When I took the note, my heart beat several times faster. The handwriting on the note is too obvious, it is completely grandpa's handwriting, and there are only six words on the note: Qiangzi receives the bowl and gives money.

This is definitely grandpa, but I don't know where grandpa is now, what is the meaning of him asking me to take this bowl or just take a fancy to this antique and introduce me to a business. It stands to reason that the profit from the sale of this bowl must be unattractive in the eyes of grandpa.

Datou and Datuan also came over to look at the note, I gave Datou a color, and Datou understood the meaning and asked directly to the old peasant: "Brother, where is the person who wrote this note, do you know where he went?" ”

The old peasant looked at a few of us, and because he had made a good impression on him by subduing the robbers in the car before, and because we didn't look like bad people, he told us what had happened that day.

The old peasant was working in the field that day, when suddenly several people crawled out of the deep ditch at the edge of their field, led by an old man who looked very kind, followed by four young men. The men's clothes were in tatters, as if they had fled.

The old farmer's house is another village in the mountains, not too far away from Brother Li's village, but the village where the old farmer's house is located is relatively isolated and remote, so few people will come.

After seeing these people, the old farmer looked curiously in the field, and only after knowing that the old man led by him came to greet him, he reacted. The old peasant was relatively simple, and several people wanted to spend the night at the old man's house, but the old man didn't say anything, and took them back to their homes directly. In fact, there is nothing to be afraid of, he is the only one in the old man's house, his children are out, and there is nothing valuable at home.

To put it bluntly, the family is poor and white, and even the thief doesn't care, in the words of the old farmer, is it possible that he is afraid of stealing two or two meters in his own tank?

I know that among the people mentioned by the old peasant, the old man must be the grandfather, and as for the four young people, it is very likely that they are the brothers of Lao Zhou, and I really don't know how the grandfather got together with them.

When the grandfather walked into the old farmer's house, due to the habit of occupational diseases, he began to look around, and almost at first sight he saw the bronze bowl that the old farmer's house fed the cat. At that time, the grandfather did not leak a word, and only after eating at the old farmer's house and Lao Zhou's brothers fell asleep did the grandfather get up and come to the old farmer.

Grandpa used to always say that you get what you pay for, and you don't do things with a conscience. At that time, Grandpa could have taken the bowl with his own hands, or found an excuse to take the bowl at a low price. But the grandfather didn't do that, and told the old farmer that the bowl was an antique and could be sold for a good price.

Of course, grandpa also left room for it, and did not directly say how much the bowl could be sold for, but directly gave the old farmer an address, and then wrote a note to the old farmer to ask him to come to me, and even the old farmer's travel expenses were taken out by grandpa.

The old farmer said so much, but he still didn't say what we wanted, and what we are most concerned about now is where the grandfather has gone now. Hearing that the old peasant was starting to talk farther and farther away, and when he talked about the long traditions in the village, I quickly began to change the topic and asked the old peasant, "Brother, where did the people you said end up?" ”

"I ate the next morning, left some money for the old man and left. At that time, I pushed the old man for a long time, but I couldn't stand the fact that there were many people's families, so I kept the money. Speaking of where I went, I really don't know. When the old farmer talked about collecting money, his face was obviously a little embarrassed and a little proud, as if he had met a good person and even had a light on his face.

"Brother, is this the place that the old man asked you to find?" The big head told the old farmer the address of our store, and the old farmer looked at the big head in surprise after hearing it, looking incredulous.

When I saw the old peasant's expression, I knew that it must be, and the person who left him the address was definitely grandpa, and grandpa also asked him to come to me.

"Brother, he is Ye Qiang, and the old man is his grandfather." The big head pointed at me and said to the old peasant. The old peasant was a little surprised just now, but now after listening to the big head's words, he couldn't turn around.

After a long time, the old peasant's movements startled me and the three of us. I saw the old peasant grab the note directly from my hand, and then tightly clutched his canvas bag, looking at us vigilantly, as if we were bad people.

"Brother, I know you don't believe us, you'll know when you get out of the car and go to the store. We don't want your bronze bowl now, and we don't have that much money in our hands. The big man still said to the old farmer with a kind face, and after listening to the big head say this, the old farmer relaxed a little.

So, I hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and said: "Brother, after confirming in the store, what we said before is still valid, we have all the food and accommodation in Henan, and the fare for you to come back." ”

The words of the three of us obviously made the old peasant a little moved, and then he slowly relaxed his vigilance, but when we asked to see the bronze bowl, we were still refused. But then I thought about it, the car was mixed, maybe I would meet an expert, and this kind of thing was still a private transaction.

Since the railway was not developed at that time, and there was no high-speed railway from Xi'an to Zhengzhou, basically all of them were still in the era of green cars. So it takes us more than ten hours to get from Xi'an to Henan, take the train in the afternoon, and get to Henan the next morning, and it's quite boring to take so long in between.

The old peasant was obviously going out for the first time, and he didn't even bring anything to eat. The backpacks of me and the big head and the big group were all stuffed with Brother Li's daughter-in-law, and they were directly taken out of it for the old farmers to eat together.

Looking at the dark night outside the window, I haven't seen such a beautiful night for a long time. When the train stopped at the station, I basically leaned against the window, greedily looking at the stars in the sky.

"Hadron, sleep for a while, and when you wake up, you'll be there." The big head found an empty seat and lay down, because it was not a holiday, so there were not many people in the car, and a large number of people went down before, and the car was empty at this time.

The next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, I heard the train report in front of the station and arrived at the Zhengzhou Railway Station. After waking up Datou and Datuan, I went to the toilet to wash my face and come out, packed my luggage and prepared to get out of the car.

After getting off the bus, there were a lot of people at the bus stop, and I and the three of us were going to take a taxi back. When the old peasant came out, he looked around, and he was very uncomfortable with this strange place.

"Brother, let's go, we have to go back to the store, you come with us, and we will pay for the journey." The words of the big head obviously moved the old peasant's heart, and here a few of us can be said to be the most familiar with him. In the end, the old farmer turned his heart and nodded directly and followed us into the taxi.

By the time I gave the taxi driver the address, I could clearly see in the mirror in front of me that the old peasant sitting in the back with the big head and the middle of the big group breathed a sigh of relief. Looks like he's finally believing in us now.

When I got back to the shop, I immediately went to see if my grandfather had returned. But it was still empty, and there was no trace of Grandpa. When I came out of the circle, I saw the old farmer looking at the shop sign in a daze, and the big head and the big group looked at him with a smile on both sides.

I went back and sat down at the counter, posing like a boss, and quietly waited for the old peasant to come in. The old peasant and the big head and the big group of three people came in together, and they were shocked by my posture. Tremblingly, he took the bronze bowl from his canvas bag and the note, and handed it to me.

I have already read the bronze bowl and the note, so let the old farmer sit there and not be nervous, personally poured a cup of tea and handed it to him and asked: "Brother, we are also acquaintances, you can make a price directly, and I will not bargain." ”

The old farmer obviously didn't know the value of the bowl, so I asked him to make a price, but he was stunned for a moment. After a while, he raised a finger and said with a little weakness: "Ten thousand yuan, what do you think?" ”

"Ten thousand?" The old peasant's voice was a little low, and I didn't hear it clearly, so I asked. Unexpectedly, as soon as this sentence came out, the old farmer directly lowered the price and said eight thousand.

"Brother, don't say anything, I'll make a price, 30,000 yuan, what do you think?" This bronze bowl, if I change hands, the minimum should be about 50,000 yuan, and if it is 30,000 yuan, I still have a profit of 20,000 yuan, so I directly quoted this price.

The old farmer's psychological price should be 10,000 yuan, and when he heard me say 30,000 yuan, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and then quickly stood up and said, "Okay, okay, no problem, no problem." As he spoke, he was still rubbing his hands, and his palms were sweaty, obviously nervous.

I saw the old peasant's thoughts, and directly handed him the bronze bowl and said, "Brother, we will go to the bank to withdraw the money later, and the money will be given to you." Shall we go to the bank for a meal first, or shall we go to the bank first? ”

"Go to the bank first." The old peasant, who was putting the bronze bowl into the canvas bag, didn't think about it and said it directly, and the big head and the big group laughed quietly. The old peasant reacted, and his old face turned red.

"Okay, then go to the bank first. Big head and big group, walk together, and come back after eating later. Looking at the sky outside, the bank should have opened, so he said a word directly to that side, got up directly, and walked in the direction of the bank together.

Since I came relatively early, the bank did not have a few businesses, so I quickly took out the money and handed it to the old farmer.