"No, no, no, Professor Zhang, you misunderstood, I didn't go to Taobao. ”

Chen Yixin waved his hand again and again and hurriedly explained.

"I'm going to participate in the Chinese and foreign student exchange activities of the Municipal Youth League Committee in a while. I heard that it was a one-on-one exchange, so I thought I had to prepare a gift for my friend. Having thought about it for a long time, there is nothing more suitable than the history of our country. And the concrete embodiment of history is in the cultural relics. I'm sure I can't get a real antique for the other party, but it should be more appropriate to look for some small pieces of average value. ”

After listening to Chen Yixin's words, Professor Zhang's expression was slightly better.

He likes Chen Yixin very much, so he especially doesn't want her to take a detour. I didn't stop her before, because I didn't think she was making money, but now that this little girl suddenly played with stocks, he was worried that he went to Taobao to raise capital.

"That's good. Xiaosheng, you can go with Xinxin, it just so happens that Jeff's daughter is also coming, so you can prepare a small gift for her by the way. ”

Nominally asked Zhou Sheng to find a gift, but in fact, he was still worried that the little girl would be disobedient.

Professor Zhang is also a day of worrying today.

Chen Yixin lowered his head and stuck out his tongue, and Zhou Sheng couldn't help but move the corners of his mouth.

"Let's go, there is not much need to pay attention to the stock market today, and I can go and walk a little more now. ”

Zhou Sheng stood up and helped pick up Chen Yixin's schoolbag.

"Are you going to take the bus?"

"Well, there is a bus directly to the antique city right at the door, and there is also a bus to the consulate road when you come out later. ”

Knowing that Zhou Sheng was not too familiar with the traffic here, Chen Yixin took the initiative to tell him the route of the ride.

The two said to Professor Zhang and Liu Bin, picked up their schoolbags and left one after another.

"Xinxin is a very smart girl, you should pay more attention to you as parents. Just because she's smart and independent, you can't let her grow up freely. Children at this age still need to be taken care of by adults, and they can't be allowed to take a detour because they don't notice it for a while. ”

Liu Bin was very aware of this, and he calmed down and agreed with Professor Zhang's suggestion.

"I'll remember, Xinxin's parents may not have much time to care about her, I have more time anyway, I will keep an eye on her. ”

"Don't be too tight, the right space should be reserved for the child. ”

Seeing Liu Bin's cautious face, Professor Zhang regretted a little, did he say too seriously? Quickly make amends, and even gave Liu Bin a lesson on children's education on the spot.

Chen Yixin led Zhou Sheng to the antique city by bus, and after getting off the bus, he was not in a hurry to get in, but led him to a small alley next to the antique city.

"There is an old man here who sells swan eggs, but they are delicious, and he has to queue up every time. ”

"Swan eggs?" Zhou Sheng was startled, "Can you sell it?"

"Hahahaha, scared, right?" Chen Yixin turned his head and smiled slyly, "It's not really a swan egg, or a sugar and oil glutinous rice dumpling, the size of which is like a swan egg." ”

While talking, the two had reached the middle of the alley, an old door, with a curtain on it, with the words "swan eggs" written on the signboard, and a table and a large oil pot below.

On the table was a bamboo basket, and along the edge was a circle of sugar and oil fruits inserted with bamboo sticks, dipped in sesame seeds.

The sugar and oil fruit is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, because it is a glutinous rice ball fried in vegetable oil with brown sugar, so the color of the dumplings is also red and bright. It has no connection with swan eggs at all.

Zhou Sheng has never eaten anything like this, which is very novel. I took a bite and immediately fell in love with the taste.

"There's not much food here, and next time I have time, I'll take you to our factory, every street is full of food, and you can't walk until you keep it." ”

One person took a signature, pressed the money under the bamboo sieve, and Chen Yixin pulled the person away.

"That's it, what about the boss?"

"Uncle is probably resting inside. It's okay, all the people who can find it here are acquaintances, and everyone knows the market, so there won't be anything that doesn't give money. ”

When he was far away, Chen Yixin whispered to Zhou Sheng about the legend of Uncle Gossip.

"Don't look at this rotten house, let me tell you, earlier this piece was all the private property of the uncle's family. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, their family donated a lot, but until now, half of the street just now was his. Uncle has money, and he did this just to pass the time. ”

Zhou Sheng is also well-informed, but he has really never been in contact with such a down-to-earth old fat as the uncle.

"Let's go, let's go, hurry up, it's too late for you to go home. ”

Zhou Sheng glanced at her, didn't say anything, and said in his heart, isn't it that you, a girl, should consider that it is not safe to walk at night?

This time, the goal of the two is to have no goal, take a look around, and stop if they think something is appropriate.

Because she didn't know whether it would be a boy or a girl to pair with, Chen Yixin chose gifts regardless of gender, hoping to find something that would not only represent Chinese culture, but also cater to the preferences of young people.

After wandering around for a while, she finally saw an interstitial screen with a sandalwood seat that could be placed on the table.

This interstitial screen is not tall overall, about 50 centimeters high. The screen base is carved from sandalwood, the craftsmanship is not exquisite, and the screen insert is damaged, and it can be seen that it has been repaired with the naked eye.

The value of this kind of folk handicraft is not high, the boss asked for five hundred, and Chen Yixin directly bargained for fifty.

The fifty are given according to the face of the seat.

"Boss, your interstitial screen has no inheritance, and the screen plug is not original at all, the wooden ones are different, and the craftsmanship is also very different. If the screen base is from the late Qing Dynasty, your screen plug is estimated to be from last week. ”

The boss's eyes widened: "Little girl, what nonsense are you talking about." ”

At the end, he laughed again: "Okay, okay, you give eighty, I'll give you a pair of embroidery, and I'll give you this pen holder, okay?"

Chen Yixin glanced at the gift and pouted.

"Sixty, this embroidery is not handmade at first glance, you don't know where to buy wholesale things, and you are embarrassed to say that it is embroidery. This pen holder is made of bamboo, and it is not well preserved, look, it is all cracked. I guess you can throw it away after a few more years. ”

The little one was, and the boss said that his head was big, and he rubbed his teeth and collected sixty flowers, and stuffed things to them.

"Hey, pick up a little leak. Chen Yixin pulled Zhou Sheng out of the stall, found a place with few people, took out a scarf from his bag, wrapped the things, and stuffed them into his schoolbag.

"You think that interstitial is good?"

Zhou Sheng has seen a lot of Jingmei's antiques, and he really can't see how valuable the rough interstitial screen is everywhere.

"It's okay, the interstitial screen is not a small leak. Chen Yixin lowered his head to pack up his things, not paying attention to Zhou Sheng's face, "The little leak is the bamboo pen holder." ”

Chen Yixin also felt that his luck was really good.

This is still the calligraphy and painting shop in City B, and the boss casually told them some ways to identify the pen holder, but I didn't expect to hit a big luck.

"This pen holder should be counted as the Jiaqing period, and the words and painting style left on it have the characteristics of that time. However, the preservation of the condition is not good, so the value is not large, the reason why it is said to be a small leak, but because it is a head, it can almost be said that it does not cost money. ”

Chen Yixin smiled at Zhou Sheng, and then stuffed the pen holder into him.

"Take it, this is my apprenticeship. ”

Zhou Sheng's face was immediately red, and he refused to accept it.