The old man Song, who was finally addicted to tea and felt refreshed, said to Father An with a smile: "Huaisheng, you just said that you want me to help you see something, now it's okay to take advantage of my spirit, take it out and take a look." ”

Seeing that the old man finally relented, Father An immediately took out an old white cotton bag from his pocket, and then carefully took out the jade cicada from it.

"Huh" Seeing the jade cicada, Old Man Song glanced at Cao Yi, who had not spoken since entering the house, with a rather strange expression.

Father An didn't notice Old Man Song's expression, but An Xin noticed it at a glance, she sighed in her heart, it couldn't be that she was deceiving other people's children, and now she was discovered by other people's parents.

At this time, Father An had already handed the jade cicada to Old Man Song, and said with a proud face: "This is what my Xin'er bought for 30,000 yuan in school, and I am seventy percent sure that it is a work of the Song Dynasty. ”

Old Man Song took the jade cicada and looked at it carefully in his hand, and said in some periods: "Huaisheng, this jade cicada is indeed from the Han Dynasty, and it is still a natural two-color Qin." ”

Father An was overjoyed when he heard this, but also said with some puzzlement: "Old man, don't you need a microscope to take a closer look?" ”

Old Man Song smiled bitterly and said: "No need, this is the second time I have seen it, and the first time I saw it, in order to identify it, I used all my magic weapons." After speaking, he glanced at Cao Yi, who had been standing there smiling and not making a sound.

"The second time" An's father was still stunned, but An Xin secretly sighed in her heart, she was really unlucky, in the hands of the fat brother, she got this piece of ancient jade by deception, and before she could cover the heat, she was caught by other people's parents, what is this called.

Although it is said that the goods will not be returned when they go out, the same reason, as long as they are bought from the seller with real money, even if you sell the wrong seller, it is your seller's own business, you can only blame yourself for not knowing the goods, and there is nothing to complain about.

Therefore, in the antique market, there are often sellers who sell the goods and are complacent, and then the original buyers sell them again with ten times or even a hundred times the price, so that the original sellers beat their chests and regret not being at the beginning, but no matter how much you regret it, there is no reason to go to someone to trouble, who makes you not know the goods.

But An Xin saw that Old Man Song peeked at Cao Yi several times, and she understood that I am afraid that Old Man Song still takes a fancy to this nephew, so there is no reason for her family to pretend to be stupid, so as not to be looked down upon.

So she said to Father An: "Dad, I told you that I bought it from a classmate, but I didn't tell you who that classmate was, but I guess this Brother Cao should be the brother of my classmate." ”

When she said this, she hinted to Old Man Song and Cao Yi that Father An didn't know the inside story here, so he didn't mean to show off in front of the original owner.

After listening to An Xin's words, Old Man Song had a much higher evaluation of An Xin in his heart, "Yes, I am knowledgeable, I have the courage to take responsibility, and I am very good at observing words and feelings." ”

And Cao Yi raised his eyebrows and said: "I'm still surprised who that stupid brother of my family sold this piece of jade to, but no matter how I asked, he refused to tell me, but it turned out to be a good means for the sister of the An family." ”

In fact, speaking of this, Cao Yi is still a little angry, but this anger is not aimed at An Xin, but his hopeless son of a ruined brother, in fact, this piece of jade was bought by him in a famous "ghost market" at the foot of Minshan a year ago.

The so-called "ghost market" is a kind of bazaar that is open at night, specializing in the sale of the kind of shady things, such as those farmers dig up all kinds of strange utensils when they usually dig the ground, or those folk inverted fighters dig the grave of the main person everywhere, dig out all kinds of gold and silver jewelry for burial, broken bowls and basins, etc., of course, the vast majority of them sell those handicrafts, and a small part of them are dirty for thieves.

If anyone really wants to find an antique in that bazaar, it is really more difficult than climbing to the sky, and if there are one or two pieces occasionally, the price will not be much cheaper.

But there are still many enthusiasts who want to pick up the leaks after reading a few idle books, and they have a soft spot for this "ghost market", so business is booming here at night. And Cao Yi got this jade cicada by chance.

When he accompanied a customer to visit the "ghost market", he happened to walk in front of this stall, and the customer was a frequent customer of this stall, because this stall owner was very bold and dared to accept some unknown goods, so he really often had some good goods here.

The stall was set up in a rather inconspicuous place, with a piece of plastic sheeting spread on the ground, and then some bamboo, ceramics, clay pots and a small pile of jade pendants.

The jade cicada was inconspicuous in the pile of jade pendants, and Cao Yi picked out a few pieces of jade that looked good in that pile with a playful mentality, including this jade cicada.

I remember that the self-proclaimed expert customer also advised him not to buy this piece of jade cicada, he said: "There are thirteen kinds of natural colors of jade, namely crucible yellow, crucible green, child face, pure pitch black, jujube skin red, parrot green, cinnabar red, chicken blood red, brown hair purple, eggplant skin purple, pine green, white fruit green, okra yellow, old wine yellow, fish belly white, bad rice white, shrimp green, snot green, rain over azure, Chengtan, water cang, etc., the general name of the thirteen colors." However, there is no light purple in these thirteen colors, so it can be seen that this piece of jade should be artificially dyed and old, and it is worthless. ”

If a stranger said in front of the stall owner that he was selling fakes, he would have already fanned him with a big ear.

But when the customer said this, the stall owner couldn't stand it, so he clasped his fists again and again and said: "Brother still has to rely on this to earn a bowl of rice to eat, and please be merciful to my brother." The customer was embarrassed and finally stopped.

In fact, this is also a common problem of those half-people, who want to show off when they have the opportunity, so that the people around him think that he is a master, and he will feel that he has face, so don't look at this head who is the Tao, but he is also a "sheep" who is often slaughtered. Cao Yi just smiled slightly and didn't refute.

In fact, Cao Yi, as the grandnephew and nephew of the old man Song, has mastered a lot of knowledge of distinguishing antique jade under the influence of the old man since he was a child, at least much better than this half-hung master.

At the first sight of this piece of jade, he had already decided to buy it, and even pulled five or six other pieces of jade of different colors together in order not to attract the attention of the stall owner. Because he saw that this jade cicada was a real piece of ancient jade, and it was definitely not something that could be made out of old age. But he was not sure what dynasty it was, but he let the customer froth at the mouth and criticize, but he didn't say anything, and even nodded his head in agreement.