Author: Runchao Cigarettes

"Xu Jingping, have you had breakfast?"

"I've eaten it a long time ago."

"Would you like some more?"

"No, I shouldn't be hungry now."

"Then I will make my own."

I haven't had breakfast yet, so Yang Yukun plans to make a bowl of noodles.

He put the pot on the coal stove, and just when he was about to fry the dumplings, Han Chunming ran over sleepily, and it looked like he had just woken up.

Just now he went to Han Chunming's house to change the charcoal, but Han Chunming hadn't gotten up yet.

"Little Fifth Brother, have you eaten?"

"Nope."

"Do you want to eat noodles?"

"eat."

"Okay."

Yang Yukun cut some more meat, fried the meat and then boiled the noodles under water.

"Xiao Kun, are we going to the countryside tomorrow?"

"Okay, where to go?"

“Walking around Mentougou.”

"Okay, when will you go tomorrow?"

"Let's go after breakfast in the morning."

"no problem."

The two of them had made an appointment before, and when he took the winter vacation, they would go to the countryside around Sijiu City to see if they could find some old items.

Anyway, I have nothing to do during the winter vacation. Instead of leaving it at home with me every day, I might as well go to the countryside to get some fresh air.

It's great to find valuable old items, but even if you can't find them, it's still time to go on a trip.

"I feel comfortable after eating and drinking enough. I even made an appointment with someone, so I left first."

After having breakfast at Yang Yukun's place, Han Chunming went straight to Yili Food Factory.

Yang Yukun stayed at home all day and didn't go anywhere.

Mainly because it was too cold outside, Xu Jingping didn't want to go out to play, so she stayed at his house for the whole day, and then left and went back to her own home after dinner.

"Yang Yukun, how long do you and Brother Xiaowu plan to go to the countryside?"

"I don't know. It depends on the situation. I will definitely come back during the Chinese New Year."

"Come back early, my parents have told you to come to my house to celebrate the New Year together this year."

"Okay, by the way, Xu Jingping, go to school to get your transcript in a few days. Don't forget to get my transcript back too."

"Don't worry, I won't forget it."

"Go back, I won't go in. I'll go to Rouge Alley to see if my master is back."

Yang Yukun sent Xu Jingping to her door and then went to Rouge Alley.

Tomorrow morning he and Han Chunming would go to the countryside to look for old things. He didn't know exactly when he would be back.

It may take two or three days to return, or it may last ten days and a half.

The master has been away for so long this time, and I don’t know if he has come back.

"This old man is back, master, when did you come back?"

When he went to No. 137 Rouge Hutong, Yang Yukun found that the master's house was lit with lights and the door was open.

The master is back.

Because only the master has the key to the master's house, and no one else has it.

Yang Yukun put his bicycle at the door and entered the master's house.

"Disciple is here, come quickly and have a drink with me."

"Master, have you found another good treasure?"

Go inside and take a look.

The master is having a drink.

I made a plate of cold vegetables and pork head to go with the wine.

As soon as he entered the room, Yang Yukun was attracted by the things on the master's table.

Four cranes.

Obviously, the master went to the countryside this time and found another good treasure.

Baolanhou smiled and said, "Let's see, what do I think of this pair of objects?"

"Master, these are a pair of incense burners. They are too exquisitely made. These are a pair of royal incense burners, items from the Yongzheng period."

Yang Yukun carefully looked at the pair of incense burners in front of him. The pair of incense burners were in the shape of a pair of walking cranes, looking back.

The body of the crane is hollow, inlaid with white glaze, with a strip of blue glaze on the back, filigree as feather pattern, dark green glaze on the crane's beak, and a red top.

The wings can be opened and closed to serve as a cover.

The base is blue glaze chiseled enamel made of stone, with a green background and white filigree enamel decorated with waves.

The shape is lifelike and majestic, the patterns and inlays are fine, and the craftsmanship of combining cloisonné enamel and chiseled enamel shows the rigor, persistence and artistic accomplishment of art production during the Yongzheng Dynasty.

When the incense burner is lit, the smoke slowly floats out from the crane's mouth, lingering, as if you are in a fairyland.

Most crane-shaped incense burners are a pair of single cranes, but this pair of incense burners is a double crane, which is extremely rare.

"Yes, I can tell the origin of these crane-shaped incense burners at a glance. I am very pleased."

"Hehe... As the saying goes, great teachers make great disciples. The reason why I am so good is not because of your good teaching, master."

"Since you can tell that this is a royal incense burner from the Yongzheng period, do you know the story behind this pair of incense burners?"

"Master, please clarify."

Yang Yukun really doesn’t know the story behind this pair of incense burners.

"This pair of incense burners was a birthday gift from Hongli to Yongzheng."

"Did Qianlong give it to Yongzheng?"

"That's right, Hongli was still the prince at that time. He specially ordered this pair of incense burners for his father, Emperor Yongzheng's birthday, hence the shape of a big crane and a small crane."

Baolanhou pointed to the pair of incense burners and explained to his disciples the origin of the pair of incense burners.

This pair of incense burners were made during the Yongzheng period and were a birthday gift from Prince Hongli to Yongzheng.

The crane symbolizes peace and longevity, the big crane symbolizes Yongzheng, and the small crane symbolizes Hongli, who was the prince at that time.

The peach in the mouth of the big crane also means longevity.

The fairy peach in Dahe's mouth was offered by Xiaohe, which showed the prince Hongli's wish to congratulate his father Yongzheng on his longevity.

There is only one pair of these in the world.

"It's actually a birthday gift from Qianlong to Yongzheng. Master, I didn't expect that you would get such a treasure back."

This pair of cloisonné enamel double-crane incense burners are extremely exquisitely made, and they were a birthday gift from Qianlong to Yongzheng. This thing is so rare.

"I was just lucky and found this pair of incense burners by chance."

This pair of old objects was not the only thing that Baoshahou came back from when he went to the countryside this time.

There must be about thirty items in total that he brought back from shopping.

This pair of incense burners is the most precious one.

Even if placed among all his collections, this pair of incense burners is among the best, not inferior to the Bafang Cup from Ge Kiln in the Southern Song Dynasty and the azure-glazed round washer from Ru Kiln in the Northern Song Dynasty.

"By the way, master, let me tell you something. Brother Xiaowu invited me to go to the countryside tomorrow to look for old objects."

"Your kid is also going to the countryside. Where are you going?"

"Let's go to Mentougou for a walk. It happens to be the winter vacation now. I have nothing to do at home. Let's go to the countryside to get some fresh air."

"Let's go. There's only half a month left for the Chinese New Year. I won't go to the countryside. I'll just wander around the alleys in Sijiu City to see if I can dig out some old objects."

"Brother Xiaowu said that you have almost wiped out all the old items in the alleys of Sijiu City."

"This kid is just telling lies. There are so many treasures in the alley at the foot of the Imperial City. How can I possibly buy them all by myself? The old items I buy in the alley may not even be one-tenth."

Although he has been working in the rag collecting business for a few more years than Han Chunming, he did find some good old things in the alley.

But it is definitely wrong to say that he has finished shopping for all the treasures in the alleys of Sijiucheng.

There are many treasures hidden in the alleys, and this business also depends on fate. The things he can get back are old objects that are destined to him.

Those old objects that have no connection with him are still hidden in the alleys and covered with dust.

In such a big Forty-Nine City, a land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, not everyone is ignorant.

He has also met many people who have good things in their hands but do not sell them.

There are many old objects in the alleys, including those who are not destined to each other and those who are not destined to, it all depends on who is destined to these old objects in the end.
Chapter completed!