"You two brats, if you don't pay attention, you'll cause trouble. How can you quarrel with others when you're competing in eyesight?”Old Gu took a sip of tea and asked with a smile.
Boss Hao finally saw Old Gu. He was extremely excited, but he didn't dare to act rashly. He was all smiles.
"Old Gu, this Boss Hao said that he wanted to give Su Tong and me some advice. He also said that the things I bought were purely prodigal behavior.”Xia Mo wasn't optimistic about the wooden sculpture that Su Tong had bought, so he only mentioned his own.
"Old Gu, these words are too much for me. How would I dare?……”Boss Hao was about to defend himself when Old Gu put down his teacup and waved his hand slightly."Looks like you found something good. Show it to me.”
Xia Mo immediately handed the fan to Old Gu with both hands as if he was presenting a treasure. At this moment, Boss Hao was also secretly happy. He had clearly seen the fan rib just now. It was simply a worthless thing.
The two of them held their breaths and waited for Old Gu's opinion. Old Gu looked at the fan a few times and immediately had an answer. However, he did not announce the result. Instead, he handed the fan to the person next to him and said,"Shopkeeper Wang, take a look."
Shopkeeper Wang, who was pouring tea, first sized up the fan rib a few times. Then, as if he suddenly found a blind spot, he nodded and smiled."What a coincidence."
Boss Hao's heart tightened when he heard that. What did he mean? It was impossible for him to make a mistake with such an ordinary fan. He was familiar with Shopkeeper Wang and gave him a look. However, since Old Gu was in charge, Shopkeeper Wang did not dare to overstep his boundaries. He only shook his head at him and handed the fan back to Old Gu.
Old Gu showed the fan to Wang Taichu and Su Tong again. Everyone was in the same situation. At first, they were a little confused, but then they were relieved. Xia Mo was very pleased with himself, and his mouth cracked into a big smile.
This was almost a public execution for Boss Hao, and he was anxious.
"Everyone has seen it. Su Tong, you're the latest to enter the industry and have the least experience.”Old Gu picked up his teacup again.
Su Tong accepted the order." This folding fan is made of wood and silk. There are gorgeous peach blossoms painted on it, and the leaves and branches are set off by the ink color. It's very beautiful and refined. Fragrance monarch light, Hou Sheng dark; Qingming war, peach blossom fan.”
After saying that, Boss Hao sighed. He was anxious. The last two sentences were about the story of Li Xiangjun, the Eight Beauties of Qin Huai in the late Ming Dynasty.
Li Xiangjun, also known as Li Xiang, was known as the " Fragrant Fan Pendant." She was known as the " Eight Beauties of Qinhuai " along with Dong Xiaowan, Chen Yuanyuan, and Liu Rushi. She was a famous courtesan by the Qinhuai River at the end of the Ming Dynasty. She was proficient in music, bamboo, pipa, and poetry. She was especially good at playing and singing "The Pipa."
Because of the righteousness that shone through the ages, the blood-stained peach blossom fan that shamed men was praised by many literati. After Kong Shangren's "Peach Blossom Fan" was published, Li Xiangjun became famous in the world. As a result, when people later saw the fan with the peach blossom pattern, they automatically thought of Lee Xiangjun's fan.
"Little brother, don't joke around." There was a peach blossom painted on the surface of the fan. It was the Peach Blossom Fan. Then, I'll take a piece of paper and draw an ink-wash shrimp. That'll be Qi Baishi's interesting shrimp painting.”
"Boss Hao, don't be anxious. I was just sighing casually. This fan was indeed just an ordinary modern art piece.”
" Then..." Boss Hao was confused.
"But the valuable thing isn't the fan, but this!”Su Tong lifted up the fan pendant. A bunch of colorful silk was hanging from the bottom of the fan. In the middle of the bunch of colorful silk was a bright red round bead.
Boss Hao was shocked and couldn't help but look at the fan pendant.
Su Tong continued,"From the appearance of the patina, this seems to be a red coral court pearl." He actually used it as a fan pendant envoy, what a waste of a heavenly treasure.”
"Jin Shu·Yu Fu Zhi":"Since the Later Han Dynasty, the crown of the Son of Heaven has been decorated with white jade beads. Emperor Ming of Wei liked women's ornaments and changed them to coral beads.”
Later, the emperor and officials used it as a crown ornament, and the Qing Dynasty also used it as a court pearl.
Unlike the coral pearl plant, it was made by a type of marine creature. Coral was one of the seven treasures of Buddhism. It was regarded as a treasure in the sea and was the best in the collection. Corals were formed from the bones of coral worms. They grew in the deep sea 2000 meters below sea level. They looked like trees and were as red as fire.
In Buddhism, corals were regarded as the incarnation of Buddha. Many believers used corals as mascots for worshipping Buddha, but most of them were made into prayer beads.
The Qing Dynasty court beads were composed of 108 red coral beads, with four lapis lazuli Buddha heads and a Buddha head pagoda. It was a square gold thread inlaid with an oval lapis lazuli cloud. On the back cloud side, there were two cloud-head-shaped gold pieces stuck together, and below it was a ruby pendant. There are three turquoise pendants, each hanging ten pieces, two ruby pendants and one pink tourmaline pendants.
According to the regulations, the emperor would wear court pearls of different colors and texture according to different occasions. Worship the sky wearing lapis lazuli court beads, sacrifice to the ground wearing amber or honey wax court beads, sacrifice to the sun wearing red coral court beads, sacrifice to the moon wearing turquoise court beads. In addition, when the empress dowager, empress, and imperial noble consort wore court clothes, they also had to wear two plates of red coral court beads.
The fan pendant in front of him was about the size of a pinky. It was pure in color and thick in patina. It could not be taken down without ten thousand pieces.
"Give it to me. With your level, what good stuff can you see?”Xia Mo snatched the fan from Boss Hao's hands." How dare you say that my fan is worthless.”
"Old Gu, is this thing okay?" I only spent 60 yuan to buy it.”
"Hmm, not bad." Old Gu wasn't stingy with his praise and nodded with a smile.
"The three walls of that calligraphy and painting shop were all imitations of calligraphy and painting. There were only two baskets at the door, and there were some scattered miscellaneous items inside. I rummaged through them, but there was nothing valuable.”Xia Mo looked at Su Tong as he said the last sentence.
"What's wrong?" Su Tong tacitly replied.”Su Tong was convinced that Xia Mo had picked up the treasure this time. After all, he had a special ability and could reverse the cause and effect. He knew that this was a treasure before he spoke. However, Xia Mo had really found this pearl with his own strength.
"At that time, I casually took the fan and was about to open it to see what was underneath when I felt that something was wrong. I thought about your two lion heads. Oh right, the weight was not right, so I didn't take the treasure! This was called learning from the barbarians to subdue them!”Xia Mo laughed so hard that his teeth could not be seen.
Old Gu and Wang Taichu were both amused. Even Shopkeeper Wang praised him for being smart and discerning.
However, some people were not happy. Boss Hao explained anxiously,"When you held the fan pendant in your hand, I only saw the fan rib! Old Gu, if you don't believe me, you can take a look at the other young man. I've been in the industry for so many years, but I don't even have this little bit of appreciation. Isn't that a slap to my face?”
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