"Today is an internal exchange meeting in our antique circle, all of us are old guys, of course, there are young people.

Everyone will bring their own treasured items to exchange ideas and appreciate each other. When the time comes, I want Xiao Jiang to help me palm my eyes more and come up with ideas. ”

"Ming Lao said with a smile, I am naturally willing to help you, but I am afraid that my ability is limited and I can't take on this heavy responsibility."

"Don't worry, your skills are enough to deal with those little guys, hahaha." Ming Lao said something for some reason, and then laughed heartily, as if he thought of something particularly happy.

Jiang Fan was a little curious, even if Ming Lao knew that he was expected to use Qi Magic, but the antique identification was still very professional, as an authority in this regard, how could Ming Lao use his own help palm?

However, Jiang Fan didn't ask much, and followed Ming Lao to the largest teahouse in the antique street of Xincheng, Pinmingxuan.

This teahouse is in the middle of the antique street, the location is excellent feng shui, the area is also large, the outside is a decoration style of an ancient pavilion, and it is surrounded by green plants when it goes inside, with small bridges and flowing water, and the waiters who come and go are also beautiful women wearing cheongsam.

It is absolutely relaxing to be able to drink a cup of tea here.

Along the way, many people took the initiative to greet Ming Lao, with a very respectful attitude, and it can be seen that Ming Lao is still quite prestigious here.

Also because of Ming Lao, the beautiful waitress in a cheongsam took the two of them directly to the top floor.

Coming to the spacious private room on the floor of the hall, there are two rows of tables in it, each of which is full of people, and in the top position are three Taishi chairs, but two have already been seated.

When Ming Lao came in, almost everyone got up to greet him, saying flattering words, and one of the old men sitting on the Taishi chair came over with a smile, "Old Ming, you are late today." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm really sorry for the delay." Ming Lao first said politely to the people on both sides, and then looked at the old man who greeted him and said, "Lao Liang, don't slander me, there are still a few minutes before the appointed time, strictly speaking, I am not late." ”

"Okay, okay, you're right, who is this? Why haven't I seen you bring it out before? The old man called Lao Liang looked at Jiang Fan and asked hesitantly.

Generally, in this kind of gathering, there will be people who bring their own apprentices or juniors to grow their knowledge, and at this time, there are several young people standing behind some people, all of whom are here to grow their eyesight.

It's just that Ming Lao's own juniors don't look at the antique-loving ones, and his personality is clean and self-conscious, and he doesn't want to accept apprentices, in fact, Ming Lao has a high vision, and there is no apprentice he can look at. So every time, Ming Lao came by himself.

"This is one of my juniors, to bring a glimpse of the world." Old Ming said politely, but his demeanor was proud.

"Yo, then I have to congratulate Lao Ming on your happy acceptance of the high apprentices. In a moment, you will have to show your hands. Liang Lao said with a smile

"Haha, he's not my apprentice, his name is Jiang Fan, and he has good eyesight." Ming Lao explained.

Jiang Fan and Ming Lao really have no master-apprentice relationship, the most accurate thing is to forget the New Year. However, in the ears of others, I only thought that Jiang Fan was only in the test period.

Liang Lao and the others had little interest after hearing this, and nodded slightly to Jiang Fan, even if they had said hello, they didn't care about Jiang Fan at all, what kind of eyesight can a child have, he hasn't even passed the level of Ming Lao, how much ability can he have.

"Alright, alright, it's not too early, hurry up and take out all the things and do something serious." At this time, another Xu Lao stood up and said.

The people present immediately turned over the items they brought with them, in fact, most of the people here are just antique lovers and some antique dealers, and they came to this meeting to let these old people palm their hands to see if the things in their hands are real or fake.

Soon the people brought something to admire and placed it on a long table in the room. Jiang Fan was a layman and was not interested in appraising treasures, so he sat back and watched them go to appraisal.

Although there were many people standing at the table, holding a magnifying glass in their hands, carefully observing other people's things.

But the real authority is actually the three old men.

Needless to say, the other two are also connoisseurs; Xu Lao has been in the antique business all his life, and he is an expert in antiques and miscellaneous goods, with extraordinary eyesight;

Another Liang Lao is dressed as an old pedant, and he has a deep knowledge in calligraphy, which is no worse than Ming Lao and Xu Lao.

Xu Lao's eyes are very poisonous, and his personality is also straightforward, and when he came up, he took a fancy to a statue at a glance, and when he touched it, he found that it was carved from ebony.

Ebony is what people call gloomy wood, which is a fossil formed after thousands of years of wood deposited under the ancient riverbed, and is of extraordinary value, so the ancients also said, "I would rather have an ebony side than a box of jewelry." ”

"Boss Xu, where did you get this thing from? The vision is good, this material alone is worth two or three hundred thousand! Xu Lao carefully observed the style of the statue, and said to the man standing next to the statue: "Look at the knife work and modeling, it should be an object of the Ming Dynasty, congratulations, you have found a treasure." ”

Boss Xu is an entrepreneur in Xincheng, he brought a statue of Guanyin, not big, about 20 centimeters, he is not professional in this identification, today let the experts help him identify the authenticity of things.

Hearing this result, he smiled and looked happy, now the market is full of fake antiques, he, a layman, can get a real thing, he is really satisfied, at least he didn't pay tuition.

Ming Lao looked at the objects of an old box and said: "Made of Huanghuali, the material is extraordinary, the carving is also simple and atmospheric, it is an antiquity, this box is very good, but why should it be carved into buds?" ”

Ming Lao shook his head, looking at the position of the lock of the box a little puzzled, it was dropped into a bud there, you must know that the most beautiful moment of the flower is after it blooms, and it is rare to see people carving buds.

"Flowers are here!" The owner of the box hurriedly stepped forward and pressed the bud, opened the box, and then flipped the box over.

"Huh?" Ming Lao's eyes lit up immediately, it turned out that after the box was opened, the buds on the surface of the box stretched out a little, and the shape became a flower, I didn't expect that this box still had a mechanism inside, and the craftsman who made it back then must have spent a lot of ingenuity.

"It's interesting, it's interesting!"

Ming Lao happily held the box and looked at it twice, and found the difference between the flowers, looking at the shape, it should be a six-petal plum blossom, and the artistic conception is very good.

"Xiao Wang, are you interested in this box?"

"It's really unfortunate that Ming Lao, my box has already been booked, or I'll discuss it with that buyer and let you take a look at it."