Jianbao life

Chapter 202 Purple Sand Black Lacquer Gold Flower Pot

Speaking of this, Zhao Heyan said a little indignantly: "Our squad leader's parents probably jumped off the building two months ago. There are only one old and one young. I thought no one would ask her family to collect debts. ,did not expect……"

At this time, Wen Xuelan also happened to walk in with a kettle, and said quickly after hearing this:

"Don't get me wrong, after my parents left, no one came to ask us for debts, but my grandma and I both felt that it was not easy for others, so we decided to sell the previous house to pay off the debts. Although it was not enough, it was not enough. I will pay back the money I paid by doing part-time jobs, and I will pay it back one day.”

Although Wen Xuelan spoke calmly, the spirit contained in the words made Chu Chen and the others stand in awe.

In the traditional concept, there is a saying that the father should pay back the debts of the son, but in today's legal society, children are not legally obliged to pay off the debts of the father.

So many people use this as a basis, even if they have the ability, they refuse to return it. This is indeed no problem legally.But then again, other people's things are not stolen, and you don't return them when you have the ability. Doing so is really against the moral tradition.

And Wen Xuelan was able to persist in this fine tradition at such a young age and with such a difficult life. Chu Chen couldn't help but feel admiration for this. He thought, if there is a suitable opportunity for a while, then Help them as much as you can.

However, since this is the situation in Mrs. Wen's house, Chu Chen will not have too much expectations for what Mrs. Wen will bring out in a while. If it is really a good thing, then their family will not keep it until now up.

After a while, Mrs. Wen walked in cautiously with a brocade box in her arms. She put the box on the table and said, "Look at this first. This is a piece handed down by my ancestor." Purple clay pot."

Hearing that it was a purple clay pot, Chu Chen couldn't help being interested, but he felt a little strange, so he asked, "Grandma Wen, this purple clay pot should be quite expensive. If it is really handed down from the ancestors, the price should not be too high." It’s cheap, why don’t you sell it?”

Mrs. Wen laughed and said: "My old man used to say it was a purple sand pot. I think it looks pretty with flowers and plants painted on it, but it seems to be painted with a layer of black paint. My son said that this thing may not be made of purple sand pot. It is not worth much. For a little money, I didn’t sell it at the beginning.”

According to Mrs. Wen's description, Chu Chen immediately thought of a craft, opened the box quickly, smiled, and said, "Grandma Wen, this is indeed a purple clay pot, but the craft used has been lost. It's called "Imperial Zisha Embossed Color Paint and Gold Painting."

"Ah! Is it really made of purple sand? Is it worth money?"

Chu Chen took a general look at the integrity of the lacquered gold, thought for a while, and said, "If the thing is real, it should be more than [-] in terms of its current appearance."

"One hundred thousand?!"

When Mrs. Wen heard Chu Chen's quotation, she was a little stunned, and then tears welled up from her eyes, and she said tearfully:
"I said that we don't understand, let someone else palm the eye, maybe you can sell it for a good price, but he just doesn't listen to me, I wanted to show it to others, but I didn't expect them to go away , Listen to me earlier, how can it be like this now!"

In fact, at that time, Wen Xuelan's parents had lost all hope and hoped to die, so they didn't listen to what Mrs. Wen said.Moreover, they would not have believed at the time how much such a teapot would cost.

Seeing this, Wen Xuelan choked up and persuaded: "Grandma, don't cry, things are already like this now, if you break your body from crying, what should I do?"

After listening to her granddaughter's persuasion, Mrs. Wen also came to her senses. Now her family is dependent on their wife and children. If she really falls down, what will her granddaughter do? Then how will she face her son under Jiuquan? and daughter-in-law.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wen wiped away her tears, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I lost my composure. I don't know if you like this thing or not?"

Chu Chen laughed and said, "I haven't started yet, this..."

"Hey, I'm sorry to waste your time, just watch it, just watch it."

Chu Chen nodded with a smile, put on his gloves, carefully picked up the teapot, and first looked at the bottom of the teapot. The six-character and three-line seal script of "Qianlong Years of the Qing Dynasty" written in gold lacquer was neat, powerful, and standardized. It is the embodiment of Qianlong's official money.And seeing these six words, he couldn't help but feel happy.

Painting lacquer refers to the important method of drawing decorations with various lacquers on a smooth lacquer floor (bottom), and gold painting is also called lacquer painting, which refers to a decoration method that uses golden materials to describe various patterns and decorations on the surface of utensils. , This process is mostly used on lacquerware.

It is difficult to achieve a better effect in terms of color by the painting process, so the gold painting process is applied to the lacquerware, and black lacquer is mostly used as the ground, and there is also a small amount of vermilion lacquer.The combination of the two techniques makes the utensils richer in luxurious texture and achieves colorful and colorful artistic effects.

The use of lacquer painting (xiū) to decorate purple sand teapots began in the Ming Dynasty. During the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, the technique of heavy color and gold painting was absorbed in the lacquer painting, and the pot body was decorated with gold and jade.This kind of skill was fully matured during the Qianlong period, and it was lost after Jiadao, which shows its preciousness.

It is precisely because of this that Chu Chen would be overjoyed to see that this teapot was made in the Qianlong period.

This pot has smooth lines, short spout, curved handle and round foot.The cover is arched, decorated with orb buttons, and the shape of the whole vessel is regular, honest and simple.The purple sand inner tube is covered with black lacquer, painted with golden color large chrysanthemums, the flowers are competing to bloom, the flowers and leaves are dyed red and green, and a butterfly is flying among the flowers, which looks quite interesting.

The most important problem to be solved when painting gold-colored lacquer on purple sand tires is the peeling problem of the paint skin. Once the glue is not good, it will peel off in pieces. The purple sand lacquerware in the Qianlong period solved this problem very well.This pot is still preserved with exquisite gold paint, and almost no peeling off of the paint gold can be seen, which is really very rare.

This teapot is exquisitely made and ornately decorated, showing the exquisite artistic features of the royal utensils.And it was so well preserved that Chu Chen couldn't put it down when he saw it, especially now that he has started to learn the tea ceremony, so he loves it even more.

"Grandma Wen, I like this pot very much. How much do you want to sell?"

The old lady Wen waved her hand and said, "My old lady doesn't understand this either, so just ask a fair price."

"18, Grandma Wen, what do you think?"

The price offered by Chu Chen is already very fair. Although this teapot is good, in the purple sand pot market, those made by celebrities are more sought after. If he didn’t want to help the old lady Wen’s family, and he bought this teapot, He is also for his own use, and he will not offer the price of 18.

Mrs. Wen and Wen Xuelan were delighted to hear the price of 18, but turned to feel dejected.

Old lady Wen shook her head and sighed, "Young man, I'll give you this price, but how do you plan to give me this money?"

Chu Chen was also taken aback when he heard the words. He had just come here before, and he really didn't expect this.Today is Sunday, and the bank is closed, so the transfer is definitely not possible, and it is certainly impossible for Mrs. Wen to have a credit card machine. As for the check, don't say she doesn't have one, even if she has, it is unlikely that Mrs. Wen will accept it.

In desperation, he could only ask his cousin to call his uncle and ask him for help.

Fortunately, Zhao Qirui still has 18 in cash. While Chu Chen heaved a sigh of relief, he said to Mrs. Wen, "Grandma Wen, the money will take a while to come. I don't know where you are. There is nothing else, as long as it is good, I will accept it."

With this teapot as a foundation, old lady Wen's mind became more active. She really didn't know that such a thing could sell for so much money.

Although the gold, silver and jade wares at home were almost sold because of debt repayment, but there are still some small things in the house, maybe there are good things in them, maybe I can pay off the remaining 34 debt?
So old lady Wen turned around, pulled out a bowl from the cabinet on one side, put it on the table, and asked, "Young man, take a look at this bowl, what do you think?"

Seeing this, Wen Xuelan couldn't help but said anxiously: "Grandma, I have eaten this bowl at noon, why did you take it out? How rude!"

Mrs. Wen said with some embarrassment: "This is also handed down from our ancestors. It was there when I married your grandfather. Maybe it is also an antique?"

Wen Xuelan retorted: "Grandma, how is this possible? Besides, this bowl is scratched, so what is it worth even if it is an antique?"

This is a blue-and-white Yunlong bowl. The blue-and-white cloud dragon bowl looks quite pure, but it should be due to years of use. There are some slight burrs around the mouth of the bowl. It doesn't look very good, so Wen Xuelan thinks it is an antique. Probably not worth a few bucks.

Zhao Heyan and the others leaned forward to have a look, and also felt that the hairy mouth greatly affected the appearance. If it was themselves, they would definitely not buy such a thing.

At this moment, Chu Chen said with a chuckle: "This bowl is really an antique. As for Maokou, although there will be a little discount, it will not be so worthless."

"what?"

Chu Chen's words surprised others, and Mrs. Wen was even more overjoyed, and said quickly: "Young man, then you look at it first, and I will look for other things." Hastily ran to the room.

"Mr. Chu, I'm sorry." Wen Xuelan said apologetically.

Chu Chen waved his hand, saying that it's okay, this is also human nature, just like a drowning person who has caught a life-saving straw, if it were any other person, it would not be much better than Mrs. Wen.

Then, Chu Chen picked up the blue and white Yunlong bowl and observed it carefully.

This bowl has an open mouth, a curved wall and a deep belly, and a ring foot.White glaze is applied to the whole body, and the center of the bowl and the outer belly are decorated with cloud and dragon fireball patterns.At the bottom is the six-character regular script of "Yongzheng Year System of the Great Qing Dynasty", with neat and beautiful fonts.

(End of this chapter)