Chapter 117: News from the Antique Market

For the whole afternoon, Jia Sidao was thinking about what the drawing on the paper meant.

If you just look at its simple and crude handwriting, it should be a whim, and it seems to be a relatively hasty work in writing, especially the route of a few strokes, which makes people completely confused when they look at it. The only handwriting is the three words "Shenlong Temple". With these three words as the introductory, Jia Sidao searched the Internet and didn't know it. When he saw it, he was shocked and could only show a wry smile on his face.

It’s not because there are no such temples, but because there are too many.

Not to mention the thousand-eight hundred, there are still more than a dozen or twenty, and they are distributed all over the country. If you have to search for each place in person, God knows when will it take to find the Shenlong Temple painted on the paper? Moreover, if you can't go to the field for a field investigation on this paper, just the pictures of several buildings of a certain Shenlong Temple that occasionally appear on the Internet will be difficult to confirm.

Jia Sidao even felt that the Shenlong Temple in this picture seemed to be a ruin, and seemed to have been artificially destroyed. If it were a famous scenic spot, it would have been renovated in this year, right? Now, the tourism economy is now advocated.

If there really is something good hidden in the temple, I am afraid that someone will have discovered it long ago. How could it be Jia Sidao's turn to find a bargain?

He held the root carving and weighed it back and forth in his hand for a few times. Apart from the image of the Great Asura King, even though the root carving was still a little hideous after it split into two halves, there was no special discovery for the others.

And the chicken-blooded red jadeite that made Jia Sidao happy seemed to give Jia Sidao a reminder.

First, the maker knew that this piece of jade was of high value and wanted to hide it in the root carving; second, that is, the jade had some connection with the address of the painting on paper; third, it was a joke used by our ancestors to fool future generations.

After thinking about it, Jia Sidao thought that the second point was more realistic. To talk about this first point, the texture of this red jade has indeed reached the level of ice type, and the color of the chicken blood red is very bright, which makes people fall in love with it when they see it. Especially for women, if they suddenly see such red jade, they will be more beautiful. However, in terms of its value and market circulation, ice-type red jade is naturally not as good as glass-type green jade, and it is such a small thing. Jia Sidao thought that he should not have specially created a root carving to preserve it.

Especially, there is an inexplicable "map" stored here.

However, the third point is quite possible. There were many interesting people in ancient China. Although modern people occasionally make some pranks, who can guarantee that the ancient people won’t be able to do it?

Otherwise, I wouldn't have made a big Asura-shaped root carving, right?

Jia Sidao put away the paper and small pieces of red jade, then split the root carving again, at least concealing the existence of the hollow part in the middle. Then, naturally, he planned to find someone familiar with root carvings and ask about the time of the production of this thing.

Only by determining its age and looking at what kind of "Shenlong Temple" were there at that time. No matter whether the secret hidden on this paper was encountered by me, Jia Sidao thought that even if he took some time to untie it, it would be a very interesting thing.

Isn’t it just so fun to collect?

The next morning, Jia Sidao came to the antique market in Shenwan. The place was not very big, but it was also lively. Especially the many stalls selling porcelain. However, after Jia Sidao hurriedly looked at a few stores, most of these things were tourism products in his eyes. Looking at the surrounding people's heads, Jia Sidao could only smile bitterly.

There are really any customer, there are any kind of products.

Not to mention the special changes that will bring to the antique market after the popularity is high, hawkers who sell things are still very happy to see such a situation. Moreover, when encountering people who don’t know anything, things are easy to take action. Especially those novices who have only a few understandings but do not fully understand, as long as they make old things and match their cognition in a certain place, they will one-sidedly think that the thing is right and that they should have found a vacancy. When the price is offered, it will definitely make the vendors smile.

Seeing that both sellers and buyers were almost always happy. Even some fake things, commonly known as "road goods", could be sold at a good price. The buyers were so proud that they could express their feelings. Jia Sidao had to shrugged and started shopping in this antique market.

When it comes to Taobao, the word "tao" is the key.

In those stores, Jia Sidao is not interested in watching it yet. The things there are either outrageously expensive or come to those tourists. They are marked as modern products, and they are sold by similar shapes or exquisite appearances.

Jia Sidao naturally likes to agree with such a store. He does not deceive or cheat, even if the price is a little inflated, but the buyer knows that what he wants to buy is an explanation, just like buying some ordinary handicrafts, there are not so many false ingredients in it.

Of course, Jia Sidao naturally would not be satisfied with tourism products and kept them as a commemoration or something. Relatively speaking, those small open-air stalls may better reflect the true taste of the word "Tao" for collectors!

After walking a few steps, I saw a middle-aged woman in a simple dress holding a mirror in her hand, with a slightly anxious expression. She stood by a vendor stall and looked around. Her rather nervous look naturally aroused Jia Sidao's curiosity.

As soon as we got closer, the middle-aged woman finally came. After handing out the mirror in her hand, she said: "The child at home is studying in college in Zhejiang and has not come back during the summer vacation. She said she wanted to work and earn some living expenses for the postgraduate entrance examination. However, where do parents know in advance that the child is going to take the postgraduate entrance examination, and there is no preparation for the cost. So, she had to take out a bronze mirror left by the elders in the family and want to come and sell it to see if she can raise the child's tuition for the second half of the year."

Jia Sidao looked at the mirror in his hand and saw that the mirror of the bronze mirror was still quite patina. Perhaps because of the fact that the collection was not very proper, it was slightly damaged and not very complete. As for the back and around the edges of the mirror, it was shining brightly, completely showing the color of the bronze mirror, which was more natural.

The so-called mirror Nuxuan pattern, from the perspective of craftsmanship, belongs to the typical Liao and Jin craftsmanship, especially the two fish on the back of the mirror, which is a relief. This is quite rare in the impression of Jia Sidao's ancient mirrors, which is not very complete.

While playing with it, Jia Sidao asked inadvertently: "Sister, what university does your child study in Zhejiang?"

"Oh, you're still afraid that I'm lying. My daughter is very successful. She is studying at Zhejiang University of Science and Technology in Hangzhou." The middle-aged woman saw Jia Sidao looking at her bronze mirror, which seemed to be buying. She smiled a little on her face and said, "My daughter's grades in school are good. In their class, there were only two people who could go to the key line. If my daughter hadn't thought of going to the coastal area to see the world while she was studying, her old man and I wouldn't want her to go to Zhejiang. By the way, little brother, how much is this mirror worth?"

"This?" Jia Sidao signaled the bronze mirror in his hand and said, "I don't know very well. I have confiscated the bronze mirror."

Jia Sidao is to be honest, and from the tone of middle-aged women, he seems to be very familiar with Hangzhou University of Science and Technology. Speaking of which, although Jia Sidao is an authentic Zhejiang native, he has only heard of this university. The others are not very clear.

"If I could sell for 6,000 or 7,000, I'll take action." After hearing Jia Sidao's words, the middle-aged woman seemed a little disappointed. "Otherwise, it wouldn't be enough to block the holes in the funds anyway, so it would be boring to sell it. It would be better to go to a relative's house to borrow some first."

"Haha, if the things are right, six or seven thousand is not a problem." Jia Sidao comforted her. Moreover, weighing the bronze mirror in her hand, if it is really the Pisces mirror in the Liaojin bronze mirror, it should be priced at ten thousand words. "Let's do this, if you really need money in urgent need, I will collect it for 5,000 yuan, how about it?"

"Five thousand is too little. At least six thousand five." The middle-aged woman said.

"Then let me think about it carefully." Jia Sidao was scrutinizing, and a person came over and said, "Ah, Pisces mirror? This is a good thing." As he said that, he came to Jia Sidao and wanted to pass by. Perhaps seeing Jia Sidao still looking, he shrank his hand back embarrassedly and asked the middle-aged woman: "Big girl, how much does this thing cost?"

"Sister, I'm sorry, this little brother is watching this thing." The middle-aged woman's answer was very kind.

Jia Sidao looked up and looked at the person. He was also a woman, but at age, he was obviously older than the owner of the bronze mirror. Looking at her tone of speaking, Jia Sidao thought to himself, shouldn't he meet someone who knows what he knows?

Speaking of which, this bronze mirror is not expensive for 6,500 yuan. Besides, the owner of the bronze mirror has a simple and kind style in his words, which makes people appreciate it. Jia Sidao was about to agree. But when he saw the elder sister later, for a moment, in Jia Sidao's mind, the appearance of the two people in front of him always felt a little imagination.
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