[063] Fish-shaped jade pendant
Mo Yan knew nothing about jade, but he was clear about the worldly style and said, "It is best to be a new weapon. My elder made his 80th birthday. If the birthday gift he gave is too old, it will be unlucky. Besides, my budget is only about 100,000, and I can only buy a decent new weapon."
An overly ancient jadeware is actually a cultural relics. If it is apart from its own value, the humanities, history and other factors contained in it can also be measured by money. Tens of thousands are a considerable number for ordinary people, but it is really not enough to see cultural relics that cost hundreds of thousands or millions.
Lin Qiu smiled and said, "There happened to be a few newly carved jade pieces in the store, two of them were about 100,000 yuan. I'll get them..."
He stood up, walked to the door and ordered, then turned around and said, "These two jade artifacts are of good quality. One of them is a square tripod, which is simple and thick in shape. It is used as a birthday gift to the elderly. I personally think it is quite good. The other one..."
He was introducing when the sound of "kick" high heels hitting the ground suddenly came from the door.
Hearing the rushing sound of stepping on the ground, Lin Qiu couldn't help but slam his forehead and a bitter smile appeared on his face.
Mo Yan knew without opening his own consciousness that the person coming was definitely not an employee of Sifangzhai. As an employee, he would never be so popular in front of the boss’s office. Furthermore, Sifangzhai is a jade business, which also operates all kinds of antiques. Calmness and calmness are essential qualities for employees. The antiques here are delicate and tender, and the value is often hundreds of thousands or millions. Who dares to hand these things over to an employee with a frizzy personality?
"Ha, I guess you're hiding in the office!"
Before Lin Qiu's wry smile dissipated, a girl appeared at the door.
She jumped into the office, then honestly poured a cup of tea for herself, and raised her head to drink without any image.
Lin Qiu seemed to have seen the girl's behavior without any ladylike appearance, shook her head and smiled, "Miss, what kind of wind blows you today?"
The girl is about the same age as Mo Yan, wearing a professional dress. On the surface, she seems to be a clerk, but if you look closely, you will find that although her clothes are simple, they are valuable. Mo Yan doesn't know much about this, but Huang Liuxia can see the nobility of the girl at a glance.
The girl looks pretty and is not particularly beautiful. Her skin on her face is a little rough, but her eyes are particularly flexible.
The girl put down the teacup and clapped her hands. A man holding a cardboard box appeared outside the door.
The girl signaled the man to put down the cardboard box and said with a smile: "Cousin, this is the product I have bought for half a year, please help me see..."
Lin Qiu looked helpless and said, "Isn't it the same when I ask Lao Li to help you identify it? I have to come and bother me..."
The girl smiled and said, "I can't trust others, I will trust my cousin. I finally bought the goods. What if I miss them?"
Lin Qiu smiled bitterly and shook his head, turned around and introduced to Mo Yan and Huang Liuxia, "This is my cousin, named Zhang Xiaomeng. Xiaomeng, this is Mr. Huang, Huang Liuxia, and this is Mo Yan, and they are all my friends."
Zhang Xiaomeng greeted the two with a smile, looking very easy-going, but when she turned around and asked the man who was holding the box to go out, she inadvertently showed the lady's style.
Lin Qiu said: "Xiaomeng, you didn't go to work today?"
Zhang Xiaomeng stuck out her tongue and said, "I just sneaked out..."
Lin Qiu smiled and said, "Be careful that your grandfather will find out and you will be hit in the butt."
Zhang Xiaomeng said unconvincedly: "I promised my grandfather to go to work for two years, so I am already very sincere. Isn't even such freedom?"
Lin Qiu laughed and said, "Okay, let me see what you have bought? Don't be like last time, all twelve items are fake..."
At this time, the employees of Sifangzhai brought the Sifang tripod and another jade artifact.
Lin Qiu didn't want to neglect Mo Yan, so he looked at Zhang Xiaomeng and said, "Xiaomeng, wait a moment, Mr. Mo..."
Before he finished speaking, Mo Yan said, "Boss Lin, I'm not in a hurry here. You should help Miss Zhang identify the jade artifact first. I can gain some knowledge as well."
Lin Qiu said: "How can you be so embarrassed? You are guests. No one can neglect you."
Zhang Xiaomeng pulled his arm and said, "Brother, the customer is God. God said that he would help me see the goods first, so you can just obey..."
While pulling Lin Qiu to act coquettishly, she squeezed at Mo Yan and expressed her gratitude.
Lin Qiu was helpless and said, "Okay, let's help you first. But let's talk first. If the result is the same as last time, you are not allowed to vent your anger on my things."
Zhang Xiaomeng said indifferently: "Isn't it just to ruin your broken porcelain bowl..."
Lin Qiu glared and said, "Is that a broken porcelain bowl?"
Seeing Lin Qiu getting angry, Zhang Xiaomeng shook his arm and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, it's not a broken porcelain bowl, but a priceless treasure, isn't it okay?"
Lin Qiu used this girl's method and explained to Huang Liuxia and Mo Yan with a wry smile: "You don't know. This girl is jealous of everything. When I came here two years ago, I suddenly fell in love with jade. Then I started learning from others to pick up the goods. I didn't pick up the leaks, and I spent a lot of money. Fortunately, she still knew the importance of the matter, and knew that her level was not high, and the items she collected were basically only tens of thousands. Last time she came to me, all the twelve items were fakes. I said a few words to her, guess what? Okay, this girl went crazy and threw one of my Song Dynasty Longquan celadons to the ground..."
Seeing that his cousin revealed his old secrets, Zhang Xiaomeng was immediately anxious. She rolled up her sleeves and showed her white arm, and said, "Hey, hey, don't you slap someone in the face. The surname Lin, do you believe it or not, I will tell you about wetting the bed when you were a child?"
Lin Qiu laughed and said, "Oh, look, you are so awesome, don't forget, you are the one I've grown up. Speaking of wetting the bed..."
Only then did Zhang Xiaomeng remember that his cousin was almost twenty years older than him. Maybe he had seen him wet the bed, so he covered Lin Qiu's mouth and said viciously: "Don't say it, don't say it!"
Looking at these very happy cousins, Mo Yan couldn't help but sigh in his heart...
There were at least twenty cousins and cousins together. They seemed to be intimate and kind when they met, but they were not as frank and indifferent as the siblings in front of them. There was no communication between them and Mo Yan.
"This time I went to pay my birthday to the old man. In the eyes of these brothers and sisters, I am probably just a passerby, right?"
Zhang Xiaomeng made a fuss for a while, and finally opened the cardboard box and asked Lin Qiu to help her identify.
There are fourteen jade pieces in the carton, of which are of different sizes, including ornaments, Ruyi, and a fist-sized jade horse...
These jade artifacts are casually placed in cartons, stacked on each other, without any isolation and protection between them.
As soon as the box was opened, Lin Qiu frowned and said unhappily: "You dare to claim that you love jade. Whether these jade artifacts are genuine or not, they will be killed by you sooner or later. Even if you separate them with straw..."
Mo Yan and Huang Liuxia also came over. Both of them looked at the messy jade ware placed in the cardboard box, which was funny.
Lin Qiu picked up a jade pendant, took a look, and said, "At most, 1,500, how much did you spend?"
Zhang Xiaomeng stuck out her tongue and said, "Nine Thousand..."
In fact, in essence, there is no real or fake jade wares. Two hundred jade pendants and two million jade pendants are both genuine products, but the quality is high and low. From this perspective, a inferior one is considered a fake. Of course, if it is ancient jade, there will be many factors, time, dynasty, source... Even the masters in the jade wares are not careful, and there are still times when they miss it.
The jade artifacts collected by Zhang Xiaomeng are all collected in the name of ancient jade.
In fact, she also knew that the probability of the authentic product here was close to zero, but she didn't care at all.
Whether it is true or fake, she never cared about it.
Take the fake last time for example. She didn't care that what she collected was fake, but was angry that her cousin was unforgivable. Then she threw out his beloved porcelain in anger...
For her, she fell in love with picking up bargains at first to pass the time. Later, she felt that as long as she liked her, these things were actually quite cute, no matter whether they were real or fake. Just like the room full of dolls I collected when I was a child...
Lin Qiu picked up a small jade artifact and said in surprise: "Oh, this one is really amazing!"
Zhang Xiaomeng's face was happy and said, "Really?"
Lin Qiu said seriously: "Of course it's true, it's worth at least 300 yuan... Xiao Meng, please keep it well and use it as a dowry in the future."
Zhang Xiaomeng pinched Lin Qiu's arm hard and said angrily: "Brother, you really hate it!"
Lin Qiu laughed and picked up another jade artifact.
He was very knowledgeable about jade, and these so-called ancient jades had nowhere to hide in front of him, and could almost give a conclusion if they touched the eyes.
"Ha, this one is good. My teapot lacks a lid. This thing is round and suitable for it."
"How much does this jade horse cost? Six thousand? Haha, congratulations, girl, I really want to congratulate you this time, at least you didn't lose money!"
Mo Yan was funny looking around. Lin Qiu seemed elegant, but his mouth was quite smooth. Zhang Xiaomeng gritted her teeth and wanted to fight with him.
"Hey, these two jade pendants seem to be a bit old..."
Lin Qiu picked up two jade pendants with the same shape, looked carefully for a long time, shook his head and said, "It's been a few years, it should be antiques. But it's a pity that the material is average and the quality is a bit worse..."
The two jade pendants in his hand were fish-shaped and light green. Although the surface was smooth, the inside was mottled. Without the need to welcome the light, you could see a series of dark green spots inside...
This is the only item among the jades brought by Zhang Xiaomeng that can be regarded as ancient jade. Unfortunately, the material itself is not good, and in terms of value, it is even less than the so-called fakes. At least the jade horse, which was identified by Lin Qiu as "no loss" is more valuable than it.
When Mo Yan saw these two jade pendants, his heart suddenly jumped.
Just now, he heard Lin Qiu say that these two jade pendants are a bit old, and his consciousness is naturally activated. He wants to study the difference between ancient jade and newly carved jadeware...
However, when he saw this, he was surprised to find that these two fish-shaped jade pendants were actually talismans!
Chapter completed!