Jianbao life

Chapter 959 The Revolving Lantern

Many people in the antique business are master storytellers, no matter how thrilling the story is, they can make it up.Especially when going to the countryside for Taobao, many sellers use some touching stories to win the sympathy of the buyers, so as to make the buyers eye-catching.

So, no matter how pitiful Lu Shuanniu said, Chu Chen was not moved. Just like the old saying, you must not have the heart to harm others, and you must have the heart to guard against others. You can listen to the story, but let him believe it. You can only verify the authenticity of things first.

Lu Shuanniu took everyone to a storage room, walked up to an ancient lamp placed in the center of the room, and said, "This is the thing. Take a look. If you like it, let's talk about the price. In addition, Just to remind you, you have to be careful when you look at it, don't break things."

After finishing speaking, he stood beside the ancient lamp, staring at Chu Chen and the others intently, probably because he was really worried that Chu Chen and the others would break things when they looked at it.

Chu Chen smiled and nodded to show that he would pay attention, and then he looked at the ancient lamp. In fact, when he first entered the door, he saw the real thing and knew that this ancient lamp was actually what people usually call a revolving lantern.

Revolving horse lanterns are called Panchi lanterns, Xianyin candles, Zhuanlu lanterns, and horse riding lanterns in ancient times. It is one of the traditional festival toys and belongs to a kind of lantern.It is common in festivals such as Yuanxi, Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

The current revolving lantern is a square or round paper lantern, with an iron wire inserted as a vertical shaft, an impeller mounted on the top of the shaft, two crossed thin iron wires installed in the center of the shaft, and paper-cut figures such as people and horses glued to each end of the iron wire. .

When the candles in the lantern are lit, the hot air rises and forms an air flow, which drives the impeller to rotate, so the paper-cutting rotates with the axle.Their shadows are cast on the paper lanterns.Seen from the outside, it becomes the scene of "cars galloping and horses rushing around endlessly" described in the book "Yanjing Sui Shi Ji" in the late Qing Dynasty.

In ancient times, pictures of ancient military generals riding horses were drawn on each side of the revolving horse lantern, and when the lamp turned, it looked like several people were chasing each other, so it was called revolving horse lantern.

The revolving horse lantern in front of me is a round lantern structure as a whole, and its shape is somewhat similar to the ancient palace lantern.The height of the lamp is about 1.6 meters as Erdan said, and the main body is made of huanghuali wood. The craftsmanship is very exquisite, it looks antique, and it is still quite intact.

The lampshade of the revolving lantern is a layer of paper that looks slightly yellowish, but I don't know what the paper is made of. It feels very tough and should not be damaged easily.

There was no problem with the appearance, so Chu Chen was going to take a look at the situation inside the revolving lantern, but since the revolving lantern was relatively tall, it seemed inconvenient with Chu Chen's height of more than 1.8 meters, so he asked Lu Shuanniu to take another stool come over.

Chu Chen carefully stood on the stool, took out a bright flashlight and shone it into the caravan.

There is a vertical shaft in the middle of the interior, an impeller is installed on the top of the shaft, and a candlestick is placed in the middle. The designer thought very carefully and added a device for the candlestick to facilitate people to take it out.These all look similar to normal revolving lanterns.

Different from other carousel lanterns, the interior of the carousel lantern is not filled with paper-cut paper, but is surrounded by five circles of paper at different positions around the vertical axis. It seems that there are some patterns engraved on these papers, but the patterns are relatively light. Chu Chen I can't really see what those patterns are, but I vaguely feel that they are like palace ladies, but I'm not sure.

In fact, for Chu Chen, he doesn't care about the patterns on the paper now, but those papers are too strange, the innermost layer can almost reach the level of the transparent paper produced now, and the layers are getting bigger and bigger. Transparent, the outermost layer, the outermost layer has the effect of being as thin as a cicada's wing.

Seeing this situation, Chu Chen almost thought that these papers were made using modern technology. Let alone him, it would be unimaginable for anyone else. How could there be such a superb papermaking technology in ancient times?
But after thinking about it, Chu Chen felt that it was unlikely, because this revolving lantern can prove that it was made in the early Ming Dynasty in terms of material and craftsmanship. Even if someone cheats now, it is impossible to add more to it These things, right?Isn't he afraid of accidental damage?

What's more, Chu Chen felt that the traces inside the revolving lantern were very natural, and he didn't see any traces of artificial changes later.But even so, he still felt a little uneasy, and finally used the ability altogether.

"Hiss!" Chu Chen was quite shocked by the result given by the ability. He never thought that the result given by the ability would be like this, which immediately made him stunned.Fortunately, everyone thought he was thinking there, and they didn't find it strange.

"Could it be..."

Chu Chen settled down, stepped off the stool and asked, "Brother Lu, how much do you plan to pay for this lamp?"

"60!" Lu Shuanniu said bluntly.

"What! 60!" Chu Chen and the others didn't care much after hearing the price, but Erdan exclaimed first. In his eyes, this thing is just an ordinary lantern, and selling 60 is too exaggerated.

"Yes, 60 points is not less!" Lu Shuanniu said firmly.

"This..." To Chu Chen who knew the price, this price was considered a mistake, but this kind of thing can't be agreed immediately, after all, the other party is not in the antique business, so it wouldn't be bad if he regretted it.

Lu Shuanniu said: "Boss Chu, to tell you the truth, my father needs a kidney transplant now, and the 60 yuan is the money for the kidney transplant, and the rest is the cost of my father's treatment after he is discharged from the hospital. Anyway, the kidney transplant can live for ten years now." It’s not much, and this money plus the money I earned from working outside is almost enough.”

"So, the 60 is equivalent to my father's life money, and I will definitely not agree to anything lower than this amount."

Chu Chen pondered for a moment, and then, amid everyone's astonishment, nodded in agreement and said, "Okay, I'll buy 60. Do you want a check or a transfer?"

Seeing that Chu Chen agreed, Lu Shuanniu immediately put on a smile on his face. Although he was so firm just now, he was also very uneasy. After all, it was only a lantern for one person, and at most it was too big. To be honest, even if it was him, I also think that only those people who are stupid and have a lot of money will buy it.

If his father hadn't forced him to sell it without 60 yuan, and besides the lantern, there was really nothing valuable in the house, he would not have acted as resolute as before.And if Chu Chen doesn't agree, he will still lower the price. For him, the most important thing now is to save his father's life first.

Fortunately, Chu Chen agreed to the price, which relieved Pin Shuanniu's tense nerves. Afterwards, he hurriedly asked, "Boss Chu, I'm not educated, and I can't read checks. Can we go?" Bank transfer? Just take this lantern with you."

Chu Chen agreed: "Yes, we will go to the bank to transfer the money in a while. However, the things are too big to fit in my car, so let's call a car for help."

"Let me find the car..." Erdan smiled and took the matter off, but the shock in his heart had not subsided, because he felt that Chu Chen must not be a fool with a lot of money, and it is impossible to spend that money out of kindness. Wrong money.Since Chu Chen is willing to agree to this price, the real value of the big lantern in front of him must be higher.

If he had known this, he would have taken the lantern to his home, and he might have earned tens or even hundreds of thousands more.However, it was too late for him to regret it now, but Chu Chen's rich image still made him firmly in his heart.

Next, Chu Chen took Lu Shuanniu to the bank to transfer the money, while the others stayed here. When Chu Chen and the others returned after transferring the money, the car that Er Dan was looking for also arrived. Everyone carefully put the revolving lanterns on the car, and they all took the car together. Back to Hu Yong's house.

When they arrived at Hu Yong's house, they moved the revolving lantern to Chu Chen's current room, and Erdan said goodbye.

In the car just now, Chu Chen has already contacted the transporter, and the other party will come over early tomorrow morning to help him transport the things back to the capital, otherwise it will be too inconvenient, not to mention, Chu Chen will not be at ease if such a valuable thing is left here. .

After Er Dan and the truck driver left, Wu Ke stepped forward to look at the revolving lantern again, and said in admiration: "Such a big lantern is really rare... However, even if the lantern is a bit bigger, it can really Is it worth 60?"

Hu Yong and Zuo Shan also looked at Chu Chen with some curiosity. They both felt that it was not worthwhile to buy a big lantern for 60 yuan.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Chu Chen smiled and said: "First of all, the production of this lamp should be around the early Ming Dynasty, and the lamp holders of the lamp are all made of huanghuali. Based on these three points, the value of the lamp is not cheap. In addition, this is not a lantern, but a revolving lantern, and 60 yuan is not expensive."

"Revolving lantern?" Wu Ke said in surprise, "Are you talking about the kind of lantern that can turn?"

Chu Chen nodded and said, "It's the kind of lamp you mentioned."

Wu Ke said excitedly: "Really?! Then let's try it now, shall we? I haven't seen an ancient revolving lantern yet. What does it look like when it turns?"

"Then try it, Hu Yong, go find a bigger candle."

In fact, Chu Chen really wanted to see what was so magical about this revolving lantern of his own that made the supernatural power estimate such a high value.As for whether the revolving lantern in the early Ming Dynasty can still be used, he is not worried at all. The reason is very simple. If it cannot be used, the ability will not be able to give the result just now.

After a while, Hu Yong returned to the room with the candle. Then, Chu Chen took out the candlestick from the revolving lantern, put the candle and lit it. Then, he asked Zuo Shan to close the curtains and close the room. door, carefully put the candle back.

In an instant, the room became brighter, but after a while, everyone's faces showed shock, even Chu Chen who had already made some preparations was no exception.

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