Jin Yutong

Chapter 13 This Is My Father (This chapter is free)

"Mom, how much money does our family owe in total?"

After clearing his mind, Chen Ran asked the question that he was most concerned about and also the most important question.

Chen Ran's question caused the other end of the phone to suddenly fall silent. After a full 3 minutes of silence, Li Yuzhi's low sobs suddenly came from the phone, making Chen Ran's heart sink.

"Xiaoran... woo... It's my mother who is sorry for you. It's the family that dragged you down. This matter... Just leave it alone. Your father owed more than 12 yuan when he was engaged in 'medicine' materials. He opened the shop. I owe more than 2 yuan, and your dad owed more than 1 yuan in a car accident last year... Huh, where did you get so much money... Just leave it alone... I will ask your dad to borrow some money from your uncle Well, I can't live on anymore, what face do I need..."

The intermittent crying stopped suddenly, followed by a deep hoarse voice: "Don't worry so much about it, you don't have to worry about family affairs!"

With a snap, the phone was hung up!

Chen Ran's heart trembled, he took a deep breath, raised his head so as not to let the tears flow out, a thought suddenly appeared in his mind - this is my father!

Although the family didn't let Chen Ran worry about this matter, how could he ignore it? In any case, he would not let his father go to his uncle to borrow money. He will never forget the moment after the college entrance examination. Scene after scene... After being in a daze for 5 minutes, Chen Ran woke up, and his chaotic mood gradually calmed down.

15 million!

This is what Chen Ran calculated from his mother's words. A penny is hard for a hero, let alone 15!It was more than half of what Chen Ran had imagined. He calculated it himself, and now he still has about 12 in his hand. Adding the [-] at home, there is still a shortfall of [-].

As for the old thing in Chen Ran's dream, even if he got it, he might only sell it for [-] to [-] yuan. In this way, there is still a shortfall of [-] to [-] yuan!

Either way, get the old thing first.

Chen Ran sighed softly... "Master, go to Xiaojingshui Village in Persimmon Garden." After leaving the Lanhai Apartment, Chen Ran directly hailed a taxi and went straight to Xiaojingshui Village.Persimmon Garden is on Xihuan Road in Zhongdu, and Chen Ran lives on Beihuan Road. It is not too far to walk from Huancheng Road. Chen Ran is short on time, so he just spent a little extravagant time.

When we arrived at Xiaojingshui Village, it was almost noon. This was mainly because he had another dream last night and woke up too late. Xiaojingshui Village is a suburban village. Although most of the houses are new, there are also quite a few old ones. , Chen Ran went directly to the Xiaojingshui River section in the village. The upper stream of Jingshui River is Xiliu Lake. When he got to the ground, he saw many old courtyards.

Standing on the bridge, looking at these old courtyards, Chen Ran couldn't help frowning. Although the picture in the dream was much clearer than the previous one, it was still intermittent, and now he couldn't tell which one it was.

"Master, I have a question for you. Do you know where Uncle Luo's house is?" Chen Ran recalled the scene in his dream, and asked an old man who was resting in a small pavilion by the side of the road.

The old man raised his head and glanced at Chen Ran, then said slowly, "Are you talking about Luo Tianma's family?"

"Yes! Yes! It's his house!" Chen Ran nodded.

"What do you want from him?" The old man looked at Chen Ran suspiciously: "He doesn't seem to be at home now."

"Not at home?" Chen Ran frowned, but then he saw the old man pointing to the old courtyard on the far left and said: "See, that's his house. Old man Luo went to his daughter's house the day before yesterday. Go and see if his wife is here..."

Chen Ran nodded, thanked him, and headed towards the old courtyard.

The door of the old courtyard was closed, and Chen Ran knocked on it, but with such a light touch, with a creak, the red-lacquered wooden door was pushed open a gap.

"Who?"

Before Chen Ran could go in, he heard an inquiry. He opened the door and walked in. With a glance, he saw an old woman sitting in the west corner of the yard, basking in the sun. Eating with a bowl.

"Young man, who are you looking for?" The old woman put down her chopsticks, stood up and looked at Chen Ran.

"Grandma, grandma, hello!" Chen Ran hurriedly greeted: "I'm sorry to disturb you, may I ask, is this Uncle Luo's home?"

The old woman nodded: "Yeah, what did you ask Lao Luo for?"

"I heard that Uncle Luo has a red sunflower parrot, so I want to take a look at it. I'm sorry to disturb you." Chen Ran looked around, but found no parrot in the yard.

"You said that bird." The old woman complained with displeasure on her face: "Lao Luo is rare, and he takes it wherever he goes. What a coincidence, he went to my daughter's house, and the bird took it with him." on."

Chen Ran frowned, and then, as if he suddenly remembered something, he bowed to the old woman: "Grandma, I heard that your 60th birthday is coming, and the younger generation is here to wish you Longevity is like a river, a long life of a hundred years!"

"Hey, you know a lot of things." The old woman was suddenly happy, and walked towards Chen Ran with a smile: "You really can talk, kid, have you eaten lunch yet? I just made it." , just eat something with me."

It is obviously inappropriate to stay for dinner, but Chen Ran is not willing to leave here. After hesitating for a while, he said embarrassingly: "That's really presumptuous!"

"It's okay, it's just a regular meal. It just so happens that you are also talking with me. Wait, I'll get you another set of bowls and chopsticks." The old woman cheerfully greeted Chen Ran to sit down, and then walked towards the house.

During the meal, through the conversation with Luo's grandma, Chen Ran finally straightened things out. The scene in the dream was that a young man surnamed Yang was on Luo's grandma's 60th birthday. One day, I came to Uncle Luo's house and wanted Uncle Luo to give him the red sunflower bird.

In fact, this young man surnamed Yang is not a drunkard, and his goal is not the red sunflower bird, but the old birdcage where the red sunflower bird is kept.

Although the old birdcage is dilapidated, it is an old thing. It is an ivory tortoiseshell birdcage from the Qing Dynasty.

The young man surnamed Yang wanted to buy the red sunflower bird and the birdcage together, but Uncle Luo had a deep affection for the red sunflower bird and refused to sell it. Uncle Luo rushed out, just because this birdcage can be said to have accompanied Uncle Luo to grow up.

This is a dream scene!

From Luo's grandma's conversation, Chen Ran learned that Luo's grandma's 60th birthday is the day after tomorrow.

In this way, it will be extremely difficult for Chen Ran to get the ivory tortoiseshell birdcage!

First of all, Uncle Luo is not at home, but will come back on the day of Luo's grandma's birthday. Another point is that Uncle Luo has a deep affection for the red sunflower bird and the birdcage.

It is basically impossible to get the birdcage from the stubborn Uncle Luo.

What's more, at that time, he will have to pass the test of the young man surnamed Yang.

Chen Ran didn't have any confidence in his heart, but this was the only way for him to get together a large sum of money as soon as possible. He couldn't give up, and he couldn't give up.

"Grandma Luo, when will Uncle Luo come back?" After eating and talking with Grandma Luo for a while, Chen Ran asked such a question.

Grandma Luo turned her head, pondered for a moment, and then looked at Chen Ran: "I guess it will be my 60th birthday. He took the bird there to meet friends."

Chen Ran nodded, his face was a little ugly.

"What's the matter? Xiao Ran, do you still have something to do with Uncle Luo? Tell me about it, and I'll find a way for you." Grandma Luo looked at Chen Ran's face. No, he asked with a hint of worry.

Chen Ran shook his head and calmed his mind: "It's okay, just a friend of mine likes that bird, and I want to buy it for him." Although it was a bit dishonest to hide it from Luo's grandma, but there are some words, But it cannot be said.

"You want to buy birds, that's not okay, the old man is definitely not willing." Grandma Luo frowned when she heard that.

"Grandma Luo, I'm going back first. Uncle Luo is back, can you inform me?" With a light sigh, Chen Ran stood up, ready to leave first.

Grandma Luo looked at Chen Ran and nodded slightly.

Chen Ran turned around feeling disappointed, and just as he was about to walk out of the courtyard, he was suddenly stopped by Grandma Luo: "Xiao Ran, wait a minute."

Suddenly stopped in his tracks, Chen Ran turned his head to look slightly surprised.

"I like you kid. I can see that you must have something to hide from me. The old man has been out for so many days. It's time to come back. I'll call him later and ask him to come back, but He must be coming back very late, so how about you come back tomorrow morning, how about it?"

Chen Ran was suddenly overjoyed... After leaving Uncle Luo's house, Chen Ran looked at the time and found that it was still early. After reading a day of books yesterday, he felt that he had learned something, and now he wanted to go to the Antique City to have a look.

It's not difficult to get into the antique industry, and it's best to see more. Once you enter the industry, it's not mysterious or profound at all.

Read more books, read more things.

You need to visit street stalls, antique shops, museums, and historical sites. It is best to visit these places every week.

If you read a lot, you will get to know each other naturally. You can’t just read the books and ignore the street stalls. You have to watch it in person, as if there are thousands of people in the square, including your mother, and you can find her at a glance. .

What is the reason?Your mother, you are too familiar.

This is the case with antiques. If you look at them more, you will recognize old things naturally.The first sight is very important, it is the first feeling, we must grasp it.

Since the collection boom, new antique markets in Zhongdu have blossomed everywhere, such as Zhongyuan Antique City, Tianxia Collection, Zhenbao City, Treasure World, etc. Chen Ran went to Zhongdu Antique City, which is the oldest antique in Zhongdu The city ranks second in the country's antique cities, and the market is very large.

When he arrived at the antique city, Chen Ran just watched from store to store. He didn't speak, he just watched, and the knowledge of antiques he remembered in his mind and the experience he experienced confirmed each other. Whenever the confirmation reached a point, he There will be a sense of accomplishment.This feeling made him deeply addicted to it.

When Chen Ran was watching, he also kept three things in mind.

The first point is that when you play antiques, you don't believe anyone's words, they can only be used as a reference.

The second point is to buy antiques, things that you don't understand, and others will tell you to go, and you won't buy them.

The third point is not to suffer, not to be fooled, and not to take advantage.