"No need to thank me, if you want to thank me, thank the teacher..."

Looking at Fang Yi with a calm expression, Zhao Hongtao couldn't help but secretly praised the teacher for his vision. Fang Yi himself has a profound historical foundation. With a little guidance, he may be able to stand out quickly in museum studies or cultural relics identification.

"Okay, let's take our first class today, let's talk to you about the basics of cultural relics..." After talking about the Tea Classic with Fang Yi for a while, more than half an hour passed, and Zhao Hongtao finally brought the theme back to cultural relics.

"You two are good. After I said yesterday, we started to pick up beads?"

After looking at the string of Vajras and Star Moon Bodhi hanging around Fang Yi and Fatty's neck, Zhao Hongtao nodded and said, "It's right to do this. If you want to understand the knowledge of cultural relics, first of all, you have to experience the real changes that cultural relics have in your hands, so that your understanding of them will be deeper..."

In Zhao Hongtao's view, cultural relics are cultural relics. No matter how long it is placed there, they will not change. However, cultural relics are different. After being played with by people and patina over time, even a very ordinary bead will bloom with a charming luster. This is also the reason why Zhao Hongtao loves cultural relics.

"Jinhua, come on, you have been playing with beads for a day, let's talk about your experience first..." With Zhao Hongtao's status, it is naturally impossible to follow Fang Yi to call Wei Jinhua's nickname, so after asking Wei Jinhua's name clearly, he took the last two words to call Fatty.

"Brother Zhao, you...you should call me fat..."

However, the fat man didn't appreciate Zhao Hongtao's name. In his memory, Jinhua has always been equivalent to Jinhua. Now he heard that the fat man is much more comfortable than the two words Jinhua.

"Brother Zhao, he was called Jinhua when he was a child, and he had a shadow in his heart..." Looking at Zhao Hongtao's inexplicable look, Fang Yi held back his smile and explained.

"Okay, I'll call you little fat man..." After hearing Fang Yi's explanation, Zhao Hongtao couldn't help laughing. Hearing that a big man would feel quite awkward if he was called by someone.

"Little fat man, take out your star and moon, and I will tell you how to identify its quality and origin and how to play with it..."

Zhao Hongtao pointed to the fat man's neck. He found that when he talked about theoretical knowledge, the fat man always showed a ignorant expression. He just used things to teach him so that he might be able to understand more deeply.

"Brother Zhao, didn't you tell me how to play yesterday?"

The fat man took the string of Xingyue from his neck and said with a complacent look: "You said you want to use Xingyue to brush King Kong. I don't have any brushes. Last night, I used this thing to slept until midnight before going to bed. Brother Zhao, please show me if it has patellated?"

"Paste?!" Zhao Hongtao shook his head when the fat man said this, and said, "Little fat man, do you know what patina is?"

"I know, isn't it just to play with the beads so shiny?" the fat man said.

"Glossy means patina? You wash it with water, beat it with wax, rub it with coconut oil, and apply it with leather shoe polish to make it shine..."

Zhao Hongtao said with a laugh and cry: "And the patina of cultural relics is different from cultural relics. Patina refers to the oxide layer formed by long-term oxidation on the surface of cultural relics. The older things are, the thicker the patina. Even if it is placed there, it will have a thick luster...

However, cultural relics are different. Cultural relics need to be played and wiped with hands. Thousands of times, rubbing the surface of these objects very smoothly, so it becomes illuminating. In addition, the oil and sweat on people's hands and bodies are attached to them. Over time, it has formed the unique patina of cultural relics...

Moreover, due to the different materials of cultural relics, the patina and color changes of the dry hand and sweat hand plate are also different. Fatty, do you know what color will be turned into in the end of this series of Star Moon Bodhi?"

"I don't have paint on my hand, so even if I play with it, isn't it still white?" The fat man looked at Xingyue who was held in his hand by Zhao Hongtao, and suddenly screamed strangely: "No, Brother Zhao, this thing will turn yellow, but in fact it's a little yellow now..."

"What you said is wrong. Yellow is just a stage in the process of changing color..."

Zhao Hongtao shook his head and said, "Your beads are good. The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, the star eyes are small, the density is high, the seeds are dry, it is real Hainan star moon, this kind of bead will turn dark red in the end. Look, it is similar to the color of my coffee table..."

Zhao Hongtao pointed to his coffee table and gave an example to the fat man, then said, "Vietnam, Guangxi and even Laos also produce stars and moons, but the quality is a little worse. As a result, the stars are unevenly distributed and the weight is much lighter than that of Hainan stars and moons. With more brans, it is easy to break down until the end of playing.

I personally recommend that you play Hainan Xingyue, but Hainan Xingyue is too few. Eighty or ninety percent of the stars and moons in the market are inferior to the good ones. The stars and moons on the stall you set up yesterday are all Vietnamese..."

Speaking of some current situations in cultural and play materials, Zhao Hongtao was also helpless. Not only the stars and moons, but also the Vajra Bodhi, Little Leaf Rosewood, Agarwood and even the more precious Hainan Huanghuali have some cheaper alternatives. Ordinary players do not have the professional knowledge to identify and often take medicine when they first enter the industry.

"It is actually not difficult to patina in Wenwan. Or is it better to use the kind of scrubbing towel in the bathhouse before playing with it, so that the porcelain can be hung soon..."

"Wait, Brother Zhao, what does hanging porcelain mean?" The fat man interrupted Zhao Hongtao's words.

"Hanging porcelain means polishing. This allows you to clean up some dirt on the surface of the stars and moon, and also lay the foundation for playing with these stars and moons..."

Zhao Hongtao knew that Fang Yi and Fatty had no foundation in cultural relics, so he was not in a hurry at the moment and continued: "Hanging porcelain will make the stars and moon appear bright, but it is a kind of thief light, and it will disappear soon. You also need to rub and play with clean hands every day...

After about a month, you will notice a bit stagnant when twisting the beads. At this time, place the beads for three or five days to give them a natural patina process. After three or five days, take them out and play with them...

After playing this repeatedly for a year, you can see the changes in the beads intuitively. If I don’t need to explain it, you can all tell what patina is. However, a year is just a starting point. If you want to play a string of beads to the extreme of opening a piece, it will take at least ten years to get more than ten years..."

Zhao Hongtao has been playing cultural relics for more than ten years. He is definitely a kind of ashes in the domestic cultural relics circle. With this Star Moon Bodhi alone, Zhao Hongtao has played four or five strings of films, and now they are sealed and placed in the cultural relics box at home.

"So it's going to take so long, then... If this star moon had been playing for so long, how much would it cost?"

After listening to Zhao Hongtao's explanation, the fat man was a little disappointed. He had no patience to play with something for so many years, but the fat man didn't give up completely. If this thing becomes very expensive after playing for a long time, he might be able to stick with it.

"You kid, you have been playing with a bunch of things for so many years. I have personal feelings. Who can bear to sell them?"
Chapter completed!