Chapter Eighty: Your Longevity Gift
"Shen Hao, come back!"
The noblewoman next to them suddenly cried out, and this noblewoman was also a clever person. Seeing that Liu Lao and the others did not speak up, she knew that Li Yang's words were probably true. Although Li Yang did not directly say that the things were fake, they had their own conscience.
National treasures like these are now something they can't afford to buy, but it's also hard to get them, and they can't really be used as gifts for longevity. These mute losses they can only swallow first.
However, the noblewoman was also relieved that Li Yang had pointed it out. If she really gave this pair of possibly problematic night-glowing cups as a gift to Liu Lao, who knows what he would think?
"Yes!"
Shen Hao stood back in front of the noblewoman, his face still looking unpleasant. Shen Hao was a clever person and knew that he had been completely fooled by Li Yang this time, and this stifling anger could only be suppressed in his heart, unable to be expressed.
"Li Yang, when did you understand all this?"
Wu Xiaoli suddenly asked, Li Yang was ignorant of antiques when he was in Zhengzhou before, but in just a few days, he actually identified the fake night light cup, which Wu Xiaoli herself had not noticed earlier.
In fact, Li Yang used the reverse thinking method to find loopholes for counterfeiting, but others would not think that Li Yang only saw this little bit and did not have a certain foundation. Even if they knew something, they dared not say it, just like very few people do things without confidence.
"These days I've been reading books all along, and just happened to see a bit about this aspect. Actually, I don't have any certainty either, I'm just raising some of my own doubts!"
Li Yang chuckled and said, "Shen Hao almost vomited blood. The two were still discussing this matter when Li Yang's words became even more venomous, almost directly saying that the thing was fake. Moreover, Li Yang also stated that he had no guarantee, and even if the thing wasn't fake, it couldn't be blamed on him."
"After reading for a few days, you can know so much. Li Yang, you're not bad! I'm asking you, do you know what method was used to apply the blood color on this night light cup?"
He Lao suddenly poked his head out and looked at Li Yang with great interest, asking a straightforward question.
He Lao's words had already explicitly revealed that the night light cup was fake, Shen Hao and the noblewoman's faces were extremely ugly, but since He Lao said it, no one dared to say anything more.
Li Yang looked at He Lao in surprise and suddenly felt a surge of encouragement from his eyes.
"There are many ways to make jade produce blood-colored sap, and it's not complicated. A common method is to heat up fake jade stones until they're red-hot, then bury them in a dog's stomach underground for about a year before taking them out, which results in this type of blood-colored sap. This kind of jade is usually called 'dog jade'. Apart from dog jade, there are also methods using pigs, sheep, and chickens to make fake jade, with similar processes."
"Li Yang, you said the blood on that cup was made like this?" Wu Xiaoli asked again, her face still showing a hint of disgust.
Li Yang shook his head and said, "No, this cruel method is not used by many people now. I observed it earlier, the blood color inside is not real blood, so the night light cup just now was not made with animal blood!"
"Li Yang, you said it's not made from animal blood, then what are these two glow-in-the-dark cups made of?"
He Lao asked again, and everyone else looked at Li Yang with great interest, except for Shen Hao and his mother. Shen Hao was looking down, and if you saw his eyes, you would definitely find that they were full of resentment.
Li Yang thought for a moment, then said slowly: "It is said that in the deep mountains of Gansu, there is a kind of grass called Hong Guang Cao. If you mash it into juice, mix in a small amount of nao sand, and soak new jade utensils in it, the juice will seep into the texture of the jade utensils and present a blood-red color. The blood jade made this way is even more lifelike than animal blood!"
Wu Xiaoli's eyes lit up and she asked hastily: "Then these two night-glowing cups are made of Rainbow Grass?"
"Not necessarily!" Li Yang shook his head and continued: "The Rainbow Grass is just a legend, I'm not even sure if it really exists. But now there are still many people using apricot kernel, Chinese plum branch or mountain red kernel to boil into a red liquid to fake it. As for these two Night Glow Cups, I can only tell that they are made from plant extracts, but which specific kind, I have no idea!"
Li Yang was telling the truth, his special ability could see that it wasn't real blood inside, but he didn't know what kind of plant it was either.
Li Yang was also relieved at this time, he had just studied these fake blood vessels and knew so much about them. If it weren't for his special ability to see through the night light cup, even if he knew about these things, he wouldn't dare say anything.
"What Li Yang said is correct, these two night-glow cups are indeed made of blood jade from the rainbow grass. I've been playing with antiques for so many years, and it's only in the past decade that I can tell these things apart. You're still young and already have such high attainments, which is truly rare!"
He Lao nodded slowly and directly praised Li Yang, the other elderly people also nodded in agreement. Zhao Lao, who was not familiar with ancient jade, did not even notice that the bloodstain on the nightlight cup was fake, and Liu Lao only saw it as a plant-based imitation, but he didn't know which specific plant.
Whether it was He Lao or Liu Lao, they both looked at Li Yang with eyes full of admiration. Wu Xiaoli, on the other hand, had a suspicious look on her face, guessing when Li Yang became so formidable. Looking at Li Yang today, he didn't seem like someone who had just started learning about antiques. Without many years of hard work, how could he have noticed so much? Just now, that cup Wu Xiaoli herself hadn't detected any problems with it. If Li Yang hadn't raised the issue of the bloodstains, she would have really taken those nightlight cups as genuine.
Now, except for Wu Xiaoli, probably no one knows that Li Yang has just come into contact with antiques, and no one will believe it. Even He Lao's heart is also full of doubts.
"Awesome, it turns out that Mr. Li is an expert in the antique business, Shen Hao was blinded this time, but indeed learned a lot from Mr. Li, if not for Mr. Li pointing it out, I'm afraid this time would have taken this pair of fake night light cups as real and given them to Grandpa Liu, that would be Shen Hao's big mistake!"
Shen Hao suddenly lifted his head, and there was no longer any negative emotion on his face. Li Yang looked at Shen Hao with great vigilance, and he absolutely wouldn't naively think that Shen Hao was really thanking him. This person could recover so quickly, and his mentality was quite good. Such an opponent was even more terrifying.
"Mr. Li, I'm also curious, someone like you who knows so much, what kind of birthday gift are you preparing this time? Can you let them open their eyes wide?"
As expected, Shen Hao immediately raised another very vicious question. Li Yang and Wu Xiaoli's relationship was not bad, but after all, they had not known each other for long. It was possible that Wu Xiaoli's grandfather would not bring a good birthday gift, and might only bring cash.
Even if he brought a birthday gift, Shen Hao didn't think Li Yang, an ordinary worker, could give him anything good. The night light cup was fake, but he had no idea about it himself; at least the thought was there.
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