Both money and sex

The next morning, Luo Ping came to the only antique market in Jiangcheng—an antique street on Chongming Road. He still had 800 yuan in exchange for the Yellow Crane Tower cigarette in his pocket.

Luo Ping decided to come here to try his luck. If he could pick up a leak and find one or two pieces of antiques, then the "Spring Rain Picture" might be repaired.

Standing at the intersection of the street and looking over, there is a stream of people, both sides of the street are crowded with people setting up street stalls, and behind them are shops with antique decorations, like Yushifang, Moxiangzhai, which can't be seen at a glance.

In the past few years, the enthusiasm for collecting has gradually spread from the prosperous areas such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou to the central city of Jiangcheng, which is just in the ascendant.The news that a certain person picked up a big leak and got rich overnight has attracted countless people to join this business. They almost dream of getting rich overnight almost every day, but they are suffering from great pain after being punched in the eye again and again. .

Luo Ping squeezed forward little by little with the flow of people, stopping to look at each booth for a while, and touching the damaged utensils twice.Unfortunately, there was nothing real, which disappointed him greatly.

It seems that most of these street stalls are deceptive, Luo Ping took a look at those stores, and decided to go in there to have a look.

At this time, there happened to be a store called "Pincixuan" where many people gathered. Luo Ping stood outside and watched for a while. It turned out that someone came over with an item and wanted to sell it. The onlookers chattered , commented one after another.

"Good stuff, Qianlong famille rose. Last year, a piece like this was auctioned for a high price of 2000 million."

"I don't think it's real. The glaze is too bright. I don't know if there is a model for the base."

……

"Young man, hello!"

Luo Ping looked back, and an old man wearing glasses behind him looked at him with a smile.

Isn't this the old man that Zheng Hai led back yesterday?

"Hello, Mr. Liu." Luo Ping smiled at him.

"Well, are you interested in going in and taking a look?"

Luo Ping was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered that the name "Pincixuan" was on his business card yesterday, and suddenly realized.

"Oh, so this is your shop, it's really nice."

After a brief exchange of greetings, Luo Ping followed him to the back hall, and the person who was at the front who wanted to sell something just now also walked in with him.

After several people sat down, Mr. Liu took the blue and white porcelain vase in the man's hand and looked at it carefully.

A few minutes later, he put the porcelain vase on the table, smiled and said to Luo Ping, "Xiao Luo, take a look too."

Luo Ping secretly groaned, the shape of this porcelain bottle was complete, without any trace of repair, it was impossible for him to absorb wealth energy from it, let alone identify the authenticity.

However, Luo Ping was never stage fright, he nodded with a smile, and carefully held the porcelain bottle in front of him.

This is a famille rose porcelain vase with a narrow neck and wide belly, with flower and bird patterns painted on it, and small patterns irregularly distributed on the glaze, which is very exquisite.

Luo Ping quietly put the palm of his right hand on the surface of the bottle. As expected, there was no reaction. He secretly pondered his words, but he heard the conversation between Mr. Liu and the owner.

"What price are you going to sell this thing?" Elder Liu asked the owner.

"You are the boss here. This thing of mine was handed down from my ancestors. In order to sell it, I asked an expert to look at it. They said that it came out of the Qianlong court. It is called a famille rose flower pattern bottle, and there is very little stock. I am in a hurry now. If you want to use the money, don’t ask for a high price, 20.”

Elder Liu turned to Luo Ping again, "Xiao Luo, what do you think?"

"Hehe, Mr. Liu, to tell you the truth, I don't know much about porcelain, and today I mainly want to follow you to broaden my horizons. However,"

Before he finished speaking, Luo Ping inadvertently supported the bottom of the bottle with his right hand. Suddenly, a stream of cool air flowed continuously from the bottom of the bottle into his palm, and at the same time, a voice sounded in his mind.

"250 six years, eighth class."

Luo Ping was stunned for a moment.

"Could it be that this thing has been damaged before, but why doesn't it respond when you touch the bottle?"

After calculating the age, 256 years ago happened to be the 20th year of Qianlong. This is something from the Qianlong Dynasty.

Luo Ping quickly let go of his right hand, stuck it on the bottle again, and wiped it all the way down, until he touched the bottom base, he felt the cool air on his hand.

Luo Ping suddenly understood.It appears that the base of the object is genuine, but the upper half is later and most likely joined only recently.Luo Ping secretly rejoiced, this is exactly what he was looking for, the value of this thing is the seventh class, and he absorbed a part of his wealth just now, but he withdrew his palm in time, there should be a large part left, if he can get it If you get it, there is hope for restoring "Spring Rain Picture".

He gently placed the porcelain bottle on the table, and smiled at Old Liu who was looking at him expectantly.

"I think only the base is from the Qianlong period." Luo Ping said confidently.

"Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand." The owner seemed very annoyed, "Will you buy it or not? If you don't buy it, I will go to the next one."

"In this market, no one will spend 20 yuan to buy your item. Although your item has a stylish base, and it is indeed from the Qianlong Dynasty from the worn part of the base, the surface of the bottle is obviously worn. People who play ancient porcelain can tell at a glance that it is nothing more than finding a base from the Qianlong period and matching it with a bottle body, and I have seen it a lot.”

Luo Ping nodded secretly, people like Mr. Liu are the ones who really play ancient porcelain, unlike him who only knew it from the Pixiu in his hand, but he understood it after only a few minutes of watching, really amazing!

After listening to Mr. Liu's words, the owner's face turned green and pale, and without arguing, he picked up the porcelain bottle and walked out with a serious face.

"Hey, wait a minute." Luo Ping suddenly called to the man, "I bought your bottle for 200 yuan, do you want to sell it?"

The man was overjoyed at first, but after listening to it, he let out a cold snort and walked out.

Luo Ping smiled at Mr. Liu, "I think this bottle is very beautiful. It would be better to take it back and arrange flowers."

Of course he wouldn't tell the truth, if he said that he wanted to take that bottle back to absorb the wealth in it, then it would be no wonder that others didn't regard him as a lunatic.

"Haha, it's okay. I have a lot of bottles like this here. You can pick a few later." Mr. Liu looked very bold, and asked someone to bring tea, and asked Luo Ping to drink water, "Xiao Luo, I didn't expect you to have good eyesight, how long have you been playing with antiques?"

"Hehe, it didn't take long. After all the calculations, I only learned from Mr. Chen for seven or eight months."

"Oh! It's amazing to have such eyesight in seven or eight months!"

Luo Ping's words made Mr. Liu very surprised, because in the antique industry, generally speaking, without three to five years of repeated practice, you will not be able to develop your eyesight at all. If you want to distinguish the authenticity at a glance, it takes seven or eight years. Only when the temperature is high, but if you want to go to a higher level, you have to rely on your own understanding.

Old Luo Ping blushed slightly, and said a few words modestly, saying that he was just a beginner, and it was just a mistake just now, and he asked Chen Lao for some knowledge about ancient porcelain.

The two chatted for a while, and Mr. Liu heard that Luo Ping was a sophomore, and when he stayed in school during the summer vacation to prepare for some part-time jobs, he enthusiastically invited him to his store.

"Xiao Luo, to tell you the truth, there are really not many talented young people like you. I am also happy to see the old man. I believe that as long as you are willing to work hard, you will be able to be alone in a year or two. "

It can be said that this invitation hit Luo Ping's heart, so he agreed with the cheek.However, since I still have to teach the little fat man in the afternoon, I made an appointment to come to the store every morning.

When he came out of the "Porcelain Pavilion", Luo Ping was still holding a beautifully shaped porcelain vase in his hand.It's just that although it looks exquisite, it is a complete fake, which is perfect for flower arrangement.

It was almost noon, and the sun was shining. Luo Ping looked around in the crowd, and finally saw the owner at the street corner, still holding his fake Qianlong famille rose vase, with a dejected expression on his face.

Luo Ping was overjoyed, and walked towards him calmly. When he passed by, Luo Ping pretended to see him just now and yelled.

"Why, your bottle hasn't been sold yet?"

The man turned around and saw Luo Ping, with a gleam of joy in his eyes, and asked, "It's you, do you want to buy it? I don't want 20, and I'll sell it to you for 2."

Luo Ping shook his head with a smile, "The base of your thing is worth some money, but unfortunately, the person who repaired it has made the original gap of the base unsightly in order to fit the bottle body. Let's not say [-] now, It’s two hundred, and I don’t see anyone willing to ask for it.”

These words really hit the man's mind. After he came out from Mr. Liu, he ran all over the large and small porcelain shops on this street with the porcelain bottle in his arms, but none of them wanted to buy it.He later lowered the price to 100 yuan, but he met a little girl who said she was willing to spend [-] yuan to buy flower arrangements. He was so angry that he wanted to smash the bottle in his hand.

Seeing that he seemed to be hesitating, Luo Ping quickly said, "It's not easy for you to run around in such a hot day, so if you are willing to sell it, I'll pay you two hundred. It's not bad to buy it back and use it as a vase." .”

After waiting for a while, the man sighed and seemed to have suddenly become fatigued.

"In order to buy this thing, I saved money for a few months, and finally saved [-] yuan. I didn't expect it to be a fake. Forget it, two hundred is two hundred, and I will never touch these things again."

Luo Ping quickly took out 200 yuan, and happily held the fake in his hand.

Returning home quickly, Luo Ping ignored Xu Ting's surprised gaze, went directly to his room upstairs, locked the door, and placed "Spring Rain" and Qianlong famille rose porcelain vases side by side.

I silently thought about the repair method in my heart.

Nervously, he pressed his left hand on the hole in the "Spring Rain Picture", and slowly placed his right hand on the base of the porcelain vase.

Muttering words in his mouth: "Match, mend..."