Li Fei looked at the treasure in his hand. It was actually a three-legged golden toad ornament. Its shape was very ordinary. It had two legs in front and one leg at the back. Its eyes were wide open as it squatted with its head slightly raised.
However, while a normal golden toad held money in its mouth, this three-legged golden toad had a pearl in its mouth.
The toad's mouth was half-opened, revealing a gap as if it was about to spit out the bead.
Li Fei immediately used Divine Appraisal.
"Ding! System identification successful!"
"Ding! System identification successful!"
The last two times it appeared was when he picked up Wu Daozi's Child-endowing Heavenly King Painting.
Li Fei became excited and hurriedly opened the system interface to check the system information.
[Item: Golden Toad Spitting Pearl]
[Production year: 100 years ago]
[Market price: 10000 yuan]
[Description: Made from red clay pottery. The carving is exquisite. There are some flaws at the bottom. It is a semi-finished product.]
Li Fei flipped to the second page of the system.
[Item: Lao Zi's Hangu Guan Pearl]
[Production year: 2000 years ago]
[Market price: priceless]
[Description: After the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period, it was created by a different person. The material used was the Purple Sandalwood Yin Heavy Wood. You need to explore the details yourself.]
At this moment, Li Fei was very excited. The previous time, the painting of the Art Saint, Wu Daozi, had given a price. This time, it was actually a priceless treasure.
"Li Fei, what are you holding in your hand?”Fatty walked over and saw Li Fei standing there in a daze. He felt that it was a little strange.
" Mm." Li Fei finally woke up from his excitement.
Fatty walked to the side and said,"The golden toad spat out pearls?" This style is quite rare. Anyway, I've never seen it before.”
"Yes, I also thought it was rare, so I picked it up and studied it.”Li Fei said calmly.
Fatty came over and touched it with his hand."The material of this golden toad seems to be made of stone!”
" The stone looks similar to the stone outside. It's hard to tell the age, but the carving is fine. The small pit on the stone cleverly decorated the skin of the toad…Especially the way the toad spat out the pearl, it was very natural and lifelike.”
"Of course it's good stuff." The boss hurried over and said.”
"This Three-legged Golden Toad is also a treasure of our shop. It's meticulously carved from yellow wax stone and is called Yellow Dragon Jade."
"Boss, do you think we don't understand?”Fatty replied.
"There is a difference between yellow wax stone and yellow dragon jade. There might be yellow dragon jade in the yellow wax stone, but yellow dragon jade was definitely not yellow wax stone.”
"Moreover, the yellow wax stone is smooth and delicate. Regardless of whether it is transparent or not, the stone is very pure. It is not the same material as this toad!”Fatty said smugly.
"Hehe, you're an expert, so I won't say much!”The boss didn't feel embarrassed and replied with a smile.
Seeing that everyone was silent, the boss tactfully changed the topic and said," The Three-legged Golden Toad stone is not very good, but the workmanship is exquisite and the meaning is good. It can bring fortune, guard houses, exorcise evil, and prosper wealth. The ancients once said that having a Golden Toad at home will bring prosperity."
Even though the boss had just closed a big deal, this mosquito was still meat!
Li Fei smiled and said," You're mistaken. This thing isn't carved from stone. It's made of red clay. If you don't believe me, you can touch the bottom. The clay hasn't even been fully baked."”
Fatty reached out and touched it. His fingers were covered in mud." It's really like this!”
"This thing should have been placed in a corner during the kiln and baked at a low temperature. It was probably not completely dried when the kiln was opened. At most, it was a semi-finished product.”Wang Fei said with a smile.
"After that, the craftsman simply used a knife and carved it into this shape. Then, he wanted to slowly dry it, which is why the current situation has appeared.”
Fatty was enlightened." That makes sense. I was wondering why it was so rough. It turns out that it was muddy."”
"Do you want to buy it back and investigate the meaning of this golden toad?”Li Fei said to Fatty in a negotiating tone.
Fatty shook the flesh on his body and said,"It doesn't matter. It's up to you!"
"Boss, how much is this?" Li Fei asked with a smile.”
The boss extended a finger and said,""This number!"
"10 yuan?" Li Fei said with a smile.
"1000 yuan," the boss said with a smile.
"Boss, this is robbery! This thing costs 1000 yuan?" Li Fei replied.
"Brother, let's go back. This is too much!”Yiyi said.
Li Fei gently placed the toad on the table.
"Little brother, don't be in a hurry to leave!" The shopkeeper hurriedly said. If you really want it, the price is negotiable!”
Li Fei said impatiently," 100 yuan. If you want to sell it, then sell it. If you don't want to sell it, then forget it!"”
"100 yuan is not enough. How about another 100 yuan?”The boss started to haggle.
"Alright, then wrap it up!" Li Fei was too lazy to argue with him. He took out 200 yuan from his wallet and handed it to the boss.
"Thank you for your patronage.”The boss smiled happily.
The shopkeeper took the money, found a cardboard box, and put the Three-legged Golden Toad inside.
Li Fei hugged the box with both hands and was extremely excited. Then, he placed it in the trunk of the car. At the same time, he used his spatial ring to put the Three-legged Golden Toad in the box into his spatial ring. He was afraid that it would be damaged in the trunk of the car. Otherwise, there was no way he would regret it.
"Today's harvest is not bad. Why don't we go back together and ask grandpa to help us?”Fatty suggested.
"Alright!"
Fatty drove straight to Liulichang Antique Shop. On the way, he didn't forget to call Old Master Zhu to ask where it was.
As soon as the three of them entered, Fatty said excitedly,"Old Master, come and see the treasure I found today!”
"Third Fatty, when will you be able to be as calm as Li Fei? You're still so impatient!”Old Master Zhu said with a smile.
Old Master Zhu saw that there were actually three people coming in, and there was also a girl. Then, he looked at the other two.
"Old Master Zhu, this is my biological sister, Li Yiyi. She's coming to Beijing for a few days after the college entrance examination!" Li Fei hurriedly said.”
"Yiyi, this is Zhu Tianpeng's grandfather, Old Master Zhu.”Li Fei introduced.
"Hello, Grandpa Zhu!" Yi Yi said with a smile.
"Good, good, it's still better for you to be young!" Old Master Zhu sighed.”
Fatty pretended not to hear the old man's impatience. On the appraisal table beside him, he arranged the combination of the jade belts in an orderly manner.
Looking at the sparkling luster on the jade belt board, Old Master Zhu had a rough judgment in his heart. After carefully touching it and sizing it up, he immediately praised it,"It's not bad. Just by looking at the cloud dragon pattern, you can tell that this is the finest jade belt of the Ming Dynasty. Only people of the rank of princes and ministers are qualified to wear it.”
"In that case, I made the right choice!" Fatty's eyes narrowed as he smiled.
"Third Fatty, you've improved. Look at the carving, the shape, and the quality of the jade.”Old Master Zhu praised.
Old Master Zhu picked up a square jade belt at any time and pointed at the dragon pattern on it, saying,"Actually, if you want to know the authenticity of this jade belt board, you can tell by looking at the dragon patterns. Nowadays, most of the fake jades were carved by machines, then corroded and roasted with acid, so they looked very unnatural.”
"Now, look at the cloud dragon pattern on this jade belt board. It's a typical Ming Dynasty feature. The dragon's head was long, and its eyes were very close together, making it look dull. The nose with the Wishful Cloud Pattern curled up, and two long whiskers appeared on both sides. They extended upward with the momentum, and the hair rose or rushed forward. This was the so-called anger! These were all characteristics of the Ming Dynasty.”
"How much did you charge for this jade belt?”Old Master Zhu asked.
"450000 yuan? You didn't lose anything, did you?" Fatty said proudly.”
"This money was well spent. 450,000 yuan, and there's still room for appreciation.”Old Master Zhu praised.
Old Master Zhu smiled and said," I went out for a walk. Third Fatty has gained a lot. What about you, Li Fei? What good treasures did you find?"”
(Thank you for your great support, everyone. Thank you for your collection. I'll be adding more on the weekend. Thank you, everyone.)）
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