This morning.

My parents and Zou Yue'e both went to work, and when I woke up, there was no one at home.

After brushing my teeth and washing my face, I sat down in front of Aunt Zou's not very high computer, turned on the power, connected to the Internet, and started to get down to business. The spring and autumn auctions are the two largest auctions of any auction house each year, and there is no doubt that the items participating in the auction range from porcelain to miscellaneous items, all of which are not usually seen in high-end goods.

Rubbing the mouse scroll, I flipped through the pages.

It took nearly two hours for me to finally find the Colorful December Flower God Cup from the homepage of Yanjing Hanhai Auction Company.

It is a peony flower god cup representing April, with a blue and white depicting travertine peony on one side, showing yin and yang to the back with different shades, and the skill is superb. On the other side, the inscription poem "Xiaoyan is far away from the golden palm dew, and the twilight fragrance is deeply provoked by Yutang Spring", which speaks of Han Cong's "Peony" in the Tang Dynasty, and the seal book and chapter of the Hou Zhan "reward" character, poetry, calligraphy, painting, and printing are integrated, which is very rich in the elegant charm of the literati - and this colorful flower god cup is the month that has never appeared in my eight cups.

After taking a sip of tea, I shook my head slightly, there is only such a colorful December flower god cup in the largest auction every year, it seems that the number of surviving is indeed scarce and terrible, I really want to collect a full set of twelve, it is too difficult, but if I can get Hanhai this piece in my hands, I have nine cups, not far from the goal.

The restored Yuan Qinghua was auctioned with Hanhai, I took out the phone number of Mr. Peng, who was the matchmaker at the time, from the phone book, and dialed it, "Hey, is it Mr. Peng?" ”

"I am, who are you?"

"I, Gu Jing, am the one who took a picture of Yuan Qinghua with you."

"Oh oh, hello hello."

"That's the case, I want to ask, is the peony flower god cup that your company is going to auction in a few days an old thing?" The lot on the auction house is not necessarily real, so I need to ask first, don't rejoice," ...... Well, it's okay if it's inconvenient to say, I'll see it myself when I preview it. ”

"Fancy that cup? Wait for me to ask you. After a few minutes, Mr. Peng said, "The things are fine, don't worry." ”

I said: "Thank you, well, there is one more thing, I have a purple clay pot at home, I want to go to this autumn auction, do you want to contact me?" The thing is absolutely good, Chen Zhongmei's purple sand deer shape honor. ”

"Yo, that's a good idea, well, I remember you lived at the front door, right? In the evening, I went to look for you after I was busy with my business. ”

"Okay, I'll see you then."

Putting down my phone, I looked up at the watch on the wall, and when I saw that it was almost noon, I called Zou Yue'e and asked her if she would go home for dinner. Originally, Aunt Zou didn't say that she would come back, and there were still a lot of things to deal with at the beauty salon, but I smashed a sweet word over with a slightly red face, and she changed her mind again, saying that she would go home and let me wait.

I smiled and walked to the kitchen to get busy with lunch.

After cutting the bell pepper and chicken, I found that there were no other vegetables at home, and after rummaging through the refrigerator, I shook my head and prepared to buy some vegetables at the vegetable market. I can make do with it alone, but Zou Yue'e is my heart's meat, I am reluctant to make do with her, why do I have to make a dish, right?

I went to the front door to buy some chicken wings and coarse bone meat, and then picked some vegetables that Aunt Zou likes to eat, and then I turned around and walked out of the vegetable market.

Outside, I pinched my nose and passed by a few stalls selling seafood, and suddenly, in the distance, Zou Yue'e's back suddenly appeared in the crowd, walking briskly west with high heels. I know that there is no parking place on the other side of my alley, and she usually leaves her car at the front door.

After a few steps of chasing the front door, I opened my mouth to call her, but someone rushed ahead of me.

"Zou Yue?" It was a woman of nearly thirty years old, who seemed to be about the same age as Aunt Zou, who looked so-so, had good clothes, and wore a small brand.

I stood there and didn't move, only to see Zou Yue'e stunned, looking sideways at the woman: "Chen Fangfang? ”

"Is it really you?" The woman named Chen Fangfang was surprised: "If it weren't for Li Xia's reminder, I wouldn't have recognized you." ”

"Li Xia? Zheng Hai? ”

The woman known as Li Xia was stunned: "Yue'e, you have changed so much. ”

There are four of them in total, two men and two women, and judging from the intimacy, the two men should be the boyfriends of the two women. Eavesdropping on their conversation, I understood a little, the man next to Chen Fangfang is called Zheng Hai, Chen Fangfang's boyfriend, he, Chen Fangfang, and Li Xia are all Zou Yue'e's high school classmates, in the same class. I remember that Aunt Zou went to high school in Shijiazhuang, and she never mentioned that period to me, but Grandma Zou once told me that because it was a rural household registration, Zou Yue'e did not have a very good relationship in high school, and she had no friends.

"We've held several class reunions since graduation, but we haven't contacted you." Chen Fangfang glanced at her boyfriend Zheng Hai with very complicated eyes, and then fell on Aunt Zou, as if observing her clothes, leather bag and shoes, gradually, there was a slight change in her gaze, and her expression unconsciously brought a little superiority. She deliberately pulled the valuable designer bag forward, "...... Where have you been all these years? What works now? ”

Under normal circumstances, a person who has money or no money will more or less show traces in his clothing, but Zou Yue'e has always refused to spend my money, so whether it is a handbag or a dress, it is an ordinary grade, the kind that can be bought in a small shopping mall. Zou Yue'e smiled slightly: "After finishing my job, I went to Yanjing to break through, and now I work with a beauty salon." ”

Zheng Hai's face was a little unnatural: "Beauty salon? ”

"yes, what about you? What works now? How did you come to Yanjing? ”

Li Xia took his boyfriend Li Chao's hand and said, "I work at Shijiazhuang Liquefied Gas Company, and Li Chao is opening an antique shop with that side, isn't this going to be auctioned in autumn?" He wanted to touch this year's market, so I took annual leave and came to Yanjing with him to see, well, Fangfang and Zheng Hai originally worked in a real estate company in Hebei, and the Yanjing headquarters transferred last year now belong to the manager in charge, and it is said that the annual salary is six figures. ”

Zou Yue'e snorted, squinted and said, "It seems that everyone is doing well." ”

Li Xia grinned: "Those people in our second class are now the best of Fangfang and Zheng Hai, no, I came to Yanjing to eat a big family, I just rubbed a meal with Quanjude yesterday, and today I went to the front door to nibble on Yanjing snacks, but I didn't expect that as soon as I filled my stomach, I met the big beauty of our second class, hehe, Yue'e, you are getting more and more beautiful." ”

Zou Yue'e smiled bitterly: "Don't hold me." ”

Chen Fangfang frowned, and quickly relaxed, "Your beauty salon is here at the front door?" After that, I looked at a small pink-toned hair salon in the alley opposite the slope. In ancient times, the street at Qianmen was called "Bada Hutong", and even now, some small shampoo rooms are hidden here, doing improper business.

Zou Yue'e looked at her with a smile: "In Wangfujing, I just got off work and passed by here." ”

I frowned, and said in my heart that Chen Fangfang can't speak, right? The meaning of that sentence is that my Aunt Zou works in a hair salon? Aren't there just two little money? What's the matter? It can also be seen from Chen Fangfang's attitude towards Zou Yue, the relationship between the two was not very good in high school, it is very likely that Aunt Zou and her boyfriend Zheng Hai still have some small stories, thinking of this, I feel very uncomfortable, and I walked up with a step.

"Yue, your friend?" I stood in front of her with a plastic bag of vegetables.

"Hey, why are you there?" Zou Yue'e blinked her eyes and smiled: "Well, high school classmate, I just happened to meet you." ”

Chen Fangfang, Li Xia and others looked at me together: "...... Who is this? ”

Zou Yue'e took a bag of chicken wings from my hand and held me with her right hand: "Hehe, let me introduce, this is Chen Fangfang, Li Xia, Zheng Hai, Li Chao." After a pause, she hooked the corners of her mouth and said, "This is my husband, Gu Jing." ”

Li Xia was stunned: "Won't it?" Are you married? "At Zou Yue'e's age, it is obviously normal to get married, I guess they were surprised by the age gap between me and Aunt Zou," Well, I got the certificate last month. Zou Yue'e didn't shy away from it, and leaned on me like a little daughter-in-law.

With a look of surprise, Zheng Hai was stunned: "Where does your husband work?" ”

"I'm still in school, and I'm a sophomore this year." Seeing that the atmosphere was suddenly a little embarrassing, Zou Yue'e smiled disappreciatively: "The vegetable market here is a bit chaotic, if you are not in a hurry, let's talk in another place?" It's been ten years, and I miss you too, hehe, there's an old house nearby, where are we going? ”

After a few seconds of silence, a smile appeared on Chen Fangfang's face, and she glanced at the bag in my hand: "You live at the front door? Or don't go to your house. ”

Zou Yue'e hesitated, "...... It's okay, it's not far away anyway, so let's go. ”

On the way, Zou Yue'e and I walked in front, and behind me, Chen Fangfang and a few people whispered, as if discussing me.

I looked sideways at them and whispered to Aunt Zou, "Tell me, what's going on?" So who is Zheng Hai? ”

"Why do you think you're a bit of a teacher asking for sin?" Zou Yue'e blinked her eyelashes and squinted at me: "Can I understand that you are jealous?" Hehe, what are you staring at, Zheng Hai is Zheng Haibei, we were at the same table for a semester, well, also, he chased me, the whole school knew about it, and Chen Fangfang was also chasing him at that time, well, to put it simply, this is the relationship. ”

"Why didn't you tell me?"

“…… You didn't ask me. ”

I frowned, lowered my voice and said, "That's why Chen Fangfang is trying to bury you in front of them?" Does she still remember the original hatred? ”

Zou Yue'e looked at me, "You're thinking too much, why don't I feel it?" ”

"Hypocrisy!" I rolled my eyes at her, what I could see, she wouldn't see? Who believes! She may not care much about this, but I am her husband, and of course she is not allowed to lose face in front of others. The so-called people live with a face, trees live with a skin, and even the face is gone, so what is the strength of life? I decided to fight for her!

As soon as this thought was moved, a very harsh word came from my ear.

Chen Fangfang said: "Yue'e, why didn't you two wear wedding rings?" "Do you think she's angry? Which pot is not opened, which pot is mentioned!

Zou Yue'e looked back and smiled: "Oh, I'm busy these days, I haven't had time to buy it, eh?" What is your ring? Are you married? ”

"Not yet, but I expect to get married within the year, since we are both in Yanjing, you will also come to drink the wedding wine when the time comes." Chen Fangfang stretched out her hand flat, letting the diamond ring with a large carat number of carats sparkle in the sun, with the smell of strands.

"Okay, congratulations on that."

As he spoke, he had already walked to the door of the courtyard.

Originally, I was supposed to take them to my parents' north house, but today my parents left early, the house was not cleaned up, it was very messy, obviously not suitable for greeting guests, and the east house has not been cleaned, in desperation, I could only push open the door of the hut, and led them into my house and Zou Yue'e with a smile. Clean is clean, but the house is too small.

Zou Yue'e pulled the chair in front of the computer desk back, "...... Sit down, I'll go get the fruit. ”

"I'll go, you can chat with your classmates." I said.

As soon as the six of them entered, the room immediately crowded, Chen Fangfang, Li Xia and Zou Yue'e sat on the bed, while Zheng Hai and Li Chao sat on chairs, they looked around at the dilapidated hut with different expressions. Li Xia and Li Chao were fine, but Chen Fangfang couldn't help but show a mocking smile.

Zou Yue'e glanced at them: "Otherwise, go and sit in the courtyard?" ”

Li Xiaxu was afraid that her self-esteem would be hurt, so she said very considerately: "It's okay, it's good here." ”

Her boyfriend Li Chao took out a pack of soft China and politely gave me a cigarette.

I said sorry I couldn't smoke it, and brought a large grapefruit, seven or eight apples, and a few kiwis from my parents' house, and I pulled over a small four-legged wooden table, put the fruit on it, and beckoned everyone to eat. However, with me present, a few of them didn't seem to be able to let go of talking, and they talked about very unnutritious topics one by one. I knew they should have a lot to ask Aunt Zou, so I found an excuse to leave the house and go to the kitchen to wash and chop vegetables.

For their old classmates, Li Chao is also an outsider, and after I entered the kitchen, he also stood in the courtyard smoking a cigarette, and when he saw me looking at him, he smiled at me kindly.

After about ten minutes, I put down my kitchen knife and prepared to go into the hut to ask Aunt Zou if she was eating now.

"How many mouthfuls are these? Yue, tell me what's going on, why are you just drinking alcohol? Listening to the voice, it seemed to be Li Xia who spoke: "You were the smartest person in our second class, even Teacher Song was full of praise for you, I thought you could mix well after graduation, alas, I really didn't expect you to have such a hard time." ”

Hearing this, I almost fainted, and stood in the doorway and continued to eavesdrop.

Zou Yue'e said: "Hehe, the alcohol addiction has been relatively big in recent years, and it is not as miserable as you think, so it's okay." ”

Li Xia said: "I didn't even buy a ring when I got married, and the two of them lived in such a hut?" Is this called OK? Yue'e, come on, they're all old classmates, what is there to hide? Don't slap your swollen face and be fat, you know that I'm a straight talker, but I don't mean anything else. ”

Zou Yue'e said: "I understand. ”

Li Xia said: "Your little husband is too young?" And the looks are ...... He doesn't look like you, why did you marry him? ”

After a two-second pause, "...... I like him. ”

Li Xia said: "Why didn't I see what was good about him?" ”

Zou Yue'e said: "Hehe, in fact, I didn't see it, if you think about it carefully, there is really no advantage of being able to do it......" I was almost angry with her, okay, Zou Yue'e, you can do it, say bad things about me behind my back, see how I pick you up at night." But then, Zou Yue'e added: "...... But for some reason, I just like him, very much. "My heart warms, it's pretty much the same.

Li Xia said: "With your looks, you can at least find a husband with a little money, right?" Like you are living so innocently now, just for a liking? ”

The next voice to interject was Zheng Hai's, "He's still in college, which means that you have to support two by yourself?" ”

Zou Yue'e said: "You misunderstood, I'm really good now, my husband is ......"

I deliberately made a sound of footsteps at the door, and I immediately heard no sound in the room, so I pushed the door in.

"The dishes are all cut, just copy it, let's eat it together?"

Chen Fangfang looked at me a few times with her eyes, "No, we just ate with the front door." ”

Li Chao's cultivation is very good, and he didn't show any condescending expression because he was older than me, "Yes, don't be busy, sit and talk together." ”

I nodded: "Okay, then I'll make a pot of tea." Bending down, I opened the cabinet under my desk.

Zou Yue's puzzled voice came from behind her: "The pot is in our mother's house, what are you taking?" ”

"A new set." I took out the purple clay pot, put some tea leaves in it, gurgled and filled it with water, and said that my life is becoming more and more luxurious, and whoever gets this pot has to be carefully held in my arms, but I use it to make tea, which is really a bit of a tyrannical thing, uh, I can't say that, isn't the purple clay pot for drinking tea?

None of them noticed me either, still talking.

"How is Xiaoyu now?"

"She's also married, married to a seafood business owner, and we attended the wedding."

"Li Xia, what about the two of you? Don't have a date? ”

"He? Li Chao's feelings for antiques are deeper than mine, and he stares at his business all day long, how can he still take care of me? ”

At this moment, I turned around and stacked the beautiful little porcelain cups on the square table between the people, and then poured water into the cups with a jug. I was the first to pour Li Chao first. He politely held the teacup with both hands, and after saying thank you, he touched the cup and said with a wry smile: "Who said I can't take care of you?" I obviously mentioned ...... to you last time" The words stopped abruptly, Li Chao was stunned for a moment, and looked down at the porcelain cup painted with colorful patterns in his hand.

One second...... Two seconds...... Li Chao gasped and rubbed his eyes gently, as if to confirm whether he was mistaken.

(To be continued)