Rebirth 81: Being forced into marriage by my sister’s best friend at the beginning

Chapter 57 Jade Buddha, the birthday boy!This is not a burial object!

"Oh? From so far away, you can tell it's a fake?" The girl looked at Lin Ran and asked curiously.

She was also wondering why she would accept Lin Ran's opinion when Yang Jianlong was trying to seize the treasure, even though she only had a relationship with Lin Ran once.

After Lin Ran's reminder, she suddenly remembered this matter.

After Li Ergou sold the Jade Buddha, he sat next to the stall and smoked dry cigarettes.

He obviously heard the conversation between Lin Ran and Miss Yuan, and a strange look suddenly flashed in his eyes.

He turned his head pretending to be indifferent, but actually listened to Lin Ran's explanation with open ears.

"My grandma believes in Buddhism and likes to collect Buddhist statues."

"Just now the stall owner told me that his jade Buddha is Sakyamuni who lived in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. It was consecrated by the Tibetan Buddha and has the function of calming the mind and clarifying the mind."

"I also really like the Jade Buddha. It only costs 500 yuan to get it. It's a pity."

The girl's face was full of regret.

Lin Ran smiled, but when he looked up, he saw the other party looking at him with dissatisfaction, so he turned into a serious expression and said, "If you bought the Jade Buddha for 500 yuan, you would have lost a lot."

When Li Ergou heard Lin Ran's words, he immediately turned his head and looked at them unhappily.

Lin Ran smiled nonchalantly and said: "Because, it is simply a modern fake. Let alone being consecrated, I'm afraid it is just a mass product produced by an ordinary jade factory."

"Wouldn't it be better to let Yang Jianlong buy it for 500 yuan, take advantage of him, and teach him a lesson?"

The girl then asked: "You haven't seen the Jade Buddha, so how do you know it is a fake?"

"When you looked at it just now, did you think that Sakyamuni looks like a product of suet jade? It feels grainy and the color is too pure?"

The girl recalled carefully and found that it was indeed the same as what Lin Ran said, so she nodded.

"Actually, if it were real mutton-fat jade, it would be very light-transmissive and wouldn't look like the jade Buddha you just saw."

"The sun is shining brightly today, but I can't see any light at all from a distance."

"And the Jade Buddha just now looks too white. It is completely a modern industrial product."

"Furthermore, the image is full. If it is a real Jade Buddha from the Ming Dynasty, the carvings will be fine, but it will never have such a three-dimensional feeling. It will only be done in one step."

"So, I judge that the Jade Buddha statue of Sakyamuni Buddha just now is an imitation made of Qinghai jade."

"The value of a Buddha statue is definitely not high. Giving this kind of fake to your grandma shows distrust in the Buddha."

Lin Ran spoke eloquently.

"But, I remember that under the rosette there was a signature inscribed in the Yongle Year of the Ming Dynasty." The girl was obviously not a novice, and she still had basic knowledge of treasure appraisal.

"What form is it in?" Lin Ran asked. This kind of detail is the most easily overlooked by counterfeiters.

"It's the Ming Dynasty's form of upside-down writing."

"That's it." Lin Ran smiled. This was the most common mistake made by counterfeiters of cultural relics in the Ming Dynasty.

"In fact, in order to cater to the reading and writing habits of Tibetan Buddhism, even in the Ming Dynasty, inscriptions would be read from left to right."

"That's it!" After Lin Ran reminded her, the girl recalled all the details and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

Originally, she thought Yang Jianlong had gone too far and asked her family to teach him a lesson.

I don’t know which tendon was wrongly connected, but just because of Lin Ran’s eyes, I gave the Jade Buddha to Yang Jianlong.

After his explanation, the girl suddenly realized.

I couldn't help but admire Lin Ran even more. On the surface, Yang Jianlong made a fortune, but in fact, he was cheating on him secretly.

She was also glad that she did not give fake goods to her grandma to celebrate her birthday. As Lin Ran said, if she gave fake goods, it would be the greatest disrespect to Buddha. Grandma would be very sad if she knew about it.

After all, there are many collectors in her family, they are quite experienced in appraising treasures, and they are ruthless people.

After being exposed in public, her granddaughter's face will be lost.

"Okay, I know." The girl smiled. She looked at Lin Ran with some trepidation and asked, "Well, can you help me find an authentic jade Buddha?"

"I want to make a gift for grandma. Grandma is in poor health and has been staying at home since grandpa passed away."

"Now that it is her [-]th birthday, the whole family wants to make her happy and will invite all relatives to celebrate her birthday."

"If she can receive good gifts and feel happy, maybe the power of faith can make her live a happier life."

She blinked at Lin Ran with watery eyes, and Lin Ran only read a request.

Is it possible to refuse a beauty’s request?

"Okay, I have nothing to do now anyway." Lin Ran put the bronze Buddha into the black cloth bag and held it in his hand, "Come with me."

He was going to take the girl to the depths of the market to look for treasures.

There are hundreds of glass manufacturers selling goods, and there are certainly many treasures among them.

The girl walked to Lin Ran and walked side by side with him.

Lin Ran suddenly remembered something and asked, "Miss Yuan? I haven't asked for your name yet."

"Oh, why are you so formal in your speech? Just call me Yuan Qianyun."

"The floating clouds are seen and the water flows for thousands of years. What a good name." Lin Ran said with a smile.

When she heard Lin Ran's compliment, she blushed again, but it quickly disappeared and said with a smile: "As expected of a cultured person, others will only flatter you with a good name."

The two then just chatted for a few words and came to a stall.

The stall owner was a fat man wearing glasses. He was wiping the products. When he saw the two young people, he simply said: "Look around, don't touch."

Lin Ran fell in love with the jade statue at a glance.

This Jade Buddha is about eight centimeters high. On the surface, it appears to be carefully carved from white jade.

The Buddha statue is in a sitting posture, with one leg bent at the knee and the other leg sitting cross-legged. The left hand holds Ganoderma lucidum and rests on the knee.

Holding a static flow bottle in his right hand, he is dressed in brocade clothes and sitting cross-legged on a lotus throne with a happy expression.

As soon as Lin Ran picked up the Buddha statue, the fat man said a little unhappy: "Kid, you can't afford to pay for it if it's broken."

"What is the origin of this Jade Buddha?" Lin Ran asked.

The fat man nodded and said: "Of course, this is..."

He suddenly hesitated and said, "It's useless to tell you, you don't understand."

Lin Ran then asked: "What's the price of this object?"

After adjusting his glasses and looking at the two of them, the fat man placed the dishes and said, "One hundred and seventy, no negotiation!"

Listening to the other party's quotation, Lin Ran nodded thoughtfully.

The price is quite reasonable, but it is a bit unrealistic to talk about picking up leaks.

After all, where are there so many things to pick up in this world?

"One hundred and fifty, if it can be sold, we will take it. If it can't be sold, we will forget it."

Although it is obvious that the girl in front of her is a rich woman, she still has to fight for the price.

Seeing Lin Ran's sophisticated look, the fat man waved his hand without hesitation: "Okay, then I'll treat you two respectfully!"

After hearing what the other party said, Yuan Qianyun decisively took out a stack of bills, counted them clearly and handed them directly to the fat man.

There was no hesitation or distress on his face, but full trust in Lin Ran.

The fat man greedily counted the money, and looking at the neat appearance of the two of them, he felt a little regretful for not offering a high price.

But he paid the money with one hand and delivered the goods with the other hand, so he couldn't say anything more.

Looking at the Buddha statue in his hand with satisfaction, Yuan Qianyun was as happy as a deer, following Lin Ran and asking curiously.

"This is a longevity star carved from Hotan seeds in the Ming Dynasty."

"What? Isn't this also green?"