Qiu Yunqi looked at his mother expectantly, hoping to get her praise, even if it was for sure. Unexpectedly, with a "snap", Yao slapped him in the face, Qiu Yunqi covered his face, and even seemed to forget the humiliation and pain, and was stunned there, muttering and asking, "Mother, I, did I do something wrong?" ”

"Get on your knees!" Yao scolded sharply, Qiu Yunqi did not dare to hesitate at all, and despite the infinite grievances in his heart, he still knelt down in front of his mother. Yao asked, "Yunqi, where did this figurine come from?" Qiu Yunqi was speechless for a while, and said squeakily, "This, this, my son doesn't, I don't know!" ”

Yao Shi raised his face and snorted coldly, "It's not that you don't know, but you don't dare to say it!" Although this figurine has been handled very carefully, and the smell on it has been concealed, this thing must have come from the ancient tomb and was unearthed not long ago! Yunqi, is what my mother said right? ”

Qiu Yunqi knew that his mother, like those ladies, was not out of the door before leaving the cabinet, but because of the business of his grandfather's family, he had studied these antiquities, and his father was not on time, and he often asked his mother for advice.

"Mother is right!" Qiu Yunqi sincerely worshipped, Yao stood up and walked in front of him, "Yunqi, my mother once taught you that literary and antiques can be used to cultivate sentiment, but they will also be remembered by those with ulterior motives, digging and stealing privately, a 'thief' word is not enough to describe their shamelessness!" You know that this figurine is unknown, but you still keep it like a baby, I am really disappointed! ”

Qiu Yunqi was ashamed and ashamed, and fell to the ground without saying a word. At this moment, there was a jingle outside the door, and I heard a soft female voice that made people unable to pick up their strength say, "Master, are they all concubines, you only know that the young master has been back for so long, let's go in and have a look!" ”

This Sai Hongchen, Yao has only seen it once on the day of the tea ceremony, and she is a beautiful and very talkative woman. But now that I heard her say this, somehow, Yao's heart was unhappy. Chaoyu and Lingyu opened the curtains one by one, and Qiu Shenglin and Sai Hongchen walked in affectionately.

As soon as he saw Qiu Yunqi kneeling on the ground, Sai Hongchen covered his mouth as if he had discovered something extraordinary, and muttered in Qiu Shenglin's ear that he wanted to say but didn't dare to say, "Why was this young master punished for kneeling as soon as he came back, doesn't Mrs. want her son at all?" ”

This sentence was said very coincidentally, and it seemed to be a little gossip from her, but it not only accused the Yao family of ignoring the relationship between mother and son, but also boldly guessed whether Qiu Yunqi had done something wrong, so he would be punished as soon as he came back. Sure enough, Qiu Shenglin's face became gloomy, and he said lightly, "Yunqi, you get up first." And he sat down on his own.

Sai Hongchen saw the three-color glazed figurines on the table at a glance, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to Yao, "The young master is really filial, I don't know where to find this treasure to dedicate to Mrs., I don't know if the concubine can take a closer look, so as to open his eyes!" ”

She talked to herself, and without waiting for Yao's consent, she walked up like a lotus leaf and reached out to take the figurine. Yao Shi blocked her hand and said coldly, "Yunqi, put this thing away and return it to my family early tomorrow morning." In the future, such things are not allowed to be touched again! Qiu Yunqi was discouraged for a while, but he could only say, "Yes, mother, I know!" ”

He tightened the box of the three-color glazed figurines and was about to lock it, when Qiu Shenglin suddenly spoke, "Wait a minute, how do I look a little familiar with this thing." He took out the figurines again, looked at them carefully, and seemed to remember, "Last month, I seemed to see such a person in the pawnshop of my eldest brother's house. The eldest brother was happy for this for several days, and said that he picked up a big bargain, but unfortunately he couldn't make a pair! Yunqi, where did you get this thing? ”

Qiu Yunqi didn't dare to hide it, and said honestly, "Three days ago, someone took this thing to the shop, saying that he was in a hurry to use the money and wanted to make a move. I saw that it was scarce and that it was not very expensive, so I accepted it. After speaking, he knelt down again, "My son was greedy for a while, knowing that this thing was coming from the wrong way, and he was selfish enough to accept it, my mother had just taught my son, and I asked my father to forgive me!" ”

"Sure enough, this thing is from the Great Tomb. Yunqi, your mother is right, Mingri will return the things to the owner. Although we are a small business, we must also be clean and innocent! Unexpectedly, Sai Hongchen said with a regretful face, "It's a pity that such a good thing was returned like this!" ”

She stood beside Qiu Shenglin, almost putting her bulging chest on his head, Yao turned his face angrily and didn't look at it, only to hear Sai Hongchen say coquettishly, "Master, this figurine likes the concubine's body, it's better to put it in the concubine's room, and you can play with it every day!" Qiu Shenglin said, "You can pick all the good things in the warehouse, but this one is missing?" Let's send that cloud flag back! ”

"No, people want it, people like it!" Sai Hongchen actually sprinkled coquettish in front of Yao's and Qiu Yunqi, that appearance was really unbearable to look at. Qiu Shenglin was already excited, but she was so troubled, and said helplessly, "Okay, okay, if you like it, stay." Anyway, if you just buy it yourself and play with it, it shouldn't be nothing! ”

Sai Hongchen was overjoyed, and while holding the wooden box on his own initiative, he thanked Qiu Shenglin, "Thank you, master, the concubine knows that the master loves the concubine the most!" Seeing that she was a villain, the Yao family couldn't help but say to Qiu Shenglin, "The Qiu family has never received a thing of unknown origin, is the master going to break this rule today for his aunt's wife?" ”

Qiu Yunqi also said, "My son was confused for a while, and he couldn't let his father and Qiu Fu be infamous on their backs." Mrs. Auntie, please return this figurine! He stretched out his hand to ask for it, but Sai Hongchen refused to give it, "Young master, you also heard just now, the master has already rewarded me with this thing." The gentleman is quick to speak, don't you want the master to be a villain who goes back on his word? ”

As soon as she entered the door, she provoked everywhere, Qiu Yunqi had long looked at her unpleasantly, and now she was even more angry and didn't set off, not caring that she was her father's concubine, and said without hesitation, "What are you to talk like this in front of your mother?" Dad spoils you and accommodates you everywhere, but I can't rub sand in my eyes! ”

Qiu Yunqi stretched out his hand to grab it, and Sai Hongchen retreated step by step under fright, but unexpectedly tripped on the table foot, and the whole person leaned back without warning. At that moment, Qiu Shenglin pushed away the Qiuyun Banner in a frightened way and went to help her, not wanting the wooden box in his hand to fall to the ground with a "clang", and the three-color glazed figurines inside rolled out, and the bones were still broken in half!