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Chapter 153 My Road to Antiques (Sense of Generation)

It was supposed to be on the shelves last Friday, but it can't be delayed this Friday.As usual, you have to write a testimonial, beg for a subscription or something.

Subscription is indeed very important, but I don't like to sell miserably, and this article is at the top of a chapter. I'm sorry if I write less and write less, so let's talk about something else.

I don't have any clear ideas and rules, it's probably my knowledge of antiques and my experience in collecting them.It's a substitute for a testimonial.

Antiques are not independent, and are always inseparable from history; when I write antiques, I will spend a little space unconsciously linking history.

We cannot understand history without two things, one is written historical materials and the other is cultural relics.

Written historical materials are all written by people. There are too many subjective things in them, and there are even a lot of speculation and deliberate tampering.Studying history is also called treating history. It is not enough to just review, but also requires a lot of textual research.

But cultural relics are different. They are real objects. If you can understand the "language" of cultural relics, they are actually more credible than historical materials.

Cultural relics and antiques overlap in a large area.Moreover, antiques are easier to spread. While appreciating and playing with them, you can also "talk" to the ancients, which is very fun and wonderful.

I like antiques, starting with jade, from ordinary jade pieces to ancient jade, then to porcelain, and then to other categories.

I remember very clearly that it was the summer of 1999. I was about to graduate from high school and go to college. This should be one of the most relaxing periods in my life, basically just for fun.

I liked to collect stamps at the time, and in a stamp market in a small park in the middle of the street, I found a small stall, not selling stamps, but all kinds of gadgets.Among them, there is a white and round "stone", which is very moist, as big as half an egg, and has a piece of black and red skin on it.

I squatted down and picked it up, and the stall owner told me that it was Hetian jade seed material.

I have heard of Hetian jade seed material before, but I have never seen the real thing, so I was immediately attracted.Looks good, and is so comfortable to hold in your hand!I asked him how much it was, and he said two hundred and eighty.

This piece of material weighs more than 60 grams, and it is Hetian white jade seed material. It is estimated that you can't buy it at the current price of 300.But in that year, although the market of Hetian jade had begun to rise, the market price was not uniform. It was not uncommon to buy a piece of this material for two or [-] yuan.

I only had 200 yuan on me at the time, and I was planning to buy a pair of better sports shoes.But I really like this Hetian seed material so much, I didn’t know how to bargain at the time, so I took out the money on impulse, “I’m only two hundred, can it be cheaper?”

The stall owner shook his head resolutely, "No, I collected two hundred and six, and I will earn you 20 yuan."

Of course I can now understand that the stall owner must have arranged it casually, but I really only had 200 yuan at the time, and I believed his words, and left the stall regretfully.After taking two steps, he stopped me, "You should add something!"

"I really have the money."

"Forget it, let me give it to you, as a friend."

He made friends with a student like me, who had never met before, and he would definitely sell it for two hundred, thinking that I was playing hard to get!
After buying this piece of Hetian jade, I sleep with it in my hand.Later, I took it with me when I left home to go to school. This piece of Ziyu has been with me for many years.

Coincidentally, the boss in the same dormitory as me was half from Yangzhou and knew a little about jade.We communicated a lot, and he told me a lot about craftsmanship.I became interested and went to the school library to check a lot of materials.

Once, the two of us went to the Baoguo Temple antique market together. I bought a Dushan jade Guanyin for 60 yuan. We always felt that the craftsmanship was different from modern jade.There is a Qing History Institute in our school. I don’t know how he got to know one of the doctors who knows a lot. I asked him to have a look, and it was identified as an old jade from the middle Qing Dynasty.

The novice is busy, so he missed it in a daze.

From then on, I gradually lost interest in modern jade and became fascinated by ancient jade.

The National Library is not far from the school, so I got a library card.The National Library is just opposite Zizhuyuan Park. I often borrow books on weekends, take them across the overpass, and find a place to read in Zizhuyuan Park.

Tickets to the Forbidden City are half-price with a student ID card. In a year, I went to the Forbidden City [-] or [-] times just to see good things.Going to the Forbidden City, how many meat buns do I have to eat less.

It was during this process that I fell in love with porcelain again.The things in the Forbidden City have been outflowed many times in history, and only a small part of them are on display, but they are still amazing.

At that time, Panjiayuan, Baoguo Temple, and Liulichang were also places I often visited on weekends.I like to go to Baoguo Temple the most. The environment of the courtyard is good, antique, and shaded by green trees.

I was a student at the time, so I didn't dare to sell randomly. I watched more and bought less.So apart from the tickets and fares, I didn't spend much money.

However, it is okay to say that jade wares, the most terrible thing is porcelain, it is difficult to get started.There is no expert guidance, all rely on oneself to see things, and then listen to a bunch of old fried dough sticks in the market.

Later, I really met a master.

People often say that a certain plot can only be seen in novels, which is illogical, unrealistic, and so on.In fact, everyone has different experiences and encounters. If you haven't seen it, it doesn't mean it can't happen.Sometimes reality is more dramatic than fiction.

Because walking is a bit sloppy, the leather shoes I wear are intact in other places, but the outside of the heel is always worn off first.Once, near Baoguo Temple, I found a shoe repair stand, and I thought it was just right, and I nailed two leather palms to the leather shoes.

The shoe repairer was an old man with gray hair, wearing a blue cloth apron, and looking ordinary.Just as he was nailing my leather shoes, a well-dressed middle-aged man appeared, who seemed to know him very well, "Grandpa, give me palms!"

The middle-aged man took out a brocade box from his bag, and took a small bottle from it, blue and white, and the picture was lotus leaf and lotus flower.

"What's the matter?" The old man nailed the sole of the shoe without looking up.

"I think this bottle is old, but after looking for several people, they said that it is a thief, and they don't like it. Please trouble you!"

After nailing the sole of one shoe and putting down my leather shoe, the old man took a few glances at the small bottle, and then turned his hand over. The middle-aged man understood and turned it over to show him the bottom.

"Kangxi official kiln." After the old man said this, he stopped looking at the bottle, picked up my other shoe, and began to nail the sole.

I was shocked at the time!

That look, that voice, calm but undeniable, the sudden ups and downs, I still can't forget.

Just an old man who repairs shoes? !

"Come on! Take it easy! You're busy!" The middle-aged man put away the bottle, took out a red envelope from his pocket, and put it on the shoe repair box.

The old man didn't say much, and continued to nail the soles of his shoes.

He received the six yuan for the soles of the shoes first, and then picked up the red envelope, without opening it, and put it in his pocket.

I handed over a cigarette and started to make love.

He didn't refuse, clicked on it, and squinted at me, "Young man, do you like porcelain too?"

"Yeah, but no one pointed it out."

"What books have you read?"

I mentioned a few books, all of which are about appreciation.

"The way is wrong, first read "History of Chinese Ceramics"!"

"Okay, I will definitely watch it. You set up a stall here, can I come and talk to you sometime?" I was young and not very good at talking.

"Let's talk after reading it!"

After I left, I bought a copy of "History of Chinese Ceramics". I read it wholeheartedly at first, but I also understood that the way before was really wrong. I didn't understand the historical characteristics and kiln mouth craftsmanship. I just came up to read some glaze patterns , easy to float, hard to get in.

Three days later, I went to the old man again, but the shoe repair booth was gone!I went there several times later, but still didn't show up.

I never saw that old man again until I graduated and left.

Later, when I came back from a business trip, I went to look for it again, but the canteen next to the shoe stall was gone.

After work, I have more spare money, more contacts, and more experts, and I have gradually improved my eyesight.But my foundation is weak, and I can't reach a high level after all.

I have picked up leaks, punched eyes, suffered losses, been cheated, made money, and lost money.In nearly 20 years, he has changed from a young man to a greasy middle-aged man, but his preference for antiques has not changed.Although there are no good collections, there are not too few real things to see.

Writing antique novels is also due to the change of residence. In 2015, I left the city where I had worked for many years, and the group of playmates around me couldn’t hang out and communicate with each other. I felt quite empty for a while, and I had to find a vent, so I transformed it into a novel.

Antique novels are not easy for people to read, because the focus is not on the antiques, but on the story and the way it is told.

But I am only at this level, and as I get older, I feel that my brain is getting more and more dull.

I sincerely thank those who have supported me all the time. Without your support, it is really hard to be motivated.

As for those who can't stand it, it's natural to abandon the book.Just don't leave bad words before you leave. It's easy to see if you comment sincerely.If you bury it all at once, it won't show how clever you are. I have to delete it, but it doesn't make much sense.

Although it is a "sense of generation", but in the end we have to say something real.At this time, there must be a group of people who turn to watch pirated copies, and I can't stop them.However, I have a small request.

It should be on the shelves at around 124 noon tomorrow. The [-]-hour subscription of Chapter, that is, the first order, is very important.Different members have different fees for subscribing a chapter. The most expensive one is ten cents.
A dime, even if you see it on the street, it will be difficult to bend down to pick it up.

Thanks for that and best wishes for Shun Kangtai.

Not much to say, tonight and tomorrow I will push away miscellaneous things and write more code words, and strive to ensure that there will be five chapters tomorrow.It's not as good as those ten chapters and eight chapters, but it's my best effort.

Thousands of miles apart, we meet here; turn over time, and never give up.

(End of this chapter)