Jianbao Lingyan

When the appointed time came, Xu Wei sent a message to Wu Pan at the public phone booth, telling him that he had left the house and would arrive at the school gate in half an hour.

When Xu Wei arrived at the gate of the Conservatory of Music, Wu Pan was already waiting for him with a handkerchief, wiping his sweaty brow.

"Brother Fat, it's only ten o'clock, it's not hot, why are you sweating so much?" Xu You felt that something was wrong with Wu Pan, could it be because he was sick?

Wu Pan chuckled, "It's okay, it's been like this since I was a child, the doctor said it was because of my physique." After speaking, he led Xu Wei to a parking place, where a taxi was waiting, "Brother, let me tell you the truth. , I’m really anxious.” The two got into the car, and Wu Pan hurriedly said to the driver, “Huixin Garden Community.”

Wu Pan's home is about an hour's drive away from the school. It can be seen that Wu Pan has put in a lot of experience in order to attend classes, and he obviously really loves learning.

Hearing the name, Xu You thought that Wu Pan's family lived in a building unique to the city, but after getting off the car, Wu Pan led Xu You to the back of the city building, where there was a row of buildings that were incompatible with the city. two-story townhouse.

"Come on, come in, there is an electric fan in the room, it's cool." Wu Pan's family is on the second floor of a row building, the leading family.

Xu Wei walked in curiously, but the journey was a bit difficult, the corridors were full of all kinds of bags and boxes.

"It's a bit chaotic outside, and everyone is thinking about moving recently." Wu Pan helped Xu You into the house, and explained a little embarrassedly.

"What's the matter? The place where I live is also an old house, similar to here."

"That's good, that's right, mom, mom. There are guests at home, you cut up the watermelon I bought yesterday." Wu Pan yelled into the back room, and heard a very hearty voice inside He replied, "I saw you as soon as you went upstairs, and they are cutting."

"Then hurry up."

"I know, Fatty, you should say hello first."

Aunt Wu is a middle-aged woman with a slightly fat figure. She looks very rustic in the eyes of urban people, but she is very neat and hardworking.

"Here comes the watermelon, eat it quickly. Oh, I said you are fat. Where did you cheat this kid? You look like a good kid." Xu You has the kind of appearance that the older generation prefers, and the current Young people are much worse.For young people, it's a bit out of touch with the times, but for older generations, it's definitely a popular type.

"Oh, mom, what are you talking about? This is a classmate from the night school. I'm going to ask someone to help me look at the box at our house today, so I can sell it." Wu Pan picked up a piece of watermelon and stuffed it into Xu Er's hand In the middle of the night, I took another piece and handed it to Aunt Wu, and took a small piece for myself, and swallowed it in two mouthfuls, "Oh, I finally came back to life."

"No matter what you say, you are not afraid of being laughed at." Aunt Wu patted Wu Pan, and then said to Xu Wei, "You are classmate Xu, right? My family is fat. I have been telling me about you for the past few days. Learn from the best."

"Auntie, you can just call me Xiaoer, that's what everyone in the family calls me." Xu Wei scratched her head embarrassedly when she heard the other party praise him.

"Okay, I'll call you Xiao Er. Xiao Er, don't be too polite, eat more, there is no refrigerator at home, if you don't eat it, it will go bad."

Xu Wei quickly wiped out the watermelon in his hand, and said to Wu Pan, "Brother Fat, let's look at things first. I've been thinking about it since you told me."

Wu Pan wiped another piece and wiped his mouth, "Success, I'm actually in a hurry too, hehe."

Aunt Wu saw that the two of them were going to study serious business, so she quickly cleared the only table in the house. Wu Pan entered the room, moved out a rattan box about one and a half meters long, one meter wide, and one meter high, and put it on the ground .

Wu Pan took a key from his neck and opened the rattan box. Most of the contents were placed in plastic boxes.

Wu Pan opened the boxes one by one, took out the contents and put them on the table.The dining table, which was originally not big, was filled with things in a short while.

Xu Wei was not even willing to blink his eyes and looked at the things on the table. He had to say that Wu Pan's family deserved the poor quality back then. A table full of authentic antiques glowed with lights of various colors and sizes. Halo, after a preliminary look, Xu Wei found that there is not a single thing without a halo.

Xu You swallowed, "Fat brother, can you tell me what your family used to do?"

Xu Wei suspected that after his great-great-grandfather's house was run down, there were not so many things left behind. This table of antiques, and even some antique shops may not have so many real things.

"A businessman, he was an official in the Qing Dynasty before, and I don't remember what his name is." Wu Pan thought it was funny when he saw Xu Wei's appearance, "Brother, are these antiques? Is it enough for me to buy a decent house?" ?”

"That depends on what kind of decent house you want to buy," Xu Wei carefully picked up the closest bracelet with the best color.

Eighteen eyeball-like beads, evenly sized, are strung on a bracelet with a complicated network. On the bright yellow beads, there is a red dot. The color is bright, and it feels smooth and delicate.

"Xiaoer, what is that? My aunt was shocked when she first saw it. It looks like eyeballs. It's evil." Aunt Wu watched Xu Er pick up the skewer that she didn't like all the time. asked.

"This, how should I put it, is a good thing. Auntie thinks the evil nature is right. Its raw material is the skull of a bird produced in Southeast Asia. Let's put it this way, there is a saying in the antique world called 'one red two Black three white', black is talking about rhino horns, white is talking about ivory, you should have heard of these two things."

"I've heard, I've heard, a colleague of mine went to Africa and bought an ornament made of ivory. It cost tens of thousands of dollars, and it was just as big as a fist. But it was intercepted by the customs, saying it was smuggled and protected. Animals or something." Wu Pan said happily when he heard that he knew about it, "I've also heard about that rhino horn, saying it's the same as ivory, and it won't be hunted. If you catch it, you'll be shot."

"Oh, is that the same as that one? Oh, hide it quickly, don't be caught." Aunt Wu became flustered when she heard this.

"It's okay, this is not a modern thing at first glance, don't worry, my aunt, the person that the fat brother said is a modern product, and these things that were made in ancient times are not counted." Seeing Aunt Wu's appearance, Xu Wei quickly explained.

"That's right, that colleague also said that the Customs made an appraisal and said it was a modern handicraft, so it was detained."

When Aunt Wu heard her son say this, she patted her chest, "That's good, this is also a protected animal, right? Worth more than an elephant?"

"It's worth the money. This kind of bird is extinct. The ancients called it the Crane's Dinghong. Of course, it's not the same as the Crane's Dinghong in the novel. This kind of bird is already extinct." Xu Er put down the bracelet and explained. road.

"Oh, that's a pity." Wu Pan nodded, picked up the bracelet, "How much can it sell for?"

"The appearance is pretty good. It is well preserved and there is no defect. From the perspective of craftsmanship, it should be from the middle Qing Dynasty, probably three to five thousand." Xu Wei felt that he was someone who had seen money, so he spoke with confidence.

In fact, people who play antiques have a tendency. If they like that kind, they will buy it for any amount of money. If they don’t like it, although they may buy it home, they will never put it down.

Xu You doesn't like this kind of thing, it's boring to make things with parts of animals.But Xu You couldn't say exactly why it was boring.

"Yeah, it's quite valuable. Take this mother with you for a few days and pretend to be rich." Three to five thousand is a lot, but for Wu Pan who wants to buy a house now, it's a drop in the bucket, like a worthless one.

Aunt Wu patted Wu Pan on the head, took the bracelet carefully, and scolded with a smile: "You brat, I'm not afraid of being robbed." Then she carefully put the bracelet into a small box.

"Let's look at other things." Wu Pan didn't say anything, but in his heart he still pinned his hope of buying a house on this "broken" box.Otherwise, with the house price in Shanghai and Wu Pan's salary, he would only earn a toilet for his whole life.

Xu You looked at the table again, and picked up a box with a larger halo and a brighter one. From experience, this kind of box is generally more valuable.

Xu Er has done some calculations, and basically the things with bigger halos are more valuable, and the brighter the things, the clearer the dreams generally contained in them.

It was a bright octagonal red peony box with a diameter of about one meter and an orange-red halo.

The diameter of the whole box is about 24 centimeters, and [-] beautiful peonies with different postures and connected flowers and leaves are carved on it.

The whole box is composed of the lid and the box body, the color is slightly dark red, but you can see the style of the year.

Xu Wei carefully opened the lid of the box, and saw that inside were nine small square boxes of average size, all of which were carved with double-linked peony patterns with red-picking techniques, each with a different pattern, giving a sense of magnificence.

"This is the only thing I know what it's for. It's a box. It holds things." Wu Pan said with a smile when he saw Xu Er pick up the box, which he thought was the most common.

"Well, it's for holding things." Xu Wei nodded, Wu Pan was right, when this thing was made, it was indeed for holding things.

"If Fat Brother wants to use it to hold things in the future, he must not hold food. If he holds some jewelry, emeralds, or diamonds, it can be regarded as not buried in it."

"What, Xiao Er, you can hurt your brother and me. I have the money to buy these things? If I have money, I will buy a house." Wu Pan glared at Xu You, thinking that the other party was teasing him, but seeing Xu You You looked serious, but his heart was pounding, "Brother, what kind of box is this, is it worth it?"

"By the way, fat brother, how much is the house now? In fact, I also want to buy a house. The house I live with my brother is rented."

Xu Wei suddenly remembered that he didn't know the house price yet, so he asked Wu Pan who was buying a house.

"That depends on where you buy a house. Cheaper ones, such as Pudong, are about 2000 yuan per square meter. They are all better locations, but in Puxi, it is at least 60 yuan. For villas, it is about 50 yuan. Just in case." Although Wu Pan was in a hurry, Xu Wei asked him and he told him everything he knew, "I'm interested in a Pudong one and a Puxi one, and the Pudong one is bigger and has a garden. Mom can grow grapes or something, but it is too far away from where I work, and there is nothing there. Puxi is a high-rise second floor, more than [-] square meters, small but close to my company, and in the urban area, you can buy everything Convenient. They are all about the same price, around [-] yuan."

10 yuan, my savings seems not enough, Xu Wei calculated, I sold more than 2 Xuantong copper coins a few days ago, plus the money from my family, I earned about [-].Xu You, who had never looked at bank deposits, calculated a figure that he thought was correct.

"Then you will probably be able to buy a house." Xu Wei compared what he had seen and heard on Dongtai Road, and said a price that he thought was more reliable, "About 12, you can say more when asking the price Buyers and sellers of antiques like to haggle, once you say a higher price, the other party says a lower price, and then the two bargain with each other, basically you can get a middle price."

How many? 12?Just this box?

"Brother, are you serious? 12, this box?" Wu Pan couldn't believe his ears and asked.

Aunt Wu was also taken aback. Two days ago, she thought the box was pretty good. When some relatives came, she used it to pack snacks and entertain others.

"The red lacquer ware from the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty is in good condition, and it is still a complete set, and the style is also good-looking. I know that there were better ones than this one at the autumn auction last year. At that time, it was sold for 20 yuan. Yours is a little bit worse. Send it to the auction house. If you pay the handling fee, it's about 12 yuan." Xu Wei nodded, and actually liked the box, but it was too expensive to afford.

Wu Pan took the box, and quickly asked Aunt Wu to put the cloth bag on it so that it wouldn't bump into it.

"Others, let's see what else is valuable." With the house money, Wu Pan's mood suddenly became very good, and he pointed to the things on the table, and he was not as anxious as before.