treasure hunter

Pei Miao smiled slightly, nodded and said, "This is a good teapot."

"Oh? So sure?" Ye Lao raised his eyebrows and looked at Pei Miao with a smile, and said, "Don't you need to take a look?"

Of course Pei Miao didn't need to get started, but he felt that this was too proud, so he said modestly: "If Mr. Ye is willing to show me how to get started, that would be great."

Several old experts also stared at the teapot intently. They seemed to have figured out something, but they couldn't be sure. If they wanted to be completely sure, they had to take a look.

Elder Huang couldn't help but said, "Ms. Ye, this teapot..."

Ye Lao said: "You all don't talk, let me see if this young man's vision is right."

While speaking, he had already pushed the teapot in front of Pei Miao, and said, "Don't start with it, just look at it like this, if you can see it, I will give you a thumbs up."

Pei Miao sweated wildly when she heard the words, what the hell is a like, it's not a circle of friends.

Pei Miao still stared at the pot seriously. It was a simple hexagonal pot. The so-called hexagonal pot was hexagonal if viewed from above.

On the six sides of the pot, there are six patterns of plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, pine and crane.

Pei Miao tried to look at the pot from several angles, but it didn't take long. After about 2 minutes, he said slowly, "Yixing Zisha has been the leader in the Zisha world since ancient times. This hexagonal pot has a simple and simple shape. Well-proportioned, very consistent with the principles of mechanics, the length of the six sides of the pot body is not bad at all, and the craftsmanship is extremely exquisite. The six patterns of plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, pine and crane on the pot surface are all embossed, without superb skills and confidence. If anyone dares to do this, then looking at the material of this pot, the sand is thick and ancient, with a well-proportioned texture, and then looking at the degree of patina and craftsmanship of this pot, it can basically be determined that it is from the late Ming Dynasty. I started to use it, so it can be seen that the bottom of this pot is recognizable, Ye Lao, this is the time pot, right?"

Ye Lao couldn't help clapping his hands slowly when he heard the words: "Not bad, not bad, as expected, as Lao Huang said, you young man has great potential, and your eyesight is very good."

Huang Lao was surprised when he heard the words: "Teacher, is this really a time pot?"

Ye Lao smiled and nodded: "Yes, this is Shihu."

"I haven't seen you use it before."

Ye Lao laughed and said: "This is my most precious teapot. I don't want to take it out and use it. If you accidentally break it, don't feel sorry for me."

He paused, and then said: "Didn't you say that you want to bring a young man who is very talented in antiques? Hearing your hype, of course I have to test it myself, so I took out this teapot of."

Expert Tan on the side laughed when he heard the words: "It seems that we have gained Pei Miao's favor today, if not for Pei Miao, not only would we not be able to drink Wuyishan Dahongpao today, we would not even be able to see Da Bin's teapot at this time. "

Shi Dabin was a folk pot-making master from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty to the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. Shi Dabin's pot-making skills are comprehensive, and he has made outstanding achievements in the preparation of clay materials and molding techniques, device shape design and calligraphy.

The teapots he made are of different shapes, and the ornamental and practicality have reached the limit. The most important thing is that Shi Dabin was the first pot maker who mixed sand in the mud, and created the method of making sand pots. It directly led the trend of later generations of purple sand teapots, which is of great significance to the times.

Every time Shi Dabin makes a teapot, he will inscribe his signature on the bottom, which is called Shihu. Currently, the number of Shihu in existence is quite rare. There are only seventeen or eighteen Shihu in all museums and private collections. Therefore, in the Zisha teapot series, the time pot is definitely at the top of the pyramid and is very precious. It is no wonder that people with such a high status as Ye Lao treat the time pot as a treasure, because it is indeed a good treasure.

Ye Lao looked at Pei Miao, his eyes seemed to be full of interest in Pei Miao: "By the way, your name is Pei... Pei Miao, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Ye." Pei Miao nodded.

"This name sounds familiar. I seem to have heard it somewhere." Ye Lao thought for a long time, and finally shook his head helplessly.

Pei Miao laughed dryly, "Old Ye, I'm afraid you may have misremembered. I'm just an unknown junior. How could you have heard of me when I first entered the rivers and lakes?"

"No, no, no..." Ye Lao repeatedly waved his hands, "When I was young, my memory was quite good, but now that I am older, my memory has deteriorated, but I can be sure that I must have heard of your name. I can't remember the time..."

Huang Lao laughed and said, "Ms. Ye, don't think about it any more. When I recommended Pei Miao to you, I made a guarantee. How about it, the student didn't disappoint you, right?"

"Well, not bad." Ye Lao said happily, "It's been so many years, you don't live up to expectations, you finally did something that satisfies me."

Pei Miao couldn't help laughing and said, "Old Huang is a top-notch expert in the Jinling antique circle, if he doesn't live up to it, then there won't be a single one in the entire Jinling antique circle."

Ye Lao laughed when he heard the words: "Okay, since Pei Miao excused Lao Huang, then I think that Lao Huang is still up to date, but, Lao Huang, don't be too happy first, I'm sorry for Pei Miao. The test is not over yet."

Pei Miao was taken aback when she heard the words, and thought to herself: "What are you doing? There is still a test? I'm just here to drop by. Why do you want to test me?"

Before Pei Miao could speak, Elder Huang said calmly, "Please ask the teacher to continue the test."

"Okay." Ye Lao rubbed his hands when he heard the words, and said, "I have already prepared it, but this time it will not be so easy, just wait a moment."

Ye Lao got up and walked to the door, opened the door and called the Bancuntou from the outside to come over, whispered a few words in Bancuntou's ear, then went back to sit down on the mahogany sofa, smiled and said: "Come on, drink tea, baby immediately arrive."

Several people picked up the teacups again and tasted the precious Wuyi Mountain Dahongpao, while Pei Miao murmured in his heart, "What's the situation now? Why does Ye Lao want to test me? What is his identity? "

Before the cup of tea was finished, there was a knock on the door, and the voice of Bancuntou sounded outside the door: "Old Ye, something has arrived."

Ye Lao raised his voice, "Move in."

The door was pushed open, and four young men wearing the same Chinese tunic came in carrying a large blue and white jar.

This blue-and-white vat is very large, with a diameter of more than one meter. Fortunately, Ye Lao's study room has a wide door, otherwise he might not be able to get in.

These four young men also had straight-inch hairstyles, and they did things neatly. After lifting the big blue and white vat, they put it down gently, and stood neatly aside.

Ye Lao led Pei Miao and a few experts to the blue and white vat, Ye Lao raised his hand and patted the mouth of the blue and white vat, and said with a smile: "This time, Pei Miao, you can get started, you are welcome."

Pei Miao didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard the words, he really wanted to get started, but the conditions didn't allow it. With such a big tank, let alone whether he could lift it, even if he could lift it, it would be inconvenient for him to show his supernatural power here. .

Pei Miao said, "Then...Old Ye, I'll start watching."

Ye Lao spread his hands with a smile: "Look, look carefully, come, let's drink tea over there."

As he spoke, he called Huang Lao and the others back to the tea table and continued to drink tea, so that Huang Lao and the others would have no chance to help Pei Miao cheat.

Pei Miao walked slowly around the outline, looking at it while walking. The size of the device was too large, and the area was also large. It was a bit strenuous to check all of them.

After reading the outside, Pei Miao looked at the inside of the outline again. Although he can see inside with his supernatural powers, he still needs to do some actions. It's like when you take the driver's license test, if you don't turn your head to look around In terms of road conditions, the examiner will think that you have no safety awareness and deduct points from you. Even if you glance left and right with your eyes, it is useless, and you must act out.

Pei Miao worked around the outline for about 5 minutes, and finally said, "Old Ye, I've finished reading it."

"Oh? So fast?" Ye Lao put down his teacup in surprise, walked over, and said as he walked, "You finished reading such a big outline in a few minutes?"

Mr. Huang and the others also followed. Mr. Huang exchanged glances with the experts beside him, and all of them smiled.

Pei Miao looked at Ye Lao with a smile, and said, "Ye Lao, I can pass this test, but I feel a little disgraceful."

"Oh? How do you say it?" Ye Lao was full of doubts.

Pei Miao said, "Because I have a painting vat, which is from the same batch as this large vat."

"There is such a thing?" Ye Lao looked at Pei Miao suspiciously.

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Pei Miao smiled lightly and said, "Then I'll give you the answer directly. This big vat is blue and white porcelain from the Wanli official kiln, but it was indeed made in the two years when Emperor Tianqi just came to the throne. Due to historical reasons, those two years Here, the Wanli year name has been used, the glaze color of this large vat is too bright, a little distorted, it is caused by kiln changes, it seems to be the same as my blue and white porcelain painting vat, there is no mark on the bottom."

Ye Lao was shocked when he heard the words, and asked in amazement: "Do you really have such a painting tank in your house?"

Huang Lao interjected: "I can testify to this, because... I did the appraisal for his painting tank."

Pei Miao added: "At first I couldn't understand the painted vat, but Mr. Huang told me the allusion to it when he helped me identify it, so this time the test was actually a coincidence."

"Opportunity, this is a chance." Ye Lao couldn't help being speechless when he heard the words, "You know, this batch of blue and white porcelain has long been extinct, and it is very rare to find one. I didn't expect you to meet it, and I took out it. It's definitely your chance to buy the same batch of porcelain to test you, Pei Miao, you didn't play tricks."

"Isn't this a trick?" Pei Miao blinked and said, "I always feel a little disgraceful."

Ye Lao waved his hand and said: "There is nothing disgraceful. There are many kinds of antique knowledge to learn. Lao Huang told you about this batch of porcelain knowledge. You wrote it down. This knowledge is yours. You are here with me now." Now that it’s used, how can we use it as a trick?”

Pei Miao scratched her head and thought about it, then laughed: "From what you said, it seems... that's really the case."

Ye Lao nodded in satisfaction at Pei Miao, and said, "But from your words and deeds just now, it can be seen that you are a very well-behaved child, which is very good."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Huang hurriedly said, "Then... Teacher, you..."

Ye Lao raised his hand to stop him, and said, "Come on, continue to drink tea." After saying that, he took everyone back to drink tea.

Pei Miao was dazed and confused, today they came to visit, after entering the door, apart from drinking tea, there were two inexplicable tests, anyone would be dazed.

And Pei Miao just saw that Mr. Huang seemed to have something very important to say, but was stopped by Mr. Ye, and he didn't know what mystery they were showing off.

The next content is drinking tea and chatting, but basically it is Ye Lao and several old experts reminiscing about the past, and at the same time talking about some interesting experiences of playing antiques in recent years, or sharing experiences with everyone.

Pei Miao still likes to listen to these things. From the experience shared by these old experts, Pei Miao has learned a lot of knowledge, and it is very practical.

Time passed quickly, and it was already eleven o'clock in the blink of an eye. There was a knock on the door, and their conversation was interrupted. Elder Ye asked, "Who is it?"

"Grandpa, it's me, Xiang Nan, it's time to eat."

"Oh, I'll be there soon." Ye Lao got up and said, "It's rare for everyone to come, let's have a light meal together."

Huang Lao and the others were just about to refuse, but Ye Lao said first: "Don't refuse."

What else can Huang Lao and the others say, they can only laugh and say: "There is no choice."

Ye Lao took them out of the study room, opened the door, and saw a boy with a pot-covered hairstyle standing outside. Looking carefully, he was not a boy, at least 26 or seven years old, but because the pot-covered hairstyle was a bit tender , so at first glance it looks like a big boy, but upon closer inspection, it turns out to be a young man.

This young man with a pot-covered hairstyle is Ye Lao's grandson——Ye Xiangnan, standing there straight at the moment, as if standing in a military posture.

Ye Lao glanced at him and asked, "Are you at home today?"

Ye Xiangnan replied: "Yes, Grandpa."

Ye Lao sighed: "Everyone is a busy person." After saying that, he went straight out.

Others followed behind.

Ye Xiangnan was very well-behaved in front of Ye Lao, but when he followed Ye Lao, he began to reveal his true nature, took out his mobile phone to secretly chat with people, and sent messages with a wretched smile, obviously, the other party was a beautiful woman.

When a normal person encounters this kind of situation, he can't help but take a look. It's not because he wants to read the content of his chat, but it's just a natural reaction driven by curiosity. That's what Pei Miao did. He turned his head and glanced at Ye Xiangnan.

Ye Xiangnan noticed Pei Miao's movement from the side, and he quickly covered his phone and stared at Pei Miao fiercely.

Pei Miao quickly looked away, as long as I'm not embarrassed, it's someone else who is embarrassed.

The dining place is in the dining room, which is very big and divided into two rooms. They eat in the small room. There is a mahogany round table and eight chairs beside the table, all of which are made of rosewood, although rosewood is not in the mahogany rank Very expensive materials, but not cheap, the table and chairs are really high-grade with such a configuration.

When he started to eat, the food was relatively light, mostly vegetarian dishes, presumably this is also Ye Lao's eating habits.

At the dinner table, no one spoke, and Pei Miao naturally did not dare to speak. This reminded him of Ma Lao, the Emerald King. Ma Lao's family seemed to have a lot of rules. Ma Lao's grandson Ma Cong was also respectful in front of Ma Lao. But this Ye Xiangnan is obviously not comparable to Ma Cong, Ma Cong is really well-behaved, but this Ye Xiangnan is obviously a two-faced person.