Volume 1 Chapter 81: The Institute
After Bai Sha left, I also returned to the courtyard to help Master Cao record the things that were moved back from the major markets.
There were a lot of antiques that I had brought back, and according to the color and style, I could tell at a glance that they were all artifacts that had been touched from below.
"Third master, you and I have also learned some fur before, and it is a little experience to distinguish the real from the fake, can you take a look at how many fake ones are in these?"
I raised an eyebrow: "Fake? ”
Master Cao nodded, he told me that it is impossible to put all the real ones in the handicap shop, the unspoken rule of this industry is to mix real and fake, true and fake, even if it is a very professional connoisseur, you have to be cheated.
"Connoisseurs will look away, I just learned that time from you, what can I see?"
"Hehe, this involves the deeper secrets of the Zhang family, which only every hall master and Zhang family master knows..... The fakes made by the Zhang family have to pass through the eyes of the master of the Golden Hall and the head of the family, and the fakes that pass the customs will be stamped with the unique anti-counterfeiting mark of the Zhang family together with the owner of the Golden Hall and the head of the family.... This sign is very special, if you don't understand the way, no matter how you look at it, it will be the same as the real thing. ”
I pursed my lips and replied, "Then you teach me, if you don't teach me, it's not all nonsense....."
"This can't be only me agreeing, although the third master of Qiu is not the head of the family, but the second master has the heart to cultivate you, this time the limelight of the handicap has passed, he will teach you personally."
I was speechless for a while, Master Cao, this old boy, was trying to tease me, told me that there was such a thing, and told me that he couldn't teach me for the time being, isn't this showing the widow a big bird?
The second brother came back very late, looking very tired, I poured him a cup of tea, and after the second brother finished drinking, he rubbed his face and said to me: "I have already taken care of the research institute, you will go there with Master Cao tomorrow; You joined the institute as a student of Master Cao, and Master Cao was named in it a long time ago, so it is justified that you entered. ”
I'm still surprised, the second brother's action is too fast, it seems that the current situation of the Zhang family is very critical, so the second brother is so impatient that he wants to send me to the research institute immediately.
"What's going on with the handicap?"
The second brother didn't seem to be willing to mention this matter to me, he told me that eighty percent of his peers lit guns, threw a lot of fakes into the Zhang family's handicap, and sent a letter to Lei Zi with his backhand, so he was suddenly investigated.
I frowned, I remember that when I was arrested with my father, I was also so quick and without warning, and everyone who does this business likes to engage in this kind of method that can't beat others and directly ignites the thunderbolt?
The second brother didn't say anything more to me, and asked me to worry less about the handicap and concentrate on learning more useful things at the research institute. Even if something really happens to the Zhang family in the future, I will have an official identity and not be punished.
Before returning to the room, the second brother came back and said to me: "The eldest sister will come back at the end of the month." ”
"Big sister?"
My mind instantly conjured up the stern ground face of my eldest sister.
But after all, the eldest sister is now my only relative besides the second brother, and I really haven't seen her for many years, so I really miss her a little.
......
The next morning, I took my documents and went to the research institute with Master Cao as my second brother said.
"Master Cao, when did you still have your name here?"
I stood outside the door of the research institute and saw that there were all college students and old professors who seemed to be knowledgeable, and I couldn't help but panic. After all, I was a person who had been in prison, but after graduating from high school, I was in prison at the age of going to college, and if my true identity was discovered by someone here, not only would I be difficult to explain, but even my second brother would be implicated.
But Master Cao didn't have my nervousness, he seemed very relaxed: "For some years, when I was in Panjiayuan in the capital, I got acquainted with an old professor in this research institute, he didn't know that I was a Tufuzi, and simply thought I was a talent, so he invited me to this research institute." I didn't expect him to have a lot of power here, and he gave me a whole official and a half-job, and I didn't come once in the following days except for going through the formalities at that time. ”
After a pause, he said again: "Third master, you don't have to worry, there are all hairy boys here, and no one will doubt your identity..... As for the older professors, they don't have enough time for archaeological research every day, and no one will take the time to check on you. ”
I was also relieved when Master Cao said this, and we agreed that when we were in the research institute in the future, I would call him teacher, and he would just call me Xiao Zhang.
When I entered the research institute, Master Cao led me to go through the formalities, and I happened to meet an old professor on the way.
The old man's thinning hair, his eyes hanging on the bridge of his nose, he saw Master Cao and I immediately stopped, and looked at me with a scrutinizing gaze: "Which department are you two from, haven't I seen you before?" ”
I felt a "pop" in my heart, this was caught just coming in?
Master Cao, who was on the side, was in danger, and he cleared his throat with a "cough" twice: "I am Cao Meng, an expert from the Western Han Dynasty Research Laboratory, and this is my student, Zhang Zhiqiu." ”
The old man pushed his glasses, frowned, and said, "The surname is Cao?" It seems that there is no expert surnamed Cao in the Western Han Dynasty Research Laboratory, right? ”
"Hehe, I've never been to the graduate school on a temporary basis, didn't I just accept a student, as a tutor, I can't let students come to the graduate school to do research by themselves, so this is also my first day of official employment."
The old man still didn't believe Master Cao's words, so Master Cao simply said directly: "I was directly recommended by Dean Wu, if you don't believe my identity, you can go directly to him." ”
"Oh, Dean Wu introduced it.... I seem to be a little impressed when you say this, are you the one who helped Dean Wu identify a jade cup in the Western Han Dynasty? ”
Master Cao grinned and showed his yellow teeth and smiled: "Eh, yes, I'm him!" ”
The old man suddenly realized, immediately smiled, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to Master Cao: "I have admired the name for a long time.... Expert Cao, my name is Shi Xiong, I am a professor of the cultural relics cleaning department, and we will all be colleagues in the future, and I often contact him. ”
Master Cao nodded with a smile, and then said to Shi Xiong: "Professor Shi, this is my student Zhang Zhiqiu, and his talent is very good. You'll have to take care of him in the institute in the future...."
"It's all my own family..... Xiaoqiu, right? If you encounter any difficulties in the research institute, or what documents are not easy to approve, you come to Professor Shi, and I will approve it for you! ”
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After Shi Xiong left, I gave Master Cao a thumbs up and praised from the bottom of my heart: "Master Cao, I have always underestimated you before, but I didn't expect you to help the director of the research institute to see the cultural relics!" ”
Master Cao snorted and said, "Palm eye, I just fell in love with the dean when I was in Panjiayuan, and I finally gave it to him." Just now, the old boy said that I didn't help Dean Wu see the jade cup, and I said casually, and the old boy in the province will put it there again....."