"My brother bought a three-legged golden toad. Its shape is very special!”Yi Yi said with a smile.
"It seemed to have a good meaning, so I bought it. I'll go and move it out of the car!”After saying that, he walked out of the shop.
After a while, Li Fei entered the shop with the cardboard box. He took out the Three-legged Golden Toad and placed it on the table.
"Old Master Zhu, help me open my eyes too!”Li Fei said humbly.
"A golden toad holding a pearl, or a golden toad spitting out a pearl, is indeed rare, but it doesn't mean that there aren't any.”Old Master Zhu said as he sized her up.
"This style was quite popular during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially on the study room and desk.”
Li Fei smiled and said,""Legend has it that there was a three-legged golden toad in the Moon Palace, and later generations called the Moon Palace the Moon Palace, so there was a saying that the Moon Palace won the laurel, which was used as a metaphor for taking the Jinshi examination.”
"That's right,"
"I remember that a few years ago, I received a paperweight with a golden toad in its mouth and an inkstone carved with a golden toad's spit." These two things seem to be still around. If you're interested, get Fatty to find them for you later. Take them back and study them.”
Fatty scratched his head with his hand and said with a puzzled expression,"I can understand that the Moon Palace is going to win, but why must you spit out pearls? What does this mean?"
"Circle!" Li Fei said with a smile.
Fatty finally reacted and said in realization,"Top scorer."
"That's right." Old Master Zhu said with a smile," The Moon Palace's Osmanthus was a scholar. The golden toad had a bead in its mouth. It wanted to seize the position of Jieyuan, Huiyuan, and the top scholar on the basis of the scholar.”
"Understood!"
Li Fei, Fatty, and Yiyi sighed. They didn't expect that a small decoration would contain such a profound meaning.
It was often said that every antique had a historical and cultural meaning that was worth studying.
Old Master Zhu saw that the three of them were learning humbly and became interested." Actually, the early golden toads appeared more in Taoist culture.”
"Later on, it slowly evolved after it went deep into the folk and was used by scholars.”
" Liu Hai playing with the golden toad," Li Fei blurted out.
Li Fei still had some impression of Liu Hai. He seemed to be a famous Taoist figure.
Fatty followed closely behind and said,"I also know the story of Liu Hai playing with the golden toad and fishing for money step by step." However, those ten figures seemed to be monks.”
"It seems so." Li Fei thought for a moment and nodded." There are so many kinds of ornaments. There are not only bald monks, but also people with disheveled hair. There are even children."
"That's just a folk legend that has made Liu Hai's character more diverse.”Old Master Zhu smiled and said,"There are the God of Wealth, the Eight Immortals, Taoist priests, Zen masters, children, and so on. In the play, there is also the bangs of cutting firewood."”
"There are too many legends about Liu Hai, but the one that is closer to the original form should be Liu Haichan, one of the five ancestors of the Daoist North.”
" Liu Haichan. Age of birth and death unknown. He is a fifth generation Taoist priest. His surname is Liu, his name is Cao, and his nickname is Hai Chanzi." Yiyi took out her phone and searched on the Internet. She read it out loud. I didn't expect this person to really exist. I thought it was just a myth.
"The historical records are true and false. Who dares to say that this is the truth? As long as you know about this person, that's enough. As for his deeds, you can use them as a reference.”
"Alright, regarding Liu Hai, if you're interested, you can go and study him.”Old Master Zhu waved his hand.
"It's made of clay."
As expected of an experienced appraiser. He could tell the difference as soon as he touched it. He touched the decoration and shook his head."It's half-dried after being baked at a low temperature. After it's carved into shape, it's slowly dried.”
"Grandpa Zhu, what you said is exactly the same as what my brother said!”Yiyi revealed a surprised expression.
"Li Fei, your eyesight is indeed very good!”Fatty said enviously.
"You can tell too?" Old Master Zhu was slightly stunned, then he smiled and said,"Although this thing isn't very good, the craftsmanship is quite unique. The meaning is very good.”
"I was just guessing. I just happened to be right!”Li Fei said humbly.
" How can you be so accurate? Let Third Fatty try to guess one," Old Master Zhu said with a smile.
"Grandpa!" Fatty looked aggrieved. He was shot while lying down.
Old Master Zhu ignored Fatty and continued,"I can't tell much from the craftsmanship, but the knife skills and the shape of the three-legged golden toad should be a work of art from the middle of the Ming Dynasty.”
Old Master Zhu played with it for a while and said with a smile,"It should be a poor scholar who found someone to help him make it to take a good omen. It wasn't worth much. If he liked it, he could just put it on display. If he didn't like it, he could just sell it. After all, it was already old. It was probably worth thousands or tens of thousands of yuan!”
"I bought it for 200 yuan and sold it for 10,000 yuan. I made a lot of money! Brother, you're amazing!" Yiyi's face was full of pride, as if she had earned this money.
"Fifty times the profit is still considered a small leak!" Fatty muttered at the side.”
Li Fei chuckled and did not say anything. If there was a problem with breaking the bead, it would be difficult to explain clearly. Therefore, he carefully put away the golden toad ornament and went back to study it slowly.
"Thank you for your support this time, Old Master Zhu. I should also bring my sister back to let her rest! He hadn't rested since he got off the train.”
" Sanpang, send Li Fei and the others off," Old Master Zhu said.
"Brother Fei, your eyes are really sharp. The old man has praised you a lot at home!" Fatty said after they left the house.”
"Fatty, you're still being polite with me. We'll go back first. We won't be in school for the time being. We're planning to bring Yiyi around the capital. If you're looking for me, go to the Sweet Dew Lane.”Li Fei said with a smile.
Fatty's face was full of surprise as he thought to himself, That's not Demoness Nie's territory!
When he woke up from his shock, Li Fei had already driven away with Yiyi.
Li Fei brought Yiyi directly to the courtyard house in Ganlu Lane. He originally wanted to move in after he got the property ownership certificate.
The plan could not keep up with the changes. Since his sister was coming over, he would just go over and stay there first. If he was short of money, he would just make up for it.
When the two of them arrived at the entrance of the courtyard house, the younger sister said with a surprised expression,"Brother, do you live here?"
"I used to live in the school dormitory. I just bought it a while ago. The ownership of the house hasn't been transferred yet, but I've already gotten the key!”Li Fei waved the large bunch of keys in his hand and said with a smile.
After opening the door and entering, Yiyi's face was completely shocked. It was even bigger than her hometown's courtyard. There were even flowers and trees planted in the courtyard. It was a standard square courtyard house in the imperial capital.
Yiyi opened the doors one by one with the key and happily shuttled back and forth in the courtyard.
Li Fei was ready to study the treasure in the Three-legged Golden Toad's mouth.
(Thank you, everyone. I wish everyone a happy weekend. Finally, there will be more exciting scenes later.)
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