After Tao was unable to work in the amber shop, he swept away his past laziness and became diligent and neat. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He was originally very smart, but he had always refused to settle down and study hard, and now under the teaching of Mo Lin Shu and Mo Us, he has made rapid progress.

It took less than two months for Tao to learn the basics of stone cutting, embryonic and polishing. Although there is still a long way to go from Mo Linshu's requirements, for a layman who has learned from scratch, he can already be regarded as a leader.

Fast forward to 1978. The spring breeze of reform and opening up has blown many foreigners to Hancheng, and it has also quietly revived the individual economy. Mo Linshu's shop business is getting better and better, and Tao Wufu has gradually become his right-hand man.

This was probably the happiest period of Tao's life - no post-middle-aged pressure, no complicated thoughts, and no step-by-step caution. During the day, he opened early and closed the store at nightfall, accounting for the day's income and expenditure with Mo Linshu. Sometimes, when Mous came to the store to help, he would sneak out with Mo Lin Shu to play for a while. When I was tired, I bought two bottles of cold soda and drank them while looking at the young girls on the side of the road who were wearing really good shirts and floral skirts.

Although Tao couldn't stop talking, Mo Linshu still sensed his desire for love. Soon, with Mous's matchmaking, Tao was unable to fall in love with Kuang Meiyan, who worked in the credit union.

This pretty girl with an apple face is clever and capable, and several of her brothers are married. She didn't dislike Tao's family background and work, and even offered to bring a sewing machine to accompany the marriage.

Newlyweds are sweet, and although there are pots and pans clashing, and the occasional discordant notes, it is still smooth overall.

But after Kuang Meiyan gave birth, everything was different.

Maybe it's because Kuang Meiyan became sensitive and suspicious after giving birth, maybe it's because she has worries about the future, maybe it's because Tao can't play and runs out all day long, maybe it's because of all the above factors, in short, in 1980, not long after Kuang Meiyan gave birth, a fierce quarrel broke out between the two.

"I really don't understand what I liked about you in the first place. Kuang Meiyan looked at Tao Wu, who was sweating profusely, and said sarcastically, "Will you die if you don't play for a day?"

"Didn't I go out until you were asleep? Tao couldn't say sarcastically, "Moreover, I don't play every day, I didn't play a day in the three months before you gave birth." ”

"That's because I won't let you go!" Kuang Meiyan said angrily, "Can't you be mature?"

Tao's eyes widened, "Where am I immature?"

"I told you yesterday that I wanted to eat White Rabbit toffee, why didn't you buy it for me?" Kuang Meiyan was extremely aggrieved.

"I went, there was no White Rabbit toffee, it was sold out. ”

"Then you can buy something else. Kuang Meiyan glanced at the baby on the bed, trying to control her volume, "I don't have high requirements, I just want to eat a little sugar, you don't buy it, forget it, and deliberately buy other messy things!"

"I didn't buy any mess. Tao couldn't hold back his anger, "I bought a strap for playing ball." ”

"Pull it down. Kuang Meiyan rolled her eyes, "You can't play without a belt?" ”

"Why not? Xiao Mo just tied one. ”

"Xiao Mo, Xiao Mo, it's Xiao Mo all day long. Kuang Meiyan's anger finally burst out, "I thought you had a good relationship with their family and were self-motivated, thinking that you were a good person." As a result, you follow people all day long as a pug, and no matter how good their business is, it has nothing to do with you? No matter how good you are under them, who is it?"

"I remind you, be careful what you say. Tao's face also turned cold, "Don't think it's great that you have a child." ”

"Listen, are you talking about human words?" Kuang Meiyan cried, "The child I gave birth to, isn't it your surname?, or do you dislike this girl and didn't give birth to a son?" After speaking, Kuang Meiyan couldn't hold back anymore and cried loudly.

"Be quiet!" Tao couldn't hurry to cover her mouth, but it was too late, and the baby, awakened by the cry, howled wildly.

"Baby, don't cry, don't cry, baby, be ......" Kuang Meiyan wiped a handful of tears, picked up the baby, and began to shake back and forth. But the baby could not understand her words, and still cried loudly.

"You ......," Tao sighed heavily. He sat down on the pony, then pulled out a cigarette and lit it.

"You still dare to smoke in front of your child!" Kuang Meiyan put down the baby angrily, rushed over, snatched back the cigarette from his mouth, threw it to the ground, stepped on it again, and crushed it.

Tao couldn't feel guilty, but he still refused to admit defeat, "I'm upset!

"Annoying, annoying, I don't have the ability to make money, but I am more annoyed than anyone else!" Kuang Meiyan's words were fast and urgent, like countless knives piercing Tao Wu's heart, "Do you think that if you are with the Mo family every day, you can become surnamed Mo?

Tao's face twitched, and at that moment, he couldn't believe that Kuang Meiyan, who was tender like water when he was in love, and the shrew-like woman in front of him would be the same person.

"Meiyan, what are you angry about?" Tao couldn't stand up, "Are you angry that you didn't marry the Mo family?"

"I don't want to talk to you. Kuang Meiyan threw out this sentence coldly, and then climbed into bed without looking back, coaxing the baby.

"Speaking of which, you just think I have a low salary and little money. Tao couldn't smile bitterly, "You touch your conscience and say, I earn a lot, thirty-four yuan a month, five cents and eight cents, much higher than when I used to work in the textile machinery factory!"

"But you're not an iron rice bowl, what if one day Mo Lin Shu sees that you don't like you and drives you away?" Kuang Meiyan lay on the bed and said sullenly.

"Okay, why did he drive me away? Besides, I'm not still learning the art of amber processing and identification, and jadeite. Tao couldn't bear it and said, "Don't be so impatient, take it one step at a time." ”

"It's not that I'm in a hurry, it's that you're too slow!" Kuang Meiyan turned over and looked at Tao Can't, "You said that you entered the Mo family in 77 years, and it was a salary of thirteen yuan at the time, but now you have been working for so many years, and it has only risen so much, and you don't tell them." ”

"What do I say?" Tao couldn't help but sit on the edge of the bed, and Kuang Meiyan immediately pulled the blanket back to prevent him from sitting on the blanket. "The owner gave me a rise, it was kind, if he didn't rise, I wouldn't say anything. ”

"Brainless!" Kuang Meiyan scolded.

"Can't you be quieter?" Tao couldn't look at the curtain, "The third child has to go to school tomorrow, don't wake him up." ”

Kuang Meiyan had a cold face, but finally stopped talking.

Tao couldn't rub the blanket, and his heart was mixed: this blanket was a wedding gift from Mouss. He looked at his feet, the pair of cleanly brushed sneakers were given by Mo Linshu. He became more and more irritable in his heart, if the Mo family was selfish and stingy, maybe he would not be so troubled.

Tao couldn't tell why he felt aggrieved, and although Kuang Meiyan's words were ugly, they hit his heart. He understood that even if he wanted double his salary, Mo Linshu would be able to take it completely, but he didn't have the courage to talk to Mo Linshu, after all, the Mo family was really good to him.

Tao couldn't get more upset the more he thought about it, so he got out of bed, grabbed a coat and walked out.

"Where are you going?" Kuang Meiyan sat up.

"I'm going to blow the wind for a while, and I'll be back later. Tao couldn't get to the door, "Maybe there's still a place to buy toffee." ”

In the 80s, the number of foreigners visiting Hanseong gradually increased. Relying on the unique geographical conditions, the jadeite, amber and other jade processing and sales industries in Hancheng have gradually grown.

At this time, Tao couldn't help but secretly admire the vision of Mo Linshu's family, and at the same time was satisfied with his choice - his ideal was to save money to open an amber shop. Of course, he didn't say this wish to anyone, not even Kuang Meiyan.

In 1984, Hancheng established a jewellery and jade market, which, while not comparable in size to today, was enough to attract the resourceful and daring Burmese to sneak in with them.

By this time, Tao had become very sophisticated, he had learned a little Burmese, and under the influence of Mo Lin Shu, he began to study books related to amber. He is no longer the clumsy raw melon and egg he was seven years ago, and now, he is a veteran of material selection, and he has learned to "turn empty sacks into rice" without a teacher.

For example, Mo Linshu bought a good piece of material and told him not to sell it for less than 400 yuan. But Tao couldn't be clever enough to speak, and when he sold it to the customer, he said that it was 600 yuan. In the end, the guest bought the amber for six hundred yuan, minus the cost of four hundred, and the extra two hundred yuan naturally fell into Tao's pocket.

Everything in Mo Linshu's store was not clearly priced, and the private economy in Hancheng had just started a few years at that time, and the management was very imperfect, so Tao could not take advantage of this loophole. In a short period of time, Tao could not secretly save a lot of money, he bought Kuang Meiyan a Phoenix brand bicycle, and also added a three-five brand table clock to the family.

On this day, Tao couldn't be busy in the store as usual, and Mo Linshu suddenly walked in. Without saying a word, he closed the glass door and put away the "Open" sign.

"What time is it, Xiao Mo?" Tao couldn't smile and said, "Is it too early to call it a day?"

Mo Linshu said solemnly: "I have something to tell you. He stared at Tao with those golden eyes, "I sold a very red piece of material last week, right?"

"Well, yes. ”

"Do you remember how much it cost to sell it?" Mo Linshu's gaze contained something that Tao couldn't understand.

Tao couldn't subconsciously say, "Three hundred and twenty yuan." ”

"Isn't it five hundred and twenty yuan?" Mo Linshu shook his head and sighed, "No, if you are short of money, just tell me, how can you do such a thing secretly?"

Tao couldn't blink his eyes a few times in a daze, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

"The amber circle is only so big, and many guests come to Hancheng through the recommendation of friends, and afterwards some people inevitably complain that my family's things are expensive, do you think these things can be hidden from me all the time?" Mo Linshu's expression was solemn, "No, we have known each other for so many years, what difficulties do you have, I haven't helped you? Why lie to me?"

Tao couldn't clench the rag he was holding.

"My dad doesn't know about this yet, and if he does, I'm afraid he won't let you go. Mo Linshu said lightly.

Tao couldn't freak out, "Right...... I'm sorry!" he said dejectedly, "I was wrong, I don't dare anymore! Please don't send me to the Public Security Bureau!"

"It's not necessary to send it to the Public Security Bureau, but according to my father's character, I'm afraid I won't use you anymore. Mo Linshu had a bit of sorrow and regret on his face, "You disappointed me too much. He looked at Tao Fu quietly with his golden eyes like stars that never fall, "You have been with me for almost seven years, and I have treated you well." I don't want the Mo family to cultivate people with wolf hearts and dogs, it's better to say otherwise, if there is a flaw in morality, it is difficult to repair it. ”

"Please give me a chance!" Tao couldn't be so anxious that his eyes were bloodshot, and when he saw that Mo Linshu didn't speak, he hurriedly squeezed out a few tears, "I will prove that I can change, I can do it well!"

Mo Linshu pondered for a long time, "Your daughter is still young, and she has no thoughts and wants to study, I can understand your financial pressure, but it is not right to do this kind of thing after all." I could let you try again, but I said it in front of me, if I had to catch it again, it wouldn't have been like that. ”

Tao couldn't nod his head like pounding garlic.

"Okay, you go back early, you have been resting at home for the past few days, and you have thought about it behind closed doors. Mo Linshu patted him on the shoulder, "I've figured it out, I'll do it well in the future." ”

A week later, Tao couldn't come to Mo Linshu's shop with trepidation.

To his surprise, Mo Linshu was not in the store, and behind the counter was Mo Linshu's pregnant wife, Guan Yingqing.

"Xiao Mo is not here?" Tao couldn't squeeze out a warm smile, "You rest, I'll come." ”

"No, I'm fine staying home anyway. Guan Yingqing said with a smile. Apparently she didn't know that Tao couldn't steal the difference.

Tao couldn't look at her expression and breathed a sigh of relief, "What's so embarrassing?"

"It's okay, I don't really need to. Although Guan Yingqing is pregnant, she is still very slim, but her belly is bulging high. "Xiao Mo is behind. ”

"Then I'll go find him. Tao couldn't speak, walked to the store, and pushed open the courtyard door.

Mo Linshu was squatting in the corner of this small and elegant courtyard, looking at something intently in front of the sun. Tao couldn't sneak up behind him, only to see that he was holding two pieces of amber in his hand. When exposed to sunlight, the two pieces of amber take on three different colors: blue, green, and gray.

"It's so beautiful. Tao couldn't say, "Xiao Mo, what is this?"

Mo Linshu was startled, he stood up slightly embarrassed, and then in a panic, he put the amber in his hand into his pocket. "It's nothing, it's just ordinary material. ”

Tao couldn't look at Mo Linshu suspiciously, he had never seen such amber before, and he had never seen Mo Linshu with such an expression.