The Book of Appreciation

Chang Lao, who got the news, kept pacing outside the door. He couldn't imagine what a painting on a porcelain plate with a length of more than two meters and a width of more than three meters would look like!He was afraid that things would be stored for too long, they would be crispy, and they would be broken on the road. He was afraid that they would be exposed to the air for a long time, and the glaze would fade...

Old man Yang was dizzy from his shaking, and said helplessly:

"Old Chang, calm down! Isn't it just a painting on a porcelain panel? It's as if it's the first time you've secretly thought about Uncle Li's daughter!"

Just as Chang Lao was about to refute, he suddenly remembered that he had just told Old Yang that Wu Di would give him a porcelain plate painting, but he forgot to tell him the size, so he quickly covered his mouth and gave two fake coughs.

"Calm down? I hope you old guy won't sit down on the ground in fright!"

The car arrived after wandering on the road for four hours, and it was already dark in the mountains.When Wu Di and the others wobbled into the villa carrying the porcelain paintings, Old Yang asked in surprise:

"Didn't you say you sent porcelain plates for painting? What is the whole big frame for?"

Several people laughed but did not answer. After Wu Di spread the sheet on the floor, and several people carefully unwrapped the sheet wrapped around the porcelain plate painting, Old Yang opened his mouth so much that he could stuff his fist into it.Suddenly there was a panting, and he stroked his heart with his hand, and slowly tilted down.Everyone was in a hurry and almost smashed the painting on the porcelain plate.

Old man Yang was lying on the sofa halfway, refusing to go back to the room to rest. He pointed at the huge monster in front of him with trembling fingers, and asked in a hoarse voice:

"Let's see if it's real."

Chang Lao has been watching for a long time, heard the words and replied:

"It should be cast by Castiglione, fired by court experts. Such a big thing must be recorded in history books, let me think about it, let me think about it..."

He suddenly walked quickly to the study in the west wing, and after about 10 minutes, he ran out with a book in his hand, and read aloud:

"The manuscript of Qing history, the fourteenth year of this period, at the end of the first month of the spring of 49, I went to the south to return to Beijing. The craftsman presented a huge porcelain plate, and Lang painted a picture of a sentry deer. I was overjoyed and very kind. The most important treasure of the country, the most important treasure of the country!"

Hearing Chang Lao's words, Wu Di's heart skipped a beat, the country's most important treasure only showed one line in the heavenly scriptures, so how terrifying would it be that Lu Zigang's masterpiece took up an entire page?If it is untied one day, should it be shown to the two old people?If there is something wrong with this, wouldn't it be...

Chang Lao handed the book to Lao Yang, took a gauze towel and wiped the surface of the porcelain panel painting carefully, and asked:

"Old man Yang, can you still move?"

"Hey, I can run if you can't move, but I'm much younger than you!"

"It's only one year old, can it be called a lot?"

"That's 365 days. Do you dare to say that we are not counting the days now?"

Chang Linlin said in a pretty voice:

"Grandpa Yang, you are only in your early seventies, and your better days are yet to come!"

"Hehehe, I like to hear girl's words."

"Okay, if you have nothing to do, get up quickly and get something to maintain this painting. I'm afraid that the color will be problematic after a long time."

"Order!"

That night, after working until eleven o'clock, all the people wiped the porcelain panel painting clean and coated it with a layer of transparent protective fluid.The two old men went to bed exhausted, and Wu Di started to worry.Should such a big thing be placed standing up or lying down?Put it upright, if it slips and falls, isn't it all over?Lay down?What if a mouse falls from a height in the middle of the night, or a mouse sneaks over it, which may break the board?

In the end, several people discussed for a long time, and decided to lean the porcelain panel painting against the wall, and use sofas, tea tables, and chairs to support it layer by layer on the floor, and the problem was solved.

After doing all this, several people suddenly felt exhausted. Chang Linlin couldn't open her eyes. She weakly allocated a room and went to lift her own body.Wu Di took a hasty shower and fell asleep as soon as he touched the bed.

Wu Di didn't wake up until ten o'clock the next morning.When I went to the living room, I saw that both the godfather and godmother had arrived. The old lady complained to Wu Di when she saw him:

"You child, you are really ignorant. Look at this thing you made. It caused Mr. Chang to sleep badly, and almost caused Mr. Yang to have a heart attack! Why are you so uneasy? Don't do anything in the future If you don’t have any, send them to the old man!”

The old man Chang was smiling and watching San Niang's teaching son, but when he heard the last sentence, he became anxious:

"Hey, girl, let me see the kids first, why are you jealous? No, Xiao Wu, if there is any treasure in the future, show grandpa the first! Do you remember?"

The old lady winked at Wu Di secretly, and muttered in a low voice:

"Look! Look! You can tell by looking at the children's treasures, that even ghosts can't find my own Dongzang province. Hmph, old man who is stingy!"

Old Master Chang knew that he was an aggressive general, but he couldn't help it.

"Hey, girl, have you taken gunpowder today? Even if I show you my baby, do you know what it is?"

Wu Di interjected:

"Grandpa Chang, I still have another treasure, which should be no worse than this one. It's at my godmother's house!"

"Boy, if you show that treasure to grandpa, I'll show you my collection. As for some people, forget it."

"Hmph, just talking but not practicing!"

"Let's go, Xiao Wu, let's go and see things, you two old guys, just wait here."

Chang Linlin and Zhong Qi hurriedly chased after and clamored to watch it together, leaving only Old Yang and Mrs. Zhong sitting in the living room.

"Girl of the Zhong family, all your scheming is probably in vain."

"What scheming?"

Old Yang ignored her and said to himself:

"This morning, old man Chang said that Xiao Wu is destined to be with Qibao, and he has a good heart, but he doesn't know if he has talent in appreciation. I said, try your things and you will know. After listening to old man Chang I went to the back garden with my hands behind my back, and then called some people to come and see the baby."

"What you said is true? Oh, I see this kid is fooling around in Panjiayuan every day. Isn't he afraid that he will be cheated? How can there be honest people there?"

"Killed a lot of people with one shot! Didn't we all hang out there back then? I know Lao Chang and I, the one that Xiao Wu followed, after the old friend!"

Wu Di followed Old Man Chang to the study, and Old Man Chang said with a smile:

"There are a total of 230 old things here. As long as you find ten genuine ones within an hour, I will let you see my collection. You two, come back with me."

Wu Di closed the door and began to observe carefully. The study room was very large, with a total of three antique shelves, including those placed on the desk, there were almost more than 200 pieces.But why do you want to find the real thing from an old thing in 230?Are some old objects not genuine?

Wu Di only learned porcelain, so he started with porcelain.Put on gloves and start with a white porcelain cup.White porcelain was fired in all dynasties, most of which were handed down from the Song and Ming dynasties. Wu Di first looked at the inscription: "Made in the Yongle Year of the Ming Dynasty", and then looked at the glaze area. It is undoubtedly the genuine product of Yongle Sweet White Glaze, but Wu Di just feels a little uncomfortable. Isn't this real?But where is the problem?

Wu Di looked at it repeatedly for a long time, but he couldn't find anything wrong. He was about to put it down to look at another piece, when he suddenly remembered that he had read an introduction somewhere. Because of the increased content of kaolin in the porcelain body and less impurities in Yongle sweet white glaze, it made The whiteness and light transmittance of the porcelain body are enhanced.Enhanced, the light transmittance and whiteness of this porcelain cup seem to be average. It is impossible for the descendants of the Ming Dynasty to imitate the things of the same dynasty. If they want to imitate, they can only imitate the Qing Dynasty. Kind of boutique, right?

Wu Di took out the heavenly book and confirmed it. Yes, it really was imitated in the late Qing Dynasty.

Picked up another Jihong glaze bottle, the glaze color is bright and bright, the red is like the first coagulation of chicken blood, and the shape is round and simple... This is an army holder with red twigs and flower pattern in the glaze, the decoration is neat and meticulous, the painting is vivid and bold, and the lines stretch and smooth... The picture of fish and dragon changes is folded along the wash, the shape is vivid, simple and generous... The five-color consecrated dragon pattern goblet is exquisitely painted, and the red color is thick and gorgeous...

Wu Di was fascinated by looking at each piece of fine porcelain. He had long forgotten to use the heavenly book and the time. It was not until Chang Linlin called him to eat outside that he suddenly woke up. It's been more than two hours.As he agreed, he hastily printed all the porcelains he had seen with the heavenly book, then took out the magnifying glass and began to browse through the reminders.There are a total of 29 pieces of porcelain, exactly ten of which are genuine, and the rest are all imitations, but the earliest imitation is also from the Republic of China period. Wu Di finally understood what Chang Lao meant.

During the meal, Mr. Chang asked Wu Di with a smile:

"Xiao Wu, what are you going to do with this big guy? I'm afraid Grandpa Chang won't be able to handle this kind of heart."

"Oh, if I knew it earlier, I'd better let it stay inside the wall. Grandpa Chang, what advice do you have?"

"This item is too expensive and difficult to preserve. Why don't you sell it to a museum?"

"Even the Forbidden City Museum keeps spreading scandals, what museum can you trust? Well, forget it, don't need money, just donate it to the Forbidden City, find some media, make it bigger, so that they dare not take it seriously , if such a big thing breaks in the future, let's see how they explain it!"

"Hehe, do you want to be famous?"

"No, it's best to donate anonymously, but how can we make it bigger?"

"You don't have to worry about this, I know Dean Han, why don't you let him take a look this afternoon?"

"Okay, Grandpa Chang will take care of this matter, so I don't have to worry about it."

"Just now, I didn't call you because you were so focused on watching. How are you watching?"

"Oh, I read too slowly. I just finished reading the porcelain on the first Bogu rack. There are 29 pieces in total, of which ten are authentic, twelve are imitations from the Qing Dynasty, and seven are imitations from the Republic of China. You should not be mistaken."

Chang Lao's eating movements stopped, he stood up abruptly, took Wu Di's hand and walked out, saying:

"Show me which ones are genuine and which ones are imitations, and then come back for dinner."

The few remaining people looked at each other in blank dismay. Why is this old man so excited?

After a while, the old man laughed and returned to the dinner table,

"I'll take a nap at noon, and Wu Di will go to see the treasures in my collection. The rest of you can arrange it yourself."

The place where Mr. Chang led Wu Di was a basement with three locks in total, as well as fingerprint and iris recognition.The basement is not big, and there are not many treasures, but at a glance, it seems that the five major porcelains of the Song Dynasty are gathered together, and there are several pieces of blue and white, and more than a dozen scrolls. Too much.

Wu Di still adopts the steps of appreciating first, then appreciating, and finally going to heaven, not even letting go of the scrolls.He didn't walk out of the basement until Chang Lao informed him that Dean Han of the Palace Museum had arrived, but he didn't know that a line of text was quietly displayed on the heavenly book hidden in his pocket:

"The conditions are met, the upgrade begins!"