Treasure Hunt America

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It would be perfect if there was something to be picked up.

Jin Muchen pondered while walking around the market with a drink.

Although this market is not large, and compared with the markets he has been to before, it is not the cleanest, but it is the most down-to-earth one.

The crowds crowded shoulder to shoulder, the bustling sales, and the aroma of the food mixed in the air, coupled with the blue sky, white clouds, and warm sunshine here, made him feel that this market is so beautiful.

It reminded him of the smell of going to the countryside with his grandfather when he was a child, but the people here were not the yellow-skinned and black-haired comrades in the impression, but a hodgepodge of different races, he didn't know Why, in such a market, he suddenly had a taste of home.

But so far, the only shortcoming is that he has visited a small market, but there is nothing that catches his eye.

Although there are a lot of things sold here, at least more than 100 are selling ordinary second-hand goods, and there are some daring people who are selling animals smuggled in from Central and South America.

Jin Muchen doesn't have much interest in those strange pets, but Jin Muchen is amazed by the small articles and antiques that are full of style in Central and South America, ∝▼∝▼, ≠x. The craftsmanship of the local people, but these things are in his eyes It still seems a little too rough.

The stone axes or blow arrows used by the jungle savages, although they look very shocking. But if you look carefully. Still looks too rough.

Although they are genuine. For example, on some axes, you can still see bloodstains that have deteriorated and blackened and don't know if it is a human or an animal, but when he thinks about it, if this thing is placed in his own home, Jin Muchen's whole body is shivering.

Anyway, the beauty of these things. He really can't appreciate it.

As for the handicrafts of the aborigines in Central and South America, in his opinion, they are not as good as the bamboo products made by ordinary Chinese bamboo craftsmen.

In the eyes of many American tourists, those straw looms made of thatch may be sold several times and put them at home as decorations. They are quite stylish, but in his opinion, he is more willing to buy them several times. Beautifully crafted Chinese bamboo baskets.

He likes the atmosphere here very much. But the things that are sold here are a little difficult to get into his eyes.

Just about halfway through. Feeling a little disappointed in my heart, I planned to walk around hastily, and then when I returned to the hotel, suddenly a guy's small stall in the distance made Jin Muchen's eyes light up.

Because his eyes swept across the booth for a moment, he was shaken by a few dark 'stones' on the booth. Could it be that there are some treasures to be developed?

Jin Muchen walked over quickly, the stall owner of this stall looked very friendly at first glance.

This guy has dark skin, but he looks full of East Asian features. If it wasn't for his dark skin, this guy would definitely be an Asian with a strong East Asian flavor.

The man was also stunned when he saw Jin Muchen who had stepped forward, and then immediately put on a welcoming expression on his face.

"My friends are welcome, whatever you like, just look at it. My shop is the only shop in Little Havana that sells East Asian antiques. It's very unique!"

This guy really didn't brag, because Jin Muchen saw that the things on his booth were indeed some Asian-flavored babies.

It's just that most of the things seem to be full of Asian style, such as stacks of second-hand Japanese comic books, folding fans with Japanese characters written on them, and some Japanese-style drinking utensils. The stall turned out to be a second-hand stall that mainly sells Japanese styles.

Standing in front of the booth, Jin Muchen glanced at the booth, and then concentrated on it, stacking it on a few black and brown 'stones' in the corner of the booth.

The carvings of these stones are different, but they have a common feature, that is, the shapes are all flat and flat, and there are carving patterns on the corners of the stones, which look like carvings with obvious Chinese style.

If you are a foreigner who doesn't know how to do it, you may be confused when you see such a stone, but as a Chinese, you can see at a glance that these things are one of the four treasures of the study that are popular among the people. 's inkstone.

Jin Muchen nodded at the boss of the stall, who actually bowed at him at this time: "Deduct your Chihua!"

Jin Muchen frowned upon hearing this, is this guy a Japanese? Or a Japanese?

However, he didn't make his dislike too obvious. He just smiled and said to the stall owner in English, "I'm not Japanese?"

The stall owner was also stunned, and then immediately put on a smile: "Haha, did I say that? In my impression, few Japanese people are so tall, hello, my name is Tanaka. "

As soon as I heard the name, I knew that this guy was of Japanese descent. Although this guy was not tall, he made fun of the height of the Japanese, but he didn't feel any embarrassment at all.

Seeing his attitude like this, Jin Muchen knew that this guy should be the descendant of an old immigrant who has immigrated to the United States for at least two or three generations.

And looking at his complexion and his sturdy figure, he should be the kind of Japanese who doesn't know how many foreign blood he has mixed. No wonder he feels so indifferent to Japan.

Jin Muchen introduced himself casually: "Hello Tanaka, my name is Jim."

Tanaka smiled and nodded to him: "You can choose whatever you like."

Jin Muchen wasn't talking nonsense, he just picked up the inkstones in his hand and looked at them carefully before rubbing them.

It was the dark brown light emitted by these inkstones that attracted him before, so he judged that these inkstones were definitely not ordinary.

He and Fang Bo have been studying Chinese antiques together for some time, and there are not a few Chinese antiques that he has learned. However, among these Chinese antiques, he has really not picked up a few of the famous inkstones.

Fang Bo does have a few collections, but they are only ordinary items that are relatively old. Those famous inkstones in Chinese history, Fang Bo does not have either.

After all, this kind of four treasures of the study is a rare favorite for people, but in the eyes of foreigners, it is just some useless stones, so there are not many people who collect these things abroad. In the Western Chinese antique circle Here, this thing is a cold one.

Only some Chinese overseas immigrants prefer to collect this stuff.

Jin Muchen picked up a black inkstone and observed it carefully in his hand. The weight of this inkstone was not very heavy. It even felt a little fluttering in his hand.

If you change to other sculptures, the texture alone will not pass the test, but for the inkstone, this texture is just right.

However, although the stone quality of this inkstone is not very close, but when you touch it in your hand, you can feel that this inkstone is still solid, not the kind of low-quality inkstone that floats.

When I reached out and touched the grinding disc on which the inkstone was used to grind ink, the stone was even more delicate and soft, and there was no pit or pit in the whole piece of the disc. Just from this point, it could be concluded that this was a top-grade inkstone.

Because there is a very important way to distinguish high-grade inkstones from crude inkstones, that is to look at the grinding disc.

The ancient method of using inkstone is to put the ink block on the grinding plate of the inkstone, add water, and grind it continuously, which can melt the ink block and make ink, and the ink issued is thick black and fine, which is a good inkstone.

In order to achieve such an effect, the workers who make inkstones often choose stones with relatively loose textures to make inkstones.

Because the internal texture of such a stone is not tight, the gaps between the mineral molecules, or the pores are large, and it is easy to penetrate into the air and moisture, so that when the ink is ground, the ink can be produced quickly, and It emits a thick black and delicate ink.

This is also the main reason why generally good inkstones are not particularly heavy in weight.

It is precisely because the stones that can be used as inkstones are generally not tightly combined with the mineral molecules in the middle, and there are many pores. Therefore, in the middle of the grinding discs of many inferior inkstones, after grinding, obvious trachoma or small potholes can be seen.

However, high-quality inkstones will not have such characteristics, and this is also the most basic way to judge whether an inkstone is excellent.

As soon as this Fang Yantai got started, Jin Muchen could feel that the stone quality of this inkstone table was very good, and when he looked at the grinding table, it was even more incredible.

It is smooth and delicate, with no trachoma and no potholes to be seen. This already shows that the inkstone in hand ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ should not be of ordinary quality.

When I stretched out my hand and gently rubbed the surface of the grinding plate of the inkstone, I could feel a smoothness and delicacy that could not be experienced on other stone carvings, and it was not as cold as other stone carvings.

Thinking of these characteristics, Jin Muchen couldn't help but be startled. Could it be that this is the famous inkstone that is famous all over the world?

Thinking of this, Jin Muchen didn't hesitate, stretched out his palm, pressed his palm in the middle of the inkstone grinding plate, pressed it hard for about a few seconds, and then took his palm away.

Holding the square inkstone in front of me, facing the sun, and looking at the center of the grinding table, I saw that in the middle of the grinding table, the originally dark area just flashed a fleeting blue.

That azure blue slowly decayed in the face of the sun, and finally turned into a strange dark green...

Seeing such a color change, Jin Muchen let out a long sigh. This should be the stone that once made the Chinese crazy! (To be continued...)

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