"Si Ni, long time no see, how are you doing?" Yang Yi's lobby brother is called Yang Jianlong, and his appearance is handsome, but unfortunately there is always a trace of pride between his eyebrows, which makes it difficult to make a good impression.

After Si Ni finished her work, she lit a cigarette and pulled Qiao Qiao to the tree in the courtyard to laugh quietly, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious. didn't expect Yang Jianlong to suddenly come out to say hello.

Although he has always disliked Yang Jianlong, he is Yang Yi's cousin anyway, so naturally he can't give him a face, so he smiled reluctantly: "Brother Jianlong, it's been a long time!" ”

"Who is this?" Yang Jianlong's eyes lit up after seeing Qiao Qiao, and he almost cried out, and immediately put on a chic and uninhibited appearance again. As everyone knows, sometimes the more deliberately you want to behave, the more you look like a clown in the eyes of others.

At the moment, Jojo is still wearing a simple T-shirt and jeans, with a pair of high-top canvas shoes underneath, and she has added a light puffer jacket due to the weather. I was helping in the kitchen before, and my long hair, which had been hanging down, was simply tied up, revealing a delicate face, and I didn't have time to put down my sleeves, revealing my wrists. The seductive beauty of the girl next door is breathtaking.

"Hello! My name is Jojo. After helping in the kitchen, Qiao Qiao completely entered the role, and generously reached out to shake hands with Yang Jianlong to say hello.

Yang Jianlong swallowed, nodded and smiled: "Are you Ah Yi's girlfriend?" What a blessing to be a stinky boy! As he spoke, he turned his head to glance at his girlfriend who was dressed up in a fancy way, and suddenly felt that she couldn't even compare to a single hair of Qiaoqiao, like a toad in the mud.

All the food and drinks have been served, and the courtyard is filled with appetizing aromas.

Old man Yang naturally sat in the position of facing north and south, Yang Jincai and the other three elders were also in the lower position, and the rest of the juniors were not so polite and sat down at will.

Until the two-meter-long table of 12 people is full, it looks very lively.

Yang Jinrong raised his glass first and said: "Although today is the birthday of the eldest brother, we should first toast my father to thank him for his hard work for this family for many years, and it is precisely because of his hard work that we have today's good days!" ”

The words were very beautiful, and everyone naturally seconded the proposal, and they all raised their glasses to wish the old man good health and the like.

"This wine is so fragrant!" Jojo rarely drinks alcohol, and after drinking a small glass, he couldn't help but exclaim, "I've never drunk such a good wine!" ”

"Miss Jojo is a blessing today." Yang Jianlong was separated by Qiaoqiao's two seats, and when he heard this, he said: "Our family's home-brewed rice wine is very famous in the entire Peach Blossom Town. To know this rice wine...... Alas! ”

As he spoke, his face suddenly deformed, and he screamed in pain, and the girl sitting next to him with heavy makeup had a sneer on his face, obviously stomping on the table.

"Our family's rice wine is made with our own hands using the grain we grow." Yang didn't look at Yang Jianlong, leaned into Qiao Qiao's ear, and pretended to be intimate: "In the past, every time there was a harvest, our family would use a part of the grain to make rice wine, one is to celebrate the harvest, and the other is to wish a good omen for the coming year, but unfortunately now the old man and grandfather are old, and they can no longer do farm work, so the fields are rented to others. ”

Yang Jianlong couldn't help but snort when he saw the intimacy between Yang Yi and Qiao Qiao, turned his head and saw his own tigress staring at him, his face changed, and he didn't dare to let go of his farts and lowered his head.

Here, Erlong, Sanpao and Sini didn't have time to listen to their chat, giggling and persuading each other's wine, making the atmosphere lively.

"This cup is for today's birthday!" Yang Jinrong raised his glass again and said: "I wish my eldest brother a prosperous business and a lot of money!" ”

"Good!" Yang Jincai pretended to drink a full cup of wine and said with a smile: "My little business is not enough to worry about, not enough to worry about!" He said that he was not a good mouthful, but the smile and expression on his face were extremely proud, and he was obviously very proud of his little 'little business'.

"Is Uncle in business?" Yang Yi was the first to hear that the uncle had made some money by contracting in the town before, but he didn't expect that it had expanded now, which was worthy of praise.

The tall and thin young man was Yang Yi's second cousin, Yang Jianlin, and sneered when he heard this: "You rarely go home, so naturally you don't know these big things." Now Uncle has set up a Mingyue Restaurant in Yinan City, and the business is quite hot, and even many popular celebrities and government dignitaries are frequented, and sometimes they have to book a place in advance! My brother is not talented, and now he is working as a manager in a restaurant. ”

"Oh! Congratulations! Yang Yi was not interested in this, and raised his glass with the three guns.

"Since it's the eldest brother's birthday, I have to give a gift. Lest the eldest brother say that I'm not upright as a brother! Yang Jinrong drank a few glasses in succession, and with a red face, he took out a small box the size of a palm from his arms.

The attention of the whole table was attracted by the box, and as Yang Jinrong proudly opened the box, a piece of milky white jade was revealed.

Everyone knows that Yu Jue has the intention of seeing jade and decisive, indicating that he has severed relations with the person concerned. But there's a deeper meaning to it. Yang Jinrong took a piece of beef, swallowed it, and added: "The wearer is decisive in everything, and has the temperament of a gentleman or a husband." And this piece of Han Dynasty Gu Jue was bought from an antique shop with all my might, but I want to wish my eldest brother a prosperous business and will not be bothered by anything! ”

"Not bad!" Old Man Yang frowned when he saw Yu Jue before, and he was relieved after hearing Yang Jinrong's explanation. You must be decisive in doing business, and this jade jue is quite heartfelt.

Yang Jianlong also immediately took out a rectangular box from behind him, and when he opened it, it was a scroll of calligraphy and paintings.

On the scroll, a crane stands on an ancient pine, making wings ready to fly, and the whole picture is outlined in light black brush and ink, simple but lifelike.

"The pine crane prolongs the year, and the purple gas comes from the east! Good! Good! Yang Jincai squinted his eyes and read out the payment below aloud, with a look of approval.

"This is a birthday picture drawn by Master Liu Yunming himself, and I would like to dedicate this painting to you, Dad!" Yang Jianlong handed over the title to Yang Jincai, his face was full of pride.

Yang Yi suddenly said lazily: "How much did this painting cost, big brother?" At least more than five figures, right? ”

"Five figures?" Yang Jianlong laughed and said: "Master Liu's random calligraphy and painting is at least more than 100,000 yuan, and this calligraphy and painting was bought by me with great difficulty with a friend's trust, and it is worth 300,000 dragon coins!" ”

"So it's so expensive?" Yang nodded at Gen Tianxiu and said with a smile: "But I heard that Master Liu has never painted pine, bamboo and plum." And none of his genuine calligraphy and paintings are worth more than one million, didn't the eldest brother buy a fake? ”

"You...... You are talking nonsense! What do you know about Master Liu's true handwriting? Yang Jianlong spent 300,000 dragon coins, so he naturally didn't believe what Yang Yi said.

"Let's not talk about the price and whether Master Liu has painted pine, bamboo and plum, but after I carefully observed it just now, I found a few inappropriate places." Yang Yi smiled and said, "If you don't believe it, please ask the eldest uncle to unfold the calligraphy and painting, and let me point out those few inappropriateness." ”

Yang Jincai naturally didn't believe that his son would give him a fake, so he left the table to unfold the calligraphy and painting, and stood straight next to him, so that everyone could see it carefully.

Yang Yishi walked over and pointed to the feet of the crane and said: "Anyone with a little common sense knows that the crane has four toes, three toes in the front, one toe in the back, and the hind toes are so small that they do not touch the ground, so they cannot perch on trees, but can only perch on the shallow waters of lakes and marshes. And this crane actually miraculously climbed the tree, doesn't Master Liu even have this bit of common sense? ”

Yang Jianlong was speechless, and the audience was silent.

"And this Honka." Yang Yi said: "Ancient pine, its root system is thick and powerful, the taproot is deeply rooted in the rock, and the other five thick branches are all exposed, like a dragon's claw, hence the name." And this pine grows on the soil, bending over in the wind, like a weeping willow, could Master Liu make such a low-level mistake? And this ......."

"Alright, alright!" Yang Jincai usually lacks exercise, he can't stand it after raising his arms high and stretching them for a while, he put down the calligraphy and painting and said with a smile: "It's just 300,000, just buy a lesson, but in any case, this is Jianlong's intention, I naturally won't dislike it, not only that, but I also have to hang it in the study, always remind myself not to make such mistakes!" ”

These words not only resolved Yang Jianlong's embarrassment, but also indirectly showed that he was a tolerant and open-minded person, and he said it quite beautifully.

Yang Jianlin, who was tall and thin, also stood up, took out a large box, and opened it to reveal a red cloth covered with it, and after the red cloth was uncovered, a Buddha statue was revealed.

The Buddha statue is golden all over, shimmering in the sunlight and is clearly made of pure gold.

At the current price of gold in Yinan, this Buddha statue is worth at least about 100,000 yuan, but although the price is high, it lacks novelty and looks vulgar.

Yang Jincai didn't say anything, and accepted it with a smile.

Then Mr. Yang gave him another handwritten calligraphy, which was not valuable, but it represented the love and support of the elders.

Then everyone set their eyes on Yang Jinfu, and everyone gave gifts, only he and Yang Yi did not express it.

Yang Jinfu's old face was slightly red, and he took out a stamp and handed it over.

"Stamps?" Yang Jincai's face was as usual, and he couldn't see the obvious displeasure.

"Uncle, don't underestimate this stamp." Yang Yi smiled and said: "This is the first batch of stamps that have just been built in the early days of my country's postal service. Although the price is not as good as the second brother's Golden Buddha, it has a huge collection value. ”

Yang Jincai nodded in understanding.

"We're all giving gifts. Ah Yi, what did you send? The calligraphy and paintings that Yang Jianlong bought for 300,000 yuan were said by Yang Yi to be worthless, and of course he wanted to retaliate when he got the opportunity, and said with a smirk: "I heard that Ah Yi is mixing well in Yinan, so the gift must be very novel, right?" ”

Yang Yi didn't bother to pay attention to him, and nodded to Zhi Tianxiu, where Qiao Qiao had already taken out a wooden box.

This book was first published in Reading Books