Chapter 287: Wood Carved Guanyin Seated Statue
How can I say it, Boss Jin's guess is also right and wrong, the reason why Uncle De looks so good is not only because of the wild ginseng that has been in the secret world for a hundred years, but also has a great relationship with Wu Ye'er who has lived in the secret world for so long. The secret realm world was full of majestic and pure heaven and earth aura, even if Uncle De didn't follow everyone to cultivate the Star Spirit Technique, just living in that environment every day was enough to make him physically strong, refreshed, and prolonged.
Of course, not only Boss Jin couldn't guess this, but even Uncle De didn't know about it, he just thought that his body was getting stronger and stronger, all thanks to the credit of this ginseng wine and ginseng soup. Wu Ye'er knew this, but she wouldn't tell Uncle De, but every time she went to the secret world, she took Uncle De with her under the pretext that the little girl in Yuheng missed Uncle De. In Wu Ye'er's opinion, as long as there are no accidents, although Uncle De does not dare to say that his longevity is better than Peng Zu, it is not a problem to break through the limit of human lifespan.
The reason why he can't tell Uncle De about this is because Uncle De wants to accompany Old Man Wu Yushan, and he doesn't even want to cultivate the "Star Spirit Technique", and Wu Ye'er is really afraid that after he knows this, he won't even go to the secret world.
Boss Jin naturally put the precious ginseng in the safe and locked it, which made Uncle De couldn't help laughing at him, Boss Jin's calligraphy and painting in the calligraphy and painting garden are worth tens of millions, but I didn't see him so carefully, he has always been thrown directly in the painting jar. Boss Jin's explanation also made Uncle De very untempered, he said that there are more than 10 million calligraphy and paintings worth collecting in this world, but this superb century-old wild ginseng, I am afraid that I can only get this one in this life, which is lighter? Which is more important?
At noon, Boss Jin ordered a few good dishes from a nearby restaurant that was very particular, and the three of them talked and laughed and had lunch together. Wu Ye'er naturally doesn't drink alcohol, and, in terms of her physique, the difference between eating and not eating is not big, the reason why she still sits down to eat like an ordinary person is a matter of habit, and the second is to taste the taste. Boss Jin and Uncle De's conversation was also strong, and there was that ginseng wine, and the two of them chatted while drinking, and they were very happy.
After Wu Ye'er ate a little food, she said that she was already full, and if she wanted to go around this antique market, Uncle De and Boss Jin naturally would not have any opinions. It's just that Boss Jin instructed Wu Ye'er that there are mixed fish and dragons in this antique market, so she must pay attention to safety, and call herself and Uncle De in time if she has something, and the objects in this antique market are also real and fake, and the fish and dragons are mixed, don't buy things casually, beware of being cheated.
Uncle De doesn't have these concerns, just his own Xiao Ye'er's skills, what kind of bad guy can get close? And when it comes to buying things, others don't know, Uncle De knows Wu Ye'er's true net worth, and the bank interest alone is more than 10 billion yuan every year, and Wu Ye'er is still very good at living, since inheriting this inheritance, the biggest expense is to open the "wisp of smoke" with Zhu Zhu, but that is not a spending, that is called investment, and this investment is still the kind of profiteering. Therefore, the eldest lady of her own family is not worried about how to make money, but how to spend money, as long as Wu Ye'er is happy, even if she buys a modern handicraft at a sky-high price, it is nothing.
Wu Ye'er naturally didn't ignore the old man's kind reminder, smiled and agreed, and then walked out, leaving the two old friends to continue to drink and talk.
Speaking of which, Wu Ye'er just wanted to take a stroll here and open her eyes, but there was really nothing she wanted to buy. The antique market covers a huge area, with antique buildings lining both sides of the road, and stalls on both sides and in the middle of the road are one after another, squeezing the otherwise spacious road to accommodate pedestrians on foot.
These shops are all decent, all Chinese decoration style, the things sold are also distinctive, the calligraphy and painting garden only sells calligraphy and painting and the four treasures of the study, the jade shop only sells jade, jade, etc., and the porcelain shop only sells ancient porcelain and some modern fine porcelain, without any clutter.
However, these roadside stalls, for Wu Ye'er, are much more interesting than the shops on both sides. These stalls are both many and miscellaneous, almost everything is sold, what jade, calligraphy and painting, porcelain, coins, bronze pieces of these conventional antiques needless to say, there are also all kinds of cultural toys, gourds, and many stalls sell seals, what Shoushan stone, bloodstone, Tianhuang stone have, as long as you buy a seal, the boss will give the guests free hand-carved.
One thing Boss Jin said is very right, the objects on the market are really good and bad, and there are some things, even Wu Ye'er, who doesn't know anything about antiques and cultural toys, feels that it is wrong. For example, in those cultural toys, some of the pillars are obviously plastic products, and they are also sold as Xingyue Bodhi, as well as the Huanghuali bracelet that feels light and fluttering when you start it, and so on. By the way, have you ever seen the Five Emperors Coin that is exactly the same in terms of color, condition, size or font? Even if Wu Ye'er has never eaten pork, she has seen pigs run, right? This kind of fake thing at a glance, even an antique novice like her can feel abnormal. The owner of the stall can open his eyes and say that this is absolutely genuine, and the fake one pays ten. Wu Ye'er is extremely suspicious, this kind of five emperor money for a few yuan a string on a certain treasure, this boss asks for 300 yuan a string, even if you tell you that it is fake after paying, and directly give you eleven strings, then the boss can still have a profit of about 80%!
Of course, there are also things that look like real antiques, at least the patina and the like, which are still quite decent, but Wu Ye'er is really not very interested in these, so she doesn't even bother to ask about the price.
After wandering around for a long time, Wu Ye'er really responded to Boss Jin's instructions, only shopping and not buying, but when she passed by a few bookstores, Wu Ye'er went in and picked out a few books that were not in her study.
Walking from the east to the west, and from the south to the north, the entire antique market has almost turned around, Wu Ye'er was about to go back to Boss Jin's calligraphy and painting garden, and suddenly, there was a sense of familiarity. This feeling is the same as the small rocks covered with mud on the rockery when I went to the Forbidden City with Nie Xinyuan.
Wu Ye'er stopped, sensing this familiar and intimate feeling suspiciously, and finally locked the direction and walked towards a small stall that was squeezed in the corner.
The closer she got, the stronger that familiar feeling became, which also convinced Wu Ye'er that she was not in the wrong place.
Strictly speaking, this is not a stall, but an old lady took a small piece of blue chintz and spread it on the ground, and only one item was placed on it. It was already the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and the old lady was still wearing a very thick one, and the blue cloth coat with a slanted placket on her body had been washed and whitened, but it was clean, and her hair was not messy, and she pulled a bun behind her head with a silver hairpin, and although her face was full of wrinkles, she looked kind and kind.
Wu Ye'er walked to the stall, squatted down, and carefully observed the things on the blue cloth. This is a wood carved Guanyin sitting statue, I don't know how many years, the preservation is not intact, the appearance was originally brushed with brilliant paint, now it has been mottled and faded, this wood carving has also been damaged a lot, the lotus platform is missing several petals, the net bottle held by Guanyin Master is only half left, the poplar branch manna that should have been inserted in the net bottle does not know that it was touched off, or it was not carved out at all. If it's not an antique, right? It does look a little old. But if it's an antique, right? It's all destroyed like this, and there's really no collection value.
The old lady has been sitting here all morning, has been uncared for, seeing this picturesque little girl squatting down in front of her stall, very carefully looking at her own "baby", as if she saw hope, her voice was a little trembling with excitement, and asked: "Little girl, I am a treasure handed down from my ancestors, if you like it, buy it!" ”
Wu Ye'er smiled at the old lady very politely and said, "Grandma, can I pick up this Guanyin statue and take a closer look?" ”
The old lady was overjoyed to see that this girl was really interested in her baby, and hurriedly said: "Of course you can, you see, you can just look at it!" ”
Wu Ye'er didn't really want to see this Guanyin seated statue, nor was she interested in this wood carving that was so badly damaged, she just wanted to confirm the feeling just now.
Sure enough, as soon as this wood carving started, the familiar feeling became even stronger, and Wu Ye'er didn't know if she had any illusions, that familiar feeling seemed to call to herself: "Take me away!" Take me away! ”
Wu Ye'er was extremely puzzled in her heart, what was wrong with her? Last time, I had this extremely familiar feeling to a small stone covered with dirt, and now I have the same feeling for such a broken piece of wood.
Although she was puzzled, Wu Ye'er still asked, "Grandma, how much do you want to sell this woodcarved Guanyin statue?" ”
The old lady said timidly: "Two hundred thousand! ”
"What? Two hundred thousand? Wu Ye'er was a little surprised, this Guanyin statue is so badly damaged, look at this carving, it is really not exquisite, let alone 200,000, I am afraid that at a price of 2,000 yuan, no one will pay for it.
Actually, it really can't be said that this old lady is asking for a sky-high price, but her son urgently needs a large amount of money for surgery, and the old lady has carefully calculated that it will cost at least 200,000 yuan. Since his son fell ill, all the family's money was spent, and his daughter-in-law ran away with others, and all the valuable things in the family were sold, leaving only such a statue of Guanyin handed down by his ancestors. The old lady believes in Buddhism, and on weekdays, this Guanyin statue is placed at home to worship, but now, it is really in urgent need of money, so she has to take it out, hoping to sell it for a good price and save her son's life.