Upon hearing this, Wang Jianping started collecting things directly.
"Wait!"
I frowned and asked him: "Did you fish this thing out of the water in the first place? And then it burned in the fire for a long time?"
The other party immediately gave me a thumbs up and said, "Brother, you are such a master!"
"This thing came out of a puddle in the first place! So it's rust-free! There was a fire at the home of the original owner after he got it last year, and the thing was burned to this horrible state."
I nodded.
This situation is called "distortion" in the industry. It means that external factors have caused a huge change in the appearance of an artifact. An important basis for judging its authenticity has been lost, so no one dares to recognize it.
However, I am certain that this thing is a bronze bird statue made of gold and silver from the Shang Dynasty!
Just like a person, even if he is disfigured, he is still essentially the same person! His soul is still there! I saw its soul!
I immediately said: "Xiaoyue, even if this thing is distorted, it is undoubtedly genuine! You dare to buy it! Anyway, you are not investing in it, you are buying it for your own use."
The old expert glanced at me, his eyelids drooped and he said, "Young people are not simple. You dare to recognize things that I don't even dare to recognize easily, even if you don't even have your hands on it."
"Teacher, do you agree?" Ye Xinyue asked back.
The old man drooped his eyelids and nodded: "I just said it was distorted, and I didn't say it must be fake. This bird statue is indeed rare to see. There is only one similar to it in the Forbidden City."
Once the decision is made, let’s talk about the price.
The bird statue had been burned beyond recognition by the fire. After much negotiation, the final transaction price was very low. I was itching to cut off his beard and buy it for him! The price is just over one million!
If this thing could be repaired by a master like Uncle Liao, the price would easily go up several times.
After the business was completed, we all had a meal together. Third sister Ye Xinyue seemed to be very curious about what I did, and she kept talking to me intentionally or unintentionally.
After taking some time, I called Wang Jianping out and asked him where Bird Zun came from.
He secretly said to me: "Brother, you are not an ordinary person. I can only tell you that this bird statue came out of the Qiandao Lake."
I was shocked after hearing this! I pressed for details, but he refused to elaborate.
I didn't give up easily, and continued to pester and ask questions. I said that if I hadn't spoken for you, you wouldn't have been able to sell this thing!
He sighed and whispered: "Brother, there are many old houses and ancient buildings under the water of Qiandao Lake. Have you heard of them?"
I said I knew some rumors.
He said: "A few decades ago, the Qiandao Lake relocation moved more than 300,000 people, and many old houses were submerged underwater. At that time, there was a village called Jia Village, and there was a big landowner named Jia in the village. Landlord Jia is a big collector and has many things. His ancestral home is called Jia Mansion.
"When the water came down, the Jia landlord refused to leave. Later, he sank to the bottom of the lake together with his Jia Mansion. This bird statue was one of the collections of the Jia Mansion at that time."
"As long as you know this, don't tell anyone else."
I said that there was a great migration, how could there be anyone left? This is impossible, right?
You should know that in 1959, in order to build the Xin'an River Hydropower Station, old Chun'an County and other places including Hecheng and Shicheng were flooded, forming the current Qiandao Lake.
Looking at the data from that year, we can see that the flooded areas at that time included 2 counties, 8 towns, 39 townships, and 1,377 villages. Hundreds of thousands of acres of cropland were flooded. According to preliminary statistics, more than 300,000 people left their homes and went to Zhejiang and Fujian. , Anhui and other places to rebuild their homes.
These people were called "immigrants" after they passed there, with the surnames Wang, Yu and Xu being the most common.
Wang Jianping laughed and said: "How is it impossible? The government just doesn't allow retribution. Some stubborn people left and then secretly went back, and some simply refused to leave. Anyway, there were many dead people in those old houses at the bottom of the lake. Of course there will also be some antiques from the past.”
He stamped out his cigarette butts and said, "Isn't Qiandao Lake famous for its fish heads?"
I nodded: "Famous, I've eaten it once."
He grinned: "Have you ever eaten it? Anyway, I never dare to eat it. The big fish in Qiandao Lake eat a lot of human flesh, so they are so fat."
