Approaching the Spring Festival, Qi Shufang was still in her hometown, Professor Jin and Granny Jin said to He Jianguo, and when he invited his husband and wife to go to the He Lou Brigade for the New Year, they politely declined.

This year's Chinese New Year's Eve is Saturday, and the Spring Festival is Sunday, and He Jianguo plans to return to his hometown after work on Saturday.

Although the two of them would feel very lonely when they stayed in Gupeng City, Professor Jin and Granny Jin had already seen it, and didn't they spend it by themselves when they lived in the cowshed?

He Jianguo persuaded him several times to no avail, and in desperation, he left the New Year's goods and returned to his hometown alone with some of the New Year's goods.

This year's Helou Brigade has a particularly strong New Year's flavor, inside and outside is lively and lively, every household is generous croquettes, fried fruits, dumplings, killing chickens and slaughtering geese, it is rare to eat a good meal all year round, no matter how poor the people are, they are willing to grind some dumplings with cabbage stuffing on white bread, and add some oil and water to the pork distributed by the production team.

The three rooms of the He family gathered together to accompany the old father for the New Year, and dozens of people in the same house of the three generations set up three tables in He Jian's house.

Wang Chunling frowned, put aside the debts owed by the family, and said to Qi Shufang with a smile: "From now on, you and the third child don't bring any rations when you take the children home, you can't afford anything else, the food will definitely be enough for you to eat." ”

Qi Shufang held the anxious son May Day in her arms, fed him a little millet porridge, listened to Wang Chunling's words, and said busily: "Sister-in-law said so, then Jianguo and I are welcome." It's just that our family has a lot of appetite, so what should we do if we eat up all your food?" Although we are now in the early stage of reform and opening up, food is still very precious, and it is estimated that the food crisis will not be alleviated until the early 80s when the household joint contract system is implemented in all parts of the country.

Wang Chunling waved her hand arrogantly and said: "Look at what you said, are all your families all big-bellied Maitreya Buddhas? Can you eat thousands of catties of grain? It doesn't matter if you finish eating, just eat." ”

She is not stupid, He Jianguo and Qi Shufang go to work, go to school, and take their children with them, and they will stay in their hometown for a few days all year round? What's more, Qi Shufang is so capable, she is at home, and the family is short of oil and water, which is more precious than food.

Qi Shufang pursed her lips and smiled.

There is no contradiction in the scene really makes people feel comfortable, and harmonious, you humble me, this is like a family!

Turning his head to look at the table above, He Jiandang's brothers and He Daorong's adult sons and nephews accompanied He's father to push the cup and drink wine, chewing fried peanuts, Qi Shufang really hoped that time would stop at this moment.

In fact, Zhang Cuihua and Wang Chunling didn't expect today.

Before Qi Shufang made a fortune, the three families lived almost the same, no one was jealous of anyone, each had its own way, before Qi Shufang entered the door, He Jiandang's family and He Jianjun's family occasionally got together for the New Year, and they all hated to have to produce a grain of grain.

It wasn't until the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was almost eaten, He Jiandang took out a matchbox and lit a cigarette, Qi Shufang took the May Day who fell asleep after eating to the inside, Zhang Cuihua also brought Wu'er in when she saw this, and the rest of the people were still staggered, laughing and laughing, thinking about the past year and looking forward to next year's harvest.

"I decided, not to mention the chickens, ducks and geese, to raise two pigs first, and then put all my energy in the cotton field. He Jianguo built a few acres of wasteland to plant spring corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes and other high-yield crops.

In the past, the pigs handed over to the state were thin, and they worked hard to raise more than 100 catties a year, and they had to allocate feed and grain to the pigs to eat, otherwise they could not raise the pigs to the national standard weight of 120 catties with pigweed alone.

He Jianguo said worriedly: "Can the eldest brother do it?"

"If you can do it, what can't you do? He Jiandang has already drawn up a plan, "I have a variety of land, and the sweet potato vines and potato vines that I cut can be fed to the pigs when the time comes, and I am reluctant to waste wheat bran cornmeal, rotten sweet potatoes and rotten potatoes, these high-yield slices are dried into dried seeds to feed the pigs, and the two pigs have limited food, and they usually have more pigweed." ”

He Jianjun said with a smile on the side: "I have the same plan as my eldest brother, taking advantage of the prime of life, to take advantage of the prime of life, to collect more land, collect more grain, and raise more chickens, ducks, geese, pigs and sheep." I'm not afraid to live too much, I'm afraid of being lazy. ”

Father He is old, two acres and seven points of grain harvested enough for him to eat, no energy to feed pigs, decided to raise a few lambs in addition to chickens, ducks and geese, sheep and grass cutting is not a heavy job, the harvest of wheat straw, corn straw and other things stored is enough for lambs to survive the winter, not to mention that he can also cut grass on the spot when he prunes the sheep and dry it for storage.

"Dad, why are you so tired? Why don't you move to live with us. If you are afraid that you will have no food supply in the city, don't you have land at home? I will accompany you back to collect grain every year when it is time to harvest it. He Jianguo said.

He had long wanted to take Father He to live with him, but Father He never agreed.

One of the reasons why He's father did not agree was that the state did not allow urban and rural people to live together, and even for a period of time, only one child was allowed to stay in the city for a city, and it was a trivial matter for the countrymen to be uncomfortable in the city, mainly because there was no food supply for the city people, and if they did not work at home, there would be no work, and there would be no food without work.

Another reason is that He's father is not used to living, and every time he enters the city, he will take a shower, wash his hair and change into decent clothes, for fear of embarrassing his son and daughter-in-law when he goes to the city.

Of course, He Jianguo and Qi Shufang didn't dislike their father's dress, but the old man didn't think so in his heart.

Most parents think about their children in every way.

He Jianguo spent three or four months on further study, and He's father finally survived, and when he saw his youngest son come back, his old man immediately packed up his things and went back to his hometown, even if he made three or two friends in the city, he couldn't erase his eagerness to go back to his hometown, and he said that he had been idle for a few months, and he was uncomfortable.

Hearing the youngest son's words again that he should go to live in the city, He's father shook his head busily and shook it like a rattle: "Don't go, don't go, don't go! What am I going to do? There is no one in the neighborhood who knows each other, and I can't say a word, I talk about saving manure and cultivating the fields, they talk about work and rush to buy non-staple food, dry eyes, I can't understand what they say, they can't understand what I say, this is called not speculation more than half a sentence, how can it be compared to being at home? ”

Father He didn't go to the city to ask for hardship.

The most important thing is that the eldest son and the second son are both in their hometown, so it is okay for him to go to the younger son to live for a few days occasionally, but it is not okay to live with the younger son for a long time, where is the face of the eldest son and the second son resting? Although he does not cause trouble to his sons and behaves in harmony, but with such three promising sons, as long as he wants to, it doesn't matter if he walks sideways in the Helou brigade.

"Daddy!"

He Jianguo screamed, but before he could say anything else, Father He hurriedly interrupted him: "Don't persuade me, I told you I wouldn't go, anyway, you come back every week, I usually send you vegetables and firewood, and it's not that I can't see you." ”

He was afraid that He Jianguo would continue to persuade him to change his mind, so he changed the topic and looked at this table to make up for a while, and Xiao Ping'an who was playing at that table, "An An, An An, come here, Grandpa will clip a big piece of meat for you!"

Ping An trotted all the way to the front, and said happily: "Grandpa, clip a big piece of meat, I eat lean, save the fat meat for Grandpa to eat, and when I grow up, I will earn money to buy a lot of meat for Grandpa!"

He Jianjun said with a smile: "Ouch, this little hairy girl is really nice to talk about." ”

The three brothers turned back to the topic and discussed their plans for next year.

He Jiandang decided to plant 10 acres of cotton, and He Jianjun decided to plant 8 acres, although cash crops are very important and can make money, but grain crops cannot be given up, and there is not enough grain for nothing.

After listening to the words of the two elder brothers, He Jianguo added some precautions, and dispersed late at night.

Early the next morning, the younger generation gave the elders New Year's greetings, and the unmarried younger generations all received the New Year's money from the elders, as usual, He's father gave his grandchildren one dollar, and He Jianguo's three brothers and his wife gave their sons and nephews five cents each, which was five times higher than the year when Qi Shufang just crossed, and she gave seven nephews New Year's money that year, a total of seven cents.

He Jianguo and Qi Shufang are not short of money, but they did not spend money because they had money to surpass their brothers and sisters-in-law, and He Jiandang and He Jianjun felt very comfortable in their hearts.

In the evening of the same day, He Jianguo's family returned to the city, and the two families brought a lot of food and vegetables as rations for Qi Shufang's mother and son at home.

Qi Shufang has only finished a year of school, and the food supply is in the capital, and this time she came back to exchange a lot of national food stamps to bring with her, but she can't go out to buy food every day, right?

For the thoughtfulness of their brother and sister-in-law, He Jianguo and Qi Shufang are very grateful.

Back at home in the city, He Jianguo told his wife about his teacher's and wife's speculation about Chen Sanchuan.

Qi Shufang was grabbing the fried fruit to Professor Jin and Granny Jin, she was stunned when she heard this, and almost spilled the fried fruit in her hand, her eyes widened, full of incredulity, "The teacher and the master and wife think that Professor Chen concealed Lao Ma's last words? No wonder he gave Chen Ning a few good things. ”

She loves money, no one in the family can compare, if Chen Sanchuan steals something that belongs to her, she will definitely not give up!

Although I don't know the exact number, precious things such as jade diamonds in the old Shanghai period were not worth a lot of money in this era, but Qi Shufang thought of the future, the future!

Granny Jin's teeth were not good enough, so she pinched a handful of fried fruits and slowly grinded her teeth, asking Professor Jin to tell Qi Shufang.

After listening, Qi Shufang slapped on the table, her willow eyebrows were upside down, and her apricot eyes were wide open.

In this way, Professor Chen is very suspicious. The reason why she said the word suspicion was that Professor Jin and Granny Jin were just inferring based on common sense, and they did not have accurate evidence, and she could not be sure at once.

"yes. Professor Jin sighed, "I have inquired with Lao Chen's former neighbors in the past two days, Lao Chen's family is not rich, not even Chen Ning's family, their old neighbors all said that Lao Chen didn't know why he suddenly became rich, their family has a strong smell of meat every day, and their little grandson often eats a lot of high-priced goods." Lao Chen's daughters-in-law boasted to their neighbors that Lao Chen had the foresight to hide a lot of treasure before the bad luck in the family, and now they don't have to worry about eating and drinking at all. ”

Granny Jin finished eating the fried fruit in her hand, washed her hands with soap and came back, "Chen Ning came to pay New Year's greetings in the morning, I pretended to ask inadvertently about what Lao Chen gave him, how do you guess he answered?"

"How do you answer?" Qi Shufang had the opportunity to see Chen Ningde's things, but she didn't go because she went back to her hometown.

"I asked him, what Lao Chen sent to him, worthy of him to show off to Shufang, invite Shufang to enjoy, he said that it is the town seal jade, he didn't say what it is, but he has a sentence I think is very interesting. ”

Qi Shufang asked what she said, and Granny Jin said: "Lao Chen said that he was rehabilitated, thanks to Chen Chi, so he asked Chen Ning to send a few things to Chen Chi, which are more precious and rare than those given to Chen Chi." Chen Ning said in his original words, "What is the thing that Grandpa Sanchuan gave me, what I gave to my cousin is a priceless treasure, used by the Empress Dowager Cixi!"

Ma Tianlong said that he had a lot of things that the Empress Dowager Cixi had used, and that the Empress Dowager Cixi's funeral goods had also fallen into his hands, and he had shown off many times.

He Jianguo and Qi Shufang couldn't help but be stern.

If after listening to Professor Jin and Granny Jin, they also doubted Chen Sanchuan, then they could now be sure of seven points.

Professor Jin continued: "Chen Ning also has some words that are also very intriguing. He said that if Lao Chen hadn't been rich, Lao Chen's children and grandchildren would definitely not have rushed back so soon, which is really sighing. He also said that having money really cultivates people's inertia, and now the children and grandchildren of the old Chen family are waiting to eat, drink and have fun except for Chen Yu, who entered the office of the municipal party committee, and do nothing. ”

Qi Shufang frowned, "Teacher, when you chatted with Lao Ma, in addition to the jade lion head paperweight that you gave to seven catties, did Lao Ma also say what treasures he hid? ”

"This is as it should be, I will go to Shanghai in two days, first deal with the house returned to me by the state, and then I will go to the vicinity of Lao Ma's house to ask if Lao Chen has appeared. Professor Jin agreed with Qi Shufang's intention to investigate first, and then answered another question, saying: "Lao Ma likes to be nostalgic for the past, and said that he used to have many collections, and he boasted to me that he didn't even have anything to do, but if it wasn't in this batch of treasures, I didn't know, Lao Ma didn't say it carefully, the only thing that can be sure is the jade lion head paperweight." If this pair of jade lion head paperweights appeared in Lao Chen's house, it would be completely certain whether Lao Chen had stolen Lao Ma's treasure. ”

The pair of jade lion head paperweights was used by Cixi, from the skilled craftsmen of the time, engraved with the mark of the craftsman and the specifications of the entry, Professor Jin has studied these more, the tools of the Empress Dowager Cixi are the highest specifications, even if Lao Ma did not say these details, he can also say some doorways, as for the mark of the craftsman, he does not know.

Qi Shufang recorded them one by one and acted separately with Professor Jin.

Professor Jin went to Shanghai, and Qi Shufang went to Chen Ning's house, in the name of sending air-dried game, but in fact, they enjoyed what Chen Ning had obtained.

Chen Ning got a pair of Tianhuang stone carved tiger paperweights and a piece of mud inkstone, an ornament of the immortal riding the phoenix, the immortal is carved out of red agate, and the phoenix is carved by the glutinous five-color jadeite, which can be called priceless.

Among them, the Tianhuangshi paperweight was used by Qianlong, and the origin of the Chengni inkstone is also good.

Qi Shufang personally prefers jadeite, staring at the immortal phoenix ornament that Professor Jin said about entering the mark during the Guangxu period, Chen Ning also knew her preferences, and said with a smile: "Sister Shufang, if you like it, I will give you this ornament in a few days." "Compared with the paperweight inkstone, the ornament is nothing, and Chen Ning has received Qi Shufang's great grace, so there is nothing to be reluctant to.

"I like crystal clear jadeite, but I don't like it. Qi Shufang smiled, although the phoenix in this ornament is not first-class enough, but it is better than the color, and there are five colors, skillfully using the beautiful color technology in the Qing Dynasty court jade carving, which is very rare. Qi Shufang just likes it, and she won't say she likes it, now this is Chen Ning's thing.

Leaving Chen Ning's house, the sky had already darkened, and Qi Shufang's feet turned around and approached the old Chen family.

She deliberately chose to visit Mr. Chen and Mrs. Chen in the evening, just to use the night to cover up her actions, and the spiritual power that she had not used for a long time poured out like a tide, enveloping Lao Chen's house, and soon stayed in Lao Chen's room.

It doesn't matter if you look at it, Qi Shufang was taken aback.

Lao Chen's room is very simple, the furnishings are simple, in addition to a bed, a large case, a bookcase, there is a wardrobe and a box, are ordinary wood, nothing unusual, the bookcase is full of pen, ink, paper and inkstone books, rough look ordinary, take a closer look will find a pair of jasper rulers pressed rice paper, next to a complete set of jasper pen holders, jasper tube brushes and jasper pen holders, pen holders carved into bamboo style, the whole body is green, under the light, almost no flaws can be seen.

Except for this set of jasper utensils, there was nothing of value on the case, and there was no room for it, and Chen Sanchuan, who was sitting in front of the big case and reading a book, was also dressed as usual, wearing a half-worn gray-blue tunic, with patches.

This tunic suit was very familiar, and Qi Shufang quickly recognized it as one of the winter clothes she sent to Chen Sanchuan from Shanghai.

Qi Shufang concentrated on using her spiritual power to shroud the wardrobe, except for clothes and bedding, there was nothing else, and continued to shroud the bookcase, except for books, there was nothing else, and in the end, there was only the big box at the head of the bed.

Shroud the past!

Qi Shufang's eyes darkened, and she suddenly found a burst of jewelry.

These jewels are pressed at the bottom of the box, the volume is not large, not even a cubic foot of space, but inside are small and precious jewels, the most obvious is a number of gold bars and a variety of jadeite, gemstones, diamonds, some are loose stones, some are finished products, there is no jade lion head paperweight, and there are no treasures that Ma Tianlong and Professor Jin show off.

Since it was the largest batch of treasures that Ma Tianlong had hidden, there should be more than that, right?

No, no!

Ma Tianlong just said that it was the largest amount of things he hidden, and he didn't say how big this amount was, after all, Qi Shufang took out some of the things he hidden, and the number was very small, the first time was the jade diamond and two big yellow croaker, and the second time was three treasures including the nine-eyed dzi, and the things in the box were definitely ten times more than the things he got the first two times.

Qi Shufang noticed that the gold bars were all large yellow croaker, starting with S.

S stands for Shanghai, and only gold bars minted at the Bund Mint in Shanghai bear such an imprint.

A few days later, Professor Jin rushed back from Shanghai and brought the news that Chen Sanchuan had wandered near Ma's house, Professor Jin was good at painting, and specially painted a portrait of Chen Sanchuan, and the Ma family's neighbors said that they had seen him, and even a person who lived in the Ma family's house said that he had rented a house from the Ma family.