Linglong

Chapter 7

It is conceivable how much Qiao's would be appreciated by Second Master Yu at that time, and what surprises he would bring to Uncle Yu.

Before this, the Yu family was in a gloomy state, but the two brothers, Uncle Yu and Second Master Yu, returned home, and the Qiao family had good news again, double happiness.The haze that had hovered over the Yu family was swept away, and the old house of the Yu family was full of vitality.

"Everyone is happy, even the servants and maids are beaming. Only I am smiling on the surface, but I am crying in my heart. Ever since I married into Yu's house, I have been helping your grandmother housekeeper, welcoming and seeing off, dealing with relatives and friends, never I haven’t made any mistakes. Who doesn’t praise me from my elders or my sister-in-law? I’ve always been outstanding, but that time... I can’t recall it, and when I think about it, I regret it. I don’t blame anything else, I blame myself, I hate myself, Xiaoxi , How could I be so stupid back then?" Guan Shi whispered to Jing Xi, his expression full of pain and remorse.

In fact, no one blamed Guan Shi, it was she who refused to forgive herself.

If a consistently excellent person loses his composure abnormally, others have already forgotten about it, but she still broods about it.

Jingxi comforted softly, "Mother, you are not stupid at all! You had a big belly and a heavy body, and only others took care of you. How can you take care of others? Stop thinking that way. You, It is too unfair to compare yourself with your aunt, and feel that your aunt acts decisively, but you only cry and panic. Think about it, your father is your husband, but he is only your aunt’s uncle. If your father is in danger, of course your aunt You can deal with it calmly, but you care about it and cause chaos!"

Guan's eyes softened a little, and she sighed: "Xiao Xi said that, I feel much more comfortable. Xiao Xi, you are really understanding and smart."

Jing Xi saw that Guan's expression was much calmer, and he felt a little more relaxed in his heart.

She pretended to be relaxed and smiled, "In the past, I always felt that Daddy was kind to Linglong, and I was unhappy and jealous of her. Now I understand that there is a reason. My grandfather must also treat my aunt differently. Yes, when Linglong was born, grandfather specially named her for her, it should be because of this."

Guan's eyes darkened, "When your elder sister and you were born, your father excitedly went to announce the good news to your grandfather, but your grandfather just asked 'Is she a girl', then waved his hand and let your father go away "When Linglong was born, your uncle went to announce the good news, but your grandfather said, 'It's a girl, let's call her Linglong' and named her herself."

"So that's the case." Jing Xi smiled and nodded.

Seeing that Jingxi was not depressed, Mrs. Guan couldn't help but was very moved, "It's sensible to be like my little Xie, and I don't need to worry about my elders! My little Xie is really self-restraining. At a young age, I know that among the three sisters Grandfather Dudu Qingmu cousin, there is no sense of injustice at all, and his expression is as usual."

"You praise me, why do you think it's Wang Po selling melons, selling melons and boasting?" Jing Xi teased.

"What's wrong with selling and boasting? My melons are good. They are beautiful and intelligent, and they are pure and beautiful!" Guan couldn't help laughing.

Talking and laughing, Guan Shi is no longer bitter and bitter, and Jing Xi's expression is much lighter.

Linglong was taken to a simple but spacious courtyard, "Miss San please", Tong'er led her to the main room.Before entering the door, she glanced at it, and saw a plaque hanging on the door, on which was written "Jinshizhai" in three large seal script characters, which were simple and vigorous.

Entering the room, I saw Uncle Yu immersed himself in copying, while Second Master Yu accompanied an elderly man in his 50s looking at an old square bronze tripod with two ears and four legs.Tong'er respectfully reported, "Miss San is here." The elder didn't lift his head, "She stays, you can go." Tong'er bowed and retreated.

Uncle Yu didn't raise his head, but Second Master Yu blinked at Linglong, clearly saying, "Don't be afraid, Uncle is here." Linglong nodded with a smile and told him, "Uncle, I understand."

The elder was wearing an ordinary black cotton robe, his appearance was delicate and elegant, and his facial features were somewhat similar to those of the Yu brothers.This one is Linglong's grandfather, Mrs. Yu.

Linglong looked around, and saw that there were old utensils of different sizes in the room, such as tripods, copper cymbals, bells, chimes, gui, gui, jue, bronze statues, etc., the room was full of antiques.The Fang Ding that Grandfather Yu was watching was more than one meter high and one meter long, and it was majestic.

"Grandfather is an archaeologist." Linglong exclaimed in her heart, "If this is placed in modern times, he can open a private museum!"

Old Master Yu stared at the bronze tripod, and waved in Linglong's direction, "Girl, come and have a look." Linglong walked over as she said, and followed his gaze to size up the antique in front of her.

"How?" Old Master Yu asked abruptly.

"It's from the Shang Dynasty." Linglong was not sure, and hesitated, "It's so old, and the inscription is so short."

The inscriptions on the bronzes of the Shang Dynasty were very short, but in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the inscriptions became longer and longer.

Chinese characters can be said to be such a rule, ancient Chinese is short and concise, while modern Chinese is becoming more and more verbose.

Old Master Yu looked up at her in surprise, "Girl, you have really good eyesight." This was probably the first time he had looked at his granddaughter in the eyes for many years. Then he kind of liked it, and there was a sense of joy in his eyes.

Linglong smiled sweetly, "Grandfather, I don't understand such a profound knowledge, it's purely guesswork. This tripod is tall, old-fashioned, majestic and dignified, very different from the elegance of Western Zhou Dynasty tripods..."

Grandfather, this tripod is square, very similar to Simuwu Dafang Ding, I was blind, really blind.

Old Master Yu let out a "huh", "I never thought that there would be a girl like you among my granddaughters." He cheered up, and said with a smile, "It's not difficult if you want Zhong Dingwen and leisure. A seal."

Second Master Yu has been watching the situation of the grandparents and grandson. Seeing that the old master Yu promised to write an idle chapter for Linglong, he couldn't help but wink at Linglong and secretly extended his thumb.

Xiao Linglong, you can do it.

Linglong hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, grandfather." The smile on Old Master Yu's face suddenly disappeared, and he frowned, "When you were not as tall as a bench, you ran around playing in front of the garden, giggling happily. Grandfather Walking around with nothing to do, I happened to meet you. When you saw your grandfather, you turned around and ran away, 'Run, run', with short legs, and the kung fu disappeared after a while. Girl, did you see your grandfather, or did you see him? Ghost?"

The spring is bright and beautiful, and the little girl is joking and playing by the flowerbed, which seems to be pleasing to the eye.But when she saw her grandfather, she ran away in a hurry. Could it be that grandfather is scary?

Second Master Yu was surprised, "Really?"

Uncle Yu, who had been concentrating on copying, stopped writing and looked up at his precious daughter.

Linglong was stunned, and carefully accompanied her smiling face, "Grandfather, how tall was I at that time?"

You said that it is not as high as a bench, but I don't quite understand how high it is.

Old Master Yu frowned and thought for a while, then stretched out his hand to compare, "It's probably about this high." He compared it on the bronze tripod, and estimated that it could be half a meter to nearly a meter.

Linglong was speechless.

As far as the place you compare, the child is probably about two or three years old.You ask me about the three years old?How good of a memory do I have to remember things from when I was three.I dare to say that you are also an old urchin, and your memory is very strange, really different from ordinary people.You don't pay much attention to your little granddaughter, but you still remember the fact that your little granddaughter ran away after seeing you so many years ago. Is this a special memory of an archaeologist?

"I was too young to remember..." Linglong defended in a low voice.

"That's right, I don't remember anything yet." Second Master Yu boldly agreed.

Uncle Yu put down his pen and walked over slowly, "Father, Long'er is from a little girl, so she is timid."

I don't know if he was defending Linglong back then, or speaking for Linglong now.

Old Master Yu waved his hand generously, "You don't remember things, so grandfather won't ask. Girl, come over and have a look, do you recognize these words?" Second Master Yu took a piece of rice paper with a wink, and smiled. Mimi told Linglong, "This is a bronze inscription."

There were four strange characters written on the paper, at first glance, Linglong didn't recognize any of them.

Bronze inscriptions, also known as Zhong Dingwen, are a type of seal script, and the shape of the characters is quite different from the modern Chinese characters Linglong is familiar with.

"No meat, no joy?" Linglong asked.

She didn't know a single word, so she had to guess.

"No meat, no joy." Old Master Yu nodded.

It is an affirmative tone, but also a satisfied tone.

"You're right." Linglong felt lucky.

Take a closer look, among these four characters, the characters "wu" and "bu" are really similar to the Chinese characters Linglong knows. As for the characters "meat" and "huan", they are very different. , which is impossible to recognize in any case.There is no way to hide.

Old Master Yu said happily: "Both your elder brothers are not interested in my Jinshizhai. If they read these four words, they will definitely not recognize them. Fortunately, there are you."

Among the grandsons and granddaughters, there is actually someone who can recognize the bronze inscriptions. The old man Yu couldn't help but feel that "there are successors". He smiled and looked at Linglong with a very pleasant expression.

Linglong couldn't bear to spoil the old man's interest, and she was too embarrassed to admit that she "knew", so she smiled a little guilty.Alas, if I tell you that I am purely Meng, will you be disappointed?

When Old Master Yu was happy, he was extraordinarily generous, "Girl, grandfather just got two sapphire huang with pointed tail and double dragon pattern the day before yesterday, come and have a look." He walked to the table, opened the drawer, and carefully took out a wooden box.

Linglong walked over and saw these two pieces of sapphire huang, one was dark ice blue, the other was light icy clear, the heads of the two dragons were facing the two ends of the huang respectively, the tails of the dragons were interlaced and stacked in the middle of huang, and the dragon body was decorated with scrolls. The cloud pattern is very finely made.Linglong felt itchy in her heart, "Grandfather, can I touch it?" I have seen many similar things in my previous life, but they were all in museums, in display cases, separated by thick glass.I want to take it in my hand and see where I can.

Old Master Yu thought for a while, then nodded generously, "You can touch it." Linglong thanked her, and stretched out her hand cautiously, and was about to touch the sapphire huang, when Old Master Yu remembered something important, "Girl, You don't have long nails, do you?" Linglong hastily stretched out her hand to show him, "No, grandfather, I don't like to have long nails."

Linglong's pair of small hands are white and slender. The nails are light pink, smooth and shiny, arc-shaped and very short. There are small milky white crescents on each nail, which are very clear and cute.

"Very good." Old Master Yu nodded in satisfaction, "Girl, you don't know, I once bought back a piece of jade from the Western Zhou Dynasty with a lot of money. It was very precious. At that time your aunt was still young and ignorant, and she clamored to see it." Touching, I got a headache from her noise, so I obeyed her. Who knows that she has long nails, and she scratched a line on the jade bi with her nails!" Referring to this past event, Old Master Yu was heartbroken, "What do you do with long nails? ? How stupid!"

Linglong stretched out her hand to touch the sapphire huang, she felt cool to the touch, but she didn't feel curious, "Is this the so-called cold jade? It feels cool to the touch." She was very happy to touch an antique, He said casually: "Men are strong, so they can throw their fists in a fight. Women are weak, what should they do when they want to fight? It is so convenient to have long nails to pinch people."

While she was talking, she looked at Qing Yuhuang carefully, but the corners of Uncle Yu's mouth twitched beside him, and Second Master Yu was so lively that he simply smiled.

(End of this chapter)