1979 The Life of Idle Fish

Chapter 429: What does the dog biting Lu Dongbin have to do with me, Luo Tao?
When they arrived at the mother-in-law's house, the family of three did not regard themselves as outsiders. Zhu Lin opened the door with the key in hand.

Little October then entered the house, trotted to the bedroom to take a look, then came back and asked Zhu Lin, "Where are grandpa and grandma?"

Zhu Lin put down the bag in his hand and said to Luo Tao, who was the last to enter the room: "This child is usually very smart, why is he so stupid now?"

Then Xiao October said, "If your grandparents are at home, there is no need to open the door here."

She shook the key a few times in front of little October.

Luo Tao, who had just entered the house, stroked his son's head and said with a blank look on his face: "Go and play by yourself for a while, and we will pick grapes later."

Today I came to my mother-in-law's house to pick her grapes and make wine. Since the old couple are very busy at work, they don't have time to meddle in such noisy matters.

At the same time, he couldn't bear to waste it, so he asked his daughter and son-in-law, two idle men, to deal with this small matter.

Luo Tao also upholds the style of a good son-in-law, so it goes without saying that he is obligated to do this.

I just said it last night and came here this morning.

Zhu Lin has always had the key to the Zhu family.

After Luo Tao finished speaking, the little guy started looking around. He was also familiar with his grandmother's house, so he didn't need a guide and could find what he liked by himself.

"Stop sitting and look for wine vessels!" Zhu Lin took advantage of the situation and sat on the sofa, holding a women's round fan.

She had been riding the bicycle all the way, and now she didn't understand why she was so tired.

"I need you to find me. I need to rest for a while. I have to do things before I even sit down at my mother's house. I'm really miserable."

Luo Tao was not angry when he heard her speak. Instead, he smiled and said, "Miss Zhu, just rest. Be careful of getting hemorrhoids."

Zhu Lin looked at him angrily and said cruel words, but others overcame him.

"Who has hemorrhoids? Doesn't it matter?"

Luo Tao was carrying the door behind his back, while Zhu Lin was facing the door. Seeing the person coming, Zhu Lin quickly got up and said with a smile, "Aunt Zhang, are you not at work today?"

Luo Tao also smiled and said hello.

Aunt Zhang has a bodhisattva-like face and is extremely hospitable. She is a neighbor of the Zhu family. When coming to the Zhu family from outside, you must first pass by her small courtyard.

She said with a smile: "What class are you still in? I quit."

Seeing that the couple came to Zhu's house every year, he asked curiously: "I heard some movement here, I thought your parents were back, so I thought I would come over and have a look, just to listen to you talk about hemorrhoids?

I don’t know who got it!This needs to be treated urgently without delay. "

The couple was embarrassed when they heard this. They thought it was a little joke between the couple, but they didn't expect it to be overheard by outsiders.

Luo Tao smiled awkwardly and said, "Aunt Zhang, let's talk..."

Aunt Zhang has always been very optimistic about Luo Tao, a reasonable and disciplined young man. She often told Mother Zhu that she had no daughters in her life, so it was inconvenient to have to rob her of Luo Tao as a son-in-law.

Although it was a joke, it also shows that Luo Tao's image in the hearts of neighbors around his mother-in-law's family is still very radiant.

"It's not like you're an outsider. Don't be so polite to me. If you have something to do, you can do your business. Lin'er and I can just have a chat."

Luo Tao left and went to find the wine vessels for making wine, leaving Zhu Lin alone to chat with Aunt Zhang.

Since Aunt Zhang entered the room, the three of them had been chatting and did not sit down. Zhu Lin first took Aunt Zhang and sat on the sofa above.

"What are the eldest brother and the second brother busy with now? I haven't seen them for a long time. I heard from my mother that they are not working in the hospital and have been transferred elsewhere?"

The two families have been together in this courtyard for almost 20 years. Mother Zhu and Aunt Zhang are not only colleagues, but both families were immigrants who came to the capital during the liberation.

In addition, the adults and children are of the same age, so they move around more frequently, and their relationship is not as close as that of family members.

The eldest brother and second brother Zhu Lin mentioned were Aunt Zhang's two sons. They were Zhu Lin's childhood playmates, with an age difference of one to two years.

As for why the two families did not get closer, it may be that the two Zhang family members are not as good-looking as they should be, or it may be that they are too familiar with each other and do not have feelings for each other.

Nowadays, everyone has gathered together to start a family and get very close to each other.

Luo Tao didn't know the situation except for visiting his mother-in-law's house for the first time, so he didn't buy any gifts and went to Zhang's house.

From the second year onwards, this gift was given twice every year, and it was never left behind by the Zhang family.

Therefore, Zhu Lin called the Zhang brothers eldest brother and second brother.

Aunt Zhang was also happy when she heard Zhu Lin ask about her two sons: "It's not like you don't know that there are more wolves and less meat in our courtyard. If we don't move our nests, how will we be able to feed our family?

Your Uncle Zhang left early, and now I have returned to let them look after the child.

If they still stay in the courtyard, when will they be able to survive?

Isn't there a meeting in our city at the beginning of the year here?Saying that many hospitals are short of staff now, they tried their luck. "

Speaking of Aunt Zhang, she couldn't hide her happiness. Zhu Lin also knew that the tree must have been moved.

She was also happy for their family and asked with a smile: "Aunt Zhang, do you know which hospital in the city the eldest brother and the second brother go to?"

"Ahem, you kid, you can't do anything high." He scolded Zhu Lin with a smile, and then said: "The eldest is in Jishuitan, and the second is in Friendship Hospital."

"Aunt Zhang, these two hospitals are no worse than ours..."

The couple chatted happily, but Luo Tao worked hard to find the necessary wine vessels for making wine.

Seeing the hiding place of this wine vessel, Luo Tao couldn't help but feel sorry for his mother-in-law. It's true that even though she knew she was going to use it, she didn't take it out earlier and put it in plain sight.

Specially pick out sewing machines that are invisible to ordinary people and hide them underneath.

Fortunately, the wine vessels had been cleaned long ago, otherwise Luo Tao would have blamed his mother-in-law again.

"While we were here chatting, there is still a pot of bones stewed in the kitchen at home!" Aunt Zhang patted her thigh and said with a smile.

"Hahaha, Aunt Zhang, go back and have a look!"

"Okay, the three of you are not allowed to leave at noon, eat at home."

Aunt Zhang returned to her kitchen, and soon she heard the sound of chopping bones.

It is very pleasant to hear.

Looking at the Zhu family courtyard, Luo Tao is picking grapes on a stool, while Little October is picking up grapes below, while Zhu Lin puts two large basins of water in to wash the grapes.

Each family has its own division of labor and the family of three is very busy.

Aunt Zhang, who had been separated for less than a quarter of an hour, came back with a bowl in hand and said, "This little guy is very diligent. He is not like the two boys in my family who know how to play every day.

After going to the nursery for such a long time, she always asked me for little red flowers as soon as she came home. "

Zhu Lin came up and said, "Aunt Zhang." Fu pointed at Little October and said, "He is not as diligent as you always said... He also doesn't want to go to school. He gets as angry as a frog when he mentions going to school."

"That won't work. October is not young anymore. It's time for him to go to school." She thought of something else and said to Luo Tao: "Taozi, I know your family's situation...it's a good thing to love your children, but We cannot dote on our children. It is a big deal for our children to go to school, so we cannot delay them."

She looked at Little October again, "This kid is smart. I've always thought that he would be a talented person from Qingbei in the future..."

Luo Tao felt bitter in his heart. He knew his own affairs, so he could only agree with a forced smile: "Aunt Zhang's lesson is to send him to school next year. This year, he was delayed due to some things."

Aunt Zhang thought Luo Tao had really realized his mistake, "Well, there is a school behind your house. I think your children can see it when they go out..." Luo Tao nodded in agreement.

She saw that Xiao October was secretly eating grapes while they were chatting.

He walked over quickly and said with a smile: "This kid is just a greedy little cat. He hasn't changed at all."

"October, let's see what Grandma Zhang brings to you."

Little October has a very good nose, and he could smell it when Aunt Zhang brought the bones into the hospital. But when he heard his parents talking about him, he ran away from the place of dispute.

Step aside and eat grapes.

The little guy ate it with his face, wiped his mouth a few times, and said with a smile: "It's meat."

"Do you like to eat?"

"like."

The unrelated grandfather and grandson sat together eating meat and soup, watching Luo Tao and his wife making wine.

After working hard for two or three hours, I finished the work of making wine.

The branches of the grape vine in Zhu's house are very loose, so they are pruned like this in order to prevent the sun from attracting flies.

There weren’t many fruits, so I picked about 20 kilograms of grapes!

At noon, the mother-in-law and the father-in-law had dinner in their respective units. Since Aunt Zhang had invited the family before, they did not go home for dinner and had a meal at Aunt Zhang's house.

three days later.

After getting up early in the morning, after breakfast, Luo Tao rode his beloved Erba Dagong to the Forbidden City.

After Dean Xu came to Luo's house last time, he didn't calm down when he went back. He moved out of Qilao and came to Luo's house four times in three days. He apparently asked Luo Tao to help with the appraisal, but in fact he came to rub paintings. look.

He stayed with the old man for a whole day, taking care of food and drink without offending him.

Luo Tao was also afraid of him, so he had no choice but to come to the Forbidden City to fulfill his duties as an associate researcher.

Special note: I have never received salary from the palace.

With the pass in hand, I rode my bicycle all the way to Zhai Palace, the temporary calligraphy and painting appraisal office.

Behind the main hall are five bedrooms, where the emperor fasted before offering sacrifices.

On the left is Yuqing Palace, and in the northeast is Yanxi Palace. This is a good place for palace fights and is very famous.

It was used as a cultural relics warehouse during the Qing Dynasty.

But after 1949, the cultural relics warehouse of Yanxi Palace was used by the Chinese Ancient Ceramics Research Center and the Chinese Ancient Calligraphy and Painting Research Center.

When we arrived at the place, we saw many people already coming to the main hall.

Seeing a few familiar friends, he went to say hello to them.

"Everyone is early enough. I am rushing to catch up, but I am still lagging behind."

They were a little surprised to see Luo Tao coming, but it was expected. Few people working in the palace didn't know that Dean Xu and Qi Lao went to invite Luo Tao.

Some people are envious of this, and of course others are jealous.

Those who admire him will praise Luo Tao for being a member of a famous family, while those who are jealous will say how virtuous and capable Luo Tao is.

In short, few people think that Luo Tao is a collector with real abilities.

Except for a few old gentlemen who are familiar with each other, others have always regarded Luo Tao as a cultural relics upstart. I don't know why he took the opportunity to climb up to Mr. Zhang Boju's high position, and thus squeezed into the cultural relics world.

Luo Tao came here today just to make a name for himself, to make some people shut up and stop looking down on others.

In fact, many people in the Palace Museum have long complained about Luo Tao's status as associate researcher, but due to Luo Tao's contribution to the cultural relics industry at that time, no one wanted to get into trouble.

But two years have passed, and Luo Tao has made no further achievements. Some people took advantage of the fact that Dean Xu and Qi Lao invited Luo Tao to come to the Forbidden City to appraise calligraphy and painting many times, and Luo Tao repeatedly refused.

These people spread rumors that Luo Tao was just a cultural relic bastard, half jealous and not very good, and they were afraid of being slapped in the face if he came here.

Regardless of what Qi Lao said, Luo Tao is here today.

"Hey! Master Luo, long time no see,... your big tree has been attracting the wind recently." The person who replied to Luo Tao was Qi Lao's student named Sun Zhongqi, who was more than ten years older than Luo Tao.

But because Luo Tao is a disciple of Mr. Zhang, his seniority status in the cultural relics circle is very high. Of course, he still needs to have real abilities.

When Luo Tao heard this, he didn't come up to answer his words. Instead, he teased him: "Mr. Sun, your face is glowing. It seems that my wife has been loving you a lot these days!"

Several acquaintances laughed.

Sun Zhongqi was not angry at this, but instead laughed and scolded: "Well, Luo Tao, I care about you kindly. If you don't thank me, I will forget it. In turn, you tease me. You are really like a dog that bites Lu Dongbin and doesn't know a good heart."

"Hahaha, Mr. Sun is always joking...I, Luo Tao, am only half jealous, so what does it have to do with me if the dog bites Lu Dongbin?"

Seeing that many people had come to the main hall, Luo Tao raised his voice for these last two sentences so that everyone could hear them.

Sun Zhongqi and others also heard what Luo Tao meant, and they all smiled bitterly. This Luo Tao is really not a good person.

In their hearts, they admired Luo Tao's ability more, otherwise they would not have greeted Luo Tao as soon as he came in.

Everyone in the hall also looked this way, and then started talking in low voices.

Luo Tao was too lazy to pay attention to their discussion, so he went to the side with Sun Zhongqi to understand the specific situation.

The general reason is that the higher authorities are determined to comprehensively sort out all the cultural relics in the Palace Museum and register them.

Another reason is to welcome the Queen of England to visit China next year and select some exhibits for them to view.

Regardless of the reason, it is worthy of everyone's recognition and treatment. One must be right with the ancestors, and the other must take good care of the country's face. The Queen's visit to China is a major event for the entire nation, so we cannot be careless.

After understanding the basic situation, the leaders of the hospital came soon. When Dean Xu saw Luo Tao standing in the crowd, he smiled knowingly and did not mention him in particular.

He talked about some rules in the palace for appraising calligraphy and paintings.

The main hall is divided into more than 20 areas. Each area has two tables and two chairs, which means two people supervise each other to appraise calligraphy and paintings.

Luo Tao is not very disgusted with this situation. If two people appraise calligraphy and paintings together, they can also avoid missing or wrong appraisals of paintings.

On the contrary, I became interested in the chairs, which could only be described as having an aura to them. They were all made of rosewood with dragon patterns painted on them.

In the past, only the emperor could sit on something, but now our ass is also blessed with the luck of the 72 imperial concubines of the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard.

There is no shop like this after passing this village, which is really rare.

Each person is responsible for appraising a certain amount of calligraphy and painting, and staff are also arranged to assist.

During the appraisal of calligraphy and paintings, Dean Xu also said hello to Luo Tao, and then went to do business in the courtyard.

Sun Zhongqi was in a group with Luo Tao. He also heard about Luo Tao's deeds of appraising calligraphy and paintings in Pingjiang, and said with a smile: "Master Luo, please give me more advice..."

(Monthly ticket recommended ticket)

(End of this chapter)