On Saturday night, when Jiang Yulou came home, he was surprised to find that there were many more antiques in his home.

All kinds, so varied.

After asking, he learned that these were all received by his eldest brother Jiang Yuanchao.

In this regard, parents have a lot of complaints. In the eyes of their old couple, the eldest son is purely a loser with the younger son's money, and it is not a system.

Under the verbal criticism of his parents, the eldest brother Jiang Yuanchao wanted to explain, but he couldn't speak, his face was red, and Jiang Yulou was uncomfortable when he saw it.

"Mom and Dad, you misunderstood the eldest brother, this matter was actually asked by me to do it."

The father was angry and said: "Lou Wa, you are confused! ”

"What's the use of these things you want, spending so much money in vain, it's better to save it and marry a daughter-in-law." Li Xiulian echoed.

Jiang Yulou glanced at the silent eldest brother on the side, and said with a wry smile: "Mom and Dad, I have money, isn't this thinking about maintaining value?" ”

"What is value preservation?"

Jiang Yulou said: "Alas, I can't understand at this time, in short, you believe that I won't spend money indiscriminately." ”

After finally convincing his parents to believe his words, he took his eldest brother to the yard.

"Big brother, how did you come up with the idea of buying antiques, Ma Dudu told you?"

"Well, it's Martha...... Ma Dudu, taught me. At the end, he added: "Dudu is a good person, he can handle it." ”

Jiang Yulou was a little surprised, Ma Dudu is a person who can, he can let the eldest brother who has not met him speak for him, he has two brushes, no wonder he can make a fortune later.

Jiang Yulou asked: "It's just such a thing, can you determine the authenticity and age?" ”

"I've discussed it with Dudu, and he'll come over tomorrow." Jiang Yuan said.

"Okay, let's talk about it tomorrow."

The next day, in the morning.

The courtyard door of Jiang's house was knocked on, and Jiang Yulou opened the door to see that it was Ma Dudu.

"Yo, it's a dood. You're coming, coming, sitting inside. ”

The two entered the house, and Jiang Yuanchao also came to the living room.

"Dudu, thank you so much this time."

"Hey, Yulou, you're too polite, I'll just do a little favor."

"Having someone like you who understands saves me a lot of trouble."

"Don't rush to thank me yet, let's look at things first."

Ma Dudu was quite anxious, firstly, Jiang Yulou dragged him to help with this matter, and secondly, he also wanted to take the opportunity to practice what he had learned.

"Alright, let's go."

The courtyard of the Jiang family is large and there are many rooms, and the antiques collected by Jiang Yuanchao have been specially vacated for a room to collect.

"Click."

After opening the lock, several people entered the room with their front and back feet.

Ma Dudu blinked his little eyes and looked around.

This room was originally a guest room, and the area was not small, and it was temporarily used to collect antiques, but it was more than enough.

Jiang Yulou glanced at Jiang Yuanchao, "Big brother, take out the things you collected and let Dudu take a look." ”

"Oh, okay."

Then he pulled out three round stools from under the table, "Sit, sit down and watch." ”

"Huh? This stool is famous! ”

Ma Dudu knows how to do it, and when he looks at this stool, his eyes light up.

"Is there anything unusual about this stool?"

No matter how Jiang Yulou looks at it, he thinks that this is the case, at best, the shape is a little chic.

Ma Dudu pointed to the stool and introduced it to the two: "You see that this stool has five legs and feet, it is curved, and the surface is begonia noodles, but unfortunately the pattern on it is not well preserved, and the paint surface has fallen off."

The trowel head is intact, the edges are also rounded, the bottom foot is round, and there is a circle of foot tents. The color is crimson, dark red and dark brown, the texture is oblique and staggered, looking oily, like a layer of wax, very textured.

This is a typical Qing Dynasty round stool, also called a round pestle, which is a kind of stool that combines a pestle and a pier. ”

"Oh, that's the case, I just think this stool is quite chic, plus my brother has always wanted to buy some furniture, and the family doesn't have a high value, so I bought it back." Jiang Yuanchao scratched his head and said.

Ma Dudu glanced at him in surprise, fiddled with the stool for a while, and asked, "Brother Jiang, how much did you get for these three stools?" ”

"Five dollars a piece, I gave the uncle fifteen dollars." Immediately, he was nervous again: "Dudu, I won't buy expensive, right?" ”

"It's not expensive, you can still earn it at this price.!" Ma Dudu gave a thumbs up and said: "This round stool, where have I seen it in the master, the style is almost the same, and the age is also eight or nine, the price, I asked, and his old man stretched out a finger at that time." ”

"Ten bucks?" Jiang Yuanchao was a little happy.

Jiang Yulou guessed: "It's a hundred." ”

"Yulou guessed right." Ma Dudu gave the answer.

Jiang Yuanchao was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth, "A hundred? ”

Originally, he just wanted to add some furniture to his home, but he didn't expect to earn twenty times, how could he not be surprised.

Jiang Yulou was not surprised, in the antique industry, in addition to testing eyesight, it also depends on luck.

In his previous life, he had seen a lot of examples of this kind of unexpected fortune.

Ma Dudu finished reading the stool, and his interest was raised, "Brother Jiang, are there any good things?" ”

"I received a few gadgets yesterday."

Jiang Yuanchao opened the cabinet, took out the antiques he had received these days, and placed them on the large round table.

The first one is a porcelain snuff box with a small mouth, an oval flat belly, and an oval ringed foot. Both sides of the abdomen are pastel-painted depicting two crabs and reeds and algae. The outsole is signed from right to left, and the alum red color seal body "Dao Light Year System" is horizontally arranged.

The other is a bamboo pen pillow, which does not show the chronological process.

As for the third one, it's the jade paperweight.

It is carved from a pale green piece of jade and has an oval shape. The surface of the paperweight is carved with a landscape painting, and the elements of the picture, such as mountains, trees, and streams, come to life, as if you are in nature.

In addition, the edges of the paperweight are carved with delicate floral patterns for an extra touch of elegance.

Lao Ma has not been on the road for a few years, and his understanding is limited, not to mention that there are too many antique categories, and it is impossible to be completely proficient. He picked up the pen pillow and fiddled with it for a moment, and said: "I'm not familiar with this thing, but the bamboo pen pillow will not last too long for future generations, and the value is not high, how much does it cost?" ”

"Three bucks."

"Oh, that's okay."

followed by the second piece, which is a jade paperweight.

"That's not bad." Ma Dudu nodded and said, "The ancient literati all liked paperweights, which were both practical and playful, which was called Qing Reward." Especially jade paperweights, if you meet someone who knows how to do it, and it is good, it can be sold at a good price. ”

Then came the third one, and as soon as he looked at it, his little eyes blinked twice, and then returned to normal. I played with it in my hand, and after seeing the bottom "Dao Light-Year System", I put it back on the table.

"Where did you get this snuffbox?"

"These three were all bought by an aunt, and it cost me a total of nine yuan."

Jiang Yulou picked up the snuffbox and asked curiously, "Is this snuffbox famous?" ”

"See the pattern on the belly of the snuff bottle? Both sides are pastel-painted depicting two crabs and reeds and algae. At first glance, the pattern on this snuff bottle seems to be a common pond scene, but in fact, it is an auspicious pattern that people like to see - "Erjia Chuanlu", also known as "Huangjia Chuanlu". ”

Ma Dudu said eloquently: "Because crabs have hard carapaces, and "Strange Names of Things: Aquarium Crabs": "The big crab is called a cockle, and its name is Huangjia." Therefore, the ancients often painted two crabs with reeds, which means "Erjia Chuan" or "Huangjia Chuan", so as to wish people prosperity and a bright future. ”

"I'll just say that, the Palace Museum has a similar one."

"Ahh

Jiang Yulou and Jiang Yuanchao were stunned after hearing his words.

"Doesn't that mean that this snuffbox is worth the money of the old nose?"

Seeing that a few people were so surprised, Ma Dudu felt a little proud in his heart, he paced two steps in the hut, and said, "I don't dare to say that it must be worth it, but Brother Jiang's deal is worth it." ”

As he spoke, he extended his thumb to Jiang Yuanchao again.

"Hey, hey." Jiang Yuanchao smiled embarrassedly.

Jiang Yulou was also a little impressed by his eldest brother, and he didn't rush anything else, just rushed him for his luck.