The second uncle reached out and took the hairpin handed over by the old man, and I hurriedly went up to see it.

"This?!" As soon as the second uncle grabbed it, he felt that something was wrong with the hairpin, frowned and glanced at the old man, and said to me: "Xiaorui, go to the kitchen and get some salt." ”

"Salt?!" I was stunned and didn't know what the second uncle was going to do, but I still turned around and went to the kitchen to get some salt and sprinkled it on the second uncle's palm.

The second uncle blew and blew the excess salt on the table, and then asked me to open his wine gourd, and dripped a few drops of white wine in the palm of his hand, and he clenched his fists and rubbed it twice to dissolve the salt.

I stood on the side, and saw that the old man was also squinting at the second uncle, and he didn't say a word. I saw that after the second uncle dissolved the salt in his palm with wine, he put the black hairpin in the palm of his hand and turned it around twice.

When the hairpin appeared in front of me again, it turned into a green and precious hosta!

Damn, it turns out that the black hair is the oil on the old man's hair?! Obediently, I thought the second uncle showed his hand, it turned out to be to remove oil! I don't know how many years this old man's hosta has been worn, it is estimated that it has never been wiped, and it has become black!

"Huh! Slightly filthy! The old man's face did not change, as if he had no sense of shame, took a sip of tea, and looked at the second uncle with slanted eyes.

I looked at it, this emerald green hosta has a thick head and a thin tail, and the jade is a little white inside, which looks crystal clear and fluorescent.

The second uncle took a closer look, and his brows slowly stretched: "Old man, this hosta, the year is not long, it should be from the late Qing Dynasty, the craftsmanship is good, and the jade is also of the highest grade, but the whole hosta is too simple, there is no shape, if you want to bid, it is estimated to be around 300,000, you see?" ”

It turned out to be a mortal product, I thought it was such a powerful thing! I can't help but despise this old man a little, hold it up, lift a stone and shoot yourself in the foot!

"Huh!" When the old man heard this, his face was full of ridicule: "The world says that your Gu family is an antique family, and it is a quasi-child to see things, but I didn't expect it to be so superficial!" Let me remind you, you meet the sun, and look again. ”

"Huh?" The second uncle glanced at the old man suspiciously, and still looked at the sunshine as he said, this look didn't matter, and suddenly I was shocked, I hurriedly squatted down, found an angle and looked over, and I was stupid in an instant!

Facing the sun, I can clearly see the inside of the hosta, I didn't expect that only the thickness of the index finger inside the hosta, there is a three-dimensional dragon and phoenix Chengxiang, the carving is exquisite, the flying dragon and the phoenix, lifelike!

"This, this?!" The second uncle is definitely a person who has seen a big scene, over the years, only when he saw Han Jia, he couldn't put it down, and when he saw the mystery of the hosta, his eyes were wide open, and his facial expression was a little hideous.

"How? How much can I get now? The old man asked contemptuously.

The second uncle looked at it for a while, then withdrew his gaze and turned his head to look at the old man: "Old man, forgive me for being clumsy, this hosta has been looking at it for a long time, and I didn't see what kind of carving it is. ”

The so-called internal work and external work, the internal work is to carve from the inside out, such as this hosta, if it is the inner work, it is to drill a small hole in a whole piece of jade, and the special carving knife, tweezers and other tools are stretched into the small hole, carved from the inside to the outside; Outside work, on the other hand, is the opposite, where the carving starts directly from the outside until it is finished.

Generally speaking, the internal work is much more valuable, but because the internal work requires a very high level of craftsmanship, the average master does not dare to come, especially this kind of small objects, once there is a mistake in a place, it is extremely difficult to discard it and start again. However, the advantage is that the internal work requires patience, and the craftsmanship of the general internal work works is higher than that of the same shape of the external work, and the value is also very different.

But even so, the general carver will not try the inner work at will, most of them are to practice with ordinary stones, and they will carve jade when they reach a certain level, but most people, in the process of practicing, give up halfway, give up their previous efforts, and give up directly, and practice to the end, almost in the twilight of life, the body is no longer allowed to do this internal work, so, from ancient times to the present, whether it is a carver who is good at internal work, or the works of internal work, are only a handful, more than a national treasure.

But this hosta, it's really hard to determine whether it's internal work or external work, because such "earth and sky" works are originally rare, and most of them are carved separately and then processed together. This hosta, judging from the expression of the second uncle, does not look like it is carved separately and then processed, it is carved out of a piece of jade, and the craftsmanship is extremely high, whether it is internal work or external work, it is extremely difficult, and it is also a masterpiece.

"Then you should talk about it first, this hosta, how to carve the outside work, and how to do the inside work?" The old man did not answer directly, but asked the second uncle rhetorically.

The second uncle frowned, and I stood aside, thinking to myself, isn't this old man here to find fault? Our Gu family is an antique shop, and there have never been any carvers, how can this kind of professional problem be?!

"Well, there is a small hole at the top of this hosta, the size of a grain of rice, and it should be carved with a special tool from here and facing the sun." The second uncle said while thinking about it: "If it's outside work, it seems to be processed separately, unless it's ...... Unless it's a mix of inside and out? ”

"It's an inside job." The old man glanced at the second uncle and said softly.

The second uncle was stunned for a moment, then smiled, nodded and said, "Perfect, I just don't know, which master's work is it?" ”

"I don't know, I picked it up." The old man said as he handed me the empty teacup.

I was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly laughed: "The attention is on the hosta, and it's no wonder that I forgot to add water to you!" ”

As he spoke, he took the teacup and turned around to pour the tea, and heard the second uncle say: "Then if that's the case, this hosta is a priceless treasure, if you always want to sell it with me, then please make a price first." ”

"100 million, you either?"

Burst! I was pouring water, as soon as I heard the price offered by the old man, my wrist flicked, and the hot tea splashed on my hand, and I grinned at the heat, hurriedly stabilized my mind, poured good water and brought it back to the old man.

"This ...... Ha ha! The second uncle snorted: "The old man laughed, this hosta can't find any flaws in terms of jade quality or craftsmanship, but even so, it's definitely not worth the price you said, if you want me to pay it, at most five million, no matter how high, it's really a false price." ”

After listening to the words of the second uncle, the old man smiled slightly, but his body shook suddenly, I only saw a little bit of my feet, and when I saw the old man again, the hosta had already returned to his hand!

This footwork?! It's light, there's no afterimage, I've seen it somewhere, but I just can't remember!

The second uncle looked at his empty hand fixedly, and laughed: "That's it, if the old man wants to make a move, come to me again, I can only assure you that there is no one in the world who bids higher than my Gu family!" ”

"Humph!" The old man snorted coldly, put the hosta back into his bun, put on the hat of the padded jacket, got up and glanced at me, turned and walked out, and disappeared at the intersection in a short time.

"Second uncle, are you alright?!" I stood at the door and watched the old man walk away, turned around and saw the cold sweat on the second uncle's head, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you?" It's like a fight! ”

"Almost!" The second uncle unscrewed his wine gourd and took a sip of wine, as if he was shocked: "Think about it, the old man was less than four feet away from me just now, and he snatched the hosta back in my hand in the blink of an eye, I didn't even react, if he didn't take the hosta, but wanted to take my life, wouldn't it be easy?" I'm going to die right now! ”

As soon as the second uncle said this, I also felt scared, the second uncle is such a master, but he can make a draw with that Chai Lao Wu, and now he was almost killed by someone with one move, even if he was on guard before, he would never be the opponent of that old man!