That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 159

At the end of September on the lunar calendar, the weather in Beijing is already very cold.

The leaves on the willow trees seemed to smell the smell of early winter, turning from green to yellow one after another, breaking away from the branches, spiraling and flying to the ground.

This scene, if it fell into the eyes of a poet, 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.

Finally, when I returned to the yard and took a look, my son hadn't gotten up yet!

"Da Sheng, 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 rest for the day."

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 I had diarrhea the day before yesterday. 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 13 yuan and a half, which is equivalent to two yuan and seven a day.

Manqin is 28 and a half yuan, which is less than one dollar a day. Why do you think I should work for Manqin? "

"Are you good at math now? Why did you give me a score of [-] when you took the high school entrance examination? What a bastard."

Aunt Guan Er scolded the side room all the time, but after listening to her scolding for more than 20 years, her own son had long been immune and did 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 some lessons? Dasheng has been ruined by you,"

"Look at him, he's such a big man. He managed to do your job, but he suddenly turned into a lazy man. If I can't find a wife in the future, how can I meet my parents-in-law?"

Guan Ciying looked at her wife who was crying and drank half a bowl of jasmine without haste.

"What's so difficult about finding a wife? Didn't your fourth sister tell Dasheng a family yesterday? If you are willing, we can have a grandson next year."

"I don't want to!" Aunt Guan Er was even more angry: "I thought it was a good marriage for us, but it turned out to be the eldest girl from the mountains in the west, with three younger brothers and two younger sisters. This is for our family's money. It’s coming!”

"If we get married in the future and bring things to my parents' house every day, can we withstand the torment with our little money?"

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, Aunt 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 contemptuously and said: "How can I be sure about this thing? Some people like old things, and they think they are cheap even if they cost ten thousand yuan. Some people don't know the goods and give them to them for free. They also think that giving away old things is a waste of money. Woolen cloth!"

"Then we were 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 was a little anxious. Although she said she disliked other girls because she came "for money", but if your family has no money, who would be willing to marry her with Guan Dasheng's virtue?

But Guan Ciying smiled and said: "Don't worry, he will come back."

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"You two are really bad-tempered," Guan Er said bitterly, "You think everyone in the world has to beg you.
You are still 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~”

"The second child, younger siblings, are all at home!"

As soon as Mrs. Guan Er cursed a few words, there was a knock on the courtyard door, 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 Ciying's eldest brother Guan Cihui 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? Come on, are you here on the morning bus?"

"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 invited Guan Cihui to sit down, poured tea and exchanged affectionate 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 large stack of dough balls and placed it on the table, which surprised Aunt 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 61, our family of three would have starved to death."

Aunt Guan Er was stamping her feet anxiously, but she didn't dare to go over and collect the money directly.

Even though 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," Guan Boss waved his hand and said, "I'm here to share the money with you."

Uncle Guan Er asked doubtfully: "Split the money? What kind of 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 for a total of one hundred and sixty yuan. We brothers added two to one and made five, so you should share 80 yuan. "

Aunt Guan Er's eyelids jumped up, and she had a very bad premonition in her heart.

Sure enough, the sales boss asked casually: "Second brother, have you met anyone who collects antiques recently?"

Aunt Guan Er felt bad.

[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 back 80 yuan, bah~]

But Uncle Guan Er's focus was different from 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 said it.
At that time, they were chatting with me. After they found out that my surname was Guan, they said that there was also a person named Guan in Bei Ertiao who had good things. I thought that the person named Guan in Bei Ertiao was you, wasn't it? "

"His uncle has nothing to do," Aunt Guan Er quickly interrupted: "When you brothers separated, you only had these things. Where can we find any good things in our family?"

"Hehe~"

Boss Guan glanced at Mrs. 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 lowered her head and left the main room, and the door behind her closed with a bang.

She turned around anxiously, turned around and entered her son's side room.

"Da Sheng, get up quickly, your poor uncle is coming to share our antiques."

. . . . .

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 slowly shook her head and said: "I can't tell. I took a snuff bottle to test them and saw that they were not much better than a stick.
Moreover, he is stingy and does not look like someone who is doing big business. That’s why I passed those things and you asked me if it was just a coincidence. "

"Maybe it's a coincidence," Guan Ciying said with a sigh of relief: "Several groups of people have indeed come to visit me these days, some from the south and some from Helan. They are all in groups. Pass the news Gossip is not unusual.”

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 Er suddenly said: "Brother, do you think Lord Baylor can come back?"

Boss Guan didn't say anything, slowly finished the tea, 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 pay my respects?"

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Looking at his indifferent father, Guan Dasheng held back all his words and could only say sarcastically: "I didn't. 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. "

"Humph, you two are hiding 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 will be half as much as your uncle's.
Don't be dissatisfied, and don't get along with me, or else I'll whip both of you. "

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Guan Dasheng and Guan Er's mother were both confused. They really didn't understand how Guan Ciying, who had always been cynical, could suddenly become so violent.

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! How should I divide the money between you and me for thousands of dollars?"

Guan Ciying directly ordered her wife: "Pack out the east wing and let Dacheng live there. When the pot is sold, we can divide the money and go back."

Mr. Guan laughed and did not try to persuade Guan Ciying any more. He knew that it would be useless. His younger brother had lost his temper and could not be brought back.

But in the eyes of Guan Er Auntie and Guan Dasheng, his behavior 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!
"Clap clap~"

While the two families were embarrassed, the door knocker rang again.

. . . . .

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 glanced at Wei Jiaxian, then whispered: "If you dare to harm the world, 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 I wanted to come and take a look."

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? Go, go, go."

Wei Jiaxian's expression remained unchanged and he took out a thick wad of money from his pocket: "We came with money."

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Guan Dasheng and Tan Min were both speechless.

Guan Dasheng was speechless because there had been so many antique collectors coming to the house these days, but none of them had ever been so "striking"!
When you first talk about collecting antiques and pay for them, doesn’t it mean that you are clearly saying, “Your stuff is good, and I’m willing to be ripped off?”

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's comrades, 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 notes in Wei Jiaxian's hand and estimated that they were more than three to four thousand yuan, which was quite tempting.

These days, most of the people who come to collect antiques do not tell the real price, but only show the money directly.

Wei Jiaxian and Tan Min entered Guan's house and were welcomed into the main room by Guan Ciying, who also poured them 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 tell me where he was from, and he wouldn't be telling the truth if he did. Sir, it's better not to ask."

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Guan Ciying and Boss Guan were both stunned. They were both 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 flower and bird pot from an official kiln in the Ming Dynasty, so 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 any mistakes, but insisted: "I want to see if there are any defects in the things first, and I can't make any holes."

"Okay, then let you see."

Uncle Guan Er smiled and asked his wife to take out the things.

A set of teapots with white background and colorful flowers was placed on the table, which didn'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 10 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.

"I said, brother, you are trying to see things through your eyes!"

After finally waiting for him to finish reading, Guan Dasheng asked again: "I've finished reading, tell me what the price will be!"

Wei Jiaxian asked, "How much money did others pay you?"

Guan Dasheng laughed and said, "They paid [-] yuan, but we didn't even 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."

"Hahahaha~"

Finally, everyone in the room laughed.

Wei Jiaxian's expression and tone clearly told everyone, "This thing isn't worth [-], but it's about the same."

Tan Min, who came with Wei Jiaxian, wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in.

[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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No one could laugh anymore.

(End of this chapter)