Chapter 41: The Past

The old man was very kind and seemed kind, but when I saw his appearance, he seemed to be very old. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info This old man has a red face and silver hair, although he looks old, but he still gives people the feeling of being tall, and he must have been a tall man when he was young.

My cousin Yubei looked at me from time to time at the old man, and didn't seem to care about some of the thoughts in my heart. However, after listening to my cousin Yubei, I learned that this old man was also the Qiong family, and everyone called him Yuan Xiangong, who was the home of the Qiong family's upper courtyard. This old man looked to be at least seventy or eighty years old, but he was the same generation as his uncle.

I wonder how this old man could know my grandfather. You know, although my aunt married here, it's completely two townships, and my grandfather has never been here. Even if he knew my grandfather, I felt normal, and I was surprised to know my grandfather.

With questions and confusion as well as what I thought I thought, I responded a little shyly to the old man's hospitality. In fact, where did I know what happened decades ago, and where did I understand what happened to these old people back then. After all, times have changed, and society has changed from one society to another. But at that time, Yuan Xiangong's telling still made my little heart very strange. Although his usual thoughts will be wild, but at this moment he has not turned back.

The people in Yuliu Village on my aunt's side may live and live in a more remote place than my village's Hongyangtang, so the people here seem to maintain a more simple folk customs. Although everyone's material life is not good, the simple hospitality of the Chinese people and the warmth of the fists and fists that make people feel still moved and more apprehensive.

What makes me strange is that the girl Rose is actually a little shy and shy in front of the old man Yuanxiangong. If it weren't for some understanding of her temperament, I would have thought I was wrong. But when I saw her whispering with her cousin Yubei, and looking at a few teenagers by the gate, I seemed to have an understanding in my heart.

I see that those people came later, and I guess it shouldn't be from this Yuliutang in the upper courtyard. Because they saw Yuan Xiangong sitting on the side, they didn't dare to come into the compound. But I'm not a fool either, and one of the teenagers saw Rose's eyes light up, and his eyes were obnoxiously domineering and unscrupulous.

This kind of person is still relatively rare in this era, and according to the people around me, there is no such person. But in the cousin of a cousin in my village, Disen, I have seen this kind of temperament and look, because they are people who live in the county town, and they are different from people from the countryside like us. And the young man by the door is dressed in clothes, obviously not comparable to the people in the county, but the demeanor of ignoring people is somewhat similar.

I see that they are about the same age as Rose, and my cousin Yubei and Rose see that they are also whispering, and it seems that they have also seen these people. I speculated in my heart that I must be classmates with my cousin Yubei.

But because of their gaze, I felt a little uncomfortable, although I was younger than Rose, but she came with me, and Rose came with me to my relative's house, if I was bullied, I naturally felt very uncomfortable. But I didn't show it, and seeing that everyone had no purpose in Yuliutang, I made an excuse and wanted to leave with roses.

Rose and my cousin Yubei didn't have any ideas, but I saw the children who came with us to play, and I saw that these people at the door were a little afraid. Especially when he saw the young man, the man actually frowned, and saw that these people all bowed their heads timidly. I muttered to myself, I guess this person has always had a bad reputation, and he must be extremely annoying.

However, the old man Yuan Xiangong stood aside, and those young men didn't dare to come to Yuliutang, and they didn't know if this old man knew or not. However, the old man looked natural, and instead of looking at these teenagers, he politely said a few words to us, let us take a look at Yu Liutang casually. He had a loud and friendly voice, and he told him that the house was beautifully decorated, and he called for his grandson to come and be a guide.

I was a little surprised that a tall, lanky teenager came out of a room by the patio, wearing a shirt with some patches. At this time, although everyone was not wealthy, the children in the family, especially those as old as this teenager, rarely wore clothes with obvious patches. I wasn't too surprised to see that some of the children were wearing patched clothes, but I saw that Rose looked a little strange, and of course there was a hint of contempt.

I think this grandson of Yuan Xiangong is relatively tall, although the thin man is also quite handsome, but he is indeed quite an honest person. After listening to the orders of his grandfather, Yuan Xiangong, he looked at us a little restrained. But he's much older than us, and I guess he's probably about the same age as my cousin. However, seeing that I paid some attention, I heard my little cousin say that this young man was about the same age as my third cousin.

It may be that he is taller and looks more mature. Because his father died early two years ago, he usually lives with this old man of the Yuan ancestors. I don't know why, but I felt a little more pity for this young man, and honestly followed him and asked him to take us for a walk.

At first, we were a little bit of a fool, but with this young man's guide, we were able to go into other people's homes. We saw the beautifully carved pear wood windows, the whole woodcarved portrait of the door god, and the well made of bluestone at the back of the courtyard. The reason why these portraits and carvings are beautiful is because I see that these effects are made by master craftsmen, and they are not inferior to the beautiful illustrations on comic books.

What we all don't know is that these things we saw that day became antiques and collector's treasures thirty years later. But in the next year or two after watching this day, I have seen it from time to time, and even become my learning teacher. But after a few more years, it was completely destroyed by the people who lived here, and some people got their value and preciousness from the remaining frescoes or two, and from one or two pieces of wood carving.

I can say that I have gained a lot on this day, but I have not risen to the point of protecting them. Especially after being ruined by the teenagers at the door, I accompanied everyone around, and sure enough, the Rose people lost interest. Cousin Liyi and cousin Yubei obviously don't have these talents, and they may have seen them before, so they naturally feel extremely indifferent.

They accompanied us purely politely, and the roses on the side were also strange, and they felt a little bored later, so we came to the door of Yuliutang. I didn't see the teenagers who had just gathered at the door, but I saw that the old man was still sitting at the door, looking at us with a slight smile. What is surprising is that when we were about to go out, the old man actually took out a dark mahogany card two fingers wide and two fingers long and handed it to me.

Before receiving the hand, I smelled the faint fragrance of this wooden card, the wooden card was carved with exquisite patterns, but I did not get it in my hand, and the wooden card was a little oily, I was stunned and did not see what was carved. But I didn't reach out to take it, and I still have this bit of politeness, not to mention that it seems that the old man only gave me what he was taking.

But the old man did not give up, but said to me with a smile that this thing was given to him by my parents, and it should be given to me. He was afraid that I wouldn't believe it, so he said to my cousin Yubei and my cousin that I should go back and show my grandfather, and my grandfather would agree.

I vaguely thought of something, but I wasn't sure about anything, but I still boldly asked if Yuan Xiangong knew my grandfather. Yuan Xiangong actually smiled, looked at the mountain outside the door, seemed to remember something, looked at us all looked at him, and said slowly: "Of course I know." He looked a little proud, and then said: "We lived together in Guilin back then, but we haven't seen each other for many years!" ”

He may have seen that I was a little curious and a little confused, and actually touched my head and said: "This is not a treasure, but it is said to be made of hundred-year-old blood ebony wood. He pointed to the murals on the wall again, and said with a smile: "If you like these paintings, I will ask someone to expand some models for you in the future and learn from them!" ”

This sentence really made me very happy, and everything else was quickly put behind me. After all, the child lacked comprehensive etiquette, and was pulled away by his cousin, and before he could ask about many things, he turned around the corridor again.

Back to Liuyintang, I took out the wooden plaque and looked at it, and it was only half a finger thick. On one side is carved a delicate Guanyin Bodhisattva, and on the other side is an old man in ancient costume with acetylene flying. I don't know what that means, but I do know that this little wooden sign is lifelike. I don't know how many years I've been playing with the wooden cards, but the corners are already very smooth.

Liyi's cousin was talkative, so he immediately told his uncle. The uncle-in-law was very surprised, because he was a person from his own family and a big house, and he vaguely guessed something. I honestly took out the wooden sign to show him, and my uncle-in-law looked at it for a while and admired the handiwork. Seeing me standing by and watching, the roses and the others were playing on the side of the steps, they said to my aunt that I would wrap a lanyard and put it on.

The aunt was also a little strange, and it was not difficult for her to wrap a hanging rope, so she asked her uncle the origin of the wooden sign. My uncle-in-law stayed for a while, pulled me to sit beside him, held the wooden plaque and said, "It is said that there were two pieces of this thing before, but it is something left by the ancestor of the Xiaohe family!" Hearing her uncle's words, her aunt closed her mouth in surprise and asked, "I heard it when I was a child, why did it end up in the hands of Yuan Xiangong, and now he has returned to Xiaohe, what does this mean!"

"It is said that the first Duke of Yuan was in Guilin, and he knew the Duke of Zhijie, and he also did things in the hands of the ancestor of the Xiaohe family!" The uncle-in-law said leisurely: "Although I have heard about it, those things back then can be regarded as vigorous. Now that the times are different, it doesn't matter if you say it, but during the Great Movement, this ancestor also suffered a big loss! He gave this thing to Xiaohe, and the meaning of it is not something we can understand, anyway, this thing is good! ”