Appreciation of treasures

Chapter 5
In other words, even if you have the real thing in your hand, you may not necessarily get a good price.

After a while of deliberation, he decided to go back to his old employer, Baodezhai, to find his boss, Lao Song.After all, everyone knew the bottom line. Although Lao Song had a stubborn temper and harsh words, he would never deceive him.

Having made up his mind, he stopped hesitating, bought some snacks and fruits at a nearby shop, and set off for Baodezhai.In fact, he had long wanted to go to Baodezhai to see Old Song Tou, but he was so exhausted that he really couldn't find time.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw that old Song Tou had returned and was explaining something to Li Chao.Seeing Zhao Gang walking in, the two stopped talking and turned to look over.

"Yo, what wind brought you here!"

Lao Song is in his early 60s. He is a tall and thin old man with thick glasses like the bottom of a wine bottle.Although he is the owner of an antique shop, he has a scholar-like temperament.

Old Songtou has always been very optimistic about Zhao Gang, thinking that he is steady, willing to learn, and very talented, and he also gives him unreserved advice.So when Zhao Gang wanted to resign and become a courier, he was really dissatisfied.

Zhao Gang knew his temper, and knew that the old man had a sharp mouth and a tofu heart, so he smiled and said: "Today I rest, come to see you."

"Just came here in the afternoon, and you were not in the store at that time." Li Chao helped to speak from the side.

Seeing Zhao Gang, Old Song Tou was actually very happy.But he refused to show it, snorted awkwardly, turned his head away, and told Li Chao in a muffled voice: "Go, get some tea inside and make a pot."

Then he turned his head to look at Zhao Gang, and said angrily, "Sit down, why are you standing there?"

"Thank you master."

After making tea, the master and apprentice sat around together.Old Song had played his temper enough, and with Li Chao on the side to adjust, the atmosphere gradually became less embarrassing.

Lao Song also stopped targeting Zhao Gang. When he asked about his recent situation, he couldn't help but feel a little bit emotional, feeling sorry for him no longer engaged in the antique industry.

Speaking of this topic, Zhao Gang said to Lao Song: "To be honest, I just received something. If possible, I would like to ask the master to palm my eyes for me."

"Oh?!" Hearing what he said, Lao Song was really interested.As far as he knew, his apprentice was very cautious. In his impression, this should be his first shot.

"It's rare for you to make a move. What kind of object did you collect?"

Zhao Gang took out the incense stick from his bosom, and handed it to Old Song with both hands.

Old Song Tou took it over, adjusted his glasses, took out a magnifying glass from his pocket, and observed carefully for a while.He raised his head and asked in surprise, "Where did you get this thing?"

Zhao Gang smiled and pointed to the outside: "I collected it from the stall in Antique Street."

Old Song looked up at him meaningfully, smiled, then turned around and handed the incense stick to Li Chao: "Come on, take a look too."

Li Chao took it over, studied it carefully for a while, and honestly handed it back to Old Song, and asked, "Master, what is this, have you never seen such a thing before?"

Old Song Tou picked up the incense stick, studied it more carefully, hummed, and said to Zhao Gang: "You took the thing, you can answer him, what kind of object is this?"

"Okay. If I'm not mistaken, this thing should be a incense stick."

Old Song nodded and praised: "That's right, I'm not mistaken about you, you really have good eyesight! According to my observation, this should be a hollowed-out incense pot from the Tang Dynasty. Judging from the texture, it should be made of copper."

After listening to him, Zhao Gang sincerely admired Old Song Tou.I was able to successfully pick up the leak because of the blessing of supernatural powers.But the old Songtou recognized this object at a glance based on his many years of experience, and identified it as coming from the Tang Dynasty.

Li Chao listened to the conversation between the two, and asked in surprise: "What? Is this an incense burner? It's so small? How do you use it!"

Old Song gave him a dissatisfied look, and he stuck out his tongue, not daring to speak anymore.

Zhao Gang smiled and explained to him: "It's not the furnace of the stove, but the word "罏". This object is also called the incense in the tent. It was used by ancient women to hang incense in the bed curtain."

As he spoke, he opened the mechanism, and the lid of the incense pot was gently opened, revealing the structure inside.I saw a hemispherical small bowl inside, suspended in the bowl by two cross-connected small rings.

The shaft holes of the inner and outer rings are exactly vertical, so no matter how it shakes, the incense bowl will always remain parallel to the ground according to the action of the center of gravity.Even if it is put into bedding clothes, there is no need to worry about the burning spices inside pouring out.

Li Chao sighed from the side: "This effect is really amazing. Such a fantastic idea, the wisdom of the ancients is really amazing."

Old Song nodded, pondered for a moment, and asked bluntly: "This incense, are you planning to keep it for yourself, or are you planning to change hands?"

Zhao Gang shook his head: "To tell the truth, Master, I need money urgently and plan to sell it."

For his answer, Old Song was not surprised.If it weren't for the financial constraints, it is estimated that Zhao Gang would not have resigned from Baodezhai.And he came here, I'm afraid he also wanted to see if he had any intention to buy this incense stick.

"Then you can transfer it to me, how about fifty thousand?"

Seeing him speak so bluntly, Zhao Gang was a little moved after being stunned.He knew that the price of this incense stick was more than [-] yuan, but if he went to find a store to sell it himself, even if he went all over the antique street, he would definitely not be able to sell it at a better price than this.

In other words, Old Songtou gave him a very real and considerable price, which was due to their mentor-student relationship.

He agreed immediately.Old Song was also unambiguous, and immediately transferred the money to him.

After finishing it, Old Song asked him slyly: "How much did you get this incense pot at the stall over there?"

If he didn't guess wrong, his apprentice must have picked up a big bargain.In the jargon of the antique circle, it is called picking up leaks.

"One hundred and sixteen, hehe." Zhao Gang smiled a little embarrassedly.

Li Chao, on the other hand, dropped his jaw in shock: "What? I said Gangzi, you must be very lucky. You have made a big mistake! No, no, you have to treat me to a big meal!"

Old Song gave him a look, and said: "Is this called luck? When Gangzi was collecting it, he knew exactly what it was called and what it was for. I just threw you in front of this stall. You With that vision, can you recognize it?"

"I don't know how to make progress, but I know that I envy others."

Old Song took the opportunity to educate Li Chao again, got up and yawned, and said to them: "It's getting late, my old man is going back to sleep, so I won't accompany you, you two can play .”

After speaking, he lifted his feet and walked out, Zhao Gang and Li Chao hurriedly got up and saw them off.Walking to the door, Old Song Tou explained to Zhao Gang meaningfully: "If you have something to sell in the future, you can still bring it to Baodezhai. I dare not say anything else. As long as you come to Luzheng, the old man will definitely give you a piece of paper." Fair price."

Zhao Gang was grateful for the support and help of the old head Song, and thanked him again.

(End of this chapter)