Chapter 71: Demons in the Heart
"Okay, Mu Yu, you are bullying me in a different way. {Book, book, head, post}" Tang Feng had to take action when he spoke.
"Stop making trouble, I'm doing business." Lin Muyu said to Tang Feng: "Really, after seeing that thing, I thought it was quite old and should have a history of thousands of years. Although it could not be a giant panda, it should also be at the level of a Yangtze alligator."
Tang Feng said: "The more you look like a national treasure, the more fake it is. Don't think about it. Where did an old lady get the national treasure?" Although precious cultural relics have been passed down from generation to generation, when the dynasty has changed, a batch will always be taken away by the old dynasty, and a batch will be destroyed by the new dynasty. In addition, the large number of plundered in modern times, there are actually not many left. Almost all national treasure-level cultural relics that appeared after liberation were unearthed cultural relics. After the reform and opening up, various places were being built, and the places that should be dug were basically dug. The era when digging crops and digging out cultural relics has long been gone. There will only be fewer and fewer cultural relics unearthed regularly. If you buy them, it will be even more unreliable. Modern people will not have any knowledge of antiques. Any old thing will be carefully hidden, and who will be foolish to sell them.
Lin Muyu didn't want to argue with Tang Feng about this issue, so she said, "Okay, okay, I can't tell you, you can see it tomorrow."
Tang Feng nodded and said, "No matter what, it is not easy for the National People's Congress to come to Beijing from afar. I will definitely do my best. Chen Yan has come to take over. Let's go home."
Lin Muyu agreed, "Well, I know, I'll leave right away."
The next morning, Tang Feng had just arrived in China. Not long after Shi, Lu Guang pointed outside the gate and said to Tang Feng, "Boss, the master is here."
Tang Feng looked out the door happily, and afterwards, he couldn't help but sigh. Who was clamoring for the collection of the whole people? It was clearly a tricky idea. The old lady was gray-haired and close to the snow in the north of the Sakura, with wrinkles on her face comparable to the Loess Plateau. She was at least 70 or 80 years old. Moreover, her legs and feet were not very flexible, she was limping, and she had to let the younger generations walk with a cane. How should she say this? She is so old, and it is not good to spend her life at home, but she just has to come out to dress up antiques. These are all caused by TV treasure appraisal columns, and they all point to the family to take an old thing out to protect her descendants.
It is said that the old man is really an old man, and he is holding on the left. The old lady's hair has turned white. When she sees her age, she understands that most of it is her son, and the young man on the left is in his thirties. Judging from her face, she should be the old lady's grandson, three generations of grandparents and grandchildren. The whole family is mobilized to play and collect it together.
Tang Feng was thinking, the old man had already walked into the store door, and he hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, and he said, "Grandma, do you have any antiques to use for identification?"
"Cough cough, I'll look for Tang Tangfeng to cough cough" This is really a sin. The old lady's speech was not neat.
"I am Tang Feng, please come in." Tang Feng hurriedly invited the old lady to sit on the sofa next to the coffee table. The old man's son was about 60 years old. He looked like a farmer who had been dealing with the land for many years. The young man wanted to be more fashionable, and his outfit was okay, which was a little more expensive than Tang Feng's outfit. The old lady's grandson said to Tang Feng: "Our family has advised my grandma several times, but she must come. She is old and talks about this every day. We have no choice but to bother Mr. Tang."
Tang Feng hurriedly was polite. He said, "No trouble, no trouble, what's the matter? Take it out and take it out and take a look."
At this moment, Tang Feng finally felt how outdated his backpack was. The old lady's son's backpack was exactly the same as his. It was not easy to buy it in Beijing. The old lady's son took off the backpack and took out a plastic bag inside. The plastic bag layer after layer. The inside thing was wrapped with many layers of newspapers. The packaging looked very large, and the thing she took out was smaller than a volleyball.
"Pillar keep some gods and don't fall to the ground." Hi, the old lady remembers this.
The old lady's son's name was Zhuzi. Zhuzi held the thing to Tang Feng with both hands. Tang Feng was convinced that he refused to let go. He fell to the ground and was unworthy descendants. He had to be careful. Zhuzi said, "Mr. Tang, this should be a bronze ware."
Tang Feng nodded and said, "Let's take a look." At first, Tang Feng thought the shape of the vessel was a slight, jing, gu, goblet, etc. When he saw it, it was actually a hand warmer. The hand warmer was a metal hot water bag. The ancients poured hot water into it to warm the bed. This thing was quite popular in rural areas in the 1980s. Later, with the hot water bag and electric blanket, this thing was eliminated.
The more ordinary things are, the harder they are to date. If you really want to tell what era the handwarmer was and who invented them, the people in the Chinese Academy of Sciences will not have to do anything else in their lives.
The pattern of this hand warmer is very simple, without inscriptions, and the water injection mouth and the outer circle of the handle are surrounded by a paper-like pattern. The body of the pot has only simple fish patterns. Since the entire hand warmer is covered with different depths and mottled green copper rust, the pattern looks very blurry. Although this hand warmer is similar to the modern hand warmer that has been discontinued, in general, the shape is solemn and steady, and it looks more beautiful and generous at a glance.
As for this bronze hand warmer, it is not difficult to roughly date. Its handle is soldered, which is definitely not bronze ware from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. From the perspective of welding media, there are two main welding methods for bronze ware. One is to use low-melting metals such as lead and tin for welding, which is called small welding; welding with high-melting metals such as copper or silver is large welding, and large welding and small welding only appeared after the Warring States Period.
A hand warmer must have a lid. The lid and the water injection port of this hand warmer are connected by thread. In the era when the threaded connection appears, it is impossible to verify. It is generally considered to be a product of the modern industrial revolution. With the continuous improvement of smelting technology and the emergence of porcelain and lacquerware, bronze ware was gradually eliminated after the Qin and Han Dynasties. After that, a small amount of bronze ware appeared were all brass. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, copper products became the world of brass. Later, the Qing government issued a ban on bronze, and the production of bronze almost stagnated, and only the people were still producing a small amount.
This handwarmer is bronze but not an ancient product. Tang Feng can only think that this is a folk workshop product from the Republic of China period. This is not the reason why those people were deliberately producing bronzes that had been eliminated. It is completely because of incomplete smelting and the inability to remove lead and tin impurities.
The old lady was very concerned about the value of this hand-warmer pot. She asked Tang Feng: "How about it, antiques, which dynasty is it from?"
Tang Feng felt helpless. It was because there were more and more people like him that collections began to become vulgar. Collections are a pleasant and elegant taste, and the value of antiques is more reflected in cultural connotation and humanistic history. When you get an antique, the first thing you should think of is its connotation and the heaviness of historical heritage. The artistic conception of "People today do not see the moon in ancient times, but today's moon once shines on the ancients" is the best interpretation of antiques. Antiques are a medium that brings closer the distance between modern people and ancient people. And our media has always misleading in this regard. They are over-indulging the monetary value of antiques. TV treasure appraisal experts are all using money - this most direct way to measure the value of antiques.
Tang Feng said to the old lady: "Grandma, do you like this thing?"
The old lady couldn't understand what Tang Feng was saying for a long time. Her son answered Tang Feng for her: "I like it, my mother really likes it, and she is almost in trouble." Now, antiques are harming people. It makes an old lady forget to eat and sleep, and those who are far away from Hebei must come to Beijing for an appraisal.
Tang Feng asked the old lady's grandson again and said, "Where did this thing come from?"
The old lady's grandson said, "This was dug out from the field a few years ago. I didn't take it seriously at that time. I stuffed it under the bed for several years. After watching the TV treasure appraisal column, she must find it. After finding it for a few months, she kept muttering to take it to Beijing for identification."
Tang Feng said to the old lady's children and grandchildren very seriously: "This thing should be considered an antique, a copper daily necessity produced during the Republic of China period. It has certain collection value. You can take it back and keep it well." Daily necessities, a certain collection, keep it well. Although Tang Feng had already spoken very tactfully, the old man still did not give up after getting the answer through his son's "translation". She continued, "You can estimate the price."
If Tang Feng saw this bronze ware in the antique market, he would throw it away at once, but after all, the old lady had to estimate the price. He said: "It can be worth more than 20,000 yuan now, and it can be almost 100,000 yuan for ten or eight years."
After understanding Tang Feng's answer, the old lady suddenly became a teenager. Not to mention how happy she was, she said proudly: "I'm right, this thing is a lovely baby."
While Tang Feng was looking at the hand warmer, Lin Muyu had already walked into the shop. After receiving a satisfactory reply, the old lady happily thanked her and left. The 20,000 yuan thing was undoubtedly a treasure for an old lady in rural areas.
Lin Muyu and Tang Feng took the old lady away together. When they returned to the store, Tang Feng shook his head sharply and said, "I wonder what our host Fan Da feels when he saw this?"
Lin Muyu said: "What can she feel? It is a good thing that the show is deeply rooted in people's hearts."
Tang Feng said: "Forget it, this is not a fault for TV shows? Host Fan Da should reflect on it."
"Hey, Tang Feng, can that thing really be worth 20,000 yuan?" Lin Muyu was also concerned about this matter. Tang Feng said: "20,000 yuan is definitely an exaggeration, 200 yuan is about the same."
Lin Muyu asked Tang Feng: "Aren't you intentionally lie to the old lady?"
Tang Feng said: "That's why I said that it will increase to about 100,000 in ten or eight years. The old lady's worries are all on this. I dare say that is not an antique. What if she knows the truth and can't come back in one breath? As long as the old lady is happy, just lie."
Lin Muyu said: "Then you should tell the truth to his son. What if she finds you in more than ten years?"
"The old lady's health is almost ineffective. She will make a profit in one year. Her children and grandchildren are sure to accompany her to Beijing. They should not sell the old lady's beloved things. So what if they don't sell them, they just treat them as treasures?" Tang Feng thought about it and decided to hide the old lady's children and grandchildren, so that the old man would be truly happy. The filial children and grandchildren will feel comfortable.
Collection is like practicing martial arts. No matter how good the martial arts are, they will become obsessed with the qi. It is not a good thing to collect demons. Isn’t Chen Yan almost fooled? Zhao Yongshi, Jiang Yuan and the old foolish businessman Jia Dewang are the same. This type of person is most likely to be hit by the eyes. If the demons in his heart are born, his behavior will not be effectively controlled.
A few days later, an invitation letter from Christie's in Hong Kong was delivered to China Stone. With this thing, it was convenient to go to Hong Kong. Tang Feng got everything done without any trouble. When he went home in the evening, Tang Feng asked Lin Muyu, "I haven't figured it out yet, why don't you go to Hong Kong?"
Lin Muyu said: "You can't always let Brother Chen Yan look at the store alone. This is not a matter of being uneasy, but the business in the store has been very busy and I really can't leave."
Tang Feng nodded and said, "This will be true. There is still one month left, and we can also go to Hong Kong for a walk."
"Look at how beautiful you are." Lin Muyu said to Tang Feng: "Didn't you say you want to learn to drive? Why don't you sign up yet?"
Tang Feng said: "I'll go tomorrow, four wheels are faster than two legs."
In the next month, Tang Feng was learning to drive while working in the store. In addition, the excitement of the Spring Festival, Tang Feng was almost in a row. With more things, life would naturally be fulfilled, and time would easily pass by. In a blink of an eye, Tang Feng was about to go to Hong Kong.
Tang Feng, who had booked the air ticket, came to China Stone, and Chen Yan came to tell him the important thing. With the hot sales of the Spring Festival peak season, China Stone's inventory has been in a hurry, and Tang Feng still has something to do after he returned from Hong Kong.
"Hey! This business is a troublesome. Things are coming here before the end are over." Tang Feng said helplessly: "I will be able to explain it in this life."
Chen Yan said: "What's the point? Once people get used to a certain lifestyle, they will be pushed forward unconsciously by life. They won't stop just by themselves. In the future, I'll leave the stone printing matter to me. If you do jade matters, you can do it. If you do the matter in the store, it depends on Mu Yu."
Tang Feng laughed and said, "It is a good thing to be pushed by life. It is much better than being dragged by life. It's just done."
Chen Yan remembered another thing, and he said: "Jiang Yuan and the others are going to open a branch again. I heard that they are in this Xidan business circle."
Chapter completed!