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Father Ye was a little embarrassed when he heard Boss Qian ask him to go over and help with the eye.

How could he look at these ancient furniture? He still often looks at some antiques from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

"I just came here to watch the excitement, but I can't handle these furniture."

Father Ye said very modestly.

"Lao Ye, it's not good to be too modest in this industry. Who doesn't know that the furniture in your house is antique furniture.

If you say you don’t understand this, who will believe it? Just the workmanship of your furniture, if the coating is not wrong, even if it is said to be from the late Qing Dynasty, some people will believe it.”

Boss Qian complimented Ye's father on the side. He really regarded Ye's father as an expert. He thought Ye's father was being humble. After all, he was a newbie in this industry, and it was normal to be modest.

But how could he know that Father Ye was really not being humble? He really didn't understand. He usually just didn't say anything for the sake of face.

But if he was asked to appraise this imperial concubine's couch today, he would be a blind man lighting up the lamp in vain.

At this time, Father Ye had been forced to this point and could only look to his son for help.

At this moment, he could only hope that his son could tell what era this antique furniture was, so that he could save his face and show his face among his colleagues.

When Ye Yuan saw Ye's father's eyes, he knew what his father was thinking. Ye Yuan didn't know much about appraising antique furniture. He just knew some simple common sense.

Generally, to identify a piece of antique furniture, you must first look at whether the color and age of the bottom and back of the furniture are consistent with the surface of the furniture, and whether the materials are consistent.

The bottoms of old furniture generally have signs of natural aging, while the bottoms of new furniture are smooth or painted and stained.

For some newly imitated furniture, the counterfeiters poured rice swill or tea water on the furniture, and then left it outdoors to be exposed to the sun and rain. The wood grains naturally cracked, the paint cracked and peeled, and the color of the original wood became dark.

It shows an old atmosphere that seems to have gone through wind and rain, but the bottom of the furniture is very new, which is inconsistent with the overall color.

But these methods can only identify whether the furniture is imitation.

It is impossible to identify the specific age of the furniture. After all, everyone is now confused about whether the imperial concubine's couch is from the late Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China, so Ye Yuan's methods are not suitable.

Just when the Ye family and his son were feeling a little embarrassed, an old man with a slight hunchback walked in outside.

As soon as the old man entered the store, Boss Qian greeted him:

"Mr. Qu, it's good that you're here. I'm worried right now. Please help me hold my eyes."

Seeing Boss Qian's attitude towards this old man, I knew that this man must be an expert in ancient furniture appraisal.

The old man did not speak to Boss Qian, but came directly to the imperial concubine's couch and stroked it along the fence with one hand.

Then he squatted down and used the magnifying glass in his hand to look at the carvings on the imperial concubine's couch.

The old man looked at it very carefully, not missing every carving. After looking at it for a full 20 minutes, he stood up and said to Boss Qian:

"This is a work from the Republic of China period, but this imperial concubine couch was made by a master. Don't bury the master's hard work. The price can be slightly higher."

The old man said it very easily, but the man who brought this imperial concubine's couch was not happy:

"How can you be sure after just a few glances? Couldn't this be from the late Qing Dynasty? I think you guys are in the same group and want to lower my price."

The old man had seen many such people and was not angry. He just looked at the young man and said:

“The decorative patterns of furniture, like other handicrafts, also have a distinct age. When appraising furniture, you can refer to handicrafts with the same decorative pattern that have an exact age.

As for the pattern on your imperial concubine's couch, I have seen it on many pieces of furniture from the Republic of China, but not on furniture from the late Qing Dynasty.

If you can't trust the old man, you can take it for a carbon 14 test. I can tell you this much just for the sake of the master who made this imperial concubine couch, and I don't want to disgrace such a good piece of furniture. Hum!"

After the old man finished speaking, he stopped paying attention to the people here and instead came to Father Ye:

"Xiaoye, when will you take me to meet your son? I really can't think of anyone who can teach such a young master."

When Father Ye saw what the other party said, he immediately said respectfully:

"My boy came here today, just in time to ask you to meet him."

"Oh? Take me to meet you quickly."

With that said, Old Man Qu was about to drag Father Ye towards Guiying Antique Shop.

Ye's father held Qu Lao's hand and looked in the direction of Ye Yuan. At this moment, Ye Yuan was looking at the imperial concubine's couch in front of him with a strange expression, and did not notice the gazes of Qu Lao and Ye's father.

Mr. Qu saw Ye Yuan paying so much attention to this imperial concubine's couch.

I thought he was fascinated by it because he admired the workmanship of the furniture.

The old man did not go up to disturb Ye Yuan, but stood aside and observed Ye Yuan's every move with a smile.

How did the old man know that the reason why Ye Yuan was like this was because he had just felt the imperial concubine's couch with his senses.

The reason why he did this was because Old Man Song, who taught him carpentry skills, told him that some ancient masters had a little bad taste, that is, leaving their names on the furniture they made.

But the place where you leave your name is very particular, and ordinary people can't find it at all.

So Ye Yuan wanted to use his senses to check whether this imperial concubine's couch also had such a name.

After all, this is the first piece of ancient furniture that Ye Yuan has ever seen in a real sense.

Although he had seen countless information and pictures in the process of learning how to build a home, he had never seen any real antique furniture.

Ye Yuan felt that he had searched all over the imperial concubine's couch.

I didn't find the name, but I found a strange place.

At the end of this imperial concubine's couch, where the roll is rolled up, there is a hidden compartment that cannot be detected from the outside.

There is a roll of deerskin in the secret room. Because the deerskin is rolled up, the contents on it cannot be seen clearly.

The reason why Ye Yuan is so weird is because of this.

I remember that last time I went to Japan, I found a similar map in Wakizashi. Finally, I got a stone that should be a meteorite through the map inside.

But why did you discover this again this time? Did people in the past like to put things in places where others can’t find them?

Ye Yuan couldn't understand this, but he was curious about what would be recorded on the deerskin inside? Could it be another treasure map or something like that?

While Ye Yuan was thinking about these things, Boss Qian and the young man were also in the final bargaining session.

"Why are you so stubborn? I told you that you are not from the late Qing Dynasty. The most I can give you is 180,000. This is for Mr. Qu's sake. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to give you even 175,000."

Boss Qian lost interest in him after he learned that the imperial concubine's couch belonged to the Republic of China.