Jin Yutong

Chapter 295 A pot of sky, gambling must come

Seeing that the two Flora Cups were about to be obtained, one was caught suddenly, and was eventually found out by Uncle Lin. Needless to say, Uncle Lin found out about the two Flora Cups. Uncle Lin also treasured the two Flora Cups Chen Ran was not willing to leave, so he asked Mr. Lin about Mr. Lin's collection hobbies, hoping to exchange other antiques for Mr. Lin's two flower god cups. After inquiring, he really found out a story.

The protagonist of this story is none other than Mr. Lin.

Uncle Lin’s family had a family heirloom in the past. People of the older generation like Uncle Lin valued the family heirloom beyond imagination. Even if there was no family heirloom, they would always want to get one to pass on. It's like passing on the family line from generation to generation. Without family heirlooms, it seems that the family inheritance is incomplete. If you lose the family heirlooms handed down from previous generations, you will feel that you are a sinner of the family. In short, it is the older generation like them Characters often regard family heirlooms as more important than their own lives.

Uncle Lin's family used to have a family heirloom. It goes without saying that Uncle Lin valued this heirloom handed down by the Lin family. More than ten years ago, Xiaoqiang's father, Mr. Lin, kept this piece of treasure from Uncle Lin. The family heirloom was stolen and cheated by someone, but you can imagine it. Uncle Lin was so angry that he was hospitalized directly. He almost didn't get over his anger. He severed the father-son relationship with Mr. Lin. It wasn't until the last few years that his grandson got older and Mr. Lin had a good attitude of admitting his mistakes, which eased the relationship between father and son.

For this family heirloom, Uncle Lin has not been able to eat or sleep well for more than ten years. For more than ten years, he has never given up on getting this family heirloom back, but the buyer is a difficult one. , People just don't sell it.

It can be said that Uncle Lin started collecting collections because of this incident. Before that, Uncle Lin did not play collections. Later, he started collecting collections in order to recover the heirlooms that Mr. Lin had stolen and cheated. The cups were bought by Uncle Lin many years ago when he searched the old house. After consulting experts and learning that the two Flora cups are very valuable, Uncle Lin decided to treat the two Flora cups as family heirlooms.

In fact, the reason why Uncle Lin is so precious to the two Flora cups is because of that heirloom, but he just transferred his feelings for the heirloom to the two Flora cups.

Although Mr. Lin mentioned the family heirloom, the old lady told the story to Chen Ran. After Chen Ran heard it, he realized it. No wonder he didn't surprise Mr. Lin when he directly offered 70 yuan. Obviously, although Mr. Lin was moved, he still had some scruples. After learning such a lesson, he was afraid that he would sell the two Huashen Cups, which would really drive Uncle Lin to death.

After learning about this, Chen Ran inquired about the ins and outs of this heirloom of the Lin family in detail, and learned that this heirloom of the Lin family is currently in the collection of a shop called Yihutian in Fengshui Street, a flea market near the Lin family.

Although the old lady and Mr. Lin said that even if Chen Ran went to buy it, they would not sell it to him, but Chen Ran still decided to give it a try. No matter whether he could get back this family heirloom of the Lin family, at least he was doing his best. Well, after taking a trip with great difficulty, and returning empty-handed like this, it is undoubtedly a bit reconciled.

Dongdu is a famous cultural city with a long history and one of the main birthplaces of the Chinese nation, with a history of more than 3000 years.

In this ancient city, which was modeled on the "Along the River at Qingming Festival" by Zhang Zeduan, a famous painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, there are many streets and markets that still retain ancient buildings almost everywhere. Tea houses, restaurants, foot shops, butcher shops, temples, public houses, etc.

In the store, there are silks and satins, jewelry and spices, incense, paper horses, etc., and there are also medical clinics, cart repairs, fortune-telling, facial and plastic surgery, all walks of life, everything that one expects to find. "Cailou Huanmen" is set up, banners are hung to attract business, pedestrians in the market, shoulder to shoulder, endless stream, all kinds of colors, everything is available, and it is vividly displayed in front of people's eyes.

"How is it, is it lively here?"

Xiaoqiang and Chen Ran are about the same age, they are both young people. Knowing that Chen Ran is not a native of Dongdu, he took the initiative to act as a guide for Chen Ran. "It's very lively." An ancient cultural capital like Dongdu is indeed not comparable to other cities, and it is full of cultural atmosphere with Chinese characteristics.

Looking up, it doesn't look like a flea market, it's like a market, there are people everywhere, and foreigners account for the majority, white skin and black skin can be seen everywhere, and various languages ​​come and go. , the bustling crowd, all with happy faces, some acrobats, some playing the erhu... In addition to people, there are densely packed stalls, and each stall has various kinds of Such gadgets, most of them are handmade products.

"Cross this street, turn a corner, and you will find Fengshui Street. The tallest building is like a pot of sky. This boss is notoriously black-hearted among us..."

Chen Ran followed Xiaoqiang towards Yihutian, while Xiaoqiang talked to Chen Ran about the situation of the boss of Yihutian.

The owner of this pot of heaven can be regarded as a moderate celebrity in the local area. The owner's surname is Du, but his father was born in Xiangguo Temple, that is, a monk.

Boss Du grew up in Xiangguo Temple, where he was a famous lay disciple. However, after getting older, Boss Du lived restlessly, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. When his father was around , as long as he doesn't do anything too outrageous, the temple will basically turn a blind eye to him, and after his father passed away, Boss Du is also a wise master, knowing that the temple will definitely not tolerate him forever If he continued to act mischievously, he voluntarily left Xiangguo Temple and opened a shop specializing in magical artifacts in the Xiangguo Temple market. The older masters of Xiangguo Temple took good care of him for his father's sake, and had Xiangguo The signboard of the temple, he opened a shop like this, it is hard to think that it will not develop.

In just a few years, Boss Du's business grew bigger and bigger. Not only did he start the magic weapon business, but he also started the antique business.

Dharma utensils are also called Buddhist utensils, Buddhist utensils, dharma utensils or props.In a broad sense, all the solemn Buddhist altars in Buddhist temples, as well as the utensils used for various Buddhist events such as praying, practicing, offering, and Dharma meetings, or the rosary carried by Buddhists, and even tin sticks, etc. All tools can be called instruments of magic.

There is no separation between magic tools and antiques. Among ancient antiques, magic tools accounted for a large proportion. In ancient times, the soldiers were in chaos, and it was difficult for antiques to be passed on. Only the magic tools of temples were preserved. relatively complete.

Boss Du has become prosperous, but his hobby has not changed. He is very fond of gambling, and he must gamble with everyone. He knows who has good things in his hands. Usually he will not pay for them, but try to trick them. He used gambling to win the good things in other people's hands. The family heirloom of Uncle Lin's family was won from Mr. Lin's hands by aggressive methods. They are displayed in his shop as trophies, so that anyone who is won by him becomes a joke and loses face. If you want to redeem the things, it is easy, just bring a Just make a bet with him on a treasure. If you win two, you take them back. If you lose, you keep the treasure you brought. I also lost what I brought.

So far, I haven't heard of anyone who can redeem things back.

Many people lost face with him. Correspondingly, Boss Du's reputation is naturally notorious. As things go on like this, he has been given a nickname: Gambling Must Win.

This nickname is related to Boss Du's name. Boss Du used to have a name, but after his father passed away, he loved to gamble, so he gave himself a new name, Du Biying.

Obviously, Boss Du is also complacent about this nickname.

After getting to know Boss Du from Xiaoqiang, a flash of understanding suddenly flashed in Chen Ran's heart. Uncle Lin started to collect, and was very fond of the two Huashen cups. He only wanted to take a gamble with Boss Du.

This may sound unimaginable, but it is not impossible. With obsession in my heart, there is nothing I dare not do.

Chen Ran has never met Uncle Lin, but at this moment, he suddenly feels that he understands Uncle Lin very well, as if he has become a confidant with Uncle Lin.

Chen Ran suddenly felt that there was something more about him, as if he had suddenly merged into an atmosphere, and there was an indescribable feeling that deeply attracted him... Maybe this is the real charm of antiques Bar.

For a long time, the charm of antiques has always been the charm of money to Chen Ran, but now he has a deeper understanding. There is a story behind every antique, and every collector has a story in his heart. Isn't the charm of antiques just these stories, or the spirit in these stories.

Isn't collecting antiques just to understand these stories and be attracted by the spirit in the stories?

Treat antiques with a pious attitude. Piousness is not the spirit... There are small stories, and there are big stories. Small stories can make people feel the spirit of collectors, and big stories can make people feel Feeling the pride of the nation and the magnificence of history... These spirits are undoubtedly easy for people to indulge in them.

Chen Ran found that he had not really integrated into the collection circle until now. When he saw an antique, the first thing that came to his mind was the story behind the antique, not how much the antique was worth... Chen Ran followed Xiaoqiang crossed this street, turned a direction, and entered Fengshui Street. There are many temples in Dongdu. Such streets are also very common in Dongdu. In one street, all kinds of sacrificial offerings or magic tools are sold. , or handmade trinkets.

After walking about 20 meters away, Chen Ran stood in front of this attic that carried many people's obsessions.

A pot of sky, gambling will come.