I was greeted by a young man from Xuan Bao Zhai.

The guy mentioned in the mouth of the love to ask for goods is also jargon, that is, the meaning of asking for shipment or purchase in the antique market.

I put down my denim backpack and hugged the lacquered wooden box: "If you want to produce something, please trouble the shopkeeper."

The young man was about the same age as me, wearing a black coat of Xuan Bao Zhai's standard, he glanced at the box in my hand, and then saw that I was wearing shabby, and his tone was also three points colder: "You come in with me." ”

The façade of Xuan Bao Zhai is quite spacious, the mahogany door face with four doors and four openings, the decoration design of the store is exquisite, the entrance is an open hall, and the surrounding collection goods are arranged in rows of "Sichuan", from south to north are porcelain, calligraphy and painting, jade, stone carving, miscellaneous structure.

The shop invited six treasure connoisseurs, corresponding to the classification of six antique varieties, and the box in my hand belonged to miscellaneous pieces, and the young man took me to the counter near the south gate, in front of a senior treasure connoisseur.

This is a treasure connoisseur who is about forty years old, wearing a pair of gold wire frames and polite, holding a Yixing Zhongde purple clay pot in his hand, and speaking authentic Jinling dialect.

"Young man, this is a box, a box used by ancient women to put makeup and rouge gouache, do you have anything to say about this object?"

I said that there was nothing to say, it was just a leak that I had just picked up from the morning market, and I asked the master to help me estimate the price.

When the master heard that it was a leak, he raised his head and hummed, and his eyes fell on the lacquered wooden box.

I put the lacquered wooden box on the counter, and the master took out a flashlight and magnifying glass, and was about to study it carefully, when suddenly the door of the office diagonally opposite the hall opened, and several people came out of it, and the first thing that caught my eye was a familiar face.

A beautiful woman with a beige trench coat, a clean ponytail, and very bright eyes, isn't this the girl surnamed Song who cut off her beard at the stall just now?

The beauty looked up and was stunned for a moment, obviously recognizing my identity, and the dimples at the corners of her mouth bloomed: "Huh? Isn't this the little brother in the morning? ”

As her voice fell, an elderly man came out of the office one after another, the old man was dressed in a Tang costume, his body was thin and energetic, and his face was kind between his eyebrows.

"Dad, this is the one I just mentioned to you that I grabbed the leak at Boss Yao's stall, little brother? Didn't you come to Xuan Bao Zhai to settle accounts with me? Giggles! ”

I stood there and didn't speak, and the glasses connoisseur took the initiative to smile with a smile on his face: "Miss, master, this is here to ship from our Xuanbao Zhai, it is this lacquered wooden box......"

When he said this, the beautiful woman's eyes flashed, and she pulled the old man to the counter, and then let out a brass bell-like laugh: "Giggles, little brother, did you still buy this box?" actually took it to Xuan Bao Zhai to ship? ”

"Little brother, I'm really not laughing at you, I just think you're very persistent......"

"Okay Song Ziwei, since you are a guest at the door, do you treat customers like this?" The old man behind him lowered his face and complained, and then smiled at me and greeted: "This little brother can't help it, please forgive me for the little girl's unreasonable and inconsiderate hospitality." ”

I said coldly that it was okay, my eyes stayed on the old man's body for a long time, and at this moment I probably guessed his identity, he was the owner of this century-old store Xuan Bao Zhai, a senior figure in the Jinling antique industry, Song Huaishan.

I looked at Song Huaishan's facial features, trying to peek out his character from between his eyebrows, because this person has such a pivotal relationship with my father's death and the tragedy of that year, he was the witness of the treasure fight sixteen years ago, and he was also one of the three major referees of the tragic gambling fight that year.

In other words, it was the Song Huaishan in front of me who directly announced my father's death.

The glasses connoisseur coughed twice, interrupting my thoughts, he put down the lacquered wooden box and said: "Little brother, I have seen this box of yours, the thing is an old thing, an object more than a hundred years ago, the condition of the box is quite complete, and the craftsmanship level of the old craftsman is quite solid. ”

"But this box is only an old object, soft pine material, can't withstand the wind and rain, and the skin is about to peel off in a few years, and the black paint on its surface is still patched up, it's not worth much, brother, how much money are you going to pay."

This is the relatively tactful statement of the treasure connoisseur, and it basically determines the value of this box.

"I'm going to sell this leak for eight thousand."

"Eight thousand?"

The glasses master shook his head slightly: "Little brother, you think too much, your box is not leaky at all, this kind of box can be seen everywhere in the stall market, and you can buy one with good quality and shape for one or two hundred." ”

"Eight thousand, you want money, you want to go crazy, right? Boss Yao didn't ask me for 1,000 yuan, but you sold it to Xuanbaozhai for 8,000? You can make money in this way. ”

Song Ziwei took two steps forward and looked at me with different eyes: "Little brother, don't say it's our Xuan Bao Zhai, you just go all over the shops and markets of Chaotian Palace, and you can't give you this price, I advise you, not everyone can pick up the leak, we can't accept your leak, you should change to another house." ”

I met Song Ziwei's sharp eyes: "I said that 8,000 is just a conservative price, and there is more than this number for changing stores, such a big century-old store, the most professional treasure connoisseur in Jinling, such an obvious omission can't be seen in front of me, and the gold content of Xuanbaozhai's century-old store is probably discounted." ”

As soon as I said this, the atmosphere in the room suddenly froze, and several people present all showed surprised expressions, especially the facial expressions of the glasses master were almost hideous.

A country boy who is not good-looking actually humiliated Xuanbao Zhai, a famous store in Jinling, in public, I am afraid that he has eaten the gall of a bear heart and a leopard, right?

"Little brother, things can be eaten indiscriminately, but words can't be talked nonsense, you say this box is a leak? Everyone's eyes are different, cultural literacy is different, I don't argue with you, but you insult our name Xuan Bao Zhai can not be said, if you patronize Xuan Bao Zhai we welcome, but if you come to find fault with the thorns, don't blame us for not being emotional. ”

I can see that the glasses master is obviously suppressing the anger, and the cheeks on both sides are black, if it weren't for Song Huaishan being at the scene, it is estimated that the guys in the store would have kicked me out.

"Little brother? Tell me about it! Where is your box worth 8,000? Song Ziwei's permeable eyes were aggressive: "If you want to say something, I will accept eight thousand, if you mess around, this girl will not let you go." Hum! ”

"Wait."

At this critical moment, Song Huaishan behind him let out a deep sigh, he came to the counter and silently put on his gloves, picked up the magnifying glass on the table, and approached the lacquered wooden box.

I admit that I was resentful at that time, if Xuan Bao Zhai couldn't even see the leak in my hand, then he Song Huaishan was really not qualified to judge my father's treasure appreciation skills sixteen years ago.

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