Jianbao life

Chapter 1110 Procrastination
Everyone followed Ye Junwei to the next room, and the first thing they saw was an old Eight Immortals table and four benches, which fit perfectly together.

Wen Haoyang stepped forward to look at these tables and stools, and then asked a little strangely: "What kind of wood are these furniture made of? It seems that I have never seen them before."

Ye Junwei spread his hands and said, "This Eight Immortals table and bench were given to me by my father-in-law a few years ago. I heard that it is a kind of local furniture from Zilang in Suzhou Province. I don't know what kind of oak it is called. remembered."

"Oak hazel wood." Chu Chen reminded.

"Yes, it is oak hazel wood furniture." Ye Junwei suddenly realized, smiled and gave Chu Chen a thumbs up: "After all, he is an expert and has a lot of knowledge."

Chu Chen smiled modestly, and Wen Haoyang asked, "Mr. Chu, what kind of wood is this oak hazel?"

Chu Chen replied: "To put it simply, oak hazel is actually the mulberry tree."

"Zhemu?" Ye Junwei was a little surprised when he heard the words, and said, "Zhemu seems to be found in many provinces of our country, so how did it become the local furniture of Zilang in Suzhou Province?"

Chu Chen explained with a smile: "Zhe wood is indeed produced in many places in our country, but not all Zhe trees are called oak hazel wood, only the Zhe wood produced in the alluvial plain of the Yangtze River. Due to the relationship between water and soil, the quality is superior and outstanding. Oak Hazel."

"So that's what happened." Wen Haoyang nodded clearly: "Mr. Chu, what is the texture of this kind of wood?"

Chu Chen said with a smile: "This kind of wood has the reputation of 'Chinese red sandalwood', do you think it is good? And the oak hazel is the same as the red sandalwood, ten oaks and nine hollows, ten oaks and nine bends, the trunk is uneven, there are many grooves, and the material is cut. The material needs to be repeatedly figured out how to cut the material, even if the raw material is not hollow, the utilization rate after it is made is about 25 catties per hundred catties. You can imagine how much wood Mr. Ye needs for this set of furniture."

"That's it." Ye Junwei's expression was a little surprised, and he asked quickly: "Mr. Chu, since oak hazel wood can be compared with red sandalwood, its value in the market should not be low, right?"

Chu Chen shook his head: "On the contrary, the price of oak hazel wood furniture is simply incomparable with red sandalwood furniture."

"Why is that?" Ye Junwei couldn't figure it out when he heard the words.

Chu Chen analyzed: "It's very simple. First of all, although oak hazel wood is comparable to red sandalwood, it has not been selected into the palace after all, and its status is not comparable to red sandalwood. The other one is popularity. Go to the market Ask, how many people know about oak hazel? But red sandalwood, needless to say, you should know that it is almost a household name.”

"Therefore, although oak hazel wood is very rare now, because many people don't know much about this precious wood, and it doesn't have a relatively noble status, it is only natural that it has such a market value."

After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, Ye Junwei seemed very regretful, but he also reacted quickly, and quickly said: "Mr. Chu, since this kind of wood is so rare, does the value have a lot of room for improvement?"

Chu Chen nodded: "In theory, that's the case. Specifically, it depends on the market's acceptance of oak hazel wood furniture."

With Chu Chen's affirmation, Ye Junwei seemed very happy, but after a while, he hesitated again and said, "Mr. Chu, how much is this set of furniture worth? For my son's tuition, if it is suitable, I can only I reluctantly gave up my love."

Chu Chen looked at Wen Haoyang and said, "Wait a minute, let's discuss it."

"no problem……"

Chu Chen and Wen Haoyang came to the side and asked, "Haoyang, are you interested in this set of furniture?"

"I do have some interest, but..."

Chu Chen waved his hand, interrupted him, and said, "Since you like it, that's fine. I'll give you a market reference price of 8000 yuan. As for the specific amount, you can discuss it."

"It's a little embarrassing." Wen Haoyang scratched his head and laughed a few times.

Chu Chen waved his hand: "Okay, let's go, it's getting late, we have something else to look at."

When Wen Haoyang heard the word time, a look of panic flashed in his eyes, and then he walked up to Ye Junwei with a smile: "Uncle Ye, we discussed it just now, this table is six thousand, what do you think?"

"Only six thousand?" Ye Junwei looked at Chu Chen in surprise, apparently dissatisfied with the price.

Chu Chen smiled slightly. Although the market reference price is 8000, [-] is not bad. After all, the market for oak hazel furniture is like this. Will spend [-] yuan to buy.

"No, the price is too low. I might as well collect it myself and wait for it to appreciate in value." Ye Junwei shook his head.

"Uncle Ye, don't rush to refuse, let's discuss it again..."

I don’t know if Wen Haoyang really likes this set of furniture, or because of something, he just took Ye Junwei’s hard foam, and wanted to take this set of furniture down, but he was not willing to pay too high a price, up to eight in a row. Thousands have not arrived.Of course, Ye Junwei would not agree to such a price, so the situation became stalemate for a while.

"Isn't this guy trying to delay time?"

Seeing this situation, Chu Chen secretly sneered, and with Wen Haoyang's expression, he couldn't help but think otherwise.So, he gave Zuo Shan a wink and asked Zuo Shan to pass on the situation.Zuo Shan nodded slightly, and went out the door.

"Mr. Ye, can I appreciate the things in these boxes?" Chu Chen asked.

"These are the things I want to transfer, just look at it..."

With Ye Junwei's instruction, Chu Chen opened the box and observed them one by one.

In other words, Ye Junwei's collection is considered to be a high-quality product, such as the Longquan kiln of the Ming Dynasty with a lotus leaf cover, the Qianlong pastel vase of the Qing Dynasty, the bamboo carving "Night Visiting Red Cliff" pen holder in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, and so on. There are a total of five Eastern artifacts. It is a remarkable place with an overall value of nearly 30.

With such a high price, Chu Chen felt that with Wen Haoyang's performance, it would be great if he could buy one. Could it be that the other utensils were left for him?

When Chu Chen finished appraising everything one by one, the negotiation between Wen Haoyang and Ye Junwei also ended in failure. At this time, Wen Haoyang was a little frustrated, but Ye Junwei's face was not very good-looking. The reason is very simple. After nagging and pestering for nearly 10 minutes, I was not in a good mood.

"Mr. Chu, have you seen all these things?" Wen Haoyang asked in surprise.

Before Chu Chen could speak, Ye Junwei said angrily, "You don't want to see how long it's been, but with Teacher Chu's eyesight, can you not read it?"

Wen Haoyang quickly checked the time, apologized to everyone again and again, then greeted the two of them, and picked up things to look at.

Wen Haoyang's performance made Chu Chen more convinced that Wen Haoyang was trying to delay time.

Anyway, idle is idle, Chu Chen asked: "Mr. Ye, do you have anything else?"

Ye Junwei smiled and said: "I still have a set of "Xuanxuan Chess Classic". Although the book is complete, its appearance may not catch your eyes."

Chu Chen waved his hand and said with a smile, "That's not necessarily the case, maybe it's just what I want?"

"Okay then, I'll show you..."

Afterwards, Ye Junwei took Chu Chen to a bookcase not far away. He opened the bookcase with a key, and saw nearly a hundred thread-bound books inside.

Seeing this situation, Chu Chen smiled and said, "Mr. Ye, you have quite a collection of ancient books."

Ye Junwei replied: "Most of them are ancient books and some manuscripts from the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. They are all worthless things. The best one is this set of "Xuanxuan Chess Classic"..."

As he spoke, he carefully brought a few ancient books to Chu Chen.

"Xuanxuan Chess Classic" was originally called "Xuanxuan Ji", and the word "Xuanxuan" came from "Xuanzhiyuexuan, the gate of all wonders" in "Laozi", which is a metaphor for the number of chess "changing and changing, unfathomable".Because the book contains "Thirteen Chapters of Chess Classic", it is also called "Xuanxuan Chess Classic".

The book is divided into six volumes, each according to the ancient six arts "ritual, music, archery, royal, book, number".The gift volume contains Go theoretical articles, which are of extremely high literature value.The two volumes of Le and She are mainly based on the corners of the ancient method.The most essential part of the whole spectrum is in the three volumes of Yu, Shu and Shu. The content is type 387, a masterpiece handed down by ancient chess masters in terms of endgame, life and death.

After identification, this is indeed the original set of "Xuanxuan Chess Classic", but it is a pity for Chu Chen that the preservation of this set of ancient books is really worrying. Although the page numbers are complete, there are many insect bite marks. There are some mildew spots, and the appearance is indeed relatively poor as Ye Junwei said.

Seeing that Chu Chen frowned, Ye Junwei smiled wryly and said, "Actually, this set of "Xuanxuan Chess Classic" was handed down by my ancestors, but I didn't know its preciousness at the beginning, so it was placed a bit randomly, and later it was handed down by me. My son was accidentally drenched in water and turned into this appearance, and when I know its value, I will regret it."

At the end, Ye Junwei sighed distressedly. If it was the original appearance, he believed that even if he didn't have [-], he would still be able to sell it for [-]. But now, let alone [-], [-] is enough.

Chu Chen shook his head and said, "Mr. Ye, I don't know this set of ancient books, how much do you want?"

Seeing that Chu Chen had the idea of ​​buying, Ye Junwei was very surprised: "You are..."

Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "If it's left here like this, the quality of this set of ancient books will definitely get worse and worse, so I want to buy it back and ask the master to review it."

Hearing what Chu Chen said, Ye Junwei quickly said: "Since you said so, Mr. Chu, I want three thousand for this set of "Xuanxuan Chess Classic."

"Can……"

Chu Chen nodded, and handed 3000 yuan to Ye Junwei.

Next, seeing that Wen Haoyang was still pretending to be looking at the utensils in his hands, Chu Chen continued to flip through the manuscripts of ancient books in front of him.

"Um?……"

(End of this chapter)