Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1345 Identification

She turned out to be a capable professional woman, and Zhou Zhi was impressed: "Let's go, let's go straight to the drinks."

When Jasmine saw Zhou Zhi's guard, her expression changed a little: "This car is rare in the mainland."

"My cousin gave it to me." Zhou Zhi had no choice but to explain why a college student had such a nice car.

"Ms. An Xin, right?" Jasmine said with a smile: "The wedding of the two young masters of the Li family was very sensational in Hong Kong Island."

"Your name comes from an English name, right? Jasmine?" Zhou Zhi asked.

"Yes." Jasmine nodded, but this beautiful girl seemed to be very serious about her place of origin: "But I am not a foreigner. My ancestors are British and German, my father is from Hong Kong Island, and my mother is French."

"Oh no wonder, I'm just a foreigner who speaks Hong Kong so well."

"Yours isn't bad either. Have you lived on Hong Kong Island too?"

"That's not true. I learned it from TVB dramas." Zhou Zhi said with a smile.

"Wow, you must be a smart man then Mr. Zhou."

"Call me Elbow, everyone who knows me well calls me that." Zhou Zhi said, "We'll get off the expressway for a quick meal first, and then go home and have a drink. What do you think?"

"Let's go to the bar first and finish the work first." Jasmin said, "You don't have to arrange the elbow. I can go back to the airport to take care of it for dinner."

Zhou Zhi couldn't force it any more, feeling that this girl Jazmin was actually a bit difficult to talk to.

Unexpectedly, Jasmine took the initiative to ask: "Can you introduce to me the origin of these bottles of wine?"

Zhou Zhi said: "Our family bought a house in Shudu a few years ago. It was a property purchased by my mother's maternal grandfather. Later, I felt that it was not a problem to leave it empty, so I renovated it into a B&B. Do a simple reception or something."

"This year we were going to renovate the lobby, remove the indoor escalators, and increase the space in the main hall. As a result, we found a secret room under the stairs, which was a temporary shelter. In it we found some newspapers, books, food cans and the like from decades ago. , and some tea cakes, and three kinds of wine.”

"We in the Mainland mainly drink white wine and don't have much research on wine. I thought that Jack should have some research on red wine, so I roughly traced the letter pattern on the bottle and sent it to him by fax, and then I invited you here. ”

"Such a story..." Jasmine couldn't help but hesitate.

"You've heard stories like this a lot among people who do appraisals, right?" Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Actually, I usually do some appraisals, and I found treasures in my old house. Such stories are indeed often heard."

Jasmin couldn't help but laugh: "But we have to distinguish between objects. By the way, what do you do for collecting elbows?"

"I mainly work on porcelain, calligraphy and painting." Zhou Zhi said.

"Then show me this." Jasmin took out a pendant from her neck. It was a small round blue and white pendant with exquisite gold edges. It looked quite beautiful.

Zhou Zhi only glanced at it before returning his gaze to the road: "This is an emerald blue made of top-quality pearl materials. It belongs to the early Kangxi period. Judging from the size, it should be polished with a fragment of a bottle." It’s done.”

"Although it is a fragment, the subject matter is very rare in Kangxi blue and white flowers. The broken jasmine branch is the same as your name." Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "It shows that the person who gave this gift to you is very thoughtful."

"Wow, master." Jasmine nodded: "Wanqiu said the same thing, but she didn't understand what the pattern was."

"Ancient traditional patterns are often abstracted and changed." Zhou Zhi said: "For example, passion flowers and cockscombs, this is normal. Sister Wanqiu learned the Western style, focusing on materials and ingredients, ignoring style and patterns. It's normal." "But the person who gave you the gift must understand this."

"Thank you, elbow. I discovered that this pendant has a deeper meaning." Jasmin put the pendant in her collar and stuck out her tongue: "I will apologize to the old man when I get back."

"Is it a gift from an elder in your family?" Zhou Zhi asked, and then shook his head: "It's a pity that it's a fragment. Utensils with broken jasmine branches are very rare in blue and white porcelain. If the whole thing is used, it will be valuable."

"Then I have to go back and apologize." Jasmine showed a harmless smile: "Because that piece of porcelain... was broken by me."

Zhou Zhi heard his feet tremble, and the guard pushed his back to speed up, and quickly released the accelerator: "This... you haven't been beaten yet?"

"That happened when I was a kid! My dad wanted to beat me, but grandpa wouldn't let me go, saying that it would be fine if he didn't cut his hand." Jasmin was not ashamed but proud: "He even used the fragments to make me this pendant. .”

"To have such porcelain, your grandpa is definitely an expert in playing with porcelain. If you have the opportunity to go to Hong Kong Island, you have to visit him in person and ask for advice." Zhou Zhi said.

"Hehe, but he is in the United States now. You can't see him even if you go to Hong Kong Island."

The chat has now opened up the topic, and the relationship between the two has improved a lot. When they arrived at Suihuaxuan, Jasmine couldn't help but nod secretly when she saw the mansion.

If those bottles of wine were found in a place like this, they might still be real.

However, Jasmine has seen too many such stories and openings. She would never believe them without seeing something.

She was even more surprised when she entered the mansion. Jasmine was well-informed, but the furnishings here made her feel no worse than her grandfather's.

After finding a thick coat for Jasmine to put on, Zhou Zhi took her into the storage room.

There were many wooden boxes and wooden shelves in the storage room, with all kinds of messy things on them. Jasmin smelled the aroma of wine: "Maotai? Is there a Maotai that is more than 20 years old?"

"Expert!" Zhou Zhi has learned from the extremely sensitive nose of a wine expert: "There are Moutai, Wuliangye, and Luzhou Laojiao wines here. Moutai is indeed Sunflower brand that is more than 20 years old."

"Let's take a look at those bottles of wine first."

"Watch here or go outside in the sunshine?" Zhou Zhi asked.

"It's certainly better to be outside."

"OK, I'll go get the wine."

There are small carts specially used for transporting cultural relics in the warehouse. They are designed with great emphasis on safety. The carriages are padded with thick foam and velvet, as well as foam cotton used for separation.

There were only a dozen bottles of wine in total. Zhou Zhi put them all into the trolley and took Jasmin back to the ground: "How about going to the glass room over there?"

Jasmine has put on glasses and has transformed from an ordinary beauty to an intellectual beauty: "It doesn't need to be so bright, the light in this living room is enough."

What follows is a set of identification procedures. Jasmine took out some weird instruments from her bag, including a centimeter strung on a track, a high-power magnifying glass, and an electronic analyzer with a probe. There is even a palm-sized mini microscope and a row of plastic tubes carrying reagents. All in all, it is very complicated.

(End of this chapter)