The Return of the Reborn King

Chapter 33
"That's right." He tapped the table with his fingertips, and the sound of "da", "da" and "da" echoed around the small room, and then he pointed to the brocade box where the jade inkstone was placed: " I will use this inkstone to exchange you for a promise."

At this moment, even Grantham, who grew up in the United States, felt that this proposal was ridiculous.He has seen too many miraculous things, but a promise can be exchanged for such a priceless treasure?Isn't this old man crazy?

Even Shui Mulian couldn't help covering her mouth, took her brother's finger, and said quietly: "This grandpa is so stupid."

What is a promise worth?Her parents promised to take her to the zoo, and she would be able to forget about it when she turned around. If it couldn't be done, she could delay it from this week to next week, and from next week to next week.

In short, promises are worthless.

But at this moment, Yunxi smiled.She pushed away the teacup, stood up slowly, walked to the historic plaque, and smiled softly.The laughter was tactful and pleasant, but it was clearly not smiling at all.Her eyes were cold and emotionless, making it impossible to understand what she was thinking.

The old man didn't seem to have expected her to react like this, and was a little surprised for a while.

"Barter with Enoch? Do you think I'm a child who hasn't grown up, so easy to be fooled?" She wiped the snow-white wall with a smile on her mouth and lowered corners of her eyes. Under the sun, the evil smell filled every corner. , It was so different from the one when I entered the door.

"If you are afraid of being deceitful, we can use written evidence to prove it." As if he was already used to being suspected, the old man was not surprised by her appearance at all, but he was obviously a little more cautious.

"No, you misheard me. I'm not suspicious of 'Enoch Barter', I just think you're a lion." Her narrowed eyes slowly curved up, and her half-smile made me think of the night The most terrifying animal can tear its prey to pieces in just a moment.

Shui Mulian, who was standing on the side, turned around subconsciously and fell into Grantham's arms, trembling like a sheep over and over again: "Brother, I'm afraid, I'm afraid."

Grantham patted her on the back lightly, and turned his head to look. The two confronting each other were like two sculptures, with a strange aura, and their heartbeats inevitably accelerated.

"Let's open the skylight and speak honestly. Old man, what do you want from me, you might as well just say it." She pointed to the plaque that was almost half-wrapped in spider silk and smiled: "This kind of thing has not been shown for many years. , it’s better not to use it as an excuse in the future.”

This is a bit exaggerated, but the old man's reaction is still very calm.

"The plaque has been hanging here. I don't need to lie to you. I just see who does business. Miss Leng doesn't need to be so defensive."

"So, do you think a promise from me is more valuable than a cash check?" Maybe you think that the promise from the "Leng family" is really important?
She suddenly thought of the old man's two questions just now, she joked, knowing her background, this person is not an ordinary person.

Gradually seeing the signs, the will-o'-the-wisps in her eyes flickered, the enchanting smile returned to her lips, and her whole demeanor suddenly changed again.

Even after living for so many years, the old man couldn't help but marvel in his heart. This girl who seemed to be under 20 years old really made him unable to guess. Such a character is really inestimable.

In this case, if you can get her promise, you will have no worries!
My heart widened, and I was even more determined about this sale: "As long as you promise that the right to use this piece of land will always belong to me as long as I live, then this piece of jade inkstone will be yours."

Grantham was totally confused by now.In such a small shop, it is only a matter of one or two million yuan to buy, but the price of this piece of jade is comparable to sky-high prices.Which is more important, you can tell at a glance, is this old man fainted from business?

On the other side, Yunxi stared at the old man's calm eyes, full of thought.

After a while, he sighed in a low voice, it really is a good plan!
This old street is a place where people who play antiques often come and go. Although the location is not very high-end, there are plans to requisition and renovate it for urban planning.It is easy to buy this piece of land, but once the government reforms, even if it can be moved back, everything in the store will be gone.

He asked her if she was from the Leng family. He wanted to come, but he also found out that her uncle is the person in charge of this project, right?

However, in such a dilapidated small shop, what is it worth this person to exchange for the priceless "jade inkstone"?
Seemingly seeing her doubts, the old man smiled bitterly, a touch of sadness flashed in his eyes under the sun, and then he shifted his gaze to the ancient tree in the courtyard, with a faint thought in his eyes: "My wife's ashes Buried here, I promised her that I would stay here with her for the rest of my life."

Both Grantham and Yunxi were a little sluggish, and no one thought it would be such a reason...

When Yunxi returned home, it was already evening, and the sky was full of colorful clouds, making the courtyard of the house a little warmer.

She and the Grantham brothers and sisters stayed in the old man's shop all afternoon and listened to a story that was told for a lifetime in just three or ten minutes.

At that time, in the 70s and [-]s, the army going up and down the mountain was as strong as a bamboo. He was a rich young man, a feudal landlord, with a bad "class status", and he voluntarily asked to enter the mountain village in order to "reform his mind".

However, the dilapidation and hardship of the mountain village are beyond everyone's expectations, especially for the newly born local girls. Because they are not males, many families would rather abandon them in the valley than support them, which is unacceptable to him.

He was a pitifully rare college student in that era. He was born rich and noble, and his fingers were clean. He went into the mountains, herded cattle, plowed the land, sowed, and grew vegetables, but he had to do everything.

The child daughter-in-law who was raised by Gouwa's family long ago saw him pass out from hunger one day, and kindly handed him a piece of cake, but was discovered by fellow villagers, who pulled her hair and said that she was yearning for spring, disobeying women, and being bullied by capitalism. Corrosion, who wanted to be a landlord's wife, dragged her half a mile away, saying that she was going to soak the pig cage.

Those eyes, which were always weak and helpless, were bleak at night, looking at the people in the same village, and my "fiancé" stared at her with eyes like watching a dog, unable to even speak out.

In the end, the crowd rioted, and she was beaten with a broken foot, and she could never walk normally again.

Even so, the village could not stay any longer.The contemptuous eyes of countless people, the stones thrown for no reason at night, and the dry food mixed with sand, even the most basic survival has become a problem.

He took her to flee overnight, all the way north.We gnawed on the bark and ate the mud, but we supported each other through wind and rain all the way for ten years.

(End of this chapter)