In 1928, Tianjin Wei was in troubled times.
A sea river separates the neon lights of the concession and the weirdness of the old city. Next to the "Ghost Market" in Nanshi, there is a "Banmengzhai" that is always open. The owner of the shop, Shen Mo Nong, is a famous "porcelain girl". Her bare hands can cut off thousands of years of kiln fire, and her sharp tongue dares to insult visitors from all directions. She is beautiful and lazy, and looks like a money-grubbing philistine, but in fact she has a clear mind and abides by her ancestral precepts. She only does "open" business and does not engage in "dark" things.
Until one rainy night, the copper ring of Banmengzhai was knocked.
The person who came here was Lu Baiwei, who was once a clean woman, but now her family is in decline and she became the youngest female professor at St. John's University. Dressed in a dress and holding a Song Dynasty porcelain pillow that was said to "cry", she came to ask for advice. Shen Mo Nong originally wanted to send this "foreign daughter" away with a few words, but found that under the tears on the porcelain pillow, there was actually a hint of fishy-sweet smell from the ground.
A porcelain pillow reveals old cases of leaving the Forbidden City twenty years ago;
An ancient painting, behind it is a shocking scam set by a foreign comprador;
A Buddha statue contains not only scriptures, but also secrets that can subvert a city.
Shen Mo Nong was forced into the whirlpool, and Lu Baiwei was not helpless. She understands foreign languages, is proficient in physics, and can use modern science to dismantle ancient deception methods. One is in the "earth" and is familiar with the world and anecdotes; the other is in the "heaven" and masters modern knowledge and logical analysis. This pair of "two sisters in heaven and earth" went from hating each other to relying on each other for life and death during their late night investigations.
Purpose: The work mainly expresses ideas
1. The power of women in troubled times: In the troubled times of the Republic of China, which was dominated by men, two women with very different backgrounds did not rely on or blindly obey. They made their way through the world with their knowledge and courage, proving that wisdom and courage have nothing to do with gender.
2. The difference between authenticity and falsehood is to judge people's hearts: To appraise objects is to appraise people. Antiques can be real or fake, and so can people's hearts. Through the intrigues in the Vanity Fair, explore the rare sincerity and perseverance in troubled times.
3. What is stronger than life is friendship: In turbulent times, fame and fortune are fleeting, and power is precarious. Only the friendship between sisters who share the same heart and trust each other in life and death is the light that penetrates the darkness.
Core sentence: Even if the world is as mottled and broken as antiques, there is always someone willing to piece it together with you.