Chapter 21: The Bronze Knife
Qin Xi planned to go to the scrapyard to find a few books to read, after all, she always had to find an excuse for her literacy, she couldn't be an illiterate person in the eyes of others forever.
As for who taught her to read, the candidate was around, her brother Qin Jiang was a second-grade student, and he still knew the words he used often, so there was no problem at all in teaching her to read.
In fact, it's not that there are no books at home, but the key is that their brother and sister can't touch it!
Needless to say, Qin He has one repeater, and he has been in the fifth grade for two years, but he still can't get into junior high school, and he is a proper scumbag.
Later, he simply dropped out of school and followed a few so-called brothers he knew to go to the rivers and lakes.
Qin Qing is stingy, it's almost the same if she has something to find you, you have something to find her, you have to be embarrassed by her, don't borrow the book at that time, but people are sneered at by her, and they are angry enough.
As for the twins, they're still in the first grade! Their books, Liu Qin's baby's, are all well kept!
Qin Xi didn't have the courage to go to Liu Qin to ask for a book, and when the time came, she didn't know what to be involved, anyway, Liu Qin shouldn't be able to say what she liked to hear.
Anyway, the books at the scrapyard are cheap, so it's better to try your luck there.
The two went to the nearest scrapyard to their home, in a very remote location, in addition to a large open space, there are three low mud brick houses, the exterior walls are mottled, and they have experienced the baptism of time.
There is also a small shed on the left side of the scrap yard, which is no problem to shade the sun and rain, but no more, it will not work.
There was a long table under the shed, and although one leg was missing an inch, it was not hindered by a brick.
There was an old man sitting in front of the table, the glasses on his face looked very old, and there was a book in front of him, and the old man was reading the work in front of him as if he was fascinated.
When the two arrived at the place, they said hello to the old man and went in.
The first thing the two of them went to was the place where the books were piled up, rummaging through them, Qin Xi had a Chinese textbook for the first grade of primary school in his hand, and as for Qin Jiang, he was holding a villain book in his hand, the kind with paintings, and he couldn't put it down.
"Do you want it?" Qin Xi looked at him like that and asked.
"Yes." Qin Jiang nodded without hesitation, this one is good-looking, and the story is also interesting.
"Then buy it."
With the harvest, the next time, the two of them are like the industrious bees collecting honey, rummaging here, looking there, seeing everything is useful, looking at everything is a treasure, picking and dazzling.
can think about the money in his hand and the environment of the Qin family, he can only reluctantly put down the things in his hand.
In the end, Qin Xi turned out a small wooden box covered with scratches, which was a little ugly, but it could still be used.
She plans to take this box home to use, because she is in the same room with Qin Qing and Li Chunhua, and there is no private space in the house, even a place that belongs to her, and there is no place to put clothes, every time Qin Qing uses this to provoke trouble, she wants to pinch her to death.
Take it home and buy a lock, and she'll be able to use the box to put her things.
Qin Jiang pried out a rusty strip from the ground, not very long, about fifteen centimeters, the shape is a bit like a knife, but it is still a little different from the shape of the knife in her memory, giving people a strange feeling.
"This, when I grind it out, chop wood to use." Qin Jiang looked at this knife happily, he could already imagine himself holding this knife and looking majestic on the tree.
Qin Xi didn't pay much attention to it at first, but as soon as she got started, she found that something was wrong, this material didn't feel like iron, and the weight was not right, it felt like copper.
This knife was picked up by Qin Jiang from the mud, and he didn't know how long it had been embedded in the mud.
Qin Xi brushed away the rust on the surface of this knife with his hand, and pinched it vigorously, and some patterns could be faintly seen on it, which really looked like an antique.
"Where did you find this?"
I don't know if this scrap yard is the only one, or if there are others.
Qin Jiang directly took Qin Xi over and pointed out to her the place where he found the knife.
There was indeed a depression in the ground, and the shape of the depression was exactly the same as the shape of the knife in his hand.
"That's it."
"Brother, let's take it away! Put it in this place, rust for a few more years, and this knife will not be able to be seen. ”
Qin Jiang was naturally happy, he liked knives and sticks, and there were a lot of sticks in his room that he liked very much, all of which were straight and straight, and there were all kinds of materials.
Every time he went up the mountain, he had to choose a stick that suited him, and on the mountain, if he looked at a stick, he had to find a way to get it back anyway.
Even if the sticks he got back are not very good-looking, but after the repair of his skillful hands, it will definitely change a lot, and the twins are very covetous of his collection, but it is useless to be greedy, Liu Qin will not stand up for them because of these things that she finds very boring, so as not to lose their minds from playthings.
When she went to the uncle to settle the settlement, Qin Xi was still careful that he would carefully interrogate the things they were holding, but then she found that she was thinking too much, and the uncle's attention was on the novel on the table from beginning to end, and in the end, the two of them spent a dime and a half and left with everything.
After collecting the money, the old man put on the glasses on the table again, and couldn't wait to hold the book in front of him and read it.
The bronze knife, Qin Xi took directly to their secret base, that is, the stone cave of the abandoned stone quarry, wrapped it tightly with dried lotus leaves, dug a pit, and buried it.
She didn't know how to take care of this thing, and the Qin family didn't dare to take it back, otherwise it might be taken away by some little bastard in the family and played.
Put it here, and when the environment is good in the future, if the knife is not stolen, hand it over, whether it is an antique or not, professionals will definitely be able to identify it, and it can be regarded as a result.
After burying the things, Qin Xi finally had time to look at this secret base that he hadn't been here for a long time.
There were a lot more things in it than when they first came, and the dried herbs they had picked and dried before were bundled together and piled up in a small corner, and the other corner was full of neatly bundled dry firewood, which was neatly arranged and made people feel comfortable to look at.
In addition to this, there are some hay and dried wild vegetables, which are all dried before.
The position of the entrance of the cave is to put some herbs that taste more rushing, insects and snakes do not like very much, every time they come here, they will use things like mugwort leaf mint to smoke the cave, this time is no exception, after all, they don't live here now, this stone cave may be occupied by some snakes, insects, rats and ants, when the time comes, it is impossible to prevent it, and it is not good to hurt people.