Chapter XVIII

"Grandpa, don't listen to this mother-in-law, he is lying. We went to the market today, and he thought my second aunt had no money, so he didn't go with us. I secretly rode a donkey at home, and I was beaten by a child outside, and it has nothing to do with us. If you don't believe me, you can ask my sister, or ask my brother. Li Meng crossed his waist and explained methodically.

"Yes, Grandpa, it really has nothing to do with us. Wu Xin also hurriedly agreed. Only Li Zhen glanced at Zhang He and smiled without saying a word.

"Get out of here. Jia Yi, who was the youngest and was spoiled by the whole family, immediately sprinkled himself when he saw that no one was letting him anymore.

"This is my home, not yours, why do you let us go? Li Zhen finally returned the favor.

"Yes, it's you. Li Meng repeated with a glare.

"Alright, don't talk about it. Go out and have fun, and let him meet here again. Grandpa Zhang He saw that several children were arguing, and hurriedly persuaded him.

"Hmph, brother, sister, let's go, ignore him. After Li Meng finished speaking, he immediately turned around and dragged Zhang He and Wu Xin's arms and walked out the door.

But when Zhang He was about to cross the threshold of the outhouse, he remembered that he still had something serious to tell his grandfather, so he turned back to the house and said to his grandfather: "Grandpa, come here." ”

"Brother, what's wrong?" asked Wu Xinchong, who didn't know why, to Zhang He.

Zhang He returned to the door and whispered to his younger brothers and sisters: "Pay back your money!

"Do you care what Grandpa wants?" Wu Xin asked with a straight face.

"It's not a need, it's an advance. When the Chinese New Year comes, I don't want the New Year's money from my grandfather!Eh, by the way, I am not allowed to tell you about borrowing your money!" Zhang He was afraid that Wu Xin would be unhappy, so after explaining, he didn't wait for his younger brothers and sisters to reply, so he whispered again: "You go to play elsewhere first, and I'll tell my grandfather myself." You have to keep the matter of borrowing money to buy a bowl secret for me, and my brother will give you two yuan per person in a while. ”

"Two pieces! Brother, you're so good, then let's go to the kitchen to help my mother cook." Li Meng jumped to his feet and laughed. "No brother. Just one piece. Li Zhen and Wu Xin said in unison. At this point, the three of them happily walked to the kitchen.

"What are you talking about?" "What is the matter?" and the grandfather, who was already standing behind Zhang He, asked his grandson with a smile.

"Grandpa, come with me. Mom, come over for a moment, too. Zhang He beckoned to his grandfather and his mother in the front yard respectively, and led them back to the east wing of the backyard.

After entering the house, plugging the door, and inviting grandpa to sit on the stool under the window, Zhang He said to his mother, "Mom, give me the bowl." ”。

"It's on the table. "Long before her third sister had a fight with the elders in the front yard, Zhang's mother, who had put two porcelain bowls and a porcelain plate back in the house, pointed to the table and said.

"Mom, you're awesome. Zhang He, who understood how the bowl could run to the table, praised his mother with a thumb of both hands at the same time.

"It's so expensive, I'm afraid of holding hot hands. After Zhang's mother pretended to be angry and finished telling her son, she took one of the bowls to her father, and while carefully opening the newspaper, she complained to her father: "Dad, I didn't stop it for a long time today, but your grandson called on the three children to pay for it together." ”

The old man took the bowl, turned his head to look at Zhang He, and didn't say anything, he slowly took out his reading glasses from his jacket pocket and began to look at them very seriously.

Seeing this, Zhang He hurriedly came to his grandfather with a smile, and whispered into his grandfather's ear: "Grandpa, gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times." Look at the bottom of this bowl. ”

"Do you know these four words?" Grandpa asked with the bottom of the bowl lit up, turning his head to Zhang He.

"Kangxi Imperial System. Zhang He replied with a serious face.

"Tell me which one is Kang and which one is Hee?" asked Grandpa, pointing to the bottom of the bowl. "Kang, Xi, Yu, system. Zhang He replied by pointing to every word at the bottom of the bowl.

"Hey, you know so many strokes? Okay, it's a learning material. The old man glanced at Zhang He with a smile, and then asked his daughter, "You taught him?"

"I didn't, when they were picking the bowl just now, I kept standing next to me, and I couldn't squat, maybe the stall owner told them, right?" Zhang Mu explained.

The old man saw that it was not his daughter who taught him, so he turned his head and asked Zhang He again: "What did the stall owner say?"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes! Zhang He, who no longer dared to pretend to be an old immortal, asked his grandfather again: "Do you know what this object is?"

The old man looked at the bowl in his hand and said, "Choosing wood, grandpa is an expert, but grandpa doesn't understand porcelain." But looking at this appearance and weight, it should not be an ordinary color. ”

"Okay, grandpa, the vision is okay!" Zhang He praised and asked again: "Grandpa, when you used to be the shopkeeper." Have you seen a lot of good things? Do you know what enamel is?"

The old man smiled, handed the bowl back to his daughter's hand, took off his glasses and said, "Hehe, you have a specialization in art, where have you seen everything?"

"Enamel!" Zhang He repeated as he glanced at the bowl in his mother's hand.

"Haven't heard of it. The old man shook his head.

"No! I watched the big shopkeeper of the Republic of China in the TV series, and I have seen it extraordinarily, how can you not hear it, this was used by the emperor back then. Zhang He said eagerly.

"What kind of TV series?" the old man smiled.

"Hey, I'm in a hurry and bald. Not really, every family in this family has a color TV in the mid-to-late 80s. Zhang Hechong, who didn't dare to take a stubble, smiled at his grandfather.

"How much did you buy this?" asked Grandpa as he turned to his daughter.

"Four pieces. Zhang's mother didn't dare to look at her father's eyes, but stared at her son and whispered.

"Four pieces!" Grandpa Zhang He couldn't help but exclaim, and then reached out to Mother Zhang to ask for the bowl, put on the glasses again, and looked at them again as if they were a hundred times more careful than just now. It wasn't until a moment later that he took off his glasses again, as if he had lost his mind, returned the bowl to his daughter with straight eyes, and muttered to himself: "If it is really Kangxi's, it is not expensive." ”

Zhang He finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly answered: "Grandpa, I borrowed money from my younger brothers and sisters to buy this bowl, can I take care of you to advance the New Year's money first!"

When the old man heard this, he couldn't help but come back to his senses, and immediately smiled and said, "Hehe, the stinky boy is waiting for me here! The more you learn, the more clever you become, you can be the shopkeeper in the future!"

"Do you agree or disagree? I don't want three, I want six. I promised my younger siblings a share of interest. Zhang He suddenly rode onto his grandfather's lap, shook his grandfather's shoulder and said coquettishly.

"You're so generous! The old man frowned, but said to him with a smile on his face.

"Heaven doesn't take it, but suffers the blame. When it doesn't work, it suffers. Even if a "great unity" is lost, it will not hurt the muscles and bones. But if you miss the opportunity, it's hard to run into it again. Troubled times, gold, prosperous antiques, grandpa. Zhang He said loudly.

"Where did you learn these words?" the old man smiled and glanced at Zhang's mother on the side with surprised eyes. Then he hugged Zhang He to the ground, got up and took out the money from his trouser pocket, counted out ten yuan and handed it to Zhang He's hand, and said: "What I said to my grandson is the truth, this money grandpa gave it." You don't want six yuan, grandpa will give you ten. ”

"Dad, you really give it to him! Don't get used to him. I'm still pointing to you to help me teach him a lesson!" Zhang Mu looked at Zhang He with half a smile and said.

"This money is not your advance, but grandpa's reward for studying hard. What do you want to buy in the future, tell grandpa that you are not allowed to borrow money again, do you hear?" The old man ignored his daughter's words, but pouted Zhang He's head and said with a doting face.

"I heard you, thank you, grandpa. Zhang He gratefully threw himself into his grandfather's arms. He secretly said in his heart: "Grandpa, look at it, your grandson will definitely let you live a good life." ”

"Alright, let's go, let's go to the front yard for dinner. After the old man finished speaking, he picked up Zhang He and walked outside the house. And before going out, he turned his head and said to Zhang's mother with a smile: "Liyun has put away the bowl! Maybe my grandson will really pick up the treasure this time!"

Poetry: Passed down from generation to generation,

The nine sons of the dragon are not the same.

Grace spoils the boundary,

Teaching also requires the identification of leaf bushes.