Jianbao life

Chapter 621
Chu Chen felt a little strange about what Uncle Wu said, and asked, "Dad, why do I have to take the seat?"

"Because it's Guining today, of course the son-in-law has to take the seat." Uncle Wu replied with a smile.

Guining has a daughter who does not forget the gift of parental upbringing, and a son-in-law who thanks his parents-in-law and the newlyweds for their love and beauty.Generally, the daughter-in-law's family hosts a banquet, and the new son-in-law takes a seat at the table, accompanied by the wife's elders.The newlyweds either return on the same day, or stay for a few days. If they stay, they will not stay in the same room.

After thinking about it for a while, Chu Chen understood why, and said with a smile, "Dad, although today is Guining's day in a broad sense, I haven't officially married Ke Ke after all, so let's forget about it today! Besides, it's just our family. There are no other relatives and friends present, so there is no need to do this!"

Grandma Wu also smiled and said, "That's right, Gui Ning is the last ceremony of the marriage, let's forget about it today."

Uncle Wu thought about it, and felt that it was the same reason, so he smiled and stopped mentioning it.

"Grandma, Dad, Mom, in this new year, I wish you all the blessings of the East China Sea, and a longer life than Nanshan..."

After pouring wine and drinks for everyone, Chu Chen held up his glass and toasted.

"Okay, okay!" Seeing this, the three of them laughed from ear to ear, and handed out the lucky money to Chu Chen one after another.

Today, in order to entertain Chu Chen, there were a variety of dishes on the table, but Chu Chen's first goal was the sweet and sour pork ribs made by Aunt Wu, and he was full of praise while eating.

"Mom, the sweet and sour pork ribs you cook are better than those made by top chefs. If you open a restaurant and specialize in this dish, the customers will crowd the restaurant to the brim."

"Then forget it!"

Aunt Wu waved her hand and said with a smile, "If that's the case, I'll probably be exhausted on the first day, and you won't be able to eat even if you want to!"

"That's right!" Chu Chen scratched his head and said with a grin, "For my sake, let's forget about it..."

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On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Shun Xing scattered lanterns.

In a blink of an eye, it is the eighth day of the first lunar month, the eighth day of Zhangu, and the Shunxing Festival.Legend has it that this day is the day when all the stars are lowered to the lower realm, and the sky is full of stars, and it is the time when the elders recognize the stars for their children and grandchildren.

Legend has it that the eighth day of the eighth day is Guzi's birthday.If the weather is fine on this day, it means that the rice harvest will be abundant this year, and if the sky is cloudy, the year will be poor.

In the morning, when Chu Chen got up to exercise early, he found that the sky was clear today, the wind was sunny, and it was a rare good weather. According to the customs of valley days, this year is undoubtedly a bumper harvest year, which made Chu Chen feel very good.

Because today was the opening day of the antique shop, after breakfast, Chu Chen took the bored Chu Yulan to his shop.

After parking the car, the brothers and sisters walked to the door of the store talking and laughing together with Uncle Wu who picked them up on the way, and found that other people had already cleaned the store and set off the firecrackers, waiting for them to come.

Everyone exchanged warm greetings, and then Chu Chen lit the firecrackers himself.

Looking at the lively scene in front of him, Chu Chen wished in his heart that he would reach a new level this year.

Today is the first day of work. As a boss who wants to be rewarded and punished clearly, Chu Chen still has to give red envelopes for the New Year, so after letting off the firecrackers, he distributed the red envelopes that he had prepared a long time ago to everyone on the water. .

Although the red envelopes are not very thick, everyone feels that it is already a very lucky thing to meet such a kind boss this year, so they hurried to work with full energy.

The new year's new weather may be due to Chu Chen's high fortune. The business on the first day of opening was surprisingly good. The antiques sold a few things worth more than one hundred thousand yuan in one morning, and the turnover of the emeralds was even higher. Nearly 700 million, although a pair of bracelets contributed nearly 500 million, but everyone still feels very happy.

When it was almost noon, Zhou Wenping went out to order fast food for everyone, and asked the restaurant to cook a few delicious dishes to reward everyone, but when he just walked to the door of the store, an old man left with a few boxes Come in.

Seeing the old man's appearance, Zhou Wenping was slightly taken aback, because this man was the old man who sold porcelain pillows on the eve of the junior year.

Zhou Wenping hurriedly asked the clerk to order lunch, while he walked up to the old man and greeted the old man with a smile, "Grandpa, Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year!" The old man nodded and said, "Does your store accept antiques today?"

Zhou Wenping said with a smile: "Of course, as long as it's a good item, our store will charge you for one day as long as it's open for business. However, you won't ask for cash this time, will you?"

"Why can't I ask for cash?" the old man asked.

Zhou Wenping said: "It's very simple. If the things you bring this time are as good as last time, or better, then our store really won't be able to spend so much cash for a while."

"Hey, if everything in my house can be as good as that porcelain pillow before, I won't have to worry about it."

The old man said something with a sad expression, and then said: "I don't know how much the things I brought this time are worth. You can give them whatever you want, as long as the price is not too outrageous."

Zhou Wenping quickly said: "Master, please rest assured, although we are sure that we want to make more money, we will not raise a price against our conscience."

"You..." The old man just said two words, swallowed the rest of the words, and sighed: "Hey! Forget it, let's do it like this!"

Zhou Wenping also somewhat understood what the old man was thinking, but no matter how well said this kind of thing was, it was better to do it convincingly. What happened, the old man would understand in the end.So, he politely invited the old man to the reception room.

When Chu Chen and Uncle Wu saw the old man, they were also slightly taken aback, and quickly stood up, asked the old man to take a seat, and made a cup of tea for the old man.

After chatting briefly, Chu Chen asked, "Master, is there any difficulty at home?"

"Hey! It's hard to say..." At this point, the old man swallowed his words again, and said: "Forget it, don't talk about it, you can take a look at my things. I only have one request, and I hope that when you make an offer later Master Gao, my family is still waiting for money to save my life!"

Seeing the begging look in the old man's eyes, Chu Chen softened his heart, and said solemnly: "Master, we will give you whatever price we will determine in a while. Don't worry!"

Chu Chen has not been in business for a year or two, so he can see that the old man probably didn't intend to win his sympathy and wanted more money.Besides, he didn't know the old man's situation after all, so he definitely wouldn't make a bad deal. Even if the old man did it deliberately, he wouldn't lose anything.

Chu Chen first picked up the small box on the top, and the others picked up the other boxes. Everyone opened the box and took out the things inside to appreciate it.

Chu Chen took something out of the small box, and it turned out to be a 韘 (pronounced the same as "shoot"). What is a 韘?Simply put, it is a finger wrench.It is a tool used by archers to hold the bowstring to shoot prey.

Nowadays, there are so many palace dramas in the Qing Dynasty that many people think that the finger pull is unique to the Qing Dynasty. In fact, it is not the case. As early as the Shang Dynasty, 韘 had already appeared, and it was very popular in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Most of them are made of leather or animal bones, and nobles can also be carved with jade.In the Spring and Autumn Period, the jade 韘 could still be used for hooking strings, but from the late Warring States period to the Han Dynasty, it developed into a flat and impractical ornament called the 韘-shaped pei.

For thousands of years, there have been many styles of ring finger shapes.The most important ones are the slope-shaped wrench, that is, the ring, and the barrel-shaped wrench.The slope-shaped wrench finger appeared earlier, and there was a string groove at the earliest, but it was canceled later.In our country, the slope-shaped wrench has been used until the Ming Dynasty.There are still several countries abroad that are still using it today.

In Mongolia and Qing Dynasty, barrel-shaped wrench was mainly used, which is the kind of wrench worn on the thumb that is often seen in TV dramas.

The gong in Chu Chen's hands is made of high-quality Hetian seed jade, which is white and delicate, and still maintains the shape of the early practical gong, with perforations.There are three groups of Taotie patterns engraved on the inside and outside. The engraver uses raised lines as the dividing line. The left and right halves of the Taotie patterns are symmetrical and finely carved.

Judging from the ornamentation and carving, Chu Chen felt that this jade piece should have been made in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. In addition, this jade pillow, like the jade pillow brought by the old man before, is a handed down artifact.

The identification of handed down ancient jade is a relatively complicated knowledge. In addition to knife workmanship, vessel type, and material, the two most important points are "patina" and "cow hair pattern".

For quite a long time, jade wares have been "protected" by nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide in the air, and jade wares have been corroded by inorganic compounds such as sodium chloride, trace urea and carbonic acid in human sweat all the year round when they are rubbed by people. A waxy glossy oxide film has been formed on the surface year by year, which is patina.

This gloss is soft and natural, moist and bright.At the same time, due to reasons such as collection and storage, some ancient jade did not produce wax-like patina, but it was warm and moist inside, and seemed to be covered by a layer of leather. This layer of material can also be called patina.

Like the jade in front of me, the color is soft and natural, but it looks like it is covered by a layer of leather. This is a natural phenomenon caused by the fact that jade was often played with by people in the past, but it has been shelved in the past ten or decades.

Features like this are undoubtedly the most difficult to imitate, and can generally be considered as genuine.

In addition to patina, the cow hair pattern is also an important basis for identifying the authenticity of jade articles.

Generally speaking, the ox hair pattern on the jade article refers to the erosion patterns on the surface of the ancient earth jade along one direction and one by one.This kind of ox hair pattern is mostly yellow, but also black and red. It is considered to be etching marks along the fibrous grain interface and cleavage lines. It is a reflection of erosion that has been buried underground for a long time. It is considered to be nephrite. One of the most common evidences.

However, the piece of jade in Chu Chen's hand has not been immersed in the soil, but even if it has not been immersed in the soil, the surface of the jade will also form ox hair patterns. This kind of ox hair pattern is caused by people wearing discs for a long time or natural weathering.

The ox hair pattern on the surface of the jade in front of him is obviously caused by long-term wear and grinding, and the characteristics are very obvious. Chu Chen can see the authenticity of the ox hair pattern at a glance with a magnifying glass.

Whether it is patina or ox hair pattern, it can be proved that this is indeed a genuine product.

This kind of ancient jade that has not been buried in the soil, and the quality of the jade is very good, and the color of the paste is first-class, can be said to be very rare, but it is a pity that it looks a little smaller, and there is some wear and tear at the position of the string, but even if If so, the market value of this jade article should also be worth about [-] yuan.

(End of this chapter)