Chapter 492: Digging out an old house in an ancient town
Lao Zhou already knew on the phone that there was no problem with the transfer of 150,000 yuan.
Hearing that Shen Yu asked him to write a receipt, Lao Zhou nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, I will write a transfer contract for you, Xiao Shen, now."
After taking the pen and paper from Shen Yu's hand, there was a stone table and stone bench in the yard. Sitting on the stone bench, Lao Zhou organized his vocabulary a little, and soon a simple transfer contract of more than 200 words was written.
It's nothing more than that on a certain day, he, Zhou Zhengyuan (Lao Zhou), as the seller, transferred to Shen Yu an ebony wooden pier 60 cm high and 50 cm wide for a price of 150,000.
There is no basis for what you say with words, but it is based on words.
The contract is signed voluntarily by both parties.
Once signed, it becomes legally binding and must be strictly performed by both parties without any regrets.
At the same time, a receipt for the transfer of 150,000 yuan was written at the bottom of the contract.
Lao Zhou's calligraphy is very good, and his flowing water is full of antique flavor. He has a bit of the style of a calligrapher. At first glance, he comes from a wealthy family.
Without calligraphy teachers, it would be impossible to write such good calligraphy.
When Shen Yu buys and sells antiques, he neither cheats nor cheats, and always follows the rules.
It is natural to write a transfer document when buying something. With a transfer contract, a lot of unnecessary troubles will be reduced.
The so-called knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing hearts.
There are some shady sellers, you give them money, but they say the price is wrong.
He doesn’t want much, just ten thousand or twenty thousand more.
If you don’t buy it, you’ll feel reluctant to part with it.
You buy it, but you feel very angry inside.
Even if I go to a respected senior to seek justice, I won’t be able to explain clearly.
The father-in-law said that the father-in-law was right, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was right. In the end, it was still a confusing account.
Therefore, a contract is the best evidence and the simplest and most practical way to protect yourself.
Putting the contract into his bag, Shen Yutu gave a wry smile. He obviously accompanied Yu Maolin to appraise the Kangxi Twelve Flower God Cup, but he didn't buy it, but he bought a piece of ebony first.
Thinking of this, Shen Yu began to remind, "Brother Yu, we are not busy looking at the furniture. Let's take a look at the Twelve Flower God Cup first."
Yu Maolin nodded immediately, "Yes, yes, Lao Zhou, the main reason I came here this time is to buy your Flower God Cup. Let's look at the cup first, and we'll look at the other items later."
Lao Zhou wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Okay, since the guest said he wants to see the Flower God Cup, then of course he will follow the guest's request. Let's go to the main hall."
After saying that, Lao Zhou first made a gesture of invitation, and then immediately led the way.
The etiquette is very thoughtful.
Looking at it, Yu Maolin nodded repeatedly, and the smile on his face became even brighter.
Yu Maolin is a person who values face above all else. He is willing to say anything to others who respect him.
There are six main rooms in Lao Zhou's ancestral house.
Blue bricks and green tiles, carved beams and painted buildings.
There is a plaque hanging on the lintel, with the four characters "Blessings Fill the Door" written in official script.
The font is elegant and artistic.
Next to the plaque hang two wooden couplets:
First couplet: The descendants will be prosperous, and the Filial Piety Classic will be passed down to the family for a long time.
Second line: Dexing heaven and earth, moral ethics will last forever.
If nothing else, just look at the addition of this pair of couplets on the plaque of old Zhou's ancestral home, which shows that his ancestors were a truly scholarly family.
Especially the couplets can not only be read vertically.
Reading the two characters on the left and right sideways can also form a word.
When you enter the door, the fragrance of flowers overflows.
Shen Yu took a look in confusion and found that there were flowers and bamboos in the house, and everything he saw was green.
The room you enter is called the main hall, which is connected by two rooms.
Although the interior furnishings are elegant, they are slightly different from what Shen Yu thought.
Shen Yu originally thought it might be like Chen Dashan's house on Jixiang Street. After entering, the house was filled with Ming and Qing furniture of red sandalwood or huanghuali.
Unexpectedly, there are only potted flowers and trees indoors.
On the contrary, the furniture is extremely simple.
From tables, chairs to bookshelves, they are all ordinary old jujube wood furniture.
This is somewhat similar to Li Haiyang's Guanbao Pavilion.
I remember that the Guanbao Pavilion where I found the large Yuan blue and white jar was also made of old jujube wood.
The north wall does not have a pair of Taishi chairs like many old houses, but is covered with slightly yellowed calligraphy and paintings.
From landscape figures to flowers, birds, fish and insects to statues of various Buddhist and Taoist figures and gods, there are more than twenty paintings hanging.
I took a few casual glances and found that, except for a few copies, many of the calligraphy and paintings were done by pretty good artists, and some even looked like paintings by famous artists.
There are two top-to-ceiling racks on the east wall, filled with all kinds of porcelain of different sizes.
In the entire main hall, there is only one Eight Immortals table with equal lengths on all four sides.
Place two chairs on each side.
There is an animal-headed xuan stove on the table. Two sticks of sandalwood are burned in the stove. The aroma is neither strong nor light, and it smells very comfortable.
There is also a copper plate placed next to the Xuan stove. Because it is separated by a piece of silk, I don't know what it contains.
The main house of Lao Zhou's house was built very grandly. This grandeur does not just mean the decoration, on the contrary, the decoration is very ordinary.
It’s about length, width and height. Take the main hall as an example. The height is about 4.5 meters, the width is 8 meters, and the depth is 12 meters. People feel an extremely comfortable feeling just after walking in.
Unlike residential buildings, the height is only 2.8-3.0 meters. No matter how big the area is, tall people will feel a little depressed after entering.
After the three of them took their seats, Lao Zhou smiled and took off the red silk cloth from the copper plate on the Eight Immortals Table.
This is a complete set of small cups. The specific shape of the cup is: skimming mouth, deep belly, shallow circle foot, white porcelain base painted with blue and white patterns, and then there are exquisite flowers painted in green, yellow, red, black and blue. .
I counted them, and there were twelve in total.
Since there was no ruler, Shen Yu estimated that the diameter of the cup was about 7 centimeters, the full diameter was 3 centimeters, and the height was about 5 centimeters, which was no different from the handed down Twelve Flower God Cup.
This set of porcelain is not simply a colorful flower cup.
It should be called: Blue and White Twelve-Colored Flower God Cup.
In fact, Shen Yu didn't look carefully at Yu Maolin's shop at noon.
Because no matter what, it is very childish to judge the authenticity of porcelain based on a picture alone.
The so-called blue and white multi-color is the combination of under-glaze blue and white and over-glaze multi-color.
Compared with simple colorful porcelain, the visual effect is more beautiful.
When Yu Maolin saw this set of Flower God Cups, his eyes widened, "Oh, the most beautiful set of cups in history is indeed well-deserved. Good porcelain, really high-quality porcelain."
I wanted to reach out and take one to play with, but as soon as I stretched out my hand, I retracted it again. It was obvious that I couldn't bear to dirty this exquisite porcelain.
However, after Shen Yu looked at the set of Flower God Cups on the copper plate, his starry eyes blinked several times imperceptibly.
Without it, the authentic blue and white multicolored flower cup from the official kilns of the Kangxi Dynasty would never have been auctioned in its entirety.
Not only are they not available at auctions, they are also not available in many famous antique stores and many famous porcelain collectors.
Even if there are, they were copied from folk kilns in the Qing Dynasty or other dynasties.
Twelve flower god cups came out of Lao Zhou's place at once, which made people wary.
