Pick up treasure

Thanks to Feng Youhai, Heiye 25 for the 100 starting coins, and Xi’an Manufacturing for the 588 starting coins

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But it’s okay, Xingcheng is a famous city in Chu and Han, and it is the birthplace of Chu civilization and Xiangchu culture. Mu Tianlan chose to appraise treasures here, maybe she can find a few treasures from Chu and Han. No, I have to thank Mu Tianlan, no.

Looking at the clear water pond ahead, Mu Tianlan said proudly.

"Wang Ding, I have been to this market a few times. There will be some treasures in this clear water pond. Our appreciating treasure is not a direct competition between you and me to appreciate an antique, but a treasure grab. It's easy to say , our competition time is tonight and tomorrow. At this time tomorrow night, the competition ends. Whoever grabs the treasure with the most value will win. For the sake of fairness, we must first hand over the extra money we have. Leave 2000 yuan as the start-up capital, and use this 2000 yuan as the capital for gambling. What do you think?"

Wang Ding heard that this form of competition is indeed quite new.But of course Wang Ding is fine. "OK."

Wang Ding calmly expressed his position.Immediately, he took all his cash out of his wallet, but after counting, he found that his cash was not enough for two thousand.

"Mu Tianlan, I'm not afraid of your jokes. I usually don't bring that much cash when I go out. I only have 600 yuan at the moment. Why don't I use this 600 yuan as the start-up money?"

"Okay, if you use 600 yuan, then I will leave 600 yuan as disposable funds."

As Mu Tianlan said, she threw her wallet to his driver, "Okay, you can book three rooms. It's so late tonight, so don't go back. If you go back to Gancheng tomorrow morning, I'll call you If you call, come and pick us up."

"Okay." The driver heard Mu Tianlan's order, and went to book a hotel in the next second.

"Wang Ding, before the start of the competition, let me briefly introduce you to the antique city in Star City, so that you can have a direction. The antiques in this antique city in Star City are mainly collections of jade, porcelain, pottery, stone, paintings, etc., and also sell antiques. Miscellaneous items, the four treasures of the study, stamp cards, folk handicrafts and other categories. There are more than 100 shops here, and more than 500 street stalls, so it is more lively and crowded. Xingcheng Antique City usually operates until after twelve o'clock at night In the morning, there is almost no one there, and the doors will not open until 02:30 in the afternoon of the next day, so the time for our competition is tonight and tomorrow afternoon."

"I know what you mean, that is to say, the time for our competition is not more than one day at all, and it may only be half a day in total?"

"Yes, so time is tight. And 600 yuan restricts us to buy a lot of things. This naturally increases the difficulty. I know you are very good at appraising treasures, but in such a restrictive framework, there is no doubt that It also requires us to be familiar with treasures, so that we can find good things in a flash, I must remind you, be careful."

"Hehe." Looking at the confident Mu Tianlan, Wang Ding did not lose confidence, "It seems that you are ready, then let's start, my hands are already itchy, I have to go to this antique city to see , if there is a good treasure, of course I can grab it."

"Okay, please!"

After leaving each other's numbers, the two parted ways, Mu Tianlan was going east, and Wang Ding was going west.

This antique street is very long, and you can't see the edge from east to west. The glazed tile eaves and mahogany storefronts have an antique charm.

Walking on the antique street, Wang Ding didn't dare to waste time, and quickly entered into the role.

Wang Ding basically doesn't even look at the row upon row of shops. With a capital limit of 600 yuan, Wang Ding naturally patronizes street stalls first. There are quite a lot of street stalls in this antique city.Wang Ding was dazzled by all kinds of things.

There are some people in twos and threes around each stall, but most of these people are watching, but there are very few people who make a purchase.

After passing through several street stalls, Wang Ding stopped in front of a booth selling calligraphy and painting for the first time. Looking at the paintings on this booth from afar, Wang Ding also planned to collect a painting when he squatted down.

"Little brother, look at the calligraphy and painting? My calligraphy and painting are all masterpieces. Look at this painting of eight steeds by Xu Beihong, every horse is vivid, and then look at this painting of bamboo by Zheng Banqiao. Here, the bamboo is full of flavor."

The owner of the stall is a man in his thirties, and his eyes are still moving uncontrollably while speaking. The reason why Wang Ding chose the calligraphy and painting stall is that he learned calligraphy and painting appreciation from Mr. Xu some time ago.It seems that the two famous works mentioned by the stall owner, and the painting of eight steeds painted by Xu Beihong, Wang Ding saw through at a glance that they were fakes.

Xu Beihong is an outstanding painter in modern times. Wang Ding also knows Xu Beihong well. He once studied in France. He has a combination of Chinese and Western painting methods. He not only applies Chinese ink painting to the fullest, but also is good at adopting the analysis method and perspective of Western painting. method, etc., borrowing this delicate method to reflect the heroic posture of the horse from the subtleties.

But now these eight horses completely lack that kind of charm, the writing is rough and lacks inspiration, and the clumsy performance is simply unrefined.

"Brother, let me tell you something you don't like to hear. This painting of eight steeds is obviously not the painting of Master Xu Beihong. No one can match Xu Beihong's horse painting skills. His unique painting method of blending Chinese and Western is your picture. It's just too stupid."

Shaking his head, he looked at Zheng Banqiao's bamboo again. Its density is invisible, and its shade is not distinguished. It is completely different from the style of master Zheng Banqiao's bamboo making.

"Brother, I'm really not sure about your paintings. I'm sorry."

Undoubtedly, this calligraphy and painting stall wanted to discourage Wang Ding and leave.

"Wait, little brother. It seems that you really know how to paint. I really have a painting here that my friend asked me to sell to him. My friend is rather weird and doesn't deal with people. Because life is tight and helpless He entrusted me to sell his favorite painting, if the little brother is interested in the painting, I can take it out and ask the little brother to take a look?"

"Oh? Is there a good painting? Then please show it to me to have a look. If it is a good painting, I will naturally accept it."

Now the man will carefully take out a painting that has not been opened from his bag, gently push it to Wang Ding, and repeat his instructions.

"My friend said that people who don't know how to paint can't sell it to him, so I showed it to you to see. If you can see it accurately, understand this painting, and the price is reasonable, Then I'll sell it to you."

Wang Ding could no longer hear what the man said, and slowly opened the painting that had been handed over to him. Looking at the yellowed rice paper, Wang Ding saw a spiritual energy picked up in his eyes, and there still appeared on the paper painting A layer of faint brilliance made Wang Ding have to pay attention to this painting.

This is a vertical scroll painting. A doctor and a child are painted on the whole picture. In front of them is a stone with a strange horse, and behind them is a big tree.

The doctor is wearing a long coat with sleeves swinging his back to the big tree and facing the rocks, bowing his waist and clapping his hands together to worship. It can be seen that he loves and respects stones in a devout state of mind. At the same time, he has the noble qualities of loving nature, cherishing life, and being kind-hearted. It is even more vivid from the screen.

And that stone is lively and proportionate in size, if it is not embellished by famous artists, such an artistic conception would never appear!

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