The Beginning of Siheyuan: The Pig Killer of Qinjia Village

After lunch, the girls washed some fruits and chatted in the sun in the yard.

Wen Li had already put away her proud heart at this time and was eager to get along well with her sisters.

After a morning of chatting, I got to know everyone here as well as she did.

In terms of appearance and figure, they are probably equally matched.

In terms of family, there are actually a few who are really rich ladies, much richer than hers, who can only be considered from a middle-class family.

In terms of personal work status, she is nothing compared, she is just an ordinary teacher. And the people present...

All in all, she is still at the bottom, with the idea of ​​joining if she can't beat them.

What I am thinking about now is how to get along well with these sisters by exchanging sincerity for sincerity.

After entering this family, she felt that she had nothing to ask for and everything was fulfilled.

And it has been agreed that next weekend, which is New Year's Day, Chang Wei will change his identity and come to propose marriage.

Chang Wei sat next to Xu Huizhen and took out the plum blossom painting that Yan Bugui had given him. "Huizhen, take a look at this to see if it's real or fake."

Xu Huizhen opened the painting, looked at it carefully, and said softly, "Tang Bohu's ink painting of plum blossoms, this thing is rare."

Chang Wei asked curiously. "Is it true?"

Xu Huizhen looked at it carefully for a while, and frowned slightly. "Awei, I can't tell, it seems real but not real."

Chang Wei knew that Xu Huizhen had a strong ability to distinguish things, so he said in surprise, "Huizhen, even you can't tell?"

Xu Huizhen rolled her eyes at him. "What do you mean even me? I'm far behind."

She put the painting away, wanting to find out the answer, and stood up and said, "Let's go find someone who can tell the difference."

Chang Wei said jokingly with a smile, "Do you know any experts in this field? Could it be your legendary master?"

Xu Huizhen smiled and explained. "What? I don't have a proper master. I learned these skills from my third grandfather since I was a child.

The person I went to see was Uncle Guan, whom I met when I was wandering around the alleys. "

Tian Zao suddenly asked, "Huizhen, is the Uncle Guan you are talking about the weird old man who is known as the Nine Gates Admiral?"

She was also a wanderer in the alley, and had heard a lot of things from others.

Xu Huizhen nodded. "Yes, it's him. Sister Zao, you know him too."

Tian Zao shook his head. "I don't know him, but I've heard of him. He's quite famous in the antique circle."

Nine Gates Admiral? This reminded Chang Wei of someone. "Huizhen, how old is this old man?"

Xu Huizhen replied. "Not too old, maybe around fifty or so? I don't know exactly."

Chang Wei stood up and said, "I know him, I'll go see him too."

I thought, it’s Zhang He Daqing’s face again.

Xu Huizhen greeted them. "Sisters, you guys can chat."

Then the two of them went out.

On the way, Chang Wei asked curiously, "Huizhen, why does Master Guan have the title of Nine Gates Admiral?"

Xu Huizhen explained. "Nine Gates Commander is the respectful title given to Uncle Guan in the antique circle in our Sijiu City, and it is also a nickname.

The honorific title is because Uncle Guan has never been short of attention since he started his apprenticeship, and he has an extraordinary status in this field, equivalent to the Nine Gates Admiral of the past.

It is said that this is because the master of Guan Daye’s family once served as the governor of the Nine Gates, and he likes to mention it when chatting with familiar people. "

Chang Wei nodded. He really didn’t understand why Uncle Guan was called that before. It turned out that it was mainly because it represented status in the antique circle?

This person has a somewhat eccentric personality, but he is a good person. His lifelong hobby is collecting antiques. He is also patriotic and afraid that old items will be exported abroad, so he has devoted his life to the career of collecting.

"Then how did you two meet, Huizhen?"

Xu Huizhen chuckled. "I'll tell you in secret, not only is Uncle Guan a weird person, he's also a terrible chess player.

When I was twelve years old, I met him playing chess in the alley. I talked too much during the game, but he lost and was unwilling to accept the defeat, so he insisted on playing another game with me.

I won seven out of ten games. In the end, I was afraid of his bad chess temper and deliberately let him win three games. "

"You are so smart, why didn't he accept you as his apprentice?"

"An old-fashioned man! What do you mean by passing it down to males but not females..."

The two of them talked as they walked, and soon arrived at Uncle Guan's house.

Coincidentally, we live in Dazhalan, so we are neighbors.

Uncle Guan was playing chess with others in the alley outside his house. When he saw Xu Huizhen coming, a smile appeared on his face.

"Huizhen, come and help me see if there is any hope for my situation."

The chess player on the other side said with a smile, "Lao Guan, I'm already in checkmate, and you've been dithering for half an hour and still haven't figured out your next move. It's no use asking for help, I told you there are only five moves left."

Xu Huizhen took a look and said, "Master Guan, your game is over. It will be over in five more moves.

Please play another round later. I have made a painting and I can’t tell whether it is real or not. Please help me open my eyes.”

When Grandpa Guan heard that, he said to Xu Huizhen with a gloomy face, like an old child, "Then you have to help me play the next game. If you beat this old guy, we can talk about other things."

He has been losing for three days in a row and hasn't won a single game...

Chang Wei smiled. He didn’t think this person was weird, but he was definitely a bad chess player.

Xu Huizhen understood the other person's personality and nodded with a smile. "Okay, I'll help you with the next game."

Then Xu Huizhen spent half an hour and successfully won the game. After saying goodbye to her chess friends, the three of them went into the yard and sat down.

Chang Wei knew that the other party liked wine, so he did not come empty-handed. He put down two bottles of Fenjiu. "Uncle Guan, this is my first visit, so I brought you something you might like."

"Good stuff." Uncle Guan glanced at Chang Wei, then looked at Xu Huizhen and said, "Huizhen, you haven't introduced this person yet? Is this yours? You have good taste."

Xu Huizhen introduced. "You misunderstood. This is his senior brother Chang Wei. You should have heard of him in the tavern."

Uncle Guan looked at Chang Wei and bowed. "Yes, I have heard of you, Coach Wu. Nice to meet you."

Chang Wei clasped his fists in response. "Uncle Guan, that was all in the past. I am just a pig butcher now."

Uncle Guan's eyes were filled with appreciation. "It has personality, it's casual, it's comfortable."

Chang Wei smiled. "I'm just lazy. I like to be free and have no ambition."

Xu Huizhen took out the plum blossom painting and handed it to Grandpa Guan. "Okay! Please help me check whether this painting is real or fake, and then we can talk."

I thought to myself that enemies are powerful, and we can still have a conversation with Uncle Guan even though he has a strange temper.

Uncle Guan took the painting, looked at it carefully for a long time, then held it up to the sun and nodded slightly. "Well, it's a rare thing, the technique is very skillful...

This painting is real, a genuine work by Tang Bohu. But the outer layer is fake, the surface is made with the paper dyeing method of Qinggang bowl, hiding the real work inside.

Xu Huizhen showed an expression of sudden enlightenment. "No wonder it looked so real to me, so it's a painting within a painting, and the outer layer is to protect the real painting?"

Uncle Guan glanced at Xu Huizhen approvingly and said, "Not bad, Huizhen, you can tell the difference between real and fake, which is already very good.

Any expert would say it is fake at a glance. The seal on the outside is too obviously fake, but the ink plum blossom on the surface can be mistaken for the real thing.

So I say the technique is very clever, deliberately making it mysterious, so that the person who got it is not sure whether it is real or not, and can preserve the painting. "

Chang Wei didn't expect it to be true. Yan Bugui suffered a huge loss.

Well! Yan Jiecheng can arrange it within three years. He must honor the promise he made in his heart at that time. People must be honest.

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