"It's okay, they are all children, and the most important thing is to have fun eating!" Li Yiyang will definitely not care about a child.
Moreover, compared to Xiong Jingshu, this Wang Zihao indeed looked more educated, so he was relieved that An An would play with him.
It was already 7:30 in the evening after dinner, and Li Yiyang planned to buy some gifts to give to his father-in-law and mother-in-law the day after tomorrow.
"Honey, let's go buy something for my parents!" Li Yiyang said while sitting on the battery car.
Wen Xiaohui put her arms around Li Yiyang's waist and said softly: "Okay!"
Knowing that his father-in-law loved calligraphy, Li Yiyang came to an antique shop.
He remembered that this shop once sold inkstones from officials' homes during the Qianlong period as fakes, and later regretted not doing so.
Today he is also going to pick up leaks.
"Husband, I heard that the items in this antique market are all modern handicrafts. It would be more respectable to go to a physical store to buy brand-name goods when buying things here." Wen Xiaohui took Li Yiyang's hand and expressed her thoughts.
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Li Yiyang gave her a reassuring look: "Don't worry, with me here, you will definitely be able to buy genuine products."
Wen Xiaohui remembered that Li Yiyang had never known anything about this kind of antiques, and she didn't know where he got the courage to say that he could buy the real thing.
And she also knows that most of the people who come here to hunt for things come here with a sense of luck.
This is the same as playing with stones, but when she saw Li Yiyang's confident look, she couldn't help but hurt his self-confidence. After all, he was buying something for his father.
Then the family of three walked into the antique shop and looked at the antique things. An An was dazzled by them, just like a curious baby.
When the shop owner saw Li Yiyang, he hurried over and said, "Guys, what do you want to buy? I'm not bragging. I am the only antique shop in Qingcheng City where the probability of finding genuine items is the highest. Come to me.
You’ve come to the right place.”
Faced with the boss's Huang Po selling melons and boasting about herself, Wen Xiaohui didn't feel the slightest bit moved.
Although she doesn't know how to appraise antiques, the things here look fake at first glance. She doesn't know if her father will be unhappy if she gives such things to him!
She even thought that if what Li Yiyang bought looked fake, she should find a way to hide it and buy something else later.
In his previous life, Li Yiyang collected many antiques, all of which were genuine, so he did not feel that he was any worse than an expert when it came to appreciation.
Just now, he took a look at the antiques in the store and found that almost 96% of them were fakes.
Even if it is authentic, it is relatively close to modern times and has a saturated market. Therefore, even if it is authentic, it cannot be sold at a high price and has no collection value.
The boss boasted that he didn't care. He came here just for the inkstone. He immediately asked: "Boss, I want to buy an inkstone. Do you have any?"
"Yes...yes...yes, I have everything in my store, and they are all authentic products from the Tang Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. I will get them for you right now!" The boss nodded, and then ran to get the inkstone.
He placed this thing in an inconspicuous position. No wonder Li Yiyang looked around and didn't see it.
Being placed in an inconspicuous place gathering dust shows how little the boss takes it seriously.
Just like that, he could still say it was an antique without blushing or beating. Wen Xiaohui really admired his shamelessness.
After a while, the boss brought several square inkstones.
Li Yiyang picked it up and looked at it for a long time, and found that they were all modern simulation art, and many of the badges were wrong. The fake ones could no longer be fake.
Then he shook his head: "I'm not satisfied with these. Do you have any other inkstones?"
The boss was a little anxious: "This is the best quality in our store. If you are not satisfied with this, then you will not look at the rest."
"I'd better trouble you to take it out and show it to me!" Since the inkstone he wanted was not among these, it must be among the ones the boss said were in poor condition.
"Okay, then just wait and I'll get them all for you."
The boss originally wanted to buy these relatively high-quality inkstones at a good price, but now it seems that his idea has been ruined.
But there is no reason for businessmen to refuse customers. Selling less and making less is better than being overstocked in the store all the time.
Seeing that the boss was going to get the inkstone, Wen Xiaohui whispered: "Husband, I think these inkstones are quite exquisite. Why don't you buy them instead of looking for ones that are not in good condition?"
Li Yiyang smiled and replied: "The better-looking things are, the more deceptive they are, while ordinary things are more valuable."
Wen Xiaohui didn't understand what he said. She only knew that if she wanted to give something as a gift, she had to give something good-looking. But Li Yiyang obviously didn't intend to choose from this batch of inkstones, and she couldn't say anything. After all, he was the one buying the gift.
After a while, the store manager brought a three-way inkstone. It looked very dirty and covered with dust. It looked like it was unsaleable goods.
Seeing these inkstones, Wen Xiaohui frowned, feeling that it was really hard to get hold of these inkstones.
However, Li Yiyang picked it up with great interest and studied it carefully.
Seeing that he was looking at it seriously, the boss couldn't help but said: "These are all things I bought from other things, and the seller gave them to me as a gift. They are not antiques at all.
These are all top-notch in appearance and color, and they are real antiques. You are so ignorant."
Li Yiyang ignored the boss and focused on the inkstone.
These square inkstones definitely look like they are worthless. That is because they have not been taken care of well and are covered with dust and dirt, which affects their appearance.
But one of the inkstones, when held in the hand, obviously feels much heavier than the other inkstones.
There are also issues of authenticity and quality of ancient inkstones. Determining the age, identifying authenticity, and evaluating the quality also need to be studied.
Generally speaking, it is easy to identify the good and the bad, but it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false.
But there is nothing in this world that cannot be differentiated between true and false. True and false are inherently two extremes. Anyone who knows something about this can still see the difference if they look carefully and carefully.
Among them, Li Yiyang could see the difference between the patterns on the inkstone.
Just like the one in his hand, the original carving is done at the same time as the inkstone shape and pattern decoration. After several years of use, the decoration of this inkstone will not be incompatible with the inkstone, and it will not give people the impression of an inkstone.
It is an inkstone, and the pattern is the two feelings of the pattern.
But on the other side of the inkstone, it is obvious that the production and decoration of the inkstone are not one-time carvings, but are later decorations.
This looks like a modern imitation handicraft, and the patterns on it are stiff and not as soft and lifelike as those carved by hand. You can tell at a glance that they are machine-carved.
Of course, in addition to looking at whether the carved edge is astringent and whether the patina has penetrated, the discerner must also look at whether the carved pattern matches the era of the inkstone shape.
It is also necessary to learn from the stylistic characteristics of other arts of the same period, such as stone carvings, jade carvings, etc.
The Tang Dynasty paid attention to the stone for making inkstones. At this time, due to the advancement of ink-making technology, the ink ingots were made very solid, which required the inkstones to have greater hardness.
Inkstones are made of hard stone. If the surface is rough, it will easily damage the pen. If the surface is too smooth, it will not be conducive to ink. Therefore, the inkstone must be hard, delicate and easy to ink.
Based on these standards, the Tang Dynasty chose Duanxi stone produced in Zhaoqing, Guangdong to make inkstones.