Chapter 0570 – As You Like It

Qi Zhu’s intention is just to buy a side of real ancient inkstone, now see Zhuang Rui attitude resolute, then listened to Zhao Hanxuan’s opinion, went to pick another few inkstones, there is Uncle De this free appraiser in, Qi Zhu is not afraid to buy a fake.

“Hubby, you’re great!”

After seeing the people around Zhuang Rui walk away, Qin Xuan Bing quietly whispered in Zhuang Rui’s ear.

This society is still a male-oriented society, seeing her own man talented, Qin Xuan Bing is naturally overjoyed.

“Of course, your husband I’m great everywhere.”

Zhuang Rui smiled evilly and kissed Qin Xuan Bing on her face, frightening Qin Xuan Bing to push her away in a hurry, even though she had studied abroad, she still couldn’t understand and couldn’t do anything about those couples kissing on the street as if no one else was there.

“Xuan Bing, let’s go to Qin Ruilin tomorrow to take a look! I’ll ask my brother-in-law to send a batch of jadeite materials over from Pengcheng, you can make some designs based on the materials, and just give it to Master Luo to carve at that time.”

Zhuang Rui now has some guilt in his heart, after coming to the store either busy selling beads and flowers or appraising this ancient inkstone, Qin Xuanbing was left out in the cold, half a day didn’t say a word to her.

Although Zhuang Rui on women’s practical experience is very little, but can not help him love to read ah! Zhuang Rui learned from the book, no work women, sooner or later will lose themselves, every day in the man behind the suspicious.

Zhuang Rui does not want to let his wife at home as a decoration, how to say Qin Xuan Bing is in the international debut of the young jewelry designer ah! Not letting her work would be too much of an offense.

“Okay, husband, just go and get busy, don’t worry about me.”

Qin Xuan Bing smiled, it was said that men at work were the most attractive, and she also enjoyed watching Zhuang Rui’s focused look when he was appraising antiques.

“Well ……”

Zhuang Rui shook Qin Xuan Bing’s small hand, then walked to the side of Uncle De, said: “Uncle De, but also have to trouble you to help me look at, although these things are true, but I am not very understanding of the current market conditions, Uncle De you give a price!”

Previously, if not uncle De in, Zhuang Rui that bead flower estimate will also sell a cabbage price to, visible in to do antique business, not you can identify the authenticity of the can, but also must understand the current market conditions of these objects.

Uncle De although now not in the pawnshop work, but leisure will also go to participate in some of China’s antique auction, is to the price of these things better understand, of course, Zhuang Rui if you can put the Kyoto auction house of money to find the total, that pricing has to be more accurate.

Uncle De smiled bitterly and shook his head, originally wanted to stroll Panjiayuan, who knew that actually was Zhuang Rui pulled a strong man, but he was also willing to do it, at the same time the face of a square, said: “You kid, what do not know dare to open the door to do business, I help you pricing can be, but you have to tell me the origin of these objects, although your kid background is quite deep, but some of the things or can not be dipped. ”

Just now Zhuang Rui and Qin Xuan Bing talking time, Uncle De has been looking at the cabinet of these pearls, and jade antiques, but the more you look at the more shocked, because from the point of view of the workmanship on these things, basically from the palace manufacturing office, not only in the Qing Dynasty, and some of the objects look like there is also the style of the Ming Dynasty.

Uncle De this is also afraid of Zhuang Rui went what crooked way, get these things, some time ago I heard that a museum in Shenyang side of the theft, there are a lot of Puyi brought over the precious cultural relics.

“Uncle De, where do you want to go, let’s go inside and talk about it!”

Zhuang Rui saw Uncle De’s skeptical eyes, can’t help but a little bit of laughter, just this outside the crowd, Zhuang Rui can only open the cabinet, the jewelry and antiques are collected into the bag, get the inner room to go.

“Uncle De, this is how things are, I wouldn’t dare to lie to you! Xuan Bing is here, she knows about this too.”

After entering the inner compartment, Zhuang Rui originally told Uncle De what happened in Burma.

But Zhuang Rui is the 10 tons of gold to conceal the matter, not trust uncle De, but because that matter involves Ouyang Lei use military helicopters things, not suitable for too many people know, and that batch of gold and these antiques do not have much to do with.

“You kid, your luck is really good! By the way, if you don’t like jewelry antiques, you can sell them all, but like this tortoiseshell Ruyi, it’s a nice thing with a lot of room for appreciation, so you can stay.”

Uncle De could only shake his head in disbelief after listening to what Zhuang Rui said about this matter, and at that moment, he gave took a piece of paper and marked up the prices of these antiques one by one, only when he picked up that tortoiseshell ruyi, Uncle De stopped.

“There’s something to be said for this?”

This Ruyi, which was dark with an inky luster, was made of tortoiseshell horns, with a rounded pulp, and the front side was carved with a pattern of butterflies frolicking in flowers, and on the back side, there were Buddhist ten-thousand characters in a continuous pattern.

“Of course, you kid! Still need to study and read more, let me tell you about the precepts of this object!”

Uncle De gave Zhuang Rui a dissatisfied look and explained the collection value of this tortoiseshell ruyi to Zhuang Rui.

Originally, tortoiseshell has been favored by nobles or merchants since ancient times, and is regarded as an heirloom treasure and a symbol of longevity. The tortoiseshell’s back armor can be used to make exquisite decorations, and in the famous poem “Southeast Peacock Flight” of the Han Dynasty, there is a verse that reads, “Tortoiseshell is light on the head and silk shoes are worn under the feet”.

The Huidong Harbor Nature Reserve established in Guangdong Province of China focuses on the protection of hawksbill turtles, green turtles and other sea turtles. For example, Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty used tortoiseshell to make combs, fans, musical instruments, hairpins, and even specimens of tortoiseshell.

The word “Ruyi” comes from the Indian Sanskrit word “Anaru”, which is one of the Buddha’s tools imported from India, and the end of the handle is made in the shape of “heart”, with bamboo, bone, copper and jade. When the priest lectures, often holding a handle, Ruyi, remember the scriptures on, in case of forgetfulness.

Ruyi in folklore, has always been “not to seek” the name, many friends may know, this thing is to scratch an itch with, only that is the poor people’s call, from the Wei, Jin and the North and South Dynasties period, Ruyi has been the general use, it is very popular during this period, became the hands of the emperors and nobles of the hands of the thing.

By the time of the Qing Dynasty, emperors and empresses used Ruyi as a reward for princes and ministers, and when the emperor chose a consort, if Ruyi was put into the hands of one person, it meant that she would become the empress, and during the Republic of China era, Ruyi became a valuable gift, which was given to each other by rich families to wish for good luck.

Things have changed, now Ruyi has withdrawn from people’s daily life, and become the genus of antiques, but a handle of exquisite and pure beauty of Ruyi, carrying the history they have had and the auspicious and beautiful symbols they contain, is still so pleasing to the eye and pleasant to the eye, for the people to hear and see.

“No wonder, I have more than a dozen ruyi there, dare to be the emperor’s reward out ah!”

After listening to uncle De’s words, Zhuang Rui this is to understand the real value of the ruyi and the meaning of where, in short, this thing as a symbol of good luck, now doubly sought after by collectors, and Zhuang Rui in the hands of these ruyi are the palace use, in other words, is the emperor and the emperor’s wife scratching an itch with, that appreciation of the space than the folk of the ruyi but also many times out of the big.

Zhuang Rui on those jewelry antiques have no love, but the ruyi to pick out, this thing in the miscellaneous belongs to the popular collection of objects, they are better to stay!

Wait until uncle De to Zhuang Rui these antiques all marked price, Zhuang Rui and will be set out, and that list copied a hand, a hand over to the monkey, let him against the various objects to memorize, the other is naturally their own stay.

This will Qi Zhu also picked a value of 80,000 yuan of ancient inkstone, although the value is not as expensive as the brick inkstone, but also the Qing Dynasty family used, Qi Zhu is still very satisfied.

Qi Zhu paid the money, said to Zhuang Rui: “Mr. Zhuang, have time to come to zhejiang around, we are there but the origin of the bloodstone, your store is selling stationery, I see also less seal this kind of thing, later if there is a need, I can take you to buy bloodstone.”

Zhuang Rui took out the understanding Qi Zhu just gave him and shook it, said: “Thank you sister Qi Zhu, if I go to Zhejiang in the future, I will definitely bother you, when you don’t mind the trouble on the line.”

“Old Zhao, we don’t sell seals?”

After sending away Qi Zhu, Zhuang Rui looked to Zhao Hanxuan, he originally did not pay attention to this matter, listen to Qi Zhu so say, really feel that something is missing, this calligraphy and painting writing good, generally are to cover the seal, this seal is indeed and the four treasures of the literary house is inseparable.

After hearing Zhuang Rui’s words, Zhao Hanxuan’s face became a bit odd, and finally said, “Boss Zhuang, the store used to have seals for sale, and then I also hired a master, specializing in helping guests make seals, but then went to Changhua to enter the chicken blood stone, and was cheated with a fake, lost more than 200,000 yuan, and then didn’t sell it again.”

Zhuang Rui smiled at the words, this old Zhao’s luck is also too bad, in Beijing was cheated by more than eight million under the trap, go to Changhua into the chicken blood stone is also cheated, I really do not know how he maintained this store for several years.

“Seal or to sell, when there is time I go to Zhejiang!”

Zhuang Rui remembered a few days ago when he went to send engagement invitations to the ancient master uncle, the ancient master uncle once said to him, the beginning of carving, you can start from the seal engraving seals to start, not to mention, Zhuang Rui heard at the time on the heart, because when he was a child, he had done this.

To say that this is mainly because of Liu Chuan, this brother and sister after high school, Zhuang Rui’s academic performance is good, but Liu Chuan often failed, every end of the semester, take the report card home inevitably to be beaten, so Zhuang Rui to him to think of a way.