Maybe Zhang Ziling finally realized the embarrassment of getting along with them, and it happened that a few people of the same age passed not far away, he greeted those people, and said goodbye to them and said goodbye to them and went to the lake.

Chu Yiyao looked over, Zhang Ziling and one of the teenagers laughed and said something, and a few people walked away.

"I want to leave if he wants to leave." Qin Manqiu sighed, turned his head to look at Chu Yiyao, pressed the letter on the table, and laughed, "Which family's son!" "

"Sister Qin, don't ask." Chu Yiyao grabbed her arm and simply sprinkled it, if she told Sister Qin, it would be the most unclear.

"There is a girl in my family who has just grown up, alas." Qin Manqiu suddenly sighed with regret on his face, and reached out to touch Chu Yiyao's back, "My elbow turned out so quickly, sister, I'm really sad." "

Chu Yiyao didn't squeak, Qin Manqiu didn't ask any more, but he was curious about where he bought this lotus root cake, which was much more delicious than the one in the restaurant, and Chu Yiyao didn't know, Shen Shixuan sent such a plate, and he never appeared.

In the afternoon, there were more and more people on the lake, they went back to the attic, there were many more pleasure boats on the lake on the other side, Mrs. Qin was a little tired, so they went back to the private house one step earlier, and in the evening, Chu Yiyao asked Qin Manqiu to take her and her sister-in-law and nephew to the shop together.

Qiao Cong'an didn't want to go at first, but Qin Manqiu instigated Chu Yingzhu to pull his mother along, Chu Yingzhu took Qiao Cong'an out with his small hand, and learned Chu Yiyao's tone, "Sister-in-law, if you come, go out for a walk." "

Qiao Cong'an was amused by his son's childish voice, picked him up and walked outside, "Okay, let's go out for a walk." "

A few people went directly to the carriage, according to Qin Manqiu's statement, maybe the things would be gone if he went late, and the shopkeeper had such a strange temper, who knows if he was in a good mood again, closed the door and went to sleep.

When he arrived at the mouth of the alley, Qin Manqiu pointed to the location of the tattered lantern in the alley and said to Chu Yiyao, "Go over to the lantern and there is a door, just go in, I won't go, I'll wait for you here." "

Chu Yiyao got out of the carriage, took Chu Yingzhu's hand and walked in, the alley was very dark, Chu Yingzhu refused to leave after taking two steps, Qiao Cong'an picked him up, and the little guy still hugged his mother's neck, refusing to look at the dark end in front of him.

Under the lantern, there was a narrow door, the dark panel mottled and painted, and ajar there.

Chu Yiyao pushed the door in, almost frightened by the heavy squeak of the door, and what came into view was a small courtyard, with a few lanterns lit on the courtyard wall, and it was much brighter, and there was a grape trellis on the left hand side of the door, and a rattan chair was underneath, and there was a person lying on the rattan chair.

Chu Yiyao looked around and there was no one else, the person lying down should be the shopkeeper, Chu Yiyao shouted, "The shopkeeper." "

The man didn't react, and a fan was placed on his face, and his body heaved.

"Yiyao, let's go back, this is breaking into someone's house." Qiao Cong'an didn't look like a shop, and there were no dazzling goods in the house.

The man on the recliner heard the sound and moved slightly, and the fan covering his face fell, revealing a face full of stubble, frowning with his eyes closed, as if he was still not sleeping happily.

There is such a door in this alley, it must not go wrong, such a layout and temper, doesn't it show the strangeness of this shopkeeper, Chu Yiyao walked into the house, and there were many paintings hanging on the wall inside.

"Sister-in-law, look." Chu Yiyao pointed to the pair hanging in the center of the wall, Qiao Cong'an approached, and there were two words written in the lower right corner of the painting, which were a little vague, but Qiao Cong'an read it accurately, "Huaishan." "

"Sister-in-law, how can you see it clearly, I don't think that word looks like Huaishan." Chu Yiyao took a closer look and always felt that it was not very presentable.

"I don't know, it's the word Huaishan." Qiao Cong'an looked a little familiar, and always felt that he had seen it somewhere.

The people in the courtyard suddenly sat up, looked towards them, and their eyes were directly fixed on Qiao Cong'an's body, Chu Yingzhu in Qiao Cong'an's arms was not afraid, and pointed to the shopkeeper who came over and shouted, "Bearded!" "

The shopkeeper passed by them, walked to the painting, looked up, took it down and rolled it up directly, picked up the ribbon from the shelf on the side and tied it, took it to Qiao Cong'an and handed it to her.

"I didn't say I wanted to buy it." Qiao Cong'an waved his hand, startled by him like this, and took down the painting without saying a word.

"I didn't say I would sell it, but I gave it to you." A low voice that matched the beard sounded immediately, and regardless of whether Qiao Cong'an wanted it or not, the man directly stuffed the painting to Qiao Cong'an, "The goods have been shipped out, and they will not be returned." After speaking, he turned to look at Chu Yiyao, "What about you?" "

"I've heard that the shopkeeper here is very interesting, and the things sold are also interesting." Chu Yiyao came back to his senses, looked at the few broken boxes he didn't know where to find, listened to him muttered in a low voice, and glanced at Qiao Cong'an, this person was not a little strange.

"Which do you prefer?" The deep voice sounded again, and the shopkeeper opened the boxes one by one, compared to the tattered boxes used to place them, the contents surprised Chu Yiyao greatly.

It was all an egg-sized gem, and the one in the middle was even as ruddy as chicken blood, and Chu Yiyao couldn't take his eyes off it.

The shopkeeper seemed to see her thoughts, took the remaining two back, and directly pushed the box in the middle in front of Chu Yiyao, these things are priceless, especially this superb gem, such a large one, more expensive than Chu Yiyao's treasured cabinet of things combined.

"How much does this cost?" Chu Yiyao raised his head and asked, the shopkeeper shook his head and looked at Qiao Cong'an behind Chu Yiyao, "Tell me her name, and I'll give it to you." "

Qiao Cong'an's body shook when he heard this, and as soon as he let go of his hand, the painting fell to the ground, and he put down Chu Yingzhu to pick it up, but Chu Yingzhu walked around the room.

"Shopkeeper, this doesn't seem appropriate, you name a price." As soon as Chu Yiyao's words fell, the shopkeeper directly took back the box, Chu Yiyao looked at him in astonishment, and he stubbornly said again, "Name." "

"Ying Zhu!" Qiao Cong'an just picked up the painting when he saw Chu Yingzhu reaching out to grab the bottles and cans on the shelf, and cried out.

Chu Yingzhu shook his hand, and the small jar he had just grabbed fell directly to the ground and shattered, the red dust-colored powder scattered from the jar, and the voice of the shopkeeper suddenly came from his ears, "Don't suck!" "

The person in front of Chu Yiyao was gone, and Chu Yingzhu was held in his arms by the shopkeeper, covering his nose and mouth with one hand, and retreated to Qiao Cong'an's side before stopping.

It was only a momentary incident, and Joe hugged his son with peace of mind, and the shopkeeper scooped a ladle of water from the yard and poured it on the powder to prevent it from blowing it apart.

"Uncle Bearded." Chu Yingzhu, who was tightly hugged by Qiao Cong'an, shouted in a muffled voice, poking his head out to look at the shopkeeper.

"Thank you." Qiao Cong'an's hands trembled slightly, and he looked up at him and thanked him.

"Tell me her name, and you can take this gem back." The shopkeeper silently cleaned up, and looked at Chu Yiyao again, Chu Yiyao looked at the scroll in Qiao Cong'an's hand, it seemed that the sister-in-law read the name on the painting just now.

"My surname is Joe." Qiao Cong calmed down and said, "Do you know me?" ”

"You're a lot like me." The shopkeeper silently recited the word Qiao, "If you can, please also ask Madame to tell Madame Zaixia's name, I have been out of contact with that old man for twenty years." ”

A low and hoarse voice sounded in the room, this was the longest sentence they had said when they came in, and Qiao Cong'an looked at him, half of his beard covered all his expressions, leaving only those eyes, deep and incomprehensible.

"My name is Qiao Cong'an." After a long time, Qiao Cong'an said with a touch of change in his expression, "I grew up in Jinling since I was a child, and I shouldn't be the old man in your mouth." ”

The corners of his mouth raised slightly, and the shopkeeper took out the gem and handed it to Chu Yiyao, "It's going to close, let's go." ”

Until she returned to the carriage, Chu Yiyao couldn't understand the shopkeeper's strange behavior, and looked at Qiao Cong'an, she hugged Chu Yingzhu in a distracted manner, and couldn't understand everything that had just happened.

"It's not surprising that there were guests who went before, and the shopkeeper didn't ask for anything, so he asked some questions, or he didn't ask for silver." Qin Manqiu felt that Chu Yiyao's trip was worth it.

"Have you asked for names before?" It's all based on your own whims, you can give it if you like it, and you don't like to give anything in exchange for it.

"There should be, I've heard three questions asked, and if the answer is satisfied, he will send it directly, and if he is not satisfied, he will not sell any amount of silver, and a guest can only buy one thing from him, and he often moves, and it is not easy to find out that he is in Guancheng." Qin Manqiu explained this, and what happened at night didn't seem weird, but Chu Yiyao faintly felt that something was wrong in his heart.

Back at the private house, Qiao Cong'an looked a little tired, and took Chu Yingzhu back to rest first, and they didn't go anywhere else when they came back all the way.

Qiao Cong'an put the scroll on the table, and after washing and coaxing his son to sleep, he sat on the table and looked at the painting, stretched out his hand for a long time to remove the silk and satin, and slowly spread out the painting.

It was a few very cute puppies, but the paintings were all on the back, two of them were very intimate, head to head, and the background was a path, which was the two words written in the corner, and she now looked at the word Huaishan, why Yiyao said that it didn't look like it.

I tried to think that apart from feeling that the word was familiar, Qiao Cong'an couldn't remember anything

In the small alley of Guancheng, it is still the small house, and the bearded shopkeeper in the house stands by the wall, and there are many paintings hanging on the wall, but the difference is that the rest of the paintings are not signed.

He turned and went up to the second floor, lit a candle, found a quaint box from the place full of cabinets and boxes, blew the dust on it and took it downstairs, he pulled open the lid on it, and inside was an old silver bracelet, with inlaid lines and edges that were not fashionable today.

He picked it up and carefully wiped it on his sleeve, muttering, "Aman, this time it shouldn't be wrong." ”

The author has something to say: Uncle Huaishan's world, we can't understand ╮(╯Д╰)╭

Aman: Mother's meaning

Whew,I actually updated it at 6 o'clock.,Quack,Because Ryoko goes to work.,So the update time of this pair of changes is a little inaccurate.,Try to make the first change at 12 o'clock to two o'clock.,The second one is around six o'clock in the evening.,Something will be announced and left a message in advance (shhh