Chapter 374 Are You Willing to Use This Ivory Chess Piece?

That afternoon, Wang Xiang came home from get off work early.

He is an expert himself and has some qualifications in the Cultural Relics Bureau and the industry.

When he left work early, no one took him seriously.

I met Du Fei at the city bureau in the morning and mentioned that he had a Qianlong ivory chess set, which piqued Wang Xiang's interest.

Du Fei originally proposed to find a hotel to discuss in detail.

Wang Xiang took over everything.

No matter what restaurant you find, the food cooked by the restaurant's chef may not be as delicious as his.

Du Fei also readily agreed.

When I got off work, I prepared my chess set, took out a bottle of good wine from my pocket, and immediately rode my bicycle straight to where the Wang family was. Fangjiayuan Hutong.

Du Fei came back for the third time, so he was familiar with the family.

He rode the bicycle very fast. In a short time, he reached the end of the field and pushed the bicycle into the courtyard.

Du Fei remembered the fierce man he met the last time he came here, and couldn't help but glance at his house.

The door was closed and there was no light.

Du Fei just pretended that no one was in the room and walked straight inside.

As soon as I entered the central courtyard, I immediately saw a briquette stove that was taller than other houses at the door of Wang Xiang's house, with a large black iron pot sitting on it.

Wang Xiang was wearing a big apron and a white hospital doctor's hat on her head, and was waving a shovel while cooking.

At this time, Wang Xiang also saw Du Fei and immediately greeted him, "Xiao Du is here! Come and sit at home. The last dish will be cooked soon."

Du Fei set up his bicycle, carried his things and said, "Don't be anxious. I heard that you are a master of cooking. I'm in for a treat today."

Wang Xiang laughed.

Just then, a middle-aged woman came out of the house.

Although the clothes are not flashy, she has a unique temperament. She is reserved, modest, and ladylike, which is very unique.

Du Fei guessed that this should be Wang Xiang's wife.

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Xiang did not forget to introduce her, "My love, you can call her Sister Yuan." He then said to the woman, "Xiaoquan, this is the Xiao Du I told you."

Du Fei saluted quickly.

Sister Yuan adjusted her glasses, looked at Du Fei with some scrutiny, and smiled kindly.

She has long been accustomed to her husband bringing friends home.

But in the past, they were all older gentlemen, or about the same age. Someone as young as Du Fei was quite rare.

Although Wang Xiang asked Du Fei to sit in the room first, Du Fei was too embarrassed to actually go inside and wait. He simply stood at the door and watched him finish frying the vegetables before the three of them entered the room together.

The room was very clean, but because there were too many things, it seemed a little cramped.

Du Fei glanced briefly.

He knew little about antique furniture, and he couldn't see anything special about the things in the house.

But there must be no ordinary objects left in Wang Xiang's house at this time.

In the middle of the room, there was an Eight Immortals table, with a total of four dishes including the dishes that had just been served.

The portion is not large, but it is exquisite.

Wang Xiang took off his apron and wiped his hands with a wet towel. He smiled and asked Du Fei to take a seat. He pointed at the four dishes and introduced, "This is my specialty dish, sea rice and braised green onions. This dish is chicken slices with peas and sweet and sour cabbage. Braised tofu with green onion…”

There are no particularly precious ingredients, but the presentation of the dishes is not bad.

Materials are scarce these days, and the cultural relics bureau where Wang Xiang works is a Qingshui Yamen.

Although there are many rare treasures in the cultural relics and antiques in my hands, my living standard is really not that high.

Du Fei brought a bottle of Maotai. It was not the special one he got from the Chu family during the Chinese New Year, but just ordinary Maotai that could be bought on the street.

Although the price of Moutai is not expensive, the liquor tickets are rare and cannot be obtained by ordinary people.

Wang Xiang was very generous and didn't say any kind words.

Du Fei was surprised when he started eating.

He originally thought that praising Wang Xiang's cooking skills was just a form of flattery.

But when I tasted it myself today, it was indeed extraordinary. At least it was not much worse than what Shazhu made.

To say that he is on par with the master chefs in the Eighth Building is a bit of a boast, but with this level, it is definitely more than enough to open a medium-sized restaurant.

Du Fei sighed in his heart, this is probably the so-called genius.

When your understanding reaches a certain level, no matter what you do or what you learn, if you are taught by the same master, someone will know it at a glance and learn to master it in a day or two.

Some people can’t learn it no matter how hard they learn it! It often takes one or two months, or even one or two years, to reach the former level.

Du Fei was not shy about his compliments and praised them while eating.

Wang Xiang was smiling and was very helpful.

However, I was thinking about what Du Fei said about "Qianlong's ivory chess", so I only tried to drink and eat.

After dinner, Sister Yuan made tea.

Du Fei finally took out the chess set in the wooden box from his pocket, "Mr. Wang, look at this~"

Wang Xiang pushed the teacup and bowl aside, spread a piece of flannel in front of him, then took the chess box and placed it in front of him.

But he didn't rush to open it. Instead, he looked up, down, left, and right, and couldn't help but say "Huh".

Du Fei's heart moved.

How about saying, 'As soon as the expert takes action, he will know whether it is there or not'.

As soon as Wang Xiang got it, he saw something fishy about the box containing the chess set.

Next, Wang Xiang quietly opened the box and revealed the contents.

Chess pieces on the side.

He reached out and took out a red chess elephant, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, then took out the chess pieces one by one and placed them on the flannel next to him.

He raised his head and said bluntly, "The chess pieces don't look like those from Qianlong. They should be from the Jiaqing and Daoguang periods. They are made by the imperial workshop. It's a pretty good chess set, but it's a pity that I didn't bring the chessboard. I'll make one for you when I have a chance."

Du Fei said, "Oh~ That's great. Thank you!"

Wang Xiang said, "Then I want to make a chessboard. Are you willing to use these ivory chess pieces?"

Du Fei was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, "Why not! Aren't chess pieces made to be played? When the time comes, the first game must be between the two of us."

Wang Xiang looked at Du Fei with a smile, and said nothing more.

He turned his attention to the wooden box containing the chess pieces and said to Du Fei, "You also noticed that there is something wrong with this box?"

Du Fei said, "I got it and it looked strange, but I studied it for a long time and couldn't find the way. There were several times when I wanted to just saw it open."

When Wang Xiang heard this, he immediately said, "We can't treat the things left by our ancestors like this."

He then picked up the box, held it up to the light and looked at it for a long time, and said in a deep voice, "Xiao Quan, go to the inner room and bring the alcohol lamp."

Sister Yuan responded from the side.

Immediately turned around and went into the inner room, and soon brought out a small brown, rattan-woven box.

After opening it, it was full of various bottles and jars.

Wang Xiang took out an alcohol lamp from inside, lit it, and took out a small rack.

A round cast iron block was placed on the rack, and it was burned on the fire for a few minutes, making the iron block hot.

Wang Xiang picked up the iron block with a pair of tongs, placed it against the edge of the chess box, and carefully toasted it.