My uncle searched on the bookshelf for a while, then pulled out a very heavy book from it, carried it over and walked over.

Yang Jin recognized this book as a set of books that grandfather made himself after spending a long time. That’s right, this book was not bought, but made by grandfather bit by bit.

There are five volumes of this set of books, all of which contain paper content. Yang Jing reads a lot when he was a child, but at that time there were only three volumes of this set of books. The last two volumes were made in the two years before his grandfather was sick.

Fortunately, Yang Jing often reads these books when he was a child, otherwise he would not have seen the five pages of Song Shu carvings mixed in "Huajian Ji".

These five books are all introductions and analysis of papers that appeared in ancient my country. In addition to photos and some paper samples, the contents in the book are the characteristics and subtle differences of these papers summarized by my grandfather himself.

According to my grandfather himself, the reason why he spent more than 20 years to produce these five books was that when he went to the first ghost market in Tianqu, Tianqu, one day in the 1980s, he took medicine and bought a fake painting.

Yang Jing had seen that painting, and that painting has been hanging in this room.

Yang Jing couldn't help but look up at the painting that had been hanging next to the bookshelf.

The painting is a painting of ink painting, with two small birds standing on two crossed branches, one bird holding its head up to see something, and the other bird is lowering its head and tidying its feathers with its beak.

Although the picture is very simple, Yang Jing knows that this painting is not simple. If the painting is an authentic work, it will be of great value.

This painting was historically a painting by Zhu Da, a native of Bada Shanren. The average auction price of Zhu Da’s paintings at auctions has exceeded 4 million national coins per square foot!

Unfortunately, although this painting looks vivid, it is a fake.

This painting, called "The Picture of Dead Trees and Birds", was once collected by Feng Kanghou, a famous calligrapher, painter and seal engraver, and later collected by Wang Jiqian, a famous calligrapher, painter and collector, and has never been among the people.

On the original work of "The Picture of Dead Trees and Birds Come to the Bound", there is an old title by Mr. Feng Kanghou: "The Picture of Bada Mountain Man and the Bound Mountains Come to the Bound", which mistakenly regards the two birds as starlings, and the dead trees mistakenly regards the tung trees as tung trees. The eight self-titled names are not seen, and the previous generations know only a limited number of knowledge.

It means that after he collected this painting, he mistakenly regarded the two birds in the painting as starlings, and mistakenly regarded the two dead branches as sycamore trees, and ended up giving the painting this name.

Later, after the painting was collected by Mr. Wang Jiqian, Mr. Wang made an inscription and a borderline postscript for the painting, and added a collection seal to the painting.

My grandfather bought this fake in 1986. According to my grandfather, he met an old man with a southern accent in the ghost market that first appeared in Tianqu, that is, the ghost market in Tiling. The old man was over 60 years old and dressed very well. With that Hong Kong Mandarin, you can tell at a glance that this old man should be a compatriot in Hong Kong.

At that time, my grandfather was very curious and asked the old man why he came to such a ghost market. The old man said that he was from Hong Kong and was preparing to go to Beijing to do business, but because of his greed, he stayed in Tianqu for two days in Tianqu. He also heard that there was a ghost market here, so he came to the ghost market early in the morning.

My grandfather was fifty years old in 1986. The age difference between the two was not very different, and then he started chatting. As a result, during the chat, the old man accidentally said that he had a picture of Zhu Da's "Picture of Dead Trees and Birds", which was left over from the old man at home after his death. In addition to doing business, he went to Beijing this time to sell the painting.

When my grandfather heard the news, he became interested. After chatting again, he learned that the old man was the eldest son of Feng Kanghou, a famous Hong Kong calligraphy, painting and seal engraver who died in 1983. The "Picture of Dead Trees and Birds" was a painting left to his son by Mr. Feng Kanghou after his death.

The old man liked calligraphy and painting very much, so he begged the old man to see the painting.

In that 1980s, the land of China had just experienced turmoil, and many precious ancient calligraphy and paintings were burned in that turmoil. Now that the old man has the opportunity to see Zhu Da's paintings, he can't stand it.

The old man originally disagreed, but the old man reluctantly agreed. In the end, the grandfather stopped working and followed the old man to the Tianqu Municipal Party Committee Guesthouse.

In fact, at first, my grandfather was a little suspicious of the old man's identity. After all, when he was a child, he often followed his elders to visit the ghost market in Sijiu City. He knew some of the tricks very well. As a result, when he saw that he lived here, he immediately went to Jiufen's suspicion.

Back then, people who could live in the municipal party committee guesthouse were not ordinary people. Not to mention living, ordinary people could not even enter the gate. There were really armed police soldiers standing guard at the door. At least there was no problem with this old man who could live here.

In the hotel room, my grandfather saw the picture of "Picture of Dead Trees and Birds".

Because I didn't doubt the identity of this old man, and the painting was indeed impeccable, my grandfather looked at it several times but didn't find any problems. He fell in love with the painting and asked to buy it.

But the price of this painting was quite expensive even in the 1980s. The old man said that my grandfather could not afford this painting, and my grandfather did not have that much money at that time. After all, even in that era, this painting cost at least one million Hong Kong dollars. My grandfather was just an ordinary worker. How could he afford this painting?

As a result, my grandfather was furious by the old man, and immediately took off a piece of Hetian jade plaque left to him by his grandfather.

According to my grandfather later, the jade token was a genuine Hetian jade. Although it was not as high as seed jade, it was also a genuine mountain stream material. And the most important thing was that the jade token was a heirloom of his old Li family. It was passed down from his grandfather's generation. The jade token alone had been plated for hundreds of years.

The jade tags from the writing plate are of extremely high value, perhaps not worth one million Hong Kong dollars, but probably not much difference.

In that era, although Hetian jade was also relatively valuable, the more valuable were the jadeware that was plated, especially the jadeware that was plated in Wenpan was even more valuable.

If my grandfather hadn't really liked that painting, he wouldn't have brought out this heirloom.

This jade token really touched the old man's heart, so my grandfather finally exchanged the jade token for the painting.

If this painting is the original work of Zhu Da, then it would be fair and appropriate to exchange it, but the problem is that this painting is a fake.

After my grandfather happily carried the painting home, he admired it for several days. One day, he suddenly felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. So my grandfather asked an old friend to help him see the painting. As a result, after seeing the painting, the old friend of my grandfather also said something was wrong.

Finally, my grandfather found the old director of Tianqu Museum to help him. The old director was also a big shot in the circle. After a long inspection, he determined that the painting was a fake.

The painting itself was very good, and there was no flaw at all. The old director saw the problem on the drawing paper.
Chapter completed!