Chapter 11 Digging Out the Old House (3)
After Lin Muyu wrote down something in the notebook, she pulled Tang Feng's sleeve and asked softly: "Hey, is it true or false?"
Tang Feng turned his head and whispered in her ear: "This thing is difficult to distinguish, but it is definitely an old mahogany."
Lin Muyu continued to ask, "What is old mahogany?"
"You really don't understand at all?" Tang Feng thought Lin Muyu had some basics, so he said, "Boss, I can't explain to you when you do this. Let's ask together later." Redwood is not a kind of wood, but a general term for rare hardwood. According to national standards, redwood is divided into 5 categories and 8 categories. The best are yellow rosewood and red sandalwood, followed by black rosewood, ebony, and red rosewood, followed by yellow rosewood, white rosewood, etc., with a total of six levels.
Lin Muyu chuckled quietly and said, "You don't let go of tricks later."
Chen Yan came over to ask Tang Feng and asked, "How is it?"
Tang Feng shook his head and said, "It's hard to say."
Uncle Feng came over with a thick family tree. When the person got old, his legs and feet were inevitably unstoppable. Tang Feng saw his hands trembling and hurried over to support him. Uncle Feng smiled a little and gasped, and he said, "Don't worry, although the old man's legs and feet are a little out of control, his body is still OK."
When Tang Feng took the family tree, several others came over.
Before the Song Dynasty, only the families of marquis, kings, generals and ministers were qualified to compile genealogy. The folk genealogy began in the Song Dynasty and was truly popular among the people in the Ming Dynasty. The general meaning of the Feng family genealogy was that the Feng family in Nanjing was a branch of the Feng family in Nanchang, Jiangxi, and one of the Feng family in Nanjing moved to Beijing in the seventh year of Yongle. In addition to recording Zeng Xuan, the descendant of Mr. Feng’s ancestors, also records major events of the family.
But when Tang Feng saw a few lines of words at the end of the title page, his heart beat suddenly accelerated, which read: In the seventh year of Yongle, he built an ancestral house and placed an Eight Immortals table to worship his ancestors.
It turns out that the Eight Immortals Table of the Feng family was used to place an incense burner to worship ancestors, so it has become a record of the family affairs. Although it is not explicitly stated that it is this Eight Immortals Table, it at least proves that the Feng family did have an Eight Immortals Table in the Ming Dynasty. As long as it is proved that this Eight Immortals Table is the one recorded in the genealogy, then the chances of being huanghuali or red sandalwood will be greatly increased. Moreover, Tang Feng judged from the wooden patterns that this should be red sandalwood.
"Uncle, how much does this set of tables and chairs cost?" Zhao Yongshi tried his best to pretend to be worth it.
Although Jiang Yuan is a nouveau riche, he is very delicate. He smiled and said to Tang Feng, "Brother, show it to me."
Tang Feng handed the genealogy in his hand to Jiang Yuan and came to the Eight Immortals table by himself. He touched the table, then took out a coin and knocked it on the table. Finally, he simply squatted under the table.
"How is it?" Lin Muyu couldn't squat down because of the restrictions of the miniskirt, so she had to bend down and ask Tang Feng.
Mr. Feng said to Zhao Yongshi: "Someone paid 12,000 yuan two years ago, but I didn't charge more, just 15,000 yuan."
"Okay," before Zhao Yongshi finished speaking, Jiang Yuan pulled him over and said, "Uncle, I'm not hiding it from you. If it's red sandalwood, it doesn't matter if it's red sandalwood, it doesn't matter if it's red sandalwood, but you are the red sandalwood from the Republic of China period and cannot sell that high."
Mr. Feng turned to Chen Yan and asked, "Second boy, what is the market for red sandalwood?"
"Old man." Chen Yan said, "Everyone is an old neighbor, and I won't hide it from you. This red sandalwood has only been used for more than a hundred years. It cannot be passed down from generation to generation like red sandalwood, and the price is only seven or eight thousand." Tang Feng nodded, Chen Yan's words are reliable.
Uncle Feng nodded and said, "Well, I still believe the second boy."
Chen Yan turned to Jiang Yuan and asked, "Why are Brother Jiang so sure?"
"The family genealogy of the old man's family is recorded. On the seventh day of the first lunar month of the third year of the Republic of China, there was no one at home. Because the neighbor's house was flowing, the furniture was burned." Jiang Yuan continued: "It was not repaired until the next year." It is naturally a matter of being a rich man. Jiang Yuan is far more careful than Zhao Yongshi and knows to continue reading the family genealogy.
Mr. Feng coughed twice and said, "Don't you just want to know when this Eight Immortals Table was? I've asked me a long time ago, I'm not a professional antique dealer, how could I be a scam with you?"
"The uncle is really there." Lin Muyu said to Mr. Feng with a smile: "It's not like some people~~"
"Haha." Mr. Feng said: "Don't praise me, there is nothing to keep secret. My father once said that this Eight Immortals Table was re-built after a fire."
"Can you lose something?" As soon as Zhao Yongshi said, Lin Muyu glared at him fiercely and bargained with an old man in his seventies. This person was too bad.
Uncle Feng sighed and said, "It's not that I don't want to lose it. The things left by my ancestors are a bit emotional. I don't really want to sell them."
This means he is not willing to sell it if he loses 15,000 yuan. If it is red sandalwood, it will definitely lose money if it buys 15,000 yuan. Doing business is not a charity. Even rich people like Jiangyuan don’t want to do such a loss-making business.
"Are you sure you don't want it?" Tang Feng suddenly said this.
Lin Muyu's eyes lit up, and this man made new discoveries.
Liu Shunan, who had never spoken, said, "If Brother Tang wants it, we will certainly not compete with you." However, Jiang Yuan and Zhao Yongshi remained silent at this moment.
Chen Yan immediately asked Tang Feng: "Did Brother Tang have a new discovery?"
How could Tang Feng tell his discovery? He shook his head and said, "Nothing was discovered." Then he turned to Mr. Feng and said, "Uncle, I want this Eight Immortals Table 15,000."
"I'll pay 20,000!"
——The person who spoke was Jiang Yuan! This guy didn’t want him now when he saw Tang Feng want him.
Tang Feng looked at Jiang Yuan strangely and asked, "What does Brother Jiang mean?"
Jiang Yuan walked to Tang Feng and said softly: "After all, my friend liked this first, so please help Brother Tang."
"Oh, Mr. Lin!" Lin Muyu came over and said dissatisfiedly: "Your friend just wanted it, you didn't want it, you just wanted it, Tang Feng wanted it, and he asked you, but you didn't say anything."
Chen Yan came here and said, "Tang Feng, are you still bid?" Seeing Lin Muyu staring at him, Chen Yan said, "Don't get me wrong, I also hope Mr. Feng can sell it at a good price."
Tang Feng nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, then the higher the price will be, I will pay 30,000!"
Zhao Yongshi smiled and said, "I know what you mean, I'll do this kind of thing, 35,000." Since we all hope that Mr. Feng can buy a good price, this kind of behavior of robbery can become noble and shameless.
Tang Feng smiled slightly and said, "Since Brother Zhao is so sincere, I don't want it anymore. I'll go out for some breath first." After that, Tang Feng turned around and walked out of the main hall.
As soon as Tang Feng arrived at the yard, Lin Muyu also walked out. She said, "Hey, why don't you continue to increase the price? Even if you ask them to snatch it away, at least you have to let them pay more. Even if you don't bring money around, I can lend it to you. I'll be angry when I see them."
Tang Feng asked, "Hey, has he pursued you? You don't have to do this if you don't like it, right?"
"Stop talking about those." Lin Muyu said: "They openly robbed your business and bought the set of the Eight Immortals Table of Red Sandalwood, so why don't you get angry?"
Chapter completed!