Seeing that more than half a month had passed and the traditional Chinese Spring Festival was approaching, we had no choice but to give up the idea of going to the United States to celebrate the New Year.
At that time, the New Year atmosphere in Beijing was very strong.
Fireworks and firecrackers had not been banned in the city.
New Year's Eve was still far away.
You can hear the sound of firecrackers coming and going, adding a bit of chaos to the already very lively flea market.
The Panjiayuan Flea Market now is much more lively than when we first came here.
There are so many people here, one after another.
Of course, it’s because the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the food and beverage markets are buying new year’s goods these days.
There were more people there, and many people had hobbies to get together.
Seeing the crowds in the flea market, they all came to join in the fun.
Although the weather was cold, there were more and more people.
In the past year or so, the Panjiayuan flea market has indeed gradually become a phenomenon.
Compared with the original, it is no longer the same.
In addition to rags and second-hand goods, there are countless antique toys.
It is extremely rich, including calligraphy and painting, porcelain, pottery, bronze ware, guqin, ancient coins, xuanlu, ancient bronze mirrors, jades, ancient inkstones, ancient Ink, ancient books, inscriptions, famous papers from past dynasties, ancient bricks and tiles, seals, silk embroidery, cloisonné, lacquerware, Yixing pots, enamel pieces, material utensils, dental utensils, bamboo carvings, fans, wooden furniture, weapons, and famous stones are piled up like a mountain.
You can't see from one end to the other, so just look at it.
You can see ten things in one day, and you may never see all the things in this flea market in your lifetime.
However, unlike Liulichang in Beijing, which originated in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, where it was all about "literary toys", Panjiayuan's path was wild and miscellaneous.
Among these things, antique "Xibei goods" accounted for nine Well, if you want to buy some real things in Panjiayuan, in addition to having a sharp eye to distinguish authenticity, you also need luck like finding a needle in a haystack.
Fatty and I have a good reputation and cannot be compared with those second-rate dealers who sell fake things.
Some of the regular customers who often visit Panjiayuan heard about it from somewhere.
They all seem to know that Mr.
Hu and Fatty have something in their hands.
Then It's a genuine artifact filtered out of the pit.
Even if it's just an ordinary bronze coin, if you can't help it, it's still the "press money" that Captain Jin pulled out of the old Zongzi's mouth.
I saw a lot of people asking me when they saw me: "If you have an ancient artifact stolen from an ancient tomb that doesn't belong to Mr.
Hu, feel free to make an offer.
As long as it's genuine, there will be no counter-offering."
I thought to myself that I haven't shown up in Panjiayuan for a few days.
Once Da Jinya went abroad, he must have sent all his patrons to me, but I don't have any bright weapons in my hands.
Besides, it is forbidden to come into contact with this thing frequently. , Fortunately, there are a lot of "green heads" obtained from the South China Sea.
The properties of green heads and Mingqi are actually similar, except that one comes from the soil and the other comes from the water.
They are basically the product of bear paws in the mountains and shark fins in the sea. the difference.
So he grabbed the buyers and looked at the green-headed goods.
Nowadays, collectors think that the price of jade is bullish, but they only recognize old jade with old Qin color.
Although green-headed ancient jade has a deep Qin color, it can withstand being soaked in sea water for many years.
Chalcedony is blocked by salt brine, as if wrapped in It is coated with an extremely heavy layer of lime, and even those who know the goods will shake their heads when they see it.
While we were discussing the price, someone familiar from the flea market came to tell us that it was "Master Qiao" from the Liulichang Zhentang who invited us over.
I thought this was a bit strange.
Mr.
Qiao has a great reputation in Liulichang, Beijing.
He has been running an antique shop, Cangzhentang, since before liberation.
He has never seen it in many years.
He has passed countless antiques, and even in Panjiayuan, he has a great reputation.
Everyone knows that he is the "old veteran" in the antique world.
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I had long wanted to visit him, but there was no way to get an introduction.
I didn't expect that he would invite us to come and talk about it.
I wonder what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd.
After further questioning the visitor, I found out that Mr.
Qiao had heard that I had ancient jade from the South China Sea.
He had always been a collector of antiques.
Green-headed jade was very rare in Beijing and it was difficult to see it in the market, so he specially asked me to ask him.
Someone got a message and asked me to take the ancient jade to his home to see how it was.
I thought to myself that I finally had an expert who knew the goods, and I wanted to go to Mr.
Qiao's house to broaden my horizons, so I hurriedly packed up a package of imported goods with the fat man and went straight to Yanshou Temple Street at the east end of Liulichang.
The two-story facade is antique and quite impressive.
The sign with gold characters on a black background is the time-honored Zangzhentang brand.
I explained my purpose to the people in the store, but instead of going upstairs, I was sent directly to an old tube building far away, which was almost to Xiannongtan.
The building was in tatters, and the corridors were filled with winter media from various families, as well as cabbage piled as high as the wall.
Mr.
Qiao is used to living here and is unwilling to move as he gets older, so he spends his daily life here.
I saw that Mr.
Qiao was almost eighty, with not a single hair left, but a long beard that was snow-white, and his eyes were very bright.
He looked energetic and immortal.
When he saw us, he quickly let us go. sit.
Someone brought tea, with exquisite utensils and rich tea aroma.
However, we fat people are used to drinking tea from large bowls and do not know how to taste tea.
In addition, it is freezing outside and our hearts are full of chills.
We drank a cup of hot tea.
He drank it all and praised: "Good tea, you might as well have another bowl, preferably a big teapot."
Second Master Qiao stroked his beard and smiled, and quickly asked people to serve big bowls of tea to Master Hu and Fatty.
Looking at the way they drank tea, it was obvious that these two people were informal and cheerful people.
I laughed and said, "It makes the second master laugh.
I practiced stalls in Panjiayuan for half a day and I was so cold."
After drinking a few cups of tea, my body warmed up, and I was able to look around.
There is almost nothing new in the rooms in this old building.
The old-fashioned bookcases are filled with books and antiques, and the outer edges are filled with white jade, crystal, Shoushan stone, Buddha statues, ivory carvings, nose and eye pots and other antiques, which make it appear that The small room was full to the brim.
If someone didn't know the details outside this Tongzi Building, who would have imagined that Mr.
Qiao, who had spent his whole life raking in antiques and artifacts, would live in such an inconspicuous place.
But seeing that he was willing to be ordinary, Fatty and I felt a little more respectful in our hearts.
We exchanged some noisy words.
Mr.
Qiao seemed to know that we were working as gold-touching captains, and asked me some feng shui in Beijing.
Let’s talk about the business situation in Liulichang.
I am more discerning.
Although Mr.
Qiao is a well-known figure in Beijing, not comparable to Uncle Ming and his ilk, I do not want to reveal the essence of the 16-character yin-yang Feng Shui secret technique.
I just picked up some New Year greetings and said: "Beijing has two dragons, flood and drought.
The situation of the dragon vein happens to cover Liulichang.
Cars are flowing like water and horses are like dragons.
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There are two fortunes in it.
When doing business in this place, I am afraid you will have to count money until you are weak."
Mr.
Qiao was overjoyed when he heard this and wanted to praise him again.
The fat man was eager to get rich, but he thought the old man was too verbose, so he hurriedly took out the green head and asked Mr.
Qiao to look at it to see what price he could give.
Mr.
Qiao took out a magnifying glass and reading glasses, looked at them repeatedly for a long time, played with them in his hands again, and said: "What a jade, what a jade.
They are really ancient jade from the bottom of the sea for thousands of years.
It's a pity that the old jade has not been discovered."
Sex.
My two brothers, King Hu, smell the smell on you two, they are often dealing with bright weapons, in front of real people.
If you don’t tell lies, you will tell the truth.
Before liberation, I, Mr.
Qiao, was traveling with you.
Back then, I was no better than now.
How could I do antique business in Liulichang when I didn’t have real things?
Jade can only be found in ancient ruins on the seabed and ancient tombs in the mountains.
There is nothing of this quality in the world. " Fatty and I were both surprised when we heard this.
We didn’t expect Mr.
Qiao to speak so clearly.
He turned out to be a skilled craftsman.
Under the building where he lives now, there was an ancient stone from the Yuan Dynasty.
The tomb was robbed by Master Qiao so that he could afford to do business in Liulichang.
He was greedy for the good feng shui near this ancient tomb and was reluctant to leave this place.
Later, the ancient tomb was leveled and a building was built.
He still lived here and invited me to come.
Firstly, he wanted to collect the green hair.
Secondly, the building was going to be demolished.
He asked me to find a Feng Shui location so that he could move his family there.
I said you are making things difficult for me.
If you want to touch the gold captain and don’t break into the house, how can you know the feng shui of the Yangzhai?
Besides, since they are all craftsmen, how can you still believe in the theory of feng shui?
I tried to persuade him not to be obsessed with this idea, but Mr.
Qiao was unmoved and pointed at the ground beneath his feet: "This ancient tomb of the Yuan Dynasty is really a geomantic treasure cave.
Back then, I sneaked in from a tomb robber.
The local official, seeing the situation in the tomb, almost killed Ba was so shocked that he fell to the ground.
It was only then that he believed that the theory of Feng Shui in the world was by no means just some illusory theory."
When he said this, he told us what he saw that night in code words. : "There is water but no fish in this ancient tomb" I heard Mr.
Qiao say that there was "water but no fish" in the ancient tomb downstairs.
I also felt a little strange, because I have always known that the ancient tombs of the Yuan Dynasty buried deep treasures, and there were no seals or trees on the ground.
This is Tantric Feng Shui, which has always been the most difficult to find.
In the secret language of inverted buckets, porcelain in ancient tombs is called "water".
One of the most common buried vessels in tombs of the Yuan Dynasty is porcelain.
The craftsmen of inverted buckets have always called the corpses of the Yuan Dynasty "fish".
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"Because the corpse of the tomb owner in the Yuan Dynasty was buried in a coffin, the coffin was wrapped in a layer of fishing nets.
This was also a custom of the tantric people, and it is difficult for most people today to understand.
If it is said that "there is water but no fish", it means that there are only ancient porcelains in the tomb, but no ancient corpses.
Could it be a tomb for clothes?
The fat man and I were particularly interested in the matter of the inverted fight.
When we were curious, we asked Mr.
Qiao to tell us the details. , it would be better to tell more about what happened to the "water" and what kind of market it is worth.
It turns out that Mr.
Qiao made a fortune by playing upside down in his early years.
He has been doing business in antiques, calligraphy and painting for many years now.
He has a similar origin to the ancestor of Mr.
Jinya.
He is a low-ranking folk thief who knows a little about mud.
He has the ability to distinguish the color of soil and has a natural sense of taste and smell.
He has never touched tobacco or alcohol in his life.
When he tells his colleagues about the back-and-forth fight back then, he still beams with joy and looks very proud of himself as an old veteran
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