Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 51

Only then did Fanning notice that the stone in front of him had sharp edges and corners, and it seemed to be of a bony figure. ． ．This turned out to be a Taihu stone!

The indeterminate word "seems" is used because it is covered with mud, but Fan Ning can see the essence through the phenomenon, and he imagined the prototype of this Taihu stone after removing the mud.

Fanning was surprised and delighted at once, he hastily pulled out the small dagger he carried with him, and carefully scraped off the mud on the stone.

It is estimated that the edge of the stone is relatively sharp, and many farmers use it to scrape the soil from the soles of their shoes. Over time, the entire stone is covered with mud.

After scraping off a few pieces of soil, Fan Ning sighed, such a fine Taihu stone was thrown in the bamboo forest, what a waste of money!

He has already seen that the appearance of this Qingtaihu stone is at least a high-quality product.

The shape of the stone is slender and flaky, with several holes on the upper and lower sides. It has a bit of Wei and Jin style, very much like a dancing girl with a graceful skirt.

It's a pity that although the appearance of this Taihu stone is beautiful, the inner stone pores are slightly less developed, and the water vapor cannot evaporate.

If the internal development is more perfect, it will be a rare best.

"Dumb, what are you doing?"

A familiar voice came from behind, Fan Ning turned around, it was his neighbor Uncle Liu.

He held a sickle in his hand, and he probably came to dig bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest.

"Second Uncle Liu, you came just in time, help me move this stone home."

Second Uncle Liu looked at the heavy stone, it weighed at least seventy to eighty catties, so he wouldn't be exhausted by moving it home like this!

This stinky boy is good at making people.

"Which house will you move back to?" Second Uncle Liu smiled bitterly.

"Of course it's moving back to the old house!"

Uncle Liu remembered something, and said with a smile: "Last time, your second aunt and I went to the town and stopped by your new house to sit. It's good. The house is big and spacious, but it's a little too deserted."

He stepped forward and shook the Taihu stone, "What do you want this broken stone for?"

Fanning said nonsense, "Well... I need a keystone for my new home, and this one is just right."

"Go! Brat, don't pretend in front of me, you want to sell it for money!"

When Fan Ning was exposed, he scratched his head in embarrassment, "There is an alley of strange stones in the town, I guess this stone can be sold for a hundred yuan!"

"You kid is crazy about money! Pay back a hundred coins. I don't think this broken stone is worth a penny."

With all his strength, Second Uncle Liu lifted up a stone weighing seventy catties. He gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go!"

Fan Ning curled his lips contemptuously behind him, it was worthless, how many top-quality Taihu stones were destroyed in the hands of these rough people.

But then again, if they all knew about stones, would it be their turn to get this exquisite Taihu stone?
Speaking of it, I would also like to thank those peddlers who came to collect stones. Their task is to devalue Taihu stones to nothing, and then take them away at the price of beggars.

Over time, the simple country people don't pay much attention to these strange Taihu Lake stones.

The stone was estimated to be too heavy by the stone seller, so he threw it away in the bamboo forest.

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Fanning's old house was locked, and he couldn't get in, so he fetched buckets of water in the yard to clean the stones.

After washing away the dirt on the stone, finally revealing the true nature of the Taihu stone, Fan Ning is still a little regretful, beauty is beautiful, but it is still half a step away from the best.

Fan Ning temporarily dragged the Taihu stone to the kitchen and put it away, then left home to visit his grandmother.

Walking into the yard of my grandfather's house, I saw my grandma sitting in the yard basking in the sun.

"Grandma!" Fanning greeted her grandmother with a smile.

Seeing her grandson, Mrs. Yang immediately smiled, "Here comes the child."

Fan Ning stepped forward, held Grandma's hand, and gave her a box of dim sum, "I bought this for Grandma, the best dim sum in town."

"Grandma's teeth are bad, give it to my kids!"

Yang's plug was returned to Fan Ning. Fan Ning ran into the main hall to put down the snacks. Seeing that the main hall was quiet, he came out again and asked, "Grandpa isn't home?"

"Your grandfather is angry in the room!"

"What happened?"

Mrs. Yang sighed, "It's not your fourth uncle who came back all day to ask for money. Last time he said he wanted to buy some imperial examination questions, and he had to pay two bucks. Today he said that he wanted to thank his teacher for the New Year and asked for three bucks to buy gifts. You If grandpa doesn’t give it, he’ll make a fuss.”

Speaking of this, Yang wiped away tears, "If your fourth uncle continues like this, the child will not be born, and the lady will not care, what's wrong."

After thinking about it, Fan Ning asked again: "Grandma, is Fourth Aunt at home?"

"Yes! She is also angry. I can't find a silver hairpin. Your fourth uncle just came back and went out. She is even more angry!"

Fan Ning nodded, "I'll call fourth uncle back, I met him on the road just now."

"Go! Go! Call him back and coax his wife."

Fan Ning quickly left his grandfather's house and ran towards Widow Yang's house. The courtyard door of Widow Yang's house was open, and there was faint laughter coming from inside. His fourth uncle was here!

Fanning coughed heavily under the window twice, and the room was suddenly silent.

Fan Ning shouted loudly: "Fourth Uncle, Fourth Aunt asked me to call you home, go back quickly, Fourth Aunt's jewelry is missing, she is angry!"

After shouting, Fan Ning ran into the bamboo forest in a hurry, and after a while, he saw his fourth uncle Fan Tongzhong running out in a panic.

A young woman in the back said angrily: "I gave the silver hairpin to my old lady and still want to go back. My old lady is really blind. I have taken a fancy to you, a wimp, get out of here, and don't come here again!"

Fan Tongzhong didn't dare to argue with her, and ran home in despair.

Although Fan Tongzhong thought the lady was too fat, he was very afraid of the old man. If the old man knew about this, he would lose his life.

It must be the matter of the silver hairpin that was discovered by the lady, how can he explain it now?

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Fan Ning slipped to Uncle Wang's house.

Wang Erlang is also a fisherman. His mother is sick and his family is very poor. He bought Fan Tiezhou's old fishing boat a few months ago in order to earn more money for his mother's medical treatment. , and the other five pennies are agreed to be paid next fall.

Wang Erlang was grateful in his heart, so when Fan Tiezhou asked him to get a few stones for his son, Wang Erlang took his heart. He got several Taihu stones in two months, and waited for Fan Ning to come to his door.

"Uncle Wang, I'm sorry to trouble you." Fan Ning walked into Wang Erlang's house and bowed.

"No trouble! No trouble!"

Fan Ning saluted him, which made Wang Erlang a little flattered. He quickly asked Fan Ning to come in and sit down, and poured him another bowl of hot water.

"I heard that Dumb took the first place in the yearly exam, hey! He's getting more and more promising, and will develop in the future, don't forget about us!"

Fan Ning scratched his head and smiled, "Daddy always said, no matter how promising you are, you should never forget your fellow countrymen!"

Wang Erlang gave a thumbs up, "Your father is right, he is a kind person, my mother went to see a doctor and troubled him like that, but he still refused to take money."

Fan Ning was a little impatient and didn't want to continue the chat, so he smiled and said, "Second Uncle Wang, my father said, you found some stones for me, can you show me?"

"You wait, I'll get the stone right now."

A moment later, Wang Erlang dragged a large sack, rattling all the way, and Fan Ning was startled, for it would break the stone.

"Second Uncle Wang, I'm coming!"

Fan Ning hurried into the yard and carefully took out pieces of Taihu stones from the sack.

There were seven pieces in total. Fan Ning took a closer look. Although they were all Taihu stones, their quality was not very good.

Wang Erlang saw the disappointment on Fan Ning's face, so he thought for a while and took out a stone from the room.

"Dumb, how about taking a look at this piece?"

At this time, Fan Ning's eyes lit up. The stone in Wang Erlang's hand was in good condition.

He stepped forward to take the stone and looked carefully, it turned out to be Three Pools Reflecting the Moon.

The so-called Three Pools Reflecting the Moon means that there are three depressions on the stones of Taihu Lake. The bottom is placed in water, and the water slowly soaks up along with the fine lines inside. After a day or two, three small pools appear in the depressions.

Putting it under the moonlight, three small moons will be reflected in the pool. This is called the Three Pools Reflecting the Moon, which belongs to the top grade. It is slightly inferior to the Seven Star Mochizuki that Fan Ning sold last time, mainly because the beauty is not enough.

Zhou Lin's house has a piece of Nine Lakes Reflecting the Moon. Fan Ning has seen it with his own eyes, and it is a masterpiece.

Wang Erlang stepped forward and said with a smile: "I caught this a few years ago. I think it looks good, so I put it in the room as a decoration. Dumb can take it if he likes it!"

"I won't ask Second Uncle for nothing, how about Second Uncle Wang give me a price?"

"This kind of stone is not worth much. Several peddlers came to see it, and they were only willing to give fifty coins. I don't like them, and I would rather give it to you."

Fan Ning shook his head, "Those peddlers are trying to trick you! They charge a low price and sell a high price, and they have a very dark heart."

"Of course I know this. They must make money. Why come to collect stones if they don't make money."

Seeing that he still didn't understand, Fan Ning pointed to the seven Taihu Lake stones on the ground and said, "These seven Taihu Lake stones are low-grade, and the market can only cost two or three hundred yuan at most. The peddlers come to collect them, and sell them for fifty yuan a piece. Not bad, but this one is different."

Fan Ning raised the Taihu stone in his hand, "This Taihu stone is very well developed and belongs to the top grade. The market price is three guan or four guan. If you sell it to a peddler for [-] yuan, you will lose a lot."

Wang Erlang was taken aback, "Is it so expensive?"

Fan Ning nodded, "Second uncle and my father have a deep friendship, I won't lie to you, if you sell it to Qishiguan, and bargain, they will give you a maximum of four pennies, which is the market price."

Wang Erlang was a little hesitant. He was a bit reluctant to give Fan Ning such a good thing, and it would be nice to sell it for his mother's medical treatment.

Fan Ning said with a smile: "If I want to take advantage of Second Uncle, I won't tell the truth, so how about it! I will take this stone, and I will make up for the five-pass boat money that Second Uncle owes my dad, how about it?"

"Really?" Wang Erlang was overjoyed.

"Of course it's true. In fact, I can't give the second uncle four pennies of money. It happens to be the ship's fare. I'll write a receipt to the second uncle."

"You don't need to write any receipts, I believe you father and son! Just take it away, and the second uncle will take advantage of you today."

"Second Uncle Wang, I'm leaving first. Come to my house for a cup of tea if you have time."

Fan Ning walked away with the stone in his arms. Wang Erlang looked at Fan Ning's tall and straight back and sighed: "There is such a father, there is such a son, it's really like this!"

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Today's harvest was very good, and I actually got a high-quality stone and a top-grade stone. These two stones can be sold to Zhou Lin to save some capital for myself.

Fan Ning went to grandma's house first, and he needed to say hello to grandma before leaving. After meeting Zhou Lin, he went straight back to Xiaoyan Village.

Unexpectedly, when I walked to the door of my grandmother's house, I heard the fourth aunt's hoarse cry, "Please tell me honestly, what is the relationship between you and that Widow Yang? Also, did you give me that pearl and silver hairpin?" Gave it to her?"

"I swear to God, I didn't, lady, listen to me!"

"Kneel down! Who made you get up."

Fan Ning covered his mouth and almost laughed out loud, but the fourth uncle actually slipped his mouth. He could imagine the remorse of the fourth uncle when he found out the truth.

"Fourth Uncle, you did it to yourself!"

(End of this chapter)