At this time, Mother Wu, who served Liu Dong tea and stood aside without waiting for Mr. Li's instructions, immediately walked out after hearing the knock on the door.
Soon, the hoarse sound of the door opening was heard from a distance outside the hospital.
"Wu Ma, is Mr. Li in there?" For some reason, Liu Dong always felt familiar when listening to this voice, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it before.
"Here, the old man is in the living room!" Wu Ma's tone was warm, obviously she was very familiar with the visitor.
"Okay, I'll go in first with something in my hand. Please close the door, Mrs. Wu!" The voice was very young, and from his tone, we could roughly guess that the speaker should be very familiar with Mr. Li.
, basically a regular visitor here.
Just when Liu Dong was thinking about who this familiar voice was, he saw a man wearing an orange short-sleeved shirt, a pair of dark trousers, and a pair of brown leather shoes. He had a thin face and a mustache on his chin.
With a cynical smile, a young man in his twenties strode in.
"Haha, Mr. Li, I'm here to give you a gift. This is a pot of longevity flowers that I specially bought for you. I hope you will accept it!" After entering the door, the young man first bowed to Mr. Li as a gift, and then quickly put his own
He took out a pot of green plants with red flowers in his left hand.
Kalanchoe flower, also known as longevity flower, false Sichuan lotus, Christmas cabbage, dwarf cabbage. It belongs to the Crassulaceae family and the cabbage genus. It is a succulent plant with low bushes formed by fat, bright leaves that are green all year round. In spring
, planted in the open field as edging material in summer and autumn, and blooms with bright and dazzling flowers from December to April of the following year. There can be as many as dozens of flowers on each flower branch, and the flowering period lasts for more than 4 months. It is also known as the longevity flower.
Hence, the longevity flower is an ideal potted flower to give as a gift to relatives, friends and elders during New Year's Day and Spring Festival.
However, Liu Dong basically didn't know this kind of flower.
"Haha, okay, I have accepted the things, but this time you are so good, is there something else that you need me to identify for you?" Mr. Li said with a smile.
After listening to his words, there was a trace of embarrassment on the young man's face, but it quickly disappeared, "Hey, you still know me. I found a good jade pendant this time, and I asked you to make it for me.
An identification.”
"Okay, please put the things here with me first! I'm going out now, and I'll show you when I get back!" After a pause, Mr. Li pointed at Liu Dong and introduced: "This is Liu Dong, who is doing business."
The carving is very good!”
After listening to his words, the young man couldn't help but show surprise on his face. He had known Mr. Li for more than a day or two, and he also knew the old man's temper very well. Although he was not proficient in sculpture, as an expert in appraising,
Mr. Li's level of appreciation of sculptures is indeed not bad at all.
Now he can be regarded as a good person. Although his carving skills cannot be called a master, they are no worse than ordinary senior carvers who have been in the industry for more than ten years. More importantly, this person looks younger than him.
"Is it you!?" The sunshine outside was too bright just now, and the light in Mr. Li's house was relatively dark, so after entering, the young man who focused most of his attention on Mr. Li did not notice Liu Dong's appearance.
"Haha, I didn't expect to see you here again. Speaking of which, I wanted to thank you yesterday!" Hearing the young man's surprised voice, Liu Dong stood up with a smile. He didn't expect that you would actually be here at first.
Mr. Li met an acquaintance here. Of course, he was not an acquaintance. He just had a chance encounter. Yesterday at the Black Tiger Gang's casino, when Han Lei finally accused him of cheating, it was this young man who stood up and helped.
He looked at him. Moreover, Liu Dong's gambling seat was originally given to him by this person, so Liu Dong had a deep impression on this person. He recognized him as soon as he walked in. He just didn't say hello in advance.
"Oh, it's true! I didn't expect to meet you again here! It seems that we are really destined!" Li Yuncong said with a smile. For this man who killed everyone at the gambling table, he forcefully took it from Han Lei.
The person who won a huge sum of 30 million was still fresh in his memory. So, after suddenly seeing this person here just now, he couldn't help but scream in surprise.
"Do you know each other?" Listening to the conversation between the two, Mr. Li, who was sitting in the main seat, couldn't help but asked with a look of surprise on his face.
However, before Liu Dong could answer, Li Yuncong quickly replied: "Yes! Some time ago, when I came to Quancheng, I happened to buy a jade carving from Brother Liu. The craftsmanship is very good!" After that, he also
He kept winking at Liu Dong, obviously he didn't want Liu Dong to tell the truth about their acquaintance.
Seeing his look and the slightly pleading look in his eyes, Liu Dong smiled in his heart. Since the other party didn't want to say anything, considering that the other party had helped him in the past, he should reciprocate the favor, so facing Li
He looked inquiringly and nodded slightly.
"Well, since you know each other, I won't introduce you to you!" After saying that, he looked at the time on his watch and stood up, "Okay, it's almost time, let's go!"
"Mr. Li, it's my jade pendant!" Li Yuncong said quickly after hearing his words.
"Oh, yes! This man is old and always forgets things!" Patting his forehead, Mr. Li showed regret and annoyance on his face, "Give it to me, leave it here first, and I will give it to you when you come back.
have a look!"
Hearing this, Li Yuncong's face showed joy. He quickly took out a jade pendant wrapped in white cloth from his coat pocket and handed it to Mr. Li.
"Han Ba Dao...!" After taking off the white cloth covering it and seeing clearly what the jade pendant looked like underneath, Mr. Li suddenly became interested. He just held the jade pendant in his hand and looked at it carefully. He also forgot about it.
I had just planned to keep this jade pendant until I came back to appraise it.
Seeing the old man's appearance, Li Yuncong, who seemed to have expected such a situation for a long time, couldn't help but snickered beside him.
At this time, out of curiosity, Liu Dong also walked over. He also liked antiques very much. In addition, he is still a jade carver, so he is more interested in jade carving, especially ancient jade carving. Now
, then stood next to Mr. Li and looked at the ancient jade in his hand.
Different from the relatively complicated shapes of ancient jade after the Song Dynasty, especially during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the pre-Qin and Qin-Han dynasties were limited by social productivity, people's preferences, and living habits. Whether it was sculpture or painting,
Revealing a simple and elegant artistic style.
The same goes for this jade pendant. With just a few cuts, a half-curved dragon shape was carved out, and the dragon's body was also engraved with scale-like patterns of the same size. On the back of the dragon shape, where the jade pendant hangs, there is a stripe.
Relatively small Chilong.
The whole jade pendant is a typical Han Dynasty jade pendant, simple and elegant, with smooth lines and vivid images. And as a jade carver, Liu Dong has long heard of the famous Han Badao. But this is the first time he has seen it actually used.
Authentic jade carved with the Eight Swordsman of the Han Dynasty.
The reason why it was definitely authentic was also the identification result of his Mustard Seed Dimension. And this time, he saw the same red light on this jade pendant as on the ancient crane painting yesterday. But compared to that crane painting, this
The red aura on the jade pendant is also dimmed.
In addition, the entire jade pendant is about 14 centimeters wide and about 10 centimeters high. Although Liu Dong does not have a specific thickness, it is estimated that its thickness will not exceed half a centimeter. Moreover, what is even more rare is that this jade pendant, in addition to its own
In addition to blue and white, there are actually three kinds of clear colors: yellow, brown and black.
Generally speaking, the bright color on ancient jade is due to the color change caused by the interaction between the jade's trace elements and the substances in the soil after it has been buried in the soil for a long time.
Because the soil in the burial area contains different substances and the length of burial is different, the colors on the jade articles are also different, showing ever-changing colors. Chen Yuanxin of the Qing Dynasty wrote about the color of the jade articles in "Jade Chronicles"
Colors have been classified in detail, and there is such a record in it: "It is difficult to deeply examine the source of the refreshing colors, and they are collectively called the Thirteen Colors." Generally speaking, the soil in the north of our country is mostly alkaline, and jade has many refreshing colors.
The soil in the south is moist and acidic, and the color on jade is mostly white. The blue color of ancient jade unearthed from tombs is mostly the color of clothing, the brown is mostly the color of iron, and the black is mostly the color of clothing.