Chapter 1 Get the Ring

Zhang Fan wandered aimlessly among the flow of people on Taobao, looking left and right at the stalls that came here to run the dock.

"Garbage!" ......

"Garbage!" ......

"It's still rubbish!" ......

"Now the exchange meeting is not as good as a year!" Zhang Fan muttered, "It's all broken bowls and plates that have nowhere to put."

"Oh, Xiao Zhang, good morning, are you searching for any baby, hehe."

"Morning, haha, just kidding, can you still look for treasures at the exchange meeting these days? Just some rubbish. Are you always shopping? Take a look in the bag.

"A piece of green jade, no age, hehe."

"Not bad, the Qianlong worker imitated by the Republic of China! Or is Lao Meng, your eyes are like scanners, and how many silvers are there?

"Ha ha, five yuan, a little disabled, not a leak." The fat old man named Lao Meng slapped. One hundred yuan in the market is one yuan and ten yuan is ten cents. If you buy something worth it, it will be regarded as picking up.

"The Hanqing glaze jar you bought last Saturday is good, and the pattern is refreshing. I have a friend who specializes in celadon and asked me to look for it. Can you get it?

"Hey, where. Ordinary, it's good to get to the Eastern Jin Dynasty. I just like a few words in the jar, and those with words are quite rare. I haven't figured out what it means yet. Let's figure it out, hehe.

"Good to say, good to say. Then I'll have a look at the front stalls. Lao Meng nodded.

"Please, see you later." Zhang Fan gave in and passed Lao Meng.

Continue to move forward slowly, squat down and pick up an object from time to time, and then shake your head and walk away.

Fan, who used to be the attending doctor of a hospital in the city, graduated from an old-fashioned traditional Chinese medicine school in N City next door five years ago. Returning to his original residence, he was introduced to a third-class hospital. With a few points of skill and a little down-to-earth strength, I was admitted to the chief. However, good luck seems to come to an end, because Zhang Fan usually believes in Buddhism, often eats fasting and chanting scriptures, and is always unwilling to receive kickbacks from medicine.

At the beginning, this guy's new face is at peace with his good temper. But over time, how can you know that people are kind and jealous? You should know that the kickbacks given by those medical representatives have indicators, such as the number of departments in a secondary hospital and the number of departments in a third-class hospital. If you don't accept them, someone will accept them for you. Besides, other doctors took it, but you didn't take it, but you were slandered. As a result, after a long time, you knew that there was nothing* in this hospital, so you were squeezed out by people. Natural big hats, small shoes, and dark nails come in harmony like a spring breeze. As a result, the good man turned into a villain, and the wicked man was furious and resigned.

Since he was harmonized by the hospital, Zhang Fan is also at home with a hobby cultivated when he was young - collection, and he often goes with the antique market. I have been getting coins since I was a child, and my family is engaged in the business of emerald gemstones. First, I learned jade identification, and then held a training course in a provincial museum in n city during college. I met several museum staff of the archaeology department of the same age, and fiercely practiced porcelain, ancient jade, bronze miscellaneous and other identification knowledge. Although he is not good at it, he is not doing expert archaeology, but just going to the market to Taobao. He has a lot of experience in learning cultural relics, which is much more eye-catching than ordinary sellers and collectors in the antique market. It's just that I can't get started with calligraphy and drawing paper. I want to practice brush calligraphy when I was a child, but I don't have a talent for this, so I can only stay in the appreciation stage, which is quite regretful.

Therefore, with these experiences, Zhang Fan set up a shop in the city's antique city and started an antique business. It's also this boy's bad luck. This self-collection and business are definitely two different things. If you want to have a few unique eyesight and have a few collections in your hand, you want to open the door, which is obviously lacking in heat. Where is this collectible market? That's a well-mixed place with three teachings and nine streams of fish and dragons! Because you can't get around in the corner of the hospital, do you still think of mixing in the big dyeing tank of the world? How can Xiao Zhang, a good man, be such an opponent of the old rivers and lakes that often travel around the docks?

It didn't take long for several old customers who worked hard to cultivate. Zhang Fan still doesn't understand how those rich people don't want to buy those old things in the old world. Unexpectedly, Xiao Zhang is already a novice who knows nothing in the circle of rich people who often visit the market.

Speaking of this, is there any official who wants to ask, is Xiao Zhang really an "onion"? Haha! Of course, this boy doesn't have much social experience, but his learning ability is not good, and his path is also right. Looking at him making porcelain, he knows that he is an connoyan when he sees porcelain tiles all over the room. There are many specimens of various types in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and Gaogu kilns. Jade is even stronger. Although it is not a very amazing rare thing, it can be made by Su in the Ming Dynasty. There are also several pieces of fine products in the Qing Dynasty, and there are many other general products in the Republic of China in the Qing Dynasty. No matter which market in the country you go to, it is still a store that sells old goods and has goods. Generally speaking, the business should be good? But this guy has committed the old problem of offending people in the hospital again - different misty! Well, the antique market refers to buying fakes and selling fakes to live. If you buy real goods, you can't become an antique supermarket. Do you still use Taobao with good eyesight?

If you sell real goods, it must be real goods?! Who said that? How many years has I been open this door? This spring and autumn sheep fat jade pendant will still be fake, which has been recognized by some national experts! I only sold you 58,000 yuan, which is at least one million yuan on the big auction, and it's still expensive! Go to Xiao Zhang's store and have a look. How much are his broken things?! It's unreasonable. There are too few insiders who know goods in this world. Anyone like Xiao Zhang can fool people by picking a few gadgets on a stall. No one recognizes us who are hard-honed in the homes of big people in Beijing!

Only a few folks in antiques that have more contact with Xiao Zhang. But which of these old guys is not old and refined. Can you still make money if you really have a good eye? Rich and eyeless people have been fooled by the old rivers and lakes. These days, real goods have to be fooled to sell! It's only been more than a year, and this store is a little difficult to continue.

Let's talk about Xiao Zhang later and stop in front of a stall all the way. This stall owner is also an old face, a native of S city, who often goes to the countryside to shovel the land. There are some goods in my hand, especially old gold and silverware, and some old miscellaneous goods of the Republic of China.

Zhang Fan squatted down and noticed a jewelry box with lacquer inlaid snails. The decoration was also a little exquisite, but there were two corners that were a little crippled. It was a pity.

Because the booth is near the corner, there are not many people around, but they are all insiders. Two people only feel a little disabled and the price is uncomfortable. Zhang Fan flipped a few old silverware and took a pair of gin and green phoenix hairpins to play with. When those people put down the jewelry box, they slowly asked the price of the cup, and then casually took an old jade flower to ask this and that. After grinding for a few minutes, the hand casually slipped to the jewelry box.

As soon as I picked it up, I only heard the sound of "Gle" in the box, as if there was a small thing sliding. Just ask, "Is there any goods in it?"

The boss was talking about others and didn't understand them. He replied casually, "The two corners are a little crippled. The inside is good. I'll keep all the products for myself. It can still be at this price."

"I said there seems to be something in it." Zhang Fan repeated again that he couldn't get started casually because he didn't ask clearly.

"No, it's empty. There were a few green flowers before, and they were sold early." The stall owner replied.

"Why is there a noise? Won't the panel fall off inside?" Zhang Fan quickly put down the box.

The stall owner quickly picked it up and opened it: "It's impossible. It's all connected. There's not even a seam. Damn it, it won't be broken by those two just now!"

Zhang Fan clapped his hands: "I just picked it up and didn't move."

The stall owner opened it and said, "Hey, okay, you can play with me. Look."

Zhang Fan took a look and saw that it was indeed very smooth and beautiful, so he took it: "I just heard the sound, and I heard it wrong." Hold it up and shake it gently, and then there is a "Gler" sound. This time, the stall owner also heard: "Huh? What's going on?

Zhang Fan gently pulled a small drawer in the box, and there was nothing. But it also drives the sound. Zhang Fan knew that the small drawer of this kind of jewelry box was exquisitely made and could be extracted. Then slowly pull it out. There is really nothing in the drawer, but there is a silver ring in the drawer grid.

The stall owner took a look and said, "There's really something. Why didn't you see it before?"

Zhang Fan smiled and said, "I guess it's sandwiched in the drawer seam."

The stall owner said, nothing special, not embedded: "Ha ha, a silver ring, a false alarm. If you want to buy that pair of tiffs, I'll give them to you. After saying that, he handed it to Zhang Fan.

Zhang Fan took it, but his heart suddenly warmed up, as if it came from the ring through the palm of his hand. As a doctor, he didn't care. He thought that a nerve ending in his finger was cramped.

But I don't know that this will be the beginning of his strange experience, which is magnificent, dangerous and even a life. After all, it is a blessing or a curse, and it is fortunate that it is hard to tell!

"Cut, so light, silver, aluminum." Zhang Fan laughed.

"Hey, I gave it to you anyway." The stall owner's face was a little embarrassed: "I don't ask for money, whatever it does."

Zhang Fan took the ring, took a closer look at the jewelry box, and then bargained with the stall owner. As a result, the stall owner saw so many people seeing it, and naturally bit Aken's mouth tightly. Zhang Fan sighed and picked up the pair of pins. This time, the stall owner was cheerful. It is estimated that the pins are neither practical nor can be decorated. Although they are good-quality, there are not many people who want them. It was sold for 38 cents.

Leaving the stall owner, I walked around the market for another half an hour, looking for small plates of blue and white birds in the late Ming Dynasty. Looking at the time until 9 o'clock in the morning, I returned to my store to make a pot of tea and wait for a few old friends to chat. Saturday's antique market always looks lively. Today, there are more people walking south and north to the wharf than usual. On the contrary, compared with the market outside, the shops in the market are much quieter. People are outside Taobao.

Taking advantage of the quietness, Zhang Fan picked up a few things to study carefully. Although the two small plates are complete, the scribbled patterns are common in late tomorrow. They are a little old, but they are not worth much. The pair of hairpins are quite exquisite, silver, and the gold has not faded, and the blue kingfisher hair is quite complete. The silver products of this process are rare. Generally, the kingfisher hair is taken off badly. However, ordinary people don't like it very much. They can't play, decorate or be practical. Zhang Fan took it back to make it into a picture frame and hang it on the wall for decoration.

Finally, he took out the ring. In fact, Zhang Fan liked it a little, as if what the industry said was quite predestined. After getting started, Zhang Fan'a affirmed that it was not silver, so light. Of course, even if it was silver, it was not worth much. Otherwise, how could it be given away if it became a refined stall owner?

But after looking carefully, I always feel that there seems to be a layer of luster flowing on the ring. Yes, it's flowing, as if the ring is empty and there is silver ** in it. On the inside of the ring, there are several words that can't be seen clearly. At first, Zhang Fan thought it was the stamp that made the old silver number of silverware in the past. If you look closely, it doesn't look like words. Moreover, if you look closely, you can see that it is a little strange. In the past, in the old silver craft, the head and tail of the ring were tied together. This is connected with the head and tail, and the old silver ring is wide and narrow inside, and this is the same width. Only modern craftsmanship is like this, so the "925" sterling silver symbol should be printed on the inside.

Zhang Fan took out a small magnifying glass with a white light, looked close to the inside of the ring close to his eyes, and carefully thought about the symbols. The enlarged symbol is much clearer. There are four on one side, a cross, a swastika, a star and moon symbol, and a Taoist yin and yang fish! On the other side is a horizontal 8 "∞"!

"Four major religions!" Zhang Fan shouted in a low voice. Why is it printed on? Several symbols are just shallowly printed on the metal surface. No wonder they can't be seen clearly. Even for modern silver rings, the 925 logo is engraved in it. Sure enough, it's a fake. It's made of aluminum leather, and it also makes symbols of four major religions as gimmicks. Zhang Fan also recognizes that the "∞" symbol should have an infinite meaning in mathematical symbols, but since the other side is the symbol of the four major religions of Christ (God), Buddhism, Islam and Taoism, this "∞" should also represent the cycle of life and death.

Zhang Fan casually put the ring on his index finger, which was not big or small, and he always felt a little strange in his heart. Thinking about it, the ring was smooth. Zhang Fan rubbed his eyes, and there was nothing different on the ring. "Maybe he has been looking at it in the light for a long time, and his eyes are a little dazzled." Zhang Fan took off his ring and put on another finger. The strange thing is coming. The ring is not big or small, just put on. No way, my fingers are just as thick." Put on the little finger again, it's still just right." It's specially made for me." Just as he was about to change his thumb, a man ran in.

"What are you busy with? Xiao Zhang came to say hello.

"Xiao Wang, what are you searching for so early?" Zhang Fan looked up and saw that it was his friend Xiao Wang, who likes jade, or the jade moderator of a collection network, but his eyesight was average. There are a few old goods in my hand, and most of them are new workers and treasures.

"No, I got a gadget. Take a look." Xiao Wang handed over a three- or four-centimeter-long jade piece and said, "What age do you see?" There is some pride in his eyes.

Zhang Fan knew it at a glance and pretended to play for a while. He replied with a smile, "The material is good, Xinjiang. It's hard to say when you are old. Look at this shape and pattern like the Warring States Period. But..." Zhang Fan dragged a long voice.

Sure enough, Xiao Wang's urgent interface: "Yes, Lao Gu still said that he was not old. Look how good this jade is. A typical tomb was unearthed at a glance! Look at this package of pulp, how natural the workmanship is! It's a pity that it's broken, and the complete device is still good!"

Zhang Fan smiled and didn't say anything. It's useless to know what to say. In fact, this thing is at most an imitation of the late Qing Dynasty, or a remnant. So change the topic: "What do you think of this ring?" After saying that, hand over the ring. Xiao Wang is still talking about the identification points of Gao Guyu.

"Oh, silver ring, the old thing of the Republic of China." Xiao Wang held his eyes. After receiving it, he turned over and looked at it: "It's so light, isn't it aluminum? Oh, there are still words in it, silver number? I can't see it clearly. It's useless. With that, he looked at the cover of his fingers. His little finger was too wide and the other fingers were too narrow to fit.

"Come on, have tea." Zhang Fan took out a small cup that only drank kung fu tea, picked up the teapot and burned it with some water. I filled it again and made a gesture of invitation. Xiao Wang sat down and tapped his finger on the table twice, which was a thank you.

The two chatted for a while. Another friend came to the store and exchanged greetings. Xiao Wang used to give his Warring States jade pieces to people to appreciate, and there was another discussion about ancient jade. Then the newcomer took out another treasure and boasted without mentioning it.

A few friends came and went, each offering treasures and flattering each other. During this period, there were true and falsehoods. Zhang Fan is used to this kind of scene and is perfunctory.

Zhang Fan also looked at each other. It's strange that the ring, except for Zhang Fan, can't be worn by anyone else. It's either too big or too small. Everyone saw that the ring was gray and inconspicuous. But since it is the owner's thing, it is also a nonsense, but it was said in the late Qing Dynasty of the Republic of China. One person who blew his head and even quoted the classics to pull the things of Song and Yuan. Seeing that only Zhang Fan was easy to wear, he actually fooled the theory of fate and looked at Zhang Fan's marriage, thinking that Zhang Fan's marriage was about to come, which made fun of Zhang Fan.

After opening the tea, at noon, he removed the tea set and shouted for wine and dishes in a small restaurant next to the market. Zhang Fansu was not close to tobacco and alcohol, and accompanied him with tea. Everyone knew it a long time ago, and they were not reluctant to persuade them.

The wine is so hot that it has been blowing cowhide all afternoon. At the end of the market in the evening, people gradually dispersed.

Market proofing, Zhang Fan came to his parents' residence. Because today is the weekend, he usually went to the old house to visit the old couple first.

Zhang Fan's parents were originally workers in a state-owned factory, and his father also liked to pound some jade. Later, the factory's benefits declined and laid off. He simply put together some principal and started a jade business. After several years, the good Xinjiang Hetian jade in his hand had some savings, but he did not make any money. It turned out that this collection business was a virtue. Sex, if you see a good one, you can play by yourself. Can you still make money? His wife saw that the business was interesting, so she bought out her seniority in advance and went to sea with her husband. Not to mention that with a woman in charge, the business is different. When the wife saw that her husband likes to collect Xinjiang jade, she did not stop her. She just changed her variety to operate and went straight south into the jade and came back. Sure enough, her husband was much easier to do, and the good goods were not hidden, so it has been smooth for several years. At the most beautiful time, a large jewelry store of more than 100 square meters was opened on the commercial street in the city center. That was the time when Zhang Fan was admitted to the hospital.

However, it was the disaster that caused the store to suffer from theft. A very trusted salesperson usually got up early to open the door and close in the dark, and the key to the store was also equipped with her. As a result, the salesperson met an idle boyfriend and heard that he was still taking drugs. As a result, the key was stolen and more than a million emerald jewelry were lost. The guy ran without a trace. When he was caught, the stolen money would have been squandered long ago.

The couple were so angry that they had been ill for several months. Fortunately, Zhang Fan was a doctor and served the two elders wholeheartedly. I have to start all over again, and I still have a small facade painstakingly.

The disaster is not alone, but half a year after Zhang Fan was excluded and resigned. The couple had to smile bitterly: "Fortunately, I bought the wedding house for you, otherwise it would be troublesome for you to get married."

Zhang Fan knew that his parents were worried about his marriage and did not want to make his parents angry, so he proposed to move to a new house alone. The couple couldn't resist him, so they agreed, just asking him to come home every weekend.

At dinner, Zhang Fan talked about some anecdotes in the market, and his parents usually nagging about getting married early. Before leaving, the mother felt sorry for her son and quietly stuffed some money for him and kept exhorting him. Zhang Fan agreed with a wry smile and took the car back to his community.

As soon as he entered the door of the community, a black dog suddenly rushed out and barked at Zhang Fan. Zhang Fan knew the black dog. The dog often haunted near the community. Zhang Fan often laughed at the dog as if he were patrolling in the community.

The security guard at the gate of the community took the broom and drove it away. The dog tilted his head and looked at Zhang Fan for a while, whined threateningly, and then turned around and ran away.

The security guard said, "This dog never barks. What's wrong today?" Zhang Fan shook his head, thanked him, and walked towards his home.

In fact, Zhang Fan also has a dog. This dog has some origin. It was sent by the old monk in the temple where he used to be married. It is said that the old monk picked up the dog outside on a thunderstorm day. When he picked it up, his eyes were not open. Strangely, there was neither a bitch nor a home nearby, and he didn't know where it came from. Later, when Zhang Fan went to the temple, the old monk asked him to take it back and gave him a string of rosary beads brought by himself because there was no meat and food in the temple.

Zhang Fan saw that the rosary string had been worn for a long time, so he took apart and made two bracelets and put them on his Buddha case. The dog took home together and then moved to a new house with him. The dog usually barked low, and Zhang Fan called it "Jed" according to its barking.

Zhang Fan lives on the top floor. When the house was bought, the roof was also attached with an attic, and the upstairs and downstairs were also spacious. There are two bedrooms and one living room downstairs, two rooms upstairs, with a bathroom and a large terrace.

Hearing the sound of opening the door, the dog ran over, whining and rubbing his trouser legs around. Zhang Fan also made a little effort for the pet. He was often outside. He was afraid that the dog would be bored at home, so he made a small movable door on the inner door and the security door to facilitate it to enter and exit by itself. Jed is quite clever. He always poops and pees by himself. It's hard for him to pee and run to the sixth floor.

Maybe Jed and Buddha are predestined. Other parts of the family don't like it and prefer to nest under the Buddha case. Zhang Fan couldn't do it, so he made a small nest under the Buddha case in the living room. There is a round stone nest in it. According to the old monk, when he picked up the dog, he lay in the stone nest and carried it back together.

Zhang Fan entered the house and worshipped with his hands folded in front of the Buddha's case. At the moment he lowered his head, the Ming Dynasty silk Tangka, which was embroidered with the statue of Master Tsongkhapa, hung on the wall behind the Buddha case, was windless and automatic. For a moment, the painting seemed to be turbulent, the industry was burning, the lotus platform was swaying, and King Kong looked sideways. When Zhang Fan looked up, everything calmed down again.

Jed wagging his tail and holding a pet toy bone, staring at the owner. Zhang Fan picked up the bone and threw it casually. Jed shouted happily and ran over to bite it fiercely. After a while, he ran over with a bone in his back.

Zhang Fan stretched out his hand to touch Jed. In his eyes, the ring in his hand was smooth. Jed seemed to be burned and jumped back with a whine. He grinned and whined, revealing an attack. Zhang Fan saw it really this time and suddenly sat up. Jed was shocked and ran into the room with his tail between his legs. Zhang Fan felt strange, so he took off his ring and looked at it carefully. He didn't find anything unusual.

"Am I dazzled again?" He muttered to himself and walked straight to the attic.

The room in the attic is like a collection room, with an old chandelier from the 1920s hanging on the spire, and a row of Qing Dynasty chicken wing wooden ancient shelves opposite the door, half of all kinds of collections and half books on the shelf. Close to the low window in the south, there is a mat, and there is a Ming-style cherry wood kang table next to it. The table is against the wall. Next to the book is covered with a felt, a table lamp with a magnifying glass. Under the lamp are more than a dozen pieces of porcelain, jade, and a few small miscellaneous pieces, and next to it is a set of tea sets.

Zhang Fan cleaned up the table, sat cross-legged on the couch, turned on the lamp, approached the magnifying glass, and looked at the ring carefully. It didn't matter, but he was so scared that the ring in his hand fell on the table, his hair was upside down, and his forehead was sweating coldly.