Chapter 49

Looking at the photo of old Zhou, Uncle Wu can't help but feel sad. He didn't expect that his childhood playmate left again. Apart from one who went abroad and two who settled in other places, he had no friends growing up in the capital. How can he not feel sad.

After paying homage to Lao Zhou, Uncle Wu handed over 3000 yuan to Xiao Zhou and said, "Uncle Wu can't help you much. Except for buying some paper money for your father, the rest of you can control it by yourself. You should also find a job to live a good life."

Xiao Zhou took over 3000 yuan, his eyes suddenly brightened, and said to Uncle Wu, "Uncle Wu, now you are really the only one who can help me. My father has left some paintings and calligraphy. Please help me."

When Uncle Wu heard his request, he almost walked away. This man is unreasonable. Just a few days after his father died, he wanted to sell all the things left by his father. Moreover, the money he sold must be used on his unreliable ancient jade. This man has been crazy and there is no cure for it.

But when I think about it, Uncle Wu sighs. If the price is not expensive, I'll buy it and stay. In the end, eight out of ten will be sold at a low price. Instead of wasting it like this, I'd better buy it myself, which can be regarded as a little impression of an old friend.

"Let's take a look." Although Uncle Wu is ready to buy the paintings and calligraphy left by Lao Zhou, it is impossible for him to have a better attitude towards Xiao Zhou. Therefore, his voice is not very friendly.

However, Xiao Zhou doesn't care. Regardless of his attitude, as long as he can buy paintings and calligraphy, he has a good attitude.

Next, he led them to a small room next door. As soon as they entered the room, a pungent smell went straight to their heads. They frowned and covered their noses one after another. After a while, they got used to it a little bit.

This smell is nothing else, just the chemical smell from the fake jade bought by Xiao Zhou. We know that the vast majority of fake ancient jade nowadays, in order to imitate the erosion of nature, often immerse the fake jade in chemicals. In this way, there will always be a little smell of chemicals on the jade.

One or two of them are light, maybe they can't smell it, but there are thousands of fake ancient jade in this hut. Can the accumulated chemical smell not be pungent?

In this way, Xiao Zhou led two people to come in, but also elated said: "Uncle Wu, how about my collection is still rich?"

Seeing his good self-expression, Uncle Wu had nothing to say. He urged him to say, "Xiao Zhou, please take out all your paintings and calligraphy. It's not too early. We'll have something to do later."

"Well, Uncle Wu, just a moment."

Xiao Zhou took Uncle Wu's words and went to a dark and humid corner, where he took out three scrolls.

Uncle Wu is very angry and distressed to see this. We know that to preserve calligraphy and painting well, we should at least put them in a relatively dry place. It can be said that such a humid environment is a taboo for calligraphy and painting preservation, and there is not even a box. In such a preservation environment, within a few months, these three paintings will be damp and moldy.

Seeing that Wu Shu couldn't help scolding Xiao Zhou, Chu Chen stopped him. He had nothing to say. If he really listened, his mother would not be angry with him.

Xiao Zhou casually put the scroll on the table and said, "Uncle Wu, please see if you are satisfied."

Before watching, Wu Shuxian took a breath from his chest and went to the table with Chu Chen. He opened the scroll carefully and observed carefully.

Of the three, two are paintings and the other is calligraphy. The authors are all people with names.

First of all, they saw the calligraphy work. The size of the whole work is about five square feet. It is a running calligraphy work written by He Yu in 1912.

He Yu was one of the 60 schools of Shanghai school in the late Qing Dynasty. His first teachers were Hu Gongshou (Hu Yuan), Ren Yi (Ren Bonian), and later Zhu Menglu's disciples. He is good at the creation of flowers and birds, and likes to create larger and more refined works, and the themes are mostly festive themes.

However, he has been selling paintings for 60 years and has left a lot of works. Although his paintings are good, in terms of his popularity, the price is not too high in the antique market where the rarity and the essence are the most expensive.

Taking the present running calligraphy as an example, his flowing, calm and powerful writing also reflects the artistic conception of the author at that time, which is a better calligraphy work of He Yu.

Unfortunately, this work is not well preserved. There are some mildew spots on the paper, which affect the quality of the whole work. In this way, the original value of six or seven thousand works can only be worth about four thousand now.

Seeing this painting of calligraphy, Wu Shu and Chu Chen could not help but worry about the following two paintings. However, on second thought, these three paintings were in the hands of Xiao Zhou the day before yesterday, which should have been in the hands of Lao Zhou. Thinking of this, they were a little relieved.

Next, they watched a landscape painting by Wang Xuehao. The size of this painting is about three square meters, which was created by him in 1821.Wang Xuehao is a famous painter in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, good at landscape painting. And his landscape painting techniques, is the famous Qing Dynasty court painter Wang Yuanqi biography. Li Yude, a middle-aged man, was engaged in sketching at the beginning. His color was light and elegant, and he said that he could gain the interest of Yuan people.

The style of this landscape painting in front of us can still reflect Wang Xuehao's consistent vigorous brushwork, elegant charm, different styles of painting, and ancient light spirit overflowing in Chu su. But this work, just in his late years of political reform period, used the broken pen technique.

However, due to the limitation of the times, this kind of reform is no longer popular in the world with a fresh style of painting, and it has not been completely reborn, so it has affected the overall level of painting. Therefore, although this painting is still his masterpiece, its price is affected by its level. According to its appearance, the highest market value is estimated to be only about 5000 or 6000.

The author of the last painting is Zhang Jian. He is also a famous painter in Qing Dynasty, but he lived in Kangxi period. He began to study at the age of 30. He was a late bloomer. His calligraphy and poetry were excellent.

Zhang Jian is the best at bamboo painting, and is loved by people from all walks of life at home and abroad. At this time, the work in front of them is a picture of carnation.

However, after they slowly opened the painting completely, Uncle Wu's eyebrows just wrinkled, because on the drawing paper, it was obvious that there were traces of water, and it should have been dripped not long ago. Seeing this, Uncle Wu glared at Xiao Zhou.

Xiao Zhou was a little embarrassed when he saw this. He quickly explained: "Uncle Wu, it's not my intention. It's just that when I saw the painting yesterday, it dripped up carelessly. And you see, the water didn't only drip into the blank space?"

It's true that the water didn't drip on the ink color of the painting, otherwise the value of the painting would be greatly reduced, but even so, after the rice paper is stained with water, there will be yellow spots. If it's not removed immediately, it will be troublesome to clean it for a long time. Now, after you buy this painting, you must ask the mounting master to deal with it.

After listening to Uncle Wu's story, Xiao Zhou was a bit silly. He said weakly, "Uncle Wu, that is to say, the value of this painting is less than before?"

"What do you say?" Uncle Wu asked angrily, and then he looked at the painting again.

Just now when Uncle Wu was talking with Xiao Zhou, Chu Chen had been staring at a place stained with water, because there was always a slight difference in that place. It seemed that there was a faint ink color, which made him have a little doubt.

However, it must be inappropriate for him to look around. After all, there are two other people nearby. Uncle Wu doesn't matter, but Xiao Zhou is not only not his own person, but also makes him feel particularly annoying. Even so, in addition to seeing with his eyes, he also has a means against heaven, which is the power.

After using the ability, not only his previous conjecture has been verified, but also his heart can be described as a surprise, and the corners of his mouth are unconsciously suffused with a faint smile.

Bamboo, as we all know, is one of the four gentlemen, which stands for quiet, elegant and elegant style. Therefore, whether the bamboo painting is good or not depends on whether it can reflect its due characteristics in the painting, which is particularly important.

This painting, however, did not disappoint Wu Shu and Chu Chen. On top of the scroll, there are several clumps of Xiuzhu in the stone. The length of the clumps is uneven and powerful, but the density is appropriate. The strokes are elegant and free from vulgarity, and they are very elegant and vivid. It really reflects the consistent style of Zhang Jian, which depicts the bones of bamboo as beautiful, cold, strong and dense.

In addition, the seal, Title Recognition and seal can be verified one by one, so it can be confirmed that it is an authentic work of Zhang Jian. The most valuable thing is that this work is about 15 square feet, which is very rare and precious in Zhang Jian's works.

After reading the three works left by Lao Zhou, they can confirm that they are all authentic works. However, because of the relationship between the author's fame and appearance, the value is not too high.

Uncle Wu asked Xiao Zhou, "Xiao Zhou, I've seen everything. It's really good. I can take all the three works with me. How much do you want?"

As soon as Xiao Zhou's eyes turned, he asked for a price and said, "Uncle Wu, you know I'm short of money now. It's your duty to watch me grow up. You can take 40000 of these three works."

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Uncle Wu was a little angry when he heard Xiao Zhou's offer. Of the three works, the first two add up to 10000. Although the last one is about 15 square feet, which is rare in Zhang Jian's works, because of this, it doesn't look so comprehensive with his standard.

Therefore, it's not bad to estimate it by the reputation of the author, the degree of appreciation and the quality of the painting. Even if it's sold at the auction, it can only sell for 20000 to 30000 at most.