Chapter 52 Junk Alley Stories No. 6: Song Zhukerou's Handmade Kesi Huawu Album

The owner of the stall kept his head down. Passers-by passed by his stall and looked at him sitting idle on a small bench. They could only see an old felt hat and could not see his face clearly. The people who came and went were standing. Even if some squatted down in front of his booth, if they wanted to see his face clearly, they had to lower their heads again, and then raise their faces again to see.The owner of the stall is clearly a man, not a beautiful woman, but it is quite hard to put on such a pose, it is by no means easy, and if it is not done well, especially the elderly, there is a click and a tendon is twisted , Wrong bone, I'm afraid I have to lie in the hospital for ten or eight days, so although there are many people coming and going, no one has the intention of seeing the face of the stall owner clearly.

He was sitting almost motionless, not just dozing off, his head would go up and down involuntarily.So what is he doing?Judging from the angle of his lowered head, he must be concentrating on studying the calf of the passer-by, or he can only study the shoes, and even the calf is not in his line of sight. In his stall, there are not many things on display, and the most attractive are two wooden boards of two feet by one foot, which seem to be good wood, the best red sandalwood, with ox hair, and the ox hair is very dense. There is white and fine wood grain called ox hair, which is known to all insiders. Although it is very simple to fake ox hair, it is always used as the basis for identification.

Between the two pieces of wood, there are a few albums, and the wooden boards are worn with a discolored silk rope. A knot of the silk rope has already been broken, so it looks a bit dying together with the wooden boards. On the wooden board above, there is a piece of incomplete lacquered gold sign, on which there is an inscription in thin gold script: "Song Zhu Kerou's hand-made tapestry, flowers and black album". Then you have to meet a real expert who knows the goods before you can make a deal! What is Kesi?Who is Zhu Kerou?This is beyond the knowledge of ordinary people.The Kesi works, which are woven through extremely complicated methods, not only have magical and exquisite pictures, but also can be preserved for a long time. It is an extremely precious work of art. It started from the Five Dynasties and flourished in the Song Dynasty. In both the Ming and Qing Dynasties, excellent works appeared continuously, and Zhu Kerou was one of the best.Kesi works are extremely difficult to weave, and a small album also requires years of hard work by the artist. There are as many as four pictures. Is it really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in this junk alley?

After the stall was set up, every day, an average of ten or eight people, when passing by, stopped for a while, and then let out an ah, expressing that such fine Kesi products would fall on the stalls in the second-hand goods alley. , expressed surprise, then squatted down, and carefully uncovered the board above. Under the board, there is a Kesi fabric slightly smaller than the board. The first picture is a pair of red-crowned cranes and pine trees, and the second picture is two Yellow partridge and green willow, the third picture shows a very big and majestic rooster crowing in front of the chrysanthemum bushes, and the fourth picture shows a lone goose falling towards a piece of reeds, the artistic conception is very vast.

The stall owner did not move as usual, and he could see the hands of those looking through the stalls. Over the past few days, there were all kinds of hands. Someone also asked about the price, and the owner of the stall replied: No split sale, a total of 200,000 yuan.Those who asked made some meaningless words, then got up and left. The stall owner could see their feet and calves at that time. Of course, if it was a man wearing a hakama, he could only see the hakama feet. In less than half a month, news of Kesi boutiques in Junhu Alley spread, and more people saw it.Weavers are indeed extremely exquisite, and because of the characteristics of the weaving method, it is extremely difficult to counterfeit this method. It has long been lost, and it has finally been discovered recently. However, the works of recent people cannot be compared with the ancient master craftsmen. Compare.

That day, two people squatted down, and the owner of the stall heard a conversation between an old man and a young man. Few asked: Teacher, these four pieces of silk tapestry are undoubtedly ancient relics of the Song Dynasty, but it is hard to say whether they are works of Zhu Kerou. The old man sighed: Yes, it is really a boutique, no matter who it is, it is valuable for collection, you can suggest to buy it! Few voices were dissatisfied: I suggested, our foreign curator doesn’t even know what Kesi is! The old man sighs again: Then private collection, please ask, the price is The voice of the stall owner was incomparably mechanical: No split, two hundred thousand!

In return, there was naturally another meaningless sound. He made an exception and raised his eyes, glanced at the old and the young, and thought in his heart: You two should be the only ones who can really know the goods. ?She is the tapestry expert, and she will definitely come! As the old and the young left, he lowered his eyes again. After another seven or eight days, he saw a pair of feet standing in front of the stall. They were very ordinary shoes, but he immediately felt hot all over; the shoes were half-new and not old, without stockings, and the ankles and calves were surprisingly greasy. , wearing a gown, the hem has a small angle of view, the thin edge is dark purple, and it is already a little fuzzy.

He became stunned, and after an unknown amount of time, he saw the person squatting down, reaching out to lift the wooden plank, he was not young, but he was not old either, and on his ring finger was a ring inlaid with pearls. A little yellowed. He stared at that hand, which flipped through the pages of the album, and looked at each page for a long time, so that he worried for her that her snow-white nape would be sore. Finally, she sighed: After all these years, you still have it! He pressed her hand: You have kept this ring for so many years! Both men's necks seemed stiff, but they were finally able to adjust to an appropriate angle, allowing them to gaze at each other.