Just when Boss Ye was hesitating, Qingtian agreed immediately and said, "Okay, Dad, let's go and look at the dishes!"
"We have troubled Young Master Qin too much today." Boss Ye picked up his daughter and said helplessly.
When Qingtian heard this, he immediately raised his little hand to cover his mouth.
Qin Hexuan's lips curled up cutely because of her, and he said with a smile: "It's a trip anyway, it's okay.
"Besides, didn't I go to your house to bother you before?
"I promised Qingtian I would find someone to help her watch the dishes. Now that we're here, it's just a few steps away. We don't even need to take a car."
After hearing what Qin Hexuan said, Boss Ye really couldn't find any reason to object.
So Qin Hexuan told Song Tao to go back to the car to get the plates, and he led everyone towards Guibaozhai.
Guibaozhai is on the back side of the street from Linglong Pavilion. You can get there by going through a small alley and turning a corner.
The style here is completely different from Linglong Pavilion. The whole shop is ancient, with carved beams and painted buildings, and it is even very dignified and grand.
As soon as Qin Hexuan entered the door, the shopkeeper jumped up from the chair behind the counter as if his butt was stabbed, and climbed up to greet him.
"Oh, young master, you are here. Please come in." The shopkeeper nodded and bowed, but when he saw the people behind Qin Hexuan, he was full of doubts.
Judging from their attire, these people don't look like servants of the Qin Mansion.
Any servant in the Qin Mansion might be dressed better than them!
Instead, they look more like farmers from the villages outside the city.
But if they are farmers, why would they follow the young master?
Especially since he was holding a little girl in his hand.
Qingtian was originally led here by Qin Hexuan, but before entering the door, Qin Hexuan found that the threshold of Guibaozhai was a bit high, so he simply bent down, picked her up, and brought her into the house.
Qin Hexuan was nice to Qingtian, and everyone else was used to it, except the owner of Guibaozhai, who was stunned.
My goodness, to be able to be served and carried in and out by her own young master, she must at least be the daughter of a prince!
But the little girl in front of him looked cute, and her clothes and appearance were also okay, but that was only compared to the other few people.
Given the identities of these people, they probably can't even step into the threshold of the prince's palace.
The owner of the antique shop usually does business with high-ranking officials and dignitaries, so he prides himself on having a keen eye.
After all, the person wearing the dragon robe may not necessarily be the prince, but could also be an actor. The temperaments of people from different classes are completely different.
However, since they were brought by the young master, the shopkeeper couldn't comment on anything. He glanced at everyone and then continued to curry favor with Qin Hexuan.
Qin Hexuan led the way and everyone followed him into the house.
The layout of the antique shop was not as lively and complicated as the Linglong Pavilion. The items in the several Duobao Pavilions were arranged in a staggered manner. In the eyes of Boss Ye and others, they looked so good that they would have to pay for touching them.
So Boss Ye simply said, I won’t go in, I’ll stay at the door and smoke a cigarette. The smell will be too strong if I go in.
Upon hearing this, Liu Quan immediately said, "I, I'll smoke with the boss, you guys go in."
Ye Laosi, Ye Juaner and Ye Dasao looked at each other.
Ye Lao Si: "Then I'll smoke a pack of cigarettes too."
Mrs. Ye was worried about Qingtian, so she hesitated for a moment but still followed him in.
Ye Juan'er let Ye Xianglei slip in without catching him, and fearing that he would get into trouble, she had no choice but to follow him in.
Antique shops have always been closed for half a year and make a profit for half a year after opening, so there are not many customers in the shop.
Qin Hexuan let Ye Xianglei look at it at his own convenience, then he took the bundle from Song Tao, gently placed it on the counter, untied the outer wrapping, revealing the intact large disk inside.
"Eh..." The shopkeeper was a little surprised after taking a glance, "This plate is quite interesting."
As he spoke, he took out a pair of white cotton gloves from under the counter and put them on. He said, "Excuse me," and then picked up the porcelain plate and studied it carefully.
He first turned the porcelain plate over to see if there was a signature underneath.
After discovering that the bottom of the plate was smooth and white, he took a closer look at the raised area on the bottom of the plate. He even apologized, took off one of his gloves, and rubbed the area with his fingers to confirm the texture.
After studying the back for a while, he turned around and began to study the pattern, color, etc. on the front. Finally, he even took out a Western magnifying glass and took a closer look at the pattern.
Ye Xianglei was watching in fascination, it turned out that there were so many techniques and details involved in identifying antiques.
These were things he had never seen or known before in the antique shops in the county town.
The shopkeeper studied the plate for a full moment before carefully placing it back on the cloth wrapping. He took off his gloves and said, "Young Master, if I'm not mistaken, this should be an imperial tribute porcelain plate from the official kiln of the previous dynasty.
"But there's no signature on the bottom of the plate..."
Qin Hexuan asked, "So it's the product of a test kiln?"
"No, no." The shopkeeper shook his head subconsciously, then realized that it was Qin Hexuan who was speaking and not someone else, and quickly said, "Of course, the situation you described, young master, is also very possible.
“However, generally speaking, porcelain from trial kilns will also have a signature underneath.
"Firstly, it is to see whether the color of the signature is correct after firing. Secondly, it is also to distinguish batches, so the date and the number of kiln trials and the kiln are usually written below."
After hearing what the shopkeeper said, Qin Hexuan realized that he had not thought it through carefully enough. After all, he didn't know much about antiques.
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