The old lady whispered, "It's not because of your sister-in-law. ”

Xu Ping frowned: "What's wrong with her?"

"For the sake of your nephew's schoolbag...... the old lady babbled about what had happened.

It turned out that Xu Ping's brother was named Xu Xingguo, and his sister-in-law was named Luo Zhuyue, and the couple had two sons, the eldest son Xu Jianshu was married, and the son was at the age of elementary school.

Children go to elementary school, schoolbags and stationery are always indispensable, Xu Fuzhong is also very precious to this great-grandson, so he went to spend more than 100 yuan to buy a schoolbag.

To say that more than a hundred schoolbags are already very good, but Luo Zhuyue still felt dissatisfied, so he said a few words of gossip and spread to Xu Fuzhong's ears, how could he be happy.

Hearing that this was the case, the mother and son were speechless for a while.

Although Xu Fuzhong has a pension of more than 3,000 yuan every month, Meng Zitao's grandmother has no pension, and because of her poor health, she has to spend a lot of money on medicine every month, plus the living expenses of the two, these pensions are enough, and sometimes not enough.

In this way, Xu Fuzhong also bought a schoolbag of more than 100 yuan, what else is there to lose? Not to mention buying it, even if he doesn't buy it, there is nothing to say.

To be honest, Meng Zitao also doesn't like his aunt very much, he likes to be careful, and he takes money very seriously.

said that Luo Zhuyue only agreed to borrow 5,000 this time, and the couple both had pensions, their two sons had good salaries, and their family conditions were good, so they only borrowed 5,000. You must know that even the uncle who has not paid off the foreign debts of Mencius's cousin's marriage has borrowed 5,000.

Of course, after all, his uncle's family borrowed money, and Meng Zitao had nothing to complain about in his heart, but he was a little displeased with his aunt.

After a while, Meng Zitao's uncle Xu Xingguo rushed over.

Xu Xingguo is a little fat, kind and kind-eyed, and has a good personality, when he was a child, Meng Zitao liked to play around his uncle, and Xu Xingguo often brought him some candy and cakes to eat.

Of course, the sweets and cakes at that time were not as good as they are now, but they were undoubtedly delicious for children in the era of scarcity of materials.

Seeing his uncle coming, Meng Zitao hurriedly said hello, thinking to himself, although his uncle is a good person, but his temperament is too soft, and he was killed by his aunt at home, and he basically has no right to speak, and he doesn't know what he thought at the beginning, so he actually found such a wife.

Xu Xingguo was very surprised when he heard that his sister and nephew came to repay the money, and thought it was because of his wife's relationship, so he said that he didn't have to pay it back so quickly.

So, Meng Zitao explained the matter of picking up the leak again, but he didn't say how much money he made, otherwise he would know to his aunt who saw the money, who knows if there will be any mysterious moths.

Xu Xingguo was relieved when he heard that this was the case.

Then, the old lady took out the money from her pocket, handed it to her son, and said, "Xingguo, you ride to the vegetable market to buy some vegetables." ”

Xu Xingguo hurriedly pushed the money back: "Mom, how can I ask for your money!"

Xu Fuzhong said: "Okay, you will take the money if you give it to you, otherwise your family will have to nag again." ”

Xu Xingguo's face was red at his father's words, so he turned around directly and said, "Why don't you just buy a few vegetables, I think she dares to talk about me!"

Seeing Xu Xingguo walking out without looking back, Xu Ping smiled bitterly: "Mom, why did you let your eldest brother go grocery shopping, my sister-in-law found out, and the two quarreled again." ”

The old couple fell silent, and after a while, Xu Fuzhong sighed and said, "This is also the sin I did in my previous life." ”

Seeing that the atmosphere had become dull, Meng Zitao hurriedly changed the topic and told the second elder some interesting stories about antiques, which finally brought the atmosphere back to normal.

When it was almost ten o'clock, Xu Xingguo walked in with an aunt with a similar figure to him, who was Meng Zitao's aunt Luo Zhuyue.

Seeing Luo Zhuyue, Xu Fuzhong's face was a little unpleasant, but with his daughter and nephew there, he finally didn't have a seizure.

Luo Zhuyue greeted Meng Zitao's mother and son with a smile, and after gossiping for a while, she said, "Xiaotao, I heard that you picked up the leak?"

Meng Zitao smiled and said, "It's just luck." ”

Luo Zhuyue said with a smile: "This is not something that can be done with good luck, and it will definitely not work without eyesight." Otherwise, there are so many lucky people, and it is not necessarily that they will miss it. ”

Meng Zitao felt a little strange in his heart, although his aunt was not too indifferent to himself in the past, he would not praise himself so much, could it be that the sun came out in the west today?

Next, Meng Zitao immediately knew why, and only heard Luo Zhuyue say: "Xiao Tao, I don't know if you can see the authenticity of the ancient jade?"

Meng Zitao understood in his heart and said: "This is not easy to say, you have to see it to know." ”

Luo Zhuyue immediately took out a piece of jade from her pocket, handed it to Meng Zitao and said, "Xiao Tao, then you can help me take a look at this piece of jade." ”

Meng Zitao took a look and found that it was a piece of chicken heart.

The chicken heart is mostly oval, the upper end is pointed, and there is a round hole in it, which is similar to the shape of a shield or chicken heart, hence the name, which is a unique and common ornament in the Han Dynasty. After the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, it gradually became rare, and after the Song Dynasty, with the popularity of the antique fashion, imitations gradually began to appear.

This piece of chicken heart is carved from white jade, egg-shaped, the front of the body is embossed with a dragon cruising, the back is carved with a phoenix bird, the wings are pulled back, and the body is covered with auspicious clouds;

In addition, there is blood and loess rust on the chicken heart, and the cow hair pattern is obvious, which really looks like a piece of ancient jade in the Han Dynasty at first glance.

After Meng Zitao looked at the chicken heart pendant carefully, he pondered for a moment and asked, "Aunt, where did you get this chicken heart pendant?"

Luo Zhuyue said: "This is a friend of my cousin, who asked me to borrow money as collateral for me, and at that time my cousin also invited an expert to come over, and the expert also said that this is made of blood jade, which is very rare and very precious. Later, I went to an antique shop in the town and asked, and the owner also said that it was made of blood jade, and he wanted to buy it. ”

Hearing this, Xu Xingguo said angrily: "I said what is the matter with your mother-in-law, you don't even know how to discuss it with me when you lend money to others! If it weren't for Xiao Tao coming over, how long would you be going to hide it from me!"

"It's just a loan of fifteen thousand, and it will be repaid in two days, why are you in a hurry!" Luo Zhuyue was a little unreasonable, and her speech was a little lacking.

Meng Zitao sighed in his heart, and said in his heart: "Why is it that my aunt, who usually looks very shrewd, will also make a mistake, won't you first inquire about the price of blood jade before borrowing it?"

Moreover, he can believe that his aunt must still be hiding this matter, otherwise he will definitely not lend the money easily.

Xu Xingguo said angrily: "You have to figure it out, this is not one hundred and five but fifteen!"

Seeing that the quarrel was escalating, Xu Ping hurriedly persuaded: "Brother, don't worry, listen to what Xiao Tao has to say first." ”

"Hmph!" Xu Xingguo snorted coldly and looked at Meng Zitao.

Looking at Luo Zhuyue, who was a little anxious in his eyes, Meng Zitao sighed in his heart and said, "Auntie, do you know that if this chicken heart is really made of blood jade, it will cost millions or even tens of millions at the current market value. ”

Blood jade refers to a kind of red jade produced in the snowy plateau of Tubo, called the song of Gongjuema, commonly known as plateau blood jade, named because of its red color. There are very few records of this kind of stone, and in the historical materials, it is only recorded and introduced in the gift list when Songtsen Gampo married Princess Wencheng in the Tubo era. You can see how precious it is.

Hearing Meng Zitao say this, Luo Zhuyue was a little dumbfounded and said, "You mean, this is actually not a blood jade?"

Meng Zitao nodded: "This is indeed not a blood jade, but a blood qin, of course, if it is really a blood qin, it is also very valuable." It's just that this blood stain is actually artificial. ”

Meng Zitao's words were like a basin of cold water poured on Luo Zhuyue's head, and after being stunned for a moment, she shook her head again and again: "How is this possible, even if the expert brought by my cousin is wrong, the owner of the antique shop in the town will not be mistaken, right?"

"Who knows what level the owner of the antique shop in the town is!"

Meng Zitao muttered in his heart, and then explained: "Aunt, you listen to my analysis first, what do you think?"

Luo Zhuyue hadn't lost her mind yet, and said with a frown: "You say." ”

Meng Zitao said: "Generally speaking, the ancient jade blood is formed by the soft jade and the underground red mineral (some say that it is the blood of the corpse) into the jade body. The genuine product is old and warm, the essence is contained, the rust and soil spots are heavier, and the shade has natural changes in color. ”

"The blood is fake, one is the counterfeiting of the jade cortex. The red jade skin looks a lot like Xueqin, but its luster is darker and lacks the color variation of shades and shades. The second is dyeing, but the color of this imitation is either too dark or too light. ”

"To make this kind of 'blood Qin', generally in a large vat with pig blood mixed with loess, and then bury the jade into it, for a long time, it not only has 'blood Qin', but also 'loess rust'. There is also a method of 'dyeing Qin', which can also be boiled with the same herb as blood-exhausted grass, comfrey, and bone-penetrating grass, which can also be boiled to produce the effect of 'bloodstain'. ”

Meng Zitao looked at Luo Zhuyue, whose face was like ashes, and then said: "In addition, there are cow hair patterns, real cow hair pattern ancient jade, some of the texture is concave, and the fake cow hair pattern ancient jade does not have small depressions, but it is a road crack." ”

"The fake 'cow hair pattern' is generally to boil the jade with thick gray water and black plum water for several days, take it out while it is hot, and put it in the wind and snow overnight to make the jade pattern freeze and crack. The lines of the strong ones are as fine as hair, and with the oil coloring, it looks very similar to the ancient jade of the 'cow hair pattern'. ”

"Okay, speaking of which, let's take a look at this piece of chicken heart ......"

As he spoke, Meng Zitao pointed out the characteristics of the chicken heart pendant one by one, and said, "Auntie, what do you think of this chicken heart pendant?"