There was a small hole on the wall where the portrait of Tang Shao was hung in Mr. Li's bedroom. It was originally covered by the portrait and could not be seen by outsiders. Today, Tang Qing was in a sad mood and accidentally removed the portrait and saw the small hole.
Curiosity drove Tang Qing to reach out and press the small hole. Unexpectedly, there was a "click" sound, and a wooden box popped out after pressing the small hole.
This wooden box is very large, several times larger than the three small wooden boxes that Aunt Li left for Li Li and Li Ya. It is as big as the shaving box that has been passed down from generation to generation in the Tang family, and even the style is exactly the same.
Could it be Grandpa’s shaving box? Mr. Li enshrined it behind Grandpa’s portrait?
Apart from cleaning, Tang Qing never touched anything in the Li family's old house, especially the objects in the rooms in the backyard. Seeing that this box was exactly the same as the hair-shaving box, she couldn't help but take it off.
Holding the box in his hand, Tang Qing began to struggle. Open it and have a look? You can't open it casually! Open it and have a look? You can't open it casually!
After hesitating for a while, Tang Qing finally made a decision. If the box had no lock, she would open it and take a look. If the box had a lock, she would not open it. Even if the bunch of keys left by Li Li contained the key to open the box,
She didn't even open it to look at it.
After making up his mind, Tang Qing sat on the floor, with the box resting on his legs, and observed carefully. As a result, the box was not locked.
It's not locked, so I'll open it and take a look. I guess there shouldn't be anything valuable inside. Maybe it's just an ordinary shaving box, which also contains ordinary shaving tools. Mr. Li just wanted to express his gratitude to our Tang family.
No, if it contains just ordinary shaving tools, it can't be that heavy.
Tang Qing spent more than a day or two sifting through the shaving box, and the weight in it was countless.
What could it be if it wasn't a shaving tool? It couldn't be a valuable item anyway, otherwise it wouldn't be unlocked.
Won’t you know if you open it and take a look?
Yes, I have to open it and have a look. If I don’t open it, Li Li will think that I have opened it and have a look in the future when she finds out. Then won’t I really suffer the injustice that Carpenter Wang said?
This Carpenter Wang is more divine than the Banxian Wang, and he is more eloquent than the Banxian Wang. He always says all day long that I will be wronged by the Li family and suffer unknown calamity from the Li family!
Hehe, I really don’t believe in evil!
I am Master Jiujin from the People's Barber Shop, Master Jiujin from Yancheng. What am I afraid of?
Tang Qing closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and opened the lid of the box with force.
"ah?!"
Tang Qing opened his eyes and looked inside the box. He was so frightened that he almost fainted.
A full hour passed before Tang Qing slowly came back to his senses and stared at the objects inside the box, with his heart beating in his throat.
In addition to the yellow gold bars and gold ingots, there are many antique jades and jewelry in the box. Tang Qing is not familiar with these objects and has seen very few of them. He only relies on his own judgment and calls them gold bars, gold ingots, antique jades and jewelry.
Jewelry, anyway, a big box of colorful items.
Tang Qing waited until his mind became more stable before closing the box.
"call……"
The moment Tang Qing closed the box, a piece of white cloth floated out of the box and fell to the ground.
Tang Qing put down the box and picked up the piece of white cloth from the ground. After a closer look, it turned out to be a white silk scarf. The texture was the same as the suicide note that Aunt Li put in three small boxes for Li Li and Li Ya, and the size was the same.
They should belong to the same category of scarves.
This white silk scarf was probably covering the gold and silver jewelry. When Tang Qing opened the box, she was a little too strong and the silk scarf stuck to the inside of the box lid with the air. She didn't see it. When Tang Qing opened the box
When I got off the box, it floated out of the box with the air.
The silk scarf was densely written with words. Tang Qing took a look and saw that the beautiful small regular script was Mr. Li's handwriting.
Tang Qing is familiar with Mr. Li's handwriting.
When I was a child, I came with my grandfather to shave Mr. Li's head. He arrived a little early, and Mr. Li was sometimes writing, and what he wrote was such beautiful small regular script.
Grandpa wanted Tang Qing to practice calligraphy with Master Li, and Master Li also wanted to teach Tang Qing to write, but Tang Qing didn't have the talent and lacked patience. After practicing for a few days, he couldn't get the hang of it, so the two old men gave up.
The small characters on the silk scarf are more regular than those printed on computers today, and even a layman can tell that this is a fine calligraphy work.
Letter to:
"People who are destined to see the word "fate", people who are destined to do "destined" things.
Since ancient times, Li and Tang have been part of the same family, and Li and Tang in Yancheng have been part of the same family.
The Li family entered Shan during the Song Dynasty, and reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty, becoming a large family in the south of the Yangtze River.
The Li family is good at giving and does not bully the small with the big, so it has a great reputation.
Name comes first, benefit comes later, pass it down from generation to generation, and abide by this principle.
Unexpectedly, there is a storm in the family, and the son marries an evil mother-in-law who is unreasonable and unreasonable.
They were noisy and insisted on dividing the family, which made the elders sick.
The eldest brother and sister-in-law, Da Xian, are willing to give up everything to their younger brother and sister-in-law, just to maintain the good reputation of the Li family.
The evil mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were so aggressive that they did not allow the eldest brother to change his surname to Li, in order to avoid any dispute over family property.
The eldest brother had no choice but to help his wife and son live in a small house outside the west gate. He asked his surname to be Tang.
The Tang family made a living by barbering and shaving their heads, adhering to the ancestral precepts. By the time Tang shaved their heads, he had become the best man in Yan City.
The original Li family was passed down to my ancestors' generation, and they were divided into two branches, each doing business and politics. Lutei Mountain and Lushan Road did not communicate with each other until death.
When the Li family is in trouble, the Tang family will do their best to help them, regardless of life or death, but they never set foot in the Li family's door.
I will pass away and have nothing to repay. Although a box is small, it is a box of brotherhood.
After reading this, Master Jiujin hopes that he will ignore the past grudges and future generations' petty grievances, accept the Li family's apology, and return the Tang family to the Li family.
Kowtow and bow your head!"
Tang Qing read the small regular script on the silk scarf word by word. While lamenting his family background, his heart suddenly became enlightened. Unconsciously, he felt more affection for the old house of the Li family on Lutei Mountain.
Open the box, lay the silk scarf neatly on top of the gold and silver jewelry. Cover the box, put it back in place, and hang the portrait again.
After cleaning Master Li's room, Tang Qing left the Li family's old house and went to the People's Barber Shop.
It will be the end of the month in one week, and the new store has not yet been secured, and it will definitely not be found before the end of the month. Even if it is found, the equipment inside cannot be moved directly. So the most urgent thing for Tang Qing is to find a place first.
Store those shaving tools.
The only shaving tools my grandfather had was a shaving box and a shaving pick.
It's different now. In addition to bulky barber chairs, there are also hair curling machines, oil baking machines, air conditioners, disinfection cabinets, etc.
Where should these things be stored first?
My little house is only about the size of a chicken coop, and it's on the fourth floor. Even if it could accommodate it, it would be inconvenient to move it up and down.
My parents’ little courtyard? That’s not realistic either.
The Tang Family Courtyard is a veritable courtyard, with a floor area of just over 60 square meters and a formal building of only over 40 square meters.
On the first floor, apart from the living room and the stairs, there is only a small storage room.
There are two bedrooms upstairs, one for my parents and one for my father-in-law, so there is no extra space.
Last time Tang Qing took his eldest mother-in-law to his home for the New Year. She shared a bed with her mother, and her father shared a bed with her father-in-law.
After setting up a kitchen and bathroom on the ground of the small courtyard, the onions, leeks, and garlic grown by my father could only be squeezed into the corner.
Alas, it would be great if the Tang family's courtyard was as big as the Li family's old house in Luteishan or the Li family's old courtyard on Lushan Road. Depending on the location, I could also open a people's barber shop in my own courtyard.
Why don't you move your things to your parents-in-law's old house?
impossible.
After my mother-in-law left, my father-in-law lived in a small courtyard, which was basically deserted.
My father-in-law was reluctant to go back for fear of bringing back memories of the past.
Only during typhoon season, Tang Qing would go over to see if there was any water leakage.
Alas, what should I do?
Tang Qing was sitting on the steps in front of the People's Barber Shop, helpless.
Since the People's Barber Shop was officially announced to be reorganized and demolished, and the people above closed the shop for so-called asset liquidation, Tang Qing rarely opened the door of the People's Barber Shop again.
Tang Qing was afraid that he would cry when he went in. He was afraid that the neighbors would come over and ask questions. After expressing sympathy, he would feel even sadder.
Even when he came here, Tang Qing chose the time when there were the fewest people on the streets in the city center. Just like now, Tang Qing was sitting alone at the door of the People's Barber Shop, letting two lines of hot tears fall down his cheeks without any need to hide them.
The renovation project of Li's old courtyard on Lushan Road is in full swing. Where is my new people's barber shop?