Jianbao life

Chapter 8 Precious Furniture
It was fine at first, but just as I said, if you walk too much at night, you will always encounter ghosts, and eventually you will get into trouble with a powerful person.Not only did I go in for a year, but I also spent a lot of money to finally settle it. At that time, this matter had a great influence on the antique shop.

After Qian Changxing came out, he disappeared. It is said that he went to the south, but he came back again and became Zhao Qirui's appraiser.

Zhao Xueyi complained a little: "Old Dong is really, he knows Qian Changxing's character clearly, why is he still protecting him?"

"Hey!" Zhu Dafu sighed and said, "I know about this, but Old Dong can't help it. The two of them are family friends, and during the turmoil, Qian Changxing's father saved Old Dong's life. Can Old Dong be ashamed to ignore him? Everyone has their own difficulties!"

There was silence in the carriage for a while.

After a while, the two cars arrived at the door of a family one after the other.After getting out of the car, everyone did not look around first, but moved their bodies. After sitting in the car for more than five hours, the whole body was a little stiff. Fortunately, the two old people are in good health, otherwise the body of the general 70-[-] years old It's too much.

There were three people on Zhao Qirui's side, and the driver acted as his bodyguard. Seeing the driver's vigor, Chu Chen knew that he must be a good player. Although he had never seen the legendary Zhongnanhai bodyguard, the driver should not be much different. From this point, it can also be seen that Zhao Qirui's background should not be simple.

Seeing Zhao Qirui and others got out of the car, Chu Chen and the others went up to greet him, during which Chu Chen looked him over carefully again.

Zhao Qirui looks to be 41 years old, with a burly figure, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a refined aura. He is not at all pampered like a billionaire, and he looks very kind .

Zhao Qirui and Uncle Wu are also old acquaintances, and when they met, they shook hands and greeted enthusiastically, but when it was Chu Chen's turn, he felt Zhao Qirui was slightly taken aback, and then Zhao Qirui smiled and asked Uncle Wu and the others.

"Who is this young man? He looks very energetic. I've never seen him before."

Chu Chen is 1.8 meters tall. He also has thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a straight nose bridge. Because of practicing boxing all the year round, there is no trace of fat on his body, which gives people a sense of majesty. In addition, he often smiles. He looks like a sunny young man, so many people have a very good first impression of him.

Uncle Wu hurriedly replied: "Mr. Zhao, this is my nephew. He learned some knowledge about porcelain from me. Come here today to learn more. I will ask Mr. Zhao to take care of him in the future."

Chu Chen hurriedly saluted and said, "Mr. Zhao, my name is Chu Chen. I hope Mr. Zhao will take care of you from now on."

Zhao Qirui's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then dimmed again. He patted Chu Chen's shoulder with a smile and said, "Okay, the young man is pretty good. As long as it's something I can do, I will definitely help."

Everyone smiled knowingly, Chu Chen also smiled and thanked Zhao Qirui, but he didn't care in his heart, he thought Zhao Qirui was just talking.

Everyone was happy for a while, but there was also a bit of disharmony in it. Qian Changxing, who was mentioned just now, has stood reservedly beside Zhao Qirui from the beginning to now, looking at Uncle Wu and the others with a hint of resentment in his eyes , Did not say hello to them from beginning to end.

Qian Changxing was originally quite short, and he was long and a little bit of a goatee, and he had a goatee. Originally, Chu Chen had a bad sense of perception. At this moment, his evaluation of him in his heart was [-]% lower than when he heard it just now. Even if Qian Changxing doesn't want to see himself and others, it's better to say hello and put on a show.

Now Zhao Qirui is talking and laughing with Uncle Wu and others, but you are standing still. Could it be that you are higher than Zhao Qirui? It’s no wonder that Zhao Qirui disagrees, and the fact is the same. Chu Chen obviously felt that Zhao Qirui There is a trace of dissatisfaction and alienation towards Qian Changxing.

Afterwards, everyone walked towards that family, at this moment Chu Chen began to look around.

This family is in the style of a typical Shanxi merchant compound. Although it is not as tens of thousands of square meters as those particularly large courtyards, there are still more than a thousand square meters. The entire courtyard wall looks very tall, like a castle. As soon as you go up, you know that the defense must be extremely strong.

Zhao Xueyi stepped forward and knocked on the door of that family. After a while, an old man opened the door. The old man looked about 80 or [-] years old, but he was dressed very vigorously. After walking out, he bowed his hands to everyone. Said: "Just now I feel that you are almost coming, please come in." After speaking, he made a gesture of invitation.

After entering the courtyard, Chu Chen kept looking around. The building inherits the characteristics of the Shanxi Merchants Courtyard. The main houses are all with single-slope roofs. The courtyard is a rectangle that is narrow from east to west and long from north to south. The layout of the entire courtyard is like a A simplified version of the famous Qiao Family Courtyard.

The old man's surname is Li. According to Zhao Xueyi, he is also a person who likes to collect. He has known Zhao Xueyi for a few years. This time he was also invited by Uncle Li, so this trip came about.

Uncle Li invited everyone to sit down in the living room, brought everyone tea on their backs, and said, "This is your first time here, so let me tell you first. Brother Zhao also knows my situation. I have been playing with antiques for most of my life." , It's a pity that my son and daughter are not antique play materials, and they all immigrated abroad."

"I'm getting old now. After I die, they will sell all these antiques sooner or later. In this case, I think it's better to sell them to friends in the antique industry, so as to save them from being ruined by their children."

Zhao Xueyi nodded and said, "Mr. Li, I have also told my friends about your situation. Time is precious, so let's go and look at the objects first."

Uncle Li chuckled, didn't say much, and led them to a storage room. Chu Chen walked in and took a look. The room was not as he imagined just now, and there were no dazzling array of antiques at all.

Seeing everyone's puzzled looks, Uncle Li said: "Hehe, I'm sorry everyone, some local Tibetan friends knew that my things were about to change hands, and they came here."

"Hey!" Zhao Xueyi said angrily: "Mr. Li, you are a little out of character, we have worked so hard to come here from the capital, do we want to pick up what is left by others?"

Uncle Li waved his hands with a smile and said, "Brother Zhao, don't be angry, I'll keep all the good ones for you, and each of you will gain something from keeping them."

After speaking, he led everyone to a square table, pointed to the table and the two armchairs next to it, and said, "Look at these three first, and I'll bring out some treasures later."

After Uncle Li left, everyone immediately began to look at the table and chairs.

Let me talk about this table first. This table is about 1.6 meters wide, about [-] centimeters deep, and about [-] centimeters high. At first glance, the wood texture on the table is clear, like flowing water, very beautiful, and you can see clearly From the naturally formed "ghost face" lines, these are the basic characteristics of HaiN huanghuali.

Looking at the thick coating on the surface of the table, we can know that this huanghuali table should be quite old.

Zhu Dafu took out a handkerchief and wiped the table, took out a magnifying glass and looked at it carefully, after a while, he said to everyone: "Yes, this should be a HaiN huanghuali table. The workmanship should be the work of the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, which is very valuable for collection."

Everyone should have no doubts, and they all nodded in agreement. Only Qian Changxing stood aside with a blank face, which made Chu Chen feel very uncomfortable, and then he simply stopped looking at him.

After that, look at the chairs again. At a glance, the two chairs are five-screen armchairs made of rosewood.

Red sandalwood furniture is a kind of classical boutique furniture made of red sandalwood and combined with art and personality.Red sandalwood furniture has always been relatively high-ranking in China. In Ming and Qing Dynasties, only emperors could use it.

Red sandalwood is an extremely valuable wood. Because of its slow growth, it takes hundreds of years to become a material, and it is extremely difficult to obtain large materials. The wood is hard and dense, and is suitable for carving various exquisite patterns.The utensils made of red sandalwood have a satin-like luster on the surface after waxing and polishing without varnish.

The texture of red sandalwood is slender and floating, with endless changes, especially its deep tone, which looks stable, generous and beautiful, so it is regarded as the best among woods. An inch of red sandalwood is an inch of gold".

Only the royal family has the power to buy rosewood in Nanyang.All countries paid tribute, and they also paid tribute to the emperor, but the people could not get it at all.Later, red sandalwood also appeared in the local area, but it was also used by the local princes and nobles.

Therefore, an old red sandalwood furniture with exquisite workmanship is very rare, but now there are two exquisite red sandalwood five-screen armchairs displayed in front of you, which has to lift people's spirits.

These two red sandalwood five-screen armchairs are almost the same. The backrest and armrests are made of whole boards to form a thick single board, forming a five-screen style.The armrests are gracefully curved, and the headrest adopts a book-like style with a large back.The double-sided high-relief "Fuqing Youyu" pattern is embossed on the backrest, and the double-sided high-relief deformed kidnapper dragon pattern is also embossed on the armrest.

The seat panel is flat-packed, the materials are generous, and the workmanship is exquisitely crafted. Judging from its characteristics such as patina and workmanship, it should be widely used as furniture in the Qianlong period.

Guangzuo refers to the furniture mainly produced in the GD region.

Guangzuo furniture emphasizes the consistency of wood properties and never mixes other types of wood. Craftsmen select the best wood for production.In order to express the beautiful texture, it is widely used as furniture without paint, and the wood is completely exposed.

During the Qing Dynasty, the furniture in the palace was made by GD's master craftsmen, and until now, only the skills of GD's master craftsmen are the most traditional and authentic crafts.

And these two five-screen armchairs are undoubtedly the best among the wide-ranging works, which are very representative and rare.

(End of this chapter)