Song Yi contributed the handkerchief, Chen Zhen found the place, and Zhang Xingzu kept watch.

There is a thick layer of oil on the outer edge of the cat bowl, completely covering the original color.

It took her more than half an hour to clean it up.

A brightly colored fighting cock notched cracked bowl, revealing its original appearance.

Chen Zhen seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He lowered his voice and exclaimed: "Sister Zong, it's the Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup."

The inscription "Chenghua" on the bottom is also very clear, and the color of the fighting cock painting is also very bright. I can only say that the cat eats really well!

"Sister Zong, it's been so many years, how come the color is still so bright? Could it be fake?" Zhang Xingzu looked doubtful.

It's impossible to just pick up a cockfighting bowl so easily, right?

Why did they encounter it when others couldn’t?

It’s impossible for the God of Wealth to step on gold ingots every day when he goes out, right?

He felt that it was most likely a fake!

Fang Zongtang glanced at him and said, "Everything I taught you was eaten by dogs. What about anti-corrosion and anti-oxidation? Recite it to me again."

Zhang Xingzu froze and his face turned visibly green.

He could recite one or two elementary school texts, but he didn't remember a single word about anti-corrosion and anti-oxidation.

The fear of being dominated by the stick twelve years ago suddenly became clear again.

She looked at Zhang Xingzu who had shrunk into a ball with a bad temper: "If you shrink any more, you'll have no neck!"

Chen Zhen quickly smiled and said, "Carbon powder prevents moisture, lime prevents corrosion, air isolation prevents corrosion, and soaking in special oil prevents corrosion."

Fang Zongtang nodded to Chen Zhen: "You have a good memory."

When Zhang Xingzu heard her say this, he lowered his head even more.

She explained to the three of them.

"This bowl must have been fed to cats for generations. The cats live in very good conditions, with lots of oil and water. Over time, the oil stains on the bowl have smeared the bowl. The pattern on the bowl protects it from air corrosion, which is why the color is so bright."

Chen Zhen took a look at the cat bowl and said regretfully, "I have seen a similar chicken-glazed cup at the Forbes auction in the United States before. It was also from the Chenghua period and was sold to an antique dealer in the United States for three million US dollars. The color of this chicken-glazed cup is brighter than that one. If it is intact, it will definitely be more valuable than that one!"

Unfortunately, there are gaps and cracks, and the cracks are from top to bottom. It may collapse at any time.

She wrapped the chicken-glazed cup in a handkerchief and asked Song Yi to keep it.

Turning to Chen Zhen, he asked, "Let me ask you, how much did you spend on that pair of crudely made large blue bottles?"

Chen Zhen's eyes rolled and he smiled.

"It costs two thousand, and I'll take five hundred, so the total is one thousand five hundred Hong Kong dollars."

She looked at Chen Zhen unhappily: "With the current prices in Hong Kong, it's not a big loss for you to buy two fake bottles that big for 1,500 yuan."

Zhang Xingzu reacted: "If we spend 1,500 yuan to buy their cat, they might think we are something else and keep hanging on to us. Brother Chen helped them clear out the big bottles that no one wanted, and they were happy to give us the cat and bowls. Now they might be worried that we will regret it and return the goods."

Fang Zongtang laughed and said, "Let's learn from this. Fortunately, the person we met today was not a scoundrel. If we had met one, we would have just considered ourselves unlucky."

Chen Zhen was still thinking about the Chicken Cup, so he asked in a roundabout way, "Sister Zong, are you planning to repair the Chicken Cup?"

She nodded: "Fix it once, and we'll fix the gap when we find the right material!"

Chen Zhen smiled sheepishly: "Sister Zong, if you want to sell this bowl, just tell me. I will go find the buyer and promise to negotiate a high price for you!"