Jianbao life

Chapter 1089 Uncle and Nephew

Putting away the phone, Chu Chen murmured in his heart, what is going on with these two guys, didn't they mean that they couldn't make it to the appointment on time today?Why is it now that we are in Baozhou again? Is it a good layout, or something happened?It seems that I have to be more careful.

However, now that the enemy is in the dark and our own side is in the light, it is useless to think too much, so Chu Chen plans to go to the restaurant that Chen Yingping mentioned on the phone with Hu Yong.

At this time, Wen Haoyang asked incredulously: "Excuse me, are you the curator Chu of the Zenghua Museum?"

Seeing Chu Chen nod his head for confirmation, an annoyed, unbelievable, and extremely regretful look flashed across his face, which made Chu Chen somewhat unbearable.

Of course, Chu Chen had no intention of returning the things to Wen Haoyang, not to mention anything else, he also came here in the same way. Before he had no superpowers, there were not a few babies who missed his eyes. He felt sorry for Wen Haoyang. And who will pity yourself?Besides, Wen Haoyang is still so young, it's not like he can't live anymore.

After a long time, Wen Haoyang came back to his senses, he sighed and said: "Hey! I thought this was 'chosen' for me by Lao Gong, and there would be no treasures. I didn't expect to miss it, but, Curator Chu, please tell me what is unique about this ancient lock, otherwise I will not be able to sleep at night."

Chu Chen looked at the time and found that it was still early, and the restaurant Chen Yingping said was only a 5-minute walk away, so he took out the ancient lock from the plastic pocket.

"Mr. Wen, do you know Guangsuo?"

"What is Guangsuo?" Wen Haoyang asked shyly.

Chu Chen replied with a smile: "Guangsuo, it is this kind of horizontal lock. The folks call it 'horizontal lock', 'pillow lock', etc. Since the Tang Dynasty, Guangsuo has been widely used on doors, boxes, kitchens, There are more than 100 kinds of locks, etc., and a considerable part of the ancient locks we see now are wide locks..."

When it comes to ancient locks, everyone is no stranger to them. In the past, they were almost indispensable daily necessities for every family.

my country has a long history of locks. Wooden locks were discovered at the Yangshao Cultural Site in the Neolithic Age, bronze locks appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and metal locks were invented in the Eastern Han Dynasty. There are dragons, leopards, unicorns, turtles, butterflies and other animal and insect shapes on the threads. In the Tang Dynasty, materials such as gold, silver, copper and iron were generally used to make locks.

The Ming and Qing dynasties were the heyday of ancient locks. Locks of various materials developed simultaneously. Most of them were copper locks and iron locks. The craftsmanship was more sophisticated, and there were great innovations in the difficulty of unlocking and shape manufacturing.

For example, the three-color copper locks of the Ming Dynasty, the white crane locks of the Qing Dynasty, combination locks, secret door locks, four-open locks, inverted zipper locks, and locks in the shape of various characters, animals and characters are too beautiful to behold.The ingenuity hidden in the ancient locks, the beauty in the simplicity, the symbolic workmanship, the wit of the inner artistic conception, and the strange conception bring us into the mysterious, strange and colorful artistic realm, so as to obtain a higher level of aesthetic enjoyment.

Because of this, although ancient locks have already withdrawn from the stage of history with the development of science and technology and the improvement of living standards, their collection value is gradually being recognized by the market, and more and more room for appreciation is highlighted, becoming the new favorite of the collection market. .

The ancient lock in Chu Chen's hand is worth about [-] yuan. As it is more and more recognized by the market, he estimates that the value will double in a short time.

Wen Haoyang was very disappointed when he learned the value of this ancient lock, but the price of [-] was still within his tolerance range. If it was hundreds of thousands or millions, he might collapse.

Wen Haoyang calmed down, and then asked, "Director Chu, what is the age of this ancient lock?"

Chu Chen explained: "This is actually a silver engraved lock from the Song Dynasty."

This silver engraved lock consists of a lock and a key.The key is a flat body, a round head, a plain face, a ring head, and a plain carved flower handle.The four sides of the handle are bordered by Yin-engraved single-line patterns, and the middle is decorated with four groups of Yang-engraved single-line patterns of twining branches and flowers.

The upper part of the lock is a horizontal bar, and a budding baoxiang flower is molded on each of the protruding parts at both ends.The lower part is a horizontal lock body, with hollow comb-like decorations on both ends; the middle is a box-shaped lock body, with a horizontally convex keyhole on one side, and the surface is decorated with double-yin engraved Ruyi patterns against the backdrop of bead patterns. The protruding part is decorated with inscribed lines and fretwork as the boundary, left and right symmetrical, and the protruding parts at both ends are decorated with inscribed lines and multiple patterns.

Chu Chen continued: "This ancient lock is beautiful in style and exquisitely made. It can be regarded as a fine product among the silver locks handed down from the Song Dynasty. However, the quality of this silver lock is a bit poor, otherwise, the value could be higher."

When Wen Haoyang heard the last word, he nodded again and again and said: "Yes, in fact, the reason why I lost my eyes is also because of the quality of the product. I also know that the silver will turn black, but it will not be so black. Almost the whole lock will be black. blacken."

Chu Chen smiled slightly. This was because Wen Haoyang didn't look carefully. If he had known about silverware, he wouldn't have missed it. Of course, he definitely didn't want to say this in front of Wen Haoyang.

Due to time constraints, Chu Chen chatted with Wen Haoyang for a few more words, and then bid farewell to him.

I hurried to the restaurant that Chen Yingping mentioned, but I met Chen Yingping's uncle and nephew at the door. Chen Yingping's nephew looked about 37 or [-] years old, but it may be because he is fat, and he is well maintained, so his real age is older Some.His appearance looks a bit like Chen Yingping's, which made Chu Chen murmur in his heart, are these two really uncles and nephews?
After Chen Yingping introduced his nephew to Chu Chen, the two parties walked into the restaurant after exchanging greetings, and followed the waiter to a private room.

Let the waiter serve the tea first, and Chen Yingping's nephew, Chen Laiming, couldn't wait to say, "Director Chu, the hospital is running out of money, so let's negotiate the deal now, what do you think?"

"No problem." Chu Chen replied with a smile.

Chen Laiming nodded and said, "Curator Chu, let's open the skylight and speak honestly. First of all, I don't want to touch the antique business any more. I don't plan to want any of these things."

Chu Chen said: "Mr. Chen, I can understand your feelings, but I can't see things right. If I buy them, I will lose money?"

Chen Laiming frowned: "Curator Chu, I wonder if you can tell me, what is it that you are not sure about?"

"It's no problem..." Chu Chen pointed out the two problematic pieces of porcelain, and said some of his own opinions.Then he stared at uncle and nephew Chen Yingping to see how they reacted.

The uncle and nephew acted very surprised, as if they really didn't know there was a problem with these two things before. This made Chu Chen and Hu Yong a little admired. If they hadn't found some clues, they still didn't believe it. Individuals are acting now.

After a while, Chen Laiming said with a face of shame: "Curator Chu, since this is the case, I will keep the two items by myself. As for the remaining three items, I will count you 880 million. I know this is expensive. A little more, but in business, I have to consider the cost, the big deal, I will take out the auction company to auction, except for a little trouble, 880 million will definitely be sold."

Chu Chen thought for a while and said, "Okay then, let's follow the price you said."

Seeing that Chu Chen agreed, Chen Laiming quickly expressed his thanks, and then he said with some embarrassment: "Director Chu, you also know my situation, can you pay a deposit first? It's not too much, it only needs [-] to [-] That's it, I can pay the medical bills."

If they are acquaintances, it’s okay to pay a little deposit. The key is that these two people are not familiar with Chu Chen, and they may be with Cai Jianxuan. Although twenty to thirty thousand is not much, but in case the other party takes the money and runs away, Also really disgusting enough.

Chen Yingping frowned and said: "Laiming, your things are not here, how can you ask Director Chu to pay the deposit? Besides, Director Chu and you have only known each other for a while, so it is really unreasonable for you to make such a request." It's so embarrassing."

"I'm not in a hurry!" Chen Laiming said awkwardly.

"Since you are in a hurry, I gave it to you just now, why didn't you agree?" Chen Yingping blew his beard and stared.

Chen Laiming quickly said: "How can I ask for your money, besides, isn't it inconvenient for you now..."

Chen Yingping waved his hand and interrupted him: "Okay, okay, don't talk about it, no matter how inconvenient I am, I can still get [-] to [-] yuan, give me the account number, I will transfer the money to the bank next door .”

Hearing this, Chu Chen secretly laughed, and the two of them sang and chorused, not to point out Chen Yingping's inconvenient matter at hand, probably they just wanted to make a fuss about it.Even so, he didn't answer for now, to see what they were going to do.

Seeing Chu Chen drinking tea there indifferently, the uncle and nephew seemed a little surprised. After a moment of silence, Chen Laiming said, "Uncle, forget it, Laifeng has lost so much in business, you should keep your money." Use it for him."

"How can this work? It's important to save people. Give me the account number!" Chen Yingping must insist that Chen Laiming hand over the bank account number to him.

Chen Laiming had no choice but to hand over the account number to Chen Yingping. After that, Chen Yingping greeted Chu Chen and went to the bank next door to use the teller machine to transfer the money.

When Chen Yingping walked out of the private room, Chen Laiming said to Chu Chen with some embarrassment: "Curator Chu, I'm really sorry, I was in a hurry and went to the doctor."

Chu Chen smiled and waved his hands to show that it was okay, he asked with a smile: "Mr. Chen, are you sure you can let Mr. Chen go to transfer the money by himself?"

Chen Laiming was choked by these words, and after a while, he chuckled and said, "My uncle has a strong temper and doesn't like being underestimated by others. He will definitely be angry if I follow."

Chu Chen nodded with a smile, and thought, even so, Chen Yingping is already so old after all, and he is helping him transfer money. How can a normal person not follow the past when encountering such a thing?

Because of Chu Chen's question, the atmosphere at the scene was a bit weird, which made Chen Yingping, who had turned around after a while, feel a little surprised.

Chen Yingping and Chen Laiming looked at each other inadvertently, and then said with a smile: "It's almost time, let's order..."

(End of this chapter)