361. The strange thing about 60-year-old tangerine peel
As soon as he got the tangerine peel, Li Xiao subconsciously felt something was wrong, because the weight of the tangerine peel was too heavy.
Generally speaking, after many years of air-drying, the moisture of tangerine peel will be completely drained, and the weight will be reduced little by little.
However, this piece of tangerine peel is quite heavy on the hand. The finished product of the same size is similar to the 30-year-old tangerine peel that Li Xiao held for the first time just now.
However, when he put the tangerine peel under the tip of his nose and smelled it, he could not detect even a trace of smell coming out of it.
The older the tangerine peel is, the more restrained its flavor will be, because the easily volatile smell has already evaporated away in the baptism of time.
Moreover, the color and texture of this tangerine peel are far more than 30 years old.
No wonder the old man was doubtful about this piece of tangerine peel.
He looked left and right at the tangerine peel in his hand. For a moment, Li Xiao couldn't tell how old the tangerine peel was.
The weight looks like it's 30 years old, but the color looks like it's 40 years old, and the taste looks like it's over 50 years old.
This strange phenomenon gave Li Xiao a bold conjecture: making things old.
This craft is quite popular in the collecting world.
Of course, what everyone is probably most familiar with is the counterfeiting of antiques.
Turn modern handicrafts into ancient antiques.
Handicrafts that were originally worth only a few dozen yuan immediately became worth hundreds of thousands, and there are many schools of distressing techniques.
There are countless methods such as acid washing, pickling acid, seeding acid, alkalization method, and dealkalization method.
What everyone probably hears the most is:
One ladle of Qing, two ladles of Song, and three ladles back to the cave at the top of the mountain!
This is the most commonly heard method, and it is actually the most common old-fashioned technique.
Because this old-fashioned method is simple to operate, short in time, and requires low manpower and cost.
Adding sulfuric acid to a special solution and pouring it on bronze and silver products can cause huge changes in the surface of these metal products.
Of course, some more sophisticated people will buy pickled antiques and put them in the soil to give them a smell of earth.
And burying it in the soil can also allow the chemical substances on the surface to decompose and combine with the microorganisms in the soil, making it more ancient.
However, the above are all low-level tricks and can only be sold at some street stalls or small shops.
It can only be used to deceive customers who visit tourist attractions and are curious and have little discernment.
Of course, there are some more rigorous dealers in distressing.
They would even put some modern antiques into the carcasses of cats or dogs, bury the two together in the soil and wait for months or even years.
In this way, antiques have both earthy and bloody smells, and a sense of age.
In this way, the old antiques will suddenly change from modern to hundreds of years ago, and their value will immediately increase dozens of times.
Unless you are an expert, you will be disappointed with such carefully forged antiques.
Of course, as long as you have enough experience, you can still tell the difference between real old antiques and distressed antiques from some subtle points.
And the piece of dark tangerine peel in front of her gave Li Xiao this feeling.
Tangerine peel is good tangerine peel, but the fragrance, appearance and weight cannot be matched by the three.
If there is something that can do it, the easiest possibility is that it is a piece of tangerine peel that has been carefully crafted by a master of counterfeiting.
Seeing Li Xiao lost in thought, the old man was smug and seemed to finally feel happy because the other person was hit by him.
I was silent for a long time, but unfortunately I was sure that I couldn't judge whether the tangerine peel in front of me was real or fake based on three external factors, let alone its specific age.
He spoke softly:
"This tangerine peel is a bit strange. Can you give me a little taste? I only need a little."
Li Xiao stretched out his nails to indicate that only a small amount was needed.
The old man was not surprised that Li Xiao would make such a request.
Because it is really difficult to judge this strange piece of tangerine peel based on its appearance and smell.
The old man nodded:
"Wait a minute, I have some small pieces here."
After saying that, he picked through the box and found a piece of tangerine peel that was only half the size of a fingernail and placed it on Li Xiao's hand.
Li Xiao didn't pay attention to the old man's fussing, after all, this thing was really not cheap at all.
The two parties haven't started trading yet, so the old man can give him such a small piece of tangerine peel, which is more expensive than gold, to taste, which is quite generous.
After all, if this piece of dark tangerine peel is really more than 60 years old, its price will be three times that of gold.
So just for such a small piece of tangerine peel, which is about half the size of a fingernail, the price is several hundred yuan higher.
Li Xiao displayed a small piece of black tangerine peel in front of the audience:
"Good guy, this small piece costs hundreds of yuan. It can be said to be the most expensive tangerine peel I have ever eaten!"
"Now let me give you a taste of what this small piece of tangerine peel worth a few hundred yuan tastes like."
In the live broadcast room.
"Hey, a few hundred dollars? Go to hell!"
"I felt that this tangerine peel was ridiculously expensive before, but I didn't have a concrete idea. Now I finally have a concrete idea."
"A few hundred yuan for this little thing? I might as well spend a few hundred yuan on a big meal."
"The world of rich people is completely incomprehensible."
"Can you live forever if you eat such an expensive thing?"
"You can tell it's hype at first glance. I suspect the anchor also took money from this old man to help promote it."
"I don't know if I can live forever, but I have 30-year-old tangerine peel at home. Every time I cough, I just soak a third of the tangerine peel in water and drink it, and I'll be fine soon."
"I have several cans of 20-year-old tangerine peel at home. The medicinal effect is really good, and it is more effective than taking anti-inflammatory drugs."
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Li Xiao ignored the comments of the audience and had already closed his eyes.
The tongue continuously secretes saliva to release the taste of tangerine peel, and all attention is placed on the tangerine peel on the tip of the tongue.
The flavor of aged tangerine peel is very restrained, not as lively as that of young tangerine peel.
The taste of tangerine peel unfolds very slowly, sweet, mellow and old.
The taste is very good, there is no special strange smell, only the pure taste of tangerine peel.
There is no other flavor, that is to say, nothing is added except tangerine peel?
But why are its various performances so different?
etc!
Li Xiao felt as if a bolt of lightning flashed across and hit him.
He opened his eyes and already had a rough idea in his mind.
Seeing Li Xiao, who had a troubled expression, a faint smile suddenly appeared on his face.
The old man's heart skipped a beat and he secretly thought that something was wrong.
