Chapter 270: Walls Full of Collections
"That person lives inside. Let's go."
Yang Haoming got off the car and stepped over the threshold carrying his bicycle.
Chen Jianye and Qiu Jibin followed behind him.
As soon as the three of them entered the door, the old man in charge of guarding the door asked, "What are you three doing here?"
"Uncle, I have something to ask Uncle Pu Nongdong."
Yang Haoming said with a smile.
He handed over a Daqianmen cigarette.
Cigarettes are a great tool for building bridges and roads, and they are indispensable wherever you go.
"Ah, you're looking for Lao Pu. I'll take you there."
The gatekeeper took the cigarette and a look of joy appeared on his face.
He is also much more enthusiastic in speaking and doing things.
Chen Jianye glanced around the yard.
This is a quadrangle with two entrances.
There is only a front yard and a back yard.
By now everyone had finished their meal, and people in the yard were enjoying the cool air or taking a walk outside the door.
When the residents in the courtyard heard that the three of them were looking for Pu Nongdong, they all looked at them with a half-smile in their eyes.
Chen Jianye understood the meaning in their eyes.
'Another idiot comes to give money to Lao Pu.'
Chen Jianye didn't care.
Before coming here, he had heard from Yang Haoming that Pu Nongdong was a very cunning man who mixed real and fake antiques together and sold them.
If you don't have some skills and come to Pu Nongdong to buy antiques, you will definitely be ripped off by him.
The three followed the gatekeeper through the threshold of the yard and came to the backyard.
Chen Jianye continued to scan.
There were also several people in the backyard enjoying the cool air or strolling around.
When they saw Chen Jianye and others coming, they looked at them with curiosity.
"Lao Pu, someone is looking for you."
The gatekeeper shouted.
"Hey, isn't this Brother Haoming?"
A plump, white, middle-aged man stood up from the pony stool, holding a bamboo fan in his hand.
"Uncle Pu, I came to see you today."
Yang Haoming responded with a smile.
Yang Haoming had communicated with Pu Nongdong before.
But no deal.
Because Yang Haoming was not sure whether Pu Nongdong's antiques were real or fake.
Just don’t buy it.
If you don't buy, you won't lose.
"Come and see me, come in and have a glass of water."
Pu Nongdong said with a smile.
Chen Jianye discovered that some people who were enjoying the cool air in the backyard were also looking at him as if he were a fool.
He immediately understood that Pu Nongdong must have cheated people a lot in his daily life.
As a result, the surrounding residents have become familiar with it.
No wonder Yang Haoming repeatedly told him that Pu Nongdong was cunning.
Chen Jianye secretly became more alert towards Pu Nongdong.
Remind yourself to only take action when you are sure.
If he wasn't sure, he would follow Yang Haoming's example and simply not buy it.
Under Pu Nongdong's enthusiastic guidance, the three of them entered a bungalow.
Chen Jianye walked into the room and took a quick look.
The bungalow is about forty to fifty square meters.
In addition to the ordinary living area, there is an area against the wall that is blocked by several curtains.
"Brother Haoming, what do you want to do by bringing people here today?"
Although Pu Nongdong was talking to Yang Haoming, his eyes were scanning Chen Jianye and Qiu Jibin.
Because he knew that Yang Haoming brought people here to see antiques.
Seeing that Chen Jianye and Qiu Jibin were so young, Pu Nongdong was in a good mood and treated the three of them very warmly.
The young representatives have no experience in antique appraisal and are the kind that are very easy to be ripped off.
"This is my brother Chen Jianye. He wants to appreciate your collection, Uncle Pu. I wonder if you can give him a favor."
Yang Haoming said with a smile.
"Hello, Uncle Pu, my name is Chen Jianye, and I'm very interested in antiques."
Chen Jianye stretched out his hand and took the initiative to say hello.
"Brother Jianye, you came to the right person."
"I don't have any other special abilities, but when it comes to antiques from the previous dynasties, there are only a handful of people in this city who have more treasures than I do."
Pu Nongdong's face was full of pride.
Not based on anything else, just because his surname is Pu!
You know, the surname Pu was changed from Aisin-Gioro in the previous dynasty.
What is Aisin-Gioro? That is the surname of the royal family of the previous dynasty.
Isn't it normal that the descendants of the royal family of the previous dynasty have many treasures from the previous dynasty?
The bowls and chopsticks they used in their daily lives and the various items they carried when traveling are now considered antiques.
"Hao Ming also strongly recommended you to me, saying that you have a lot of treasures, so I came all the way here."
"Uncle Pu, can I see your collection now?"
Chen Jianye flattered and asked.
“Haha, it’s watchable.”
Pu Nongdong came to the wall, reached out and grabbed a piece of curtain, and pulled it gently.
The closet hidden behind the curtain suddenly appeared.
There are various antiques on the wall cabinet.
There are bronze mirrors, gold hairpins, jade bracelets, spanners, bowls, wooden boxes, earrings, ornamental porcelain and so on.
Even Chen Jianye saw a snuff bottle and a bird cage.
An entire wall was covered with built-in cabinets, and antiques were placed on each shelf.
Pu Nongdong slowly pulled open several curtains, and all the antiques appeared in front of Chen Jianye and others.
“Although it’s not the first time I’ve seen it, I still feel shocked.”
Yang Haoming said with envy.
The table he used to store antiques was a shabby wooden shelf.
The antiques above are also junk.
Yang Haoming's dream is to fill a wall with antiques like Pu Nongdong.
Even if I don't sell it, it's still enjoyable to look at it by myself.
"If these things were all genuine, they would be worth several thousand dollars."
Qiu Jibin was shocked.
"Little brother, all the goods here are genuine."
Pu Nongdong corrected it unhappily.
"Yes, yes, I was wrong."
"Uncle Pu, you are a real person who never reveals your true identity."
Qiu Jibin praised it.
A smug look appeared on Pu Nongdong's face.
Everyone likes to hear good words.
"Can I look at these things casually?"
Looking at the dazzling array of antiques, Chen Jianye felt slightly happy and asked calmly.
"Of course, feel free to look at it. If you like it, you can hold it in your hand and look at it."
"But I'll tell you in advance that if you drop it and break it, you have to buy it back at the original price."
Pu Nongdong reminded.
"That's no problem."
Chen Jianye nodded and walked towards the closet.
When he was one meter away from the closet, he stopped and took out a flashlight from his cloth bag.
The light in the room is too dim and I can't see what's going on.
You have to use a flashlight to see it clearly.
Yang Haoming and Qiu Jibin also took out flashlights from the cloth bag.
Help Chen Jianye to take care of antiques.
Chen Jianye's eyes fell on the top porcelain piece on the far left side of the cupboard.
The top shelf of the closet is filled with porcelain.
Because the porcelain is relatively large, even if it is placed on the top layer, people standing on the ground and looking up can still see most of its original appearance.
If you put a gold hairpin or jade bracelet on the top layer, you won’t be able to see anything.
The flashlight fell on the large porcelain vase, and Chen Jianye said to himself, "Fake."
Then he looked at the layer below the porcelain bottle.
It was a bronze mirror, and underneath was a piece of wood that fixed the bronze mirror.
'Fake.'
Chen Jianye took a few glances and quickly made a judgment.
The skill of antique identification mainly depends on vision and knowledge.
For example, Chen Jianye determined that the broken plate from the Xuande period collected by Yang Haoming was fake, because he knew that the Sumaliqing material from the Xuande period had been used up, and the pattern produced by Pingdengqing was different from that of Sumaliqing.
My eyesight is not good enough to see the difference between the two patterns and their colors.
If you don't have knowledge and don't understand history, it's easy to be fooled.
Vision and knowledge require practice the most.
Simply put, knowing more is not enough, you also need to see more.
Therefore, in the field of antique appraisal, one becomes more savvy as one gets older, because one has seen so many antiques that one knows all kinds of antiques like the back of one's hand, or one can just look at the patterns in the palm of one's hand.