Jianbao life

Chapter 74 Ghost City (Continued)

Hou Yuanming took Chu Chen's words and said: "I have encountered this kind of thing a lot. If you want me to say, it is still the young people's own problem. Anything can happen in this ghost market, and there are many liars and the like. It is also a loss." He dared to follow others by himself, without any vigilance."

Zhou Wenping also nodded: "However, as Xiao Chen said, those people don't dare to go too far. At most, the young people will only spend a little money. Besides, there are many people of different religions and high-ranking schools in the ghost market. If you want to control them , it's really inconvenient to have you girls here, if Xiaochen is alone today, he might take care of it."

Chu Yulan and the others thought about it too. After all, in this dark place, if you meet a few vicious people, Chu Chen is the only one who has the skills to take care of them. There are too many people, and he can't take care of them.But according to Zhou Wenping, Chu Chen really took care of this kind of thing, so Chu Yulan asked curiously:
"Brother Chu, have you taught this kind of person a lesson?"

Chu Chen said with some embarrassment: "I have taken care of it, but I don't take care of everything. I will take care of it when it looks too much. Okay, let's not talk about this matter, Xiaolan, look at what you just said It seems that you are particularly interested in chapter materials and the like, do you have any needs in this regard?"

"Brother Chu, you should also know from my uncle that my grandfather will celebrate his birthday in a while. As for me, I just want to give him a gift, but I haven't found anything satisfactory after searching for a long time. If you go to an antique shop , I can't afford it, so I can only see if there is any harvest in this ghost market." Chu Yulan's face was a little worried.

"Then how long is your grandfather's birthday?" Chu Chen asked.

"Counting today, there are still four days."

Hearing that it was only four days, Chu Chen frowned a little: "Time is really tight, so don't worry, Xiaolan, let's look here first, if not, I'll find out for you when I go back, my precious one." Not to mention, there is still hope to find those with medium or above-average materials.”

After Chu Yulan heard the words, she immediately smiled and said, "Brother Chu, thank you so much."

When they were about to continue the previous trip, they saw the young man walking over with a listless face, and he didn't seem to be hurt. Judging from his expression, he probably spent money to eliminate the disaster.

Seeing this, Chu Yulan and the others also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, they haven't really stepped into the society yet, and they still have a pure heart in their hearts. If young people get hurt physically, they will feel uneasy in their hearts.

Next, everyone looked at dozens of small stalls one after another, and basically everyone gained something.

Chu Yulan was lucky, and finally got her wish, and spent 7000 yuan to buy a piece of Changhua Chicken Blood Stone.At the normal price of an antique shop, this piece of material should be able to sell for [-] to [-] yuan, and she was quite satisfied with the purchase of this piece of material.

However, Chu Yulan still liked Tian Huangzhang's material, so she still troubled Chu Chen to look for it for her after she went back, to see if there was any suitable Tian Huangzhang's material.

At this time, the sky was a little bright, and Chu Chen looked at the things in his hands, with a slightly disappointed expression.

He also bought two things just now, a good-looking Duan inkstone, and a jade belt buckle for the disciple of Canglong, both of which are used to open the door to the end. These two things cost him [-] in total. The price of the goods is just a little lower. After all, the antique business is not always easy to find.

Chu Chen has enough money to open an antique shop now, so he doesn't worry about the shop for the time being, but the things in the antique shop can't always be handicrafts, so those antiques that are licensed must be prepared in advance, so he will buy them. Those two things.

After finally coming to the ghost market in Xijing, Chu Chen was somewhat dissatisfied with these two small items, but when he looked down, he found a circle of bronze Buddha statues on the hawker stall in front of him.

Buddha statues have a long history in our country, and the ancient bronze Buddha statues and Buddhist utensils seen in the world are mostly gilded Buddha statues, standing statues, and gilded Buddha statues from the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Yes, Buddha statues in Ming and Qing Dynasties accounted for the majority.

Most of the Buddha statues here are in the style of the Tang Dynasty. There are a small number of Ming and Qing Buddha statues, and they all seem to be well-made.The Buddha statues in the Tang Dynasty are generally plump, well-proportioned, reasonable in structure, plump, plump, naturally stretched, with a strong sense of dynamics, etc., which have distinct characteristics of the times.

Reminiscent of Xijing's rich historical and cultural heritage, Chu Chen immediately became interested when seeing these Buddha statues, and squatted down to observe them regardless of whether they were true or not.After a rough look around, he found that the quality of the Buddha statues here is not bad. Although most of them are new imitations, there are also some old imitations and high imitations, which still look quite good.

However, after Chu Chen selected them for a while, these statues had some problems with their workmanship, or they were a little damaged, but he couldn't find any satisfactory ones, so he suddenly became a little bit depressed.

Just when Chu Chen was about to stand up and leave, he glanced out of the corner of his eye, and a relatively new Bodhisattva statue in the corner came into his eyes, and he was instantly interested.This is because his Baojue is reminding him that this Bodhisattva statue should be an old object.

As soon as the Bodhisattva statue was in his hands, Chu Chen felt his hand sink, and it had a copper texture. This alone made him feel good, and he was surprised when he looked at it carefully.

This is a gilt bronze statue of Manjusri Bodhisattva, about 25 centimeters in height.

Manjushri Bodhisattva is the abbreviation of the transliteration of the Indian Sanskrit "Manjushri", and the free translation of "Miaode" and "Miaojixiang".Among the Buddhist Bodhisattvas, he is known for his wisdom and ranks first among all the Bodhisattvas. He is called "Prince Manjusri Dharma" in Buddhist scriptures.

This image wears a five-flower crown on the head, a high meat bun on the top, and big earlobe shoulders.The face is square and the expression is solemn.The shoulders are wide and thick, the waist is cinched, and the body is soft, sitting on the lotus platform in a slightly three-folded branch position.

The upper body is wearing a cassock with the right shoulder exposed, the shoulders are covered with silk, and the lower body is wearing a long skirt. The clothes are smooth and natural, and the clothes on the legs are arranged symmetrically, which is particularly beautiful.The whole body is also decorated with wreath jewels and bracelets.

Put your hands in front of your chest to form the Dharma seal, and hold a lotus stem in each palm.The lotus is shoulder-length open, with a Vatican folder on the left shoulder flower and a sword on the right shoulder flower.Sutras and swords are important symbols of the image of this statue, both of which have profound meanings. The scriptures indicate that wisdom is as profound as the sea, and the sharp sword indicates that it can kill all thieves of troubles.

The lotus seat is in the shape of a half moon around the waist, and the upper and lower sides are covered with lotus petals.The lotus petals are neatly arranged, full and powerful, and the head is decorated with curly grass.The six-character inscription "Xuande Nianshi of the Ming Dynasty" is engraved on the lotus seat, indicating the casting year and the bottom cover of the seat is intact.

Looking at the whole Buddha statue, it is very well preserved, with dignified shape, well-proportioned proportions and fine craftsmanship. It is a model of court statues in Xuande period of Ming Dynasty.

This statue of Manjusri Bodhisattva is exactly the same as that of the Buddha statue in the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty in terms of shape, craftsmanship, and patina.And after using the ability, Chu Chen's mind was shocked even more.

"Boss, please ask for a price." Such an exquisite statue, and it was from the Xuande period, how could Chu Chen let it go.

The owner of this stall is also a young man with a plump face and looks very kind, but don't be fooled by his appearance. He saw that Chu Chen looked carefully, and he looked very young. It was a novice who asked for [-] yuan when he saw Chu Chen asking for the price.

As soon as Chu Chen heard that it was [-], he knew that this person must have missed his eyes. After thinking about it, if the boss thought it was genuine, he wouldn't show it for him to see.But with such a price, he also knew that the boss regarded himself as a fat sheep.

Chu Chen hates others when he is a fat sheep. Although this item is indeed genuine, but the boss must not succeed if he wants to succeed, so he directly returned the price to [-].

When the boss saw that Chu Chen had reached five thousand, he was stunned for a moment, thinking, does this person know that he took this statue for three thousand?Thinking of this, he immediately cheered up. The first time he pays it back, he can earn two thousand. This is a good deal, so he smiled and gave up the price to seventy thousand.

Seeing this, Chu Chen simply put the statue of the Bodhisattva back in place, and then acted like he was about to leave.

The boss became anxious when he saw this, how could he let a fat sheep run away like this?Then he said: "Brother, you really can't afford that price, add more, add more."

As soon as Chu Chen was amused, he made a gesture of ten thousand, and then said, "Boss, I will pay this price. It is a success, but it is not a failure."

"Success, I'll give it to you." The boss made a decision immediately in order to avoid long nights and dreams.

After the transaction was over and Chu Chen and the others walked away, the boss couldn't help humming a little tune proudly, thinking, hey, my dad also said that I'm not good for business, look, 7000 yuan is so easy to get, recently You can live comfortably in a few months, the more idiots like this young man, the better.

At this time, he would never have thought that his father was rummaging through boxes and cabinets at home looking for things.

"Girl, have you seen the Bodhisattva statue I invited back yesterday for [-] yuan?"

"No, wait for Xiao Kun to come back and ask to see if it is with him."

"This bastard, I still want to ask someone to palm the eye today, isn't it really at his place? Then he must not sell it to me cheaply, or I will definitely break his leg!"...

"Hey, Brother Chu, why did you think of asking for a statue of Bodhisattva?" Wen Yuting looked at Chu Chen holding the statue of Bodhisattva, feeling a little strange.

Chu Chen smiled and said, "Hehe, let's go, let's talk when we go back."

Then, the sky became brighter and brighter, and everyone had their own harvest, and they lost the interest in visiting the ghost market. In addition, they were all curious about the statue of Bodhisattva in Chu Chen's hand, so they quickly left the ghost market.

(End of this chapter)