Jianbao life

Chapter 49 Prodigal Son
Uncle Wu looked at the photos of Lao Zhou, and couldn't help feeling a little sad. Unexpectedly, another childhood playmate left. Except for one who went abroad and two who settled in other places, the capital has grown up together. No more, how could this not make him feel sad.

After paying homage to Lao Zhou, Uncle Wu handed over 3000 yuan to Xiao Zhou and said, "Uncle Wu can't help you much. With this money, except for buying some paper money for your father, the rest of the people will take care of themselves." Well, you, you should also find a job and live a good life."

Xiao Zhou took the 3000 yuan, his eyes lit up, and he said to Uncle Wu: "Uncle Wu, you are the only one who can help me now. My dad still left some calligraphy and paintings, please help Zhang Luo." .”

When Uncle Wu heard his request, he almost walked away. This man was simply unreasonable. He wanted to sell all his father's things just a few days after his death. To use it on his unreliable ancient jade, this man is almost insane, there is no cure.

But when he turned his head and thought about it, Uncle Wu also sighed in his heart. If the price is not expensive, buy it and keep it. In the end, nine times out of ten it will be sold cheap. Rather than ruining it like this, it is better to buy it yourself. It can also be regarded as leaving a little memory of an old friend.

"Then take us to have a look." Although Uncle Wu is already intending to buy the paintings and calligraphy left by Lao Zhou, it is obviously impossible for him to have a better attitude towards Xiao Zhou, so he said His tone was a bit unfriendly.

But Xiao Zhou didn't care, he didn't care about his attitude, as long as he could buy the paintings and calligraphy, he had a good attitude.

Next, he led the two into a hut next door. As soon as they entered the room, a pungent smell hit their foreheads. They frowned and covered their noses, and waited for a while. , I just got used to it a little bit.

This smell is nothing but the chemical smell emanating from the fake ancient jade bought by Xiao Zhou.We know that most of the fake ancient jade nowadays, in order to imitate the erosion of nature, often soak the fake jade in chemical agents, so that the top of the jade will always have a little chemical smell.

One or two have a mild smell, maybe you can't smell it, but there are thousands of pieces of fake ancient jade in this hut, so the accumulated chemical smell, can it not be pungent?

Just like that, after Xiao Zhou led the two of them in, he said triumphantly, "Uncle Wu, how is it? My collection is quite rich, right?"

Seeing his self-expression like this, Uncle Wu really had nothing to say, and urged him: "Xiao Zhou, take out all the calligraphy and paintings, it's getting late, we have something to do later."

"Okay, Uncle Wu, wait a moment."

After taking Uncle Wu's words, Xiao Zhou walked to a dark and damp corner, and took out three scrolls from there.

Seeing this, Uncle Wu was really angry and distressed. We know that to preserve calligraphy and painting well, at least they should be placed in a relatively dry place. In such a humid environment like now, it can be said that it is a taboo to preserve calligraphy and painting, and even a box None, in such a preservation environment, within a few months, these three paintings and calligraphy must be damp and moldy.

Seeing that Uncle Wu couldn't help scolding Xiao Zhou, Chu Chen quickly stopped him. This kind of person has nothing to say. If he really listened, his mother wouldn't be mad at him.

Xiao Zhou casually put the scroll on the table and said, "Uncle Wu, check to see if you are satisfied."

Before watching, Uncle Wu relieved the suffocation in his chest, walked to the table with Chu Chen, carefully opened the scroll, and observed carefully.

Among these three pieces, two are paintings, and the other is a calligraphy work, and the authors are all famous people.

First of all, they looked at the calligraphy work. The size of the whole work was about five square feet. It was a running script work written by He Yu in [-].

He Yu is one of the [-] masters of the Shanghai School in the late Qing Dynasty. He first taught Hu Gongshou (Hu Yuan) and Ren Yi (Ren Bonian), and later became a disciple of Zhu Menglu.He is good at creating flowers and birds, and likes to create larger and more refined works, and the themes are mostly festive themes.

However, he has been selling paintings for 60 years and has left behind many works, so although his paintings are good, in terms of his popularity, in the antique market where the rare and the fine are the most expensive, the price is not high. too high.

Taking the current work of running script as an example, he writes freely, calmly and powerfully, and the lines between the lines also reflect the artistic conception of the author at that time. It can be regarded as a relatively good calligraphy work by He Yu.

Unfortunately, the preservation of this work is not very good, there are already some mildew spots on the paper after being damp, which affects the quality of the whole work.In this way, works that were originally worth six or seven thousand can only be worth about four thousand at most now.

Seeing the appearance of this calligraphy, Uncle Wu and Chu Chen couldn't help but worry about the following two paintings, but after thinking about it again, these three calligraphy and paintings were in the hands of Xiao Zhou the day before yesterday, so they should have been in the hands of Lao Zhou originally. Fan Pinxiang, thinking of this, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, the two looked at a landscape painting by Wang Xuehao. The size of this painting was about three square meters, and it was a work he created in [-].

Wang Xuehao was a well-known painter in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, who was good at painting landscapes.His landscape painting techniques were passed on by Wang Yuanqi, a famous court painter in the Qing Dynasty.He was first employed by Li Yude, and was involved in sketching in his middle age. His coloring is light and elegant, and he claims to be able to capture the leisure and interest of Yuan people.

The style of the landscape painting in front of me can still reflect Wang Xuehao's consistent vigorous use of brushwork, elegant charm, and the rendering of various styles with rubbing and brushing.However, this work happened to be in the period of reform in his later years, and the method of breaking the brush was used in it.

However, due to the limitation of the times, this kind of reform has not been popular in the world with a fresh style of painting, nor has it been completely reborn, so it has affected the overall level of painting.Therefore, although this painting is still considered to be his masterpiece, the quality has affected the price. According to the appearance of this painting, the market value is estimated to be only about five or six thousand at most.

The author of the last work is named Zhang Jian. In fact, he was also a well-known painter in the Qing Dynasty, but he lived in the Kangxi period.This person started studying at the age of thirty, so he is a late bloomer, and his calligraphy and poetry are extremely skillful.

Zhang Jian is best at painting bamboo, and is deeply loved by people from all walks of life at home and abroad. The work in front of them at this time is a picture of carnation.

However, after the two of them slowly opened the painting completely, Uncle Wu frowned, because on the painting paper, it was obvious that there were traces of water, and it seemed that it had been dripped not long ago. .Seeing this situation, Uncle Wu gave Xiao Zhou a hard look.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhou was also a little embarrassed, and he quickly explained: "Uncle Wu, I didn't do it on purpose, it was just that when I was looking at this painting yesterday, I accidentally dripped it on, and you see, the water is not just Drip into the empty space?"

The water did not drip onto the ink color of the painting, otherwise the value of the painting would be greatly reduced, but even so, after the rice paper is stained with water, there will be yellow spots. It is a little troublesome to clean it. Now, after buying this painting back, I must ask a framer to handle it.

Hearing Uncle Wu tell the truth about it, Xiao Zhou was also a little dumbfounded. He said weakly, "Uncle Wu, that means the value of this painting is less than before?"

"What are you talking about!" Uncle Wu asked angrily, and then looked at the painting again.

When Uncle Wu was talking with Xiao Zhou just now, Chu Chen had been staring at a place that was stained by water, because he always felt a slight difference in that place, as if there was a faint ink color on it, which made him There was a trace of doubt in his heart.

But it must be inappropriate for him to come up to see it. After all, there are two other people beside him. It doesn't matter to Uncle Wu, but that Xiao Zhou is not only not his own, but also makes him feel particularly annoying.Even so, in addition to seeing with his eyes, he also has a means against the sky, which is supernatural power.

After using the ability, not only his previous conjecture was verified, but also he was very pleasantly surprised, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth unconsciously.

Bamboo, as we all know, is one of the four gentlemen we often say, representing quietness, elegance, and integrity. Therefore, whether a bamboo painting is good or not depends on whether it can reflect its due characteristics in the painting. is particularly important.

And this painting did not disappoint Uncle Wu and Chu Chen. On the scroll, there are several clumps of pruning bamboos among the stones.It really reflects the consistent style of Zhang Jian, portraying the bamboo with beautiful bones, strong and dense.

In addition, the seal, inscription, and identification seal on the painting can also be confirmed one by one, so it can be confirmed that it is an authentic piece of Zhangshou.The most commendable thing is that this work is about fifteen square feet, which can be said to be quite rare among Zhang Jian's works, and it can be said to be extremely precious.

After reading the three works left by Lao Zhou, the two can confirm that all three are authentic, but because of the author's reputation and appearance, the value is not too high.

Uncle Wu asked Xiao Zhou: "Xiao Zhou, I have seen all the things, and they are indeed not bad. I can take all these three works with me. Tell me, how much does it cost?"

Xiao Zhou rolled his eyes, and asked the price: "Uncle Wu, you also know that I am short of money now. You can take these three works for [-] for the sake of seeing me growing up."

"you!"

Uncle Wu became a little angry when he heard Xiao Zhou's asking price. Among these three works, the first two combined up to [-].Although the last one is about fifteen square feet, it can be said to be rare among Zhang Jian's works, but because of this, the picture does not seem to be so comprehensive at his level.

Therefore, based on the author's reputation, the degree of appreciation of the painting, and the appearance of the painting, about [-] is not bad, and even if it is sold at an auction, it can only be sold for [-] to [-] at most.

(End of this chapter)