Despite a bad start, just when I was trying to buy some furniture, I almost got killed.
But there was no danger at all. Finally, a mouthful of cold water from Chen Liquan woke the old man up again.
It seems that the old man did not have a heart attack, but he fainted whether he was angry or frightened.
Thinking about it, just because he acted like an uncle, he was almost charged with causing huge losses to the public. No one probably expected that such an unfortunate thing would happen to him.
I'm afraid even if you don't pass out, you still have to bite your hand in broad daylight to see if it's really a dream.
Later, in order to calm the old man's shock, Hong Yanwu went out and bought two boxes of good cigarettes.
And after soothing the old man with kind words, maybe it is the so-called "good things come hard", and things will go smoothly once you get over this hurdle.
Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan not only took away more than fifty pieces of furniture at very reasonable prices that day, but in the next ten days, they visited almost all 52 trust stores in the city. It was a buying spree.
To be honest, Hong Yanwu's biggest feeling was that he didn't know it until he saw it, and he was shocked when he saw it.
He originally thought that since there were many trust stores and there was a market entrance specializing in furniture stores, the things here would be good. But only after shopping around did he realize that when it comes to good things, there are really a lot of them in the north.
Comparatively speaking, the sources of good stuff in the Southern Trust Shop are probably only a few big merchants in the Qianmen area.
Therefore, hardwood furniture actually only accounts for about 60%, among which there are not many red sandalwood and huanghuali. Both of them are relatively ordinary in terms of material and specifications.
But it's different in the north. There are too many wealthy families, so the goods for sale are extremely rich.
Take chairs as an example. There are many "high-ranking chairs" and "official hat chairs" with armrests. The materials are not uncommon: red sandalwood and huanghuali. There are even ironwood furniture and red gall wood furniture. The style and grade are obvious.
It is more than one level higher than before. This shows that the saying "rich in the east and noble in the west" is not for nothing.
Therefore, when Hong Yanwu went to the north, he basically bought furniture that was not red sandalwood or huanghuali. As "Teacher Ma" said during the program, "There are less than a hundred huanghuali chairs in existence in the country."
Altogether, I bought eleven pieces.
However, in the end, I still have to say that the one that really brought Hong Yanwu a great surprise and opened his eyes was the "Chinese Arts and Crafts Store" at No. 12 Chongwenmennei Street.
Why?
Because this is a handicraft store that has just been renamed in recent years. In fact, it is the city's largest trust store, the "Quanyechang Trust Store", which was moved from the original site of "Quanyechang" in Langfang Headlines in 1975. It has 470 employees.
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Not only does the business area here have a large area, but the variety of products sold is also extremely rich. There is no place where you can find more complete second-hand goods than here.
In addition to leather clocks, gold-case watches, high-end clothing materials, high-end furs, and porcelain, there is also a handicraft counter specializing in decorations, appreciation items, ancient porcelain, foreign watches, antiques, jades, and hardwood furniture.
The reason why this is possible is that this store has the attribute of serving foreign affairs. As the only thrift store that can supply foreign guests, some special products collected from the trust bank purchase points in the city can only be sold here.
Needless to say, this is a gathering place for fine products. Hong Yanwu actually discovered two extremely rare pieces of furniture made of rosewood and aniseed.
One is a nearly four-meter-high table, and the other is a pair of red sandalwood inlaid enamel doubao boxes over two meters high. They are both heavy and heavy, and there is no mistaking them.
Anyone who knows a little bit about old-fashioned furniture knows that there are almost no aniseed materials for red sandalwood. Some of them are in the Forbidden City. Needless to say, it costs a lot to get them!
Therefore, Hong Yanwu spent the most money here. He threw away almost 30,000 yuan. In order to avoid attracting attention, he even called many people to help him buy it in batches. After returning to Baodui, he bought a large amount in total.
There are nearly two hundred pieces of huanghuali and red sandalwood products, large and small.
What is particularly worth mentioning is that Hong Yanwu finally made an impromptu decision and bought a pair of flat peach trees with a base price of 3,600 yuan, planted in large pastel flower pots.
This was mainly because he saw that the pair of peach trees were so lifelike and lifelike. The flowers and leaves were glowing with fluorescence, shiny and smooth, and they were so beautiful. The words "beautiful" could be heard at a glance.
As a result, I lost my mind over this impulse and paid for it.
But as soon as he bought it, he immediately regretted it.
Because this thing is so big, the tree alone is only one and a half meters tall. When the branches are stretched out, it takes up a lot of space. When the large glass cover is placed on the ground, the container takes up almost two square meters.
In addition, it is too delicate, and there is no place that is not afraid of being bumped. If you are not careful, you will be disabled if you make a mistake.
How can he get it home?
After thinking about it again, the price is really a bit painful.
Because the so-called utensils are actually made of glass. But the price of 3,600 is enough to buy ten large pieces of red sandalwood furniture. Isn’t it a bit taken advantage of?
But it’s hard to go back on your word. Back then, the shopping malls didn’t implement the Three Guarantees, and the salespeople were very angry. If you weren’t someone who dared to make a big fuss, and even went to the manager’s office to make a big fuss, there was basically no point in returning the goods.
possible.
No way! Hong Yanwu also has a headache dealing with old ladies.
He could only work with Chen Liquan to wrap the peach tree with the glass cover in a thick quilt and then tie it to poles. They didn't even hire a third wheel, so they had to walk on their own, one by one, to carry it home.
That's really a lot of effort. Just think about it, you can still be so squeamish about something that weighs more than 200 kilograms. How can you not suffer? It's almost like carrying two living ancestors who have a lot of things to do.
Along the way, Hong Yanwu complained that he was acting foolishly, complaining endlessly that he spent money to buy his own suffering.
However, Chen Liquan was open-minded and said that he would just focus on practicing Qigong. Every day he carried the two stone locks and still weighed three hundred pounds. It was no big deal.
Unexpectedly, Hong Yanwu became even more depressed when he heard this.
"Quanzi, can I compete with you? Your hobby is practicing martial arts. I'm lazy and just a jobber. I haven't moved my arms and legs much since I came back from Bincheng. Now my body and bones are worse than working at a food station.
When it comes to dry loading and unloading..."
Well, if you are lazy yourself, who will you rely on?
Don't say anything! It's useless to feel sorry for yourself, you still need to exert the strength you need.
But what was even more unfortunate was that just when Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan were transporting the last pot of ingredients to the old store of "Yan Mei Lou", they happened to be bumped into by Mr. Shan and Wang Hanping at the gate of the Hong family's house.
The two old gentlemen were both men of few words, and they didn't say anything when they saw them. However, they followed them on their own initiative.
Just when Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan carefully put down the "Peach Tree" and opened the door of the "Yanmei Building", the two old gentlemen walked quickly from the corner and took a look inside! Hey, Hong Yanwu didn't know what he had bought.
The end is over.
Because there are still a lot of things lying around in the courtyard, Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan have to move them slowly.
Wang Hanping has been a carpenter all his life and he likes good furniture. When he saw the red sandalwood and huanghuali things in the courtyard, who could not be excited? He rushed in, looked at this and touched that, and said, "They are all treasures."
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Even Mr. Shan admired the two pieces of aniseed rosewood furniture. His words were exactly what Hong Yanwu thought, "Rosewood aniseed is rare, and it has caught up with royal standards."
But the more they behaved like this, the more scared Hong Yanwu became. First, he was worried that people would ask him about the ins and outs of these things, and second, he was worried that if these two people entered the house again, nothing would be hidden.
But what made him quite gratified was that these two old gentlemen were both sensible people and knew what was taboo about this kind of thing. They just praised and talked about things. They didn't say anything extra, and they didn't want to enter the house.
mean.
Wang Hanping also teased Hong Yanwu, saying, "You like these things? Well, you know the stuff! You look more like my apprentice than my apprentice..."
Mr. Shan was even more surprised by Hong Yanwu. The next few words gave him a huge surprise, which made the awkwardness in his heart disappear.
It didn't take long for Mr. Gan Qingshan to recognize that the flat peach tree brought back by Hong Yanwu was not an ordinary thing. He said that it belonged to the Queen Mother of the West.
Why?
Because such large utensils are rare among the people, they can only be made by imperial factories dedicated to the palace. They are commonly known as "palace materials" or "imperial glaze". Moreover, after Xuantong, the old craftsmen dispersed, and even the imperial factories also made them.
Won't come out.
In addition, the pastel flower pot is in line with the characteristics of the Tongzhi and Guangxu periods, and it has the words "Chu Xiu Palace System" on it, so it is undoubtedly the stuff of the Queen Mother of the West.
Mr. Shan further explained that the Queen Mother had a habit of requiring that the porcelain she used must be signed with the name of the palace where she had lived.
In fact, the porcelain used by Cixi was not only made of "Chuxiu Palace" but also "made of Tihe Palace". "Chuxiu Palace" was her residence. "Tihe Dian" was the place where she ate. Therefore, there is "Tihe Palace".
Most of the items with the words "Hedian" are tableware.
Finally, in line with this special theme, combined with historical records, Empress Dowager Cixi spent 15,000 taels of silver on her 50th birthday, 121,100 taels on her 60th birthday, and 38,500 taels on her 70th birthday. All of them were used for firing in large quantities.
Porcelain, ornaments and utensils.
It can be further concluded that this thing was specially made for the birthday of Empress Dowager Cixi.
As for when it was burned, there is a trick. Just count the number of peaches on the tree, and you can probably know it.
After saying this, Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan immediately became interested. When they counted them, it was really! A total of sixty!
This time, to Hong Yanwu's surprise, not only was he no longer tired at all, but his depression had disappeared. On the contrary, he was even more energetic and began to chatter smugly.
He showed off to Chen Liquan, "What do you think? I think we guys have a good eye. There are so many things in the flea market, so I just fell in love with these two things. Not to mention the Queen Mother's things, there will never be any in the future. I
Look, this is considered a national treasure, three thousand and six, it’s a good deal. A sharp eye, but it’s not too much..."
All in all, that awesome guy has become more energetic and has completely lost the sluggish look he had just now.
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