Jianbao life

Chapter 948 Met the Righteous Lord?
Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, I bought this bottle for 25 yuan."

After hearing this, the old lady became more suspicious. She frowned and said, "You didn't lie to me?"

Chu Chen smiled and said, "How could I lie to you about this? If you don't believe me, we can go directly to the bank to transfer the money."

Seeing that Chu Chen said this, the old lady believed most of it, but she still found it strange, so she asked, "Then why didn't you say that in the store just now?"

Chu Chen replied: "There are rules in our antique business. The boss said that just now. If I just said I bought it, he would lose face. And what he said is right. Normally, an antique shop with your price is No one can take it."

In fact, there used to be this rule in the antique industry, that is, peers can’t bully each other. As the old saying goes, a real gentleman is a real gentleman when he watches chess and doesn’t talk. Just take care of your own affairs. hatred.

Generally speaking, two antique businessmen, you open your shop, and he sells his goods, only speak good things to each other, and they are never allowed to tear down their counterparts.

For example, Wang buys an incense burner from Zhenbao Pavilion, and takes it to Bogulou to ask Boss Li to have a look. Boss Li will be happy to congratulate him, "Good stuff! Congratulations on getting old!" Because Wang has already bought it, why bother to embarrass the other party? ?Or if something is real, it doesn’t matter if it’s more expensive?Besides, antiques are priceless, and the value depends entirely on the buyer's own preferences. How should you measure it?
In contrast, many antique shop owners, Xiaojiduchang, dismiss everything that does not come from their own shop as fake, or say that the other party has been fooled by others.Jealousy, speculation, attack, anything can be made up, and the villain's virtues in an impetuous society stand out in front of the ancients!No wonder some people say that in the past, gentlemen play ancient things, but now villains play ancient things. Comparing the two, this statement is not unreasonable!

The old lady nodded and asked, "Is the price I said really expensive?"

Chu Chen said: "Yes, based on the current market conditions, the price is already relatively high. An antique shop owner like Boss Zhong will not lose money if he buys it back, but he basically has no profit. So much money is not worth it, you say no."

The old lady asked again: "In this case, why do you still buy it?"

"Because I like it." Chu Chen smiled: "I'm afraid if I miss it today, it will be gone, and although 25 is a bit more expensive, it's not a big loss. Grandma, do you still sell this bottle?"

As I said before, there is only that number of good things in antiques. If you miss it, you may not come across it. In addition, Chu Chen bought it to serve as a museum collection, and it will increase in value in the future. Of course, Chu Chen will buy it, otherwise If one of the conditions is missing, he has to think about it carefully. Although the 25 is not much for him, it cannot be wasted.

Seeing what Chu Chen said, the old lady had no reason to disagree, so they immediately went to the bank to transfer the account and completed the transaction.

Coming out of the bank, when Chu Chen was about to say goodbye to the old lady, the old lady suddenly stopped him: "Hey, young man, I still have a few pieces of furniture from the early years, I wonder if you are interested?"

Chu Chen nodded repeatedly and said, "As long as it's good, I'll take it."

"Okay then, let's go..."

The old lady brought Chu Chen and the others to a small courtyard house. To Chu Chen and Zuo Shan's surprise, this was actually the house where Wei Zhongxian's treasure was hidden. This can only be described as "coincidence". up.

Didn't that mean the homeowner was hospitalized, though?It's so strange that this old lady doesn't look like she's recovering from a serious illness at all.

The old lady didn't notice the surprise on the faces of Chu Chen and Zuo Shan, she opened the door with the key and invited the three of them into the house.

But the scene in the courtyard made Chu Chen feel a little surprised, because the yard was overgrown with weeds, and it was obvious that no one had lived in it for a long time, which coincided with the news that the owner was hospitalized.

Out of curiosity, Chu Chen asked, "Grandma, do you live here?"

The old lady shook her head: "I can't help it, this is my cousin's house. She has been seriously ill during this period and has no savings, so she entrusts me to help deal with the things at home as medical expenses."

Chu Chen asked, "Is there no one else in her family?"

The old lady shook her head: "It's gone, she is the only one left in her family, hey! She is also a poor person!"

Speaking of this, the old lady let out a long sigh, but she didn't say much. After a while, she said to Chu Chen again: "Don't worry about me taking it without telling me, I still know the reason for my sisters to settle accounts , I also have my cousin's power of attorney in my hand, and the things you buy are also protected by law."

Chu Chen chuckled, he was indeed a little worried that the old lady handled these things privately, otherwise it would be a troublesome matter.Since the old lady said so, he was relieved.

A group of people followed the old lady to a wing room, and saw a few pieces of furniture in the room. There were not many pieces of furniture, five pieces in total, which was more in line with the description in Mingwen Zhenheng's "Long Wu Zhi" Volume [-] "Bedroom": " Generally, one couch is set, and only a small table is placed in front of the couch, and nothing is placed on the table; two small squares are set up, and one small cabinet is set; It's suitable for Mengyue."

However, although there are not many furniture here, when Chu Chen stepped forward to look, they were all Ming Dynasty furniture, and except for the small cabinets, they were all made of huanghuali. These were not available to ordinary people in ancient times. started.

Chu Chen greeted the old lady, and then walked over to the bed in the house. This bed was not the couch mentioned in "Long Wu Zhi", but a canopy bed.

A canopy bed is a kind of bed, which refers to a bed with four posts and four poles on the bed.Some have three-sided railings at both ends and the back, and some have door covers facing them.There are many styles of canopy beds, exquisite structures and gorgeous decorations.Most of the decorations are based on historical stories, folklore, landscapes of flowers and horses, etc., and contain the meanings of harmony, peace, auspiciousness, many blessings, and many children.The style is simple and generous, or magnificent.

The canopy bed in front of me is made of huanghuali.The style is traditional, and the "mushroom heads" at the lower ends of the corner posts and door posts imitate the "pillar foundation" in traditional buildings.There are eaves hanging around the top of the bed, and there are firecracker holes in the sash ring board.The fascia boards around the bed are also engraved with patterns of auspicious animals such as flowers, grass and cranes. The shapes are vivid and portraits, and the layers are orderly.The corners of the bed are mortised and the sides are filled with soft drawers.The tooth bar and the legs can be combined with a shoulder-hugging tenon structure, and the horseshoe is turned inside out. .

The material is strong, the carving is exquisite, the mortise and riveting is tight, the shape is exquisite, the pattern design is simple and smooth, and the style is simple and rich. Collection value.

The canopy bed alone made Chu Chen's trip worthwhile, and the other four items are also extremely valuable for collection.

Among them, although Xiaoji and Xiaofangwu are simple and concise in style, they look natural, and you can tell that they are made by skilled craftsmen at a glance.

The last remaining piece is a small black lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlaid double-door cabinet. Although it looks only about fifty centimeters high and wide, it is the most valuable utensil besides the canopy bed among the five pieces of furniture.

This inlaid mother-of-pearl is a kind of mother-of-pearl. The so-called mother-of-pearl refers to the general name of the decoration process that uses snail shells and seashells to make figures, flowers and birds, geometric figures or characters, etc., and inlay them on the surface of objects according to the needs of the picture.

Inlaid mother-of-pearl refers to the parts with the best color and luster of various shells, which are layered, stripped and cut, and then inlaid on wood and lacquerware as decoration.

It is described in "Painting Records": "Mouse of mother-of-pearl... all kinds of pictures, dots, wipes, hooks, and strips, are always fine and dense as picturesque. It is also divided into cut shell colors, and those who decorate with the colors can be decorated with brilliance. reward."

This passage means that according to the needs of the pattern of the picture, the snails of different colors are used, cut into various shapes, and various pictures are inlaid to achieve the effect of approximate coloring.

When talking about Ming Dynasty furniture, people usually think of huanghuali furniture. In fact, in Ming Dynasty, the best furniture was not log furniture, but gorgeous lacquer furniture should be the mainstream.This can be proved by the fact that most of the national treasure furniture with year models are lacquer furniture.

Like the small cabinet in front of me, the whole body is black lacquered and inlaid with mother-of-pearl.Cabinet type with round corners, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.

The top of the cabinet is embedded with a picture of the consecrated courtyard, and the distant and near scenery of clouds and mist, pavilions, pine willows, rockery and rockery are all depicted one by one; there are 19 people, in twos and threes, or rafting on the water, or talking loudly, or strolling leisurely, interesting. abundant.The outer facade of the cabinet door is decorated in two layers. The upper layer is hollowed out in the shape of a wishful cloud;

Both sides of the cabinet are hollowed out in the shape of wishful cloud heads, and the bottom is decorated with consecrated flower and bird patterns.The cabinet door is equipped with small pedicle-shaped handles and loose-leaf leaves, all of which are decorated with brocade ground patterns and tangled flower patterns, which are detailed and cumbersome and magnificent.

This cabinet is small in size and integrates cabinet and cabinet functions. It is an innovative shape in Ming-style furniture and a rare Ming-style furniture treasure.

Moreover, lacquer furniture is not as easy to preserve as log furniture, and it is not easy to be handed down to the present. This also shows that lacquer furniture, especially Ming Dynasty lacquer furniture, is precious.

Therefore, this well-preserved small cabinet with two doors inlaid with black lacquer and mother-of-pearl is of high value. Chu Chen estimated that the market price should be around 50 million.

In addition, the canopy bed is about 80 million yuan, the small table and two squares add up to about 25 yuan, and the combined value of the five items is about 150 million yuan.

After Chu Chen looked at the furniture one by one, he smiled and said to the old lady: "I want these five pieces of furniture, so you can always negotiate a price."

The old lady was in trouble when she heard what Chu Chen said. She frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Young man, to be honest, I didn't think of selling these furniture at first, so I didn't ask my cousin about them. How much is it?"

Chu Chen was also a little embarrassed when he heard this, and asked, "Then what do you want to do about this?"

(End of this chapter)