The red glow of the setting sun spread over the entire small mountain village, and the breeze was blowing, and the cicadas that had not found a mate were still chirping hoarsely.

Wang Yuan put a bag of watermelons at his cousin Wang Meng's house, and then carried another bag of watermelons back to his house.

"Huang Cheng asked for 1 cent and 5 cents, and gave a small watermelon for nothing." Although Wang Yuan's family also planted watermelons, they didn't grow much, so they still needed to buy some more watermelons.

Li Yan took out the rice from the pot, put it on the counter, and covered it with a cloth to prevent flies.

"Let's go, let's call Huang Cheng to come to our house for dinner, Xiaobaitun'er's people are here, and they have to call for it."

Wang Yuan and Li Yan went out of the house, and in order to prevent the dog from causing trouble with the food, they deliberately blasted the dog out of the house, and then closed the door and hung it with a lock.

When Wang Yuan and Li Yan came to the entrance of the commissary, the watermelons of a tractor had already been sold, and the rest were deflated melons, which were not only ugly, but also big in the dark.

Huang Cheng didn't want to pull these melons back again, so he began to sell them at a price of two cents, and people began to rush them in an instant.

"Brother Cheng, are the watermelons sold out? Let's go to my house for dinner. ”

"Ah, no, no, no." Huang Cheng was also very surprised when he saw Li Yan, and people who saw their own tunzi in other tunzi would have a heartfelt joy.

Of course, it can't be an enemy.

After all the watermelons were processed, Huang Cheng took the tractor key in the shape of a "Z" and wanted to start the tractor and leave.

But Wang Yuan directly dragged him and didn't let him go.

Huang Cheng still wanted to leave, but he found that his strength was not as strong as Wang Yuan, and he was dragged by the latter to the northwest.

This shocked him, he was much bigger than Wang.

"Let's go, good wine and good food are ready."

"I'm really not going, there's something going on at home." Huang Cheng was full of smiles, and begged vigorously: "Eat next time, eat next time, I still want to come to Wangjiatun'er to sell watermelons, what's the hurry."

Li Yan ran behind her: "If you don't eat, you have to recognize the door, and besides, eating a meal is not just adding a pair of fast children, you have to eat when you go home, and when you get here, it's the same as at home."

Huang Cheng said secretly - how can it be the same.

Wang Yuan continued to drag him away, and said with a smile: "You have to eat today, and you have to eat if you don't eat, you can't run anyway."

"Haha, why do you want to stay."

"You're really not real, just let you eat...... And I'm buying good wine, and if you don't drink it, you'll lose money. ”

"Okay, okay, I'm going to see what good wine you've made."

Although Huang Cheng kept saying that he wanted to leave, he was still quite happy that Wang Yuan forcibly left him to eat—someone was willing to pour wine and manage the rice, which made him feel very face-saving.

After returning home, stewed chicken, stewed fish, braised pork, soybean stewed pork ribs, and so on were all served on the table.

Huang Cheng sat cross-legged next to the kang table, holding the fast child and didn't know what to hold: "Your food is too good, right?"

Wang Yuan opened a bottle of Moutai wine and poured Huang Cheng a glass of wine with a smile: "I just know that you are coming, so my family cooks a good meal!" Taste this fish, which was just caught this afternoon. ”

"Really? Then I'll eat it. ”

Huang Cheng put a quick fish in his mouth and chewed, and soon his eyes lit up: "Hmm! It's delicious! It's better than the fish in the restaurant. ”

"Then eat more and have a drink."

Huang Cheng took the wine glass and drank it all, and couldn't help but praise it: "It's delicious, what kind of wine is this?"

"Moutai."

"Moutai?"

In this era, information was blocked, and it was not bombarded by various TV commercials, so Moutai's fame was not as great as that of later generations, and it was far from being a household name.

However, after drinking it once, Huang Cheng remembered this taste deeply, and he asked with a slight hesitation:

"How much does this wine cost?" It's really delicious, I'll buy a bottle tomorrow. ”

"Now it's 150~200 yuan a bottle, and the price is different in different stores."

"How much!?"

Huang Cheng's eyes widened in shock, and he almost choked to death after eating a bite of braised pork.

Li Yan hurriedly brought him some cold water with half a scoop, and Huang Cheng tonnagged tonnes~ After a few sips, he was relieved.

"Why is this wine so expensive? How can we people drink it? ”

"It's a little expensive, but then again, Brother Cheng, you plant 40 acres of watermelons, it should make a lot of money, right?"

Let's get off the book

Huang Cheng smiled and shirked: "Actually, I can't make much money, artificial, fertilizer, and pesticide are all money, that is, let's eat with a mouth."

Looking at Huang Cheng's smile, Wang Yuan knew that he must have made a lot of money, but everyone was very cautious and reluctant to show his wealth, so he didn't reluctantly divert the topic quickly.

Enjoy a great meal.

After eating, it was dark, Huang Cheng didn't want to stay longer, Wang Yuan put on his coat and sent him out.

The two came to the position of the tractor, and Huang Cheng inserted the "car key" into the corresponding hole, and then shook it vigorously.

Dada~

Puffs of black smoke came out of the chimney, but the machine just didn't ignite.

"Whew~ No, I can't screw it alone."

"I'll help you, let's screw it together."

Wang Yuan put his coat on the cane next to him, and then walked to him, holding the crank handle in a half-squat.

Huang Cheng's hand was in front, Wang Yuan's hand was behind, and the two of them began to twist together and quickly rotate the handle, da~ There was more black smoke coming out of the chimney.

Soon the sound changed to Dong Dong Dong Dong ~ The tractor was screwed.

"Okay, I'm leaving, you can go to my place to sit when you have time, I don't have Maotai, I invite you to drink the Great Northern Wilderness."

Huang Chengyi sat on the tractor seat, the panoramic skylight, the natural wind blowing, and the dizzy alcohol was soon gone.

"Okay, slow down on the road." Wang Yuan smiled and waved his hand.

If it is left to the future generations, you can also say "call me when you get home", but unfortunately almost no one in the countryside in this era has a telephone.

Watching the tractor slowly drive into the night, Wang Yuan planned to pick up his clothes and walk back, but as soon as he picked up his clothes, the grass next to him shook instantly.

There was also a sound made by some kind of animal:

"Wow~"

"Holy, what's the matter?"

Wang Yuan took a step to the left, and after the shadow left the grass, he found out by the bright moonlight that it was a weasel.

"Wong Tai Sin, are you here in Gaha? Go home and be careful that people catch you. ”

Wang Yuan didn't care about this little thing anymore, put on his coat and walked to his mother's yard, the weasel in the Northeast is a very special animal, ranking among the five great immortals.

There are many stories about weasels in circulation, such as "Do you think I am like a man or a god", but there are quite a few old men who don't believe in this thing, and the knife kills the weasel to rattle fast, and then peels the skin and sells it for money.

The A.D. skin is the male weasel skin, and the chain acquisition stations opened by Shen Erlei are also collecting the A.D. skin.

When I came to the outside of my mother's yard, I pushed the fence door and found that it was locked.

The lights in the house are not on, but the TV is turned on, and if you look closely, you can vaguely see the little girl crawling around on the kang.

"Mom, open the door!"

Wang Yuan shouted directly at the top of his throat.

The second uncle's house next door had just finished brushing the pot, and the second uncle walked out with a swill bucket: "Xiaoyuan, is it locked outside?"

"Yes, second uncle, where are you carrying the swill bucket?"

"I've put grits in it, and I'll take it to the pigs." The second uncle is more conservative, so he doesn't raise many pigs, and the third uncle is bold, and the pig farm has been built, and the number of pigs is much more than that of the second uncle.

At this time, my mother's voice came from the house: "Who?"

Then there was the sound of my mother asking my dad to come out and take a look, and soon squeak~ The door opened, and my dad walked out with a flashlight and a coat:

"It's Xiaoyuan, come in, no one is coming at night, so I'll plug in the door."

"Have you eaten?"

"Yes, did you eat too?"

With a simple greeting, accompanied by the light of a shaking flashlight, Wang Yuan followed his father into the back room.

My sister Wang Qing studied alone in a room further east, so there were only two of them in her parents' house, plus a little girl.

and big white cats that are getting fatter and fatter.

Kakaka~

My mother sat on the kang with her legs sideways, and there was a big round dustpan in front of her, which contained a lot of shelled peanuts, and the peanut beans were left in the dustpan after the peanuts were pinched open, and the peanut skin was thrown out by her.

"It's cold outside, isn't it? Let's go to the kang. ”

"Oh, it's really cold, the person who sells watermelons is from Xiao Baitun'er, and he stayed in that yard for a meal before leaving." After Wang Yuan got on the kang, he sat cross-legged next to the dustpan, then peeled the peanuts and threw them directly into his mouth.

The more you chew the semi-dried peanuts, the more fragrant they become.

"Meow~"

The fat big white cat came over, rubbed Wang Yuan's arm with a big fat face, rubbed left and right, and finally purred and snored.

Wang Yuan pressed half of the peanut shell on the head of the big white cat, and in an instant, the big white cat seemed to be sealed, and it didn't move.

The little girl crawled over and stroked the tail of the big white cat with a smile on her face.

Dad turned down the TV a little bit, and then sat on the chair and smoked a dry cigarette: "The watermelon seller is still staying to eat?" Are he related to Xiaoyan's family? ”

"No, it's not."

"Then why is he embarrassed to stay and eat, this person can't do it, eat mixed rice."

"He was supposed to leave, but I dragged him home." Wang Yuan knew that his father had misunderstood, so he explained.

After chatting for a while about the harvest in the field, the situation of the chicken farm, etc., Wang Yuan came to the East House.

The little girl was like a little tail, and she followed him into the east house with the cat.

"You hold the cat Gaha, throw her down, she's full of fleas."

"No, the fleas have been caught by our mother."

Pushing the door into the east room, I saw a large pine desk against the east wall, and there were a lot of books scattered on the desk, and my sister Wang Qing was sitting in front of the desk writing.

She turned around and found that it was Wang Yuan, her face instantly overjoyed, and she hurriedly flipped out the physics textbook.

"Second brother, can you tell me more about Chapter 3, I feel that I don't have a firm grasp of many knowledge points in Chapter 3."

"Chapter three? Okay, I'll tell you. ”

Wang Yuan pulled over the chair and sat down, and Wang Qing bent over to his right, mobilizing all his attention to listen carefully.

"Don't stand, sit next to me."

"Oh, second brother, tell me."

The lights in the house were on, and a moth flew past, occasionally snapping into the light.

Wang Yuanhe was explaining the textbook knowledge to Wang Qing in detail, Wang Qing listened very carefully, and if there was anything he didn't understand, he could ask bold questions.

The little girl listened to a few words with her ears pricked up at first, but soon felt dizzy as if listening to a book from heaven, and finally simply continued to tinker with the cat.

By the time Wang Yuan finished explaining the contents of a chapter, it was already 12 o'clock at night.

The little girl had already fallen asleep on the kang next to her, and she didn't know what she had thought of, and a string of crystal saliva flowed from the corners of her mouth.

The big white cat was lying next to her, also asleep beautifully.

"Okay, it's not early, you go to sleep, I'll tutor you tomorrow."

"Uh-huh, second brother, you go slowly." Wang Qing also yawned again and again.

In the next few days, Wang Yuan has been tutoring Wang Qing in her studies, Wang Qing has won the first place in her class several times, and it is almost a sure thing to be admitted to university.

However, there is a difference between a university and a university.

If she wants to get into the best universities, she still has something to lose.

Taking advantage of a few days of free time, Wang Yuan also found Wang Qing the college entrance examination papers of the last few years.

At noon that day, the sun was shining.

After Wang Yuan woke up from his nap, he was eating chilled watermelon in the house, when suddenly a bicycle bell rang outside, and he looked outside and found that it was the postman coming.

"Wang Yuan, your telegram!"

"It's coming!"

The postman wears thin green clothes and a green hat, and he has a strong atmosphere of the era.

"Just sign it here."

"Okay, that's a good job."

"It's not hard, but you have a lot of telegrams, and I feel like you're busier than the manager of a big company." The postman smiled and complained, then straddled his bicycle and rode away.

Because Sun Dagang, Tang Jun and others often sent him telegrams, so the postman and Wang Yuan were all mature people, and occasionally when Li Shen wanted to find Wang Yuan, he wrote to him, and the letter was also sent by the postman.

Wang Yuan took the telegram home, and when he opened it, he found that it was sent by Ergou's mother "Aunt Xue".

The content is very concise - heavy treasure, come quickly!

"Hey~ What kind of treasure can be called a heavy treasure?" Wang Yuan couldn't help but be very curious, he knew that Aunt Xue was a person with a stable personality, and she would definitely not come nonsense.

"No, Yanzi, I'm going to Harbin City, and I may have to come back after a while."

"Going to buy antiques? Then there you go. Li Yan didn't sweep the floor anymore, walked out of the house quickly, and straightened his collar.

"Be careful outside, don't be impulsive, I'll wait for you to come back at home."

His wife Li Yan's gentle words made Wang Yuan very useful, and he directly lowered his head and kissed her little mouth: "Go back, I'm leaving."

Tutu Tu Tu ~ Seeing Wang Yuan riding away on a motorcycle, Li Yancai went back to the house with a blushing face.

……

After riding a motorcycle to the city, Wang Yuan went straight to the train station, bought a train ticket from a scalper for the most recent departure, and soon got on the train to Harbin City.

Looking at the rapidly regressing scenery outside the window, Wang Yuan muttered: "Go to Harbin City first, and then you can go to Jinmen, you almost need to buy some more goods."

And besides, and besides—

Wang Yuan sat on the chair and squinted for a while, and soon the train came to Harbin City, and after leaving the train station, he took the bus directly and got off at the nearest station to the small courtyard rented by Ergou's mother and son.

In front of him is a small alley two meters wide, and the mottled walls are full of traces of time, and some childish handwriting remains on it.

For example, "xx is a dog", "xx and xx are stupid batches", "xx likes xx".

An old man staggered out of the alley with a bicycle, and there were strings of bright red sugar gourds on the cotton poles inserted in the back seat of the car, and a little syrup flakes were refracting the sunlight.

"Young man, do you want to buy sugar gourds?" The old man said with a smile.

"Don't."

The old man's face instantly drooped: "Don't buy it, don't get in the way!"

Wang Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Old man, what did you say...... Do you believe that I threw your sugar gourd with dirt? ”

Now it was the old man's turn to be stunned, and finally he was "very happy" to give Wang Yuan a sugar gourd, and Wang Yuan forgave him.

After walking dozens of meters into the depths of the alley, Wang Yuan came to a courtyard door, and soon there was a sound of footsteps in the door after gently slamming the door.

"Who's coming!"

The courtyard door was opened with a creak, and Aunt Xue said with a look of surprise: "Xiaoyuan!?" You're here so fast, I thought you'd be here tomorrow at the earliest. ”

Wang Yuan walked into the courtyard and asked casually, "What kind of treasure is it?"

Aunt Xue lowered her voice and said, "Tang Bohu's painting!"

"Hiss~"

Wang Yuan instantly gasped, and didn't go to the house, but directly pulled Aunt Xue outside: "Let's go, who is the painting in now?" Let's go and see the painting right away. ”

"In the hands of a family on the other side of the Food Bureau, he asked for 6,000 yuan, and I can't be the master, so I sent you a telegram.

I asked a few old people, and they all said that Tang Bohu's paintings are very rare, and the price is high. While walking out of the alley, Aunt Xue explained the general situation.

Wang Yuan's heart moved, the first thing he thought of would be a trap, the whole fake painting, and a few experts bragging about the local boss who came to cheat people and made a lot of money.

"Where did those so-called old men come from?"

"I met them when I was collecting antiques, and they know very much about antiques, and I found out that their family used to be from the palace."

"Oh? And this kind of thing? ”

stopped a taxi on the side of the road, Wang Yuan didn't care about the fare of a few yuan, and took Aunt Xue straight to the destination.

It was a dilapidated courtyard hidden in the city, and a section of the wall on the right had collapsed, and some dog-tail grass was swaying in the wind on the wall.

After Wang Yuan knocked on the door, a murky voice soon sounded from the courtyard: "Who?"

The people in the courtyard seemed to be full of vigilance and had no intention of opening the door.

Wang Yuan was a little puzzled, but he didn't care too much: "Old man, I heard that you have a painting to sell?" We're here to buy paintings. ”

After hearing Wang Yuan's words, the people inside were obviously relieved, and then opened the door.

"I'm sorry, my son owes someone else's money, and people often come to collect debts, hey, the family is unfortunate."

The old man was dressed in a shabby gray tunic and was thin and thin, with a few sparse hairs growing on the top of his head like dead grass in autumn.

After he let go of the door, Wang Yuan and Aunt Xue walked in, and when they came to the back room, the old man took out a painting from a wooden box.

Open the scroll, a picture of a maid stroking the piano appeared in front of me, the maid on the painting is plump and stylish, wearing a loose color group is playing the piano, there is tea on the wooden table next to it, and there are birds landing on the wooden table tilting their heads to watch the woman play the piano......

The seal is indeed Tang Bohu, but Wang Yuan can't tell the truth from the fake.

Wang Yuan looked at the "Picture of a Maid Touching the Qin", and then looked up at the old man again, his eyes hesitant.

The old man seemed to see Wang Yuan's thoughts, and immediately said angrily: "Hou Sheng, you don't think my painting is fake, right!?" Forget it, I'm not going to sell it to you! Let's go! ”

"Ouch, old man, why are you still grumpy? I didn't say anything. ”

The old man wanted to take the painting back, but Wang Yuan shrank back with the hand holding the painting, and said with a smile: "This painting is really sold for 6,000 yuan!?"