Siheyuan: a hole in the sky

Chapter 203 Treasure Hunting (Second update, please subscribe!)
"Yes!" Zhou Jianguo's glasses lit up, and he quickly thought of a solution.

Qi Baishi's paintings are indeed good, but there are quite a few of his paintings in existence. It is said that there are more than [-] paintings. Moreover, the price of Qi Baishi's paintings has not soared yet, so there are articles to be written here.

"What's in it?" Zhou Jianguo came to the man and asked.

"Painting, Qi Baishi's painting, would you like to see it?" the middle-aged man asked eagerly.

"Well, let's take a look!" Zhou Jianguo nodded.

The middle-aged man showed joy on his face, then carefully opened one of the boxes and handed it to Zhou Jianguo.

"Hey, put it on the ground first!" Zhou Jianguo didn't take it, but let the man put the box on the ground first.

"Sorry, sorry, I forgot in a hurry, sorry." The middle-aged man apologized and put the box in his hand on the ground.

This is an unspoken rule in the antique industry. It is best to put things on the ground and not pass through other people's hands, so as not to cause problems and embarrass everyone.

Calligraphy and paintings are nothing, but things like porcelain and jade, if you accidentally drop them on the ground and break them when you pick them up, who will be responsible?

Therefore, when you go to buy antiques, if the other party hands you something, you must not accept it, because it may be a trap to trap you.

For the safety of your wallet, it's best to be like Zhou Jianguo, let the other party put things on the ground first, and then you take them over and check carefully.

Of course, it’s best to use a mobile phone to take a video. In this case, if something goes wrong, you have the corresponding evidence, don’t you?

"Qi Baishi's painting, well, it's not bad!" Zhou Jianguo picked up the painting on the ground, looked at it, and nodded, as if he was identifying the painting.

In fact, Zhou Jianguo had already confirmed that this was a real painting, and he was doing this now only as a pavement for bargaining in the future.

"Why is it not Qi Baishi's shrimp, but bamboo, this is not very valuable!" Zhou Jianguo's face showed a hint of dissatisfaction. After seeing it, the middle-aged man felt a little bit in his heart, thinking that he would not be able to sell it again.

Yes, these three paintings by Qi Baishi have been sold by middle-aged men for some time. Those who have seen them all dislike them as bamboo paintings, not the shrimp that Qi Baishi is best at. Now I heard Zhou Jianguo say so again, middle-aged The man's heart was quite bitter.

"Friend, if you really want it, like this." The middle-aged man gritted his teeth, and directly said a number that shocked Zhou Jianguo.

"A painting costs [-] yuan, if you give [-] yuan, these three paintings will be yours."

Well, the middle-aged man directly offered a group purchase price, and bought them all, only [-] yuan.

"Fifty yuan?" Zhou Jianguo almost jumped up in joy. If these three paintings were placed in future generations, they would be at least tens of millions of dollars, but now they only cost fifty yuan.

"No wonder everyone wants to come to this era, because in this era, there are treasures everywhere!" Zhou Jianguo sighed from the bottom of his heart.

"Sir, if you think it's too expensive, we can still discuss it?" The middle-aged man saw that Zhou Jianguo hadn't spoken for a long time, and thought that Zhou Jianguo thought it was too expensive, so he was going to lower the price.

(Digression: Qi Baishi’s paintings were actually not very valuable at that time. A painting cost about five or ten yuan. Even in the 80s, it was only a few hundred yuan. Moreover, it was still a boutique among them, at an average price Not that high yet.)
"Expensive? No, not expensive, not expensive!" Zhou Jianguo said with a smile.

The price of fifty yuan made him really embarrassed to bargain again.

He was not a black-hearted businessman, and he had already made a lot of money by buying such three authentic works of Qi Baishi at the price of [-] yuan. Zhou Jianguo himself would feel embarrassed if he countered the price.

"You mean, you want it?" The middle-aged man said with surprise.

"Well, I want it!" Zhou Jianguo said without hesitation, and directly took out fifty yuan and handed it to the middle-aged man.

"Huh!" The middle-aged man suppressed the excitement in his heart, and took Zhou Jianguo's fifty yuan.

Others looked like it was only fifty yuan, but on the side of the middle-aged man, it was life-saving money.

The real identity of the middle-aged man is actually a university teacher. He has a kind of literati style, but the literati style can't be eaten. No, there has been a problem at home recently. His wife is sick and needs to be hospitalized for surgery. It takes five hundred dollars.

Including some nutrients in the later stage, if it adds up, it doesn't cost seven or eight hundred yuan, so don't even think about getting well.

Seven to eight hundred yuan, in the 60s, this is really a big sum, and middle-aged men suddenly find themselves in trouble.

As a university teacher, the middle-aged man earns a lot of salary, but some of it is used to buy books, and the rest is sent back to his hometown, plus the expenses at home, so the middle-aged man really can’t afford it for a while. Rich.

His wife doesn't want to see a doctor anymore, saying that even if it costs money, it may not be cured well. , he will settle the money matter.

The middle-aged man sent his wife to the hospital the next day, and then he began to think of ways to raise money.

He first asked a friend to borrow it, but the amount was as many as [-] yuan, and his friends did not have so many, so he only borrowed more than [-] yuan in the end.

(I have to say that people in that era were really simple. They didn’t need to be in a hurry to borrow money. Moreover, as long as they had money, they would borrow it. After borrowing it, they would definitely find a way to pay it back. , when you borrow money, you are the grandson, when you pay back the money, you are the grandpa, hey)

(Three years ago, I lent out [-] yuan, and I haven't recovered a penny until now, hey)

However, this money, together with the savings of more than [-] yuan at home, was enough for the hospital's operation fee, and his wife underwent the operation smoothly.

It's just that he has to raise the remaining money as soon as possible, so as not to affect his wife's postoperative treatment.

On that day, the middle-aged man finally let go of his literati character and bowed his head to life for the first time.

Without hesitation, he picked up the paintings and calligraphy in the study, as well as some 'stones' that he bought with money, and stepped into the black market for the first time, intending to sell these beloved things in exchange for the family's livelihood.

The things Zhou Jianguo sees now are leftovers from men.

Others also dislike these paintings for being too ordinary, so these three paintings by Qi Baishi have been kept until now.

I don't know if it was to remember his past, or to explain to Zhou Jianguo that he was not a second-hand dealer, so after Zhou Jianguo paid the money, the middle-aged man told Zhou Jianguo these things.

To be honest, if these words were said before paying the money, Zhou Jianguo would not believe it. There are many stories like this in the antique market. Many stories are even more pitiful than those told by middle-aged men.

However, in fact, these are all other people's routines. If you really believe in the story specially made up to lure you in, then you will be fooled. At that time, if you don't make a big blood loss, you will be sorry for the specially made up story. out of this story.

So, if you go to the antique market or something like that, don't, don't believe the stories they tell, they are all routines, designed to trick a novice like you.

However, Zhou Jianguo believed what the middle-aged man said after he paid the money.

For this middle-aged man, he was able to let go of his burdens and come to the black market to earn money to support his family when his family was in crisis. Zhou Jianguo's impression of this middle-aged man became very good.

As the head of the family, you have to assume the responsibility of supporting the family. When the family is in good condition, you can immerse yourself in the world of art and show your literati character. However, once there is a problem in the family, then you You have to return to the family, and take up the responsibility of supporting your family as the male master for your wife and children!
On this point, this middle-aged man did a good job.

"Ms. Zheng (introduced myself), what are these boxes of yours?" Zhou Jianguo said, pointing to the remaining boxes.

In fact, he already knew what was in the box, but he hadn't opened it yet, so he couldn't tell it directly.

"It's filled with bloodstones."

Zheng Liangping opened the box, revealing several stones that looked like they were stained with blood.

These stones are not big, the smallest is only the size of an egg, and the largest is the size of a head.

Although he knew before that it was a chicken blood stone, but after actually seeing it, Zhou Jianguo's heart couldn't help being excited again.

"These stones have been carefully collected by me over the years, and they are absolutely exquisite."

When Zheng Liangping said this, his eyes were full of reluctance. He had spent a lot of thought in collecting these bloodstones, and now he had to sell them for his own little family.

"Okay, let me take a look first!" Zhou Jianguo picked up a bloodstone and examined it carefully.

Chicken blood stones have different qualities and prices, and the difference is difficult for ordinary people to understand.

However, there is a very simple way to identify it, and that is to look at the 'blood' content in it.

The 'blood' on the bloodstone is very obvious, the more 'blood' there is, the better the quality of the bloodstone. As for other aspects, even if you tell him about it, the average person won't understand.

Just like Zhou Jianguo, he is a layman. When looking at bloodstones, he only looks at whether the 'blood' content is high, and ignores everything else.

Soon, Zhou Jianguo was sure that these bloodstones were real, and, as Zheng Liangping said, they were all high-quality chicken bloodstones, so Zhou Jianguo took them all without hesitation.

Soapstone, in later generations, is calculated in grams. The lowest one gram costs several thousand yuan, and the top one can even reach tens of thousands of yuan. Things like gold are not even younger brothers in front of it.

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