Chapter 0305 – No Coincidence

Among the four treasures, paper is the least valued. But it is the most important, because there is no paper, no matter how good your calligraphy, skills and high, that work can not be passed down.

These days, as long as and culture on the edge, what things are fake, rice paper is no exception, many unscrupulous businessmen to take some calligraphy and painting paper to pretend to be rice paper, to earn profits.

Painting and calligraphy paper, just an ordinary paper with the characteristics of ink, life is very short, and now well-preserved art treasures of calligraphy and painting throughout the ages, ancient books, documents, India, can be thousands of years and does not rot, is the rice paper “paper life of a thousand years” characteristics, the best proof that the two are far from each other.

Good Xuan paper, now also maintains a bamboo curtain filtering copying and salvaging method of fishing paper, baking with fire wall, artificial uncovered drying hair sun paper, inspection by sheet by sheet visual hand inspection, its production process and price. Are not the kind of mass production of calligraphy and painting paper can be compared.

Ancient people on the use of rice paper, although fussy, but do not understand the production process of rice paper, while several modern calligraphy and painting, but passed down such a paragraph about the beauty of the story.

Liu Haisu, Yin Shou Shi, Wu Zuoren, Li Keran and a large number of masters of painting and calligraphy, in their lifetimes, despite the frailty of old age, long distances, special trip to the manufacture of Xuan paper manufacturers, visit to understand the production process of Xuan paper.

Liu Haisu once said with emotion: we used a lifetime of rice paper, but do not understand how the rice paper is made, so, in his lifetime must come to see, one in order to but the wish, the second is to the rice paper workers masters to express our gratitude, the rice paper workers are our food and clothing, if there is no good rice paper there is no good calligraphy and painting works.

All of you respectively to inscriptions, paintings to express gratitude to the rice paper, in the calligraphy and painting world is a good story, from then on, people for the use of rice paper is also more and more attention to the up.

Boss Zhao gave Zhuang Rui picked five knife Zhejiang Shaoxing good Xuan paper, this kind of paper appearance white, according to the boss of Zhao’s statement is can be cut at will, wet ink strong, will not be deformed in the event of humidity.

Zhuang Rui touched, feel the hand soft and tough, make strength small actually difficult to tear, also nodded his head to acquiesce to the knife six feet size of rice paper up to one thousand yuan price, said poor rich martial arts, if all in accordance with this standard Zhuang Rui. I’m afraid that this word should be read backwards.

“Boss Zhao, I’ll pick a piece of this ink myself!”

Just as Boss Zhao was picking an ink block for Zhuang Rui, Zhuang Rui suddenly opened his mouth and said, because he found that on top of the shelf where the ink was placed, there was actually a piece of ink that actually contained spiritual qi, and it was obvious that this ink was also a bit old, Zhuang Rui walked over and took the oval ink block in his hand.

Zhao boss saw Zhuang Rui selected ink, face slightly showed a surprised look, said: “Little brother is not an amateur ah! This piece of Pine Smoke Ink is of some age, it was collected by me from that old brother’s clan some years ago.”

“That shopkeeper’s clan?”

Zhuang Rui thought for a moment, could not help but laugh, this literati speak is to beat around the bush, you directly say is not bought from the hands of the flag people is finished.

“Right, that old brother, sell me this pine smoke ink people, back then but your master ah!”

“Bah, master is his own master now.” That shopkeeper laughed and spat at Boss Zhao.

The two seemed to be on good terms, Boss Zhao smiled and said, “Don’t spit on me yet, that’s Prince Gong’s descendant. This piece of pine smoke ink is also preserved from Prince Gong’s House inventory, this is the smoke material burnt from the right pine of the Terminal South Mountain, there is not much ink of this practice now.”

Zhuang Rui nodded, casually handed the piece of pine smoke ink to Boss Zhao and said, “OK, I’ll take this piece of ink, Boss Zhao, how much in total will you calculate, I’ll take all of these several objects.”

“That piece of Yishui ancient inkstone also want?”

Zhao boss asked, when he introduced the inkstone earlier, Zhuang Rui’s attitude was noncommittal, I did not expect this unimpressive young man, or a wealthy man.

“To, you count it!”

“The inkstone is one hundred and twenty thousand, five knives of good water pattern rice paper five thousand dollars, ivory wolf brush twelve thousand, Terminal Pine Smoke Ink nine thousand, little brother, a total of fourteen thousand six hundred, I erased the zero for you, fourteen thousand five hundred, how do you think?”

Boss Zhao took a computer, and while quoting the price, he calculated it, and after calculating it, he looked up at Zhuang Rui.

“Success, just according to this price that Boss Zhao said, you can swipe your card here, right?”

Zhuang Rui didn’t have any objections to this price, he didn’t buy these things with the intention of picking up the pieces. Although there are a lot of pearl dust objects, but for these people who opened the store, has long been in their hands to eat through the object, can pick up the leakage in the antique store, the chances are very small.

It is that the shopkeeper heard Zhuang Rui dry reply, heart a little lost, he introduced Zhuang Rui to this book elegant fast, on the one hand is to an old friend to pull business, and another purpose, because here sold by the four treasures, the price is slightly more expensive than the other store sold some, the shopkeeper also thought of Zhuang Rui can not afford to buy when, will not consider that piece of Longshan black pottery to sell it, but this intention is obviously again fall through! The shopkeeper also thought that when Zhuang Rui could not afford it, he would consider selling the Longshan black pottery.

After buying this set of four treasures, has been more than five o’clock in the afternoon, Zhuang Rui also do not have the heart to continue to shop, due to the Miao Feifei tomorrow to work, Zhuang Rui sent her home, he gave the old man a phone call, drive straight to the old man lives in the courtyard.

Parked outside the alley, Zhuang Rui carried the set of stationery toward the old master’s home, just now on the phone the old master said, let him come to the house for dinner.

“You this kid. Last time is not for you to say well, do not buy things to, the old man I do not lack anything.”

Zhuang Rui came into the yard, found the original clean a place, actually became lively, a few small children are chasing and playing, the ancient is sitting under the tree, and a man in his thirties playing Go, see Zhuang Rui hand carrying things, face some Yu.

Zhuang Rui smiled and put the box in his hand next to the chess board and said: ”Elder. You take a look at something before you say it! This big brother is?”

“Hello, my name is Gu Yun, you’re the Zhuang Rui that my father always mentions, right?”

The man stood up and shook Zhuang Rui’s hand, taking the opportunity to disrupt the chess board away.

“You brat, you’re going to lose and do this again.” Ancient laughed and scolded his son, opening up Zhuang Rui’s purchases in the process.

“Huh? Little Zhuang, you have a good eye! Actually managed to buy this good object?”

The old man was attracted by that ancient inkstone of Yi Shui at a glance, not caring about what he said just now, he took it in his hand and played with it, the shape of this inkstone had a hint of childishness in its simplicity, and it could be considered as a fine product among the Yi Shui inkstones.

Gu Yun also reached out and took out the wolf brush, and then pinched that piece of pine smoke ink, said to Zhuang Rui with a smile: “Zhuang brothers, you can really send things ah! My father, love this bite, but this set of four treasures, the price is not low, right?”

Without waiting for Zhuang Rui to reply, the old man spoke up and said, “Well, this set of things is worth a hundred thousand or so, but Xiao Zhuang is a big money, the old man I’ll take it, well, Xiao Zhuang you sit down first, this thing has to be put away, otherwise it would be a pity if it was broken by these few small things.”

While talking, ancient while putting the Yi Shui ink stone in his hand back into the box, then took the box and hurriedly walked towards the house, looking at Zhuang Rui dumbfounded, this throwing in the towel, the effect is really good.

“Brother Gu, you know about this stuff too?”

Zhuang Rui sat down and casually chatted with Gu Yun, it’s not strange that the old man can see that this thing is expensive, but Gu Yun also saw it at a glance, so it must also be a player.

“I’m playing blindly. That’s all the material, and it’s all learned from my old man.”

“What did you learn from me? Bastard, letting go of a good university lecturer and insisting on becoming a foreman, no talent!”

Before Gu Yun could finish his words, he was interrupted by Elder Gu who came out of the house with a look of hatred on his face.

“Dad, you haven’t heard, this professor has gone to sell tea eggs, our little lecturer, naturally we have to follow the trend of the times, go down to the sea to pounce ah!”

Gu Yun is not angry, and his dad poor mouth, Beijing people are this habit, not to mention the other first, that the mouth is absolutely first-class, Zhuang Rui first time to come, were almost fooled by the cab driver to the dizzy.

“Brother Gu, what are you doing now?”

Zhuang Rui saw that the old man still have to read a few sentences, and hastily interrupted the words, he was also a little curious in his heart, some years ago, often heard of university teachers who went into business, did not expect to sit in front of him.

Gu Yun glanced at his dad’s face, it seems not really angry, said with a smile, “Oh, do a little business, my former mentor is a domestic expert in ancient architecture, often some ancient buildings on hand need to repair work, the country does not have such a professional construction team, I came out to set up a company specializing in the undertaking of the ancient building repair.”

“What? Brother Gu you are doing this line?”

Zhuang Rui heard, this is really no coincidence! He was looking for such a company, this is really a step through the iron shoes without a place to find, get all the effort ah!

“What’s wrong? We’re also working with our skills, it’s not a shame!” Gu Yun thought that Zhuang Rui, like his old man, looked down on his work, and his face couldn’t help but become a bit ugly.

Zhuang Rui waved his hands and said, “No, no, Brother Gu, don’t misunderstand, I don’t mean that, I mean it’s a coincidence, a few days ago I just bought a set of courtyard house, it’s just a little shabby, a lot of places need to be re-decorated, and I am worried that I can’t find the right company for it!”

“Oh? This courtyard house is always inhabited, some places are more troublesome to repair, it’s better to look at it first!” Gu Yun’s face eased after hearing Zhuang Rui’s words.

“Cheng, I don’t know if Brother Gu has time tomorrow?”

Zhuang Rui wants to finalize this matter earlier, otherwise the house that cost 60 to 70 million dollars to buy, throw it there as a decoration can’t be ah?