1979 The Life of Idle Fish

Chapter 188 Song Dynasty List Book
The next day, Luo Tao and the others got up early and found out the location of Chang'an Cultural Relics Store from the waiter.

The Chang'an Cultural Relics Store only opened in [-]. It is a provincial-level cultural relics store in Shaanxi Province. It is a state-owned unit and a public institution with contemporary characteristics established to generate foreign exchange.

The four of them headed towards the Small Wild Goose Pagoda on Chang'an Street in a hurry, and had a hasty breakfast while passing by Xiaozhai.

Luo Tao and Mr. Wang sat in the back seat of the car chatting and laughing all the way, without any concern for the two young men in front of them who were having a hard time riding the bike.

"Seven sons, ride slowly, don't be in a hurry. Work hard and let you have a big meal at noon today." Luo Tao opened his favorite big front door again to encourage the seven sons who were riding.

Now Luo Tao takes several packs of cigarettes with him when he goes out. He smokes Daqianmen and Peony for himself, and smokes Da Dao or Huazi for others. Of course, Huazi is not something that ordinary people can enjoy.

"Brother, what you said is true, you didn't lie to me!" Qizi couldn't believe it because someone started to talk about making a lot of money with him and Xu Le, but then nothing happened.

"Hmph! Why are you lying to me!"

"Brother, are you going to Chang'an Restaurant on East Street?" Xu Le took over.

"Hey, you kid also knows this." Luo Tao didn't expect that he would know about this restaurant.

"Hey, I heard it all. It seems that many leaders have eaten there before..."

Xu Le was riding a bicycle, and when he was laughing, he turned his hands into one hand to hold the bicycle, while the other hand was either waving and gesticulating, or doing something else.

"Hey, kid, can you take it easy? It doesn't matter if you fall, but if you fall me, it will be serious." The car was a little twisted when riding, and Mr. Wang's heart was in his throat.

They were talking and laughing along the way. With Xu Le and Qizi joining in, the four elders also had a lot more laughter.

"Hey, why is there no one here?" Mr. Wang expressed his opinion before anyone entered.

Luo Tao is also becoming more and more fond of this old man who loves to tell the truth. He thinks that if there are so many people coming and going here, the good things will be almost gone. Why do we wait until we come to buy them.

"Mr. Wang, it's good that there are less people here. Let's go in and take a look."

The four people entered the door, and the clerk saw that they had yellow skin, black hair, and black eyes. They were not tall and wore ordinary clothes. No one came up to say: Welcome.They all glanced here and then went about their business.

Luo Tao was used to this situation and didn't notice anything wrong.Today's state-run waiters are not yet ready to look at people's faces. If they don't show their faces to the guests, then they are considered good waiters.

Luo Tao and Mr. Wang split up to look for their hobbies. Luo Tao went straight to the calligraphy and painting area. When he came to this area, he saw that there were already several spectators here. They were holding my myopia and reading glasses with their thumbs and index fingers. They wanted to put them on. Go up and enjoy it.

There was a young waiter not far away with big eyes, observing the situation here without blinking.

Luo Tao now has some experience in appraising calligraphy and paintings. He dare not say that he can tell the difference between old and new at a glance, but he can still say that he is almost inseparable.

First, relying on the paper appraisal method he learned from his grandfather, Luo Tao has rarely made a mistake for so many years. In addition, he has been apprenticed to Mr. Zhang and has been nurturing among everyone from time to time, and his appraisal skills have also improved to a higher level.

The more good things you see, the better your appreciation level will be. Especially the works of modern calligraphers and painters, one can really say that one glance can mean the difference between life and death.

I searched around and found that none of them could reach Qianlong. They were all calligraphy and paintings by modern and contemporary masters, and the prices were very cheap. For example, the paintings by Huang Zhou and Wu Guanzhong were priced at eight yuan each.

For everyone like Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, and Wu Changshuo, the smaller ones cost tens of yuan, and the large ones cost hundreds.

Luo Tao walked around feeling proud of himself, and had already settled on the target, a total of 71 paintings and calligraphy.Luo Tao himself thinks that the paintings are very good. Now he is a bit picky in collecting calligraphy and paintings. The principle is to focus on good, fine and few. The artistic conception must be good, and the painting skills must be exquisite. If you don't want to be unique in the world, it cannot be a wholesale product. .

With the calculation in his mind, Luo Tao walked towards the young waiter.

"Hello, comrade, I wonder if this painting can be packaged?" Luo Tao greeted her politely with a smile.

"Sir, how many paintings do you want to buy? If there are two paintings per painting, there is no need. If there are more, we can pack them."

"Oh, I have my eye on a few paintings. Could you please pack them up?" Luo Tao led her to pick out the 71 calligraphy and paintings that he liked.

The young waiter had about twenty pieces in his arms. Seeing that Luo Tao was still choosing, he couldn't help but ask: "Sir, how many pairs do you want to buy?"

"Oh, not more than 70 pieces. Why, do you have any regulations in your store?" Luo Tao was really afraid that she would say, "We only sell to foreign friends."

"Haha, that's not the case. Since the amount you want is a bit large, I have to ask our leader for instructions."

Fortunately, I didn't worship foreigners, otherwise, if I don't write a novel to criticize you, my surname will not be Luo.

"Oh, that's okay, but can you bring the calligraphy and painting I need to the counter first, and then ask your leader for instructions."

Luo Tao was also afraid that someone would intercept her while she was asking for instructions from the leader. To prevent this, it was better to put it away first.

The lesbian hesitated for a moment, as if she couldn't make up her mind.

"Why not?"

"It's not impossible, but there's no precedent for this in our store. Sorry sir, I have to ask the leader about this."

Seeing what she said, Luo Tao could only let it go, but it was better to get the nearly twenty paintings first.

"Then I can buy these pictures first!"

"Oh, yes, you come with me." Luo Tao followed her to the front desk and paid 620 yuan for a total of [-] paintings, and she went upstairs to find her leader.

Their packing method is very special. One picture is paired with a small bag, and then it is put into a sack. Luo Tao was speechless when he saw this. Are the conditions so simple?
Luo Tao asked Xu Le to carry the sack of calligraphy and painting. He turned around and went back to stare at the treasure he had spotted, and by the way, he also checked to see if there were any good works that he had missed.

He didn't take a few steps, but he actually found a book with very different characters. There was no signature, only four big characters: Like a spring breeze.

The closer Luo Tao looked, the more he felt that these four characters were written well. The writing of these characters is called quaint and powerful. In vernacular, it means grand and old-fashioned. This kind of calligraphy is definitely not something that ordinary people can write.

Looking at the paper, it has the characteristics of Song Dynasty jute paper, which is dark yellow in color, thick and smooth in surface, evenly distributed in thickness, and solid and dense in texture.

It feels harder than ordinary paper when touched by hand.

Luo Tao was extremely excited. No matter who wrote this word, as long as this piece of paper was dated to the Song Dynasty, he would have found a treasure today.

(End of this chapter)