Chapter 1: Remnant Jade

The thousand-year-old road, the west wind is thin and the horse is thin, the cold wind pierces the cracks, and a small fat man of 1.65 meters and a bamboo pole of 1.75 meters walk on the ancient and narrow streets.

The shorter one is called Zhao Zitao, a little chubby, nicknamed Chubby.

The taller one is called Xu Dongling, 17 years old, from Hubei, who is a big ghost and loves to play tricks on people, so he is called a little ghost.

The shops along the street are lit up, red lanterns and golden wind chimes swaying in the wind.

On the left side of the door is Santa Claus, smiling.

There is a Christmas tree on the right side of the door, and the Christmas tree is full of them

The red line and the wish card are the pinning of people's hopes.

Today is December 23rd, tomorrow is Christmas Eve, and the day after tomorrow is Christmas, and everyone has a faint smile on their faces.

Maybe this is the sadness of the Chinese now, although the Chinese are still living the Spring Festival, but in the city, there is no taste of the year, the streets are deserted, the stores are closed, Zhao Zitao has experienced it in recent years.

Just as the two were about to walk out of the old street, one of the fat men stopped.

"Chubby, these are fakes, what's so good, don't be deceived. ”

The little imp with fluttering silver flowers spoke, he was born with a lot of white hair, so he made a silver-white hairstyle.

Zhao Zitao looked at the antique stall in front of him, bottles and cans, large bowls and small bowls, gold and silver ingots, ancient jade and ancient coins were placed on the ground, and there were a dazzling array of them.

It's not the first time Zhao Zitao has passed by this stall, this street is basically full of storefronts, except for this antique stall and the antique stall opposite him.

The antique water is deep, and I didn't see much before.

Those legendary leaks have only been heard in books, but they have never seen them, and even if they do, they will not believe them. There are too many tricks like this now.

However, Zhao Zitao was attracted by a piece of residual jade, as if someone was guiding him in the dark.

The original state of this piece of jade should be a jade ring, but now there is only half of it, the color is dark yellow, and the quality is not very good, but the dark yellow light inside makes him feel very curious.

Zhao Zitao had an idea and didn't pay attention to the little ghost's words.

He took a gold ingot and looked at it, and looked, it was obviously a handicraft that was too fake to be fake, and even he, a layman, could see that it was not natural at all.

"Boss, how do you sell this?"

The fat boss looked up at Zhao Zitao and saw that it was a young man in his 20s, dressed in a stall that did not exceed 300 yuan, and replied casually

"3000 pieces"

"Boss, is this really fake, why is it so expensive?" Zhao Zitao asked

The fat stall owner replied angrily, "Of course it's gilded, if it's true, it's only 3,000 yuan so heavy?"

Zhao Zitao put down the gold ingot, took a small bowl and looked at it, but he really couldn't understand it, so he casually asked, "What about this?"

The fat man glanced at it and replied, "This is the blue and white of the Qing Dynasty, 30,000 yuan." ”

When Zhao Zitao heard about 30,000 yuan, he was so scared that he didn't want it, and immediately put down the small bowl, if one accidentally broke it, it would be miserable, even if it wasn't true, it would be trapped.

Then he pretended to be very casual and picked up the dark yellow remnant jade, "What about this?"

The fat stall owner was a little impatient when Zhao Zitao asked, and he didn't look at the piece of residual jade

"200 pieces. ”

Zhao Zitao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and was secretly happy.

"Boss, do you see that your jade is broken, can you sell it for 50 yuan?"

"Little fatty, you won't really buy this, right? I see that this jade is already broken, and it's not worth five yuan. Why don't we go!"

The little ghost was next to him, and suddenly interjected.

When the fat stall owner heard this, he felt that something bad was going to happen, he only spent two yuan to collect this piece of residual jade, and he had been here for a few days!

"Okay, brother. ”

In the end, the fat boss sold it to Zhao Zitao for fifty yuan.

"Chubby, I'm about to go to work, hurry up. ”

It has been more than three years since Zhao Zitao graduated from high school, and he has been serving dishes in this hot pot restaurant since he came out, working night shifts all year round, going to work at four o'clock, leaving work at two o'clock in the morning, and basically going clubbing after work.

The monthly salary is less than 3,000 yuan, and in three years, in addition to living expenses, 20,000 yuan has been saved.

However, since the second half of this year, his savings have plummeted.

It was a scorching summer day, Zhao Zitao was serving dishes, and suddenly, someone behind him gently called "master", and when he looked back, he was stunned.

Walking towards him was a beautiful girl wearing the blue overalls of the store, with a flight attendant's head, a goose egg face, smooth and delicate skin, white and red, a pair of big eyes that seemed to be able to speak under Wanwan's willow eyebrows, the bridge of the nose was firm and delicate, and a small mouth like a red peach heart was slightly upturned, both pure and charming.

She also has a pair of slender thighs, the plump buttocks are tightly wrapped in a short skirt, the slender waist of the willow is like a water snake, the most eye-catching thing is the huge waves, high bulge, with the footsteps, shaking up and down, as if to break free from the shackles and jump out to breathe.

Coupled with the red and white bow tie tied under the thin white neck, Zhao Zitao immediately thought of some of those RB hot action movies

"Uniform temptation".

He couldn't help but swallow and spat, and said a little, "What, what, what?"

"Master, my name is Chen Yuyan, I am 17 years old this year, I am a new employee who has just arrived, you can help me make a plate of garlic mustard. ”

Two minutes later, Zhao Zitao handed a plate of spices to the girl. He looked at the girl's willow waist and hips, and his heart was moved.

From this moment on, Zhao Zitao took care of this girl meticulously, rented a house for her to live in, and Zhao Zitao would buy her food, clothing, and drink.

No, Chen Yuyan just got a hairstyle a few days ago, more than 1,000 yuan, and Zhao Zitao paid the money without saying a word.

Although Zhao Zitao is much closer to him now, at most he is only holding small hands, and he has never kissed him.

Today, Zhao Zitao and the little ghost went to buy her Christmas Eve gifts.

After a busy afternoon, it was eight o'clock in a blink of an eye, dinner was made in the kitchen, and the day shift was about to leave work after eating, Chen Yuyan was on the day shift, and Zhao Zitao looked at the staircase with anticipation in the kitchen, just wanting to see her earlier.

Slowly, the waiter colleagues upstairs have all come down, but the figure that haunts Zhao Zitao has not yet come.

When the little ghost saw Zhao Zitao like this, his confused heart rose again, he deliberately walked to the staircase, and then walked in again and said loudly

"Satsuki is coming"

Xiaoyue is Chen Yuyan's nickname.

Zhao Zitao suddenly got up from the bench and looked at the staircase.

Everyone couldn't help laughing, especially the waiter colleagues upstairs, they knew that the boss invited Xiaoyue out to eat today, and it was impossible to come down to eat, looking at Zhao Zitao's eyes, they couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic.

In the end, a colleague who had a good relationship with Zhao Zitao said that Chen Yuyan went out to eat.

Zhao Zitao was a little disappointed, and he was happy when he thought that Chen Yuyan would be on the night shift tomorrow.

On the other side, Chen Yuyan took Boss Wang's car to the best Western restaurant in the town - Western food on the other side

"Boss Wang, what gift are you going to give me for Christmas?"

"Come over the day after tomorrow, let's go buy it together. ”

"Really, you're going to pick me up the day after tomorrow!"

Boss Wang nodded.

Business is not very good at night, there are not many customers, and Zhao Zitao is also very idle.

In the evening, Zhu Jiajun, the nephew of the proprietress, came to chat with Zhao Zitao, Zhu Jiajun often came here to help, and he has known him for two years, and he can also chat, often playing, chatting, and playing games together.

Zhu Jiajun is now learning Jeet Kune Do, kung fu is very good, ordinary people can fight three or four no problem, but he said that this is nothing, his master can beat a lion, Zhao Zitao just smiled after hearing this, he doesn't believe that there are still people in this world who can beat a lion empty-handed.

It was almost two o'clock in the morning, and after packing up his things, Zhao Zitao went upstairs with the Christmas Eve gift he bought for Xiaoyue today.

He has been living in the dormitory upstairs of the hotel, and some of his colleagues also live in the dormitory.

"Chubby, I'm going to all night today. ”

Said the imp in the same dormitory.

"No, I'm going to get the present ready today. ”

He bought some apples with 'I love you' printed on them today, some gift paper, and a big basket, and he had to put the apples on the gift paper and weave them, and then put them in the big basket, and then weave some colorful small paper cranes and scatter them on it, which also requires a lot of effort, so Zhao Zitao didn't go with them all night as usual.

Seeing that Zhao Zitao's attitude was so resolute, the little ghost said with some annoyance:

"You're just a fool, how can this kind of woman take a fancy to you? she's just trying to trick you into spending your money, is it worth it for you to do it for him?"

Zhao Zitao replied lightly

"There is no worthiness or not, only willingness. ”

The imp was speechless, turned and walked away.

Zhao Zitao was busy for more than two hours, and it was almost five o'clock before he prepared the gift.

took a bath, lay on the bed and studied the piece of residual jade, but I couldn't understand it when I looked left and right.