Rebirth 81: Being forced into marriage by my sister’s best friend at the beginning

But the strange thing about the old man's temper is that when discussing business with others, he will get confused with anger and directly quarrel with others.

After he finished what he was doing, he returned to the bar and said, "Brother, if you don't mind if I take a look at this thing."

"As you wish." Lin Ran waved his hand, indicating that he could look at it as he pleased.

The old man held him in the palm of his hand like a treasure and looked at it over and over.

"Young man, how do you like it?"

Instead of answering the question, the old man threw the question to Lin Ran.

Lin Ran explained the reason. Just after he left, he saw that the carvings on this piece were particularly interesting. He used his strengths and circumvented his weaknesses to carve a piece of ordinary jade with flaws into a fine paperweight, so he bought it.

"I see." The old man smiled, "You young people are really interesting."

"Well, old gentleman, can you tell me its origin now?" Lin Ran stared at the old man, and it could be seen from his eyes that he did know the origin of this thing.

However, at this time his weird temper broke out again.

"Don't you know its origin?"

"Would I still ask you if I knew it?" Yang Jianlong said angrily. He had changed the topic several times.

The old man smiled and said: "It's normal that you don't know. As for its origin, it actually has something to do with me."

He whetted their appetites again and did not continue.

But Yang Jianlong was very angry: "Uncle, do you know? If you don't know, don't waste our time."

"You young people are really interesting. If you want to know the origin of a cultural relic, you should ask an expert. Why do you dare to ask me?" He raised his eyebrows.

"Uncle, you..."

"Jianlong." Lin Ran told Yang Jianlong not to worry and listen to the old man finish his words slowly.

The old man obviously had no intention of continuing. At this time, Lin Ran said: "Uncle, in fact, you also know that experts can only make a guess, and in the antique industry, experts are just a concept. Just because they are authoritative figures in their field does not mean that what they say is the truth.”

"Furthermore, I think you are the most authoritative figure here. After all, you are the only one who sees the value of this jade paperweight, so I think you should be very clear about its origin."

Lin Ran's words were not flattery, the expert's identity did sound very special.

But when he himself was called an expert, he realized that experts are not omnipotent, and they also have areas they are good at and areas they don't understand.

Who is Lin Ran? He comes from the information age. Through the Internet, there is basically no cultural relic in the world that he doesn't know about.

But for this cultural relic, he had never seen relevant information on the Internet before.

Even he didn't know it clearly. The people who asked the museum probably didn't have more than ten years to study it thoroughly.

Now that there is an insider right in front of him, of course he must seize the opportunity to find out the situation.

After hearing this, the old man smiled and stroked his beard: "You kid is really not easy! You meet people and talk to each other."

He showed a happy expression, and then smiled: "Although I am not an expert, I still know the origin of this jade paperweight very well."

When it came out of his mouth, Yang Jianlong felt a little unconvinced and felt that he was just talking nonsense.

The old man picked up the jade paperweight and said, "You should have noticed that the quality of this jade is very ordinary, but the carving is quite exquisite."

"But the specific age is actually not easy to guess, because it is not a masterpiece by a famous artist, so it is difficult to accurately identify it."

At this moment, the old man picked up the jade paperweight and looked over it carefully.

"As the saying goes, diligence can make up for weakness, and good craftsmanship can also turn an ordinary piece of jade into a precious work of art."

On this point, he and Lin Ran had the same view.

"Actually, this is not a special treasure." The old man had a sad expression on his face.

"Have you seen this scene of a shepherd boy riding a bull and playing the fife?"

Yang Jianlong really couldn't understand what he was thinking, and said angrily: "We are not fools, we bought it just because we saw the fine carvings."

"You may not have experienced that time." The old man closed his eyes, and his childhood appeared in his mind.

"Before I entered the city, I was grazing cattle in the village. It was exactly the same as the scene above."

"This jade paperweight just reminds me of my childhood. In fact, I don't know its origin."

The old man suddenly changed the topic.

Yang Jianlong was so angry that he vomited blood. This man whetted their appetites and then told them that he didn't know either.

what is this?Are you kidding yourself?

He was so angry that he immediately wanted to pack up the jade paperweight and take it away.

"But, I can assure you that this jade paperweight is definitely a work from the early Qing Dynasty. As for which famous artist it is, you have to decide for yourself."

"Didn't you say before that you didn't know whose work it was?"

"Of course I don't know, I just have a guess in my mind." The old man smiled knowingly, then asked Lin Ran to stretch out his hand and drew a few strokes on his palm.

Lin Ran was slightly stunned. The old man had returned to his original unruly and unruly appearance.

Lin Ran took the jade paperweight from the old man's hand and put it into his bag.

He felt that this matter should be investigated as soon as possible.

Yang Jianlong originally wanted to tell the matter, but when he saw the old man's appearance, he gave up the idea.

Lin Ran took out some banknotes from his bag and handed them to the old man.

"This is my opinion, please accept it."

"Young man, I said before, I don't like these things you like." The old man waved his hand, turned around and said: "I just like tea, that's why I work here. I don't mean to be forced by money. Don’t get me wrong.”

"Then, thank you." Lin Ran said sincerely.

"Just take care of yourself."

The old man turned around and went to receive other guests.

Lin Ran and the two left with their things.

Yang Jianlong suddenly asked: "Godfather, what did he tell you?"

He saw the old man writing on Lin Ran's hand. Although he didn't know what he wrote, it was most likely the name of the carver.

Lin Ran actually felt a little unsure.

"It's just a guess."

But he was still quite happy, at least he had a direction.

"Jianlong, let's go to the library." Lin Ran said to him, "You should know where the library is, right?"

"This..." This was really embarrassing for Yang Jianlong. He had never been to the library before.

"It's okay, we'll take a taxi there."

The rain stopped, and Lin Ran had an idea.

They walked quickly towards the exit of Antique Street.