Jiang Lili looked at the black ornament and said a little strangely: "What kind of corner does that look like." Is it also a medicinal herb? ”

Xu Tao said: "That's a good thing, that's rhino horn, if I'm not mistaken, it's still an Asian rhino horn." Rhino horn can be used as medicine, which can clear heat, cool blood, calm shock, and detoxify. ”

"The young man really has some eyesight, no wonder Lao Guo praises you so much!" Song Zijiang glanced at Xu Tao and nodded slightly, in his opinion, this is a candidate for his grandson-in-law, for him, his granddaughter is his most important treasure, and of course he has to take good care of this grandson-in-law.

"Yes, you have gained a lot this time!" Song Zijiang said and took off his glasses and put them aside, his eyes were not good, but the doctor told him to pay attention not to use his eyes too much.

Song Xiaoyun was also very proud when he saw that Xu Tao was recognized by his grandfather, you must know that Song Zijiang rarely praises anyone with good vision.

"Grandpa, Xu Tao also picked something for you, he said you would like it, but we didn't see anything good about that thing!"

"Oh? What else? Song Zijiang was a little puzzled when he heard this, his old friend praised Xu Tao in front of him, and Xu Tao also showed that he did have extraordinary eyesight just now, but those are all medicinal materials, does he have any good medicinal materials for himself?

"This, I may not be able to see it as a good thing right now!" Xu Tao said as he opened the statue wrapped in cloth in his hand: "It's not convenient here, or ......."

As Xu Tao was talking, Song Zijiang suddenly jumped up, and his movements were so agile that they were completely incommensurate with his age.

Song Xiaoyun was taken aback when she saw this, and hurriedly helped the old man and said, "Grandpa, what's wrong with you?" ”

Song Zijiang didn't answer Song Xiaoyun's words, stepped to Xu Tao's side in a few steps, pointed to the statue and said, "This, where did this come from?" ”

Song Zijiang said, his body trembled slightly, which scared Xu Tao as well.

Xu Tao felt that Song Zijiang should be satisfied with what he sent, but that's all, how could he have imagined that he was so excited. This is a good thing, that's good, but he hasn't taken it out yet, can he see it?

Without waiting for Xu Tao to answer, Song Zijiang had already shouted loudly: "Quick, quick, bring my glasses!" ”

Song Xiaoyun was still supporting Song Zijiang at this time, and Jiang Lili hurriedly ran to get her glasses. Everyone is a little confused, this Song Zijiang is a collector of everyone, what good things have not been seen? What is such a good thing about such an unsightly sculpture, how can he be so excited?

Song Zijiang took the glasses and hurriedly put them on, and stretched out his hand to touch the statue.

"Yes, it's her," Song Zijiang said and said eagerly: "Turn it over and let me see the back of the base!" ”

Xu Tao hurriedly turned the statue over, and when Song Zijiang saw it, his eyes suddenly blurred, and he stretched out his hand behind the base. muttered, "Yes, it's her, it's her......"

Everyone didn't know what Song Zijiang meant, Li Jian's eyes were sharp, and he found that there were a few lines of words engraved on the place where Song Zijiang touched, and couldn't help asking, "What is engraved there?" ”

Song Zijiang muttered: "It looks like a golden clump and can be light, and Huirun will melt purple quartz." Graphite is a phoenix tail, and half a spoon of cold spring is a dragon's eye. Scratching people Bai Zhi is sad and dark, and the red feast is eye-catching. Both places are easy to use for a while, and there is no need to wash the sound of the stream. ”

The old man's eyes were already overflowing with tears as he spoke, and one hand kept rubbing the words.

The word is very small, with Song Zijiang's current eyesight, I am afraid that he has to use a magnifying glass to see it clearly, but now the old man's eyes are overflowing with tears, and it is impossible to see clearly what is engraved there.

Song Xiaoyun was puzzled, leaned over to take a look, and found that although the words engraved on the back of the statue's base were a little blurred, they were vaguely recognizable, and they were indeed these poems recited by Song Zijiang.

Song Xiaoyun has a family history and knows that the old man is reading the poems of Pi Yuexiu, a genius in the late Tang Dynasty. Moreover, Song Xiaoyun also knew that there was a banner written by himself hanging in the old man's study, which was written with this poem.

After taking a closer look, Song Xiaoyun suddenly felt that the words engraved on the back of this base were not so mellow and graceful compared to the one hanging in the study, and they were a little more tough, but they were vaguely the old man's notes.

At this moment, Song Xiaoyun was also surprised, and subconsciously asked, "Grandpa, this sculpture can't be made by you, right?" ”

Song Zijiang finally calmed down a little, shook his head when he heard the words, and said, "I didn't make it, but it's me!" ”

"Huh?" At this moment, several people were a little dumbfounded.

Xu Tao bought a sculpture in the market casually and turned out to be Song Xiaoyun's grandfather, which is really incredible.

If this statue is shaped like Song Zijiang, if Xu Tao already knew Song Zijiang, then it is still possible. But Xu Tao had never seen Song Zijiang before, and where did this statue look like Song Zijiang, it was just like an old man in the countryside, and even his own granddaughter Song Xiaoyun didn't see anything similar, how could Xu Tao know?

For a while, Song Xiaoyun widened her eyes and looked at Xu Tao suspiciously, although she had accepted the fact that Xu Tao had a lot of magic, but today's thing seems to be a little too weird, right?

Seeing this, Xu Tao couldn't help but shrug his shoulders and said innocently: "Don't look at me, I really don't know!" ”

Song Xiaoyun said: "Then why did you pick this statue, and are you sure that my grandfather will like it?" ”

Song Zijiang waved his hand: "It's Ajuan, it's your grandmother!" ”

"My grandmother?" Song Xiaoyun looked puzzled.

"Your grandmother told him to bring this statue back!" Song Zijiang said with certainty.

Then, Song Zijiang finally told the story of this sculpture.

It turned out that in the turbulent years, Song Zijiang, who was a stinky old man, was sent to the countryside to receive re-education from poor middle peasants.

There, Song Zijiang met Song Xiaoyun's grandmother Zhao Xiaojuan, and the two got married. Song Ziwen was a talented man in his early years, he liked to dance and ink, but he was very bad at farm work, if it wasn't for Song Xiaoyun's grandmother to take care of him, he didn't know if he could survive in those years.

Song Zijiang got married and had children in the countryside, and inadvertently got an ancient inkstone, which was regarded as a treasure. Unexpectedly, he was reported, saying that he was not good at re-education, hiding at home and dancing and writing, he was the four olds, and he wanted to come to his house to smash the four olds.

In order to keep the ancient inkstone, Zhao Xiaojuan made such a statue and hid the inkstone in the base and escaped the catastrophe.

At that time, Zhao Xiaojuan said that the statue she made was Song Zijiang. However, Zhao Xiaojuan didn't know how to sculpt, so he didn't look like it back then, and made his sculpture look like an old man in the countryside, and Zhao Xiaojuan also joked that he looked like this when he was old.

Later, Song Zijiang was knocked down and the cowshed was closed. Zhao Xiaojuan was also affected by him and was criticized. When Song Zijiang was finally rehabilitated, Zhao Xiaojuan passed away.

Song Xiaoyun's father resolutely stayed abroad after going abroad because of the painful memories of his childhood, and did not come back.

Song Zijiang later returned to the place where he was decentralized, and tried to find this statue, but after many years, it has long been a person. The statue couldn't be found, but he didn't expect it to appear at a stall on Pingjiang Road, and it happened to be encountered by Xu Tao.

This statue was not like it back then, and Song Zijiang was very different from when he was old, and as a result, his closest granddaughter could not be recognized. If Xu Tao hadn't felt the breath of Gu Yan, I'm afraid he would have missed it again.

"You say this is a statue made by my grandmother?" Song Xiaoyun stared at the big eyes and asked incredulously, "There is an ancient inkstone in this base?" ”

Song Zijiang nodded: "Since this base is not broken, the inkstone should still be inside!" ”

Of course, Song Zijiang would not think that Xu Tao could see that there was an inkstone in it. In his opinion, this must have been his wife who asked Xu Tao to bring this statue back. From this point of view, Xu Tao is naturally the grandson-in-law personally selected by Song Xiaoyun's grandmother.

But Song Xiaoyun didn't see it that way, Xu Tao just found an ancient inkstone in the calligraphy and painting shop on Pingjiang Road, but people didn't sell it. It can be seen that he must have known that there was an ancient inkstone in this sculpture before he bought it, otherwise how would he choose such an inconspicuous sculpture.

As for how this guy knew that there was an ancient inkstone in the base, then she didn't know, but this guy had a lot of magic, and Song Xiaoyun didn't feel strange at all to know that there was an ancient inkstone inside.

Song Xiaoyun also felt that today's matter was too bizarre, as if there was some power dominating it, so after thinking about it, he said: "Then it must be grandma who asked Xu Tao to send this ancient inkstone back to grandpa, let's take it out!" ”

Hearing his granddaughter's words, Song Zijiang hesitated. Of course, he knew that the ancient inkstone was very precious, but now in his opinion, no matter how precious the ancient inkstone was, it was not as precious as this statue, which was shaped by his Ajuan himself.

If he smashed the statue in order to take out the ancient inkstone, even if it was just the base, Song Zijiang felt that the gains outweighed the losses.

Song Xiaoyun saw that his grandfather was hesitant, and seemed to understand what he was worried about, so he said, "Are you afraid of breaking the statue?" But since grandma asked Xu Tao to send this statue back, she should want to send the inkstone back to you! ”

Song Zijiang also felt justified when he heard this, with his understanding of his wife, she would probably have this idea, but when he thought of destroying this sculpture and destroying his only work of Ajuan, Song Zijiang couldn't bear it, and hesitated: "But ......"

Song Xiaoyun had already turned to Xu Tao: "Xu Tao, can you take out the inkstone without breaking this sculpture?" ”

"This!" Xu Tao looked at Song Xiaoyun looking at him expectantly, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, I'll come!" ”

Xu Tao said, took out his porcelain bottle containing gold needles, opened it, took out a gold needle made of purple English fine gold from it, turned the statue upside down, held the statue in one hand, held the gold needle in the other, and drew an irregular shape along the base, as if the base was made of tofu.

Xu Tao put away the gold needle, stretched out his hand to remove the piece of clay that he had slid away, turned his hand, and sure enough, poured out an inkstone from it, and the shape was almost exactly the same as the piece of clay he had just scratched.

(To be continued)