You must have heard of this famous Doucai Tianzi jar.
When I was watching an exhibition at the Forbidden City in Beidu, I also saw a Doucai Tianzi jar from the Qianlong period. It was larger than this one and the style was more exquisite. It was much prettier than the current jar that was covered in oil stains.
Lin Fan smiled bitterly. He really didn't expect that this famous Doucai Tianzi jar would actually become a jar for raising crickets in the hands of his great-grandfather Zhou Li. It was really a waste of natural resources.
But then he thought about it, maybe Zhou Li's ancestor was really rich, and it was normal for him to look down on such a Doucai Tianzi jar.
But why is there oil stain on it?
Lin Fan was a little confused, so he asked casually.
Zhou Li scratched his head and said with some embarrassment, "When I was a child, my family was poor, and my grandma took out such a jar from nowhere, washed it, and used it to hold oil."
Lin Fan frowned and said, "Isn't it dirty to use a jar where crickets have been raised to store oil?"
"When I was poor, I had no choice but to pay attention to things."
Lin Fan nodded and looked at the jar in his hand. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it.
I didn't expect that this Doucai Tianzi jar would be hidden in such a small corner. It's really rare.
You must know that in the era when Lin Fan traveled through time, there were only ten pieces in the world. There was one in the Beidu Forbidden City and one in the Baodao Forbidden City. Lin Fan didn't know about the others, but they must have been collected in major museums.
If you collect this thing yourself, go to Xiangjiang and sell it to someone who knows the business, you can probably earn a lot of start-up funds.
After all, if I go to Xiangjiang, I will definitely not be able to bring the foundation here. If I want to develop again, the money will definitely be necessary.
Putting away the Doucai Tianzi jar, Lin Fan's expression was dull, making it difficult to tell what was going on in his heart.
Zhou Li on the side asked tentatively, "Mr. Lin, is this thing valuable?"
Lin Fan nodded and said with a smile: "This thing is quite valuable to me, but in your case it might just be left in the corner gathering dust. Well, I'll pay you fifty yuan to buy this thing from you.
I bought the jar."
Zhou Li was surprised when he heard this: "Is this broken jar worth fifty?"
You know, in this day and age, fifty yuan is a month and a half's salary for a factory worker. For a gangster like Zhou Li, that's a huge sum of money.
Think about it, the monthly contribution he has to pay to Brother Hong is only sixty. If he takes this fifty-one, he will have his contribution for the next month.
Thinking of the shabby craftsmanship of the few people under his control, he couldn't even get a few dollars out of other people's bags in a month.
Damn it, now that I have the money for this month's share, I must go to Brother Hong and hire an experienced Buddha to teach those incompetent idiots a lesson.
Otherwise, if I can't pay my monthly share in the future, won't I still have to be punished by Brother Hong?
To solve the problem, we must solve it from the source.
With Lin Fan's fifty yuan, he would be free this month. His subordinates could learn the craftsmanship for half a month. Even if they couldn't compete with Lafayette, they could at least collect enough money.
You're not starving yourself, are you?
After Zhou Li thought about this problem, he nodded quickly and said: "Okay, okay, then I'll sell it to you for 50 yuan."
That's how it happened.
He Yushun put the Doucai Tianzi jar back into the box and walked into the old house again.
Even though the Doucai Tianzi jar had been taken down, he still remembered that there were several small boxes on the wooden cabinet at Zhou Li's house, and there might be something better inside.
Counting the box with the Doucai Tianzi jar, there are a total of three boxes on the locker.
Lin Fan picked up the second one and looked at it. There was a small object inside, which he couldn't see clearly. He walked outside the house again and used the light to see clearly what was inside.
It looked like there was a bracelet inside, but when Lin Fan took it out and put it on his hand, and after feeling it carefully, he came to the conclusion: this jade bracelet must be a fake.
Its feel is completely different from that of a real jade bracelet, and anyone with knowledge can tell the difference.
First of all, the density of each type of jade is different. For example, the density of jade is 3.34, the density of Hetian jade is 3.0, and the density of agate is 2.66. Therefore, the feeling of each type of jade bracelet will be different in the hand.
Same.
Like a jadeite bracelet, when you hold it in your hand, it feels like it's falling in your hand. Because jadeite is denser, the weight of the jadeite bracelet is larger, so it feels more substantial when you weigh it.
The density of other types of jade bracelets is smaller than that of jadeite, and there is no feeling of falling when weighed in the hand. Many experts in the jade bracelet business, because they are exposed to many types of jade bracelets, weigh the jade bracelets in their hands.
By its weight, you can roughly identify the type of jade bracelet.
Lin Fan, who had quite a lot of experience with this kind of gold, stone and jade in his previous life, could be regarded as a semi-expert, but now he knew that this was not a good product.
After asking Zhou Li, he found out that this jade bracelet was a token of love given by his grandfather to his grandmother, but it was obvious at first glance that it was fake. It was probably his grandfather who was deceived when he bought it.
Seeing Lin Fan's expression, Zhou Li knew that this bracelet was probably not worth much, but she still asked with hope: "Mr. Lin, is this jade bracelet as valuable as the jar just now?"
Lin Fan shook his head: "This thing is fake and may not be worth a few dollars. I'll leave you with it as a thought. After all, it was left by your grandma."
Zhou Li nodded in disappointment after hearing this.
Although he still misses his deceased grandma, after all, there is no resurrection after death.
If the things left by her old man can make her life better, she must be happy even under Jiuquan.
Now.
Only the last box is left.
What Lin Fan was thinking was that if there was something good in the box, he would make a lot of money this time.
Even if not, it would be great to receive a Doucai Tianzi jar.
As for Zhou Li, he was wondering if he could get a little more money with this last gadget.
If the money for next month's salary is secured, then I and my brothers will be able to eat better this month.
Lin Fan didn't hesitate any longer and directly picked up the third box.
When I opened it, it turned out to be a piece of wood.
It looks like a piece of sandalwood, but because it has been left for too long, it has become damp, and it seems to have some borers, so it is probably of no use anymore.
Lin Fan shook his head in disappointment and sighed.
I originally thought there would be a better baby, but I was still disappointed.
However, receiving such a Doucai Tianzi jar today actually exceeded Lin Fan's expectations.
After all, this thing is really precious, so it's only for this reason that I can get it.
As for whether it was a bad idea to take this thing from Zhou Li and give him fifty yuan, Lin Fan said: He did it very conscientiously.
If this thing were in Zhou Li's hands, he might think of it one day and sell it as scrap.
In that case, let alone fifty yuan, even fifty cents is probably enough.
Overall, Lin Fan was very satisfied.
Lin Fan didn't have the 50 yuan with him now, so he agreed with Zhou Li at the Tongchun Garden in Xidan Market.
He said that he would give the money to Zhou Li tomorrow afternoon after he got off work.
Zhou Li quickly nodded in agreement without any objection.
Lin Fan took the box containing the Doucai Tianzi jar and walked out of the courtyard. He put it on the front frame of his bicycle. Because he was afraid that it would bump while riding, Lin Fan simply stopped riding the bicycle and switched to a bicycle.
Pushed by hand.
In this way, Lin Fan pushed his bicycle all the way back to the courtyard.
At this point, Liu Haizhong was still wandering around the yard.
Seeing Lin Fan coming back, I glanced into the frame of his bicycle to see what it was.
Liu Haizhong had suffered a loss at the hands of Lin Fan before, and was scolded by Zhou Li. His liver ached with anger, but there was nothing he could do.
I want to catch Lin Fan, but who knows, he and Lin Fan are on the same side!
Now that he saw Lin Fan coming in, Liu Haizhong naturally had a bad look on his face.
Of course, Lin Fan didn't want to pay attention to him. He directly parked the bicycle in the yard and carried the box on the bicycle frame into the house.
After entering the house, Lin Fan took out the colorful jar and studied it carefully.
Its color is still very new, and the pattern on it is naturally the famous fighting color.
This so-called fighting color is to first outline the outline with blue and white, and then fill in the outline with color.
Doucai is very famous, mainly because Chenghua Doucai is famous all over the world.
At the same time, this Tianzi jar is also the first of its kind in Chenghua. It is decorated with seahorse patterns, flowers and grass patterns, but no human figures.
The symbolic meaning of the word "天" written on the bottom of the jar is actually not particularly clear.
There are actually many speculations about the word "天".
But generally speaking, they are arranged according to the "Thousand Character Classic".
The opening line of "The Thousand-Character Essay" is "The sky and the earth are dark and yellow, the universe is vast, the sun and the moon are waxing and waning, and the stars and constellations are arrayed."
In this way, there is a "天" character below the Doucai Tianzi jar, which shows how precious it is.
On the bottom of the porcelain of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it is written "Wanli Year System of the Ming Dynasty" and "Qianlong Year System of the Qing Dynasty", either with a double blue circle or a box.
The clearest record is in "Records of Shenzong": "Shenzong promoted food, and there was a pair of Chenghua colored chicken jars and cups in front of the emperor, worth one hundred thousand."
This means that in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, a pair of Chenghua doucai cups was worth 100,000 yuan, which was very expensive.
Although this Doucai Tianzi jar is not from the Ming Dynasty, it is also from the Qing Dynasty.
If placed in future generations, it would definitely be a priceless treasure.
Even, it is slightly better than the cloisonné enamel porcelain cup at home.
Lin Fan took it and processed it briefly, removing the oil stains on its surface, and then carefully put it into the safe in his house.
The things inside are considered to be Lin Fan's most expensive possessions currently.
Of course.
Now, that certainly doesn't have much value.
But you can wait.
Wait another ten years, after the reform and opening up, the prices of these things will be unimaginable to Lin Fan.
Of course.
If you are not short of money, you must still collect these things yourself.
