Fanning went to find Zhou Yuanwai.

Zhou Yuanwai in Jiangwan Village belongs to the existence of a master in the world, his ancestors were from Jiangwan Village, and later moved to Changzhou County, gradually made a fortune in business, and his family wealth was thousands, and he was a famous and wealthy family in Pingjiang Mansion.

Zhou Yuanwai is the third generation of the Zhou family, it is said that he was a jinshi and a prefect, and was deposed for offending the eunuchs.

Five years ago, Zhou Yuanwai returned to Jiangwan Village, renovated and expanded his ancestral home, and then never showed up again.

The only intersection between him and the village is the elementary school.

And Fan Ning knew him because Fan Zhongyan lived in his house for a few days, and the two were close friends.

In fact, Fanning has no interest in helping the fourth uncle find trouble, he just pities his grandmother, who has to cook and laundry for the family at such an old age.

If the fourth uncle has an errand, then the family will have extra money to hire a helper.

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Jiangwan Village, like all small villages in the south of the Yangtze River, is characterized by many rivers.

In addition to the Bailong River, which flows into the Xu River, there are two other unknown streams.

More rivers means more bridges, and there are thirteen bridges in the village.

To get to Zhou Yuanwai's house, you have to cross at least four small bridges.

Fanning took a shortcut, he didn't bother to cross the bridge and jumped directly over the creek from a few boulders.

At this time, Fan Ning suddenly found a person sitting on the bridge, and from the back, it was clearly the fourth uncle.

He's not going to the county, why is he still sitting here? It seems that the fourth uncle is waiting for someone.

Fan Ning was about to wave his hand, but saw the fourth uncle stand up and look into the distance excitedly.

I saw a young woman in a green dress, carrying a basket in her arm, coming out of an alley.

Her face was painted snow-white, her mouth was rouge red, she looked particularly demonic, and a pair of peach blossom eyes looked at Fan Tongzhong with a smile.

Fan Ning was taken aback, isn't there a famous Yang widow in the village here?

Fan Ning suddenly remembered the unusual behavior of the fourth uncle on the day he returned from the capital.

"There's a good show!"

His heart was suddenly full of interest, and he quickly squatted down, and a half-human-high cluster of reeds just covered him.

Fan Tongzhong turned around and walked unhurriedly under the bridge, and Widow Yang followed a few feet behind him, and the two seemed to be going their own ways, not touching each other's boundaries.

After walking a few steps off the bridge, I only heard 'Whoa!' With a bang, a money bag fell from Fan Tongzhong's body, and the copper coins full of copper coins inside slammed into the stone road.

Even Fan Ning, who was dozens of steps away, could hear it clearly, but Fan Tongzhong sped up and walked away as if he hadn't heard anything.

Seeing that there was no one left and right, Widow Yang, who was walking behind, quickly picked up the money bag and put it in the basket, and Shi Shiran walked towards another road.

At this time, Fan Ning was a little sympathetic to the fat fourth aunt, and he secretly scolded the fourth uncle who had gone away in high spirits.

No way! He had to find something to do, and with such a colander at home, his grandmother didn't want to have a good life.

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Fanning came to the door of Zhou Yuanwai's house, which was a large mansion covering an area of about 20 acres, with a wall at least one zhang high, a stream running through the house, and dozens of century-old trees around it, lushly surrounding the mansion.

It is both elegant and a little quaint.

The black-lacquered door was closed, and Fanning walked up the steps, patted the knocker hard, and in the middle of the night, the door creaked open, revealing a rich face.

This is a middle-aged man, wearing a hood and a cyan short coat, he should be the housekeeper or subordinate of the house, he looked at Fan Ning, and asked coldly, "What's the matter with you?" ”

"I am Fan Ning of this village, and I have come to visit the master of your house, please let the old man report it."

The old man was an honorific title for the housekeeper, and the middle-aged man stared at Fan Ning for a moment, and finally nodded, "You wait a moment!" ”

He closed the door and walked briskly to the house, and in a short time there was a sound of footsteps, and the door opened again.

There was a gentle smile on the butler's face, "Fan Shaolang, please come in!" ”

Fanning followed the butler all the way to the atrium, which was paved with stone slabs and planted with dwarf trees such as plums and plums on both sides, but in the center was a circular flower bed.

There are five or six Taihu Lake stones standing on the flower bed, and in the middle is a slender blue-gray Taihu Lake stone, which is as high as two zhang, exceeding the roof, exquisitely clear, heavy and mountainous, which is breathtaking.

Fan Ning looked up at the high Taihu Lake Stone, and couldn't help but exclaim, this is very similar to the Guanyun Peak in the Garden of Lingering in the Future!

But he immediately knew that it was not the same piece, the Lingering Garden Guanyun Peak was white, and this piece was cyan, which was more elegant and extraordinary.

"This Taihu Lake stone is called Cuiyun Peak, and it came from Xishan 20 years ago." A clear voice came from behind him.

Fan Ning turned around, only to see a middle-aged man standing in the corridor behind him, with a thin and pale face, wearing a long toggle, wearing a blue long shirt and a leather jacket, and he looked at him with a smile on his face.

Fan Ning hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Junior Fan Ning, see Zhou Yuanwai!" ”

The middle-aged man is called Zhou Lin, Ming Dao was admitted to the Jinshi in the second year, and served as a member of the household department, the prefect of Jiangling, five years ago he offended Zhang Yaozuo, the abbot who went to Jiangling Mansion to play, and soon there was a civil unrest in Jiangling Mansion, Zhang Yaozuo instructed the imperial history to impeach, and Zhou Lin was dismissed from his official position and demoted to a common man.

Zhou Lin simply returned to his hometown and lived in seclusion in Jiangwan Village, living in a simple and indisputable life.

Zhou Lin and Fan Zhongyan are fellow villagers, and they also get his support, and every time Fan Zhongyan returns to his hometown, he will come to his house to live for a few days and enjoy his collection of Taihu stones.

He looked young, in fact he was in his fifties, the middle jinshi was late, and he was not in good health.

Zhou Lin nodded, "It's cold outside, let's go sit inside!" ”

Fanning followed him to the outer study, where the brazier was lit, warm as spring, and through the window you could see the Taihu Lake stone in the atrium.

The interior of the study is very elegantly furnished, with a calligraphy hanging on the front wall, on which a line of words reads, 'Treat them like guests, relatives like sages, value them like jewels, and love them like children and grandchildren.' ’

Fan Ning knew that this was to describe the Tang Dynasty Xiangguo Niu monks and children who loved Taihu Lake stone, and it seems that this Zhou Yuanwai is also a person who loves stone as his life.

Next to it is a white jade screen, dividing the room into two, inside is a desk, and on the wall hangs a calligraphy of his grandfather Fan Zhongyan, with the words 'stone idiot'.

Outside the screen is the hospitality area, with several soft chairs surrounding a brazier.

At this time, Fanning was attracted by a few rows of bonsai rockeries by the wall, which were actually miniature Taihu Lake stones, there were thirty or forty of them, with a variety of postures, beautiful and exquisite, the largest two feet, and the smallest only a few inches.

"These are my collection of fine products, when the weather is a little warmer, I will take you to the backyard stone room to see, there are hundreds of Taihu Lake stones, but now the cold there is too heavy, my body can't resist it."

"Excuse me, these Taihu stones are very valuable!" Fanning pointed to the miniature Taihu stone.

Zhou Lin smiled slightly, "During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the high-grade Taihu Lake stone was a treasure to enjoy, of course, it was worth a lot, but it also depends on fate, like the Cuiyun Peak outside, it can be called a priceless treasure, but I only spent two thousand yuan to buy it." ”

"Like, how much is this worth?" Fanning asked, pointing to a double-hole Taihu Lake stone.

The reason why he cares is because he also has a few miniature Taihu stones under his bed.

Many people around Taihu Lake have more or less a few pieces of Taihu Lake stone in their homes, and the good quality is more valuable, if the quality is different, it is worthless.

Fan Tiezhou fished in Taihu Lake, and often caught some small Taihu Lake stones, and he left a few good-looking Taihu Lake stones and brought them back to his son.

Fan Dududu treasured a few pieces of Taihu Lake stone as a treasure in the treasure box, but Fan Ning didn't know the goods, and threw them under the bed as broken stones, now that he thinks about it, Fan Ning is really a little ashamed.

Zhou Lin smiled and said: "This piece is called Double Cave Dawn, I bought it in the Strange Stone Pavilion in Mudu Town, and it cost thirty taels of silver at that time. ”

"And what if there are seven holes in it?"

"That's called Seven Stars and Moon, I've seen it, but unfortunately it's not natural, it's processed by someone and thrown into the lake for twenty years to form."

"What if it's natural?"

"If it's natural, it's precious!"

Zhou Lin's eyes lit up, and he asked with a smile: "Could it be that Fan Shaolang also has Taihu Lake Stone in his house?" ”

Fanning nodded, "My father is a fisherman in Taihu Lake, and he caught a few small Taihu Lake stones and sent them to me, and piled them under my bed." ”

Zhou Scales officialdom was lost, so he put all his thoughts on collecting Taihu Lake stones, calling himself a stone idiot, and he has really collected a lot of high-grade Taihu stones in recent years.

In the Taihu Lake area, few people know about Zhou Yuan, but when it comes to stone idiots, everyone knows about it, and no one knows it.

When Zhou Liang heard that Fan Ning had Taihu Stone in his house, he hurriedly grabbed his arm and said excitedly: "Take me to see it!" ”

"It's cold outside, let's go get it from the juniors!"

Zhou Lin smiled, "Don't be so troublesome, I also want to go out for a walk, if Shaolang doesn't welcome me to the door, then it's another matter." ”

"Where can you not welcome Zhou Yuanwai, then let's go together!"

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[I saw a lot of messages, I hope Lao Gao can revise the second chapter, Lao Gao is as good as a stream, and replaced it with a version written before, in addition, the sixth chapter is also slightly modified. 】