The 101st day of being eavesdropped
"Yousi, Xiaolin."
Gu Yousi and Lan Lin were walking back home. Just as they turned the corner, they ran into Song Jianshe walking towards them.
Song Jianshe was holding two strings of candied haws in his hand.
"Uncle Song."
Lan Lin subconsciously protected Gu Yousi behind him and looked at Song Jianshe warily.
Song Jianshe cursed in his heart, why does this son of a bitch always hang out with Gu Jinshui's daughter? He has no future at all.
"You guys are out of school now? What did you buy?"
Gu Yousi looked him up and down, "Uncle Song, you bought sweet potatoes. Do you need anything? If you have something, just tell me. We still have to do our homework."
Song Jianshe smiled awkwardly and handed the candied haws to Lan Lin, "Oh, Uncle Song bought the candied haws on the way. I wanted to give them to Dabao and the others, but I just remembered that Dabao is teething and can't eat candy. Xiaohua doesn't like candy either. It's a pity to throw away the candied haws. I might as well give it to you."
The suspicious look on Lan Lin's face became more and more obvious.
Gu Yousi took the candied haws directly, "Okay, thank you uncle, we're leaving."
She pulled Lan Lin and was about to bypass Song Jianshe.
Song Jianshe was caught off guard by her reaction.
In his imagination, these kids were greedy and unguarded.
After he gave them two candied haws, these two kids should be grateful and he should easily get them to tell him something.
But who knew that they actually swallowed the sugar coating and got something back.
"Slow down, Yousi." Song Jianshe stretched out his hand to stop the two kids, "Uncle wants to ask you something."
"We don't know anything!"
Lan Lin reacted quickly. Not only did he refuse immediately, he also wanted to pull Gu Yousi away quickly.
He was well taught by his grandfather and was particularly wary. Song Jianshe's tricks were too obvious and he couldn't fool him at all.
Gu Yousi held Lan Lin and whispered, "Don't go yet."
She turned around and looked at Song Jianshe, chewing on a candied haws and said, "Uncle, ask me. You give me candied haws, so you must be a good person."
Gu Yousi blinked and reminded, "But you have to hurry up. My grandma and mom are waiting for us at home."
Although Song Jianshe is not a cruel person, he has to keep some tricks.
Maybe he is jealous of the Gu family's wealth and wants to kidnap them.
Song Jianshe didn't understand Gu Yousi's hint, but Lan Lin realized it.
Lan Lin was still secretly holding the whistle on his neck, thinking that if Uncle Song dared to mess around, he would whistle quickly. There are many people living nearby, and they are going home soon, so someone will definitely run out.
Song Jianshe was very happy, rubbing his hands and said, "Yousi, you are such a good child. Uncle asked you, is your father out?"
Gu Yousi's eyes turned and nodded obediently, "Yes, he will not be back for a long time."
"Oh, how long is that? Won't he be back during the Chinese New Year?"
Song Jianshe was happy, but also worried.
He was happy that if Gu Jinshui didn't come back, the top-grade imperial green would be his, and no one would compete with him for it; but he was worried that if Gu Jinshui didn't come back, he didn't know which gambling stone market would be.
Antique jewelry has been popular in Beijing in recent years. Although gambling on stones is not allowed in public, there are still four or five such places. How can we find such places with only the clues given by Song Chaohua?
Song Jianshe thought for a moment and forced a smile, "Little girl, do you know where your father wants to go recently?"
"He's going to Shandong." Gu Yousi chewed on a candied haws and pretended to be stupid.
Lan Lin watched from the side and couldn't help but curl up the corners of his lips.
Gu Yousi looks delicate and cheerful all day long. She doesn't seem to have any scheming intentions, but if she is really treated as a child, then it is definitely not Gu Yousi who will be in trouble.
Song Jianshe choked and was speechless.
He said, "I know your father went to Shandong. I asked him if he had mentioned at home where he was going to go in Beijing, such as where there is a place to gamble on stones. You know about gambling on stones, right?"
Song Jianshe was afraid that Gu Yousi didn't know, so he explained, "It's a place to cut stones and buy jade."
Buy jade?
Gu Yousi blinked and remembered something. The book said that Song Jianshe did go to gamble on stones once, and it seemed that he got an imperial green and became rich.
She was now very sure that this grandson would definitely take advantage of her family again!
However, the mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole is behind, and it is still unclear who the sheep is.
Gu Yousi frowned, thought for a while, clapped her hands, and said, "Hey, it seems that my father did say that there are many stones there, and if you dig out jade, you will make a lot of money."
"Yes, yes, you little girl has a good memory."
Song Jianshe asked excitedly, "Then do you know where your father is talking about?" Gu
Yousi had no idea, Gu Jinshui had never mentioned this, but this did not stop her from cheating Song Jianshe.
She said, "Uncle Song, I can't remember it clearly. How about this, when my father comes back in a dozen days, I will ask him and then tell you, okay?"
"Okay, okay!"
Song Jianshe simply felt that today was really his good day.
Otherwise, how could things go so smoothly.
He was just happy, and then hurriedly said, "But you can't tell your father about this."
"Uncle, don't worry, I will definitely not tell my father."
Gu Yousi nodded, stretched out her hand, and made a motion of counting money.
Song Jianshe was stunned for a moment, looking at her hand, "What do you mean by this?"
"Uncle, you are so mean, I asked for you, and you didn't even give me the errand fee?" Gu Yousi rolled her eyes, "Fifty is not too little, and one hundred is not too much, you decide to give it, there are still two of us."
The smile on Song Jianshe's face was like a persimmon on a jujube tree, completely frozen.
With a dark face, he took out fifty yuan and gave it to Gu Yousi.
Gu Yousi looked at the money and said, "Okay, fifty yuan first, and you can give me another fifty later. Don't worry about this matter. I promise to do it for you."
"Okay, okay."
This time, the two good words from Song Jianshe seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.
Seeing that they had finished talking, Lan Lin took Gu Yousi home.
He Chunlian was still learning etiquette with a few actresses. When she saw them coming back, she hurriedly said, "Go do your homework. Don't eat snacks. Eat later."
"Okay." Gu Yousi and Lan Lin gave the sweet potatoes to He Chunlian and the others and ran into the room.
Lan Lin watched her throw the money into the drawer and couldn't help asking, "Niuniu, Uncle Song doesn't seem to be a good person. Is he trying to find out your father's secrets?"
Gu Yousi nodded, "He is just like that. Okay, let's talk to my dad when he comes back."
"Then the money..." Lan Lin came to his senses after he finished speaking, "You cheated him!"
Gu Yousi smiled and said, "How can this be called cheating? This is all willing. Let's split the money in half and teach Uncle Song a lesson to stop looking down on us kids."
Lan Lin was very tolerant of what Gu Yousi did.
He agreed without thinking, and even thought that if Uncle Song didn't keep his promise, he would use his pocket money to hire a lawyer to sue him.
The adults at home didn't realize that the two children had done something big without saying a word.
Gu Jinshui sneezed several times in succession.
Professor Bai took out a square handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to him, saying with a smile: "What's wrong, did you catch a cold?"
"No, it was quite hot in our room last night, I guess my family members are nagging me."
Gu Jinshui took the handkerchief and thanked him.
Professor Bai sighed: "It's good to have family members who care about you. What do you work so hard for all year round? Aren't they family members?"
Gu Jinshui had never asked about Professor Bai's family affairs, but from his words and tone, he could guess that the situation at the professor's home should be complicated.
Come to think of it, they have gone through a lot of turmoil at this age, with wives and children separated and fathers and sons turning against each other. Although they have been rehabilitated and their treatment has been restored, the experiences of these years and the trauma in their families cannot be forgotten.
He picked up the manuscript and said, "Professor, I will go on stage later. Please help me take a look and see if there is anything wrong with my writing. I have to correct it quickly. There are so many colleagues here today, and I can't let your school down."
Professor Bai understood and took the manuscript with a smile.
He took out his glasses and put them on. After reading it once, he nodded and said, "Little Gu, I really have nothing to say. Your manuscript is better written than ours. Just go up there confidently later."
Gu Jinshui smiled and said, "You're almost praising me to the point of losing my mind. I'm still nervous at the moment, but I feel a little relieved after hearing your words."
Professor Bai said, "Don't worry, your article is well written. I'll have to get a copy for my students to study. Those of us who are often in ivory towers should be more down-to-earth and learn some skills in the industry. Otherwise, we will all be fools and go out to ask people to guess accurately."
Professor Lin and Sun Zhiping were sitting next to them.
Hearing what Professor Bai said, it's no wonder that Sun Zhiping felt so excited. He couldn't help but say, "Bai Enzyme, don't brag too much. What kind of article is that? We are all experts at this meeting today. Don't bring out some irrelevant things and make a fool of yourself."
Professor Bai glanced at him indifferently and said, "Sun, there are always people better than you. In the field of archaeology, there will always be people who are more knowledgeable than you. If you always hold this jealousy, you won't last long in this field."
"You!" Sun Zhiping's face turned red, feeling ashamed and guilty.
"Little Sun, you will know whether I have the ability or not after listening to it."
Gu Jinshui smiled and looked very friendly. "If my article wins the acclaim, how about you treat everyone to a Shandong meal?"
Several professors who followed him breathed a sigh of relief.
Thanks to this little Gu for being a good person, otherwise if the two of them quarreled, they would be in the university now. Little Gu was here as a teacher and student of Peking University. If the quarrel was ugly, it would be a disgrace to the school.
"That's a good idea."
Professor Xu tried to smooth things over, saying, "We are all scholars. We should compete with each other in literature rather than in martial arts. Little Sun, don't you have an article? You two can compete with each other. Whoever loses will treat you to a meal."
"Okay, for the sake of the teachers, I'll compete with you!"
Sun Zhiping snorted, with some confidence on his face.
He was confident that he would not lose to anyone else in this article, because this article was written for him by Professor Lin.
The meeting started soon.
Everyone drew lots and went on stage to speak in order.
Sun Zhiping was in the first place. He talked about the archaeology of ancient coins. It was obvious that he had put a lot of effort in this area. He was able to answer several questions asked by the teachers.
When he was leaving the stage, Sun Zhiping looked at Gu Jinshui with pride.
Professor Xu and others praised him, saying, "Little Sun wrote a good article. It is very sophisticated from the perspective of the evolution of words."
Sun Zhiping pretended to be humble and bowed, "No matter what, it is all because of our professor's good teaching. Little Gu, it is your turn now. Will anyone listen to you when you go up now?"
Gu Jinshui was about to sneer back, but Professor Bai patted him on the shoulder, "Little Gu, go up. I was worried just now, but now I am completely relieved after listening to Little Sun's article."
Gu Jinshui was stunned, and Professor Xu and others also looked a little surprised.
Professor Bai has always been gentle and rarely quarrels with others.
Such sharp and barbed words really surprised people.
Sun Zhiping's face changed, as if he had opened a paint shop.
"Please welcome Mr. Gu Jinshui..." The host had already read out Gu Jinshui's topic. Gu Jinshui stood up, raised his hand to signal the host, and then said to Professor Bai: "Professor Bai, I agree with you."
The two of them responded to each other in a very arrogant way.
Professor Xu and others were stunned, but Professor Bai was stunned and laughed out loud.
Professor Xu couldn't help but whispered: "Mr. Bai, you are too confident."
Professor Bai shook his head and said: "Teacher Xu, listen, this little Gu is really capable."
Professor Xu was half-believing and half-doubting.
He knew that Gu Jinshui had some skills, but it was still difficult to amaze the whole audience and make Professor Bai so confident.
But when Gu Jinshui started to talk about his topic, which was about the research on counterfeiting techniques in the current antique market.
Professor Xu immediately pricked up his ears, took out his notes, and kept writing down the content.
At first, the professors and students present saw that he was young and well-dressed, and they didn't care, thinking that he was a student who came to gild. But when Gu Jinshui started talking, everyone's expressions gradually changed from relaxed to serious, and became interested.
The conference room gradually quieted down.
Gu Jinshui kept talking, and even took out the counterfeits he had recently bought nearby as samples for comparison.
Sun Zhiping's face gradually darkened.
He clenched his fists, furious. This grandson used such a shady trick. He actually brought out such a secret. No wonder he was so confident just now. It turned out that he had prepared it long ago!
"This is the end of what I want to talk about today."
When Gu Jinshui finished speaking, many people immediately raised their hands to ask questions.
Some asked what the fake calligraphy and painting techniques were, and some asked if these things were true.
Although the professors all had a hobby of buying antiques, their understanding of antiques was not necessarily as good as the people who set up stalls in Panjiayuan.
Gu Jinshui said: "These are what I know so far, but as far as I know, with the increasing interest of foreigners and overseas Chinese in Hong Kong and Taiwan in domestic antiques, counterfeiting techniques are now emerging one after another. For example,"
he paused, picked up a pottery, and said, "To confirm whether pottery like this is authentic, you can use carbon 14 dating, because the half-life of this element is very stable. However, some people have learned to use airport X-rays to forge. The same piece of pottery, as long as it goes to the X-ray a few more times, last week's can become the Western Zhou Dynasty, it can also become the Shang and Zhou Dynasty, and it can even become the Stone Age."
These scholars had no idea about these counterfeiting techniques, and they couldn't help but be dumbfounded and amazed.
"Is this really possible?"
A teacher couldn't help but ask, "If we can't tell the authenticity even with high technology, how can we tell the authenticity of antiques in the future?"
"Yes, antiques have been hot in recent years, and many people have made money by doing this." Another teacher frowned and said seriously, "In fact, the higher authorities should completely ban the private sale of antiques. If antiques don't make money, naturally no one will fake them!"
Gu Jinshui broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this.
He knew the weight of these people's words. They were either museum directors, or directors and leaders of the Ministry of Cultural Relics.
If they really thought it would be better to completely ban the private sale of cultural relics, these people would really do something that would be a one-size-fits-all approach.
Gu Jinshui was informed of the events in the early years. These leaders sometimes make decisions on the spur of the moment.
Gu Jinshui said hurriedly, "Counterfeiting has existed since ancient times, but we have to trust the eyesight of our teachers. In fact, no matter how good a counterfeiter is, he can't beat our skills. He can make fake ceramics, but can he understand the ceramics of different eras and styles?"
Flattery never wears out.
Gu Jinshui's words made many people present happy.
Gu Jinshui added: "The buying and selling of antiques should not be banned. Although I love buying antiques, I have to say something from my heart. If there were no buying and selling of antiques, how could there be more and more people in the country studying our history and learning our traditional culture? Most people in this world are still laymen. The world is bustling with profit, unlike us who teach students for inheritance and to find our roots. But laymen are the majority. When dealing with laymen, we can only lure them with profit. For example, I am a layman."
His words were self-deprecating and quite frank.
The teachers below laughed.
Sun Zhiping heard people around him praising Gu Jinshui constantly, and it felt like countless ants were crawling under his skin.
He couldn't stop being jealous.
Finally, he couldn't listen any more, stood up, and deliberately asked loudly: "Gu Jinshui, since you are so capable, can I ask you a question?"
Many people in the venue looked at him.
No one thought much about it, just thinking he was curious.
But Professor Xu and others felt a pang in their hearts, their scalps tingling, and secretly complained.
This Sun Zhiping is really magnanimous. If he loses, he loses. It's just a meal. Can these professors really have the audacity to let their students treat them to a meal?
Why is he looking for trouble with his own people ?
"Please go ahead."
Gu Jinshui put his hands behind his back with a decent smile on his face.
Looking at the appearance and demeanor, Professor Xu sighed in his heart, that was really completely inferior to Sun Zhiping.
Sun Zhiping is still a college student, not as good as Gu Jinshui, an ordinary citizen.
"It's like this, I want to collect antique bronze mirrors recently, but I don't know much about them. I want to ask what are the counterfeiting techniques for antique bronze mirrors?"
Sun Zhiping stared at Gu Jinshui.
He obviously used some tricks. Knowing that Gu Jinshui knows about pottery, porcelain, bronze and ancient coins, he specially found such a small category.
It is really rare to collect antique bronze mirrors.
This kind of small category is not easy to sell. Unless you find someone who likes it, it is difficult to resell it. It is not like ceramics and calligraphy and paintings, which have many people who like them and many people who study them.
He didn't know at all that Xi Han was known as Bai Xiaosheng in the Liuli Factory. As his apprentice, Gu Jinshui actually collected everything and knew a little about everything.
It just so happens that he knows a little about this bronze mirror.
Gu Jinshui pondered for a moment.
Just when Sun Zhiping was about to be proud of himself for setting a difficult question for him, Gu Jinshui spoke up, "This is a good question. In fact, it is not difficult to identify a fake antique bronze mirror."
Everyone pricked up their ears and listened attentively.
Gu Jinshui said frankly: "First of all, we need to look at the dynasty. The bronze mirrors of the Tang Dynasty were gorgeous, but the bronze mirrors of the Song Dynasty were mostly plain. Why? Because the people of the Song Dynasty pursued simplicity and elegance. The popular bronze mirrors at that time were plain bronze mirrors without patterns. However, such plain bronze mirrors could not be sold at a good price. On the contrary, the gorgeousness of the Tang Dynasty was what foreigners liked. Therefore, many people used resin glue mixed with copper shavings to beautify the bronze mirrors and pretend that they were from the Tang Dynasty. But this thing is soft, and you can tell whether it is real or fake just by pinching it." [1] "
The second is the rust on the bronze mirror..."
"The third is to look at the patterns on the back. The customs of each dynasty were different. From the Warring States Period to the Han Dynasty, Taoism was prevalent and people pursued the goal of becoming an immortal. Therefore, bronze mirrors often had nebula patterns on them. Such mirrors were also called nebula mirrors. From the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty, people loved gambling, so they liked to use the "Liubo" chessboard as decoration on the back of the mirror. Such mirrors were called "Boju mirrors"... [2]
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Almost without thinking, Gu Jinshui casually said five or six ways to identify the authenticity of ancient bronze mirrors.
The people in the audience were fascinated by his words and the sound of taking notes was endless.
The archaeology industry has not developed much in the past few years, and has even regressed. Not only are there few relevant articles, but there are also many errors and omissions. If you want to learn about these antique knowledge, you can either look for it in the vast ancient books and articles at home and abroad, or you can only ask experts .
But experts are always reluctant to teach others, and they are only willing to teach these secrets to their students or children.
After Gu Jinshui's explanation today, many people really learned a lot.
When Gu Jinshui finished answering, thunderous applause broke out in the venue.
The applause almost blew the roof of the conference room off.
Many professors and students could not help but ask questions. Originally, each person only had about 30 minutes, but Gu Jinshui was asked for more than two hours. Finally, when it was almost time for dinner, the Dean of the School of Archaeology came out and asked everyone to leave. Only then was Gu Jinshui allowed to leave.
"Little Gu, you are really this!"
When Professor Xu and others saw Gu Jinshui coming back, they all had proud expressions on their faces.
Gu Jinshui said modestly: "This is all for the honor of everyone. In fact, the professors are much more knowledgeable than me, but I am a Jianghu school, and I learned everything quickly."
"You are too modest."
Professor Xu shook his head and said: "You know more than us, Xiao Gu, your article today is really worth learning for everyone."
Sun Zhiping's face turned pale and embarrassed.
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