The Book of Appreciation

Lying on the bed, Meng Yao decided to apologize to Wu Di with all sincerity. She was going to invite Wu Di to go boating in the Summer Palace tomorrow.This guy has been in the capital for more than two years, so he probably hasn't gone out to play yet.

Wen Lan supported Meng Yao's decision very much, and told Meng Yao not to mention houses, money and other topics in front of Wu Di in the future, so as not to irritate that poor guy.Meng Yao nodded heavily.

After receiving Meng Yao's text message, Wu Di was very tempted.But since he was taught a lesson by the master last time, he is still not doing his job these days. It is too easy for the master to know his whereabouts, and I am afraid that he will be extremely disappointed at that time.After hesitating for a long time, he replied:

"The old man scolded me just now, I'm going to help the second senior brother tomorrow, otherwise it will be very miserable!"

Meng Yao showed Wen Lan the phone, and Wen Lan shook her head helplessly, poor guy, since you don't like him, why did you adopt him?Otherwise, maybe Wu Di can meet a good family!

After Wu Di took a shower, he called Song Hongyan and said that he would study with him for a while.Song Hongyan smiled and said:

"You're finally done with your work? Let's take a trip to the ghost market with the second brother tomorrow morning. I'll show you."

There are two ghost markets in Panjiayuan every week, Saturday and Sunday, and the ghost market is particularly popular on Saturdays.At 4 o'clock in the morning, the gate of Panjiayuan was full of people. The stall owners used tricycles to carry cardboard boxes full of small handicrafts. Gotta ding-dong.Wu Di and Song Hongyan stood far away, seeing Wu Di was a little excited, and said with a smile:

"Everyone wants to be able to pick up leaks, but it's not easy to pick up leaks now. Even door-to-door delivery is buried by people! Let's not worry, wait until everyone has gone in before entering. Those who buy antiques must have been to the ghost market. We are here today." Come to know."

As soon as the gate opened at 4:[-], the crowd rushed in and took their seats quickly.After a while, one or two people squatted in front of each stall.

"The current ghost market is very different from before. The ghost market appeared in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The reason why it became a market in the early morning is because the police are not strictly controlled at this hour, and some objects of unknown origin can be sold. At that time, some nobles were reduced. To the point where they become sellers for a living, they can’t save face, so in order to avoid acquaintances, they go to the “ghost market” to hold antiques and stand on the street. So all antique dealers know that ghost markets produce good goods. Now, in ghost markets If you find an old item in the market, it’s a big leak for those who have connections to earn thousands of dollars.”

Song Hongyan walked slowly towards the market while explaining the origin of the ghost market to Wu Di.

The things in the ghost market are very complicated, and the stalls are not big, but Wu Di has seen many kinds of things such as ancient books, calligraphy and paintings, agate and jade, ceramics, Chinese and foreign coins, religious supplies, etc. after a cursory inspection of more than a dozen stalls.

"This stall is interesting."

Song Hongyan whispered and attracted Wu Di's attention. This is a stall selling porcelain. At a glance, celadon, white porcelain, pastel, blue and white, brother, Ru, Guan, Jun, and Ding are all the same. The whole China A hodgepodge of ancient porcelain.

The two squatted down and looked at it carefully by the light of the street lamp.Suddenly, Song Hongyan picked up a large blue and white porcelain plate, carefully looked at it with a flashlight and placed it on the ground, motioning Wu Di to have a look.Wu Di picked it up and looked at the inscription first. "Yongzheng Year of the Great Qing Dynasty" has two lines and six characters. It is an official kiln style with blue and white double circles in regular script. It is mainly used on blue and white and pastel porcelain, that's right.The font is weak and slightly cursive, and the blue and white tones are pure, which is also true.Looking at the fetus again, the fetus is firm and white, very fine and smooth, the carcass is light and thin, and the tire is very neatly repaired, which is the characteristic of the blue and white porcelain of the Yongzheng official kiln.Looking at the decoration again, the pattern of blue and white lotus with eight treasures, the hair color is light and deep, a little faint, I can't help feeling suspicious, I tried it with the heavenly script, but it was a modern imitation.

"The level of this thing should be comparable to the one the teacher showed you. You see, the blue and white flowers seem to be hazy, but in fact they are not uniform. It is obviously an effect deliberately pursued, which is unnatural. In addition, the blue and white flowers are slightly blurred. Frivolous. The most important thing is that the orange peel pattern is difficult to imitate. However, this one is considered a boutique. Boss, how much is this one?"

"It originally cost [-], but you are also an expert, so take [-]!"

"Two thousand, I'll buy it back and make a teaching material to teach those little guys."

"At least six thousand!"

"I'll give you another six hundred, if you succeed, forget it if you don't."

Song Hongyan made a gesture to put down the thing, but the boss was in a hurry. This thing was collected for 500 yuan, and if it could be sold for [-] yuan, he would earn back all the travel expenses. He gritted his teeth and said:

"Two thousand and eight!"

"Success, pack it for you."

Wu Di hugged the box and continued to walk forward, Song Hongyan said:

"I have a genuine piece of Yongzheng blue and white. You can take it back and compare it. It is clear at a glance. In fact, almost all fakes are made of imitations. The fakes come from the real ones. Every fake has some characteristics of the real one. If you look at it more, you will naturally recognize the real thing.”

"The fake comes from the real, classic. I just saw too little of the real thing, and I knew it was fake, but I couldn't tell where the fake was."

"The teacher valued you very much. He said that you have the same feeling for antiques! If you are willing to work hard, two years is equivalent to 20 years for others! After all, you can recognize the authenticity of an object at a glance, and then go back to find evidence , is much easier than guessing. Moreover, you still have such a perverted memory."

In front was a stall selling used books. Song Hongyan went up to pick up a 60s edition of "Rong Zhai Essays" and flipped through it, saying:

"These things are the most in Baoguo Temple. I can go and have a look someday. It was published in this era, and it is so well preserved. It is already considered a good collection. Look at the volume of "Yuewei Thatched Cottage Notes". It’s better to sell the original book for more money.”

Wu Di picked up "Yuewei Thatched Cottage Notes" and flipped through it casually. This is the first book, including six volumes of "Luanyang Xiaoxialu". After checking the publication year, there was no space. Song Hongyan smiled and said:

"Most likely from Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House in 05."

Wu Di couldn't help laughing, and was about to put it down, when his heart moved, he turned out the other books and asked:

"Boss, how much is this set of books?"

The boss was a young guy, and he kept yawning while the two of them were reading, as if the business wasn't his.Sure enough, when Wu Di asked, the young man said directly:

"This is not my stall. The old man was invited to go fishing and asked me to watch the stall for him. I didn't ask you for anything. I just told you the selling price and I gave you 200 yuan to take it away."

Two hundred is really not expensive, Wu Di didn't bother to haggle over the price, so he just packed up and left.Song Hongyan kept watching with cold eyes and didn't say a word, as if he and Wu Di didn't come here together.

After three or five stalls, Song Hongyan raised his eyebrows and asked in a low voice:

"something wrong?"

"Well, I saw a sticky note with two poems written on it, which looks like Ji Yun's handwriting. Go back and take a good look at it later!"

Song Hongyan was a little excited. He had always believed in the luck of the junior brother.It’s been a long time since I’ve found a leak in this ghost market, and he’s hardly been here in the past few years, but today, when my junior brother stepped out, not only did he buy a piece of modern high-quality imitation porcelain, but he might also have come across Ji Yun’s handwriting, which made him How is he not excited?

The two continued to stroll down. Wu Di had a reminder from the heavenly book, and he knew that there was only a note in the first book, which should be Ji Yun's draft back then, and the other books were just foils.Song Hongyan is a veteran, and has long since passed the stage of getting itchy when he sees something good, so he can hold his breath.

Walking through most of the ghost market, I saw a seller of porcelain tiles, large and small, with a thick layer of tiles on the ground.

"To learn porcelain, start with porcelain pieces. Because porcelain pieces can see the body, it is not easy to buy fake things. If you are lucky, you can buy porcelain pieces with important features, which will help you master that type of porcelain. Great help. Come on, let's go and see if we can find anything good."

"A rich family is not as good as a piece of Ruci, hehe, maybe we can find someone with a rich family!"

"Bosses, these tiles have just been received. Maybe it is true, as this little brother said, that they can earn a fortune!"

Song Hongyan smiled and asked:

"Boss, how do you sell it?"

"As usual, the big pile has 51 pieces, and the small one has 21 pieces. Pick whatever you want."

Wu Di squatted on the other side of the big pile and picked carefully, and after a while, he found a piece of oval green glaze porcelain piece of Yuanlongquan Kiln with Fu character!It is the complete bottom of a bowl, with half of the rim missing, and the word "Fu" is clearly visible on the bottom, but it is a pity that it has no money.

Wu Di's spirit was lifted, this feeling of Taobao made his blood boil, and his heart, which was irritated by trivial matters for several days, calmed down.

Fragment of blue and white flower pattern in Ming Dynasty, fragment of dragon pattern in pastel color of Qing Dynasty.After seeing all the large pieces of porcelain, Wu Di picked out three pieces, and checked them again with his left hand. Sure enough, there were no good ones. Keep looking.

Are there so many good products in this store?Wu Di didn't join in the fun, he just took the tiles he picked out one by one and looked at them one by one. Some were true and some were fake.

A total of 600 yuan was spent, and the two left satisfied.

Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, Song Hongyan suggested:

"How about going back after seeing another jade stall?"

"Listen to senior brother, this is your strong point!"

There were quite a few stalls of jade wares, and the two of them ignored those stalls that were mostly fake goods, and looked for those stalls with dark and hard-to-recognize things.There is a strange stall here, like selling porcelain tiles, with a pile of small black things piled up in front of it.Song Hongyan smiled and said:

"Some people don't bother to make fakes, so they use plastic, glass, and waste jade to make various shapes, bury them in the soil mixed with glue, dig them out after a while, take care of them casually, and take them out as antiques. Selling jade, this kind of thing is the most eye-catching. Let's compare and see, who can find the real jade from this pile?"

Song Hongyan didn't talk about ancient jade, and obviously decided that these were all faked by the method he just said. It was really not easy to find jade from it. Wu Di couldn't help but become ambitious, and decided not to use the heavenly book, but to rely on his own eyesight With luck, have a good contest with the second senior brother!