"Who is this? The brother of the man you like? Xueer, you found the wrong photo."

This was the first thing Zhou Huimei said after seeing the photo.

Kong Xue: "..." She didn't know how to answer this sentence.

Seeing Kong Xue stunned, Zhou Huimei seemed to realize something, her brows instantly furrowed into a "Sichuan" shape, and asked with a bit of disbelief: "Xue'er, don't tell me, this is the man you like.

?No, boy!"

Kong Xue pursed her lips and lowered her voice unconsciously: "Well, he is Chen Jing."

Before she finished speaking, Zhou Huimei stood up and breathed heavily: "Kong Xue! What on earth are you going to do! If you don't want to get married, you don't have to deal with me like this!"

Kong Xue didn't expect her mother's reaction to be so big, and she quickly said: "Mom, I didn't bother you. I, I do like him." She said this very seriously.

Seeing that she didn't seem to be joking, Zhou Huimei frowned even more: "Kong Xue, are you crazy? How old is Chen Jing? Is he twenty years old? I think you are not looking for a husband, but a brother!"

"

Kong Xue helplessly covered her forehead and responded: "Mom, he is twenty-two years old, but he looks a little young. The clothes in the photo are more youthful and energetic. If he wears more mature clothes, he doesn't look so small."

"Twenty-two is a big deal? When you walk together, who would think that you are a couple or a couple?" Zhou Huimei's tone was still angry, and she even shouted outside the room: "Kong Wenli, come in quickly, your daughter is here

It was a big surprise for us.”

Hearing this, Kong Xue let out a long sigh and no longer wanted to speak.

On the phone, Shen Jing was still sending messages asking: "How are you doing? What's Auntie's attitude?"

Kong Xue replied: "It's not optimistic."

"You guessed it, then go ahead."

Kong Xue did not reply. She looked up and walked into the room. Her father, who was full of doubts, and her mother, who was angrily showing him a photo of Xiao Chen, had a firm look in her beautiful eyes.

No matter what, she had to convince her parents. She had already expected the current situation, and she had been mentally prepared from the day she decided to give herself a chance.

…………

Chen Jing didn't know that his sister Xue was facing the same problem as him last night, and it was even more difficult than him.

At this time, Chen Jing also ran through the entire village, but his hands were empty. He didn't find any antiques.

In this regard, Chen Jing had no choice but to feel helpless and regretful.

But when she got home, Lu Yuqing immediately said: "Xiao Jing, you just said you wanted to look for old objects to see if there are any antiques?"

Chen Jing was slightly startled and subconsciously responded: "Yes, Mom, what's wrong?"

At this time, Chen Jun, who had gone out to do farm work early in the morning, also came back. He said, "Your mother has something at her place. It's an old thing. She said she would show it to you."

Chen Jing was stunned: "Ah? Mom, you still have some old things."

Lu Yuqing walked into the bedroom and took out something, and responded: "Your grandma left it to me. She said it was her dowry back then. I have kept it for all these years."

dowry!?

When Chen Jing heard this, his thoughts immediately changed. His grandmother's family was a wealthy family back then, and her dowry might be something really valuable.

"Here, let's see if it's an antique and whether it's valuable." Lu Yuqing handed the thing in her hand to Chen Jing.

Chen Jing took it and took a closer look. It was a palm-sized box with a rhombus-shaped lid. The whole box was in festive red. There were four vivid magpies carved on the lid, flying up and down, guarding the word "hi".

After taking a closer look, Chen Jing instinctively felt that this covered box was interesting. In short, he must have had a look at it, and he immediately used his treasure appraisal eye.

Golden light emerged, circled around the cover box several times, and then returned to Chen Jing's eyes and turned into rows of identification words.

"This object is: Jiajing colored magpie flower and fruit pattern lid box from Ming Dynasty."

"Historical value of this object: After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the red lacquerware was deeply loved by the royal family and was often used in rewards. Therefore, the red lacquerware was vigorously developed. Documents record that in the early Ming Dynasty, the royal lacquerware workshop was located in the Kyoto Orchard Factory.

Later generations used to refer to the Ming Dynasty palace lacquerware as "factory ware."

"After the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, the production of red lacquerware fell into a trough. It was not until the Jiajing period that it flourished again. Compared with the early Ming Dynasty, the red lacquerware of this period was more informal and sharp in its craftsmanship!"

"This lid box is in the shape of a rhombus, and is painted in red, green, and yellow. The center of the lid is engraved with a flying magpie guarding the word "xi", surrounded by Ganoderma lucidum flowers and leaves. The outside of the lid and the lower abdomen of the box near the feet

, each with eight lights, carved with flower and fruit patterns, red flowers and green leaves, full of joy, and should be one of the dowries given to a woman when she gets married."

"The decoration on this cover box is vivid and auspicious, using the method of color picking to express red flowers and green leaves, with the effect of colorful relief. It is an obvious feature of carved lacquer during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and regardless of its lacquer color, knife technique or decoration, it represents the lacquer production at that time

It is extremely rare for the highest level of craftsmanship to be preserved to this day.”

After reading the identification information, Chen Jing immediately showed a look of surprise on his face.

Grandma's dowry was indeed an antique, and the evaluation in the appraisal information was not low, so it is estimated to be of high value.

Chen Jing doesn't know much about this kind of lacquerware yet, and he hasn't learned about it yet. Naturally, he doesn't know much about its value, but judging from the evaluation given by the appraiser, he knows it should be good.

Moreover, this is an antique from the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and it has considerable artistic value. It is certainly not an ordinary object that is worthless.

"Xiao Jing, how are you? Is this an antique?" Lu Yuqing saw the surprised look on Chen Jing's face and asked.

Chen Dingding nodded: "Yes, this is an antique, or an antique from the Ming Dynasty. It should be worth a lot of money."

"Really?!" Seeing that Chen Jing was sure, Lu Yuqing couldn't believe it. Although the cover box looked quite beautiful, Lu Yuqing had never thought in these years that it could be an antique or that it could be worth a lot of money.

After all, it is just a small wooden box. If this was not Chen Jing's grandma's dowry, but also a relic left to her, Lu Yuqing probably would not have kept it well until now.

Chen Jun was also a little surprised and said: "Xiao Jing, what kind of antique is this box? What is it used for? It's not big enough to hold anything."

Chen Jing smiled, opened the lid of the lid box in his hand, revealing the same red box inside, and responded: "Dad, this is the box used by the ancients to store rouge." He knew this.
Chapter completed!