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Chapter 50 Junk Alley Story 4: Yunlinzi Folded and Wrinkled Taihu Lake Graphite Bamboo Picture

Short Stories by Ni Kuang 倪匡 1818Words 2023-02-05
There are all kinds of second-hand goods in the second-hand goods alley, and antiques are indispensable, and the most popular among antiques, calligraphy and paintings are indispensable. Junk lane is like a microcosm of the whole society. Things of like flock together, what to sell and what to buy. There are clear barriers, not to be confused, and there is also a bit of class composition. Those who specialize in broken electrical appliances sell antiques (regardless of whether they are real or fake). In the eyes of everyone, it is natural that they are not popular, but in the corner selling antiques, those who sell jade calligraphy and paintings seem to be superior to others, and those who sell calligraphy and paintings are even more arrogant. It's no different from those who sell broken electrical appliances, but with a bit of literary talent, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and everything else is inferior. Only those who are good at reading, naturally have a higher status.

Therefore, most of the calligraphy and painting sellers wear long gowns, no matter how bad they are, they also wear Tang suits, and always hold a roll of thread-bound books in their hands, pretending to be reading. Turn: There is a genuine lamp grass monk, no more, a full set of illustrations for Jin Ping Mei When bullying people can't distinguish the dynasty, they will add a sentence: The one who really hates Shizhou! If you glared at him, he would smile shyly and change his words: It's a copy of Qiu Shizhou, of course it's not the real work, and the real work can't come to us either!

If you are somewhat wise, you would naturally not argue with those selling calligraphy and paintings in places like Junk Alley, at most you just smile and leave.If you still don't leave, he has a partner who will raise his voice and object to his words: That's hard to say, the world is in chaos, and most of the treasures are also going through the backcountry. These gentlemen seem to be unparalleled, why not invite them Look at that painting that was brought in earlier? Shouting like this will definitely attract people ranging from three to five to seven, gathered at the stall, and everyone is trying their best to express an expert expression on their faces, so he took out the painting and stood opposite his partner, the two People unfold the painting with the absolutely correct movement of appreciating Chinese paintings.

When the painting was halfway unfolded, the onlookers gave out admiration as usual, and some of them were really experts, saying: "Painting stones with folds and wrinkles, um, imitating Yunlinzi, um, it's very good." When the painting was more than half unfolded, I saw the inscription, and it was impressive; when Yunlin Ni Zan, the person who spoke just now was a little unconvinced: It’s such a picture of Lake graphite bamboo, can it be real? He and his partner held the painting and moved a few steps outside. At this time, there must be more people watching.He squinted his eyes: I don't know, a friend has a good family background, so I don't need to mention it, but recently I've been a little out of luck, and I'm entrusted to sell it under the consignment, no matter the price, the most important thing is to meet someone who knows the goods!

The partner pointed to the next paragraph: Look, it says the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, which is quite strange. Ni Yunlin's paintings are rarely like this. If it is a fake painting, it can't be faked like this! There are red faces and bad faces in opera singing, selling antiques, naturally there are inevitably pros and cons, since the partner is telling the truth, he has to have a counter-tune: It is hard to say, Yunlinzi has disappeared at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and his whereabouts are unknown, hehe , this Mr. Ni has a lot of wealth and mysterious whereabouts. Whether this painting is true or not depends on everyone's eyes.

More people came closer to see the painting. In the second-hand goods alley, there are still people who really know the goods. In a short time, there are always a dozen people who express their opinions on this painting.If those opinions are gathered together, sorted out a little bit, supplemented a little bit, add textual research, and list the sources cited one by one, it can be turned into an eloquent paper, which can be used to mix up opinions in third-rate Western universities. What kind of degree should establish the identity of an expert. In this way, more and more people were discussing one after another, and more and more people were watching. He and his partner kept guiding the speakers, hoping that they would ask a question.But the person who spoke, even though his face was red and his ears were red, and his mouth was frothy, he just didn't say that sentence.

This made him and his partner very anxious. Gradually, they became impatient. The two looked at each other, and they were about to put away the painting. Finally, someone said that they had been waiting for a long time and wanted to hear That sentence: How much does this piece of graphite bamboo in the lake sell for? He let out a sigh of relief. He should have stretched both hands together, with his fingers stretched out, to represent the cross, but he was obsessed with painting, so he couldn't raise both hands together, so he raised one hand, with the five fingers stretched extremely straight, First, the palm of the hand faces the questioner, and then the hand is turned over, with the back of the hand facing the questioner, which means two fives, which add up to ten.

Ten, of course it is one hundred thousand, not ten yuan. Everyone fell silent and looked towards the questioner.The questioner was a clean old lady with unremarkable clothes, but the emerald bracelet on her wrist made people want to stop breathing. The old lady also raised her hand and spread her fingers, just once. He and his partner glanced at each other, quickly rolled up the painting, and handed it to the old lady.The old lady took it and entered the back hall with them, and the onlookers could not follow.Three minutes later, the old lady came out with the painting under her arms, and immediately became the central figure: the real work?worth?

The old lady laughed: Fake. Everyone was stunned, and the old lady said again: "Yun Linzi was painted by someone!"Ni Yunlin sold his property and gathered many rare treasures, all of which are in this painting! Everyone doesn't understand what treasures can be hidden in the painting. When the old lady walked away, someone suddenly thought of it and shouted: "Treasure map!"That's a treasure map! The man's cry naturally only provoked a burst of laughter.
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