The county seat of Sanshui County, leaning on the north side of the street at the east gate of the city, there is a shop with three big characters on the book 'Pay attention to the residence', this place is a little biased, and there are not too many people coming and going in front of the door.

The shopkeeper who sat in the hall didn't know where to rest, so he only threw the young man at the counter alone, boredly looking at the occasional passers-by in front of the door.

By noon, the man had already heard his stomach growling, and no one had come to call him to replace him, so he could only continue to stand here, thinking about the food in the restaurant from time to time, and feeling more and more hungry, and even the shadows of the trees outside slowed down.

Putting his two arms on the counter, his chin resting, he looked at the small soup cake restaurant opposite with a pair of blank eyes, and muttered: "It's good to eat a bowl of soup cakes, this dilapidated shop, I don't see two people coming to the door for a day." ”

As he was muttering, two people came in at the door, and the man immediately took his arm off, glanced at it, and concluded that these two were rich men, dressed in silk robes, and there was a piece of jade hanging from the rope hanging from his waist. As you walk, it keeps undulating.

"The two of you are objective, what you want to find, the small one will give you guidance." The guy asked respectfully with a smile on his face based on his own judgment.

"I'm busy, I'll take a look at it at will." As one of them spoke, he shook his hand and threw a small piece of silver.

The guy hurriedly caught it, weighed it a little, and estimated the approximate weight, there are definitely three dollars, distinguished guests, I feel that I am also in good spirits, and my stomach is not hungry, I have three dollars of silver, and when I get off work in the evening, I will go to the Xingchun Building to have a good meal, find a beautiful sister, and come back directly tomorrow morning.

The two of them just looked at it, and did not speak, but turned around, and suddenly stared at a painting, glanced at each other, and nodded at the same time, and the person who had just given the money spoke:

"Man, what kind of painting is this?"

"Oh, objective, your eyes are really poisonous, at a glance it happened that this painting is good, this painting is painted by predecessors, the early spring water lily picture, you look at this front, hard but not broken, soft but not demonic, only a few strokes have already ......."

"Okay, okay, how much does this painting cost?" Before the man's continuous praise was finished, the man waved his hand impatiently, interrupted the introduction, and asked directly about the price.

The man is sensible, people don't let him say it, then don't say it, look at the painting, think about how much it should cost, if the painting is not damaged at all, it is really okay to ask for twenty taels of silver, the problem is that there is obviously a place on the painting that was burned by fire.

In the upper right corner of the painting, there is a hole with a large fingernail, which has been filled by the craftsman with a special technique, but it can still be seen that I don't know how to ask for money for a while.

Just as he was hesitating, a voice sounded from behind him.

"Liu Wang, are you lazy again, you didn't see the distinguished guests come to the door, and you don't serve well?"

As soon as he heard the voice, the guy Liu Wang was relieved, the shopkeeper came out, and hurriedly turned around and said to the shopkeeper: "Uncle Zhao, these two people fell in love with the painting on the wall and asked for the price, but I forgot about it." ”

The man's eyes blinked as he spoke.

In fact, the shopkeeper Zhao didn't need to be hinted at at all, he could see from the clothes of the two that his background was not low, he glanced at the painting again, and said with a smile: "I don't know what to call the distinguished guest?" ”

"Lee." The man who spoke first replied with a word, and said no more.

"It turned out to be Li Gongzi, Gongzi fell in love with this painting, it really has a vision, it is said that this is ......."

"How much?" Li Gongzi didn't wait for Zhao's shopkeeper to speak, and asked the price directly.

"Two hundred taels, this painting is painted by a famous artist in the Western Jin Dynasty, it has been a long time, it is not well kept, and there is a slight flaw in the painting, so it is objectively only one hundred and fifty taels of silver to take away."

Shopkeeper Zhao didn't know how much he should want, thinking about asking for a sky-high price first, waiting for the other party to return the price, he was not afraid that people would not buy it if it was expensive, but that he was afraid that it would sell less, and people would not look down on it, there were always such people.

"One hundred and fifty taels? Okay, bought it. Li Gongzi didn't pay back any price at all, and agreed directly.

Shopkeeper Zhao was stunned for a moment, and he still regretted it slightly in his heart, he knew that these two people were so good at talking, he should have asked for more just now, but he couldn't regret it at the moment, and he was just about to walk over and take off the painting and wrap it, then Li Gongzi spoke again.

"Don't be busy first, I didn't bring enough money today, only fifty taels, calculate the money first, and come back to get it in a few days, okay?"

When the shopkeeper Zhao heard this, he nodded and said Okay, I think about it, who has nothing to do when he goes out with so much silver, it's weird, and he is not afraid of fifty taels.

"I've heard that some stores will always secretly replace things after others have paid a fixed fee, shoddy, I don't know ......?" Li Gongzi asked again.

Shopkeeper Zhao knew that he was not at ease, and immediately said: "Li Gongzi rest assured, this store will never do such a thing, if you are still not at ease, you can find someone to vouch, but ......, it will cost more to find someone to guarantee." ”

"It's okay, go find it." Li Gongzi spoke.

In this way, the shopkeeper Zhao is more relieved, he is really worried, in a few days, the two of them will find someone who knows how to come and ask for the money back, even if they don't go back, there will be some quarrels, urging Liu Wang to find someone who is looking for a tooth to come, and he will prepare all the tea and snacks here.

After a while, Liu Wang came back with Yayu's guarantor, and the guarantor asked for the price, asking for a premium of 150 yuan, and Li Gongzi gave it without saying a word.

Take down the painting and write down some of the unique features on it to prove it.

Li Gongzi deliberately carefully traced the burned place on the painting with tissue paper, and also added some instructions for the surrounding burnt marks, and proposed to take it after half a month, if it is not this painting at that time, the store will compensate ten times the silver taels, and after half a month, if you don't come to pick it up, one day a night, Li Gongzi will pay more than 100 yuan, and if you don't take it in January, you will give a deposit to the store.

Shopkeeper Zhao thought about it, saw that there was still a person who was a guarantor, nodded in agreement, the two sides pressed their handprints to draw a pledge, a transaction was completed, and watching the two go away, not only was Zhao's shopkeeper happy, Liu Wang also got a reward of five coins.

******

The day is getting oblique, the red clouds are all over the sky, the silk is rolling, the birds are flying, and the white feathers are fluttering.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan walked hand in hand on the riverside of the small river in front of the door, and the sun shone the shadows of the two people for a long time.

Xiaohong watched nervously, afraid that the two little ancestors would jump down happily, this kind of thing is possible, who makes his little son different from others.

"Xiaobao, you said that if you lead this water to a dug pond, can you raise some ducks and geese, salted goose eggs and salted duck eggs are better than salted eggs." Wang Juan stood by the river, looking at the clear flowing water and the occasional fish shadows flashing under the water, and asked yearningly.

"Well, I think so too, but now there is a shortage of manpower, the most important thing is that I don't have enough money, I will put the recent things into operation, if you want to eat, go to Zhuangzi to change, and after a few days, I will have money."

Zhang Xiaobao had such a plan a few days ago, and wanted to ask his mother for money, so he hesitated for a moment, but decided to earn it himself, not bad for a few days.

"Little boy, little lady, let's go later, don't fall down." Xiaohong always felt that this place was dangerous, and persuaded her that the water was not deep, and it was easy to drown the two children.

"Don't be afraid, Juan Juan and I will be able to water, just look at the flowing water, be in a good mood, how beautiful this day is, and when the things here are finished, you will be responsible for raising ducks and geese, and you can also raise lotus flowers, a few more dishes, always buy money, and solve it yourself if you can solve it yourself, a meal is not easy to come by."

Zhang Xiaobao said that he still took a step back, not letting Xiaohong worry.

Xiaohong nodded dumbly, feeling that the words of the little boy seemed to be more acceptable from the mouth.

When the three of them were enjoying the sunset, sunset, birds, and flowing water, a person hurriedly ran over, and as soon as they met, he said to Wang Juan:

"Little lady, the little one already knows where the thing is, according to the description of the Song liar, we found a few boats on the Luoshui River, and we saw the red and green things from the places that occasionally appeared."

As he spoke, the man took out a piece of paper from his bosom, on which something was drawn, and he was looking for someone to draw the picture to delay the time.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan looked at the painting and said at the same time: "Carrots." ”

"Good thing, there's a new dish now, I haven't seen this thing here." Zhang Xiaobao was happy.

Wang Juan also nodded violently, "Well, yes, this thing shouldn't be locally-made, it seems that it was really brought from the Fan Gang, and I don't know what the Song liar thinks?" It seems that the situation is all on the ship, so can some of the people in the middle who are not short of water continue to plant? When we have the seeds, we can plant them ourselves, I like to eat fried carrot slices, what about you? ”

"I like to eat it raw, as well as cucumbers, eggplants, and cabbage, I love to eat them all, eat them raw, and eat them as fruits." Zhang Xiaobao replied.

"How can anyone use these things as fruits, carrots are not good to eat raw." Wang Juan said with a smile.

"What then? Who has nothing to do with bringing fruit to the orphanage? The gang finally sent a little, obviously it was bought for 100 yuan, but it had to be said to be 1,000 yuan, and reporters from all over the place brought a lot, for fear that others would not know that he sent something. ”

Zhang Xiaobao pouted and said.

"I see, then you did suffer a lot when you were a child, people, you want a good reputation." Wang Juan sighed, feeling that Zhang Xiaobao was indeed too pitiful when he was a child.

Zhang Xiaobao shook his head indifferently, "Actually, I am very grateful to those people, no matter what their purpose, just send something, if someone sends it every day, I would rather give them proof, a hundred yuan is said to be ten thousand, it is better than nothing."

The happiest thing for me is to fulfill the last wish of the dean's grandfather, and I can change a child before I die, it's worth it, it's okay, and I will have carrots to eat in the future. ”

"Xiaobao, allow me to evaluate you with solemn words, you are a good liar." Wang Juan said with a wink of her big eyes.