Express delivery is a high-risk occupation

Qingping Lane is the most famous antique street in Shanghai. There are basically two types of people who don’t set up stalls on the street. One is those who think they have found treasures and found them missing, and the other are those who flock to Taobao to find them. of.

Although most people know that the chance of picking up a leak is hundreds of times lower than picking up money, they still dream of dreams tirelessly and have a mysterious confidence in their luck.

The result is that they return home in defeat.

If it is said that there is really a sound when a heart is broken, the sound of Qingping Lane must be like someone sitting in a kiln smashing porcelain every day.

On this day, Xu Mu hurried to the alley after class, and suddenly saw a slightly familiar face when passing by a street stall.

The courier boy thought for a long time before he remembered who this person was.

Two streets away from Qingping Lane, there is Guiluo Lane.

There is a watch repair shop at the entrance of Guiluo Lane. When I used to deliver couriers, there would be couriers sent to the watch shop every now and then, all of which were all kinds of old watches.

The owner of the watch shop is an old master surnamed Gu, who is accompanied by a young man in his twenties. Xu Mu always thought that he was the apprentice of the old master, but after getting to know him well, he realized that Gu Liang was not only an apprentice, but also Master Gu. grandson.Occasionally, when the master was not in the store, Xu Mu also saw Gu Liang calmly playing with those delicate old-fashioned pocket watch parts in front of the desktop magnifying glass.

However, at this moment, Gu Liang was sitting behind a spread made of old blankets. On the brown short wool blankets were some satin-wrapped paper boxes messily placed inside. There are more than a dozen pieces of large and small porcelain such as the Zun and the Moon Vase.

Next to him was also a temporary booth, with several dusty purple sand teapots on display.

"Do you want to buy teapots? 150 yuan a piece, you can pick whatever you want." The stall owner who sold teapots saw Xu Mu stop, and hurriedly solicited business.

Xu Mu shook his head in embarrassment, and greeted Gu Liang who was beside him, "Brother Gu, why did you come to Qingping Lane to set up a street stall?"

Gu Liang seemed to be in a daze. When he heard someone calling his name, he raised his head in a daze. After recognizing Xu Mu, he said slowly, "I want to get some cash."

"If you need it urgently, it's faster to sell it at the nearby shops." Xu Mu enthusiastically pointed to the nearby porcelain shop.It is not easy to discount antiques. This pile of porcelain vases may not be sold for ten and a half months if you set up a street stall. If you sell them to a porcelain store, you can sell them all at once.

"I've been there," Gu Liang shook his head, his pale face showed a trace of embarrassment, "My grandfather said that all he bought were official kilns, but the people in the store said that these are not worth much."

"Not worth the money?" People who play porcelain like to collect high-quality goods, and the most sought-after high-quality goods are famous kilns or official kilns.If it's worthless, then in fact, it's fake?

Xu Mu squatted down in surprise, and carefully looked at the azure moon holding bottle closest to him.

The moon-holding vase is also called "treasure moon vase", with a straight neck and small mouth, and two ears on the side of the neck. Because the shape of the belly of the bottle is like a full moon, it is called a moon-holding vase.This kind of porcelain was a common utensil in Jingdezhen kilns during the Yongle and Xuande years of the Ming Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, there were many imitations during the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods, but most of them were blue and white.

Xu Mu looked at it, and found that the shape of the bottle was full, and the glaze color was rich and moist. At a glance, everything was in line with the characteristics of Ming Dynasty porcelain, "Can I take it out and have a look?"

Seeing Gu Liang nodded, Xu Mu picked up the bottle to check the inscription on the bottom, and saw the six characters "Made in Chenghua, Ming Dynasty" on the bottom of the bottle, and Xu Mu felt a "thump" in his heart.

The style on the porcelain is very particular, especially the porcelain fired in the official kiln, each dynasty has its own rules.

Inscriptions written by official kilns in the Ming Dynasty generally used the Taige style. The blueprint came from the great calligrapher Shen Du, and it was called the Guange style in the Qing Dynasty.Furthermore, the content of inscriptions in the Ming Dynasty was mostly the year name, while in the Qing Dynasty it was more random. Not only were there fake entrustments, Cixi also had Chuxiu Palace or Ruoshen collections.

Emperor Yongle was very concerned about the location of the inscription on official kiln porcelain. He could only write it on the top and in the middle of the plate. If he wrote it on the bottom, the craftsman would be beheaded.

Emperor Xuande was very casual about the location of the inscription, and it could be written anywhere, so there is a saying in the porcelain circle, which is called "Xuande full body inscription".

The official kiln porcelain in the Chenghua period must write the word "made", "Made in the Chenghua year of the Ming Dynasty", this word "made" clearly shows that this is not an object of the official kiln.

"Where did these porcelains come from?" Xu Mu looked at Gu Liang. The value of private kilns and official kilns is very different. What's more, if you look closely at the openings on the glaze, I am afraid that they are not even private kilns, but modern ones. of imitations.Commonly known as, fake.

"My grandfather took it. In his life, apart from repairing watches, he has only two hobbies. One is playing chess, and the other is collecting porcelain."

Xu Mu picked up a small blue-and-white cup again. This imitation of the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty was even more careless. The blue and white materials were all wrong in color, which was obviously a modern chemical material, not to mention the ink painting-like moss that was popular at that time. Clicked.

These porcelains are probably not as old as Gu Liang's!After looking at four or five pieces in one go, Xu Mu couldn't help sighing, and had no choice but to say to Gu Liang, "Grandpa Gu may have been deceived, these pieces seem to be modern counterfeit porcelain."

"Do you know porcelain?"

"Well, I've helped out in a porcelain shop for the past two years and learned a bit."

"Hey, it's really fake. The old man is so precious. He used to take it out and wipe it whenever he had time. I originally thought about using it to exchange some cash for him to pay for his hospitalization," Gu Liang said angrily. He patted his forehead, "I can't count on it now."

"Grandpa Gu is in the hospital?"

"Well, I have uremia and need a kidney transplant. The doctor asked me to prepare at least another 20 yuan." Gu Liang looked at the pile of porcelain on the blanket with despair.He originally thought that selling one or two pieces would be enough, but he didn't expect that they were all fake, "If it really doesn't work, I can only sell the watch shop at home."

[Sell me, I am 160 years old. 】A weak voice said, 【As long as you can save Xiao Gu. 】 Tool spirit?Xu Mu heard the reputation, and saw a blue satin box in the corner of the blanket near the teapots. Inside was a blue glaze plate with a diameter of only about ten centimeters. , it seems that it looks like an object from the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, barely worth [-] to [-] yuan.

【you?How much are you worth? ] The other scolded it contemptuously, 【You think you are me! 】Xu Mu secretly made a decision, pretending to be casual, and wiped his eyelids with two fingers.The scenery in front of him changed suddenly, and he saw a little man in a narrow blue gown sitting on the edge of the blue glaze plate, holding his chin with a melancholy expression.

On the lid of the Xi Shi pot on the other side, there is a little man wearing a wine-red bunt. The little man rests his head on his arms, leans against the lid of the pot, and puts his right foot on the other knee, with a relaxed expression on his face. .

[You are only 140 years old, not as old as me, what is it worth? 】The villain on the blue glaze plate said unconvinced.

[What happened at the age of 140, do you know who made me? 】The villain in wine red bunt shook his feet leisurely.

【Who? 】

[Gu Jingzhou! 】

The villain in the blue gown looked bewildered, but Xu Mu was startled, Master Gu Jingzhou?He didn't know much about purple clay pots, but he had vaguely heard of Gu Jingzhou's name.

[Cut, I know that you don't even know. 】The villain with a wine red bunt sat up and said proudly, 【You just need to know that ten of you are worth less than me! 】【Liar, you are obviously only worth 150 yuan. 】The little man in blue coat looked at it suspiciously,【It is the same price as the pots next to it. 】The villain with the wine-red bunt: ...

Xu Mu: ...

【Cut, that's because he doesn't know what to do! 】The villain in wine red bunt threw a leaf on the head of the villain in blue coat.

The villain in the blue coat rubbed his head aggrievedly, 【He doesn't know what to do, why are you hitting me? 】"Little brother, if you like it, buy one, one hundred and fifty, pick whatever you want, and I'll be ready to go home in a while." The boss couldn't help recommending it vigorously.

"Forget it, I just want to go back, let's buy one." In Gu Liang's impression, Xu Mu is a college student who needs to earn money by working part-time as a courier. Save him.It happened that grandpa's teapot broke a few days ago, so I bought him a purple clay one, even if it doesn't work, I'm happy to see it.

Xu Mu blinked, "Brother, let me help you choose one."

"Okay." Gu Liang nodded briskly, took out 150 yuan and handed it to the stall owner next door.

The stall owner next door hurriedly took the money and stuffed it into his pocket, "Choose whatever you want, whatever you want."

Xu Mu pointed to the Xi Shi jug with the wine-red bunt figurine sitting on it, "This is it." Regardless of whether the villain is bragging or not, if you buy a jug that is more than 150 years old for 100 yuan, you will definitely not lose money.

"Okay, okay." The stall owner next door swiftly moved the teapot onto Gu Liang's blanket, right next to the blue glazed plate.

When Gu Liang was packing up his things, Xu Mu picked up the pot and looked at it, and it was indeed engraved with Gu Jingzhou's signature. He curiously searched the price of Gu Jingzhou's teapot on his mobile phone, and couldn't help being dumbfounded.

Be darling, Master Gu's teapots are all asking for at least one million yuan, and there are still two or thirty million yuan in the auction!

"Brother Gu, Grandpa Gu's hospital expenses have been settled!" Xu Mu tugged at Gu Liang and showed him his mobile phone screen.Then he showed him the jug again.

150 million?Looking at the pot on the screen that was almost exactly the same as the one he bought for 150 yuan, the porcelain box in Gu Liang's hand fell to the ground with a "click!"

Actually picked up a big leak!

[Great, since you are valuable, you will sell yourself to save Xiao Gu in the future! ] The little man in the blue coat sitting beside the plate clapped his hands happily.

Wine red bunt villain: ...

In less than 3 minutes, let me sell myself as the savior, is it appropriate?

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