Chapter 0420 – Open-Eyed Blindness
After the things moved away. The girl with hair as messy as a chicken’s nest just now also carried a box out of the door, and the artistic young man who came out of the other room, as well as the old Tang, who was already dressed in new clothes, left the courtyard.
If Xiao Fang saw this scene, will certainly be angry to vomit blood, because he once to the side of the two households have inquired, this old Tang is the old households here, live for decades, how he did not expect, this is purely a nest of snakes and rats, early on a good set.
Of course, this will be a small party is happy to move the chair to the home, dozens of pounds of heavy stuff, he carried two run up to the fifth floor, do not gasp for air, the heart of this beautiful as if eating honey in general, thinking about taking more than a million million to find a daughter-in-law of what kind it!
Not to mention the small side of the ghost, Zhuang Rui things did not buy, although the heart is a little depressed, but it is also considered a long insight. After dinner at home in the evening, he took two boxes of tea from grandpa there by the way, drove straight to the old man’s home, which is looking at the grandpa’s birthday is getting closer and closer, Zhuang Rui also want to look at the ancient master uncle carved that object, out there.
“You this brat, a come quasi no good, is thinking about your piece of mixed-color jade, right?”
The courtyard where Master Gu lives, is actually equipped with heating, after entering the house, Zhuang Rui took off his down jacket, and put the tea leaves on the table.
“Hey, uncle, I’m not traveling to send you tea, if you don’t want, I’ll take it away!”
Zhuang Rui picked up the two cans of tea from the table, gesture to be stuffed into the bag, before recognizing Grandpa’s relatives, Zhuang Rui’s elders are not many, Liu Chuan’s parents are considered, in addition to the ancient teacher uncle and Zhonghai’s uncle De.
In front of them, Zhuang Rui is always particularly relaxed, and occasionally will be unrestrained, this feeling, even in front of a few uncles, but also rarely, the reason is that those a few long time in the upper position. There is really a kind of aura that no one should get close to.
“Well, Longjing, line, count your kid has a conscience, wait, I go to brew a cup to go ……”
Ancient hobbies, in addition to carving jade and jade appreciation, it is going to be the number of tea tasting, Zhuang Rui every time he came to his small courtyard, in the weather is not cold, always see the old man end set of tea sets in the courtyard to take a nap, know that he is good at tea, Zhuang Rui only took over this tea.
Ancient while using the kettle in the hot water, rinsing the tea set at the door, while asking Zhuang Rui: “This tea is from your uncle that take it?”
“No, take my grandfather’s.”
Zhuang Rui honestly replied, although he played collection, also once got a set of Zhu Kexin’s zisha pot, but to drink tea is really not very fond of, mainly because it is too much trouble, there is no certain state of mind of the people. Is not able to be quiet to make tea in peace.
“Oh? This is Mingqian Longjing ah! No, have to change the set of tea utensils ……”
Ancient heard Zhuang Rui’s words, opened the tea canister to the tip of the nose and smelled it, his face immediately piled up a smile, will be in the hands of the cleaning of the purple sand tea set to one side, back to the inner room, but took out two glass cups to.
“You kid, nothing more to bring some of this stuff to master uncle, I also dip that old man’s light ……”
After rinsing the tea set, Gu Tianfeng used an electric kettle to catch a pot of pure water, plugged in the electricity and burned it.
Zhuang Rui hemmed and hawed and said, “Senior uncle you can drink hard, after drinking I’ll take it to you ……”
Gu Tianfeng glared at Zhuang Rui in a bad mood and said, “You think this is a cabbage leaf! Vegetable markets are all for sale, this stuff can’t be bought with money, your grandpa there, I guess it’s also rationed, this is Mingqian Longjing ah!”
Listen to the old man so an introduction, Zhuang Rui only know, dare to so two cans of tea, that the value of tens of thousands of dollars or more, this Longjing tea harvested before the Qingming Festival is called “Mingqian” before the rainy season is called “Yuqian” to “Yuqian is the top grade, Mingqian is a rare product! Top quality, Mingqian is a precious product”, and the tea “early picking three days is a treasure, late picking three days into grass”.
Longjing is a round spring pool, drought does not dry up. The ancients thought that this spring and the sea connected, which has a dragon, known as the Dragon Well, the real Dragon Well tea is actually not much, only a few trees around the Dragon Well spring, production is rare, in ancient times as a tribute to the tea, those on the market, most of them are originating in the Lion’s Peak, Longjing, Yunqi, Tiger Run four places only.
After waiting for the water to boil, the old man carefully used a tea spoon to dig out three or four pieces of tea leaves, respectively, put into two glass cups, poured into a small half cup of boiling water, the cup shook, the water poured out, before filling the cup with two thirds of the water, the old man put the cup to the tip of the nose, sniffing fiercely, as if it were an urchin.
Zhuang Rui also picked up the cup, but see the buds upright, soup color is clear and crisp, the fragrance is overflowing, the whole transparent glass is rendered into a green, learn from the old man smelled. The aroma immediately went straight into the chest and lungs, and the brain was brightened.
“Xiao Zhuang, look at this tea, is it one bud and one leaf? This is commonly known as ‘a flag and a gun’ for the tea in the best, my old son also often filial piety me some tea, than you this can be far from it.”
Elder Gu spoke while picking up the teacup, as if he was looking at a work of art, praising it while looking at it.
“You love to drink, I will often get you some in the future. By the way, Uncle Shifu, that piece of jade with mixed colors last time, have you carved it out yet?”
Zhuang Rui came here today for this purpose, seeing that the old master was just fighting with the tea he brought, Zhuang Rui could only speak out and ask.
Gu Tianfeng laughed and said, “Oh, I still want to praise you kid become calm, or calm! Something is done, it’s in this house, you just didn’t see it yourself.”
“In this house?”
Zhuang Rui saw that the old man did not pay attention to himself after he finished speaking, so he could not help but stand up and carefully look around the house.
The old man lived in a small courtyard, his hall room wasn’t very big, and on the table placed in the center, apart from the teapot and cups, it was the two boxes of tea leaves.
“Huh? Not right!”
Zhuang Rui’s eyes swept from the table, just after moving away, he felt that he seemed to have missed something, re-looked at the past, only to find that there is also a tray on the table for fruit.
Tray some fresh fruit, grapes, grapes, cherries, bananas, apples, and peeled pomegranates, that a grain of red loam, let Zhuang Rui look quite heartfelt, they have not eaten pomegranates for several years, but the tray in the most conspicuous, but the two pink peaches, each with a fist size, under the light of the pink through the white, the top of the fine fuzz are clearly visible.
This cold day, I do not know who gave the old man the whole of these fruits, but now there are greenhouses planted, winter to see these objects, but also not rare, Zhuang Rui also just curiously look at a glance. He moved his gaze away and continued to search the house.
“Senior, you’re teasing me again, where are the objects in this house?” Zhuang Rui searched for half a day, but did not see that jade material of his, this hall room furnishings are very simple, in addition to the table and chairs, is the doorway to wash the water basin shelf, not even a cabinet.
“Haha, you kid, open-eyed blind!”
After hearing Zhuang Rui’s words, Old Master Gu happily laughed out loud, as if he had done something very proud.
“Open-eyed and blind?!”
Zhuang Rui froze for a moment and realized with a jerk, his eyes immediately looking towards the fruit tray that he had just surveyed.
“This …… this was carved out of that piece of jade?”
Zhuang Rui couldn’t believe his eyes, just now, although he didn’t have the aura to gaze at it, he also saw that on the pink peaches, it seemed that even the fuzz hadn’t been washed, and on top of some of the fruits, there were still traces of water, which was one of the reasons why he hadn’t paid more attention to it at that time.
“It’s still true!”
When Zhuang Rui trembling hands, touch in that tray above, only then realized, even this tray, actually is also a piece of jade carved into, and above those sub banana, apple, peach and other fruits, all are fake.
Zhuang Rui counted, purple, green, yellow, black, white, red, pink several colors, almost every color is used up, will each color is the best use, seems to be messy, in fact, is well-organized, lifelike, let Zhuang Rui just went out of the eye, this kind of carving and whimsical conception, can be called ingenious.
“Tsk, uncle, this is really incredible, you this craftsmanship, is absolutely the best in the world ah!”
Zhuang Rui while watching, his mouth could not help but praise, the fruit can already make people prolong life, plus these two longevity peaches, it is even better omen, Zhuang Rui can assert that giving this to grandpa as a birthday gift, it is definitely a unique object, no one can match it.
The old man from Zhuang Rui received this fruit plate ornament, eyes full of reluctance, tone sighing said: “good craftsmanship also need to have a good material, small Zhuang, this thing is my sealing work, later, I will not be in the carving of the object.”
Since getting this piece of material, Gu Tianfeng was racking his brains and pouring all his efforts into it, it took more than three whole months to complete it, it took countless energy, when this pendant was completed, he also felt that his body was not as good as it used to be, and this was also the most satisfying work in his life, and Zhuang Rui’s reaction just now also made the old man extremely satisfied.
“Senior, you’re not old yet! It’s no problem to work for another ten years ……”
Zhuang Rui heard the words of Gu Tianfeng, slightly froze for a moment, and then reacted, when he looked at the old master, he found that his face actually has a few old age spots, wrinkles are also more than up, than when he first met in Nanjing, a lot of old, Zhuang Rui knows that the old master in order to this jade, I am afraid that it is exhaustive, consumed a lot of heart and soul.
Zhuang Rui heart can not help but feel a little guilty, this more than half a year, even looking for the old master to carve a lot of objects, he should find an opportunity to use the aura to help the ancient master uncle to comb the body.
“Old is old, not dying, what can’t be recognized ah! In the future, less in charge of things, but also fell a leisure it, nothing can also go out to see old friends, another ten years, want to let my old man tired ah?”
The old man laughed and scolded Zhuang Rui, put the hands of the pendant back to the table, although the heart is still a bit unable to let go of their own struggles for a lifetime of trade, but can be carved in the later years of such an object, Gu Tianfeng heart is still relatively proud of this thing in what era, that are heirloom works.
Zhuang Rui picked up this jade pendant, observed it back and forth for a while, and realized that the old master didn’t leave his mark on this object, so he said, “Elder Master, I won’t take this object away for now, so you can carve an Inscription of yours here on the pedestal! It must stay!”
“Good, count me as not having loved you boy in vain ……”
The old man smiled happily after hearing Zhuang Rui’s words, no one would not like to leave his name on the objects he handled, especially this kind of work that would surely be a sensation once it was released.
If this is a general object, Gu Tianfeng will not ask Zhuang Rui, he will leave his name, because that will make the value of this thing multiply, but like this pendulum, is too precious, he is not rashly move the knife to leave his usual mark, at this time heard Zhuang Rui words, can not help but is old and happy.
“Elder, this day to dig out the old mansion, it is considered a long time to see.”
Zhuang Rui accompanied the old man to talk again, and told the encounter of digging out the old mansion this day, of course, he didn’t tell that he used his aura to see that there was a fake object in the house next to him, but instead, he accidentally pushed open the door and saw it, and as soon as he heard that, the old man Gu laughed out loud.
“Over sixty years old? Hey, that’s not good to say it’s a doorway passed down before the liberation of ……” Gu Tianfeng is the old Beijing, quite knowledgeable about these deceptions, and at that moment gave Zhuang Rui an explanation.
Before the liberation of the jianghu, there are bee, hemp, swallow, bird four big door, in addition there are gold, skin, color, hanging, flat, group, tune, willow eight small door, “door” refers to the jianghu industry.
The so-called bee, also style, refers to a group of people swarming, coordinated deception, style, probably describes the quick decision, such as the gale sweeping it! And hemp, also for the horse, refers to the single-handed individual cheating; Yan, also for the face, refers to the female sex as bait for cheating; bird, also for the lack of, refers to a group of people to spend money to buy the official lack, and then make a fortune. As for the eight small door, more for some of the jianghu to eat craft meals, such as the Golden Gate, also known as the “towel door” is engaged in fortune-telling face and other business of the jianghu practitioners of the general term, comment on the door, that is to say the book of the line of work, the jianghu people tube book this line of work, acrobatic artists of the line of work of the jianghu known as the “color door! “Walking horse selling solution, playing martial arts and so on is called” Gua Men “.
In general, the four big doors is purely fishing the door of the cheating doorway, and eight small door is to rely on the craft to eat, in the eighties, eight small door is still very popular, the roadside those monkey tricks, are one of the “Gua door” for.
“Your kid luck is good, otherwise you certainly want to plant a big heel, this is the wind door style, I guess next to a few families, are under the set, and so you buy the object, that yard is estimated to be empty.”
This thing is really let the old man give the right, that courtyard, now long ago even a shadow of a person is gone.
Zhuang Rui originally also thought of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to see it again, listen to the old man said so, but also dispelled this idea, this proverb says buy no sell fine, other people are eating this meal, they want to take advantage of, it is not so easy to estimate.
“Uncle, this day is too cold, the night does not go, in your overnight, there is a place to sleep ah?”
Zhuang Rui saw the old man this will be the face is now tired, he wanted to wait for the old man fell asleep, to help him comb the body, from the effect of helping grandpa treatment, this aura although can not completely cure some diseases, but can effectively ease the human body skills aging, for the elderly, the effect of the quite good.
Ancient didn’t think much about it, pointing to the room next to the hall, he said: ”There are plenty of houses, here, I’ll sleep over there, you go sleep in the side room! Xiao Yun and the others are staying there when they come, things are all readily available.”