Rebirth 81: Being forced into marriage by my sister’s best friend at the beginning

Chapter 3 Qianlong Period Rosewood!A favor!

The carriage stopped at the place where Lin Ran usually took the rickshaw. It was not far from Fang Dahai's shop, which could be regarded as a way to conceal his identity.

Otherwise, if this coachman is a big talker, it will be difficult for him to miss something in the future!

The two of them started to move the things down one by one. Since the road was not long, they only needed to hold the tables and chairs and push them to the entrance of Fangda Dahai Store.

After unloading the goods, Lin Ran gave a dollar to the coachman.

A coachman usually only pays a few cents for a trip.

Lin Ran directly gave him a dollar, which finally put a smile on his face.

"Uncle, thank you."

After placing the goods and paying the money, Lin Ran also expressed his gratitude to the carriage driver.

The coachman was obviously very satisfied with Lin Ran's behavior and nodded: "Yes, it's hard to see young people who are knowledgeable and polite nowadays."

"Everything is here, it's time for me to go back." The coachman turned around and headed back to Dongshi Village.

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The entrance of Shaofou Zhai.

The store clerk had just finished cleaning and came to take out the trash when he saw a handsome man pushing a pile of things towards the store.

Taking a closer look, he turned out to be the boss’s distinguished guest!

So he quickly threw away the broom in his hand and enthusiastically stepped forward to help Lin Ran push the car.

When the two of them carried the tables and chairs into the store, Fang Dahai was still lying on his rocking chair, humming a tune with his eyes closed, looking happy to himself.

He turned his head lazily when he heard some movement in the store.

When he saw it was Lin Ran, he immediately jumped up from the rocking chair!

"Brother Lin, when will your shop open? Why do you still have time to come to my place?" His little eyes were rolling. Anyone who was not a fool could see the tables and chairs that Lin Ran brought in.

This time it’s a big deal!

However, he valued the friendship between the two more than doing business with Lin Ran.

I just promised Lin Ran to attend his store opening celebration yesterday, and I brought him a treasure today. It's so polite!

Fang Dahai immediately asked the waiter to make tea and invited Brother Lin to take a seat.

Lin Ran moved the things in, and it was indeed a little hot.

Fang Dahai smiled mysteriously and turned on the electric fan.

He originally wanted to see Lin Ran's reaction, but he didn't expect Lin Ran to pull his collar in front of the fan like a normal person to let the sweat inside evaporate better.

"Brother Lin, don't you think this thing is special?" Fang Dahai bought the latest Camel brand fan and wanted to show it off.

With an electric fan, there is no need to fan it, which is very convenient.

"What's so special?" Lin Ran didn't react for a while.

There are not many families with electric fans these days, and they are in Beijing.

"Oh, forget it." I already knew that Lin Ran was well-informed, and Fang Dahai was not asking for trouble, "Brother Lin, where were you some time ago? Panjiayuan and Liulicang have no news about you, so they thought you Went to another place."

Fang Dahai took a sip of tea and chatted with Lin Ran.

"I did go to another place, to Xi'an." Lin Ran answered truthfully.

Fang Dahai choked on the water and coughed.

After he settled down, he said: "Have you really gone to other places? Xi'an is a treasure place. The capitals of many dynasties were located in Xi'an."

"Well, there are indeed many tombs of the Five Dynasties there. It is a city with a long history and culture."

When talking about history, Fang Dahai was no match for Lin Ran.

Let him drink some wine and brag at the wine table, but he is not good at serious conversation.

So, he decided to bring the topic back to the goods brought by Lin Ran.

When he entered the door, he noticed that it was rosewood furniture, and it must be expensive. He really didn't know where Lin Ran got it.

"Brother Lin, the tables and stools you brought are rosewood furniture from the Qing Dynasty?" Fang Dahai is also a professional. He can tell at a glance that the carving style of the tables and stools belongs to the Qing Dynasty.

Because the furniture styles of the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were different.

Rosewood carvers in the Qing Dynasty attached great importance to exquisiteness, so much so that they ignored the use value.

After all, the princes and nobles only use it to show the splendor of the family, and they can just use other tables for eating.

Lin Ran nodded, and Fang Dahai began to inspect the rosewood table. He explained at the side: "This is aniseed rosewood furniture, a relatively rare species."

Red sandalwood is rarely produced in large quantities, so the larger the material of rosewood furniture, the rarer it appears.

"That's true." Fang Dahai couldn't tell the nature of the material, but he saw that the sculpture was very delicate. A layman could see the fun, and an expert could see the door.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the carvings on it are exaggerated, as dense as a spider web.

But as an expert, I can see clearly that the master craftsman can carve out uniform patterns of size and thickness with the help of simple tools. It must be the work of the royal master of the palace!

However, Fang Dahai couldn't tell the specific year.

Because he believed Lin Ran, Fang Dahai asked directly: "What era is this furniture from?"

"It's rosewood furniture from the Qianlong period."

Lin Ran continued to add, "The furniture of the Qianlong period has obvious characteristics. You can see that this furniture is lavishly used in materials, and there is no other wood. It can be seen that it was the era when tribute rosewood was the most abundant."

In the late Qing Dynasty, the supply of rosewood was insufficient, so yellowwood and pear wood were used to supplement the corners.

The Qianlong period was the heyday of rosewood furniture, so furniture from this era was also the most valuable.

Fang Dahai couldn't help but get excited. The rosewood table from the Qianlong period was a gift from the collectors, and it was furniture that had reached the auction threshold.

"What a pity, this is big leaf rosewood, not Indian rosewood, so the price will be lower." Lin Ran did not hide the results of his tasting.

During the prosperous period of Qianlong, they cooperated with the East India Company and imported a large number of small-leaf red sandalwood from India to make furniture for the palace.

That batch of furniture is a masterpiece of the Qing Dynasty, and naturally it cannot be stolen by the declining nobles. It has been collected by the Palace Museum.

The most obvious feature of rosewood furniture is that it will not deform or crack.

The wooden tables and chairs in front of me are nearly 200 years old, but they still remain the same.

It's just that it was a little dirty because it was kept in the firewood room for a long time, and patina has appeared in some of the shaded areas.

However, patina is not a bad thing and can be used to prove its age.

Fang Dahai asked the waiter to wipe the surface clean, and sat on it. The height of the table and chairs was just right. It was very comfortable to sit on, and you could also feel a sense of coolness.

Rosewood furniture is very comfortable to the touch.

But the more important thing about rosewood is its humanistic value!

Rosewood was a precious material in the palace of the Qing Dynasty. Purple represents the auspicious symbol of purple energy coming from the east, symbolizing wealth and good fortune.

Moreover, the red sandalwood will not survive, which also means that the dynasty will not be corrupted by corrupt officials.

It's a pity that the wish is beautiful, but the reality is extremely cruel.

The Qing Dynasty lasted for more than 200 years before ending.

This batch of furniture can be said to have witnessed the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty!