Seeing that it was actually a text message sent by He Wanyi, Meng Zitao almost danced excitedly. Originally, he was still distressed, how could he get He Wanyi's contact information, but before he could figure out a way, he didn't expect it to be "automatically delivered to the door", which was really unexpected.

After a while, Meng Zitao's emotions calmed down, and when he saw the text message, it was already ten minutes ago, which made him a little annoyed, why didn't he find out earlier.

So, he hurriedly sent a text message: "Sorry, I was driving just now and didn't pay attention." ”

Then, he sent another message: "Today's matter is nothing, you are welcome." ”

After a while, a text message came from He Wanyi: "Where, I heard Uncle Zeng say, if it weren't for you, we would all be fined a lot of money." Okay, when Xiaoyun is well, let's invite you to dinner and talk about thanks, how about it?"

Meng Zitao read the content of the text message, and immediately danced, but after thinking about it again, the doctor said that Xiaoyun had to rest for at least three or five days, and he had been out long enough, so he couldn't leave the things in the store behind and stay in Tongdu for another three or five days, right?

"Hey, why is it so unfortunate, it seems that this meal is not available for the time being. ”

Thinking so, Meng Zitao edited a text message with regret: "I'm sorry, I guess I'll have to go back to Ling City tomorrow." In order to apologize, if you have the opportunity to go to Ling City, I will do my best to be a landlord. ”

After hesitating for a while, Meng Zitao clicked the send button.

After a while, the text message sounded, Meng Zitao took a deep breath, and then opened the text message: "Hehe, what is there to apologize for if you don't have time." After a while, I will take Xiaoyun to Ling City. When the time comes, please have a meal, and be sure to enjoy the light. ”

Meng Zitao laughed. Hurriedly sent a text message: "I will definitely go then." ”

"I'll see you then. ”

"Goodbye. ”

After sending this text message. There was no movement on the mobile phone, which made Meng Zitao feel very regretful, it would be nice if he could talk for a while.

However, he immediately thought that he and He Wanyi were just "familiar strangers", and it was good to have such a start, but it would be nice if they could talk for a while every day.

"No, how can I have such thoughts, could it be that I am affected by Shu Ze? This is not good, like that. How can I be worthy of He Baoyue! No! I have never been in a relationship with He Baoyue, so what do you say I'm sorry for?"

After a moment's effort, Meng Zitao's mind was completely confused, and he didn't know how to look at He Wanyi at all.

Meng Zitao grabbed his hair vigorously, and wailed in his heart: "Why do you two look so related......

Meng Zitao spent another sleepless night, and when he woke up in a daze, he called You Xiaofu and asked him when he would return to Ling City.

You Xiaofu heard that Meng Zitao would go back today. also immediately said that he would go back with Meng Zitao, and said that he would take a ride to the city by himself, without Meng Zitao's trouble.

Meng Zitao had eaten. I went to buy some local specialties and handicrafts as gifts, and when I returned to the hotel room, You Xiaofu arrived.

Meng Zitao went to check out of the room. When I walked out of the hotel with this harvest and luggage, I saw You Xiaofu waiting at the door with a big bag.

The two said hello. Let's go to the parking lot together and put things in the car.

You Xiaofu pointed to the three packages. said: "Shopkeeper Meng, this is a little bit of our local specialty here, you can take it back and taste it." ”

Meng Zitao said: "Xiaoyou, don't be so polite, speaking of which, you have helped me a lot this time." ”

"Where. You Xiaofu waved his hand: "This is my job, and besides, I have some white ginger, soybeans, and dried tea, all of which are my own, not anything valuable." ”

Meng Zitao took a look and found that it was indeed these things, and You Xiaofu was kind and difficult, so he agreed.

Meng Zitao drove the car to the bank to get the goblet first, and then set off to return to Lingshi.

Meng Zitao asked while driving, "Xiao You, what's going on over there with Tian Jinkui?"

You Xiaofu shook his head: "I don't know where I went." Speaking of which, Tian Jinkui is really not a thing, in addition to this matter, he also asked others to borrow a lot of money, which is estimated to add up to hundreds of thousands. Now the windows of his house have been smashed by creditors, and the little valuable things in the house have been removed. ”

Meng Zitao was surprised: "There is no sign of such a big thing?"

You Xiaofu said: "Because of Tian Jinkui's grandson, the people in the village don't have much to do with his family, and everyone didn't expect him to do such a desperate job. ”

"Then in that case, how could those creditors lend them money?" Meng Zitao was a little puzzled.

You Xiaofu said: "Actually, it's not unusual, before, Tian Jinkui mortgaged with antiques, and for the first time, he deliberately let the creditor appraise it, borrowed and repaid, and the interest was not bad." After two or three times like this, he used exactly the same fake to borrow money, and the creditor was careless and fell for it. ”

Meng Zitao sighed a little, this kind of deception is already very old-fashioned in the antique industry, but it has been tried and tested, in the final analysis, it still captures the greed in people's hearts.

Meng Zitao asked again: "Then did You Wanquan come to trouble you?"

You Xiaofu said: "If he is deceived, his eyesight is not good, what does it have to do with us? If he dares to come to me for trouble, I will dare to beat him." ”

Meng Zitao smiled, chatted for a while, and then concentrated on driving.

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The next morning, Meng Zitao came to his shop, a few days away, the store has fallen a lot of dust, fortunately before he knew that this time to go to the copper capital, he used cloth to cover the antiques on the Bogu shelf, otherwise it would take a lot of effort.

While cleaning, Meng Zitao thought to himself, he often went out, should he hire a clerk?

The reason is very simple, like their industry, sometimes it takes ten days and a half months to go out to receive the goods, if everything is handed over to a small clerk to deal with, how can he rest assured?

Just like Wang Zhixuan, if it weren't for a daughter to help look after the store, he wouldn't be at ease.

Therefore, if you want to recruit, you must also recruit a palm master. Moreover, whether it is a palm-eye master or a clerk, they must know the roots and be reliable, otherwise, if they want to do something, the loss will be great.

However, in this place of Lingshi, it is not easy to find a reliable palm eye master, and with his small body, it is unlikely that others will come.

Since this matter is not realistic for him now, let it be put aside for the time being. The most important thing is that even if he goes out for a long time now, his business will not be affected much, and if he is an acquaintance or friend who needs anything, he will definitely call him.

After spending some time cleaning, Meng Zitao just wanted to sit down and have a sip of tea, when he saw Zhang Jingqiang bring an old man in his fifties and sixties and walked in.

Meng Zitao greeted him with a smile: "Brother Zhang, it's a coincidence that you came, if you came over yesterday, I would still be in Tongdu." ”

Zhang Jingqiang was a little surprised, and then laughed and said: "It's better to come early than to come by chance." Let me introduce you to Professor Changhua Rongchang, who is also an antique lover. ”

The old man added: "Prosperous Chang." ”

Hearing that the old man's surname is Chang, a relatively rare surname in modern times, Meng Zitao was a little surprised in his heart, and then stretched out his hand and said, "Professor Chang, it's really a blessing!"

Chang Huarong said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Meng, I'm going to trouble you next." ”

Zhang Jingqiang took over and said, "Professor Chang has some pigeon whistles that he wants to sell. ”

"Pigeon whistle?" Meng Zitao was a little surprised.

Speaking of pigeon whistles, some friends may be a little unfamiliar with this and don't understand what pigeon whistles are.

However, as long as you wake up, everyone will have some impressions, such as movies, TV series, dramas, etc. with the capital as the background, there are many scenes, as long as there are pigeons (props) flying by, there are Yangyang Langlang's voice as dubbing, which is actually the sound of the pigeon whistle.

The reason why many film and television dramas about Beijing have this kind of dubbing is also because for a long time, people in Beijing like to raise pigeons and fly whistles, and the beautiful whistle echoes in the air, and over time, it has become a symbol of Beijing.

In other words, the pigeon whistle is also called the pigeon bell, which is actually a whistle rather than a bell. There is no exact record of when it was invented, and it is more than a thousand years old in terms of the earliest written records.

For example, in a poem entitled "Wild Pigeon" by the Northern Song Dynasty poet Mei Yaochen, there are two sentences that "whoever borrows the wind chime rings, the morning will sound endlessly"; Zhang Xian, who was at the same time as him, also has the phrase "The wind is soft when the pigeon tries the bell".

Although Meng Zitao has some understanding of pigeon whistles, there are generally more pigeon whistles in the capital, and it is not common in Lingshi, a city in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are not many pigeon whistles in the market, which is a relatively niche thing.

Therefore, Meng Zitao was a little surprised when he saw Chang Huarong actually playing pigeon whistle.

Chang Huarong said with a smile: "Actually, I don't play pigeon whistles, just because I love pigeons for a while, once I went to the capital to play, and I saw these pigeon whistles at a friend, so I bought them." After I came back, I didn't touch them a few times, and this time there happened to be something, so I wanted to deal with them. ”

While speaking, Chang Huarong put the box in his hand on the table, and after opening it, he saw eight pigeon whistles inside.

Pigeon whistles, according to their shape, can be divided into four categories: gourds, pigeon whistles with round gourds as the main body, coupling tubes, pigeon whistles bonded into rows with tubular whistles, star rows, pigeon whistles with a pallet as the base, and star eyes, pigeon whistles that combine flat and round pigeon whistles with tubular whistles.

Changhuarong's pigeon whistle has four categories, and the craftsmanship does not seem to be made by one person.

Meng Zitao picked up one of the gourd pigeon whistles, which is a large gourd pigeon whistle, with a round shape, a neat knife edge, a beautiful shape, dark purple lacquer, and a "Ming" word engraved at the bottom. (To be continued.) )