Back at Chen Shuning's small house, instead of helping him with chores as usual, she immediately started examining the wooden box he had bought.
However, even after Chen Shuning had finished preparing the meal and put it on the table, Chen Jiandang still couldn't figure out what kind of mechanism the box had.
Looking at Chen Jiandang, who seemed almost possessed, Chen Shuning suddenly felt a pang of regret. She wondered if the reason she had given him might have harmed her silly younger brother.
You should know that the antique business is extremely complex. If you haven't received professional training, being cheated or taken advantage of is a minor issue; you could even go bankrupt if you're not careful.
Thinking of this, Chen Shuning quickly grabbed Chen Jiandang and asked, "Chen Jiandang, tell me the truth, how much did you spend on this box?"
Chen Jiandang was currently measuring the height of the box with a rope, looking utterly dejected.
Startled by his sister's sudden tug, he quickly grabbed Chen Shuning's hand again with excitement and measured the height of the box from both the inside and outside with the rope.
Then, excitedly holding the hemp rope, she said, "Sister, look, the height difference between the inside and outside of this box is not right. The height difference is about the height of a board, so there must be a hidden layer at the bottom of this box."
At this point, Chen Jiandang became troubled again, patting his head and muttering to himself, "But this box doesn't even have a lock, no carvings or decorations, so where could the hidden mechanism be?"
Chen Shuning was both annoyed and amused when he saw Chen Jiandang squatting on the ground again, sticking his butt out and turning around to study the broken wooden box in front of him.
She kicked her silly younger brother's butt and reminded him, "Who told you that all the compartments have to have mechanisms? Didn't you ever think that this box might just be a simple compartment made of two layers of templates?"
"Ah? Oh! Right, how come I didn't think of that! This wooden box has a simple design, it probably doesn't even have any hidden mechanisms."
As he spoke, Chen Jiandang dashed out again like a gust of wind, and when he returned, he was holding a wood-chopping axe.
Back inside, Chen Jiandang didn't wait for Chen Shuning to speak before grabbing an axe and chopping down on the box.
In no time, he chopped the intact box into pieces, revealing the two layers of planks at the bottom.
As Chen Jiandang had predicted, the bottom of the box was indeed made of two layers of wooden planks that formed a small interlayer.
Inside the interlayer was a piece of yellowed oil paper, which Chen Jiandang carefully pulled out.
Inside, wrapped in a thin layer of oiled paper, was a vividly colored painting of a lady.
The lady in the picture is wearing a red dress. Her figure is curvaceous and charming. Her face is round and full, her figure is plump and graceful, and her temperament is elegant and gorgeous, which fully demonstrates the noble beauty of women in the Tang Dynasty.
In the upper left corner of the painting of ladies, there is also an inscription and a series of bright red seals.
From the inscription and seal, the siblings learned that the painting was the work of a very famous painter from the Jin Dynasty, and was priceless, provided, of course, that the painting in front of them was genuine.
可是不管眼前的画是真是假，陈建党这份光靠肉眼就发现了箱子里外高度不一的眼力，就让陈书宁非常的意外，也非常的惊喜。
没准自己这弟弟还真的就是天生吃这碗饭的人。
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