Zhang Meng was extremely depressed, he was still praising him just now, but it turned into criticism in a blink of an eye.

Zhang Lao picked up another cup of tea, and he said softly: "If your aunt is here, she will definitely be happy, and my habit of drinking tea is still brought out by her!" In the past, when I drank tea with her, I always had to tell her that men come before women, and women could drink when men drank it. But your aunt, if she wants to tell me about neo-feminism, what women have a higher status than men, she loves to raise words with me. But every time I let her, because I drank first, she would be angry and not cook for me. ”

Zhang Lao muttered, and his sunken eye sockets seemed to become a little red.

"I'll drink it first today, I see if she dares to come out and be angry with me."

Zhang Lao said softly, he took the teacup, and staggered a little towards the empty house not far away, where there were four spirit tablets.

Zhang Meng only felt a little sad, after so many years, Zhang Lao's thoughts have not diminished at all, but are like fermentation of old wine, becoming more and more mellow.

Zhang Lao slowly poured the tea in front of the spirit tablet, and then stood there in a daze, his eyes a little obsessed.

By the time he returned, it had been almost half an hour.

Zhang Meng looked at Zhang Lao with some concern, but fortunately, after more than half an hour of venting, Zhang Lao's face did not have that kind of heartfelt expression.

The loss of wives, children, grandchildren, and daughters-in-law in old age is not a blow that every old man can withstand. During that month, Zhang Meng sometimes even wondered if he would let the old man seek death and reunite with his family under the Yellow Spring, which was compassion.

"This tea belongs to me, and you don't have to get this tea, go and go, I'll make another pot later."

Zhang Lao snatched the tea in front of Zhang Meng, for fear that he would regret it, and held it in his arms.

"Okay, yes, but Sister Ah Chen, you also have to accept her as an apprentice."

Zhang Meng grinned and smiled.

"According to the rules, tong guò is tong guò, and if you don't pass guò, you don't know guò, and this tea is also mine, so there is no need to discuss. I'll give you ten years of hard work, even if it's a wage! Zhang Lao had a non-negotiable look on his face, and he rarely showed a ruffian.

Zhang Meng's face fell suddenly, he suddenly thought of something, and then said to Zhang Lao:

"Old Zhang, do you want to meet this roasted tea master? If you want to, I'll invite him here one day, let him come to our store for a visit, and then Mr. Zhang, if you have anything about tea art, you can ask him for advice. ”

"That's true!"

Zhang Lao patted the table and said with some excitement.

He has loved both kinds of things all his life: antiques and tea. This will make Zhang Mengyi feel itchy.

"Okay, you stinky boy, now you have learned to bribe me, I'll just lower my standards later. But this girl has aura. ”

Zhang Lao sat back, he nodded Zhang Meng's head and said.

"Tell me about the origin of this girl, and there must be no trace of moisture, if I find a little falsehood, I will not say anything about it. Although my craft is not passed down from my ancestors, it cannot be passed on in vain. Zhang Lao said.

Zhang Meng didn't dare to slack off, he carefully described Ah Chen's identity to Zhang Lao from beginning to end.

"Well, no wonder, this little girl's eyes are very clean, and she has closed the notebook after the time just now, and she didn't look at the jade pendant, which is commendable!" Zhang Lao sighed.

Zhang Meng looked at the room with some surprise, he hadn't noticed this small detail before, it seems that Zhang Lao's alarm clock and jade pendant are all meaningful.

"I have a good heart, at least I am not a treacherous person, it's just that I should go down today, no matter what the assessment results are, I will accept this apprentice, and in a few more years, maybe my old bones will be gone......," Zhang Laole said.

"Really?"

Zhang Meng was overjoyed, it is estimated that this little girl has been suffering for seven or eight years, and luck has changed at this time.

If you really worship Zhang Lao as a teacher, Ah Chen will not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of his life, but there are really few girls who play crafts, and I have to ask her later, Zhang Meng thought secretly.

"But there is another point, my craft can only be passed on to the inside and not outside." Zhang Lao said again.

"And then?"

Zhang Meng was inexplicable.

"You are also half my son, if it weren't for you in the past ten years, I would have died of hatred for the old man." Zhang Lao said with some sighs.

Zhang Meng's head was entangled for a long time, and then he tasted what Zhang Lao meant, he was dumbfounded, one sentence can actually be euphemistic to this kind of Cheng dù, and it took eighteen turns to get to the point.

"Old Zhang, this is really not good."

"What's wrong, this girl looks smart, I see the mother statue of the phoenix among people, she will become a talent after the ups and downs of life, is it not worthy of you? It's okay if you don't agree, my apprentice doesn't accept it, and I don't want tea. ”

Zhang Lao slapped the table, blew his beard and glared.

"Gotta get it, don't worry, old man, I'll think about it, I'll think about it carefully." Zhang Meng bared his teeth, he seemed to see the fat man chasing him with a machete in the back.

"That's pretty much it."

Zhang Lao snorted coldly: "Hurry up and get things done, and strive to have a handle at the end of the year, let me hug my grandson quickly!" ”

Zhang Lao stood up and walked towards the house.

The corners of Zhang Meng's mouth twitched a few times, and after thinking for a long time, she didn't know how to answer Zhang Lao.

"Alright, it's time, now it's time to start the exam!"

Zhang Lao stood in front of the little girl and said a little sternly.

"Yes."

Ah Chen stood up and said nervously.

"Ah Chen, don't be nervous, come on, you can definitely do it." Zhang Meng clenched his fist beside him and waved his hand at Ah Chen.

"Pick out ten fake ...... first," Zhang Lao said, pointing to the fifteen jade pendants.

The little girl carefully identified it, and then took out the fake jade pendants one by one.

Zhang Lao nodded slightly, and seemed to be very satisfied with the little girl's appearance.

If it is too unsatisfactory, even if he imparts everything he has learned to Ah Chen, her future achievements will be similar to Zhang Lao at most, let alone surpassing Zhang Lao to carry forward his skills.

"Yes, these ten jade pendants are all fake. In the past half an hour, it seems that you have memorized some key points, picked out some of the most characteristic places to read, and made some trade-offs, which is good. ”

Zhang Lao nodded, the note he gave Ah Chen just now, even if it was read from beginning to end, would take more than half an hour, and he saw Ah Chen just now mainly to identify the color of the jade pendant, thinking that she only looked at one of the ways to distinguish it.

Ah Chen's face was very happy, but he was also a little embarrassed.

"Thank you, old man."

"Call the master." Zhang Lao raised his head and said.

"Yes, master."

Ah Chen was taken aback.

Seeing such a scene, Zhang Meng's heart relaxed.

Ah Chen's table is indeed very good, you must know that she didn't know anything about this knowledge before, just with half an hour, she separated most of the fake jade pendants, this table is much more exaggerated than Zhang Meng at that time, no wonder Zhang Lao will be so satisfied.

"These five jade pendants, you pick out one more real one, if you can't pick it out, you will have to go home, little girl."

Zhang Lao pointed to the remaining five jade pendants on the table, and then looked at Ah Chen a little nervously, this request is actually a little embarrassing, these five jade pendants Zhang Meng glanced at it, the color of these jade pendants is almost no difference, if you want to distinguish the true from the color, it is impossible at all, it can only be judged by the weight of the jade pendant, as well as the luster after translucent light, and some small tricks.

Even if Zhang Meng looks at it with both eyes, he can only see a clue, and he is not 100% sure.

Ah Chen's body trembled a little, her fists clenched tightly under the table, and she stared at the five jade pendants with her mouth pursed, as if she wanted to see through the table.

She didn't react for a long time, probably because she was scared by the sentence to Zhang Lao: 'If you can't pick it out, you will go home'. Her face turned pale, as if she had lost all her blood at once.

"Anyway, Zhang Lao, forget it, right? Too bullying ......"

"Shut up."

Zhang Lao glared at Zhang Meng fiercely, and suddenly Zhang Meng didn't dare to say a word.

"When the time comes, I can't think about it anymore, choose! If you don't get the right choice, go home. ”

Zhang Lao said suddenly.

The little girl gritted her teeth, she suddenly patted the jade pendant, and then said, "This piece." ”

Zhang Meng was startled, this jade pendant was the one he felt was genuine, he hurriedly looked at Zhang Lao, and actually saw Zhang Lao's shocked look.

Zhang Lao's arm trembled slightly: "Tell me quickly, how did you choose this piece......

Ah Chennuo said: "Grandpa Zhang, I chose blindly, just now I saw that you seem to have been caring about this jade pendant, and when I put my hand on this jade pendant, your eyes were shocked, so I think it is this one." I can't see the difference in their colors, can I stay with Grandpa Zhang? I can do anything. ”

Ah Chen was about to cry in the end, and blamed Zhang Meng for brainwashing him too thoroughly before, she may have thought in her heart that if she couldn't make money, maybe the fat man wouldn't be able to get out of Xi'an, and her life would even be in danger.

"Little sister, don't cry, this old man is teasing you, you were already his apprentice when you chose ten jade pendants just now! In the future, you will study hard here, and if you study well, your salary will be high, and if you don't study well, you will have no money. ”

Zhang Meng looked at Ah Chen's appearance, couldn't help but hold her in his arms and rubbed her little head.

"Brother Meng didn't lie to me, did he?"

The little girl raised her head and asked with teary eyes. The thin lips and the beautiful face were only ten or twenty centimeters away from Zhang Meng, Zhang Meng's old face was red, and he still swore that he couldn't hold it at this time.

"Why are you lying to you, if you learn well in the future, you will be able to become the treasure master of Shui Yuexuan, of course, you can also make a lot of money, and then you can rescue your brother." Zhang Meng pinched Ah Chen's nose and said.

The little girl burst into tears and laughed, and Zhang Meng had an illusion for a moment, as if she had seen the happiest smile he had ever seen.

What a silly girl.

Zhang Meng sighed secretly, this stupid girl's heart is really simpler than paper.

"Little girl, tell me more carefully, why can you read my eyes?"

Zhang Lao asked anxiously, his expression seemed to be faintly excited.