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The old uncle searched for a while on the bookshelf, then pulled out a rather heavy book from above, and walked over holding it.

Yang Jin recognized this book, it was a set of books that my grandfather made by himself after a long time. That's right, I didn't buy this book, it was made by my grandfather bit by bit.

There are five volumes in this set of books, all of which are about paper. Yang Jing read a lot when he was young, but there were only three volumes in this set of books at that time, and the last two volumes were written in the two years before Grandpa’s illness from.

Fortunately, Yang Jing often read these books when he was a child, otherwise he would not be able to see the five pages of Song and Shu engravings in Hua Jian Ji today.

These five books are all introductions and analyzes of paper that appeared in ancient my country. In addition to photos and some paper samples, the contents of the book are the characteristics and subtle differences of these papers summed up by my grandfather himself.

According to my grandfather, the reason why it took more than 20 years to produce these five books is that when my grandfather went to the Diling Ghost Market, which first appeared in Tianqu, one day in the 1980s, he made an eye-opener. Take medicine and buy a fake painting.

Yang Jing has also seen that painting, and that painting has been hanging in this room all along.

Yang Jing involuntarily looked up at the painting that had been hanging next to the bookshelf.

The painting is an ink painting. Two little birds stand on two crossed branches. One bird is looking at something with its head up, while the other bird is lowering its head and trimming its feathers with its beak.

Although the picture is very simple, Yang Jing knows that this painting is not simple. If this painting is authentic, then the value will be great.

This painting was historically painted by Zhu Da, a Badashanren. As for Zhu Da's paintings, the average auction price per square foot at the auction has exceeded 4 million national currency!

It is a pity that although the painting looks lifelike, it is a fake.

This painting called Picture of Birds Coming from Dead Wood was once collected by Feng Kanghou, a famous calligrapher, painter and seal engraver, and collector, and later by Wang Jiqian, a famous calligrapher, painter, and collector. It has never been among the people.

On the authentic work of Picture of Birds Coming from Dead Wood, there is Mr. Feng Kanghou's old title: Picture of Bada Shanren's Birds Coming to Tong, he mistaken the two birds for starlings, and the dead wood for tung trees, and did not see Bada's own title. What people know is also limited.

It means that after he collected this painting, he mistakenly took the two birds in the painting for starlings, and the two dead branches for sycamore trees, so he gave this painting such a name.

Later, after this painting was collected by Mr. Wang Jiqian, Mr. Wang made an inscription and postscript for this painting, and printed the seal of appreciation on the painting.

It was in 1986 when my grandfather bought this fake. According to my grandfather, he met an old man with a southern accent in the ghost market that first appeared in Tianqu, that is, Diling Ghost Market. The old man was in his sixties and was well dressed. Coupled with the mandarin of Hong Kong Island, one can tell at a glance that this old man should be a compatriot from Hong Kong Island.

At that time, my grandfather was very curious, so he asked the old man what he was doing in this ghost market. The old man said that he was from Hong Kong Island and was planning to go to Beijing for business, but because of his greedy mouth, he was attracted by Tianqu's grilled chicken, so he stayed in Tianqu for two days. He also heard that there is a ghost market here, so he came to visit the ghost market early in the morning.

The grandfather in 1986 was also fifty years old. The age difference between the two people was not much different, and then they chatted. As a result, during the chat, the old man inadvertently revealed that he had a picture of Zhu Da's The Picture of Birds Coming from Dead Wood in his hand. , which was left after the death of the old man in the family. Apart from doing business, he came to Beijing this time to sell this painting.

When my grandfather heard the news, he immediately became interested. After talking again, he learned that the old man was the eldest son of Feng Kanghou, a famous calligrapher, painter and seal engraver on Hong Kong Island who died in 1983. The Picture of Birds Coming from Dead Wood was Mr. Feng Kanghou A painting left to his son after his death.

The old man liked painting and calligraphy very much, so he begged the old man to see the painting.

In the 1980s, the land of China had just experienced turmoil, and many precious ancient paintings and calligraphy were burned during that turbulent era. Now that the old man has the opportunity to see Zhu Da's paintings, he can't bear it.

Originally, the old man did not agree, but the grandfather begged for help, and the old man reluctantly agreed. In the end, my grandfather didn't even go to work that day, so he followed the old man to the Tianqu Municipal Party Committee Guest House.

In fact, at the beginning, my grandfather was a little skeptical about the old man's identity. After all, when I was a child, my grandfather often visited the ghost market in Forty-Nine City with the elders in the family, and he was very aware of some tricks. As a result, when he saw that he lived here, his doubts immediately disappeared.

In those days, the people who could live in the municipal party committee guest house were not ordinary people, not to mention ordinary people, who couldn't even enter the gate. There were really armed police soldiers standing guard at the gate. This old man can live here, at least there is no problem with his identity.

In the hotel room, my grandfather saw the Picture of Birds Coming from Dead Wood.

Because I don't have much doubt about the old man's identity in my heart, and the painting is really impeccable, my grandfather saw it several times and didn't find any faults, so he fell in love with this painting and proposed to buy it. Download the picture.

But the price of this painting was quite expensive even in the 1980s. The old man said that his grandfather could not afford this painting, and his grandfather did not have so much money at that time. After all, even in that era, this painting was the least expensive. It costs millions of Hong Kong dollars. Grandpa is just an ordinary worker. How could he afford this painting?

As a result, grandpa was irritated by the old man, and immediately took off a piece of Hetian jade token that his grandfather had left him.

According to my grandfather later, the jade plaque was genuine Hetian jade. Although it was not up to the level of Ziyu, it was also a genuine mountain and river material. And the most important thing is that that jade plaque is a family heirloom of his old Li family. It has been handed down from his grandfather's generation, and the jade plaque alone has been dished for hundreds of years.

This kind of jade medal from Wenpan is extremely valuable, perhaps not worth a million Hong Kong dollars, but it is estimated that it is not much worse.

In that era, although Hetian jade was also more valuable, the more valuable was the jade that came out of the plate, especially the jade that came out of the Wen plate was even more valuable.

If Grandpa didn't really like that painting, he wouldn't have brought out this family heirloom.

The jade plaque really touched the old man's heart, so in the end, the grandfather exchanged the jade plaque for the painting.

If this painting was Zhu Da's authentic work, then such an exchange would be considered fair and appropriate, but the problem is that this painting is a fake.

Grandpa happily carried the painting home and admired it for several days, but one day he suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. So my grandfather asked an old friend to help him take a look at the painting. As a result, that old friend of my grandfather also said something was wrong after seeing the painting.

In the end, my grandfather found the old curator of Tianqu Museum for help. The old curator was also a master in the circle. After checking for a long time, he decided that the painting was a fake.

The painting itself is very good, and there are no flaws at all. The old curator saw the problem on the drawing paper.

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