"Elder Song, if this treasure appears in its current form, I really can't afford it!”Li Fei scratched his head awkwardly.
Just as he was about to continue, Fatty spoke first,"Let me say it. I know what happened the best. This is my eternal pain.”
"That day, I found a jade belt. I found Brother Fei at school and asked him to help me with my eyes!”
Fatty's expression was a little exaggerated, as if he had entered a painful memory. He sighed and said,"After seeing that there was no problem with the jade belt, Yiyi and Li Fei were talking about something. In the end, they found a rare three-legged golden toad. The item was made of clay, and the shop owner didn't know what was good for it. He offered 1000 yuan, but we cut it down to 200 yuan, and the deal was made.”
"At that time, Fatty went to trade with the shop owner. I asked my brother to take a look at these items and tell me the details of the items. I found this Three-legged Golden Toad in the last dusty place!”Yiyi waited for Fatty to finish before adding.
"You don't know how regretful I am now. I knew that the golden toad was a symbol of wealth, but I still watched it be taken away by Li Fei.”Fatty was a little agitated, but he sighed and said,""If I had known earlier, I would have competed with him!”
Elder Song saw that Fatty's words were a little off, so he said,"Get to the point."
"The point is, after I got the things back, I asked my grandfather to help me out!”Fatty continued.
"Old Master Zhu gave something from the middle of the Ming Dynasty. It's a decoration used by scholars. It takes the meaning of the Moon Palace and the Osmanthus Fruit.”Li Fei took it and said.
"There's nothing wrong with that, but what's with this bead?" Elder Song said.”
Fatty started to spittle again and said,"It's a big deal. The three-legged golden toad is shaped like a golden toad holding a pearl. This pearl is the one in the golden toad's mouth.”
Elder Song looked at Li Fei and said in surprise,""How did you know that there was something strange about the bead in the golden toad's mouth?”
"This is my credit again. Previously, when he was opening the raw jade, he said that there was jade hidden in the stone. He even opened the ice-type Liu Guanzhang jade!”Fatty said with some jealousy.
"Later, he told me that his hands were itchy, so he broke the golden toad and soaked the bead in water. You all saw what happened next. He picked up a rare treasure!”
" Luck, accident," Li Fei said with a smile.
Li Fei scratched his head and said,"Elder Song, haven't you seen the camouflage technique before? You were the one who saw through the authentic painting of my Child-endowing Heavenly King!”
Old Master Song said with some envy,"Back then, I saw an ancient painting that used the technique of using a leaf to blind the eyes. The key parts of the painting were hidden, making people feel that it was a fake. Later, he was thought to have been seen through by a big collector. This kind of concealment technique was told to me by that great collector. That's why I could tell that Daoist Wu's painting was a picture-in-picture!”
"What?" Fatty, Yiyi, and Liu Chunfeng were shocked.
"Brother Fei, when did you receive the original painting of the Art Saint?”Fatty asked curiously.
"It was at that small auction. It was an imitation of Daoist Wu's painting. Later on, Elder Song identified it as a painting in a painting. Later on, he asked Elder Zhang to help reframe it!”Li Fei explained.
Nie Feifei already knew about this, so she wasn't surprised.
Fatty held his head with both hands." Why didn't I get that painting back then! You lost two treasures in front of me! Heavens, earth!"
"Fatty, be normal, or don't blame me for being rude!" Nie Feifei said.”
Only then did Fatty come back to his senses. He couldn't afford to offend this witch!
Everyone ignored Fatty and asked,"Elder Song, who is this big collector?”Everyone was curious.
A person who could see through such an unfathomable concealment technique was definitely not an ordinary person. One could not help but feel reverence for him.
"You should know.”Elder Song stroked his beard and smiled. He said with reverence,"The number one player in the Imperial Capital, the great collector, the great scholar, Wang Shixiang.”
"Ah! So it was him! No wonder he's so powerful!" Everyone was enlightened.
Other than Yiyi, everyone present was familiar with Wang Shixiang, especially Li Fei. There were many books on the desk, such as Bamboo Carving Art, Bamboo Carving Appreciation, Lacquer Ornaments, Ming Style Furnitures Appreciation, Ming Style Furnitures Collection, and so on. These were all written by this great scholar.
"Not only can Mr. Wang play, but he can also write. He plays with toys and studies objects. He plays with culture, plays with realms, and even plays with his own path.”
Elder Song sighed." He started off as a petty craftsman, but he came up with some unpopular knowledge. Not only did he fill a gap in the history of Chinese craftsmanship, but he also provided an indispensable reference book for collection and research.”
"Playing is learning, and learning is also playing. This is Mr. Wang's realm!”Elder Song smiled.
"Our attitude of learning and playing is not to pay too much attention to the value of cultural relics. Instead, we should understand the cultural significance contained in cultural relics.”
"For example, this rosewood pearl.”
As he spoke, Elder Song took out the bead. He took it out and gently wiped off the water stains with a white gauze. The surface of the bead returned to a dark purple color, not as bright as it was in the water.
"What is purple light formed from? If the bead was placed in the water, why would it spin when everyone touched it? "When ancient craftsmen carved patterns with the grain of beads, how did they fold the water? We need to study and verify the reasons.”
Elder Song smiled and said," Li Fei handled it well. His attitude is quite correct. He didn't rush to publicize it, nor did he blindly worship it."”
"Actually, I was very excited when I saw it!”Li Fei said with an honest expression. If he hadn't been exposed by Fatty and Nie Feifei, he might have kept it a secret!
Everyone smiled kindly.
After all, anyone who saw the strange appearance of the rosewood would be intoxicated and unable to extricate themselves.
"Elder Song, can you tell what year this bead is from?" Li Fei asked humbly.”
"It's very difficult. The materials of the bead have been buried underground for thousands of years. As for when it would be made into a bead and when it would be carved, it was difficult to determine.”
"The only thing we can be sure of is that the pearl was formed after the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period. Otherwise, there wouldn't be the story of Laozi's Journey to the West engraved on it.”Elder Song said with certainty.
"The Spring and Autumn Warring States Period has been around for more than two thousand years. You can imagine the accumulation of technology during this period. They may not understand physics, but buoyancy and folding did not stop them from using these principles to make the purple sandalwood."
(Thank you, everyone.)
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