gifted collector

Chapter 108 Something Weird

"My small knife is very suitable. Let me try to see if I can plan it off."

Fang Ming stretched out his hand to pick up a small knife the size of a toothpick, turned the inkstone over and made a few gestures on it.

"What are you doing? Stop!"

Zhou Yafang stretched out her hand and snatched the inkstone from Fang Ming's hand.

"Ah? Why is that?"

Fang Ming was quite puzzled by Zhou Yafang's actions. Didn't she agree to it before?Are you regretting it now?

"Have you ever studied antique restoration?"

Fang Ming shook his head and said: "I have learned carving, so I think my hands are relatively stable. As long as I am careful when planing, I will definitely not hurt this inkstone. Have you forgotten? Didn’t I use a western knife to dig out the hidden bowl when I was making the Kiln Begonia Red Flower Bowl? It didn’t hurt the Jun Kiln Begonia Red Flower Bowl at all.”

What Fang Ming said was the truth. Zhou Yafang was also there at the time, but she obviously didn't agree with Fang Ming's words, but said: "So what? At that time we didn't know there was a bowl in it. If we knew Now, do you think we'll let you plan like that?"

"Well, it seems that we have to find a professional who restores antiques."

Fang Ming knew that what Zhou Yafang said was not wrong at all. If Zhou Yafang or Si Kongzhe and others had known that it was a "bowl within a bowl", they would not have let him scrape it with a knife like that.

"You don't need to look for it, I've learned it before, and I'm more or less a master!"

"Ah? Sister Avon, do you still understand this?"

Only now did Fang Ming understand why Zhou Yafang could easily identify that the Lu Xuelang Venus Inkstone she picked up was repaired by someone, so it turned out to be a master among them, so it's no wonder now.

"Okay, sister Avon, come on."

Fang Ming handed the inkstone to Zhou Yafang——since there are experts around, he naturally no longer insists on it. No matter which line of work it is, the principle is the same, that is, professional matters should be handled by professional people. For example, If it is a leak, then he will naturally do his part.

Zhou Yafang took the inkstone, and went to the study with Fang Ming and Jiang Wen, where there was a special tool table.

Sitting down in front of the tool table, Zhou Yafang first pulled a lamp, unscrewed it, and asked Fang Ming to turn off the lamp on the ceiling.

"This light is really bright!"

Fang Ming secretly praised in his heart, and then he saw Zhou Yafang pulled out another shelf from the side, and there was a special magnifying glass on the shelf.

"That's pretty good. I'll have to prepare a set of such tools at home in the future."

Fang Ming was envious after seeing it. For those who collect antiques, bright lights and magnifying glasses are the two most important tools. Although Zhou Yafang's is simple, it is very practical.

The study room became quiet, Zhou Yafang concentrated on studying the inkstone held in her left hand, while the knife in her right hand did not move for a long time, obviously thinking about where to cut the knife.

This may seem simple, but it is actually very important.

When masters restore antiques, they often do it in one go, so that they can be completely natural. If you want to do the opposite, you must find out where the craftsman made the first stroke. Only when you find this one can you break it. The reason - Zhou Yafang was looking for such a point at this time.

Time passed slowly, and Zhou Yafang's face slowly turned red. This was not shyness, but a natural physiological reaction after a high level of concentration. When a person is in such a state, it is often the most excited time , capable of displaying extraordinary abilities.

I don't know how long it took, Zhou Yafang suddenly let out an inaudible breath, and the knife in my right hand "clicked" on the inkstone.

"Snapped!"

There was a crisp and thin sound suddenly, and then a tiny thing flew out.Looking over his head, Fang Ming found that there was no such thing as a half-grain of rice on the inkstone, what was left was a small hole.

Fang Ming was stunned for a moment, and cursed inwardly, he didn't think it was strange that there was a hole in the inkstone, what was strange was that since Pixiu had repaired the two seams of the inkstone, why couldn't he repair the hole?Of course, he was also quite disappointed, after all, it was hard to find out that Pixiu evolved a superhuman ability—repair after absorbing the warmth of the Junyao Begonia Red Flower Bowl, but now it seems that it is a tasteless existence. What seemed to be mercury gushing out of its mouth would cause severe pain in the head, which was destined to be impossible to use frequently; and now it was found that its repair was incomplete, it was even more depressing.

Zhou Yafang didn't know the depression in Fang Ming's heart. After the first cut, everything seemed to be solved easily. She moved one after another without stopping at all.

"Snapped!"

"Clap!"

"Clap clap clap!"

……

A series of continuous sounds sounded in the study room, and with each sound, a small piece of something flew up, and more and more small "holes" appeared on the inkstone.

"what?!"

Suddenly, Zhou Yafang let out an exclamation, and then the movements of her hands stopped.

"What's wrong? What's the problem?"

Fang Ming's words were weak, and he didn't have any thoughts under the disappointment, and he had already sat down on the chair beside him.

"Well... it doesn't seem like a simple fix."

"Oh? Sister Avon, what do you mean?"

Fang Ming didn't react for a while, and couldn't hear the surprise in Zhou Yafang's words at this time.

"I mean the repairs don't seem to be broken, but someone did it intentionally."

Under the snow-white light, and with the help of a magnifying glass, every inch of the inkstone is clearly visible. The reason why Zhou Yafang stopped was that when she picked out the materials for restoration, she found that the bottom was not a crack or a small pit and the like—these two kinds of defects have a remarkable feature, that is, the edges are not neat, but judging from the parts that have been picked out, there are pits, and the edges are neat from morning to night, which does not look like Common seams, knots, pits, etc. on antiques.

"Oh……"

Fang Ming blinked his eyes, then stared again, suddenly jumped up from the chair like a rabbit, rushed to Zhou Yafang, and said loudly: "Sister Afang, you mean that this may not be flaw?"

Nodding lightly, Zhou Yafang said, "Yes, there is indeed such a possibility!"

"boom!"

Fang Ming clenched his right hand into a fist and punched hard on the palm of his left hand, then said excitedly: "Ha! This is really great. Sister Avon, let me take a look."

"Okay, take a look."

Zhou Yafang stood up and made way for her.

Sitting down, Fang Ming found through the magnifying glass that just as Zhou Yafang said, the edges of the places that have been picked out are very smooth, not like cracks or smashed, but as if they were carved with a carving knife. It came out average.

What's going on here?

After a long time, through the magnifying glass, Fang Ming looked at the back of the inkstone, with more and more doubts in his heart.

"Sister Avon, what shall we do now?"

Putting down the inkstone in his hand, Fang Ming looked up at Zhou Yafang.

Zhou Yafang said without hesitation: "If you pick out all the places, you will know what's going on. Maybe it's an inscription someone wrote on it."

"Ah? If that's the case, doesn't that mean that the value of this inkstone will soar?"

Fang Ming remembered that Zhou Yafang said before that the reason why the value of this inkstone was not as high as he estimated was because firstly, it had been repaired, and secondly, there were no words left by famous people on it, so there was no way to prove the value of the inkstone. Used by celebrities.

The current situation is that once all the "repaired" places are picked up, and below are the words of celebrities Zhou Yafang said, wouldn't that mean that the two shortcomings will disappear completely and the value will soar?

"Yes, nothing wrong, exactly!"

Zhou Yafang nodded lightly. Based on her experience, she already knew that there must be something else going on down here. Now, she just wanted to see what the so-called "repair" places would be and how much they would bring to people. The surprise is it.

However, no matter what is underneath, it is certain that the value of this inkstone will soar.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yafang couldn't help but shook her head slightly in her heart. Fang Ming's luck was so good, let's not talk about picking up leaks. It's really incredible that the place that was thought to be repaired turned out to be a hole in the sky. .

"Ha! Sister Avon, hurry up, I also want to see who left the words here."

Fang Ming was very excited. First of all, of course, the inkstone was facing the possibility of appreciation, and Ri was happiest because there was no problem with Pixiu's ability - it can still repair the blemishes on the antique!This is what excites him the most.

"it is good."

Zhou Yafang sat down in front of the table again, holding the inkstone in one hand and the knife in the other, and carefully picked up the repairs filled on the inkstone.

"Snapped!"

"Clap!"

"Clap clap clap!"

In the silent room, there was only a slight sound of breathing, other than the sound of objects picked up by Zhou Yafang hitting the table from time to time.

Jiang Wen on the side didn't make a sound, but she stared at Zhou Yafang and the inkstone in Zhou Yafang's hand.

"Is this an antique? Is this the fun of picking up antiques?"

Jiang Wen's little face was flushed. Although she said that this inkstone was not picked up by herself, and she might not even be in the industry, and she didn't know how long it would be since her first pick up, but she was still very excited!
She found herself drawn to and thrilled by the allure of antique collecting.

"I must study hard and strive to become a collector as soon as possible!"

Jiang Wen clasped her hands tightly together involuntarily, and secretly swore in her heart that Fang Ming and Zhou Yafang didn't know what Jiang Wen was thinking at this time, but if they knew, they would definitely welcome it without any obligation!
(End of this chapter)