treasure hunt god pupil

Chapter 72 The Master of Pot Art
Liu Yingying knelt down to take a look, but Li Mo hurriedly grabbed her wrist to prevent her from touching it.

"Don't take it."

"what happened?"

"Let's go."

"Young man, these are all ancient coins from the Qing Dynasty, 30 yuan a piece is nothing to deceive the old man, if you buy more, how about I give you some discounts?"

Seeing that they were leaving, the old man hurriedly got up to greet them.

"Ancient coins from the Qing Dynasty? Uncle, your pile of coins will not last more than a year. They should have been weighed in a village in the south."

The old man froze for a moment, and smiled awkwardly.

"I didn't expect you to be an insider."

"Experts can't talk about it. My master opened a shop in Antique Street. I probably know what's going on after seeing a lot. Sir, the appearance of these old copper coins you brought out is really not very good. If you I really want to have a good meal, so I will choose carefully when I buy next time, don’t look at the same color at a glance.”

"Ah, is there such a thing?" The old man was obviously confused by the words, he looked down at the coins on the ground and muttered, "No wonder there is no business."

Even Liu Yingying laughed.

"Xiao Mo, let's go into this store to look at the tea leaves."

Seeing that she had pushed the door and walked in, Li Mo had no choice but to follow.

When the old man saw it, he ignored the copper coins on the ground, hurriedly followed in and said with a smile, "So you two want to buy tea. My shop is very famous in the tea market. What kind do you want to buy? Biluochun, Tieguanyin, Anji white tea , or something else?"

"Are you the owner of this shop?"

Liu Yingying said in surprise, "Why do you start a tea shop and start another sideline business? No wonder you can set up a stall at the door."

"Boss, is there any special tribute level Taiping Houkui?"

"Of course there is." The boss went to the shelf and took down a glass jar, "Look, the top Taiping Monkey King."

Li Mo opened the seal, looked at the tea color, and smelled the fragrance of the tea. He frowned and said, "Boss, you are not kind enough in your business. The quality of this Taiping Houkui is not even as good as the first-class one. We are rushing today. I went with Wuwanchang, if you are like this, I don’t even bother to ask the price.”

"Oh, let me take a look. I'm sorry, I accidentally took the wrong one. Just wait a moment."

As soon as the boss heard what he said, he knew he was not fooling around, so he hurriedly brought out a glass jar to accompany him with a smile and said, "This is my last top stock for this year, and you are satisfied with the quality."

Li Mo checked again, this time it was indeed the Special Tribute Taiping Monkey Chief.

"Please be honest about the price, don't think we don't understand the market."

"You also know the market price. If this special tribute-level Taiping Houkui is sold in Wuwanchang, it will be at least two thousand per catty. I will give you a net price. How about 1800?"

"Are you sure this is the real price?"

Li Mo's half-smile was not a smile, and the boss looked away.

"I don't earn much, how about a hundred dollars cheaper?"

"Half a catty."

When the boss was busy, Li Mo turned to look at the Bogu shelf on the other wall, which was filled with various teapots.This boss is too good at stealing and playing tricks, and he doesn't know how to tidy up the store environment.

There are too many teapots placed on this Bogu rack, and there are so many beautiful things in eyes. If you mix the good ones with the ordinary ones, even the high-quality teapots will not sell for a good price.

"Boss, do you also use these teapots as a side job?"

"I have a relative who is in the purple sand pot business. The business is not good. I simply shut it down and go abroad to find his son Xiangfu. I will move the last stock in the store and warehouse to sell here. Or you can choose one, How about I just earn a fortune fee?"

Li Mo went to the Bogu rack and picked up a purple clay pot, and after looking at it for a while, he shook his head and put it down.

His eyes continued to scan the antique shelf, and suddenly he paused, and reached out to pick up another purple clay pot.

This purple sand pot is about nine centimeters high and eighteen centimeters wide, and the whole body is reddish brown.The body of the pot is slightly oblate, with six ribs running through the button, lid, mouth, body and ring foot.

The lines are clear and neat, the turning points are close, the tendons are full and round, the circle is square, and the square contains circle.

This kind of purple sand teapot is difficult to form, with a tall and straight shape and rigorous workmanship, and it can still be found here.

Li Mo turned over the body of the pot, and there was a seal on the bottom: Walking for a day is my blessing.

This sentence is a bit familiar.

Li Mo quickly lifted the lid of the pot, and there was also a seal: Gu Jingzhou.

Is this the work of Master Gu Jingzhou who is known as the 'Master of Pot Art'?

Li Mo's heart set off a huge wave. He had seen a collection of purple clay teapots with exactly the same shape in the Shanghai Museum.

The eyes of the different pupils covered the purple sand pot, and saw the milky white light coming out of the body, forming layers of halos spreading around.

This is definitely the work of Gu Jingzhou, a great master of pot making.

However, he remembered that this kind of collection-grade pot should be made in sets, with one pot, four cups and one tray.He then looked for it on the antique rack again, and sure enough, he found four six-edged teacups.

However, there is no matching tray, so I don't know if it is still there.

The pot of four cups in front of me is in good condition, without any bumps or scratches. It is a blessing.

He put the pot back on the Bogu stand, and picked up other purple sand teapots to look at, but his mind was already unsteady.

"Xiao Mo, the Taiping Houkui has already been packed, do you still want to buy a purple sand pot?"

Liu Yingying came over and asked.

"Young man, these purple clay teapots are all excellent products left by my relatives. You can see that some of the surfaces have been covered with pulp, so they must be old objects. Maybe some emperor used them."

The boss also came over and introduced enthusiastically.

"Boss, stop bragging. If you really had the purple clay pot used by the emperor, you would still try to start a side business?" Even Liu Yingying couldn't stand it. This boss can blow out anything without shutting his mouth. noob.

"Talk too much, talk too much." The boss smiled cheekily, and continued without giving up, "It's a good thing at first glance, I'll give you the cheapest price."

"Boss, the purple sand teapots you sell here are not complete sets. They are still missing trays. I will buy a different one when I buy it back. It's ugly."

"The trays are all in the warehouse, and there is no place to put them on this Bogu rack, so I didn't take them out."

Li Mo raised the purple sand pot in his hand and said, "How much did this colored clay cost?"

"I'll give you a minimum price of [-] yuan."

The boss said seriously.

Li Mo didn't speak, and silently put the purple clay pot in his hand back on the shelf.

"Boss, I'll just buy tea leaves, and buy purple clay pots from other stores."

Li Mo took out his mobile phone and wanted to pay. The boss hurriedly said: "You pay the price, as long as I don't make me lose money, I will deal with it, so as not to put it here and take up space."

"Boss, I can buy several sets of high-end tea sets at the price you offered. The tea sets you have here are nothing to look at. I'll just take one set for five hundred yuan."

"Xiaomo, if you want to buy a tea set, let's go to a high-end specialty store to buy it. It's more expensive, but the things are exquisitely made and look high-end."

Liu Yingying really thought he was going to buy a tea set.

"Little brother, I see that you are also a knowledgeable person, so I will deal with it at a loss, one thousand and five taels, you can choose whatever you want."

Li Mo thought for a while before saying: "I didn't get a cheap price at this price, but you won't suffer a loss. All right, I'll take two sets to take away. I want this set of colored clay flower purple sand pots, and I'll choose another set." .”

After pretending to choose for a while, I selected a pot of four cups from Gu Jingzhou, the master of pot art, and placed them on the counter.

"Just these two sets, I'll pay first, and you find the two matching trays."

(End of this chapter)