Chapter 098: Holding the Moon Bottle

Lao Yang is naturally not stupid. Since A San just said that this thing is worth 40,000 to 50,000 yuan, as long as he delays the time and waits for a while, the 50,000 yuan will definitely be indispensable. However, the problem is that Lao Yang doesn’t have the time to wait. If he hadn’t settled the gap of 40,000 yuan as soon as possible, he wouldn’t have hurriedly found both Xiao Liuzi and Jia Sidao. He himself has this money, but Lao Yang would never bet on such an antique.

Forty or fifty thousand, that's what A San said. For people like Lao Yang, antiques, five million or fifty dollars, don't look much different. I believe that this thing is valuable in my heart, but it's another matter to buy it with my own money.

As for what he said that he had done nothing for nothing, Jia Sidao and A San could only smile kindly when they heard this. I'm afraid the benefits of the employer are indispensable. Otherwise, how could Lao Yang be so active?

A San gestured to Jia Sidao. Jia Sidao knew how to put down the moon-holding bottle in his hand and said, "Although this thing looks like an old thing, it should not be a big problem. However, there seems to be some doubts about the color of the blue and white hair. It seems to be suspected of being the porcelain that was exported to the old items in Jingdezhen State-owned Enterprises in the early 1980s!"

"Imitation?" Asan frowned, after thinking for a moment, he took out the tools he carried with him and began to observe them seriously. Now that he thought about it, he was a little arrogant after the observation at the beginning. When Jia Sidao said this, not only Lao Yang, but also the porcelain owner who was squatting at the corner of the wall, was a little panicked, and seemed to be muttering: "How is it possible? The things from my brother-in-law's house should not be fake..."

Perhaps Lao Yang and Xiao Liuzi were all focused on A San's observation of porcelain, but they didn't pay much attention. However, Jia Sidao looked at the man in a bit surprised.

"How is it? It's really the same as Xiao Jia said, it was from the 1980s, right?" Lao Yang asked anxiously. If this is the case, let alone 40,000 yuan, it's probably not worth it.

"It's not easy to identify." Asan said hesitantly. Seeing Lao Yang's expression, he was indeed a little anxious. He thought about it and said, "Let's do this, why not find an expert in porcelain to identify it. Otherwise, as long as I told Xiao Jia, that would be uncountable."

Lao Yang could understand what A San said. After all, Lao Yang thought that if he was not a little older, how could he know how to identify old antiques and other old things? At least, most of the experts on TV are older. "But if you want to find an expert, it will cost a lot of money, right?"

While talking, Lao Yang looked at Xiao Liuzi. Xiao Liuzi smiled embarrassedly. He really spent a lot of money on that bowl. After seeing Xiao Liuzi's expression, you don't have to think about it. Is the "patient visit" fee expensive for the experts? Unless you have something to do. Thinking of this, Lao Yang couldn't help but look at A San.

If you want to say that the San introduced by Jia Sidao in the first sentence is a local man in the antique industry, it has caused a lot of hope to make Lao Yang feel.

"Asan, if you see this thing like it, you might as well take it yourself." Jia Sidao knew that at this time, the temperature should be almost the same, so he put forward his own opinion. When Lao Yang heard this, his eyes lit up. He nodded naturally and said, "Yes, if you are optimistic about this thing, then just take it away. Anyway, we don't understand."

"But, at this price,..." Asan looked at the Moon Bottle.

"You can watch it." Old Yang said, and glanced at the owner of the Baoyue Ping Land casually. At this moment, he was also looking forward to A San's reaction. You know, the price given by A San directly determines whether he can go out safely.

Perhaps feeling his gaze, A San pointed at him and said, "How much does he owe?"

"It's almost 40,000 yuan." Old Yang said casually. Then he signaled a subordinate with his eyes. The man immediately took out a note from his pocket and looked at it. Then he replied, "Brother Yang, this kid owes 38,009 yuan."

"Then I'll just make up an integer and give it 40,000 yuan. Look, how about it?" Asan thought for a while and said to Lao Yang. Instead, he looked at the expression of the owner of the Moon Biao. He saw that the other party seemed very grateful and almost knelt down and kowtowed to Asan a few times.

"Okay." Lao Yang clapped his hands and agreed readily. Then, he walked to the man, pulled him, asked him to stand up, and said, "Can't you go over and write a document?"

The man responded loudly, walked to the desk, and wrote a document to Ah San for transferring the Boyue Bottle for 40,000 yuan. Jia Sidao glanced at the price on it and knew that the traditional Chinese characters were written. This made Jia Sidao even more sure of his previous guess. When he looked at the person in front of him again, he couldn't help but have more thoughts. Then, everything became simple. Ah San led the people to withdraw the money, and Lao Yang returned the IOU to the man and asked him to leave. The extra thousand yuan was naturally distributed to the few gangsters around him, which was a hard work.

The original owner of the Moon Bottle didn't even dare to say "No" and had to thank him all the way out of the room.

Jia Sidao couldn't help but smile bitterly, pretending to be unintentional and asked Lao Yang about the situation of the people and the land. Lao Yang also told the truth. He should be a native of Henan, named Liu Zekun, who came to work on the coast. However, he is a good person to bet. So, the winning or losing in this casino was not something he could have expected in advance. Not only did he lose all his capital, he also borrowed usury and owed such a sum of money.

What surprised Jia Sidao even more was that this was the second time he lost and had no money to repay the loan. Last time he called back to his hometown and moved the money temporarily. This time, he was very tough and refused to call back if he died.

Jia Sidao thought, he must have no face to talk to his family.

"Brother, I won't say much if you are polite. This time, I'll thank you guys for yours." At this time, Lao Yang's mind completely relaxed, as if he had a worry. Looking at Jia Sidao, A San, and Xiao Liuzi, his face was also happy, and finally he suggested going out for a meal.

Jia Sidao and A San declined with a smile. After looking at the Moon Bottle in A San's arms, Old Yang smiled knowingly, and did not force him. He said that he would find another opportunity to have a drink in the future, and then sent A San and Jia Sidao out.

After walking for a while and taking a taxi back to A San's house, Jia Sidao patted A San's shoulder angrily and said, "Okay, A San, even I'm planning this time."

"Hehe, how can I do it? I can't do it." Asan said clearly, "If otherwise, when I take this item, we will share the money I earn?" This moon bottle, whether it is from the late Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China, is considered to be a fine product in the folk kiln based on its blue and white hair color and shape. What Jia Sidao said before was probably made in Jingdezhen, but it was in the 1980s, and it was a bit of it for Asan to bargain.

"Okay, since you accepted it, why would I have the nerve to get it?" Jia Sidao gave A San a blank look and said, "But a treat is indispensable."

"That's natural." A San first put the moon-carrying bottle into his study. Jia Sidao followed him in and looked at it. There were quite a lot of porcelain inside, bottles and jars. There were all kinds of moon-carrying bottles, plum bottles, and pen washes.

"No need to look at it, it's all a bit of slight things, just keep them for a souvenir." Asan said, "All of them are probably not as valuable as this one." Speaking of which, Asan's eyesight on porcelain may be greatly influenced by Mr. Wei, and he is quite skilled. Unfortunately, his luck is really not very good, and he never has the opportunity to find a bargain. No wonder this time, after falling in love with this Moon Holding Bottle, he secretly signaled Jia Sidao and asked Jia Sidao to help bargain.

We discussed the collection of porcelain with A San. In A San's eyes, if we want to collect it, it is necessary to be a treasure. Secondly, the utensils must be complete. For example, the broken pen wash that Jia Sidao collected before, in A San's eyes, even if it is repaired, no matter how skillful the repair technique is, it is still a defective product.

Such insights are particularly deeply rooted in the generation of Mr. Wei.

Of course, it is not that such porcelain has no value. In the antique market, and even in some auctions, there are many broken porcelains, and there are many selling at sky-high prices. It can only be said that they are just different personal opinions.

"By the way, Brother Jia, you should have read a lot of information about porcelain in this joke, right?" Seeing Jia Sidao nodding, A San said with a smile, "Then I'll test you. Do you know when this Moon Bottle started to appear?"

"Haha, underestimate me, aren't you?" Jia Sidao was amused and said, "If I remember correctly, the appearance of this moon-bearing bottle was originally derived from the pottery horse-hanging bottle that was popular in the Western Xia period in the Song and Yuan dynasties. It was double-teamed and used to hang it on the side of the saddle. It is a very ethnic feature."

"Oh, it's not bad." A San praised. The two of them joked, and then talked about Jia Sidao's plans for collection. Jia Sidao could only respond casually: "It's better to look at the opportunity. For the time being, I'm more interested in porcelain. However, this kind of interest also needs to be accumulated slowly. I think that in the process of collecting, through these antiques, presenting history in front of my eyes little by little will make my heart particularly pious."

I looked at the numerous porcelains in A San's study again, and for a moment, I felt quite moved.
Chapter completed!