tall and rhubarb

"Hey, A Chang, why did your grandma just dig the bamboo shoots two days ago, and you are going to dig them again today?" Zheng Guohong, who also came down from the field on the mountain with a hoe, saw A Chang, his face immediately turned dark. The moso bamboo that grows in the moso bamboo forest is sold in the village every year, and the money from the sale is common property. For building roads and wiring, if someone digs bamboo shoots too diligently, the villagers will not be happy.

"I'm on fire, dig a bamboo shoot to defeat the fire." Gao Chang didn't pay much attention to him, leaving a word and went deep into the bamboo forest.

The head of their village is Zheng Guobang, a softie who can only speak decent words. He and this Zheng Guohong are cousins, and they both belong to the same grandfather.The village head, Zheng Guobang, is okay with dealing with the superiors. After all, he has a good eloquence, and he is not good at doing the work under his rule. He is often helped by this Zheng Guohong. After a long time, he seems to be a village head.

It was also his idea to ask Grandma Gao to send Rhubarb away a while ago. It was for the sake of the villagers, and there was nothing to complain about, but Gao Chang just didn't like this person.

Fortunately, Rhubarb has recovered from his cold now, and his fur has regained his energy. No matter how he looks at it, he no longer looks like the sick dog he used to be.Since it won't infect any virus, Gao Changyang will keep it if he wants to, and others have nothing to say, but this Zheng Guohong seems to be still worried about this matter, probably because he is dissatisfied with Gao Changyang's obedience to Yin and not putting him in in the eyes.

Gao Chang didn't like this Zheng Guohong in his previous life, and he still doesn't like him after rebirth, but he feels that he should restrain himself in the future, after all, he still has to stay in the village. In short, as long as this Zheng Guohong doesn't come to provoke him, Gao Chang won't Go find him bad luck.

Gao Chang followed Rhubarb in the bamboo forest for a while, and then stopped in front of a ruined wall. The bamboo in this area grows quite densely, and few people usually drill into it.

"Just here?" Gao Chang grew up beside this bamboo forest when he was a child, but this place is really rare. The bamboo here grows too thick. The disadvantage of moso bamboo is that they grow taller. The bamboo shell that fell off from time to time has burrs on it, which will fall off as soon as you touch it, and it can't be washed off even if it sticks to the clothes.

"Here! Just dig here!" Rhubarb stretched out his two front paws and started digging on the ground, digging out a thick layer of dead branches and leaves, revealing the black soil.

"Get out of the way, I'll come."

Gao Chang stretched out his hand to pick up Rhubarb, and put it on the top of the wall next to it. With its two little claws, it couldn't dig a hole until it was dark.

Gao Chang has also done farm work. The food they eat is grown by themselves. Grandma is old enough to do housework, but farm work is not good enough. So since junior high school, the paddy fields of their family have been They are all planted by Gao Chang. In the beginning, grandma had to point out and sometimes help out, but gradually, the matter of farming fell to Gao Chang. Grandma Gao only needs to take care of the back of their house. That little bit of vegetables would be nice.

After so many hoes, the soil layer was quickly broken. Gao Chang originally thought that he would dig very deep, but he didn't expect that in less than 5 minutes, his hoe hit a jar with a "clang".Gao Chang hurriedly threw away the hoe and started digging with his hands. My dear boy, who knows whether the jar or the contents of the jar are valuable? If the hoe goes down, it might be an antique.

"Dug it?" Rhubarb jumped off the wall and dived into the pit, and then threw a few pieces of broken pottery out. Gao Chang looked at it, and found that it was dusty and had no ornamental value, and it was not worth much if it was not from ancient times. money, so I don't care.

"Can this be sold for money?" Rhubarb crawled out of the pit with a copper coin in his mouth. Gao Chang took it over and saw that it was the copper plate he used to see on street stalls in the city. On the other side of Kangxi Tongbao, there is a symbol that Gao Chang doesn't recognize, and there is also a character for "South".It's hard to say whether this thing is worth money, but fortunately, there are a lot of them. Gao Chang sorted out all the copper plates at the bottom of the pit and counted them. There are a total of 270 three, and it's worth five hundred and eight hundred.

"It can be sold for money." Gao Chang nodded and gave an affirmative answer. When Da Huang heard this, he was overjoyed. His mahjong tiles were finally available.

Gao Chang filled the hole he dug just now, took off his clothes, wrapped the copper plates on the ground, and went back with the rhubarb on his shoulder.

This time he was generous, and before the copper coins were sold, he went to the town to buy a set of mahjong tiles and came back.Picked out all the strip cards and tube cards inside, leaving only the ten thousand cards, the wind card, the sword carving, and the four four hundred and sixteen flower cards.

"Do you really want to play?" The desk in Gao Chang's room was moved to the middle, and Da Huang sat on both ends of the desk, Gao Chang Zuo sat on the stool, and Da Huang sat on the table.

"I want to play." Rhubarb replied with a straight face.

"Then come." Gao Chang smiled, with a hint of cunning in his jet-black eyes.

After this card was picked by Gao Chang, it played fast and high.The copper coins dug out from the bamboo grove were divided in half by each of them and directly used for mahjong pieces. After 15 minutes, there was nothing in front of Rhubarb, and all the copper coins were won by Gao Chang.

"You've already lost everything," Gao Chang said.

"...Let's play for a while." It's only 15 minutes, which is simply too cruel for a descendant of Inugami who has just become addicted to mahjong.

"Come and play with me when you have enough capital." Gao Chang yawned and stretched. He had been busy all day today, and he hadn't started practicing yet, so he sat cross-legged on the bed and began to meditate.

Rhubarb had no choice but to squat alone on the table to sort out the mahjong tiles, put them one by one into the box with his paws, pour them out again after filling, and put them again. He really didn't enjoy playing today.

Gao Chang on the bed opened his eyelids and looked at the movement here, with a smile on the corner of his mouth. He couldn't believe that the descendants of the Inugami could only get such a few copper coins back. It seems that their funds are in place. To prepare, what Gao Chang lacks most now is money.

As expected, rhubarb did not live up to his expectations. He went out early the next morning, and when Gao Chang came back from school, it was waiting at the entrance of the village. I used a machete to mow the grass and followed it up the mountain.

That night, Rhubarb lost again. After repeating this several times, Gao Chang felt that it was time for him to go to the city, so he didn't go anywhere this weekend. He told Grandma Gao that he would go out and come back in two or three days. , Then pack those antiques carefully and take them with you.

How much did Gao Chang win from Rhubarb?This can refer to a sentence that the descendant of Inugami said when he watched the guy packing antiques in his house: "I want to quit gambling." Rhubarb scratched the broken floor of their house with his paws, deeply remorseful in his heart. Ashamed of his poor gambling skills and low self-control.

"It's okay, the fat and water won't flow into other people's fields." Gao Chang patted Rhubarb's head to express his comfort.

They brought a lot of things along the way, and Gao Chang didn't want to sell them in their own city, for fear that people would come to them and cause trouble.City N, where the antique market is relatively developed, is about ten hours away by train from City F where they are located. Gao Chang skipped two classes on Friday afternoon and rushed all the way to their city to take the train that night. There is no need to worry about not being able to buy tickets.

Gao Chang bought a ticket for a hard seat, but there were no people in the surrounding seats, so he put his things under the seat, lay down on the chair and began to sleep.It is impossible that there are no small-headed pickpockets in the car, but he has practiced himself, and his five senses are very sensitive, not to mention that he also brought rhubarb with him when he went out this time. Anyway, it is just a small dog and a cat in a woven bag. Sleeping in a vase in the house, no one can find out.

Probably because Gao Chang's outfit was too shabby, and after An Ran slept all night, no one thought of them. The next morning, they arrived in N City, got out of the train station, and directly hailed a taxi to go to Antique Street.

"Can you tell if the real product is fake?" On this street, there are not only shops on both sides, but also many street stalls on the side of the road.

"Pediatrics." Rhubarb lay on the long shoulders and yawned loudly. It had never been on a train, and it didn't sleep very well on the train yesterday.

"I'll walk all the way from here, and you will tell me which stall has the most fakes." After he finished speaking, he swayed along the way, watching as he walked, and saw that those stalls were a kid from the country, and most of them were not. How to talk to him.

"Woooo..." Rhubarb on Gao Chang's shoulders made a sound, so he stopped in front of the stall next to him. The stall owner was a bit old, with gray hair and beard, and wearing a Taoist robe. life for a life.

"Which kind of treasure does the little benefactor take a fancy to at the poor road stall?" He said this, as if all the treasures on his stall.

"Daozhang, why are you selling this kettle?" Gao Chang blinked, his whole body was full of shock.

"This is a purple sand teapot from the Ming Dynasty. The product just arrived this morning. From the point of view of the poor, the benefactor is destined to have this teapot. How about selling it to you for 1000 yuan?" I spoke.

"But Daoist, I don't have that much money with me."

"It's easy to say, it's fate to meet, how much money do you think you have?" Yu'er was about to take the bait, the stall owner smiled, and his tone was more amiable.

"50 yuan." Gao Chang bargained calmly.

The expression on the stall owner's face suddenly froze, as if he had swallowed a fly, and then he shook his head regretfully and said, "Oh, it seems that you and this purple clay pot have nothing to do with each other."

"That's fine." Gao Chang reluctantly glanced at the imitation purple clay pot, the handwork was pretty good.

"Donor stay here, it's fate, and the poor will be fulfilled. Let you take this Ming Dynasty purple sand pot away." It's not even eight o'clock, and most of the stalls have not opened yet. This fake sells for 50 yuan There is nothing to earn, so it is a good start.

So Gao Chang bought an imitation purple sand pot at his stall for 50 yuan, and then bought [-] fake copper coins for ten yuan.When passing by the early stall, I bought four steamed buns. Since last night, he and Rhubarb have been starving. They sat on the steps of the bank and ate the steamed stuffed buns, and then distributed the contents of the bags. Assignment, turned around and entered a small antique shop.

Gao Chang didn't study antiques, but Rhubarb did. It's a pity that he has no idea about currency, and he can't expect it to be valued, so he had to go to the shop, which is more reliable than a street stall.He went into that shop, and then took out a few things to ask the other party to quote, including the "Ming Dynasty Zisha Hu" and fake copper coins he just bought.

"You should keep this stuff for yourself. There are real and fake copper coins, young man, where did you get these things?" Because the store is not too big, and the boss is quite diligent, he usually spends time in the store. Watch, don't let the guys make up their minds about everything.

"My grandfather likes to collect. He passed away a while ago, and it's useless to keep these things, so he plans to sell them."

Gao Chang's grandfather died a long time ago, so it's not disrespectful to say he passed away.Since it is a private collection, there are usually some genuine and some fake. Gao Chang is still worried that he will be targeted by others. All of them are genuine, and there are so many of them. Treasures can be found everywhere.Even if these antique shops communicate with each other behind them, it shouldn't be that fast. Gao Chang sold his things and went home, and they couldn't find anyone.

"How many things did you bring out this time?" The boss said, looking at the woven bag in Gao Chang's hand and the backpack on his back.

"Can you help me see how much these items are worth?" If you give me the money, Ideal Gao will continue to dig things out, and if the money is not ideal, he will change places. Anyway, he doesn't understand antiques, and he doesn't have time to waste money in N City. Going on, after much deliberation, there is only one way, if you still get tricked like this, then you have to admit that you are unlucky.

"This Qing Dynasty porcelain bowl, how about I give you 200 yuan?" This bowl is the least valuable, and the boss probably wants to find out the bottom first.

"Ming Dynasty." Gao Chang had heard about the origin of these things from Rhubarb, and he still remembered them.

"Oh?" The boss looked at the porcelain bowl carefully for a while, half-truthfully, and then said: "It really is a common product of the folk kiln in the Ming Dynasty. I missed it. 500 yuan, how about it?"

Gao Chang remained calm and asked him to continue quoting later. There were several antiques on the table. The boss quoted the prices one by one. The total price of these items is 1, and I will give you [-] yuan to buy them, which is already the highest price that can be offered on this street."

Hearing what he said, Gao Changcai took out a few more items, and then continued to ask him to quote, but he didn't take out all of them. The price quoted was almost the same, so Gao Chang took out a few items that he thought were worth the price from the already quoted items. It can still go up, and the rest are sold in this store.

Going to other stores, Gao Chang still wanted to mix the fakes with the real ones and take them out together. Sure enough, none of the bosses and buddies on this street could fool them.Then Gao Chang said that he was here to sell his grandfather's collection, and some of the items had already been quoted by the store before, so he had a bottom line in his heart, and when asking people to make a price, just sell it at a higher price, and the price is not too low. Say nothing, wait until the other party has reported all the prices, and then discuss slowly.

In this way, when all those things were sold, Gao Chang had more than 5 yuan in his pocket.The people in their village were right. Their ancestors were poor, and there were not many good things buried in the ground. It was only because of their age that they could sell them for a few dollars.

With the more than 5 yuan, Gao Chang felt more at ease in his heart. When passing by the Taoist stall, Gao Chang stopped again.

"Daozhang, I don't think I have any fate with this kettle. Is it okay to sell it back to you for 30 yuan?"