"You even brought some things. How long do you plan to stay?"

Zhou Chen watched Han Chun Ming mention this package. He didn't bring anything with him last time, so he had to be much more prepared.

Han Chunming chuckled and said: "My aunt and the others are expected to stay for two or three days, so I will stay with you for a few days. I will deliver the things first and then go back for dinner later. Zhou Chen, how about you follow me?"

Go back together?"

Zhou Chen quickly waved his hand and said: "I won't go. You and your family are having dinner. I'll go and figure out what's going on. I won't go."

He didn't want to participate in such a troublesome thing. Was it not good to have a drink at home alone, or was the bed at home not comfortable enough?

"Then help me take the things in. Be careful. There are two old items I brought for you. You can appreciate them later. Lend me the bicycle first."

With that said, he took the bicycle from Zhou Chen's hand and ran away.

Zhou Chen was holding the package with a puzzled look on his face. This was not Han Chunming's style. Given how much he valued his antiques, would he give it to him so easily?

With suspicion, Zhou Chen walked into the house and opened the package. In addition to clothes, there were indeed two items.

One is an incense burner and the other is a pen holder.

Zhou Chen picked up these two things and looked at them carefully. They seemed to be old, but he couldn't tell when they were made or what was special about them.

"Han Chunming, this guy, shouldn't be able to play tricks on me. These two things should be old items."

After studying for a while, he couldn't figure out the reason, so Zhou Chen stopped taking care of it. He didn't even enter the door, so it would be useless to look at it for a long time.

Han Chunming came back in a hurry after nine o'clock in the evening. When he saw Zhou Chen, he smiled and asked, "Zhou Chen, how do you like my two things?"

"You know what you're asking. I haven't even entered your industry yet. Let me take a look. What can I see?"

"Tell me everything you can tell, such as what period they are from, whether they are genuine or fake. Let me tell you the truth, one of these two things is real, and the other is a handicraft."

"oh?"

Now Zhou Chen became interested. Just now, he thought that these two things were old and must be genuine.

But since Han Chunming said it, it was definitely not to amuse him, so he started to look at the two items carefully again.

After a long while, he shook his head and said: "To be honest, I don't have any clue. If I had to choose, I think this incense burner must be a few years old, and the marks on it don't look like they were put on deliberately.

Yes, on the contrary, this pen holder looks shabby, but it just feels a bit out of place."

In fact, Zhou Chen was not sure of his own opinion. He just said what he saw and could not guarantee whether it was right or wrong.

At this time, Han Chunming stared at Zhou Chen in astonishment, his eyes full of suspicion.

"Zhou Chen, do you really not understand, or are you just pretending to me?"

Zhou Chen's eyes lit up when he heard this and asked: "You mean, I guessed it right?"

"Yes, you are right."

Han Chunming nodded, and then said: "The incense burner is indeed real, but the pen holder is fake, so I wonder if you are making fun of me."

When he heard that he guessed correctly, Zhou Chen showed a smile.

"You have already told me the result. It is just a probability of choosing one of the two. It is normal for me to guess correctly. Although I am an amateur, I also know that in this business, relying on guessing will not work at all."

Han Chunming asked in surprise: "Zhou Chen, are you really ready to join our industry? I don't know what the situation will be like in the future."

"No, it's starting to become clear."

Zhou Chen's expression became serious: "Our country has slowly recovered. It will not be long before it becomes strong and prosperous, and then we will usher in a prosperous age."

"Gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times, this sentence should be very clear to those of you who are in this industry. Believe what I say today, it will not be long before the value of these things will skyrocket, so take advantage of this period

, it will never go wrong to have more treasures with you."

Han Chunming was stunned when Zhou Chen said that his original intention of collecting antiques was not to make money and get rich, but because he really liked it.

To put it more noblely, it is a kind of inheritance of the Chinese people. It was Mr. Guan before him, and he inherited Mr. Guan.

What surprised him was why Zhou Chen was so determined, even as a layman, he started to persuade him, an expert.

"Zhou Chen, why are you so sure that it will be a prosperous age soon and antiques will be valuable?"

Zhou Chen patted him on the shoulder and gave him advice: "Read more, read more newspapers, listen to more history, and learn more."

"What's this mess?"

"Forget it, no matter how much you talk to someone like you who is unwilling to learn, it's useless. You just need to remember what I say."

"Hey, I don't even have to listen to you, I was just collecting these."

"Let's not talk about this anymore. You'd better tell me about this incense burner and pen holder. What are their origins and how to distinguish the true from the false."

Speaking of this, Han Chunming no longer felt sleepy. He sat next to Zhou Chen, picked up the incense burner, and began to explain.

"The incense burner has a long history in our country. It is an indispensable instrument in our country's traditional folk customs, religions, and sacrificial activities..."

Although Han Chunming is not good at studying, he is still very proficient in history as long as it has anything to do with antiques, especially famous quotes from ancient literature, and he can speak them one after another.

Zhou Chen listened patiently to what he said, okay, this lasted for more than ten minutes, all of which were introducing the origin of the incense burner, and then he talked about the shape, model, etc.

Anyway, in the end, if you want to distinguish between true and false, you must understand the structure of the incense burner. Incense burners in different periods also have different appearances, and you must compare them with history to distinguish them.

Then he told Zhou Chen some things that were easier to identify. Although Zhou Chen had only a partial understanding of what he heard, he also learned something useful.

After talking about the incense burner, Han Chunming talked about the pen holder again...

One of them talked and the other listened until about twelve o'clock, then they went back to their rooms to sleep.

Han Chunming did not stay with Zhou Chen for long. He left after three days. However, although he left, he did not take the incense burner with him.

He said that he would stay here with Zhou Chen, let Zhou Chen play with him for a while and then return it to him, which would be treated as accommodation fee.

In response, Zhou Chen just smiled and did not refuse. He was indeed quite interested in this humble incense burner.

After that, Han Chunming didn't come back for a long time, until one day, Han Chunming hurried over and told him that he had found a job and was working in a bakery called Yili.
Chapter completed!