Chapter 13: The Strange Bronze Mirror
I got into the pickup truck driven by my uncle, chatted with my cousin about some interesting things that had happened recently, and soon came to my aunt's house.
My aunt is a teacher at the provincial medical university in the provincial capital, and my uncle is a construction contractor who leads more than 30 workers, mainly building simple buildings such as private houses. My uncle is a local in the provincial capital, has his own courtyard, covers an area of about one acre, and has built a three-story building, which looks very magnificent, which is already very big in the provincial city where every inch of land is valuable. I remember that when the old city was renovated in the previous life, just the current courtyard of my aunt's house, the developer promised to give four sets of 120 square meters of commercial houses and paid 10,000 yuan in compensation for the demolition.
When I entered the yard, I probably heard the sound of a car, and my grandfather, grandmother, aunt, and cousin all came out of the house. Seeing his grandparents, Fang Yong's nose was sour, and he had the urge to cry. When Fang Yong was reborn in his previous life, his grandparents were already very old, on crutches and trembling. Now seeing that they are all healthy, Fang Yong's heart is so excited that he even forgets to put down the things in his hands.
Grandma said: "Xiao Yong, don't put things down yet, it's weird!" It's only been three months since I've seen them grow this tall. ”
"That's it, Xiao Yong has been growing up fast lately, and he's about the same height as me." Grandpa chimed in.
"Hurry up and get inside! It's weirdly hot outside! As she spoke, my aunt took the gift from Fang Yong's hand.
"Brother Yongzi, what gift did you bring me?" The little cousin stared at Fang Yong with big eyes.
Fang Yong tugged at his cousin's braids, "Just thinking of a gift?" Do you miss your brother? Come, my brother bought you a stuffed animal for a bear, and he can sing that! ”
"Yay! Good brother, I like Ao so much! Cousin Zhang Lili jumped up and screamed, holding Fang Yong's hand to find the switch for the toy.
Then Fang Yong took out the gift for his cousin and bought a new schoolbag for his cousin, who was going to be in the third grade after the summer vacation, and his studies were not bad.
"That's it! All right! Stop playing, wash your hands and eat! The aunt shouted at Fang Yong and the children.
At the dinner table, the grandparents also asked about the situation at home, and the uncle was very interested in Fang Yong's three months of growing so fast. So Fang Yong coped with the past on the grounds of eating more and exercising more. But for this reason, my aunt used Fang Yong as a positive teaching material to educate her cousin who didn't eat well. The cousin's expression was very depressed, and Fang Yong also made a very innocent appearance.
After eating and talking to grandpa, grandma, and aunt, they all went to take a nap. The uncle went to his construction site again, while Fang Yong and his cousin were more energetic and not sleepy at all, and the three of them watched TV in the house. Children, they must not be able to sit down, no, cousin Zhang Lili was not interested after watching TV for a while, and ran to another room to play with her toys. After a while, my cousin Zhang Zhenyu also went out, and I didn't know what to do. Fang Yong was the only one in the room watching the TV series "Yang Jiajiang".
After a while, my cousin got a set of equipment out of nowhere, it was so funny, wearing a motorcycle helmet, shirtless, wearing a large colored pants, carrying a submachine gun on his back, holding a plastic knife with sound and light effects in his right hand, holding something similar to a bronze mirror in his left hand, and wearing a pair of slippers on his feet. Ran in front of Fang Yong, jumped suddenly, made a move that he thought was very handsome, raised the plastic knife in his right hand, and held a bronze mirror in his left hand, as if this was a proof of his identity, and shouted loudly: "I am an X-star soldier, you earthlings are about to be destroyed, surrender quickly!" ”
Seeing his cousin dressed like this, Fang Yong, who was smiling, had a stomachache. Fang Yong covered his stomach and pointed at him and said, "Just you, an alien, were you beaten by our earthlings and lost your armor!" Don't even have a decent outfit? Haha......"
Seeing that Fang Yong didn't eat his set, his cousin raised his knife and slashed at Fang Yong, muttering: "I will occupy your planet and destroy you all." ”
"Oh well! Let me destroy you, the alien, on behalf of the Earth! Hah-"
Cousin Lili, when she heard movement in the living room, ran out holding the bear doll that Fang Yong bought for her and joined the battlefield.
In the midst of the frolic, Fang Yong suddenly noticed that the thing that resembled a bronze mirror faintly emitted a red light. Rubbing his eyes, huh! Its surface is still glowing red. "Hey! Brother, don't make a fuss just yet, let me see the thing you hold in your left hand. ”
I took it and found that it was a palm-sized octagonal copper mirror, the texture of this mirror was like copper, green and faint, rusty on it, and there were a few obvious cracks on it, but one of the patterns revealed was also very fine.
Fang Yong has been very interested in antiquities for a while now, and when he has time, he also goes to the bookstore to learn about antiques, and he also has a certain understanding of bronzes, although this mirror is a little damaged, if it is an antiquity, maybe it can be sold for a good price. Wouldn't it be a tyrannical thing to let my cousin play like this!
"Brother, what's so nice about this, my dad brought it from the construction site a few days ago, and I asked my dad to come over because I saw it fun."
It may be that Fang Yong and their quarrel just now was too loud, which woke up my aunt. My aunt also laughed when she saw Xiao Yu's dress: "Xiao Yu, look at your appearance, you are not doing right, you are wearing a helmet on a hot day, and it is not too hot, take it off quickly!" ”
Fang Yong said to his aunt: "Auntie, what do you think this bronze mirror is, I think the pattern on it is very beautiful." ”
My aunt turned her head and saw Fang Yong holding the bronze mirror in her hand, so she said, "This is what your uncle picked up when he was building a house for others a few days ago, and no one wanted it, so your uncle took it to the house for Xiaoyu to play with." I think you like it, so I'll give it to you! Otherwise, Xiaoyu will be lost in a few days. Go wash your hands, I'll cut watermelons for you! My aunt didn't care if Fang Yong wanted it or not, and walked directly to the kitchen.
Holding the bronze mirror in his hand, there was a hint of coolness, and there was still a faint red mist flowing on it. Looking at the gossip stripes engraved on it, this is probably a gossip mirror magic weapon. It is said that this ritual instrument is made according to the principles of I Ching and Feng Shui, which can be used to control the house, or to block a qiē evil qi, and to fight feng shui.
After cutting the watermelon, my aunt saw that Fang Yong was still playing with the bronze mirror, so she shouted to Fang Yong: "Xiao Yong, don't look at it, eat the watermelon first." "It feels a little strange to eat watermelon after washing your hands. Looking at other things, their surface has no other special color except for the original color of the object, except for the copper mirror, which has a faint red mist on the surface. I felt it with my ability, but I just saw the internal structure of the bronze mirror, and there was nothing special, which was really strange.