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When I was a child, there was a small shop in front of the community, said it was a small shop, but it was better to say that it was a utility room, the light was dim, not to mention, the place was still small, and there was an old man living in it, and everyone called him Uncle Shi. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe reason why Uncle Stone is called Uncle Stone is because Uncle Stone is happy to collect jade. Jade, not only refers to the kind of mutton fat jade we call it, but also some other stones, anyway, it is all kinds of rare stones. Uncle Shi was obsessed with jade when he was a child, to what extent? Probably you can skip a meal for a day, jade is unbreakable, as long as you see it, like it, and try your best, Uncle Shi will also buy it back, and then take a box with flannel cloth and put it on the shelf, and over time, it will waste your studies and youth. Time flies, Uncle Shi has also become a middle-aged man, but he has no intention of getting married, and his parents are helpless about it, because Uncle Shi is not at home all the year round, and he is looking for jade outside, so he can't care about it, until Uncle Shi's parents pass away, Uncle Shi will be more relieved to go on the road to find jade, without worry.

Originally, Uncle Shi's family has been in business for generations, and Uncle Shi will not be abandoned if he does not do his business properly. But when Uncle Shi was 35 years old, a big change occurred in the family.

Speaking of Uncle Shi's family, the ancestor originally opened a pawnshop, and later opened a money village in Uncle Shi's grandfather's generation, although it is not as good as other big households, but it is also worry-free, coupled with the ancestral treasure appreciation skills, even if you don't open a pawnshop, you can also support your family if you go to other pawnshops to be treasures. When Uncle Shi was thirty-five years old, not long after his parents died, Uncle Shi went to the south to visit Shoushan Stone after the funeral. And only Uncle Shi's elderly grandmother and the old housekeeper and a group of subordinates are left in the family, the old housekeeper has worked hard for Uncle Shi's family for many years, and handed over his grandmother to the old housekeeper, Uncle Shi couldn't trust it anymore, not to mention that there are uncles watching the pawnshop and the money bank, how can there be anything?

But people are not as good as heaven, Uncle Shi has believed in the old housekeeper since he was a child, and his own uncle joined forces, poisoned his grandmother, and usurped Uncle Shi's family property, when Uncle Shi found a rare stone, when he went home, he found that the house had long been sold by his uncle and the old housekeeper, and his pawnshop and money were also redeemed to others, his grandmother passed away, the uncle and the old housekeeper were missing, and even Uncle Shi's treasures in his early years were all gone.

Although Uncle Shi is middle-aged, he is addicted to jade and has a simple heart like a child, and at that time he was still looking for the whereabouts of his uncle and housekeeper in the city. It wasn't until one day that Uncle Shi met the girl in the house on the street that he knew what had happened, and Uncle Shi was already penniless at that time, leaving only the precious stone he had picked up from the south. Fortunately, the girl missed the old days, wrapped some dry food for Uncle Shi, took a little broken silver, and asked Uncle Shi to rent a yard next door to his house. Uncle Shi was not displaced, and later Uncle Shi naturally became a relative to this girl and lived together.

But the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, when Uncle Shi put down the jade temporarily, ready to live in peace, the Japanese devils entered China, Uncle Shi and his wife were separated, Uncle Shi had to leave home in order to find his lost wife, took his only jade, took some dry food and coils, and embarked on the road to find his wife.

After searching for three or five years, Uncle Stone happened to pass by a city, and outside the city, Uncle Stone met his wife, who was being dragged by a group of robbers, disheveled, and was about to buy his wife to a brothel. Uncle Shi's wife was still young at that time, she was already more than ten years younger than Uncle Shi, and she was quite beautiful, so she still had charm at this age, although it was impossible to sell the price of a little girl, but she could sell it for a little money.

Seeing all this, Uncle Shi touched the stones he had received in recent years, and watched his wife being pulled farther and farther away. Although selling stones is not a quick thing to realize, it is not impossible, not to mention that at that time, there were many pawnshops and money banks, and it was much easier to sell these than now. Uncle Stone watched his wife being pulled away, touched his stone, and walked towards the opposite place with a ruthless heart.

Uncle Shi didn't save his wife after all, but found a small place to live. Later, when it came to demolition, Uncle Shi had no money to make up for the house, so he had to live in a utility room with the money from the demolition. After that, Uncle Shi would often collect stones, although he lived in the utility room, but Uncle Shi specially asked someone to make a shelf, and put boxes containing stones on the shelf, which was in order.

Over the years, Uncle Stone's reputation has gradually spread, and there is an endless stream of people who come to buy stones. But Uncle Stone drove out all the people who wanted to buy stones, and he didn't leave any affection. Uncle Shi has no other financial resources, just barely maintaining his income by guarding the door and watching the car in the community, but for so many years, no matter how difficult it is, Uncle Shi has never touched those stones, but just carried them silently.

Until Uncle Shi was seventy years old, Uncle Shi's body, like other old people, slowly collapsed. The illness came like a mountain, and Uncle Shi soon couldn't support it and was admitted to the hospital, but Uncle Shi was so poor, how could he have the money to be hospitalized? I can only rely on the help of my neighbors and villagers. At first, everyone thought that they would help this poor old man, and when the old man recovered, or if he got better, he would return the money to them.

But for so many years, Uncle Shi has lived in the utility room, he has not seen the light of day, it is damp and cold, and his body has long been dead, this time he is sick and has never gotten up again.

Before Uncle Shi died, Uncle Shi left the only last words. This last word is not to help him find the girl, but to bury those stones with him. This request made everyone shake their heads, for so many years, Uncle Stone did not forget to buy stones, for each stone, daily maintenance is also a non-falling. When everyone thought that Uncle Stone would distribute these stones to everyone to pay off their debts, Uncle Stone actually asked to bury these stones with him. Of course, everyone is not happy, but there is no way.

Until a leader, when Uncle Shi was about to be buried, he gave everyone an idea, saying that everyone divided Uncle Shi's stones, and then held a funeral for Uncle Shi's scenery. 、

But everyone only knows that Uncle Shi's stones are very valuable, but there is no place to sell them, so they can only put these stones in the original brocade box and put them at home, which is used as decoration. Later, one of these neighbors' children, because of excessive gambling, owed a large amount of debts outside, and thought that he would sell the stones to pay off the debts, so he took out the stones and sold them, but he happened to meet a professional treasure appraisal agency, saying that these things were national treasures, and all of them were handed over to the state.

Uncle Stone has been busy all his life, has touched countless stones, knows the last moment of his life, and still thinks about taking these stones to accompany the funeral, and he really deserves the name of Uncle Stone. Faced with his wife who would not abandon him when he was down, he also chose a stone, it is conceivable that he was not rescued, maybe it would be a relief for this wife.