Chapter 159 Two Sticks
At the end of September in the lunar calendar, the weather in the capital has been very cold.
The leaves on the willow trees seemed to smell the smell of early winter, turning from green to yellow one after another, and separated from the branches. The fetters circled and danced and fell to the ground.
If this scene fell into the eyes of a poet, it might turn into a poignant poem.
But in the hearts of the working people, it is an irritable complaint, because there is another job of sweeping fallen leaves.
Aunt Guan Er got up early in the morning, emptied the urinal, made breakfast, and swept the fallen leaves from the big willow tree at the door. Her face was sweating from all the work.
When I returned to the yard, I saw that my son hadn’t gotten up yet!
"Dasheng, why don't you get up and go to work today?"
A lazy voice came from the side room: "Mom, my toes have a headache today. I need to take a rest for the day." .”
< br>Aunt Guan Er, who had been busy all morning, was so angry that she immediately cursed: "Today my toes hurt, yesterday my pig waist hurt, and the day before yesterday I had diarrhea due to running. Your salary for this month will be deducted." ! ”
"How can you get enough of it!" The voice in the side room was not impatient at all: "As long as you work five days a month, you can get thirteen and a half yuan, which is equivalent to two yuan and seven a day.
Twenty-eight yuan for full attendance RMB 5, which is less than RMB 1.00, so why do you think I should do Manqin?”
"Are you good at math now? Why did I get a score of 13 when I took the high school entrance examination? What a bastard."
Ms. Guan Er scolded the side room, But after listening to her yelling and scolding for more than 20 years, her own son has long been immune and does not delay his sleep at all.
Aunt Guan Er scolded her for two minutes before she was finally discouraged.
When I returned to the main room, I saw that my old man had finished his breakfast, made a pot of scented tea and began to slowly drink it.
Aunt Guan Er immediately found someone to vent her anger on.
"I said Guan Ciying, you only eat and drink all day long, can you teach your son to learn something? Dasheng has let you lead him to ruin,"
"You Look at how big a person he is, how hard it is to let him I took your job, but suddenly turned into a lazy man. If I can’t find a wife from now on, how can I meet my parents-in-law?”
Guan Ciying looked at her tearful wife and remained calm. I drank half a cup of jasmine.
"What's so difficult about finding a wife? Didn't that fourth sister of yours just tell Dasheng a family yesterday? If you are willing, we can have a grandson next year."
"I don't I am willing!" Aunt Guan Er was even more angry: "I thought it was a good marriage for us, but it turned out that it was the eldest girl from the west mountain, with three younger brothers and two younger sisters. This is for our family’s money!”
“If we get married and bring things to our parents’ house every day, how can we withstand the hardship?”
Aunt Guan Er kept cursing for a long time, but she didn't realize that the "object of struggle" had shifted from her son to her fourth sister.
Uncle Guan Er took a sip of scented tea proudly, squinting his eyes and swinging his legs, enjoying himself.
No matter how powerful an old woman is, she can still outplay a man? joke!
But the next moment, Guan Er asked in a low voice: "Speaking of Ciying, do you think that set of teapots is really worth thousands of dollars?"
Guan Ciying smiled scornfully. , said: "How can this thing be accurate? Some people like old things, and they think they are cheap even if they cost eight thousand yuan. Some people don't know the goods, so if they give them to them for free, they think giving away old things is a waste of time!" "
"Are we going to get high a few days ago? Dasheng was asking for a price, and you didn't stop him. You immediately made people angry. You even pointed out that you wanted to exchange money for your children and talk about your wife! "
Aunt Guan Er is a little anxious. Although she says she dislikes other girls because she comes "for money," but your family has no money, and with Guan Dasheng's virtue, who would be willing to marry her?"
But Guan Ciying said with a smile: "Don't worry, he will come back."
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"You two are really a pair of dogs," Guan Er said bitterly. He said: "You think everyone in the world has to beg you
You are not satisfied with spending thousands of dollars to buy a set of broken teapots. I was blind when I married into your family."
"Tuk Tuk Tuk~"
"Second brother, younger siblings, are all at home!"
As soon as Mrs. Guan Er cursed a few words, someone knocked on the door of the courtyard, and then the person came directly into the courtyard.
The couple looked outside and saw that the visitors were an old man and a young man. They turned out to be Guan Cihui, Guan Ciying's eldest brother, and his son Guan Dacheng.
Guan Ciying, who was sitting calmly on the chair, immediately stood up.
"Brother, just come here! What are you bringing? Exit quickly, did you come by the early train?"
"The donkey cart from the village is coming to the city to deliver straw, so we stopped by to take a look. We have just harvested some mung beans and red beans in the fields. Let me give you some to try."
Guan Ciying greeted Guan Cihui and sat down. Pour tea and warm greetings.
Aunt Guan Er’s face drooped, she looked at the small pocket on Guan Dacheng’s back with disgust, and curled her lips.
Just a few kilograms of red beans and mung beans, are they worth a trip from outside the city? I'm afraid I'm not here to borrow money again!
But then, Boss Guan took out a stack of large balls and put them on the table, which surprised Mrs. Guan Er.
"Brother, what are you doing?" Uncle Guan Er said with a dark face: "Didn't I say that I don't want the money? If you hadn't brought two bags of food in 1961, our family of three would have starved to death."
Aunt Guan Er was stamping her feet anxiously, but she did not dare to go over and collect the money directly.
Although she usually scolds her son and husband at home, if Guan Ciying really gets angry and closes the door, that would be a real beating!
"Second Brother, I'm not here to pay back the money," Mr. Guan waved his hand and said, "I'm here to share the money with you."
Mr. Guan Er said doubtfully: " How much money? ”
Boss Guan looked at his younger brother and said: "A few days ago, a group of Helan people came to our area to collect antiques, and they happened to ask about my home.
I sold a snuff bottle handed down from my ancestors. A total of One hundred and six, if we two brothers add two to one and make five, I should give you eighty yuan."
Aunt Guan's eyelids jumped up, and she had a very bad feeling in her heart.
Sure enough, the sales boss asked casually: "Second brother, have you met anyone who collects antiques recently?"
Aunt Guan Er was upset.
[Hey, Mr. Guan, you heard the wind and came to divide our family's property! You two brothers have separated for a long time, and now you are here to share the money? Give us eighty yuan, bah~]
But Uncle Guan Er’s focus is not the same as Aunt Guan Er’s. He asked Boss Guan in surprise: “Brother, how did you know that someone came to my place? "
Boss Guan looked at Guan Ciying steadily and said calmly: "It was those Helan people who told me.
They were blind to me at that time. Chat, after learning that my surname is Guan, I said that there is also a person named Guan in Bei Ertiao who has good things. I thought that the person named Guan in Bei Ertiao is you, isn't it? "
"His uncle, there is none at all. "It's something about that," Aunt Guan Er quickly interrupted: "When your brothers separated, we only had these things. Where can we find any good things in our family?"
"Haha~"
Boss Guan glanced at Aunt Guan Er, picked up the tea bowl and stopped talking.
But Uncle Guan Er said three words coldly to his wife.
“Get out!”
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The anger in Guan Er's heart was suddenly extinguished like a spark that had been splashed with water.
She and Guan Ciying have been married for so many years, but she never knew that the man was angry, and it was a big fire.
Aunt Guan Er walked out of the main room with her head lowered, and the door behind her closed with a bang.
She turned around anxiously, turned around and entered her son's side room.
“Dasheng, get up quickly, your poor uncle is coming to share our antiques.”
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In the main room, Guan Ciying asked Guan Cihui cautiously: "Brother, do you think those people found me here and then found you?"
Guan Cihui shook her head slowly and said: " I couldn't tell. I took a snuff bottle to test them and saw that they were not much stronger than a stick.
And their shots were small. You are angry, and you don’t look like someone who does big business, so I came here to ask you if it was a coincidence.”
“Maybe it was a coincidence,” Guan Ciying said with a sigh of relief. There are indeed several groups of people who have come to visit me these days, some from the south and some from Helan. They are all in groups. It is not unusual to spread gossip. "
Boss Guan thought for a long time before nodding. His second brother is not a confused person. If there is any trouble, there is no way he will not notice it at all.
The two of them drank tea for a while, and Uncle Guan suddenly said: "Brother, do you think Lord Baylor can come back?"
Uncle Guan said nothing. He drank the tea slowly and then said calmly: "Just wait!"
"Dad, Dad, open the door!"
The two brothers had just finished discussing things in the house when they heard Uncle Guan Er's son knocking on the door outside.
The corners of Mr. Guan’s mouth curled up, half-smiling, but Mr. Guan’s face turned dark.
He opened the door and asked his son coldly: "Do you know now? Are you coming to greet me?"
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Looking The indifferent father, Guan Dasheng held back all the words he said, and could only say sarcastically: "I heard that the uncle was here, and I thought that he must not have eaten yet, so I wanted to take the uncle and eldest brother to eat."< br>
"Huh, you two, don't hide your thoughts," Guan Ciying glanced at the old woman and said in a deep voice: "No matter how much that old thing sells for, it is half as much as your uncle.
Don't be unconvinced , don’t be fooled by me, or else I’ll whip you two together.”
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Guan Dasheng and Guan Er’s mother were both confused, and they really didn’t understand the cynical nature. Guan Ciying, how could she be so violent all of a sudden?
Boss Guan patted his second brother on the shoulder and said, "Why are you so angry at your younger brothers and sisters? Your money is yours, I don't need it."
"Brother, what kind of life have we been living these years? Your house is about to collapse! Thousands of dollars, do you still have to divide it between you and me?"
Guan Ciying directly commanded her wife : "Clean up the east wing , let Dacheng live there, sell the pot at some time, and then go back after dividing the money."
Mr. Guan laughed and did not try to persuade Guan Ciying anymore. He knew that it would be useless, as his younger brother was stubborn. Once your temper has gone up, you can't bring it back.
But in the eyes of Aunt Guan Er and Guan Dasheng, his performance was as hateful as it was.
It’s such a good object, but now I can only chop it into half. I might as well give you the tea bowl, and we’ll keep a teapot!
"Bah bang bang~"
While the two families were embarrassed, the door knocker rang again.
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Wei Jiaxian knocked on the door of Guan's house, and then said to his brother-in-law Tan Min next to him: "Don't talk for a while, just hold on to the scene."
Tan Min squinted his eyes and took a look. Wei Jiaxian whispered: "If you dare to harm nature, I won't listen to you."
Wei Jiaxian said dullly: "I never do that kind of thing."
After the two of them said a few words, Guan Dasheng came out of the courtyard.
“Who are you two looking for?”
Wei Jiaxian said: “We collect antiques. I heard that your family has something to sell, so we wanted to come and take a look.”
< br>Guan Dasheng was angry in his stomach, and he immediately said with a nose instead of a nose and eyes: "Who told you that we have something for sale? Guan Dasheng."
Wei Jiaxian's expression remained unchanged, and he took out a thick wad of money from his pocket: "We brought the money."
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Both Guan Dasheng and Tan Min were speechless.
Guan Dasheng is speechless because there have been so many collectors of antiques coming to the house these days, and there has never been such a "big deal"!
When you first talk about collecting antiques and pay for them directly, doesn’t that mean you are clearly saying, “Your stuff is good, and I’m willing to be ripped off as well”?
Tan Min was speechless. It was not that he disliked his brother-in-law Bangchui. After all, they were both boring gourds. It would not be much better if Tan Min opened his mouth.
The reason why he was speechless was that Wei Jiaxian actually spoke Helan dialect.
When Tan Min was in the army, he had Helan comrades in arms, and he was very familiar with Helan dialect. Although Wei Jiaxian's Helan dialect was somewhat flawed, it was enough to fool outsiders.
【Well, Wei Jiaxian, you are indeed not a good thing. 】
“Dasheng, let people come in!”
Guan Ciying in the courtyard had spoken, and Guan Dasheng could no longer stop Wei Jiaxian from entering.
Besides, he looked at the bills in Wei Jiaxian's hand and estimated that they were more than three or four thousand yuan, which was quite tempting. of.
These days, the people who come to collect antiques are basically the ones who don’t tell the real price and show the money directly.
Wei Jiaxian and Tan Min entered Guan's house and were welcomed into the main room by Guan Ciying and poured a cup of tea.
Then he asked: "Where did the two brothers come from?"
Wei Jiaxian said expressionlessly: "The person who did this didn't say where his hometown was, and he wouldn't be telling the truth. Sir, it's better not to ask."
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Guan Ciying and Mr. Guan They were both stunned. Both of them were people who had seen the world. People as "real" as Wei Jiaxian were really rare.
Guan Ciying asked again: "Then how did you know that I have something to sell at home?"
Wei Jiaxian said: "I heard it from a fellow villager. He said it was a colorful piece from an official kiln in the Ming Dynasty. Flower and Bird Pot, I brought the money.”
This special brew is really awesome! Still a fool?
Boss Guan looked at Guan Ciying and couldn't help but feel a little funny.
Can a person like this still engage in antique trading? I’m afraid I won’t even have any pants left after the compensation!
After the spring breeze of reopening, a lot of outsiders did come to the capital. The rag collectors also collected antiques, as if anyone could play with antiques.
Uncle Guan Er asked with a smile: "Then how much money are you prepared to pay?"
This time Wei Jiaxian did not make a mistake, but insisted: "I want to see if there are any defects first. I can't punch holes."
"Okay, let you take a look."
Uncle Guan Er smiled and asked his wife to take out the things.
A set of teapots with white background and colorful flowers is placed on the table, which doesn’t look out of the ordinary.
But Wei Jiaxian looked at it very carefully. He could look at a tea bowl for half a day, and it took more than twenty minutes to look at a whole set of porcelain.
During this period, Guan Dasheng urged him many times, but Wei Jiaxian remained unmoved, his fingers as steady as a machine.
“Brother, you want to see things through your eyes!”
Finally, after waiting for him to finish reading, Guan Dasheng asked again: “I’ve finished reading. , tell me what the price is!"
Wei Jiaxian asked: "How much did others pay you?"
Guan Dasheng laughed and said: "They paid 20,000. We didn’t sell it.”
Wei Jiaxian lowered his head and said dullly: "Twenty thousand. Then you have to meet a buyer you really like. I will offer you eight thousand."
"Hahahahaha~"
Finally, Everyone in the room laughed.
Wei Jiaxian's expression and tone clearly told everyone, "This thing is not worth 20,000, but it's about the same."
Tan Min, who came with Wei Jiaxian, wanted to find a place to sew. Get in there.
[No matter how stupid I am, I can't be as stupid as you. 】
But the next moment, Wei Jiaxian raised his head and said: "Actually, this set of pots is qualified to enter the museum. Otherwise, you can donate it to the country."
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Everyone couldn’t laugh anymore.
(End of this chapter)