Jin Yutong

Chapter 309 The Origin of the Cup

Chen Ran first told Wang Liang and Wang's father that the pair of jars were indeed the Huashen cups he was looking for, but he didn't say the value, so he took it as 40 yuan. In fact, Wang Liang's peach blossom cups are not worth 40 yuan, but they are There is not much difference, the approximate value is between 30 and 40, so it should be 40. The Wucai Huashen Cup in the Kangxi period is the most valuable except for the Osmanthus Cup in August and the Furong Cup in October. In addition, the other cups are all about the same value, about 80 to 40 yuan, among which the lotus cup and rose cup are slightly lower, probably less than 30 yuan.

After receiving Chen Ran's affirmative answer, Wang Liang was very excited at the moment. Compared with the excited Wang Liang, Wang's father was much calmer, and his expression didn't fluctuate much.

"Uncle Wang, how did you get this cup? Do you still have any memory?" After putting down the Flower God Cup, Chen Ran couldn't wait to ask this question.

The situation in front of him really puzzled him. The pair of cups in Liu Laogen's house were all May's pomegranate cups. He thought the pomegranate cups were the same as the August osmanthus cups, but the pair of cups in Wang Liang's house were not pomegranate cups, but It is a peach blossom cup, and it is also a pair.

"I can't remember clearly either. It seems that I picked it up. Let me think about it..." Father Wang still has a little impression of this cup, but it's been too long, and he has some memories of how he got it. I don't know.

Chen Ran and Wang Liang looked at each other, and then they both looked at Father Wang, waiting for Father Wang's reply. Not only Chen Ran was inconceivable, but Wang Liang was also inconceivable. No one in his family's ancestors was a high official. , Then how could there be such valuable antiques in his family? Obviously, in his eyes, only the ancestors in the family were officials, and those handed down from the family have valuable antiques.

"You said that your Uncle Laogen's house also has a pair of such cups?" Father Wang frowned and thought for a long time, but he couldn't figure out why, but suddenly remembered what Wang Liang said about Liu Laogen's family also having a pair of such cups. thing.

Wang Liangliang nodded.

"Your Uncle Gen's house also has it, and so does ours..." Father Wang groaned for a while, then was startled for a moment, then nodded in affirmation: "I remembered, this cup was fished out of the river. .”

"Filled out of the river?" Wang Liang had been waiting for the answer from the Wang father, and the Wang father suddenly remembered. He thought that the Wang father would tell a story like a family heirloom, but who knew that the Wang father would He directly said that it was fished out of the river, which immediately surprised him: "Can you still fish antiques in the river?"

Chen Ran also became more and more strange as he listened to it. Although he had heard many stories about finding antiques by the river, he was extremely surprised to be able to find such an antique as the Huashen Cup.

"What's new about this? The bowls, bottles and cans used in our time were not all fished from the river. The girls in the village got married, and which family didn't have a few bottles and cans as dowry. When your mother got married, she brought two flower pots with her..." Father Wang said as a matter of course.

"Then why didn't I see it in our family?" Wang Liang was also more and more surprised when he heard it, he really didn't know about it.

Father Wang chuckled: "At that time, there was no you. When you were there, you were gone. In the past, there were often floods in the river. When there was a flood, a lot of things washed down from the upstream, everything. The most common ones were these bottles and cans. At that time, these bottles and cans were worthless, not to mention selling them, even if they were given to others, no one cared. Yes, it was also replaced by those small traders later on. The two flower pots that your mother brought as a dowry were stolen by your brother and exchanged for a piece of candy with a small businessman. At that time, your mother was very angry. I chased your brother with a stick and ran half the village. The few bottles and cans left in the village were all exchanged by these small traders. Later, these things became less and less , the river has never been flooded, that is, when you were a child once or twice, the water is not as big as before, and the branches on the mountain are washed down, not to mention now, the water in the river is dry Yes, when I was young, the river was several times wider than it is now. When there was a flood, the whole village had to flee to the mountains. At that time, all the people in the village lived by the river. The house was built higher and higher, and it became what it is now..."

Wang Liang was very surprised when he heard it. He has lived in the village for so many years, and he has never heard of such a thing. A piece of candy exchanged his mother's dowry?

Chen Ran has heard of such things a lot. In that era, rural areas in remote areas were like this. At that time, the transportation was inconvenient and the news was not well-informed. Many places actually lived a life isolated from the outside world. I remember that in the newspaper I read online that in the 80s in some villages in mountainous areas, they didn't know that the new country had been established, and they still thought that the Qing court ruled the whole country outside.

At that time, there were no mobile phones, no telephones, and of course there were no newspapers in the countryside. The only people who could get information from the outside world were the most popular small shopkeepers at that time. They carried a burden and carried a rattle, walking between villages, The villagers are also very welcome to these little peddlers, because not only can they hear the changes outside from the mouths of these little peddlers, these changes will surprise them, besides these, they can also learn from these little peddlers. In exchange for some novelties from the outside world, they didn’t know that these small shopkeepers had exchanged their treasures for cheap. It was quite normal for a piece of candy to exchange two flower pots. Except for the value of silver, everything else is worthless. It wasn't until later that some people in the village started to come out of the village and have more contact with the outside world, and gradually changed this way of bartering.

"Uncle Wang, did you fish this cup out of the river? How many did you fish out at that time?" Not long after Father Wang finished speaking, Chen Ran asked such a question, even though he knew the name of the Huashen Cup However, I still haven’t figured out why Liu Laogen’s pair is the same pair of pomegranate cups, while Wang Liang’s is a pair of the same peach blossom cups. It can’t be such a coincidence, unless they are exchanged after they are fished out. This is not impossible, after all, no matter what the Chinese people prefer to be symmetrical, it is natural for a pair to touch the same thing.

Of the two questions Chen Ran asked, the latter one is undoubtedly the key point. Even if they were exchanged, it is impossible to fish out exactly four cups. It just so happened that they happened to be two peach blossom cups and two pomegranate cups. .

"I don't remember exactly, but there were several of us at the time, including me, your old Uncle Gen's father, Xiao Liang's uncle, and Er Ya, the sister-in-law of Xiao Liang's lame uncle in the backyard... I remember that the first one was fished out. The four of us divided each into a pair. We picked the same cup when we picked it. This cup looks very beautiful. Everyone wants a good-looking cup. There was almost a fight..." This memory is too far away, the father of the king was only in his teens at the time, but he didn't tell the truth. The four boys got a pair for each of them, and one for Erya. This cup is so beautiful, it goes without saying that it is attractive to girls. Erya also wants a pair. The relationship between Uncle Gen’s father and Erya The dearest, he insisted on giving Erya a pair. Father Wang, Xiaoliang, his uncle, two brothers, and another boy were unwilling. At that time, Uncle Lao Gen’s father snatched one and ran away with Erya, but was chased. I went up, and ended up fighting. Needless to say, fortunately, Xiao Liang’s uncle was quite righteous, and he didn’t snatch the share that was given to Uncle Lao Gen’s father and Erya. Father Wang can remember this paragraph Memory, it is precisely because of this incident, but it is naturally difficult for him to tell the inside story to the younger generation.

Father Wang was thinking about it while talking, but he didn't realize that Chen Ran's eyes were straight, fuck!

After two days of hard work, he only managed to collect one pair from Uncle Lin, and now a second one popped up all of a sudden.

"The uncle's family also has it?" Wang Liang asked in surprise, and Chen Ran also looked at Father Wang expectantly. This question was undoubtedly what he wanted to ask.

Father Wang nodded: "It should be there, but if you don't know, you still keep it. It's the same at your Uncle Qian's house. I don't know about Er Ya's one. Later, you can go to Uncle Lame's house to have a look. Uncle Lame, is this cup really worth so much money?"

Obviously, at this time, he still doesn't believe that this kind of cup is worth so much money. Even if it is an antique, it is not worth so much. It is not unheard of in the village that someone sold an antique and made it , but even if an antique is found in the countryside, it is generally of little value, unless it is a high-ranking official from one's ancestors who was exiled to the mountain village.

"Of course it's worth it." Wang Liang was also very happy at this meeting. Hearing the question from his father, he relayed to his father what Chen Ran had just said to him. Chen Ran was able to bid 40 yuan, but it was all because of him. When he talked about it in front of his father, he undoubtedly felt very proud.

After hearing what Wang Liang said, Father Wang looked at Chen Ran in a different way, but he didn't say much. He patted Chen Ran on the shoulder and nodded with a smile: "Xiao Liang, there are many things. I don’t really understand, you have to give him a good hand in the future.”

On the surface, this sentence does not mean a compliment at all, but it is undoubtedly more important than any compliment.

Chen Ran was not hypocritical, and agreed without hesitation. The king's father didn't feel like an old man in the countryside at all, but he was very free and easy.

Father Wang praised Chen Ran, and Wang Liang was also very happy. After being happy, he couldn't wait to say: "Dad, I'll go to Uncle's house and ask if his cup is still there..."

"Go." Father Wang nodded with a smile, but told Wang Liang to keep quiet for the time being and ask first before talking. If there is anything, let them bring it over. If not, forget it.

After Wang Liang agreed, he ran out excitedly...