first divine calculation

Chapter 68

Seeing his daughter looking at him disapprovingly, Wang Changsheng said:
"I'm just asking, because Mr. Huo looks unfamiliar, you are only under 18 years old, what kind of friends do you have? Dad can't ask?"

Ban Ruo didn't think so, but felt that Huo Yubai was a friend who was not close to him, so it seemed embarrassing to ask like this.

As for Huo Yubai, his mind was running fast at the moment. He was thinking about how to deal with this future father-in-law in the current situation where the two parties did not recognize each other.

If he is negligent, if he is really with Prajna in the future, then this old man will probably settle his score after the fall.

If he is too attentive, with the relationship between the two of them now, coupled with the way the old husband looks at him covetously, he might not have a good impression of him.

"Dad..." Banruo was about to speak when Huo Yubai said, "I'm currently engaged in the antique business."

"Business?" Wang Changsheng said: "Now the market is not good, so business is not very stable, right?"

"Barely able to support the family." Huo Yubai looked at Wang Changsheng with an inexplicable smile.

Wang Changsheng looked at him and asked, "I don't know where your company is?"

"Antique street corner."

"Antique Street?" Wang Changsheng thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes widened, "Could it be Gu Langxuan?"

"Exactly." Huo Yubai's voice was low and flat.

Gulangxuan is the most famous antique shop in this city, and it is often on TV shows. This shop has been in this city for many years. It is said that it has a history of at least several hundred years. It is a time-honored brand with a good reputation. There are There are many rare treasures. It is said that when the state held an exhibition, they even asked the Huo family of Gulangxuan to borrow related antiques to exhibit. It can be seen how rich the Huo family's collection is.

The net worth of such a store is immeasurable, and perhaps any item in it is worth hundreds of millions. Of course, Wang Changsheng understands this truth, but, such a rich person has such an outstanding appearance, this reality is not like making a movie, this person Is it reliable?In life, it is inevitable that there will be shortcomings and flaws. Like this man, everything looks perfect, but he is not dedicated enough to his feelings behind his back!Easy to cheat!If you don't cheat, then I'm afraid there is something wrong with your body!

Right now, men like Wang Changsheng who are responsible for the family and loyal to their wives are probably extinct. Wang Changsheng judged this based on his rich social experience.

Thinking about it this way, he suddenly felt that Huo Yubai in front of him must have a hidden disease.

Wang Changsheng felt that Prajna was still young, and it would be terrible if he was deceived by others!You can only kill the love in the bud as soon as possible. You have to know that the little girl's family, how can you know that a man has hidden diseases, that is a terrible thing!

He said calmly: "Mr. Huo is not young, is he?"

Huo Yubai saw that his expression had changed a few times, and he didn't know what he meant, so he said in a calm voice, "It's less than thirty."

"What? Are you 30 years old?" Wang Changsheng suddenly felt that he had found a legitimate reason to obstruct it.

"What a coincidence, it happens to be one round older than my Wisdom!"

As soon as these words came out, the scene was completely silent.

Banruo suddenly realized Wang Changsheng's worry, she said blankly, "Dad, Mr. Huo is really just an ordinary friend."

However, Wang Changsheng narrowed his eyes, stared at Huo Yubai, and did not speak for a long time.

On the other side, Huo Yubai's face was normal, but he was thinking about what he said just now. He felt that something was wrong. He was extremely smart, but he was given a second by his undecided future husband who didn't look too smart. .

That night, Banruo went to Yu Qinghua's house first, and Sun Jingxin had already woken up. She didn't seem to be in a good state of mind, but there was no major problem. When she saw Yu Qinghua, she cried out that she was hungry, which brought Yu Qinghua to tears They are all coming down.

After Sun Jingxin woke up, her mind was still not clear. She always said that she had a very long dream. In the dream, she fell in love with a man and almost got married. She also said that the man was handsome and outstanding. , and very good at dancing, the two often dance and have fun.When talking about it, she kept laughing.

Yu Qinghua didn't say anything, she chose to keep it a secret.

She had a grudge with Sun Mingde, but she didn't want her child to be involved in it, and she didn't want her child to know that it was her father's concubine who persecuted her, for fear of damaging Sun Mingde's image in the child's heart.

Prajna thinks that Yu Qinghua is a woman of great wisdom.In fact, she has long known that Yu Qinghua is Sun Mingde's wife, because when she met Yu Qinghua at the beginning, she saw Yu Qinghua's face as an official wife, and her natal family was also an official. Noticing that Sun Jingxin and Sun Mingde had similar eyebrows, she became suspicious, until she went to Yu Qinghua's house and saw that she was living with her daughter, and there was no man in the house at all. Combining all the signs, Prajna could probably be sure up.

Actually, apart from other things, as far as Sun Jingxin resembles Sun Mingde, the relationship between Yu Qinghua and Sun Mingde is already obvious.

Yu Qinghua asked Banruo if he wanted Xiao Qin, and Banruo agreed. As for what Yu Qinghua planned to do with Xiao Qin next, Banruo was not interested at all, because he knew that Sun Mingde was finally pulled down by Yu Qinghua, so Banruo let her go.

Her mission has been completed, Sun Jingxin has woken up and is fine, the rest of the matter has nothing to do with her.

As for Xiaonan Village... Thinking of that ghost village that eats people, Banruo kept shaking her head in her heart. People in the world are ignorant and selfish, and use high-sounding words to cover up their dark hearts. Banruo despises such behavior. She really wants to burn that village down, but The reality doesn't allow her to do this, but just because she can't do it doesn't mean that Yu Qinghua can't do it. Yu Qinghua's natal family is an official. If something like this happens, no one in Xiaonan Village will be spared.

Because she got home very late the night before, when she fell asleep, Banruo didn't wake up until 9 o'clock. She looked at the time and quickly got up from the bed.It was the first time since she was reborn that she slept so late. She had originally made an appointment with Zhao Mingyuan to go to Gulangxuan, but at this point in time the auction was probably about to start.

Picking up the phone and looking, there were indeed several calls from Zhao Mingyuan.

Prajna hurried back to others. "Hello, Zhao Mingyuan."

"Master! Where are you now?"

"Sorry, I overslept and didn't wake up until now."

"Okay! Then I'll pick you up now? I heard from Gu Langxuan's staff that there was a small problem in the transportation of an auction item this morning, so the auction was postponed and started at 10 o'clock."

"Okay, you come and pick me up."

Banruo hurriedly washed up briefly, and when she finished packing, Zhao Mingyuan's car drove to the door of the house.

When she got there, Qian Yuanji had already received the number plate and was waiting there. Today's auction was extremely lively, much more spectacular than the last Fengmingxuan. There were more than 100 people at the scene, and each of them was expensive. Personal prajna has been seen in financial interviews on TV programs.

"I looked at the auction brochure, and it is said that there is a finale big item to be auctioned today." Qian Yuanji said.

"Big stuff?"

Zhao Mingyuan smiled and said, "That's right, that's why there are so many people coming to this auction."

"what?"

"It is said to be a Qianlong bottle!"

Qianlong bottle?To be honest, Banruo is not very interested in porcelain. She looked around and saw a lot of people gathered in Gulangxuan. Huo Yubai was being pestered by several bosses to ask questions. They are all very interested in the Qianlong bottle, and haven't used the ability for a long time. It stands to reason that Banruo should be excited when she encounters a situation where she can let go of spending money today, but she didn't sleep well last night. Yes, I can't lift my spirits up.

Banruo hadn't had breakfast yet, seeing that the auction hadn't started yet, she walked out of Gulangxuan to buy some breakfast nearby.

There is only one pancake stall nearby, which sells pancakes from Tianjin, which Banruo loves very much.

"Please give me a pancake with four eggs!"

The boss glanced at her, smiled and agreed: "Okay, I'll do it now!"

There were people coming and going around, most of them entered Gu Langxuan's backyard, Banruo stood there bored, she looked around, suddenly, she saw an old man sitting across the street beckoning to her.

Prajna was a little puzzled, and the pancake maker saw it and said, "Little girl, don't pay attention to him, he sits here all day, selling his broken boxes, insisting that his wooden box is from the Republic of China, and he will sell it for several dollars." thousand!"

"From the Republic of China?" Banruo thought in his heart, if it was really made of good material, for example, a box made of pear blossom wood would cost more than a few thousand.

"Yeah, who knows if it's true or not? Anyway, he's been sitting there for a few days, trying to sell it for a good price, but unfortunately, the people around here who come to buy antiques don't pay attention. Besides, if it's really rich people , who doesn't go to the store to buy, but also buy an old box from him?"

Spreading Pancake shook his head and sighed:
"So, it's meaningless to be alive. Look at that old man, he is seven or eighty years old. I heard that he is a junk collector, but he has a vampire son. The couple earn thousands of dollars a month by collecting junk. The son is leaving, just like that, the son does not show them his grandson, he only shows them a few times when he gives money, now, all their money has been taken away, and the old lady gave birth again I have no money for hospitalization. I asked my son for money, but my son closed the door and avoided them even walking. Do you think these people have any conscience? So, this old man wanted to sell this waste box. , earn some money for my wife to see a doctor!"

"That's it..."

Banruo is not short of money now, and is usually doing charity, so I don't mind helping him.

The old man waved to her again. The old man had lost all his hair and only had a few teeth left in his mouth. He was hunched over. In mid-November, it was a very cold day, but he was only wearing a thin single coat.

When Banruo saw it, she felt a little uncomfortable. She walked across the street and knelt down in front of the old man.

"Little girl, are you here to buy antiques? Why don't you buy my box!" said the old man.

Banruo glanced at the wooden box in front of him. It was about 50 cm long, 40 cm wide, and 30 cm high. It was a very common style, but judging by the workmanship and materials, it seemed to be quite old.

"My suitcase is not bad. It is really an antique. I saw the exact same one in someone else's house decades ago. According to that person, it was left by the Republic of China."

Seeing this box, the abilities in Banruo's body didn't respond at all. In fact, even if Banruo didn't rely on abilities, he could probably tell that this box was not worth much. In fact, there were many boxes in the Republic of China. Banruo's grandma used to be a landlord Miss of the family, many of the boxes in her dowry were from the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Later, they were handed down to Banruo's grandmother and second uncle, and they sold them at a low price. Several pieces were sold for thousands of dollars. .

The main reason is that the wood of this kind of box is ordinary, and the workmanship is not unusual. Nowadays, people buy antiques and pay attention to a rarity. This kind of box is okay to buy and keep at home, but it is a bit difficult to sell it.

Prajna smiled, but said nothing.

"Little girl, do you want to buy it?" said the old man.

Banruo glanced at his chapped, rough hands covered with age spots, and nodded when thinking of what the person who spread the pancakes said just now.

"I'll buy it! How much do you plan to sell it for?" Prajna asked.

Seeing that she spoke frankly, the old man was a little embarrassed. He looked at Banruo and said with hope, "I want 3000 yuan."

The medical expenses of my wife happened to be three thousand.

"Okay!" Of course Banruo would not bargain, she took out 5000 yuan from her body and handed it to him: "Here is [-] yuan, and the extra part should go to buy some nutritional supplements to nourish your body!"

"This..." The old man trembled, not daring to accept it: "I didn't sell it for that much money, you gave me so much..."

"Take it!" Prajna stuffed it into his hand.

The old man didn't say anything, only his eyes were red.They have been busy all their lives, they have nothing to do, relying on collecting scraps, earning some money every month, and buying a house for their son to pay off the loan. In the end, the daughter-in-law despised them as old and dirty and refused to let them live together. Those who are afraid of their daughter-in-law also feel that the old couple is a burden, so they don't communicate with each other, and even their grandchildren are taught to despise their grandparents.Now that his wife is in the hospital, his son doesn't come to see him at all, and he refuses to give any money, which made him come out and sell those worthless belongings!In fact, where did he get his belongings?All the things in his house are collected from waste products, and the family belongings are nothing but waste products.

As far as this box is concerned, it looks clean, and it feels like it should be worth some money.

"Okay! Thank you little girl, I'll accept it, you will be rewarded for being a good person!" said the old man, donated the money and stuffed it into the socks.

"Old man, where do you live?"

For some reason, Banruo felt sour when she saw that he was going to be a seller at a young age in order to get some medical expenses.

"I live at the waste dump station on Jinhua Road." The old man stretched out his wrinkled hands, picked up the box tremblingly, handed it to Banruo and said, "Little girl, I'll give you this box, although I'm the one who collects the waste. Got it, but I've kept it very well over the years."

"Okay." Banruo took the box and hugged it in his arms. The box looked a bit big and heavy, but it wasn't heavy in his hand, and Banruo could barely hold it.

The old man hunched his back and rode on the tricycle, as if remembering something, he suddenly turned around and said to Prajna:

"That's right! Little girl, there is a pile of waste paper in this box, if you don't like it, just throw it away! I thought that paper could prevent moisture, so I never took it out!"

"Okay!" Prajna responded.

The old man made a lot of effort, pedaled with difficulty, and then rode the tricycle for a long time before finally driving out of Prajna's sight.

Seeing that she gave the old man 5000 yuan, she spread the pancakes and said with a smile: "Little girl, you are so kind, you spent 5000 yuan to buy such a broken box."

"Have you seen it all?"

Banruo didn't feel that she was at a disadvantage. She originally wanted to help the old man, and the reason why she accepted the box was because she didn't want the old man to feel guilty.

"Yeah, he's been here for several days, and I think it's not easy for him when I look at it, but I take a step back and think, if the couple didn't dote on their son, how could this child become like this! All the money was given to the child, but the child was turned into a white-eyed wolf! It can be seen that it is not easy to teach children!"

"Hmm." Banruo replied lightly, she stood in front of the pancake stand and ate a few mouthfuls before returning to Gulangxuan with the box in her arms.

Master Guan hadn't met her before, but now he was very happy to see her, he came up to meet her and asked: "Miss Banruo, you are here, the second master is inside!"

"Oh, I'm just here to participate in the auction, not specifically to find him." Banruo explained.

Master Guan took a look at her, and said with a smile of course: "Based on your friendship with the second master, of course he has to greet you personally when you come!" Master Guan seemed to mean something.

"No need." Prajna smiled.

Master Guan looked at the big box in her arms and asked in surprise, "Where did you get such a big thing?"

"It was sold by an old man who collected scraps just now. I don't think it's expensive, so I took it."

"You're talking about the old man across the street, right?" Master Guan obviously knew the man, and at this moment he also understood Banruo's intention in buying the box, so he said sincerely: "Miss, you are so kind, the old man has been there several times. God, no one bought his case."

Banruo didn't make a sound, and Master Guan said again: "Since I bought it, let me take a look for you. What is the age of this?"

The auction has not officially started yet, Banruo replied: "Okay, then I will trouble you!"

Master Guan took the glasses, put on the gloves again, and then looked at them carefully. After a while, he took off the glasses and sighed:

"Hey! Sure enough, as I expected, it's not a valuable item. If it was valuable, I'm afraid someone would have bought it a few days ago."

"It's okay, left and right are not for making money." Banruo said indifferently.

"Success! Let me see how the box is preserved. If it is good, maybe you can still use it when you take it back!" Master Guan opened the box, and when he looked at it, he suddenly let out a "huh".

"Where... where are the paintings and calligraphy works in this box?"

"what?"

Banruo leaned over, glanced at it, and was stunned, seeing that the box was full of papers, to be exact, it was filled with many mounted calligraphy and painting works, and these works were all stacked in the box. Looks pretty well preserved.

"You don't know about this either?" Master Guan asked.

Banruo shook his head, "Then the old man said that there are some waste papers here, which are used to prevent moisture, so they probably aren't valuable things!"

Master Guan nodded when he heard this, put on his glasses without hope, took out another work from the box, and said with a smile:

"Let me take a look, who painted this painting? Why does it look like a painting by Fu Baoshi?"

He opened the painting and looked at it with the light. After a moment, he was stunned. Then he quickly became serious and carefully looked at the details of the painting under the light with a solemn expression. Unexpectedly, the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became.

"No way! This is..."

Master Guan couldn't close his mouth in surprise. After looking at it for a long time, he hurriedly put down the painting and picked up another one. After seeing it, he was shocked again. He put down this one and picked up the third one...

He picked it up and put it down, and looked at several paintings.

After reading each picture, the mouth never closed.

Banruo looked at his expression from flat to surprised to shocked, and finally was obviously stunned, and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"Master Guan, what's the matter?"

Master Guan looked at the four paintings and three calligraphy works in the box, and was speechless for a long time. Instead of answering Prajna's question, he said to his subordinates:
"Go! Go and ask Second Master to come over! Go!"

On the other side, the little apprentice ran to Huo Yubai's side and hurriedly said, "Second Lord, Master Guan, please come over."

"What's the matter?" For ordinary trivial matters, Master Guan will definitely come over and talk about it himself, and it is impossible for someone to invite him over.

"It seems to be related to Miss Prajna."

Huo Yubai came to Gu Langxuan's front yard, and saw Banruo standing next to Master Guan, the two gathered together, as if they were looking at something.

"Second Master, come and take a look!" Seeing him, Master Guan couldn't hide the excitement in his body, and shouted, "Come and take a look!"

Master Guan is an old buddy of the Huo family. He is an old sparrow in this industry. He has seen the world. His ancestors have helped the Huo family for generations. Master Guan has been looking at antiques all his life, and he rarely shows such a surprised expression. .

Huo Yubai walked over, he picked up the painting and glanced at it, the more he looked at it, the more he frowned.

"Second Lord, you already like calligraphy and painting, and you are also an expert in reading calligraphy and painting. You have collected so many famous calligraphy and paintings yourself. It should be said that you have the most say in what you say." Master Guan pointed to a pair of paintings spread out on the table. Said: "Look at this painting, does it look like Chen Shu's painting?"

Banruo was stunned after hearing this, "Chen Shu?"

Chen Shu was a famous boudoir female painter during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. She was named Fu'an, and she called herself Nanlou Old Man in her later years. In her previous life, Banruo saw the paintings of this female painter in a museum and liked them very much. Therefore, she has some respect for this female painter. impression.Speaking of which, Chen Shu is really a typical example of self-improvement of ancient women. She came from a wealthy family and learned calligraphy and painting since she was a child, but she was not outstanding. After she got married, her husband's family was in decline. Chen Shu took off her hairpin to help, and maintained her life through painting Make a living for the family, and train the children to pass the Jinshi exam, and the official is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

It makes sense for her to be able to sell paintings for a living!Chen Shu's brushwork is old and strong, Fengshen is simple and ancient, and he looks like a master. It is said that Qianlong loved Chen Shu's paintings the most. At that time, there were as many as 24 paintings by Chen Hua in the collection of the Qing Dynasty. They are works of women's paintings. The most one.

Under the background of the times at that time, Chen Shu was able to achieve such an achievement, which was very impressive.

If this is really Chen Shu's flower and bird painting, it must be worth a lot of money.More importantly, Banruo really loves Chen Shu's painting style. In her previous life, she had imagined that it would be great if there was a real painting by Chen Shu!I didn't expect that in this life, it was really possible to achieve it!

Hannya's blood boiled faintly. "Is it really Chen Shu's painting?"

Huo Yubai looked at it for a long time, finally put down the painting, and nodded to confirm: "The brushwork is sophisticated, and the brush is simplified and returned to the original. The whole painting looks simple but there is a lot of real skill in it. Look at the plum blossoms in this flower-and-bird painting, you can see a proud posture at a glance, and the two birds on the branch are the finishing touch, and the appearance of spreading their wings to fly makes this painting a combination of movement and stillness. I'm sure, this is Chen Shu's work!"

"Really? I said it was Chen Shu's!" Master Guan was very excited. He also loves calligraphy and painting. Chen Shu's paintings are rare, and they are usually stored in museums.

Huo Yubai said again: "Chen Shu once drew a picture to help her husband support the family. It is estimated that this painting was passed down at that time."

"Look at this picture again!" Master Guan pointed to a picture of a waterfall next to him, and said, "Second Master, do you think this is the work of Fu Baoshi?"

"Fu Baoshi?" Huo Yubai picked up the picture of the flying waterfall and looked at it for a long time. He squinted his eyes, looked at Prajna deeply, and said, "This painting is chic and elegant, with a bold and unrestrained momentum. The rain and fog of the flying spring and waterfall are just right. It was Fu Baoshi's favorite painting in his middle age!"

Is this the work of Fu Baoshi in his middle age?

"Is it really Mr. Fu's painting?" Banruo has received too much information in his mind for a while, and feels that it is not enough for a while.

Of course she knows about Fu Baoshi, a modern painter, his fame as "Jiang-Mountain-Like-This-Many-Jiao" was included in the art textbook of the first grade of junior high school. In Poly's Spring Auction, a painting by Ren was finally auctioned off at a price of 2.3 million yuan. Although this painting of a waterfall may not be so valuable, Fu Baoshi's authentic work can be cheap no matter how cheap it is. where to go

Banruo looked at the majestic momentum of the waterfall in this painting, but he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Chen Shu?Fu Baoshi?Why does she feel that this seems too unreal!She only paid 5000 yuan to buy this box, and it was originally for doing good deeds. Who knew that the calligraphy and paintings inside were authentic by Chen Shu and Fu Baoshi?

Does Banjna feel that his luck is too good?
(End of this chapter)