The journey to wuhaI is not far, only about three hours by car.

Li Le, who left at 7 o'clock in the morning, arrived around 10 o'clock. This city is no stranger to Le's memory, since he learned of his life experience after his mother's death, he basically came once or twice a year.

The place to get off at the moment is at the station, and Tang Chongming's place is not too far from here, on Xudong Road. If you take a taxi, you will arrive in half an hour without traffic jams, and at this moment Li Le feels that it is still early, so he plans to walk and stroll over.

At this moment, during the National Day, the streets are crowded, and various shops are doing activities or something, a lively scene.

With the popularity of people, Li Le watched the lively scene on the side of the road all the way. About half an hour later, Li Le walked to Xudong Road.

Five minutes after entering the street, Li Le saw a market in front of him, which was full of people.

When he got closer, he saw that the sign of the market said Xu Dong Antique Market, and Li Le thought that it was still early anyway, so he was ready to go in and shop.

There is a lot of space inside, and more than 400 shops are located next to each other. There are also countless people setting up stalls, and under the surging flow of people, Lile is also walking forward.

Most of the stalls and shops here deal in strange stones, and they are no strangers to this industry, and as an excellent carver, stones are also within their range of carving.

However, most of the stones here are valued for their peculiar shapes or naturally generated patterns on the stones, which are collectible. In later generations, there were also strange stones that were sold for sky-high prices. For example, strange stones such as "Years", "Chicks Out of the Shell", "The Beginning of Man", and "China's Territory" were all sold at sky-high prices of around 100 million yuan.

Li Le sometimes stops and looks at the stalls casually, but most of the stones on these stalls are not very good.

There are many factors in the value of a strange stone, the first stone quality determines whether it can be preserved for a long time, and a stone that cannot be passed down will lose its value in the collection...... The second is the stone species, but most of this factor has the factor of hype, and the strange stone should not be determined by the stone species. The third is the variety, and the gap between different varieties of the same stone system is also very large. The fourth is the place of origin, in some places the price of the same variety of stones with the same vein is not much different, and it is also formed that the origin of the theory, but to buy stones in the place of origin is expensive, and the second is easy to buy fakes.

Last but not least, the shape and pattern of the stone. The reason why a stone can become a strange stone is because its shape has some special meanings and images, or there are naturally formed landscapes, grass carp, insects and birds and other patterns on it.

At this moment, the stone that Li Le looked at on the stall obviously did not have anything too special, even if there was a pattern, it was a little vague and the meaning was unclear.

Just wandering around like this, while watching, Li Le also saw about six or seven stalls.

No, he was crouching in front of a stall again. After rummaging through the area, Li Le didn't find any special stones.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly glanced out of the corner of his eye, and saw a flat stone weighing about fifteen pounds in the corner of the stall, and there seemed to be an image at the bottom of the stone.

Li Le took the stone in his hand, and saw that its stone quality seemed to be good, and the stone type seemed to be Yuhua Stone. The stone skin is yellow, and the pattern is white, but there are some white stone skins stained between the patterns, which are somewhat different from the white of the patterns, almost gray and white, and do not seem to be the material of Yuhua stone.

Li Le was a little strange, the boss saw that Li Le was holding the stone for a long time, so he said, "This stone or, eighty yuan to take away." ”

Li Le shook his head, he felt that eighty yuan was a little worthless.

"In this way, you give seventy, ten dollars less."

"Fifty." Li Le quoted his price, this is still his interest in this stone, otherwise he would not be too lazy to get fifty.

"In this way, one of us will give a step, and you can give sixty-five."

Hearing this, Li Le directly put down the stone and prepared to leave.

When the stall owner saw that Li Le was leaving, he was also a little anxious, "Fifty, fifty, you take it, you should make a friend, and I hope you will patronize it more in the future." ”

Pulling out fifty yuan from his wallet, Li Le left with the stone.

After shopping for more than an hour, it was already close to 12 o'clock, thinking that he was going to Tang Chongming, Li Le stopped shopping and walked out of the market.

Tang Chongming lives in a villa in a community, which he bought after he came here to work, and his wife and daughter also came over. The wife is from the He family, named He Yueling, and the marriage between the two was originally the product of the two families.

Tang Chongming's daughter is eighteen years old this year, named Tang Xin, and is in her second year of high school.

For the impression of He Yueling and Tang Xin, Li Le is only in the stage of memory, Tang Xin is not bad to her, every time she sees him, she will call him brother crisply, the little girl may be a little lonely, so she is a little close to Li Le. It's just that He Yueling will always take care of her and don't let her get too close to Li Le.

As for He Yueling, even if she had face-to-face contact, she only had a meal together and rarely spoke or anything. The basic impression is that she is a somewhat cold woman, and she always seems to have some dislike for Li Le, I don't know if it's because Li Le is annoying herself, or for other reasons.

After all, Li Le is also Tang Chongming's son, and she will also have Li Le's share when she divides the family property in the future, which may be the reason why she hates Li Le a little.

After coming to Tang Chongming's house and ringing the doorbell, Li Le waited patiently. The door is opened by the nanny Wang Ma of the house.

"The young master is back!" When Wang Ma saw that it was Li Le, she seemed very enthusiastic. After all, he is Tang Chongming's son, even if he is not successful, he is not a subordinate who can show her face.

"Hmmm! I'm back, Mama Wang. Li Le returned very politely, but this politeness stunned Wang Ma, in previous years, when the young master came back, he never seemed to call himself Wang Ma, and he always said yes.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Wang Ma was stunned, although Li Le understood why she reacted like this, she could only pretend not to know at the moment, so as not to be embarrassed.

"It's nothing, my lord is upstairs in the study."

"I know, you're busy with you, I'll go up myself." Li Le was still holding the stone on his mobile phone, and then went upstairs.

didn't go straight to the study, but went to another room first, this is the room left by Tang Chongming for him, no one else lives, usually he lives here when he comes back.

There seemed to be someone playing the piano in the room next to him, and Li Le knew that it was Tang Xin.

After entering the room and placing the stone on the table, and then tidying up the clothes, Li Le walked towards the study.

The door to the study was unlocked, and it opened with a slight twist.

Looking at it, the color of the study is mainly black and gray, not that luxurious and gorgeous, but it has its own bookish connotation, which also shows the owner's taste.

The gray floor is spread on the ground, the bookshelves on the wall are full of all kinds of books, the reddish-brown cabinet is made of mahogany at a glance, but the year is still the same, showing the atmosphere of the years, and the position near the door is a group of leather sofas, and a coffee table is placed in the middle, with a set of purple clay pot tea sets on it.

The desk is also made of mahogany, and it is very simple, with a pen holder, a lamp, an inkstone and a pen holder with a brush......

Although things are simple, Li Le knows that the pen holder, pen holder and inkstone are all old things and are very valuable.

At this moment, a middle-aged man in his forties with glasses was sitting there reading a book. The hair is meticulously combed back, the facial features are upright, and the eyebrows are like sharp blades. The face is rigorous, and it has the momentum of a superior person.

"Here we go." Seeing that it was Li Le who entered the door, Tang Chongming put away the books in his hand, got up and walked over from the desk.

"Hmmm! I just came here. ”

"Sit down and talk." Tang Chongming sat on the sofa first, and then asked Li Le to do the same.

"How's it going at school these days?" Tang Chongming brought Li Le a cup of tea, gently pushed it in front of him, and then asked.

"It's okay, I was in military training a few days ago, and I will have a holiday after this military training."

"I seem to have lost a little weight, but I look a little more energetic."

"I've lost more than 20 pounds." Li Le took a sip of tea and replied.

Tang Chongming looked at Li Le for a moment, and then said, "It seems that something has changed, and it is a little different from before."

"Huh!" Li Le didn't expect Tang Chongming to pop up such a sentence after watching it for a long time.

"I heard your aunt say that you can cook by yourself now, and you seem to be doing well?"

"It's okay, if you live alone, you always have to learn."

"It's good that you know that you are sensible, I won't talk about the past before, and it is up to you what path you choose in the future." Tang Chongming began to talk about the big truth again in three or two sentences, which seems to be a common problem for every father.

"I know!"

"Hmmm! It's good to understand, I'm busy here, and I don't have much time to take care of you, everything depends on you. If you want to come back and live there, it's fine, I'm here to help you find a school. ”

"Huh! Forget it, it's good for me to be alone over there, I'll take care of myself. Hearing that Tang Chongming asked him to come back to live, Li Le hurriedly refused. I still have things to deal with over there, and when I come back, He Yueling is here, and I am not as comfortable as there.

Hearing Li Le's refusal, Tang Chongming didn't have any unhappiness, and seemed to have guessed such a result.

After the two chatted for a while, Wang Ma downstairs came up to call for dinner.

Although he didn't talk much, it could be seen from Tang Chongming's tone and words that Tang Chongming's opinion of him had changed. Whether it's from my aunt or a brief contact at this time, things seem to be developing in a good direction.

When I came out of the study, two people also came out of the next room, it was He Yueling and Tang Xin.

"Aunt He! Xin'er! Li Le greeted the two of them, no matter whether He Yueling hated herself or not, the necessary politeness was still needed.

"Hmm!" He Yueling replied lightly.

"Brother, are you back?" Tang Xin's smile is very sweet, with the youthful atmosphere that she should have at her age.

"Hmmm! Just came back not long ago. ”

"Let's go down and eat!" Tang Chongming said a word, and then walked downstairs.

At this moment, Wang's mother has already brought out all the food, and the rice is ready. A few people sat down at the table, and then they ate.

"Is the food still appetizing?" Tang Chongming asked casually.

"Okay." Li Le nodded, Wang Ma's craftsmanship is still good.

"Xin'er, you go out with your brother tomorrow, my company still has something to do, and I can't get out of the way." Tang Chongming said to Tang Xin again.

"Xin'er has to practice tomorrow." Without waiting for Tang Xin to answer, He Yueling made the decision for Tang Xin first.

Tang Xin was originally smiling when he heard Tang Chongming's words, but after hearing his mother's words, he suddenly pouted and looked a little depressed.

Such an expression fell into Li Le's eyes, and he also sighed slightly.

"What kind of piano to practice, if you don't practice for a day, it's not something missing, let her take Xiaole out to play tomorrow." Tang Chongming was also a little annoyed when he heard He Yueling's words, he knew his wife's opinion of Li Le.

"You are busy all day and night and you can't take care of the children, you let Xin'er go out with Li Le, if you are taken away, you will be responsible?" He Yueling showed no mercy on her lips, and didn't care about Li Le's opinion.

"What do you say? You tell me again. Tang Chongming was really angry this time, although He Yueling often said such things before, but at that time, Li Le was really not angry after all, so he basically turned a blind eye to He Yueling's behavior of letting Tang Xin alienate Li Le, although he was angry in his heart, but he couldn't pay attention to it after all.

But before coming back this time, he heard Li Hong say that Li Le had changed, and he had told their mother and daughter about it, and Li Le really didn't cause any trouble during this time.

He didn't expect that when he proposed to let Tang Xin take Li Le out to play, He Yueling still had this attitude. He already felt ashamed of Li Le and the two of them, so when he heard such words again at this moment, he suddenly felt angry.

Seeing the two quarreling, Li Le also felt a headache, and it seemed that he would become a dispute when he arrived at his relatives' house now.

"Aunt He, don't argue. I know you have an opinion about me, and it was true that I was ignorant before, so if you don't want Xin'er to take me out, then I won't go. ”

"See for yourself, has he become sensible? Why do you have to be so prejudiced against people? Hearing Li Le's words, Tang Chongming suddenly felt that he occupied the commanding heights, and his words seemed to be justified.

"Okay, okay, you're right, I'm wrong, I don't care." He Yueling didn't expect Li Le to say such a thing, and after finishing speaking, she went upstairs directly, not even finishing her meal, it seemed that she was obviously angry.

"If you can't say two sentences, that's it, don't care about him, Xiaole, you sit, let Xin'er take you out tomorrow, it's decided." Tang Chongming was also angry, standing straight at this time, finalizing tomorrow's affairs, and his tone could not be refused.

Li Le's face was also full of bitterness, but Tang Xin was no longer excited, obviously she didn't want to see her parents quarrel.

After quickly finishing the meal, Li Le said hello to Tang Chongming, and then returned to his room.

Thinking of the scene just now, Li Le also felt troubled, and his good mood was also disturbed.

After sitting quietly for a long time, Li Le calmed down, and then noticed the stone he threw on the table, and couldn't help but get it in front of him.

After I sold it back, I basically didn't pay much attention to it. Looking at the other white skin, which did not match the naturally generated white pattern on the stone, Li Le tried to touch it with his hand, and it seemed a little rough.

Then he tried to pull it with his hand, but there was no response, and the glue was very firm.

But this bit of stuff couldn't stop Li Le, and he was now almost certain that these white skins were definitely not one with the stone. The stone itself was not too clean, but if you look closely, you can't find it, and the stall owner may have missed it on the part of carelessness.

However, whether this is a stone or not has value depends on the white stone skin that was not originally one to know after it is removed.

But this little thing is not difficult for Li Le.

After going downstairs again, Tang Chongming and Tang Xin were gone, and only Wang's mother was busy cleaning and hygiene.

After Li Le went out on his own, he looked for what he needed. About half an hour later, Li Le returned to the villa with a bag.