First of all, Zhao Haikun and I briefly talked about the history of his kitchen knife. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Haikun told us that the "ancestral kitchen knife" is said to be a gift from Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, and it has been hundreds of years now, and it can be regarded as a "witness" of the history of the Zhao family.

Because there is only one knife, it has always followed the Zhao family tree and handed it over to Lu Nan's family for safekeeping, and the inheritance is very orderly.

In modern times, this knife has always been held by Zhao Qingshan, after Zhao Qingshan died, his home was copied by the Red Guards, and the "ancient book recipes" and "pots and pans" left by the Zhao family have also become the "feudal four olds" and "cow ghosts and snake gods".

At that time, the Red Guards burned them, and said that this was "ironclad evidence" of Zhao Qingshan's counterrevolution.

This impact also made the last bit of heritage preserved by the Zhao family disappear. However, this knife was miraculously preserved.

Of course, this is not because Zhao Qingshan is good at hiding it or his son Zhao Deguang has a heart, but because the kitchen knife is too old, so old that it is dull, and it is so old that it has no style.

When all the Red Guards raided the Zhao family, no one thought that the kitchen knife was actually the most important inheritance of the Zhao family, and it was actually the "weapon" of Zhao Qingshan, the chef of Lunan Province.

In short, the knife was thrown into the snow when the Red Guards raided the house, and after stepping on it a few times, it was drowned, and that's it...... It miraculously escaped this catastrophe.

After that, Zhao Qingshan was tied up in the snow for three days and three nights, and after coming back, he had very serious tracheitis, and he died before the Spring Festival.

After that, the Zhao family's imperial kitchen knife naturally passed into the hands of Zhao Qingshan's son Zhao Deguang.

However, the bad luck of the Zhao family continued, more than ten years later, Zhao Deguang was framed by Lei Ren, died of depression, and actually died in prison, and the knife also went into the hands of Zhao Haikun and Zhao Haipeng.

Among the two brothers, Zhao Haikun was the elder, and this treasure knife should have been inherited by him, but Zhao Haikun "couldn't give birth", and his daughter-in-law Gui Yuxiu had no children for more than ten years, so he couldn't inherit the Zhao family's incense.

Therefore, Zhao Haikun understood the righteousness and gave the knife to the old squad leader who served in the army, Zhao Haipeng.

Zhao Haikun's approach is a kind of generosity and an encouragement. His intention is obvious, that is, to encourage my old squad leader to get married and have children as soon as possible, so that he can continue the incense for the Zhao family.

But with the death of my old squad leader...... It's all over.

When a person died, this knife became a relic, and it became a burden in Zhao Haikun's heart.

Since the death of his second brother, the more Zhao Haikun looks at this kitchen knife, the more upset he feels, and the honor and disgrace carried on it has also become a naked "irony" of his brothers' failures in their lives.

Zhao Haikun understands, and we also understand, after more than 600 years of ups and downs, the Lunan Zhao family has come to the end of its life, with the death of my old squad leader, it will have no descendants at all, after that, only the inheritance of the Huainan Zhao family and my foreign surname remain.

Admit it or not, that's the reality.

Because of this reality, Zhao Haijuan is reluctant to face this kitchen knife that carries honor and destiny. And the Zhao family lost the labor force of my old squad leader, and it was also a time of lack of money.

Therefore, Zhao Haijun thought about selling the treasure knife in exchange for a few dollars to subsidize the family.

I can't stop Zhao Haijuan from selling knives, but I'm not reconciled, because I can hear it and feel that the knife carries the honor of the Zhao family for more than 600 years! Zhao Qingshan used him as a weapon, Zhao Deguang took him to open a restaurant, and my old squad leader has passed it on for more than ten years...... On that knife, it is the bitterness and hardships of many generations of a family of cooks.

In my opinion, that knife is not a knife at all, but an "artifact" in my Five Organs Temple, and such an artifact should be enshrined in the temple.

Finally, I understood why Lei Ren had bothered to fight the idea of this treasure knife.

For a chef, that knife is not an ordinary antique, but a kind of spiritual inheritance. It is the soul of the Five Organs Temple!

Therefore, I asked unwillingly: "If you sell it, you will sell it, why should you sell it to the Heaven Breaker Master." ”

In my heart, it is better to sell this treasure that symbolizes the honor of the kitchen world to a liar, so that he is a cook and understands the meaning and glory contained in this kitchen knife.

In this regard, Zhao Haijuan explained that in addition to "subduing demons and eliminating demons", this Heaven Breaker also occasionally engaged in a side business of reselling cultural relics, and was a famous "earth mouse" in ten miles and eight townships. He felt that the kitchen knife was a good item and wanted to buy it.

Previously, Master Broken Heaven had already talked to the Zhao family a few times about this matter, but at that time, my old squad leader was still alive, so he definitely couldn't talk about it. This time, my squad leader committed suicide, and my uncle Zhao Haijuan didn't want to see things and think about people, so the two hit it off, and before Lei Ren and I came, we had already discussed the price and delivery time, and today we had to deliver the items.

After hearing these words, the Broken Heaven Master looked proud, Lei Renqi's beard rose, and I was even more unwilling.

In desperation, I asked, "Uncle! The knife...... How much did we sell? ”

Supposedly, I shouldn't have asked in person. After all, this is a trade secret, and anyone has the right not to answer, but I am really unwilling to sell such a kitchen knife with history and inheritance like this, so I am thinking in my heart...... Can I pay a little higher price and buy it back?

For the Zhao family, and for myself.

After all, it was a kitchen knife left by my old squad leader, a relic of my master!

Faced with my question, Zhao Haijun didn't hide it from me, he nodded with great satisfaction: "This...... The sale is not small, I also went to the antique store to ask, the knife, sold for 5,000 yuan! ”

"What!" Lei Ren and I widened our eyes at the same time and shouted, "Five thousand! When the cabbage is sold! ”

My mind is clouded. Although I don't know about antiques, I do know the weight of this knife in a chef's heart.

Even if it is only worth 5,000 yuan in the antique business, in the hearts of our people in the Five Organs Temple, it is a priceless treasure!

The kitchen knife given by Emperor Jiajing, the inheritance of the Zhao family for more than 600 years, Zhao Qingshan used him to kill ghosts, and my master used him to cook.

It's only worth ...... Five thousand?

In the face of our doubts, the Heavenly Master laughed and said, "You cooks! Let's get a layman! Now the Ming and Qing Dynasty ironware is at this price, you go to Panjiayuan to inquire, the kitchen knives of the Ming Dynasty are sold in kilograms! I'm out of five thousand, very high. ”

Listening to his words, I sneered in my heart: Very high? You're a "dirt mouse", can you make some money from it? There is a saying in the antique industry, called "praise and depreciation is the buyer", and the more you praise and disparage this treasure, the more valuable it is.

For a "earth mouse" like the Broken Heaven Master, someone in my field also knows a little.