Pick up treasure

"I said brother, why are you in a hurry?"

Xiao Changyi stretched out his hand to block Wang Ding's way, Wang Ding raised his eyes, and Xiao Changyi realized that his action was a bit exaggerated, so he hurriedly lowered his arm.

"Brother, it's not that I don't want you to go. Don't misunderstand me. It's just that I want to make friends with my brother. Why don't we go to the back room and have a cup of tea?"

Wang Ding also thought that this guy was a weasel giving the chicken New Year's greetings, and he didn't appreciate it. "If there is a destiny, we can definitely become friends. Next time, let's forget it this time."

"Don't." Xiao Changyi was about to say something, but his buddy shouted first, "I said brother, our Boss Xiao doesn't make friends with everyone, he said he didn't appreciate you, you really..."

"What are you talking about? I didn't say anything, do you have a share in it?" Xiao Changyi drank heavily, and the guy immediately kept silent and hid in a corner.

However, Xiao Changyi still followed the guy's words and continued, "Brother, to be honest, in this Panjiayuan, if I, Xiao Changyi, want to make friends with someone, they really can't ask for it, or even if they don't want to make friends I don’t like my temper and personality, but I still have to pay, they dare not say no. But brother, you are the first person to say no to me, but it’s okay, friends don’t have to be, but Business is always open, right? To tell you the truth, I am very interested in this pottery in your hand, I wonder if you can ask me to take a look at it?"

"It's useless to be interested in my pottery. I don't sell these things. So..."

"If you don't sell it, I always think that it has not reached the price in your mind, or that price is not attractive enough, but let's not talk about this for now, can't I take a look at it? Even if I don't sell it, I appreciate it. This should be Nothing?"

Xiao Changyi expressed a lot of interest. To be honest, even if he didn't sell it, it wouldn't be too much to ask him to appreciate it.

At this time, if you want to leave rashly, I guess Xiao Changyi will definitely not let him go. If you don't give him face for a face-saving person like him, you will be asking for trouble for yourself.

Wang Ding has also noticed through various signals that Xiao Changyi is a powerful guy in Panjiayuan, even in Beijing#Beijing. Although Wang Ding doesn't like Xiao Changyi and doesn't want to be friends with him, it's not necessary at all. So make an enemy.

"Okay, then let's go into the house and talk about it. Outside, there are a lot of fish and dragons, so it's not as quiet as the inner room. It's so real!"

"Okay, okay. Pony, serve tea and invite guests!"

Wang Ding and Sally came to Xiao Changyi's reception room. The furnishings of the reception room were also very simple. There was a carved wooden table with running water and a large table top for drinking tea.

The tea seats are all made of wood, made of sandalwood, which emits a delicate fragrance, and the sandalwood is also covered with soft cotton cushions, so it's not so badass.

However, with such a decoration, the style is completely wrong. Obviously, Xiao Changyi is a fake artist.

After brewing the tea and sending it to Wang Ding, Xiao Changyi said, "Brother, can you let me have a look at your pottery now?"

"of course."

Wang Ding took out the pottery and put it on the table, asking Xiao Changyi to appreciate it.

Xiao Changyi seemed to have a lot of research on pottery, and he became quiet after seeing it.Picking up the black pottery, he wiped the inside of the black pottery vigorously with his hands. The thin mud and thin walls immediately became black and shiny, and the pottery was extremely thin, a bit like eggshell porcelain. Xiao Changyi was sure that this was a fine product from Longshan. Characteristics of black pottery.

A little, after taking a sip of tea, Xiao Changyi said, "Speaking of which, this pottery is very particular. It doesn't mean that the earlier the pottery is, the more valuable it is. If the pottery that appeared earlier is relatively simple to fire, the materials and workmanship are very rough. , even those unearthed from the Neolithic period are not very valuable, like those pottery pots from the Han Dynasty, even if they are put out, no one wants them. However, like the red pottery and painted pottery of the Yangshao culture period, and the black pottery of the Long#shan culture period, The white pottery of the late Shang Dynasty and the glazed pottery of the Han Dynasty, there are many high-quality goods in them, which are of great collection value."

"But then again, those surviving quantities are extremely rare. Besides, pottery is something that no one is looking for, so the price will naturally not go up. To tell you something that you don't like to hear, brother, the current situation of pottery is like this. Except for genuine and rare pottery, the rest are simply ignored.”

"That's true, so I'm lucky." Wang Ding originally thought that his pottery might be black pottery from the Longshan period. Now there is something in Xiao Changyi's words, which makes Wang Ding even more convinced that the pottery he is holding now , It is really pure black pottery from the Longshan culture period.

The black pottery is unglazed, so if it is not wiped, it will look a little dull. Xiao Changyi is sure that Wang Ding must have seen this object, so he bought it. However, it is only based on such a feature It's black pottery, it's really a bit arbitrary.

Xiao Changyi suddenly shook his head dejectedly, "It's a bit hard to say about this thing. The texture of the tire is quite thin, and it looks a bit like Longkou black pottery, but the color of the paste and glaze is a bit uncertain..."

Xiao Changyi now took a magnifying glass, walked around the pot-bellied pot for a long time, then tapped it with his hand, his face was a little disappointed, he had never seen the real Longshan black pottery, but this thing was a bit like The later imitations are not quite consistent with the characteristics of the legendary black pottery that is "as black as lacquer and as thin as paper".

The "black as lacquer" characteristic of Longshan black pottery does not refer to the pure black, but the brilliance in the black, but the color of this black pottery is dull, and even the patina is not so solid.

After Wang Ding saw Xiao Changyi's expression, although he wasn't sure whether he didn't understand or pretended not to understand, he just laughed a few times and said, "Boss Xiao, you should have tung oil and white gauze, right? Please bring some here, I will clean this black pottery and you will know."

"Tung oil? Isn't that for furniture maintenance?"

Xiao Changyi was really not sure, he was a little puzzled when he heard the words, he had been immersed in the porcelain business for decades, and had never heard of tung oil being able to clean ceramics, but since Wang Ding said so, he must have his reasons, Xiao Changyi was busy, so he asked his buddy to find tung oil.

"Brother, I kept you waiting for a long time. I don't store this thing in this store, so I ran to the furniture store to get it."

In general furniture stores, some tung oil will be stored for later use, but antique shops may not have any. After the clerk brought the tung oil, Wang Ding asked Boss Xiao to prepare two large bowls.

Xiao Changyi was already in a cloud, he couldn't understand what Wang Ding was doing, but Xiao Changyi became more and more sure that this young man was not simple.

Even Xiao Changyi turned his attention from the pottery to Wang Ding, thinking, if Wang Ding can be included as the shopkeeper of his antique shop, then the business will not be booming!

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Sally also liked Wang Ding more and more. He didn't know what was in his head, but he was able to tinker with such a fresh thing.

But Sally didn't know that Wang Ding learned a lot of secret recipes from brother Liu Tiezhu, such as garlic sauce bonding method, plaster bonding, tung oil cleaning, there are only things you can't think of, nothing he can't do.

So Wang Ding had his reasons for asking Xiao Changyi to prepare two bowls.Although the tung oil is transparent, there are some impurities in it, which must be filtered before use. Wang Ding took the large bowl, covered the mouth of the bowl with white gauze, and slowly poured the tung oil in another small bowl. Poured in.

With the naked eye, Wang Ding could see that there were some impurities left on the gauze, and then quickly, Wang Ding changed another gauze, and filtered the tung oil in the big bowl again. After doing this three times, the impurities were cleaned up. .

After filtering the tung oil, Wang Ding took a clean large bowl, took two-thirds of the water, and then poured in a little, about a spoonful of roots, of the filtered tung oil. The tung oil did not dissolve in the water. Wang Ding took After three or four minutes, the tung oil, like egg white, melted into the water.

Wang Ding continued to mix tung oil and water, and then soaked a piece of clean white gauze in it. Since tung oil evaporates quickly and dries easily, the gauze can only be taken out when it is in use.

Seeing this, Xiao Changyi finally understood, but Sally still didn't understand. After completing these tasks, Wang Ding took out the gauze and began to clean the black pottery.

Seeing that after cleaning the black pottery jar, the surface of the black pottery became brighter and brighter, Sally finally understood.

"Wow, that's amazing!"

Wang Ding didn't stop. After cleaning the black pottery, Wang Ding wiped it with a dry cloth, and put the black pottery in the room where the sunlight can shine.

"It's not a big deal, and it will take a while to dry."

The density of pottery is not as high as that of porcelain, and after being wet, it will seep into the inside, so it is not enough to just wipe the outside clean, but the weather at the end of September is still very sunny, and the water inside will probably dry out after a while dry.

"Brother, I really admire you. I, Xiao Changyi, have gained a lot of knowledge today. So it turns out that tung oil can still be used like this?"

After Wang Ding finished this series of actions, Xiao Changyi couldn't help applauding. He had firmly memorized Wang Ding's every move just now, even the most subtle movements. It is said that those who know these skills keep it secret. For Wang Ding to use this method in front of him, it is a great opportunity for him.

This is Hei Tao who doesn't regard himself as an outsider, but how could he want to take Wang Ding down? He really treats a gentleman with the courtesy of a villain.

Wang Ding was still so modest, and said with a smile, "It's just a little trick, which made Boss Xiao laugh..."

"Where is it, you are better than the shopkeeper in my shop, by the way, I don't know your brother's last name, is it you?"

Wang Ding also remembered to verify the authenticity of this black pottery. At this moment, he also remembered that he didn't introduce himself, and said apologetically, "Boss Xiao, Xiaosheng's surname is Wang, and the single name is a tripod!" (To be continued.)