing to identify antiques is to take it for granted, which often makes the real treasure far away from themselves.

Since Chu Chen studied medicine, he has been particularly interested in ancient pulse pillows, and he used to collect a few pieces, but they were not very good, and now it is rare to encounter such a fine piece of twisted pulse pillows, as long as the price is right, he will definitely buy it.

Chu Chen handed the jade pillow to Uncle Wu, and then asked, "Uncle, how much does this thing cost?" ”

"One hundred and fifty thousand! I wouldn't have sold it for any less. The old man said in a firm tone.

Such a beautiful Tang Dynasty twisted porcelain pillow, 150,000 yuan is cheap, plus it is almost the New Year, Chu Chen didn't pay back the price, so he agreed: "Okay, uncle, do you want to transfer money or check?" ”

"I want cash!" The old man said.

"Cash?"

Chu Chen frowned slightly when he heard this, if it was usual, the 150,000 yuan in cash in the store would definitely be more than enough, but now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, there are not many customers who buy antiques, and those who buy jade on the other side are basically swiping cards, and there are very few cases of paying cash.

And the cash in his bag is less than 60,000 yuan in total, and he really doesn't know if there are 90,000 yuan in the store.

The old man said, "Yes, if it weren't for the family's urgent need for money, I wouldn't have sold this ancestral treasure, and if I didn't have cash, I would have to go somewhere else." ”

"Brother Zhou, how much cash do we have in the store?" Chu Chen asked.

"I'll go see ......"

After Zhou Wenping went out to ask about storage, he came back and said, "There are only eighty-five thousand in cash!" ”

"Forget it, I'll go somewhere else!" The old man said directly.

"Hey, uncle, don't worry, I didn't say I didn't have any cash here." Chu Chen smiled and took out all the cash in his bag.

Seeing that Chu Chen took out a stack of money should have tens of thousands, the old man was also relieved, he really didn't want to go to other stores anymore...... (To be continued......)