Chapter 4 Yang Fatzi
That night after the strange things in the ancestral house, everything calmed down again, as if nothing had happened, today as usual, get up very early to prepare to open a store, I heard the ancestors say that our family lived in the north before, I don't know what the reason is to Wuhan, and then settled in Wuhan, the ancestors in Wuhan industry is also quite rich, and to the father's generation gradually withered, only to pass on to me is only a small shop of less than 30 square meters on this side of Qingshan, the grandfather's era belongs to the war period, At that time, people's coffin needs were not generally comparable with other businesses, and some people's life savings were exchanged for a thin coffin. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info that turbulent era, out of the arms business is considered a huge profit, in the coffin industry, to the father in addition to the four evils, political reform, the country reformed the burial, grandfather has disappeared at the time, and the father is just an ordinary professor of the State Administration of Cultural Relics does not know how to be flexible, as a result of the report found a large number of cultural relics in the home and sent to the countryside, until ten years later did not return home, and at that time the family gold and silver soft was basically swept away, in addition to a few stores at that time, the coffin business can't be done, and can only do some antique entertainment business, of course, a large number of imitations.
After opening the store, looking at the two rows of old wenge shelves from the second-hand market, there are a few bottles and cans scattered on them, the rusty old-fashioned chandelier is swayed by the wind that opens the door, the floor is a yellow-brown carpet, and in the middle of the door is an oak desk, walking to the chair, suddenly there is a lonely mood, slowly lighting a cigarette, in this small shop that is not very bright, the smoke is filled, showing fatigue and helplessness, and brushing the long hair on his forehead, Thinking back to the events recorded in the coffin, I always felt a nameless fire in my heart. Just as I was closing my eyes and recuperating, the door was pushed in, and I squinted, it turned out to be the shopkeeper Ah Fa.
"Old, old, boss, the fat man next door is --- again" Ah Fa is a little stuttering twenty-five years old, it should be youth, but it looks like he is 35 years old, dark skin, less than one meter six five tall, wearing old blue overalls all day long, looking honest and responsible, all of them invited Ah Fa, but also fancy this dull shape, which makes people feel down-to-earth and reassured, this kid is very shrewd inside.
"Oh, this kid is here again, didn't you tell him last time? I won't agree, why is it still ghostly, you just tell Yang Fatzi, I went out to receive the goods, not "I replied faintly, Yang Fatzi's original name Yang Hu was opened in a ceramic shop next door to me, but privately engaged in smuggling cultural relics, once accidentally saw the white jade coffin in my hand and wanted to accept it, because of this, came to me many times.
"Boss Wang, why do you want to go out to receive the goods, how much your brother doesn't want to see me, I didn't want to talk to you about that matter today." I picked my eyes and saw a fat man with a big back comb, oily and slippery, as if a bottle of hairspray had been used up, wearing a red and yellow color shirt, with a big belly and a black leather bag, striding up to me.
"I said Yang Fatty, you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, no profit can not afford to be early, how can there be this idle time to come to my side to wander around|I looked at Yang Fatzi contemptuously, I don't know why I always don't like such a delicate person, I always feel that he seems to be calculating something, although there are still many unwilling, after all, it is a clever next door, and sometimes I have to ask him for help in some small things, and there is no reason to be ready to drive him out.
"Ahem, cough, I said Lao Wang, the fat man really didn't come here for your baby, but another good business to introduce to you, don't say that the fat man I don't take care of you" The fat man skimmed the cigarette on the table, picked it up casually, and when he saw the chair on the side, he raised Erlang's legs, and lit a cigarette by himself.
"I said fat man, fat brother, you can talk about it when you arrive, what good business can think of my little brother" I was used to leaning back, picking a fat man, and thinking to myself, "It's good if you don't harm me."
The fat man seemed to see my thoughts, looked around, and then looked at me again, I instantly understood, and glanced at Ah Fa, Ah Fa did not make a sound, and walked straight to the gate and closed the door.
"Alright, fatty, take out what good stuff and see"
The fat man carefully took out something wrapped in a tarp from his bag, not about the size of two cigarette cases, and slowly placed it on the table, as if he was pulling the clothes of a little girl. After the tarp is unfolded, it seems to be wrapped in a pair of tulle made of iron material that I don't know, about the size of half a sheet of A4 paper, and when it is fully unfolded, it is found that it is a painting, a black and white sketch of the landscape above, the painting is rough, the painting is very general, it can be said that people who have a little painting foundation, are better than this painting, look at the integrity of the line, it seems to be made in a hurry and rushed time, the color is a little yellow-black, it should be painted for some years, Except that this iron canvas is a little strange, I don't see anything special at all.
"Fatty, there's nothing special about this, it's just that this fabric is rare, the iron material, it's a rare object, it should be worth a little money," the fat man raised his head and stared at me tightly, completely without the expression he had just grinned, as if he saw an idiot's expression, so he kept staring at me tightly for more than ten seconds, and he didn't make a sound, I was a little embarrassed by him,
"I said fatty, what's the situation, I can see that this fabric is a little different, why use this expression," I asked.
"You, I really can't see it, don't you think it's familiar," the fat man asked, lowering his business.
"Familiar? "I frowned, looked down at this painting again, this painting, the mountain in it should be Kunlun, there is a river in front, according to the illustration of the coffin Mingjian, it should be a certain dragon vein, what does a river in front of represent will not be able to see for a while and a half, my thoughts keep scrolling, it seems that I have seen such a picture somewhere, I can't think of it for a while, suddenly my heart tightened, as if I saw something terrible, my breathing became short, and I quickly picked up the magnifier on the side and looked at the side of the mountain peak in the painting," How could this be, it was impossible" The whole room seemed to be unusually quiet, the heart seemed to stop, the slightest breathing seemed to be like thunder, my muscles were tense, I took a step back, the fat man seemed to feel that my expression was wrong, and asked: "Lao Wang, how can you see it."
I shook my head, picked up half of the cigarette butt in my hand, and took a hard puff as if I wanted to spit out the depression in my heart. "Fat man, where did you get this thing," the fat man was about to make a joke, but when he saw me with a stiff face, he whispered, "I took it from one of my fellows, saying that it was a beggar-looking person, and he brought it to our store, about 40 years old, and he was dressed in tatters, and he almost kicked out the kid at that time." The fat man shrugged his shoulders, took the last puff of cigarette, snuffed out the cigarette butt, and continued, "Coincidentally, I just went back to the shop, bumped into the old brother, and asked him to take out the things to see, Lao Wang, you also know me, what strange things like to study and study, hehe, don't say it, it was really fucking eye-catching at the time, at that time, the other party's asking price was not high, and it was 1000 yuan, seeing that the painting material was good, I was going to find Liu Wu on East Street to make a mess and renovate, and go away when an unearthed goods, I only discovered the mystery a few days ago, so I rushed to find you, and I want to thank you."
"Fatty, you dare to accept anything, I'm afraid of this thing, you don't have it, make a price, let me you see it as if you can't do it" I glanced at the fat man, and handed the fat man a cigarette casually,
"Old, boss, what are you talking about with the fat man, I, I, I don't seem to understand at all, this sub-painting, I think it's also a work that is not at the level of a three-water stream, why are you both treasures, although I Ah Fa has never seen anything in the world, but the skills of this gadget can still be seen" Ah Fa looked very puzzled and stammered and asked.
"Hehe, I said Ah Fa, you kid has been with Lao Wang for so long, this bit of eyesight is not strong, others may not know the value of this painting, your Lao Wang must know" The fat man said with a cigarette in his mouth, and casually pointed to the mountain I just looked at in the painting, and then said, "You take a closer look, is it not your second master, Wang Xueyu's technique," Ah Fa leaned his head over and looked, "Second master, it's really the second master, boss, it's really the second master's technique" Ah Fa looked extremely excited, and his eyes were limited and red.
"Yes, it was painted by the second master, the second master drew drawings, and it was customary to highlight four small points in the straight line, it is difficult for ordinary people to find, the distance between the four small points is based on the star map to locate, you look at the side of this peak, a few inconspicuous small trees, it refers to the 4 points. The overall lines of this sub-painting are the techniques that the second master usually uses to draw on the ground."