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Chapter 134 The Natural Wood Side Seats Banquet for Thousands of Seniors (Subscription required)

Chu He faltered for a while, and then said: "Actually, I'm talking about making money, not this way."

Then he turned his head to look at Shopkeeper Zhuang, "Treasurer Zhuang, I want to do a business with you."

"Oh? How to cooperate?" Shopkeeper Zhuang also paid great attention to his thoughts because he re-examined the young man in the previous appraisal.

Chu He looked around, and then found a screen placed at the corner of the door, so he walked over and observed it carefully.

Shopkeeper Zhuang didn't understand Chu He's intention, but he didn't speak and followed Chu He.

Chu He pointed to the interstitial screen: "Is this an interstitial screen from the Qing Dynasty?"

"Brother Chuhe really has good eyesight. Yes, it is indeed a screen inserted in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. This screen recorded the Qianlong Banquet held in the Qianqing Palace in the 50th year of Qianlong. It intuitively recorded the grand ceremony of that year, but it has a high reputation Historical value!" Shopkeeper Zhuang looked at the screen with joy, but there was a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

"It is indeed a good screen, but it is a pity that it is broken, otherwise the collection value will be much higher!" Chu He also said with emotion: "I am confident that this screen will be restored."

Shopkeeper Zhuang was stunned when he heard this. He had kept this plug-in screen in the store for so long, but few people had ever said they could repair it.

He tried to ask again: "You mean to fix the screen?"

"That's right, that's true. You can ask someone to prepare some repair tools, such as horseshoe knives, cement, and scorpion." Chu He said several tools at once.

Shopkeeper Zhuang immediately reacted and asked the clerk behind him to prepare the repair tools that Chuhe mentioned.

"Brother Chuhe, please wait for a while, it only takes ten minutes." Shopkeeper Zhuang smiled, very politely.

If this interstitial screen can be repaired, its value will be doubled!
At this time, Tang Wanjun frowned when he saw the black screen, and asked in confusion: "Is this screen used by Mr. Qianlong at that time?"

"Hmm, yes."

Shopkeeper Zhuang explained at the side: "This screen is called 'Natural Wood Side Seat Thousands of Old Man's Banquet Screen', you can see that there are nine old people on this screen, according to the records in the imperial poem, these nine old people should be Xiangshan Jiulao, this is an interstitial screen used by Emperor Qianlong to hold a banquet for thousands of elders at that time, it can be used as a collection value."

Tang Wanjun thought for a while, then looked at Chuhe: "Then how do you know it's from the Qing Dynasty?"

"Look carefully at the characters on the screen, what do you see?" Chu He pointed to the characters on the screen.

Tang Wanjun faltered and gave an answer: "Old man!"

Chu He laughed out loud, and then he explained: "Look at their clothes, do they have glass? They are made of maroon and brown Venus glass!"

Tang Wanjun looked in the direction Chuhe pointed, and finally realized: "So you asked me to look at the clothes! I thought you asked me to look at the old man in the painting!"

"Glassware was an important part of the handicrafts of the Qing Dynasty, and it reached its peak during the Qianlong period. Especially in the late Qing Dynasty, there were more glass materials in screens and bonsai."

Chuhe explained patiently: "So I can be sure that it is a screen from the Qing Dynasty."

After Tang Wanjun finished listening, she couldn't help but shook her head: "Why do I feel like I'm studying high math, you guys are really good."

Shopkeeper Zhuang smiled, and he said bluntly, "Little sister, as long as you observe carefully, you will find that antiques are actually like that."

Not long after, the clerk put all the repair tools Chuhe needed on the table one by one.

After Chu He thanked him, he rolled up his sleeves and carefully laid the screen flat.

He first took a clean rag and dampened it with some water, then gently wiped the screen.

Because the screen has been placed next to the antique rack, after a long time, the screen is covered with a layer of dust, just like the old man on the screen, unable to lift his spirits.

After being wiped by Chuhe, the screen gradually recovered its appearance.

Due to time, years of weathering and changes in the dry climate, the original wooden body and paint surface have uneven stretching force.

Chuhe found that there were wings rising and falling off on the edge of the screen and around the inserts.

So he first raised the temperature of the hot water, then soaked the rag and softened the raised part of the wing.

He then restored the bond with cement that lay on the table.

Shopkeeper Zhuang watched Chu He repair the screen from the sidelines. Seeing that he was proficient in technique and skillful with knives, he couldn't help asking Tang Wanjun behind him: "Little sister, is this your boyfriend?"

Tang Wanjun blushed immediately, and hesitated: "Ah, I'm not my boyfriend."

Shopkeeper Zhuang saw that she was nervous, so he said cheerfully: "They must be good friends, right? Why is he so good at restoring those antiques?"

"It's because that's what he studied in the first place, and he studied the restoration of cultural relics." Tang Wanjun explained.

Shopkeeper Zhuang suddenly realized, "So that's the case, no wonder he can repair antiques at such a young age!"

Of course Chuhe didn't pay attention to their conversation.

At this moment, he is observing the paint surface of the screen. Since there is a layer of paint ash between the paint surface and the wooden body, the dehydration and pulverization of this layer is too serious, so Chuhe decided to scrape the ash on the peeling part first, and then clean it again. Repair with thin paint.

Sure enough, after an hour, the whole screen was completely new!

Those old people who originally had a feeling of aging and old age were all in high spirits and alive after Chuhe's "rejuvenation".

After Chuhe achieved this step, he stopped and wiped his hands with a rag.

Shopkeeper Zhuang hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Brother Chuhe, has this been repaired?"

Although this screen is indeed quite different from the previous ones, it seems like it has been reborn, but a discerning person can still see that this screen is flawed at a glance.

Chuhe shook his head: "Of course not, this screen still has half the work."

"Then what are you doing?" Shopkeeper Zhuang slapped his head violently after saying this: "You say my head is only for happiness!"

"There's no reason for the master to repair it in vain!" Shopkeeper Zhuang asked Chuhe with a smile: "I don't know how much the little brother's repair fee is?"

"Why don't shopkeeper Zhuang make a price, after all, we are a long-term cooperation." Chuhe emphasized the four words of long-term cooperation.

The clever shopkeeper Zhuang certainly understood Chuhe's implication. If the price is lowered, it is very likely that this is the last antique that Chuhe restored for him.

So of course he can't exploit too much in terms of price.

Shopkeeper Zhuang stretched out two fingers: "How about this?"

"This is..." Chuhe thought for a while, "I don't quite understand if this number is the same as what I thought."

Shopkeeper Zhuang took Chu He's hand, wrote the number 20 on his palm with his fingers, and asked with a smile, "How?"

Chuhe nodded, and also smiled: "Then, I am looking forward to cooperating with shopkeeper Zhuang."

(End of this chapter)