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Chapter 270 A Worthless Old Painting

In the past, this old lady came from a good background. Her ancestors had been officials in Beijing for several generations. The most arrogant one was her father. She was the legendary daughter of the official family.The family whose ancestors have been officials for several generations naturally has a rich family background, and the dowry of the married daughter is naturally not thin. Now when the old lady talks about her rich dowry back then, her face is still full of joy and pride.

This picture scroll is one of the rich dowry, and this painting is also the only dowry she has left now. The other things have been sold off for so many years, or lost and damaged in the social turmoil...

The person the old lady married was considered the second generation of officials. Later, due to various external factors and internal reasons, both her husband’s family and her mother’s family fell into decline. In the 70s, they were regarded as big landlords during the ten-year catastrophe, and the feudal remnants were criticized. So it was almost ruined.The man the old lady married died at that time, leaving her with four children, three sons and a daughter.

No matter how hard the life was, the old lady gritted her teeth for her child. Thanks to the fall of the Gang of Four, the policy gradually improved, and the hard work of the old lady, she managed to raise the child.At that time, it’s not that I didn’t think about selling this hidden picture scroll, the only remaining dowry to sell to support the family, but in those years, I lived in fear every day, and I was dragged to criticize and hold meetings from time to time. Even if the policy was improved later, but The psychological fear is still there.

How dare you show such a picture scroll that is listed as an old feudal object!

Now the old lady's children are all married, and she even has grandchildren. The economic conditions of the old lady's children are very average, and they are living a tight life of ordinary people with rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea.However, the children are very filial to the old lady, and feel sorry for her for raising them alone, so the old lady still lives very well in her later years.

It's a pity that God's will tricks people, and a bad news suddenly befalls this ordinary big family. The third son of the old lady is a long-distance freight driver.It is well known that long-distance freight drivers often drive all night in order to catch up with time. The old lady’s third son worked overtime and drove late during a freight delivery, driving fatigued and causing a serious car accident.As the party at fault, not only had to bear the medical expenses of the victim of the car accident, but the other party also demanded financial compensation. In addition, the son himself was still unconscious, and the daily hospitalization expenses were quite high.Moreover, the doctor diagnosed that the old lady's son had a shadow in his skull, and surgery was likely to be required, which would require a high surgical fee.

Although the old lady's son had a car accident while working, he violated the freight company's regulations on not driving late and preventing fatigue driving.The freight company did not admit that he was injured on duty, and only out of humanitarian considerations, the employees of the company donated tens of thousands of yuan to the family members of the old lady's son.

This amount of money can't solve any problems at all. Although the insurance company that insures the car can bear part of it, the remaining amount is still astronomical for the small family of the old lady's son.As for the other three children of the old lady, they all have small families now, and they are not well-off financially, so they can't help much.

Looking at the comatose youngest son, the old lady remembered the distressed appearance of the other children in private. Although the children did not explain the situation to her, they kept comforting her and reassuring her, but the old lady knew clearly in her heart. Yes, so she took out the picture scroll that had been hidden for decades, wandered around to this antique store near her home.

The old lady has lived in the flower and bird market in the east of the city for more than 20 years, and she has an impression of this antique store that has been open for many years. In the years when the sons married their wives, the old lady was very tight. At that time, I thought about taking the scroll to an antique shop to sell it.

After much consideration, the old lady came to the antique store by herself with the picture scroll. She decided that if the picture scroll really sold for money, then she would secretly give the money to the third daughter-in-law and let her tell the public that it was from a friend. I borrowed it there.The old lady did this mainly because she was afraid that the other two daughter-in-laws and son-in-law would say that she was partial to her younger son. After all, the old lady originally planned to find an opportunity to sell this picture scroll, and then the four children would share the money equally.If all of them were given to the third son now, others would definitely have ideas.

As a result, after going for a walk, the old lady came to the antique store wrapped in a picture scroll. Unfortunately, when she arrived, she saw customers in the store. She didn't want to cause trouble, so she thought about waiting outside.So the old lady was going to wait for the other customers to leave before she went in. Unexpectedly, the clerk of this antique store was so enthusiastic that she took the initiative to go out and welcome her in.

Well, it seems that this antique store is not bad, at least the service attitude is quite good, the old lady is quite satisfied with this, and it should be trustworthy.

"Is this the scroll?" Xu Qiangui said, "I can open it and have a look."

The old lady nodded, and Xu Qiangui picked up the scroll and unfolded it. It was a landscape painting. After looking at it carefully for a while, Xu Qiangui put the scroll back, and said to the old lady with regret, "Big sister, this scroll of yours is worthless, you can buy it." It’s not bad to take it home as a decoration.”

"What! Impossible!" The old lady, who was waiting to sell the painting and was anxious to use the money, was anxious when she heard it. How could it be worthless? This is one of her dowry, which was passed down from her ancestors. Take a closer look, my painting is definitely not worthless, you are not trying to lie to the old lady, are you?" The old lady looked at Xu Qiangui suspiciously while talking, and held the scroll tightly in her hand.

Xu Qiangui, who was suspected, was still calm, and explained to the old lady in a good manner, "I really didn't lie to you. Although your scroll is indeed old, it is not from the hands of famous artists, and the painting technique and artistic conception are all different. Generally, the material used for the scroll is also very ordinary wood. You have seen it yourself, and the scroll is even cracked. I said this scroll is not worth much after considering these aspects. I am not fooling you. If you don’t Trust me, you can go to other antique shops and antique shops to ask."

"Impossible, impossible! I don't believe it!" The old lady looked excited and indignant, she almost pointed at Xu Qiangui's nose and scolded a profiteer and a liar, put the scroll back into the cloth bag, and left without looking back.

Xu Qiangui shook his head, "It's not that all old things can be antiques."

On the other side, Dai Xiaobei swiped the card, and the clerk Liu Lin also gave her the paperweight in a delicate and elegant small wooden box.

Dai Xiaobei took the box and was still in the bag. He walked towards Xu Yunhan. Xu Yunhan heard the footsteps and looked back at her, "Are you ready? Then let's go."

Xu Yunhan stood up before the words finished, nodded to Xu Qiangui and Liu Lin, and then led Dai Xiaobei to walk out.

"Walk slowly, welcome to come next time~" Liu Lin quickly looked at the backs of the two of them and shouted under Xu Qiangui's staring eyes.

Xu Qiangui was reluctantly satisfied, "Well, remember to receive customers like this in the future. Alright, go and make me a pot of hot tea." After completing a business order, Xu Qiangui, who was in a happy mood, walked slowly into the room.

And Dai Xiaobei, who was dragged out of the antique store by Xu Yunhan, came back to his senses and looked at Xu Yunhan blankly, "Why are you in such a hurry, I wanted to drink some water before leaving. Hey, what are you looking at?" Did you see someone you know?"

After leaving the antique shop, Xu Yunhan looked around, "Hurry up, see if that old lady is still around?"

"Old lady? What old lady," then Dai Xiaobei came to his senses, "You mean the old lady who just entered the antique shop, why did you find her, you know her?"

"Look first, and if you talk too much, you won't be able to find anyone." Xu Yunhan dragged Dai Xiaobei, who was still chattering, to wander around the neighborhood. The old lady must not have gone far, they and her It was only a few minutes before leaving the antique shop.

After wandering around for several minutes, Xu Yunhan almost gave up, probably the old lady had already left and walked away.

"There, old lady!" Dai Xiaobei saw the old lady coming out of a shop across the street with sharp eyes, shaking Xu Yunhan's arm excitedly.

Xu Yunhan looked in the direction she pointed, was it that old lady, "Come on, let's cross the street."

"Old lady, old lady~" The two of them crossed the street and chased after the old lady. Xu Yunhan shouted while running, and many passers-by would look at her in surprise.

Of course, the old lady didn't know it was her who was calling, but she just glanced back out of curiosity, huh?It was the two little girls from the antique store before. Noticing that they seemed to be calling her, the old lady was puzzled, stopped and turned around, and said after they approached, "Are you looking for me?"

"Yes, I want to see your picture scroll." Before Xu Yunhan could finish speaking, the old lady became vigilant and waved her hands in goodwill, "Don't be nervous, I don't have any bad intentions. It's just that I was in the antique store just now. When the boss picked up the painting to look at, I also looked at it, I like your painting very much, I think it is very beautiful. That's why I took the liberty to call you when I met you on the street."

The old lady saw that the two little girls in front of her were both well-dressed and beautiful, especially the one who was talking, who was tall, fair and tender, and it was painful to look at.And he still speaks politely, so he shouldn't be a bad person, the old lady let down her vigilance after thinking about it.

"Little girl, do you think this painting is beautiful? But I went to two shops selling antiques just now, and they all said that this painting is worthless." The old lady said dejectedly. After she left the antique shop, she found another one. The store is just a storefront, and the old lady looked down on it before, thinking that the storefront is small, so she went directly to Xu Qiangui's antique store.

After Xu Qiangui commented that the painting was worthless, the old lady had no choice but to come to the only shop selling antiques nearby to have a look.As a result, people also said that her paintings were worthless, and they even went too far, saying that no one would buy her paintings for tens of dollars.

Now the old lady is in a panic. After two antique stores' appraisals, they all say that her paintings are worthless. The old lady has to believe this fact.

(End of this chapter)