Chapter 36: Qinghua Yunhe Bagua Woven Gourd Bottle

  "You, you! You're good! You're very good!"

  At the moment when Zhang Zhonglin was frightened to the point of being out of his wits, Ren Chongshan suddenly took a deep breath and barely suppressed the anger in his heart. He pointed at Zhang Zhonglin's nose and said "good" several times. He had already calmed down from his initial rage, so the question arose - even if he was furious, it was impossible for him to really go up and beat Zhang Zhonglin.

  He can't be as reckless and impulsive as to scold people harshly, his mind is much deeper than that.

  However, these few good words still scared Zhang Zhonglin so much that he was terrified and his legs were trembling. The situation had become even more serious, and even if Ren Zhongshan didn't say or do anything, just by looking at the other person's furious expression now, he could imagine what kind of situation he would face in the future.

  Does Master Ren need to personally take action to hate someone?

  Not to mention the second son of Lao Yezi, who is serving as the executive vice mayor in the provincial capital of Yangcheng, but rather Ren Jia's third child, who is currently the secretary of the Heping District Committee of Xinkuang City. Wanting to move someone like him, a small boss who can only be considered middle-class, would have countless people competing to suppress him, not to mention that even if we don't mention those things, just the power of Ren Jia's Far East Group in the business world makes it easy and natural to eliminate him.

  In modern society, there are far more sinister ways to hurt someone than just beating them up.

  "Grandfather, I really didn't mean to..."

  Almost in tears, Zhang Zhonglin quickly turned his pleading gaze towards Ren Lijuan and Ren Liheng.

  Facing this gaze, Ren Liheng was decisive and direct, frowning and looking away on the spot. In his heart, he scolded even more fiercely: "This idiot! He had instigated Ren Li Juan to buy a fake wheelchair, causing himself to lose face as well. Now, he's still causing such a huge disaster, but he doesn't care about the other person's life or death."

  Ren Lijuan's mood wasn't much better, she still clearly remembered that if it weren't for Zhang Zhonglin, she wouldn't have bought back this fake antique chair to disappoint her father, let alone now when it was no longer just the chair that was disappointing.

  After hesitating for a few breaths, she suddenly laughed loudly and asked, "Grandfather, what kind of gourd is this?"

  Although she was also very dissatisfied with Zhang Zhonglin's performance, she still couldn't bear it. After all, this friend was invited by her, and the other party just now was indeed kind-hearted to help.

  No matter whether others will pursue this matter in the future or not, she still feels it's necessary to ease the oppressive and stifling atmosphere in the room for now.

  It was also this sentence that suddenly attracted the attention of all the others in the room, and now everyone in the room who is not a fool will understand that this Qinghua calabaza is a treasure.

  But they also don't know where this calabaza treasure is, and naturally there will be many questions.

  "Alas, it's shattered, is this really fate?"

  Lian Ren Chong Shan was also distracted by this sentence, no longer staring at Zhang Zhong Lin like a mortal enemy, but instead looked back at the broken Qinghua gourd on the ground, his eyes filled with heartache and resentment, his eyes were also full of vicissitudes.

  He glanced at Ren Zhongshan and coughed lightly, saying, "This is a Qinghua Yunhe Bagua pattern calabaza bottle from the Ming Jiajing year."

  Ming Jiajing blue and white cloud crane eight trigrams gourd bottle!

  Upon hearing this explanation, Ren Lijuan, Yang Dan and Meng Zhu all looked bewildered, while Zhou Mingluo, Zhang Zhonglin and Ren Liheng all furrowed their brows slightly in surprise.

  The three of them more or less all had a good grasp, and quickly recalled the relevant knowledge, but this memory made the three young people somewhat suspicious. The Qinghua Yunhe Bagua pattern gourd bottle was not particularly valuable.

  The Ming Jiajing period is also considered a prosperous era in Chinese porcelain history, and it was from the Jiajing period that the Ming dynasty began to enter its late period.

  In the late Ming dynasty, it was the second time in Chinese history that a wave of folk collection craze flourished. In that era, there were indeed some precious ancient porcelain pieces emerging, but if we only talk about the Jiajing period's blue and white glazed gourd-shaped vase with cloud, crane, and eight trigrams pattern, although this thing is also considered valuable, it's just relatively speaking for ordinary working-class people.

  In modern times, a such blue and white porcelain vase market price is generally only around 200,000 yuan.

  This is still well-preserved and exquisitely crafted gourd, if it's generally preserved and not particularly exquisite, a few tens of thousands can be taken down.

  The three of them had also taken a look at it earlier, and although the craftsmanship of this broken gourd was exquisite, it wasn't particularly outstanding. In terms of preservation, it wasn't very well done either. Estimated market price would be around 100,000 yuan at most.

  Emperor Jiajing was an emperor who revered Taoism, once devoted to cultivating the mysterious and seeking longevity every day, without asking about state affairs, letting Grand Secretary Yan Song hold power for 20 years. Being an emperor to this extent is also considered extremely "outstanding". Therefore, in the ceramic firing of the Jiajing year, there were too many gourds-shaped ceramics that came into being, so many that they dazzled people's eyes.

  Because Jiajing said that Taishang Laojun used a calabash, he also had the official kiln burn many calabashes for him to play with.

  These gourds may also have super-fine goods, and if they are passed down to modern times, they should be worth tens of millions.

  But at least so far, a few people have never heard of that particularly valuable calabash appearing during that period.

  Now that the gourd has shattered, Ren Zhongshan's hysteria is far beyond what he showed when he found the fake armchair earlier, which makes it impossible for Zhou Ming and others not to be suspicious.

  "Although this gourd is nothing special, it was entrusted to me by Old Fang to be delivered to Old Ren for his birthday. Who would have thought... "

  Among the three people's surprise, He Lao let out a long sigh again and added another sentence.

  This sentence made Ren Liheng and Ren Lijuan, as well as Meng Zhu, change color in anger and look at the broken gourd in extreme shock.

  "Ah, is this from Uncle Fang?"

  "Can't be, just like that?"

  ……

  For a moment, Zhou Ming Luo and other outsiders were still confused, but Ren Li Heng and several others finally understood why Ren Zhong Shan was so out of sorts.

  This calabaza itself may not be worth much, at least in the eyes of the Ren family at this time, something worth around 100,000 yuan is really not worth taking seriously. The problem is that the person who sent this calabaza is Old Man Fang.

  Fang Lao Tou's real name is Fang Chuan Jun, a name that was once known to countless people. Even now, there are still many who show great respect at the mention of this name.

  Because he was the former head of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee of Bian Province, and also held two consecutive terms, in the entire Bian Province, he can be said to have great prestige. Even though Fang Chuanjun has retired now, his influence still remains. Not to mention that the younger generation of the Fang family is still a leading figure in the official circle at this time.

  The relationship between Fang Chuanjun and Ren Zhongshan, on the other hand, is extremely complicated. The two of them grew up wearing open-crotch pants together since childhood, but later in their 30s or 40s, they had a falling out over some issues and became sworn enemies who refused to see each other until death.

  These years, Ren Zhongshan's greatest wish is to make amends with Fang Lao, but at their age, sometimes they get more stubborn and argumentative than young people.

  The heavier the mountain, the more evil fire it has. He feels that the other party's official position is getting bigger and bigger, and if he bows his head first, outsiders may think he is a sycophant. Moreover, he doesn't think he was wrong back then, so he never thought of taking the initiative to bow his head. On the other hand, having been in a high position for a long time, he also thinks that he is not at fault. As a result, until now, the two are still very stiff with each other, and neither of them is willing to take the lead in bowing their heads.

  For this heart disease, the younger generation of the Ren and Fang families did not exert less effort, but they were unable to settle the two old men. Until today, the two still had no contact with each other. As expected, on the occasion of Ren Zhongshan's 70th birthday, Old Man Fang suddenly sent a gift, which was the beginning of his softened attitude. Even if he didn't come in person, it was enough to surprise Ren Zhongshan greatly.

  Especially through He Lao's mouth, Ren Zhongshan also knew that this gourd was not ordinary, it was bought by Fang Chuanjun with all his savings over the years.

  Fang Chuanjun, although he served as the head of the provincial party committee's organization department for two terms, was still very clean in his official duties. He never accepted gifts from others and did not have any grey income. However, due to his special status, he rarely spent money on food and lodging, and over the years, he managed to save up a sum of money.

  Later, before Zhang Shanyu's birthday, he took out all the money he had saved for a lifetime and bought him this gourd.

  The significance of this is simply too great to imagine.