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  Chapter 173 is not about money, but about civilization

  On the first day of April, Liu Qingshan drove a jeep back to Jiapigou, and Uncle Lu, who runs an antique business, was still sitting in the car.

  Originally, Liu Qingshan planned to bring Professor Wang along with him, but the old professor insisted on coming with the students and equipment, so he had to give up.

   "Brother, you are back!"

  It happened to be noon when they got home, the fourth and fifth children saw Liu Qingshan, and immediately ran up with their little arms open.

  Liu Qingshan didn't take sides, wrapped one arm in his arms, and held them in his arms at the same time, sticking to their little faces, and immediately bluffed:

   "This little face is turning into a numb potato, why don't you put cream on it?"

  In spring, the wind is strong and the weather is dry, and the little one is most likely to have a chapped face.

"forget."

  The little fourth put his arms around his brother's neck, and Xiaozui talked to him about the major events that happened at home in the past few days:

   "Brother, big sister is starting to hatch baby chickens again."

   "Brother, the family brought back red bricks and cement, ready to build a new house!"

   Living in a new house or something, of course I am the happiest.

  Shan Xing remained silent, but kept hugging Liu Qingshan tightly.

  Liu Qingshan can feel that the little girl is very dependent on him.

   "Okay, come down first, this is Uncle Lu, you should also be called Uncle."

  Liu Qingshan put the two little guys down, and they shouted crisply, "Hello, Uncle."

  Lu Wensheng nodded cheerfully in agreement, still muttering: "My grandson is almost this old."

  In this day and age, especially in rural areas, it is normal for someone to be a grandfather in his forties.

   "There is no way, people are young and big."

  Liu Qingshan said with a smile, this kind of situation is very common in the village, there are middle-aged people with unshaven beards, and there are people who call little kids uncles.

   Ask the fourth and fifth children to take the toffee and snacks they bought. A group of people talked and laughed as they entered the house, and suddenly a yellow shadow flashed in front of them.

   Just passing by Lu Wensheng, he was startled, and subconsciously called out:

   "Weasel!"

   It was really a weasel. It ran to the firewood fence and raised its two front paws. Its round head was looking in this direction.

   Several other people thought it was normal, and Liu Qingshan waved at the weasel: "Has your wife given birth yet?"

   Kaka, the weasel barked twice, wondering if it was greeting Liu Qingshan.

  Lu Wensheng was a little confused: "Is this raised by your family?"

   "It's like raising a cat."

  Liu Qingshan spoke lightly, and then saw the weasel disappear into the firewood pile with a flash.

  Can this thing be the same as a cat?

  Lu Wensheng shook his head, even if he wanted to catch mice, he couldn't raise yellow skins.

   Just thinking about it, I saw the big yellow dog in the yard, wagging its tail again, and ran towards the gate.

   There was also an animal smaller than the big yellow dog outside the door. At first, Lu Wensheng thought another dog had come.

  But soon realized something was wrong: how can there be a red-haired dog, it is clearly a big fox!

  Lu Wensheng was flustered in the wind: It’s okay to raise a weasel, but also a big fox. What kind of family is this?

   "Brother, when they saw you coming back, they all came out to welcome you."

  Xiao Lao Si said cheerfully, anyway, she and Shan Xing have the same thoughts, and it must be the same when they are weasels and fire foxes.

  Liu Qingshan took it for real. Seeing the big yellow dog and fire fox at home sniffed each other very friendly, he thought it was not bad.

  At this moment, the fourth child started to mutter again: "Brother, can you go up the mountain and bring Xiao Hei back, Shan Xing and I both miss him."

   "What is Xiao Hei?" Lu Wensheng was completely aroused by his curiosity and couldn't help asking.

  The youngest and fourth rushed to answer: "Xiao Hei is a little black bear. He likes to wrestle with us the most. I will fight with Shan Xing, but we can't even beat him."

  Lu Wensheng was completely speechless, but sighed silently in his heart: This is really a magical family.

  In the outside room, Lin Zhi and Yang Hongying were cooking, Liu Qingshan introduced Lu Wensheng, and let him into the room, accompanied by Gao Wenxue, while Liu Qingshan came out to help his mother prepare meals.

  In previous years, this month was the time when the greens were not harvested. Fortunately, there were cucumbers in the greenhouse this year, so I mixed a big cold dish, cut some salty bacon, and stewed them with shredded dried beans, dried eggplant and dried potatoes.

   This dish has a name called "Steamed Three Dry".

  It’s all dried vegetables. Generally, in spring, the autumn vegetables stored in winter are basically eaten up, mainly dried vegetables.

  Dried vegetables are all dried in autumn, such as shredded beans, sliced ​​beans, dried potatoes, dried eggplants, dried cucumbers, dried melons, and so on. There are ten kinds of them.

   In addition, I also fried a plate of mushrooms and cabbage, and then fried a large plate of yellow eggs. At any rate, I picked up four dishes.

   This is all considered good. If it was left to the first two years, when entertaining guests, pickles in sauce jars could be counted as a dish.

   There is also a plate of pickled dishes such as Po Po Ding, which Lu Wensheng is most interested in.

   "Uncle Lu, I'll go get some small miscellaneous fish in the afternoon, and make fish sauce at night. The small fish in Kaijiang are the most fragrant."

  Liu Qingshan didn't drink, and asked his grandfather to accompany Lu Wensheng to drink a few cups. He also said that Professor Wang would bring the students. Liu Shikui was so happy that he couldn't help but drink two more cups.

   After eating, he lay down on the kang and fell asleep. The fatigue of driving and riding in the car was relieved, and Liu Qingshan started to get down to business.

   Asked my mother to open the cabinet, took out a dozen or so jade wares, and placed them on the kang, almost staring Lu Wensheng straight in the eye.

   After a long time, Uncle Lu sighed: "Xiao Liu, your family is rich enough. Compared with you, I am simply poor."

   "Hey, it's all given by my master, Uncle Lu, please help me appreciate it."

  Liu Qingshan said politely, then took the pen and paper and handed it to Lu Wensheng.

  Lu Wensheng copied all these jade wares carefully, and then marked the shape and characteristics of the jade wares on paper.

  He wrote very detailedly, the introduction of a piece of jade almost filled a piece of paper.

  He kept talking to Liu Qingshan from time to time:

   "This kind of jade pig dragon is the most representative of Hongshan jade, which proves that pigs have been widely raised in the tribe at that time."

   "This jade cicada has a very good texture and an exquisite shape. It is a rare boutique."

   "Wow, this C-shaped dragon is not an exaggeration to say it is a national treasure!"

  Lu Wensheng couldn't hide his excitement. China uses the dragon as a totem. Seeing that the ancient ancestors thousands of years ago were able to carve such exquisite dragon-shaped jade, a sense of pride arises spontaneously.

  Liu Qingshan also felt excited, because he is also a descendant of the dragon, and he will be proud of it for the rest of his life!

   It took more than two hours for Uncle Lu to finish appreciating these jade wares, and he regained his peaceful appearance.

  He said to Liu Qingshan earnestly: "Little Liu, it's best not to sell these treasures. Their value lies not in money, but in civilization."

"I know!"

  Liu Qingshan also nodded heavily.

  Uncle Lu was still a little worried: "Then what are your plans to imitate these jade wares?"

   To tell the truth, if he hadn’t seen these jade objects, he would be very happy to cooperate with Liu Qingshan, after all, he could make a lot of money.

  But after seeing these national treasures, if you do such a thing, you will involuntarily feel a sense of guilt in your heart.

  Liu Qingshan smiled and whispered to him for a while, and Uncle Lu also beamed when he heard it:

   "It turned out to be a little devil, so don't worry, even if you don't want to pay, I will do this for you beautifully."

  Uncle Lu couldn't bear to deceive others.

   But to trick the little devil, Uncle Lu has no pressure at all.

  Then the two discussed some details. For example, in terms of the selection of raw materials, modern Hongshan jade must be used.

  The value of Hongshan ancient jade lies in history. When it comes to jade quality, it is not very good. It does not cost much to purchase modern Hongshan jade.

  The most important thing is to be old-fashioned. Liu Qingshan knows nothing about this, but Uncle Lu speaks clearly.

  What steamed, boiled and fried, I don’t know, I thought it was cooking.

  Finally, he patted his chest and assured: "I don't dare to tell the truth, as long as you are not a real connoisseur, you are an ordinary person, there is no problem at all."

  Liu Qingshan also gave a thumbs up: "Then I'll just call you Master Lu from now on."

   "This is absolutely unbearable."

  Lu Wensheng kept being modest. He thought Liu Qingshan was talking about Lu Ban, but he heard this little Liu say with a smile: "Master Lu, a master of forgers."

  The two chatted and laughed for a while, and felt a lot closer. Liu Qingshan estimated the time and asked: "Master Lu, can it be done within a month?"

   "One month, the time is a bit tight."

  Lu Wensheng also acquiesced in the title of Master Lu, but making old jade is a technical task. If it is slow, one or two years is normal.

   "It's okay, you don't need to do it so carefully, it's just to fool the layman anyway."

  Liu Qingshan felt that Fujita was at most half-baked.

  Lu Wensheng nodded: "Then I will rush back tomorrow, find suitable jade materials, make things out first, and then make them old. It should be no problem to fool the little devil."

  The two discussed the details, and Liu Qingshan knew that time was running out, so he didn't stay any longer, and slaughtered a laying hen at home to stew.

   Also asked Er Biaozi to help him run to the reservoir, and brought back a big fat fish weighing more than ten catties, and a pot of small miscellaneous fish.

  Open river fish and laying hens, these are the most delicious food in spring.

   Liu Qingshan didn't plan to alarm too many people about this matter, so he didn't invite people from the village to accompany him when he had dinner at night.

  Lu Wensheng took a piece of chicken and tasted it, nodded, followed by another piece of fish, nodded again, and couldn't help admiring:

   "It's so sweet. When I'm done with this matter, I'll come and live here again for a while."

  Liu Qingshan joked with a smile: "At that time, I'm afraid that Master Lu will hide at home and count the money until your hands cramp. You don't have time to spare."

   Just as he was talking, Xiaohuo, who was sleeping on the kang, began to cry.

  This little boy is usually very skinny, and basically doesn't cry, at most he babbles a few times, but today he probably smells a fragrance.

  The fourth child was the first to bluff: "Don't cry, Xiao Huo, Auntie will pick up some chicken for you."

   "I'll put the fish in the small fire!"

  Apricot is not far behind.

  Liu Jinfeng hurriedly stopped the two ignorant aunts, and poked their heads respectively:

   "The small fire is still too small to eat other things, or you will have diarrhea."

  As she spoke, she went to feed the baby.

  The fourth little one curled his lips in dissatisfaction: "Then when Xiaohuo can start eating, it will make my big nephew cry!"

   Hearing that she is such a small person, talking about her big nephew, everyone couldn't help but want to laugh.

   "Don't be in a hurry, wait until your teeth grow, and then you can eat slowly."

  Lin Zhi smiled and explained to the fourth and fifth children, and the fourth child blinked his big eyes: "Mother, was it the same when I was young?"

  Liu Qingshan tapped her little head lightly: "You, at that time my mother didn't have much milk, and my grandfather raised two goats. You grew up drinking goat's milk."

   Upon hearing this, the fourth child widened his eyes and said, "No wonder everyone says I'm shopping, so it's because of eating goat's milk!"

  Haha, the dinner table was filled with a warm and joyful atmosphere, and Lu Wensheng felt quite emotional:

   What a happy family.

  (end of this chapter)