At the village bazaar.

Li Yan held the dozen or so rags she bought, and after paying the money, she found that Wang Yuan was gone, and it was okay to buy some cloth and lose her husband, so she quickly found Wang Yuan's figure after looking for it.

"Xiaoyuan, I thought you were gone? Well? Erlei is you? ”

"Let me introduce you, this is my sister Shen Ying." Shen Erlei enthusiastically introduced Wang Yuan and his wife.

Wang Yuan looked beside him and saw Shen Ying wearing a silver-gray cotton coat and glasses, with a bookish breath all over her body.

Shen Erlei's father once proudly mentioned Shen Ying to Wang Yuan, who was studying at Tsinghua University.

Wang Yuan was surprised: "Today can be regarded as seeing a real person, hello, college student!"

"Hello."

Shen Ying was a little shy, and she spoke softly, which was very different from Shen Erlei's loud voice.

Shen Erlei took a few people to the south: "I'm here to open an acquisition station, it's been negotiated, let's go to the store and sit for a while."

On the way, Wang Yuan and Li Yan explained Shen Ying's identity, she was also very surprised, and then a strong sense of envy emerged in her eyes.

"This is the first time I've seen a college student in my life, and it turns out that a college student also has a nose and two eyes."

Li Yan's cooing voice was very small, but Wang Yuan was very close to her, so she heard it clearly, and she couldn't help but enjoy that her daughter-in-law was really cute.

The newly opened shop is a courtyard not far south of the township police station, and the low fence wall is half-decorated.

But there was a wooden sign erected outside the fence wall, and it was written crookedly in blue ink:

"Buy bear skins, A.D. skins, fox skins, rabbit skins at a high price."

The first few words are written too big, resulting in the back words are written smaller and smaller, the first "high" word is as big as a big white steamed bun, and the last "skin" word is only as small as a cat's paw.

The manager of the acquisition store is a Luo Guoer, who looks very shy, opens the door and invites everyone to come in with a smile.

After a few people entered the house, they sat at the kang table and chattered, and the wife of the manager of Luo Guo brought them fried peanuts, and then went out with a smile.

Card~

Shen Erlei pinched the peanut with a pinch of his fingers, and then threw the peanut bean into his mouth and chewed:

"The manager of this store is surnamed Wang, no one knows what his name is, anyway, he is a Luo Guoer, others call him Wang Guozi, he was introduced to me by a person in our township, give him 60 yuan a month, Xiaoyuan, what do you think?"

"It's good, I've seen him carry a basket and pick up cow dung on the side of the road, and now it's not bad to have a money-making business."

Wang Yuan looked out through the window, and saw Wang Guozi carrying a vegetable basket and walking south with a smile, probably going to the market to buy something.

Seeing that he couldn't close his mouth when he smiled, he should be quite satisfied with the business of opening the acquisition station.

Shen Erlei smiled: "Don't look at Wang Guozi like this, but he can paint, and the kind of woods covered with snow that he paints is beautiful!"

"yes? And this kind of ability? ”

"Yes, I heard that his family was not good back then, and his back was beaten like this." Shen Erlei instantly sighed.

"The Sword Comes"

This topic was a bit heavy, and soon the two consciously chatted about something else, and Shen Erlei intended to let his sister Shen Ying and Wang Yuan chat more.

He knew that Wang Yuan had friends in Yanjing, and if Shen Ying encountered difficulties, maybe Wang Yuan could help, a person from a girl's family went to study in other places, and the Shen brothers were very worried about their sister.

After knowing from Shen Erlei's mouth that Wang Yuan had been to Yanjing, Shen Ying was also a little surprised: "You went to Yanjing Gaha?" The cost of the road alone is expensive. ”

"My friend helped contact a job before, which was to help the Yanjing state-run store collect pine nuts, so I often ran over there when I came and went."

Shen Ying is a little blindsided - a farmer in his hometown helps the state-run store in Yanjing collect pine nuts?

It seems to work, but it always feels a little awkward, and she doesn't discriminate against farmers, but most farmers have never even been to the county seat.

Wang Yuan not only went out of the province, but also went to the capital and hooked up with the state-run stores over there, Shen Ying was full of doubts that this Wang Yuan really had such a great ability?

However, she and Wang Yuan were not familiar with each other, so she didn't ask any more.

Shen Erlei suddenly said, "By the way, Xiaoyuan, I want to tell you something."

"Say it."

"It's that I collect grain, vegetables, pork and chicken from the countryside, and then sell these things to the city, and Li Shen's restaurants can't eat everything.

For example, the last time I collected pigs, he couldn't eat more than a dozen pigs, so I sold them to other restaurants. Shen Erlei frowned, his face full of distress.

"And then?"

And then ...... Li Shen was very angry when he knew about this, and we didn't quarrel, but I saw that his face was very ugly. ”

The air was much quieter, only the noise of the bazaar outside, and the extreme cold weather could not stop the enthusiasm of the small traders and vendors to make money.

Li Yan also looked at Wang Yuan curiously, she felt that this kind of thing was very difficult to do.

Wang Yuan thought for a while and said, "Erlei, listen to me, it's not entirely unreasonable for Li Shen to be angry, right?"

"But ......"

"Don't worry, if there is a surplus of pigs, it is normal to sell them to others, after all, pigs belong to you, and you can sell them to whoever you want to sell them to."

"That's it!" Shen Erlei felt that what Wang Yuan said was very right, and it was as if he had found a soulmate in an instant.

"But you also have to think more about Li Shen's thoughts, after all, your things are mainly sold to me and Li Shen's partnership.

There are already dozens of restaurants, and you can eat most of the things you collect in one bite, and if you really break up, it will be difficult for you to find such a big buyer.

Even if you can find it, it will take a lot of effort for no reason. Wang Yuan said slowly.

He very much didn't want Shen Erlei and Li Shen to break up, people are complicated, there are some small differences between each other, and small contradictions are very normal.

If Shen Erlei really broke up with Li Shen, then Wang Yuan would probably have to help the restaurant find people who collect pigs and grain.

The newly found person is likely to become enemies when he competes with Shen Erlei, and the final result is that Wang Yuan and Shen Erlei can't be friends.

All this is what Wang Yuan does not want to see.

When Shen Erlei heard Wang Yuan say, "The restaurant I opened in partnership with Li Shen", he also reluctantly woke up, and a large number of shares in those restaurants belonged to Wang Yuan.

And Wang Yuan has a great kindness to him, even for the latter's sake, he can't be too tough, so Shen Erlei said with a deflated voice:

"It's because I think it's bad, I'll charge as much as the restaurant needs in the future, and I won't charge if I don't need that much."

"Don't don't, don't take it or take it! The more the merrier! And sell me the rice I harvested, and I will raise chickens.

Just don't sell the things you collect to those restaurants opened by the bald second, you know that the bald second and Li Shen have a grudge, the kind that never dies.

I'll talk to Li Shen about this when I have time. ”

"Okay, I see."

Shen Erlei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and couldn't help laughing when he thought of the various "battles" between Li Shen and Bald Er.

"By the way, Xiaoyuan, Li Shen really sued the bald second child?"

"Of course it's true, the court has accepted it, and the summons for the trial has come down."

"Hey, does the court care about this? By the way, what does the court do? Shen Erlei felt very novel, he had lived for decades and had never heard of anyone going to court to litigate.

He furrowed his brow and said, "Court...... Is it equivalent to the ancient county government? That kind of county magistrate slapped the plank, snap~ ascend to the hall! Mighty!

”

After the troubles in his heart were gone, Shen Erlei also became more relaxed, and his words began to be incoherent.

Wang Yuan laughed.

Shen Ying felt quite embarrassed, what did her second brother say, but she was actually quite curious about the lawsuit in her heart, and she couldn't stop thinking that one day she would have to fight a lawsuit with others?

Suddenly.

A shout rang out on the street outside: "Is Wang Guozi at home?"

Wang Guozi's daughter-in-law walked out quickly, and Wang Yuan, Shen Erlei, Li Yan and Shen Ying, who heard the shouting, also looked out.

I saw a man on a tricycle parked at the door, talking to Wang Guozi's daughter-in-law who walked out.

Shen Erlei didn't care about it, what should he do after retracting his gaze, but Wang Yuan heard words such as "painting", "Su Shi", "give more money" and so on.

The sound in the bazaar was too noisy for the rest of the conversation to be heard clearly, and then Wang Yuan saw Wang Guozi's daughter-in-law go back to the east house and walk out with something like a scroll.

In an instant, Wang Yuan couldn't sit still, and after throwing down the sentence "You guys talk about it first, I'll go out and have a look", quickly put on his shoes and ran out.

"What's going on, Xiaoyuan? What's going on? ”

"It's okay Swallow, I'll be back soon."

Wang Yuan went outside, and clearly heard Wang Guozi's daughter-in-law bargaining with the man, and there were two pieces of porcelain on the man's tricycle, and the difference in quality was very different.

Guiran, men are collectors of antiques.

Wang Guozi's daughter-in-law was very angry: "I said that the head of the family said that it is 500 yuan, and I won't sell it for any less!" You gave 400 yuan last time, and 420 yuan when you came back, so it's 20 yuan more? ”

The man sat on the tricycle, wrinkling his brows and complaining: "This painting is really not worth so much money, 420 yuan is a lot, don't be too greedy......"

Wang Yuan interjected: "Wait a minute, can you let me take a look at the painting first?"

The man felt that something was wrong, and directly scolded in a very impulsive tone: "Who are you!?"

Wang Yuan was stunned for a moment, looked at the man in disbelief and said, "Huh? Hello Bull Pi, come and tell me where you are! If you're from Hongxiang, I'll spare you, and if you're not from Hongo, I'll beat you up right now!" ”

"What's going on?"

Seeing that there seemed to be a quarrel outside, Shen Erlei, Shen Ying, and Li Yan all ran out, and at this time, Wang Guozi, who went to buy pig's head meat and liquor, also came back, and the voice became noisy for a while.

The man who bought the antiques was really not from his hometown, he was from the county town, and he was afraid of being beaten, so he instantly shrank back and didn't speak.

Wang Yuan just scared him twice, and when he saw that he didn't continue to be arrogant, he let him go, and he saw the painting as he wished.

Rustle~

On the left side of the painting are several tall and vigorous pillars, with obvious bamboo joints, as if you can feel the wonderful picture of the wind blowing the bamboo leaves.

To the right of the pillar is a waterhole, the pool is leisurely, and there are several stones of different sizes on the side of the tan.

There are several chapters in the upper right corner of the painting, and the one that attracts Wang Yuan's attention the most is Su Shi's famous badge.

", is it really Su Shi's painting? "Wang Yuan is as happy as if he has picked up a vault now, and his whole person is about to explode."......

Shen Erlei leaned over to Wang Yuan's right and looked at the painting: "Who is Su Shi?" What kind of thing is this painting, I don't think it's as good as Wang Guozi's painting. ”

Shen Ying obviously knew Su Shi, but she was only curious because she saw Su Shi's paintings, but she didn't understand the value of this painting.

Wang Yuan took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down, and then said to Wang Guozi: "This painting is going to sell for 500 yuan?" Okay, I bought it. ”

"Why do you want to buy it?" Wang Guozi was very surprised.

What was even more surprised than him was the man who collected antiques, the man's name was Qian Jianguo, who was already angry at this time, his face was red and his neck was thick, and he was not afraid of being beaten and immediately shouted:

"I want to come! If you want to buy it, I'll buy it, which round will get you! ”

"Ridiculous." Wang Yuan said: "In fact, you didn't buy it, oh, you don't buy it and you don't allow others to buy it?" Others still don't sell it? ”

"Who said I wouldn't buy it, I'm just about to buy it."

Qian Jianguo had to be excited, in fact, he had already reported the existence of this painting to his boss - a painting sold for 500 yuan, and he definitely needed the boss's nod before he dared to buy it.

His boss did agree to spend 500 yuan to buy the painting, but Qian Jianguo took the initiative to push the price down, after all, the commission for buying the painting was only 2 yuan.

If he can lower the price by a few dozen dollars, the extra money will be his!

A few dozen dollars, which is worth a month's worth of money, is very tempting!

But now it's going to be beaten with chickens and eggs.

Qian Jianguo couldn't accept it anyway, so he wanted to come up and grab the painting as soon as his head was hot, but unfortunately it was in vain after all, and he was directly beaten by Wang Yuan.

"Bang Bang Bang~"

"You still want to rob in broad daylight? 500 pieces of painting is enough for you to go in and squat for a few years! ”

"Paint, give me back! I'm willing to pay 500 yuan for a painting! ”

"It's late! Besides, you can't buy it for 500 yuan, because I can pay 510 yuan, can you continue to increase the price? ”

In an instant, Qian Jianguo was speechless.

There are a lot of people in the market, and many people come around after finding that there is a lively scene to see, whining and pointing and pointing.

Wang Yuan didn't want to be looked at as a monkey, so he pulled Wang Guozi into the house and gave him 500 yuan.

Wang Guozi was also very happy, he didn't expect that the painting left by his father was really worth 500 yuan.

In fact, if there was no Wang Yuan's appearance, Qian Jianguo would probably sell the painting at a low price if he sharpened it again, but unfortunately there was no if......

Wang Yuan and the four of them walked around the market again, and he invited Shen Erlei and Shen Ying to his house for dinner, but Shen Erlei said that there were still many things to do at home, so they left.

The market was crowded with people, and as the sun rose, the crowds not only did not decrease, but gathered more and more.

Da Da Da ~ A tractor somehow drove to the market, and it couldn't drive through it in the face of the surging crowd, and the people who rushed to the market were also blocked, so they could only pass by one on both sides of the tractor.

Wang Yuan and Li Yan were very far behind, and they stood on tiptoe and looked ahead, I was afraid that it would take about ten minutes to pass, so the two of them simply walked around the small alley next to them, intending to go directly to the back of the tractor.

"Hurry up, they're going to take a detour, let's keep up with them."

"Why is the tractor still driving to the set, you can't see so many people on the set."

"I really want to pull the driver down and beat him up."

A group of people followed Wang Yuan and his family to make a detour, and after coming out of the alley, they went south, and they wanted to return to the market from another small alley.

But this is a clearing covered with snow, and a large number of people have gathered dozens of meters to the west, so it turned out to be a place to sell firecrackers.

Rumble!

A seller lit the fuse of a cannon battle, and then threw the firecracker into the pit, and after a loud bang, the ice surface cracked, and a column of water jumped up directly!

The cheers in the distance continued, and the crowd that saw this scene was very excited, and some itchy people began to buy firecrackers.

Wang Yuan was far away, and his eyes couldn't help but shine: "Ox batch, put one on the night of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and everyone in the tunzi will be awakened."

Li Yan grabbed him and didn't let him buy it: "Don't buy it, put one in the tunzi, the glass will be shattered, and it will be even worse if you blow up people."

"This thing is really dangerous, I'll buy some whips later."

A group of people returned to the market from the small alley, continued to wander around, and saw the seller of sugar gourds, Wang Yuan also bought two strings of sugar gourds and ate them with Li Yan.

Suddenly.

Wang Yuan saw his grandmother from the oncoming crowd, the old lady was carrying a vegetable basket, walking briskly while talking to the two old ladies next to her, with a smile between her eyebrows.

Li Yan also saw the old lady and pointed it out to Wang Yuan with a smile.

"Grandma!"

"Huh? Xiaoyuan is you, I just bought a meat bun, let's get two of you to eat. ”

Grandma lifted the blue cloth covering the vegetable basket, took out two warm meat buns and handed them to Wang Yuan and Li Yan.

There are a lot of meat buns in her basket, because there are too many grandchildren, and she has bought too few and not enough to share.

The old lady next to her was from the tun next door, they were a little presbyopia, squinting at Wang Yuan and his family were curious about the identities of the two of them, and grandma happily introduced:

"This is the second grandson of my eldest son's family, and this is my granddaughter-in-law."

"Ouch~ It's so good, it's grown so big in a blink of an eye? I didn't dare to recognize it when I saw it on the road. ”

"yes, the last time I saw him, he was only a teenager, right? Now they are all married to a daughter-in-law? ”

After chatting a few words, Wang Yuan and Li Yan separated from their grandmother, eating the meat bun given by their grandmother, Wang Yuan asked, "Swallow, is it delicious?"

Li Yan pursed her lips and smiled, and ate the meat bun in small bites: "It's delicious...... By the way, is the painting you bought really that good? Worth 500 bucks? ”

"Of course it's really good! Don't worry, your man won't make a loss-making deal. ”

Wang Yuan remembered that in the future, only three of Su Shi's paintings came out, namely "Rain Bamboo Picture", "Xiaoxiang Bamboo and Stone Picture", and "Dead Wood and Strange Stone Picture".

Three paintings, all valued at more than 400 million RMB!

It's terrifying!

Although the painting in Wang Yuan's hand has not been released publicly, he estimates that the valuation will not be lower than others, and it can be said that a painting can last a lifetime!

After shopping around the market for a long time, it was already more than 11 o'clock at noon when they returned home on a motorcycle, so they hurried to cook and eat.

Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, it came to the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and after eating, Wang Yuan and Li Yan leaned on the quilt to prepare to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

Whirring ~ The cold wind outside the window is still blowing, bang ~ bursts of firecrackers sound from time to time, but the house is warm, relaxed and comfortable.

Wang Yuan casually glanced at the hand-torn calendar card on the wall - February 16, 1988.

"Today is 1988!" Wang Yuan hugged Li Yan tightly, and his face showed his expectation for the new year.