The two returned to the bay. When they passed by the door of Lao Xiang's house, Wang Yun happened to be holding a basin of sewage and pouring it into the ground. When she saw Xiang Jin, she quickly called her to stop.
"Xiang Jin?"
Xiang Jin turned around and looked at her indifferently.
Wang Yun walked over with the basin, and then said to her, "Our family has discussed it, we will not sell the grain, we will harvest it ourselves, go back and tell your mother, then you won't have to do it for us."
"Got it!" Xiang Jin turned around and left.
Wang Yun hurriedly added, "Also, we went to the fields to see the grains. They are all ripe. We plan to start breaking them off tomorrow after a formality. You can tell your mother about it when you get back."
"Got it," Xiang Jin didn't look back, still giving a short three-word reply.
Seeing their leaving figures, Xiang Zhen, who was standing under the eaves, gouged out his eyes and pursed his lips and said, "What the hell? It's like two to five or eighty thousand. You really think of yourself as a young lady. Bah,
What a little bitch!"
Xiang Yan, who was standing next to her, glanced sideways at her with a frown, but said nothing. Then she looked in the direction where Xiang Jin left, not far away from them, leaning with her arms lazily.
The man standing on the doorframe sneered at her mockingly.
Hearing his voice, Xiang Zhen turned around and glared at him fiercely, then raised her fist at her evilly. After Xiang Zhen snorted, she quickly turned her head back, and then
The deputy inquired about Yan Chen with great interest.
"Hey, sister-in-law? Who is that boy?" He is so good-looking! She has met so many people, but she has never seen anyone as good-looking as him, let alone better-looking than him.
It’s pretty.
Keep your ears open and listen forward.
Xiang Yan said, "Oh, that one? That one is the grandson of Mr. Zeng's family next door to ours. His name is Yan Chen."
"Yan Chen?" Xiang Zhen thought about the name, and then nodded, "Well, this name is really nice," she then added, "I see that he is always with Xiang Jin recently. The two of them
Is the relationship very good? Or is the relationship between their two families very good? "
Xiang Yan said, "The relationship between the two families is indeed relatively good. I heard that Yan Chen has been tutoring Xiang Jin recently."
"Take extra classes? Did he get good grades?" Xiang Zhen was surprised for a moment.
"It should be okay. I heard that he prefers reading and studying," Xiang Yan said nonchalantly.
Xiang Zhen said disdainfully, "As for Xiang Jin, who always gets 40 or 50 points every time, it's probably useless no matter how much he makes up for it, right?"
Xiang Yan didn't say anything, but Xiang Zhen said sourly, "Even if you make up classes, you don't have to stay together every day, right? Even when you go to work together?"
Xiang Yan said, "I heard that Yan Chen will study with us in the second half of the year. His family has mailed a lot of things to him recently. He has to go to the town to collect them every day, while Xiang Jin goes to the town to sell some medicinal materials every day.
, and then buy some groceries on the way back, so they should drop by together often."
"Mail? Are their family conditions very good?" Xiang Zhen caught a few key words in her words. They can mail a lot of things, and their family conditions must be very good, right? Otherwise, how can they mail it frequently?
"Well, I heard it was very good. I heard that his grandfather and his father were both in the army, and his grandfather was also a high-ranking official in the army."
"Wow, so powerful?" Xiang Zhen was surprised.
Xiang Qiang was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that in a corner like theirs, there would be customers with such background.
Xiang Yan nodded, "Yes, I used to, but I don't know if I will retire now."
Xiang Zhen said, "Even if you retire, you are still very powerful. They still have connections, right?"
Xiang Yan didn't say anything anymore. Xiang Zhen lowered her head and rolled her eyes a few times, then a pleasant smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
When Xiang Jin returned home, she saw an old man carrying a basket and a scale standing on the edge of the street collecting scraps. Xiang Nan was guarding a pile of bottles, cans, broken copper and iron, as well as discarded items.
The plastic thing was there to watch her weigh on the scale.
Xiang Jin walked over and asked, "Where are these things?" Their home didn't have these things. At first, they only moved some clothes and the most basic daily necessities. She was afraid that the little girl was ignorant.
It would be bad to collect Aunt Liao's things and sell them.
Xiang Nan said, "I picked these up when I was playing outside, pulling herbs and digging potato seeds. I took them all back and put them together in the house where my mother and I lived.
, I just wanted to wait a little longer before selling it.”
Xiang Jinliu said, "Are you sure you are not collecting scraps from Aunt Liao's house to sell?"
Xiang Nan rolled her eyes at her angrily, "I wouldn't do that kind of thing. Isn't that a typical repayment of kindness with hatred? Aunt Liao is so good to us, how could I collect their things to sell?"
At this time, Aunt Liao came out with a basket of freshly cooked cowpeas to dry, and said with a smile, "Xiang Nan is very sensible, she doesn't even want anything I give her."
Xiang Jin felt relieved and suddenly smiled. Then he stretched out his hand and pinched Xiang Nan's chubby cheeks. "Well, that's good. In the future, you must remember not to take advantage of others, you know?"
"Well, I know, don't worry, I won't take advantage of others," the little girl pulled her hand away and replied with a look of arrogance.
Xiang Jin added, "It's not enough just not to take advantage of others. You also have to remember not to let others take advantage of you, you know?"
"I know, I can't take advantage of you. Don't worry. If anyone dares to take advantage of me, I will double his advantage."
The old man collecting scraps suddenly smiled and said, "Little girl, you can teach your little sister?"
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "I just gave her a few words."
Xiang Nan squatted down and urged the old man, "Master, how are you? How much did you weigh just now?"
The old man weighed the things again in front of them, "Well, look, this point is two pounds and two taels. The iron blocks in yours are less and the copper blocks are a bit more. So,
I’ll give you the same price for the copper nuggets, which is one yuan per catty, so the total is two yuan and twenty cents.”
Xiang Jin could still see the electronic scales, but how could she understand the steel scales? However, in order to prevent others from thinking that she couldn't understand and make fun of herself, Xiang Jin had to pretend to understand and even got closer on purpose.
I counted some points on the scale beam.
At this time, Aunt Liao came over after drying the cowpeas, and then glanced at the scale, "Hey, it's not bad. That little thing is worth two kilograms."
Xiang Jin knew that the old man had not lied to them, so he asked him to weigh the rest, but the plastic was worthless, and it only cost 50 cents to bundle it into a large roll.
Then Xiang Nan asked him about those glass bottles.
The old man sorted them out for them, then pointed to a few empty beer bottles and said, "You can charge you 50 cents for each of these. As for these pesticide bottles, I don't want them. I can't sell them."
"
Xiang Nan asked why?
The old man didn't give a clear answer and just said he wouldn't accept it. Xiang Jin said, "That's it. If you don't want to accept it, then I won't accept it."
The old man took out a money bag from his waist. There was a thick pile of change in it. He took out four yuan and twenty cents and handed it to Xiang Jin. Xiang Jin asked Xiang Nan to pick it up. Xiang Nan jumped for joy.
.
Then the old man picked up the scraps and put them into his basket. Then Xiang Jin saw that there was something as big as a bowl and something similar to an incense burner in his basket.
That thing has a three-legged square mouth, with a dragon coiled around each square. The dragon's style is extremely simple, somewhat like the level of craftsmanship in the pre-Qin period. The entire furnace body is covered with black and green mold spots.
, it looked very dirty and damaged.
Xiang Jin's eyes lit up, and his heart became excited. Oh, hey, I didn't expect to encounter such an object today, a bronze. I just don't know if it is really ancient or made with modern technology.
If it was a real antique, it would be valuable, Xiang Jin thought in her heart, but she didn't dare to show the excitement on her face, so she pretended to be nonchalant and took the object out of the old man's backpack.
He came out and asked curiously, "Hey, master, what are you doing?"
Oops, it's really heavy. You need both hands to pick it up. It seems like it's really made of bronze! The excitement in Xiang Jin's heart was even greater than before, but she tried her best to suppress it.
The old man didn't know what Xiao Jiujiu was thinking about in her heart, so he said, "Oh, it's nothing, just a broken incense burner that I picked up at a house in the morning."
Seeing his nonchalant expression, Xiang Jin felt more and more that this old man was ignorant, and he felt even more delighted.
I saw her saying, "Hey, master, can you sell this incense burner to me directly? To be honest, our family is Buddhist. We had an incense burner at home before, but it was made of porcelain. Later,
A cat from a neighbor's house knocked it off the bed and broke it into pieces.
After that, we always wanted to buy a new incense burner, but the ones on the market were mostly made of porcelain and earthenware, not so strong. We were afraid that when we bought it, it would be broken accidentally.
If it is broken even if it is turned over three times, wouldn't it offend the Bodhisattva?
So we didn’t buy it. We still use enamel jars for drinking water and adding incense at home.
If you are willing to sell this to us, I think it’s so heavy that no matter how strong the cat is, it shouldn’t be able to lift it, right?”
Seeing that her sister was telling lies, and that she was sincere and sincere, Xiang Nan was immediately stunned, but she quickly came to her senses, and based on her understanding of her sister
, she is an extremely successful person in everything
You guessed it, she must have a reason for what she said, so she quickly helped, "Yes, yes, master, just sell us that stove, and we won't have to use that enamel cup in the future."
There’s incense in it.”
Seeing that the two sisters were very sincere in what they said, the old man hesitated a little.
Xiang Jin said, "Master, don't worry, I won't buy your stove for free. I can give you another five yuan on top of your original purchase price."
Xiang Nan's heart skipped a beat, five yuan? That much, more than the piles of scraps she sold, but looking at her sister's sideways look, she didn't dare to raise objections.
Instead, he had no choice but to say, "Yes, yes, master, just sell it to us. You see, that thing is heavy to carry on your back, and it will be even hotter after being so big all day long."
You still have to buy it from other people. It’s so uncomfortable to carry it all the way. If you sell that stove to us, it will not only reduce your burden, but also make an extra five yuan. It’s still a good deal.
, we just want to buy it and use it as an incense stick for the Bodhisattva."
After being begged by them, the old man finally nodded, "Okay, then I'll sell it to you." After saying that, he took out her steel scale again and started weighing again in front of them, "Then
, look at it, it weighs fifteen kilograms and four taels in total. According to the price I gave you before, one yuan per kilogram, that is fifteen yuan and four cents. In addition, you promised to give me five yuan, so the total is two
Ten dollars and four cents."
Xiang Jin nodded, then took out the money from his pocket to pay him.
After the old man left, Xiang Jin took the thing back to the house with a happy face, and then Xiang Nan followed, and then asked her with a stern look, "Sister, what did you buy this thing for?"
ah?"
Xiang Jin said, "Nothing to do."
Xiang Nan was surprised, "Why did you spend so much money to buy this broken stove? Twenty yuan and forty cents? Oh, no, twenty yuan and fifty cents, and you gave me an extra dime."
Xiang Jin stared at her lazily, "Did you spend your money?"
"Oh, no," the little girl pouted and looked at her unconvinced.
"No, why are you still fussing over it?" Xiang Jin rolled his eyes at her angrily and lectured, "Don't mind my affairs. Remember, you are not allowed to mention this matter to anyone, including us.
Mom, our grandma and Aunt Liao and the others!"
Xiang Nan asked, "What about brother Yan Chen? Can't we tell him?"
Xiang Jin glared at her, "No! Don't tell anyone, including yourself. You will forget it!" If this is really a genuine antique, the fewer people who know about it, the better!
"Why?" The little girl was puzzled.
Xiang Jin pretended to be impatient and said, "Why are there so many? I told you not to say anything, so I won't say anything. Can you keep some secrets?"
"Oh," the little girl said, although she was still a little unhappy, but she did not dare to disobey her sister's wishes.
Then Xiang Jin took out two dollars from his bag and handed it to her, "Now, I'll give you a reward for being obedient."
The little girl took it, but she couldn't help complaining, "Sister, this is a typical slap in the face for a sweet date."
Xiang Jin stretched out his hand, "Then if you don't want it, just give it back to me?"
The little girl jumped three feet away, quickly put her hands behind her back, and shook her head like a rattle, "No! How can you take something back after giving it to someone?"
Xiang Jin waved his hand, "Have you remembered what I told you?"
"I've remembered it, I've remembered it, don't worry, I'm not allowed to tell anything, not anything about our family!" Xiang Nan then promised.
Xiang Jin nodded and told her, "If the old man regrets it and comes back to ask us for it, you can just say that the ones left outside were moved away by someone, do you hear me?"
"Oh oh oh, I heard it."
Xiang Jin waved her hand again, and the little girl ran away with a happy face, taking the more than four yuan she had earned and the two yuan Xiang Jin had just given her.
Then Xiang Jin found a hidden spot in the house and placed the bulky bronze object. She wanted to study it carefully when she was free later.
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