Twin unicorn arhat couch
At the beginning, the house that Yang Xiuwen bought was a courtyard with two entrances, and in addition to the pond, there were ear rooms on both sides.
Rosewood and goldenrod are found in the auretretto.
Now it has been renovated with uniform gray walls, green tiles. The columns, carved windows, and openwork double doors are brown and yellow logs, which are antique.
The ear room is transformed into a suite, with a small living room, bedroom, and bathroom.
Yang Xiuwen was puzzled by how there was a set of rosewood Chinese sofas and coffee tables in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.
You may not know much about Chinese sofas, there are four kinds of sitting and lying furniture in ancient China, couch, arhat bed, shelf bed, and step bed.
In the Han Dynasty, not only bedding was called a bed, but even sitting utensils were also called beds, such as women's dressing beds, warm beds (a charcoal stove on a long chair), living beds (temporary rest), book beds (reading, writing and sitting), and so on.
In the late Han Dynasty, the name "couch" appeared, which specifically referred to the seat, and the ethnic groups in the Western Regions called it Hu bed.
Later, the Ming Dynasty called the couch with a fence on three sides as "Luohan bed".
The imperial throne of the Qing Dynasty court is the Luohan bed, made of golden silk nanmu or red sandalwood, inlaid with gold and silver, Hetian white jade, carved five-clawed real dragon soaring clouds and spitting mist, golden light, noble and majestic.
Officials at all levels have also begun to pursue such seats.
But for fear of trespassing to attract the disaster of killing, so the style, the pattern has been greatly changed, the dragon is taboo, but the flowers, pines and cypresses, auspicious clouds, iron patterns, cranes and beasts are countless.
The materials are rattan, bamboo, mahogany, and red sandalwood. Inlaid with ivory, tortoiseshell, jade, enamel, etc.
So a miniature version of the Luohan bed appeared, although much smaller, but more and more extravagant.
The two sets of sofas in the ear room are made of more than 30 years of pear material, the wood is tight, and the coat of brown and yellow color oil is coated, smooth and oily.
They are all one large and two small, similar to the circle chair style of later generations, and the back panel is inlaid with jade carvings, and the auspicious pattern of the unicorn sending the child.
With Yang Xiuwen's antique knowledge, he could see its age at a glance, and he was surprised that the two sets of sofas were exactly the same, and it was rare to see such a complete set of objects that had the best of both worlds.
In ancient times, only high-ranking officials and wealthy families gave birth to twin unicorns, and they would make double furniture to celebrate.
So it's extremely rare to have a pair of furniture, but there is one set here.
As if he had thought of something, he lifted his feet and crossed the stone bridge and the arched door to the inner courtyard.
Sure enough, under the lush grape trellis in the inner courtyard, Wang Mingyi, Na Ye, and Master Lu were sitting on several rattan circle chairs, and there was a solid wood round table in front of them.
There is a set of tea sets on the table, and a small red clay stove. The three of them drank tea comfortably, laughing in low voices.
When he saw him walk in, he laughed.
Then he said to Wang and Lu: "Haha, how is it! I'm not wrong, as long as this kid sees the Luohan bed, he will definitely be able to guess us, and he must know that we are here, hahaha! ”
Yang Xiuwen hurriedly walked a few steps, first bowed down and saluted, and then said, "Uncle Wang, that master, Master Lu, I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss it very much!" Greetings boy! ”
Wang Mingyi smiled and nodded, "Xiuwen, we calculated that you would come today, so I waited for you here one step earlier, how about it, the courtyard is still satisfied?" ”
Yang Xiuwen nodded and said, "Master's work, impeccable, everyone Lu, thank you very much, let you bother!" “
Master Lu waved his hand, "Yes, I want to thank you for giving us the opportunity to perform!" I heard that you still have a yard? ”
Yang Xiuwen said with a smile, "Yes, I was busy some time ago, and I didn't have time to tell you that the yard also needs your help, and I will tell you my thoughts later." ”
Turning his head to the master, he said: "That master, [Twin Kirin Arhat Couch], that is an old object that is hard to find, where did you get it from?"
Look at its integrity, the main family is definitely a player, and now it is begged by you, and the price paid is not small! “
The master pointed his finger at him, "You kid, your eyes are very poisonous!" You can guess it! However, you guessed it wrong, the reason why the player is willing to take it out is because I agreed to his request for you.
This is just an advance deposit, as long as you can take care of his legs, he also has a set of imitation royal camp mahogany arhat couches, one long and two short, dragon foot tea case.
I will send you all of them, and I will not receive a penny! “
Yang Xiuwen shook his head after hearing this, "That master, things are good things, but I can't ask for them, it is the duty of doctors to treat diseases and save people."
If the player is your friend, you are being caught in the wrong way by doing so.
To see a doctor for him, I'll go. Stuff can't be collected! “
Wang Mingyi nodded appreciatively.
The master smiled and said, "Xiuwen, I really didn't misunderstand you, you are really good!"
But you can take these items with confidence, that old guy won't have a few days to live, and it is impossible to take them to the coffin! “
Yang Xiuwen came to a rattan chair and sat down, and refilled the hot tea for Wang, Lu, and Naye.
Then he looked at the master and said, "That master, talk about it carefully!" “
The master took a sip of the new tea, and then said: "This player is not ordinary, the last palace manager of our Manchu Dynasty, you know?" “
Yang Xiuwen nodded, "I know, this person is super intelligent, and his kung fu of combing his hair with one hand is very popular with the Buddha."
The inner courtyard of the palace, the people are sophisticated, and they can play that way, and they can do it! “
The master smiled and said, "Yes, this player is one of his distant grandnephews, who was only eight years old when he first entered the palace.
followed that, studied for a few years, and just became a treasurer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Qing Dynasty was gone.
This kid knew a lot of good things at that time, and his brain was so good that when he got them, he didn't put them at home, but hid them elsewhere.
In a special era, HWB was ruthless to him in order to pry his mouth open.
was bruised all over his body, and even wore only a pair of shorts in the cold winter.
Although the old boy was not in good health, his bones were quite hard, and he didn't say anything.
The group of people tossed him for half a month, seeing that he was dying, and there was no result, so he could only be released in the end.
Because of the events of that year, his legs have been unable to stand up in recent years.
Sitting in a wheelchair every day, asking a nanny to take care of him, he has no children, no relatives, and no insurance.
We knew each other, and when we met before, he had to call me little Belle.
Some time ago, when I went to see him, he looked miserable, and I thought of you and told him that you could cure his legs.
As a result, the old boy was excited, and said that now that the world is better, if he can stand up and walk around, this life is enough.
I don't know what you like, I just know that you have a yard that is being renovated.
He didn't say anything after listening, but the next day he was sent these two sets of unicorn twin couches, and told me that this was just a deposit, and when his leg was healed, there was also a set of mahogany beds that imitated the emperor's camp, and the tea case was given as a medical fee. “