Reborn Jewelry

Chapter 339 Incense Burner
Uncle Li hunched over and rummaged under the bed, the bulge on his hunchback was obviously particularly abrupt.

Chu Ning and the others all turned on flashlights for him, for fear that the old man would bump under the bed.

After all, they are such an old man, if something happened because of digging things under the bed, how could they be happy?

Tao Fei even took the initiative to ask Ying to help Uncle Li search under the bed, but the stubborn Uncle Li refused, so the three of them had no choice but to give up.

After a while, Chu Ning and others couldn't help but want to pull Uncle Li out, but Uncle Li suddenly said excitedly: "I found it!"

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Uncle Li.

At this moment, they only hoped that Uncle Li would be fine.As for the incense burner, they have long since thrown it out of the blue.

Uncle Li was holding a dusty thing in his hand, and his whole body was also disheveled, but he was smiling very happily.

"Come, come, take a look, this is the incense burner in our Li family's ancestral hall!" Uncle Li said with a smile, "I have this incense burner when I was young, and it has been enshrined in the ancestral hall all the time." , why should it have a history of 100 years? Absolutely old stuff! Take a good look at it, if you like it, take it with you!"

If Uncle Li hadn't said it was an incense burner, Chu Ning and Meng Dongyue wouldn't have recognized it at first sight.

The main reason is that the incense burner is too dirty.

I don't know how many years the censer has been placed under Uncle Li's bed, and the soil all over the body is so thick that it completely obscures the original appearance of the censer.

Don't think that the incense burner under the bed will not be stained with mud. Houses in the country are different from those in the city. The ground is not paved, just ordinary mud.In addition, Uncle Li's roof often leaks rain. Once rainwater spreads in, the house will become muddy.

Over time, the censer under the bed became what Chu Ning and the others saw now.

The incense burner was handed over to Meng Dongyue by Uncle Li, and the scene was momentarily speechless and a little embarrassing.

Originally, Uncle Li wanted to give the incense burner to Chu Ning, but Meng Dongyue saw that the incense burner was too dirty, so he hurriedly stopped in front of Chu Ning to take it.

Uncle Li, who patted the dust on his body, finally found out that the incense burner in his house was not very visible, and asked tentatively: "There is water behind the stove, why don't I wash this incense burner first?"

The water used by Uncle Li's family is the spring water brought down from the mountain behind his house. It is sweet and delicious, and it is many times stronger than the tap water used in the city.

Meng Dongyue gently scraped the mud layer on the surface of the incense burner with his thumb, and found that the incense burner was made of pottery and was not afraid of getting wet, so he nodded.

However, he did not return the incense burner to Uncle Li, but let Uncle Li lead the way, and he took the incense burner to clean it himself.

Although he still doesn't know whether this incense burner is an antique or not, but it's rare for him to come across something that might be an old object, so of course he should be more cautious.

If this incense burner is washed and damaged by Uncle Li without knowing the seriousness, it will be too late for people to regret.

Uncle Li took the three of them to the back of the stove house, where there was a laundry table and two large vats, which were filled with water and covered with moss.

"Just wash here." Uncle Li pointed to the laundry table and said, "I usually wash my hands here. But the water was just drawn down last night, and it's still clean!"

Meng Dongyue responded, and carefully washed the incense burner.

Chu Ning was very relieved of Meng Dongyue, and instead of staring at the movements of his hands, she observed the two large tanks next to her.

These two large jars are not made of pottery, but of stone.

The huge vat should have been dug out from a whole block of stone, and after being carved with an ax and hammer, it became the current water vat.

Uncle Li saw Chu Ning staring at the big vat, rolled his eyes, stepped forward and smiled and said, "Girl, have you never seen this kind of big vat, have you? Let me tell you, my big vat is different from other people's." , this is a real old vat, it has been passed down in our family for several generations, longer than that of the incense burner! Look at the pattern on the outside of this vat, it is different from the outside..."

"I said, Uncle Li, we are young, but we are not stupid!" Tao Fei couldn't stand it anymore, and couldn't help but said, "Your big tank is obviously our modern thing, and your age is definitely not older than yours. Old man, maybe you made it yourself! In the countryside, there are many such big tanks, almost every household has them! You can’t just fool us like this because we are young!”

What he actually wanted to say was to tell Uncle Li not to fool Chu Ning, a young girl, like this.However, he was afraid that what he said would make Chu Ning feel uncomfortable, so he simply said all three of them.

Uncle Li's face suddenly became embarrassed, and even his wrinkles were a little unsteady.

Chu Ning's face was blank, as if she didn't know what happened, she looked at Uncle Li innocently, her big round eyes were pure, making people feel that if she lied to her, it would be inhumane!
Uncle Li felt a rare sense of guilt in his heart.

He coughed uncomfortably, frowned, and said, "I said, boy Tao, why are you in such a hurry! If you get business for the uncle, can the uncle still lose you? I'm just joking with the little girl. What's the truth, it scares people!"

Tao Fei looked at Uncle Li speechlessly.

Well, it was his fault!
However, as long as Uncle Li stopped fooling his customers casually, he would turn a blind eye.

"It's just a joke." Tao Fei's complexion changed quickly, and he smiled flatteringly, "The scenery here is so beautiful, we may bring friends over to play in the future, and I'm afraid we will have to trouble you! "

Since it is troublesome, it is natural to pay for it.

Uncle Li was very happy when he heard it: "All right, all right, you can come whenever you want! Anyway, you have my uncle's phone number. When you want to come over, you can call uncle, and uncle will make preparations for you Work!"

Uncle Li lives alone in the country, his children are worried about him, so naturally they want to give him a phone.Not only that, his eldest son would call him at least once a day to make sure that Uncle Li was in good health.

Tao Fei chatted with Uncle Li in full swing, and Meng Dongyue finally cleaned the incense burner in his hand.

It is said to be cleaned, but in fact, the dust and mud on the surface of the incense burner are roughly washed, revealing the original face of the incense burner.

After all, the cleaning and maintenance of the incense burner requires special tools.

Chu Ning and the others came here this time to collect things, and they did not bring such cleaning tools. Naturally, it was impossible to clean the incense burner thoroughly from the inside to the outside.

(End of this chapter)