Yin Yang Tomb Raider

Chapter 31 Picking up Leaks, Porcelain

I have no goods in hand, and it is difficult to continue business without a few decent things. The quickest thing to come is "picking up leaks". Among other things, I am an expert at picking up leaks. to very valuable antiques, often without the knowledge of the seller.

The ghost market was in the middle of the night as usual, the three of us squatted at a supper stand, eating beef offal hot pot, Lao Jiu and I drank a bottle of beer, Meng Luo ate his meal seriously, and Lao Jiu couldn’t help saying : "Hey, little guy, what do you mean this place is suitable for us today?"

"I don't know either. If I can pinpoint exactly what happened, then it's God's fortune." Munro said honestly, "I can't do that yet."

"Is it okay to be a grandpa?" He asked while biting offal.

"Much better than me." Munro said: "But I don't know."

I'm speechless, what's the difference between this and no answer?Lao Jiu and I had no conversation at all, we lowered our heads to eat, and waited calmly for the opening of the ghost market. Finally, the lights of the ghost market came on, and there were more people. Meng Luo was not interested in these things, so he chose to wait for us outside. He and Lao Jiu walked in. To find a leak in this kind of ghost market, you need luck and vision. I have been in this industry for more than ten years. Seventy to eighty points, this level is enough to develop in this industry.

Lao Jiu put his hands in his pockets, looked east and west, and I tugged him: "Don't mess around."

"What nonsense?" Lao Jiu was a little annoyed: "Didn't you see where I put my hand?"

My gaze went over the top of his head and landed on a bottle. It was a white porcelain with a flat top and a thick bottom. Larger utensils are generally fakes. I pretended to approach them unintentionally, without revealing my concern, so that we could negotiate the price later.

"This thing is so big, I'm afraid I can't get it out, it's okay to put it at home." I said to Lao Jiu.

Lao Jiu is worthy of being an old Jianghu, and immediately "sneered": "Come on, I don't even want this thing as a gift."

The owner of the stall frowned, glared at Lao Jiu, and then aimed his firepower at me: "This brother has a very good eye, this is sent by someone from my hometown, it is well kept, and the appearance Complete, how about one even?"

I held out a hand: "Five hundred."

The stall owner's face froze, with a look of gritted teeth: "1000 yuan, the same price."

From the beginning to the end, the boss didn't fool me which dynasty's Gaogu porcelain it was. What does this mean? He felt guilty, and I shook my head: "At most six hundred. OK."

"Six hundred is six hundred."

I took out 600 yuan, and I got it. Lao Jiu gave me a sideways glance. What he said made sense. Large-scale works handed down from generation to generation are rarely true, but small ones last forever. possible.

Walking to the corner, Lao Jiu shrugged: "The 600 yuan is a waste of money."

"I'll argue with you when I go back, and you have nothing to say about the safekeeping." I said confidently, "This is a big leak."

I went to the side confidently, and accidentally bumped into a booth, and one or two boxes fell from it. This is the so-called extreme joy begets sorrow. The shop owner looked at me with a pale face: "You don't have eyes?"

"It's grown, but the back of the head hasn't grown." I glanced at the two boxes on the ground, ecstatic in my heart: "I'm willing to pay, fix it, or what?"

Lao Jiu sighed: "What nonsense did that kid say, and that this place is suitable for us, where is it suitable? He didn't look at the old Huangli when he went out."

"Don't tremble." I looked at the boss, he was a man in his 50s, with a gray beard on his chin, he looked like a ruthless character, not easy to mess with, "Boss, make an offer."

"2 yuan, [-] yuan each." As soon as the boss opened his mouth, Lao Jiu called out: "It's a robbery."

I pretended to be in a difficult situation, and the boss snorted: "No second price, otherwise things will be more complicated."

Lao Jiu raised his hands and hugged his head. He, like Meng Luo, is a cheapskate. I put the bottle in Lao Jiu's arms: "Hold it well, if there is an emergency, you can go Just wait and see."

I took out 2 yuan in cash. Most of the people who came here had cash in their pockets. After counting it, I handed it to the man: "Come on, [-] yuan."

Lao Jiu said bitterly: "Lin Tianyi, you prodigal man."

"You're not my housekeeper, what do you care about so much?" I asked back. The store owner was counting the money, and his expression finally became more cheerful. In this spare time, I had already picked up two boxes on the ground. Judging from the format, it should be used to store jewelry. While holding it in my hand, I suddenly found out that one of the two boxes is light and the other is heavy!

The materials of the two boxes are the same, the style is the same, and the size is the same. There is no reason why there is such an obvious deviation in weight. When I was hesitating, Lao Jiu said: "Is it okay?"

This impatient guy, I took the porcelain bottle in his hand and put the two boxes into the bag: "Turn around, it will be back soon."

It is impossible for an antique shop to be full of genuine goods. The real and the fake are more attractive. I bought a batch of similar things, and I accepted the ones I was not sure about. I was not sure, and others would do the same , It’s better to shoot this way, I was completely immersed in the fun of the ghost market, and the old nine followed behind boredly, like my follower, until the end of the ghost market, the old nine yawned: "My God, Lin Tianyi, are you going to use this method to get all the things in the store?"

"It's only once a month. It's definitely not enough to rely on the ghost market alone." I said, "I will go to the countryside starting tomorrow."

"Go to the countryside, be careful of encountering landmines." Lao Jiu reminded.

Landmines are a jargon in the circle. Many antique shop owners like to go to the countryside to dig up land. This can indeed find a lot of good things, but it also provides opportunities for some people with malicious intentions, "burying landmines" It came into being. Some people think that there is nothing wrong with buying from farmers in the countryside, but they don’t know that these goods are counterfeit. The counterfeit merchants deliberately set up a partnership with farmers. This is the so-called "land mine". .

"I know, don't worry." I looked to the left and right, and Meng Luo was leaning on the edge of the steps alone, with his head on his knees, already asleep. Lao Jiu walked over and slapped him on the back of the head: "Hey , Get up, it's time to go back."

I took out my phone and checked the time. It's time. Is she okay?On the way back, I called her, but she was reminded to turn off the phone. At this moment, my heart fell to the bottom: "Why did you turn off the phone so quickly?"

"Lin Tianyi, how about asking this boy to calculate the marriage for you two?" Lao Jiu suggested, the emperor felt lonely in the middle of the night, the hustle and bustle of the day was gone, and now only the shadows of trees and dim street lights remained, he shrugged his shoulders : "Marriage is also predetermined, isn't it, kid?"

"My name is Munro." Munro said solemnly.

"That's right, Meng Luo, let's do the math for your elder brother." Lao Jiu said, "What will happen to him and that Hua Ji?"

"I don't know the zodiac sign, I don't know the horoscope, but I only know the name, which is not effective enough." Meng Luo said: "I know too little."

Why are these words like a knife piercing my heart? I seem to know a lot about her, even her true identity. However, her father and mother, whether she has brothers or sisters, like What to eat, what I don’t like to eat, what is my favorite book to read, I don’t know at all...

Maybe it was because of the change in my face, Lao Jiu laughed and said: "Okay, go back and see how this bottle is, I want to see if your kid's eyes are right."

Back at the antique shop, both Lao Jiu and Meng Luo put on a posture of not going back. In this case, I turned on the light and placed the porcelain on the table. Meng Luo scratched his head: "Is it worth it?"

"Dingyao white porcelain, boy." I patted his forehead: "Do you know what this is? This means that this one may be a million, developed, boy."

"That has to be true, right?" Monroe was very calm, as calm as a basin of cold water poured on me.

I took a deep breath, yes, it was impossible to check it carefully under the circumstances at that time, it depends on now, I picked up the bottle and said, "The first step is to extend the oil glaze on the Ding kiln white porcelain in the Northern Song Dynasty. Look, there are strips of flowing glaze on it, also known as tear marks. Tear marks refer to the phenomenon of flowing glaze on the surface of the vessel. The flowing glaze of Ding porcelain is often in strips, like tears, so it is called tear marks. For kiln wares, Ding Kiln created the over-firing technique, and the flow direction of the glaze is from the bottom to the mouth. You see, the direction of the flow glaze of this porcelain is just like this.”

Meng Luo didn't understand, but Lao Jiu still knew a lot, his eyes immediately enlarged: "Yes, there are indeed flowing glazes, but Lin Tianyi, this can also be made."

I folded my hands in front of my chest, yes, flowing glaze can be faked, but there is one thing that can never be made, I turned this porcelain upside down, and the nine elders clapped their hands together: "Not bad, really!"

Munro pursed his mouth: "Where did you see it?"

"The white porcelain of Ding Kiln is basically deformed, which has a lot to do with the technology at that time. In modern times, although the tear marks can be faked, the unevenness and deformation of the foot surface are completely natural and cannot be faked. , as long as it is turned upside down, the unevenness of the foot surface will be much more obvious." I said with a smile: "Even if it is for an antique expert to look at this, it is a conclusion."

Lao Jiu touched his nose: "Lin Tianyi, let me inject capital."

(End of this chapter)