Regardless of what was going on with the stone bricks, Yu Chao's first reaction was to refuse.

That's right, refuse!

This is a matter of etiquette, when someone else sends something, you can't just accept it easily, you have to have a procedure, refuse it first.

This is the same as going to a relative's house to pay New Year's greetings when I was a child, and the elders grabbed a handful of candy and stuffed it for you, and the normal reaction was to be embarrassed, and then under the persuasion of the elders and the consent of the parents, this can be shyly taken over.

Before leaving or during this period, the elders want to give the New Year's money, even if they want it in their hearts, they have to pretend not to accept it, at least they must say no.

At this time, even if it is a parent, it is a "lie" such as saying that the children are from all over the family, and what kind of money is given.

Although the same scene has to come back several times a year, repeating and repeating, everyone understands it in their hearts.

But this rule just can't be broken, and in the end, at the insistence of the elders, it must be accepted "as a last resort".

Facing the stone bricks that Uncle Fang took out, although Yu Chao was a little curious in his heart, the education he had been receiving in his heart made him politely refuse.

"Brother Yu, this is the situation in the old man's house, you have also seen it. One day, when my eyes are closed, I will never wake up again, who do you say this ancestral treasure should be given to?

You can't just bury yourself in the ground and go with me, right? The old man is eighty-five years old this year, and he never wants to owe anyone a favor.

Today, you should take pity on my old man, accept it, and if you have the opportunity in the future, find a successor to pass it on, so as not to lose this ancestral craft. ”

Yes, Uncle Fang has said everything about this, wouldn't it be a pity for the hard work of others if he doesn't accept it.

So Yu Chao took it cheekily, and after thanking him again and again, he always felt sorry in his heart.

Do good deeds need to be rewarded?

Some people may say they need it, and some people feel that doing good deeds can make them happy, which in itself is the best reward.

Yu Chao did a little favor, even if he had to spend a "lot of money" to buy the old man's stone carving later, the result would make him feel comfortable, which was the best return.

Now there is an unexpected joy, just say that this stone brick, there are some patterns carved on it, although a little damp, but also through the smell of earth, but it is always a novelty.

And after Yu Chao held it in his hand, he obviously felt a little too light, maybe it wasn't what he thought, it might be a box, but he didn't know what it contained.

Anyway, you can't find a place to buy such a thing, so maybe it's an antique!

Just accepted it with such a cheeky face, Yu Chao felt very uncomfortable in his heart, feeling a kind of kindness in return, as if he was greedy for other people's treasures, this feeling made him uncomfortable.

Uncle Fang's words are right, and he is not wrong to accept them, but if he doesn't repay the old man or something, Yu Chao is uneasy.

But how can you repay it?

Money?

Isn't this a little too good, making people feel that affection can be bought and sold with money, or is it insulting/insulting this affection?

Yu Chao was anxiously thinking about how to repay him, so he didn't say anything, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

The old man suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "Oh, look at me, it may not be convenient for you to hold the stone box, I'll go find you a bag, you have to put it on and carry some." ”

Hey, it turned out to be a stone box, and I guessed it right!

The old man found a small schoolbag from the house, well, army green, the kind with shoulder straps, the kind used by students in the seventies and eighties that were shown on TV.

There are still a lot of patches on it, but they are very clean, and even a little whitish. It's just that it may not be used for a long time, and it has been eaten by insects in the cabinet.

The old man patted his schoolbag and said with an embarrassed face: "I don't have a bag intact at home, so you can just use this to put it on."

Don't worry, it's not dirty, it's just been in the wooden box for a long time, there are some raw insects, I have checked it, and it can still be used. ”

Yu Chao immediately thanked him, took it, and carefully put the stone box into it, and deliberately hung the schoolbag diagonally on his shoulder to ensure that it would not be thrown away.

The old man smiled, did not speak, and drank the sweet and bitter tea in large gulps.

Yu Chao glanced at a cigarette stick under the octagonal table, and thought that the old man might also smoke, so he took out the cigarette and handed it over with both hands.

The old man groaned for a moment, and finally took it with an embarrassed smile.

"Hehe, the old man hasn't smoked paper cigarettes for a long time, tsk, your cigarettes must be very expensive, right?

The old man used to smoke leaf cigarettes, but unfortunately the tobacco leaves planted last year were soaked in heavy rain and beaten by ice eggs, and the harvest was not good, so he hadn't smoked it for a long time. ”

Yu Chao stepped forward to light a cigarette for the old man, and said with a smile: "Oh, Uncle Fang also grows tobacco leaves, and I also know that kind of tobacco leaves." The smell is strong, it is easy to cause cough and phlegm, and it is better to smoke less. ”

Uncle Fang smoked a cigarette beautifully, with a smile on his face, "Hehe, the old man is so old, how long can he live, it's okay, some smoke is good, what do you care about those who don't." ”

Yu Chao is not good at persuading anything, after all, he smokes, persuade the other party to smoke paper cigarettes, not leaf cigarettes?

Nonsense!

Who wants to smoke that kind of bad if you have money, unless you are used to that kind of taste, or who doesn't want to smoke a good one!

It's all about money!

The two were smoking cigarettes and chatting without a word, and then Lao Tan brought someone over.

Under the witness of nearby neighbors, Lao Tan also specially asked people to take 100,000 yuan, saying that they used this money to buy a pair of stone lions and a bluestone grinding plate from Uncle Fang.

As for other small pieces, Uncle Fang didn't sell them, saying that they were light enough to take, so he gave them to Yu Chao.

Well, Yu Chao looked at the stone cup, stone dog, stone cat, and a pair of children's stone statues that Uncle Fang put out, and was dumbfounded.

Where did you get all this?

I didn't see it before!

Originally, he thought it was just three or four large items, but hadn't he ever sold these small ones before?

Uncle Fang let Yu Chao say whatever he wanted, anyway, he would either send it or sell it, he was very stubborn, and he didn't listen to what others said at all.

The neighbors talk too much, and he's still angry, and I can do whatever I want with my things, and you can't control it.

Hey, come on, don't rush the old man out of the way, that's bad.

100,000 yuan, Yu Chao didn't know what the market was like, but looking at Uncle Fang's trembling hands, as well as his face full of disbelief, muttering too many words and so on, he was relieved.

Looking at the other people, no one in those neighbors said that the money was small, but they looked a little greedy, Yu Chao decided to accompany the old man to the bank to deposit the money first.

As for how to get these things back, didn't Lao Tan bring someone over, even the winch was carried up, and there were some rope rollers or something.

Professional matters, leave them to professionals, don't mix them blindly if you don't know.

He deliberately found a neighbor's aunt who seemed to be kind and enthusiastic, and accompanied the old man to the bank to deposit money.

On the way, the old man still wanted to repay the money Yu Chao paid in the hospital, but Yu Chao was not happy.

What's the matter, you are allowed to give us things, and we are not allowed to help you pay some money, are you looking down on us?

The old man sneered, and didn't insist on anything, just held the bag of money tightly in his arms, as if he was afraid that he would lose it or be robbed.

Cai Youliang also drove, anyway, it was not far from the bottom of the mountain, and it didn't take half an hour to go back and forth, so he quickly drove the car to the door of the rural credit cooperative.

Yu Chao took the time to transfer a sum of money to Cai Youliang, asked him to go to the store to buy a few cigarettes, and quietly put them at Uncle Fang's house.

He was afraid that he would send it openly, but the old man would not agree.