The old man picked up a manuscript, took a look at it, and said in amazement, "Could this be the original manuscript of Master Lu Xun's "Miscellaneous Talks after Illness"? "
Yang Jing nodded and said, "Grandpa Yang, I believe this manuscript is the original manuscript of Master Lu Xun."
The old man said in disbelief, "This is really rare. The Lu Xun Museum has the master's manuscript of "Miscellaneous Talks after Illness", but that manuscript should be the 'transcript' when the master was compiling a collection of articles. The 'transcript' has almost no traces of deletions and revisions, and some have only a small amount of polishing, so that manuscript has basically no traces of deletions and revisions. But your manuscript is different. There are a lot of traces of deletions and revisions on it. This is obviously the master's original manuscript. Tsk tsk, this original manuscript is more valuable for reference and research than the 'transcript' stored in the Lu Xun Museum!"
After that, the old man read this manuscript carefully with great interest, and then picked up the manuscript of Master Mao Dun to read it. The smile on his face never stopped, and he was as happy as a child who saw his favorite toy...
Yang Jing and Gege chatted with the old man for half the morning, making the old man smile happily.
Before leaving, Yang Jing took out a jade token and gave it to Mr. Yang.
"Grandpa Yang, I asked someone in Yanjing to carve this jade plaque. I unraveled the jade myself, and it's a big piece. Later, Uncle Cai Yi introduced me to Uncle Jiang Bin, and it was Uncle Jiang who carved it for me."
The old man did not take the jade plaque, but asked: "Jiang Bin? Jade carving? Could this Jiang Bin you are talking about be Jiang Yucheng's youngest son?"
"I don't know what Uncle Jiang's father's name is, but I do know that his father is also a jade carving master. He once worked at the Palace Museum, and I think he knows you, too."
Hearing Yang Jing say this, the old man laughed. "If that's the case, this jade token is indeed from Xiao Binzi's hand." As he said this, the old man took the jade token and looked at it carefully, "Well, it's true, this kid has 100% of his father's skills. If he accumulates more skills, it is not impossible for him to break through to the master level."
After saying that, the old man wanted to return the jade token to Yang Jing.
Yang Jing waved his hand and said, "Grandpa Yang, I gave this plaque to you specially. I also know the story of how my grandfather exchanged the ancestral jade plaque for the fake painting. I know your relationship with my grandfather even better. So this time I specially asked Uncle Jiang to carve two jade plaques. One is for my grandfather, so that he can keep it as a family heirloom, and the other is for you. You can't refuse it."
"No, Xiaojing, this plaque is too valuable. I can't accept it." The old man refused straightforwardly.
"Precious? Grandpa Yang, you are really mistaken. First of all, the Hetian jade used in this brand was cut out from a piece of Kunlun stone that I bought for 380,000 yuan. The stone was sold as a Feng Shui stone, but I thought that the stone looked like a huge Gobi material, so I cut out the stone and took out nine kilograms of Hetian jade from it."
"But I had to cut this piece of jade in half because it was too big, weighing more than 700 kilograms. The first cut was good, but my brother's knife misjudged the direction of the jade and ended up cutting the whole piece in two. I used the smaller piece to make jade bracelets, pendants and jade plaques. As for the larger piece, which weighs 6.5 kilograms, I left it with Uncle Jiang. He said he would use this jade to carve a flying seal for me, and he would use my wife as the template for the flying fairy on it..."
At this point, the princess next to her smiled embarrassedly, while the old man nodded with satisfaction.
"Well, it is very appropriate to use this girl as a template. If this seal is carved out, I believe Xiao Binzi will have a great chance of making a breakthrough."
"Yes, Grandpa Yang, Uncle Jiang said the same thing, so I left the jade with him. This is the origin of the jade used for this plaque, and it didn't cost much at all. And Uncle Jiang didn't ask for money to carve these things for me. If I gave him money, he would glare at me. So, the cost of this plaque is probably only tens of thousands of yuan. Do you still think this plaque is expensive?"
When Mr. Yang heard this, he hesitated slightly, but still shook his head firmly.
The princess at the side said, "Grandpa Yang, you can take this plaque. Just think of it as Yang Jing's honor to you. When my grandma had her birthday, Yang Jing asked me to pick out a Hetian jade bracelet as a gift. No matter how valuable this plaque is, it can't be more expensive than that bracelet, right? So, take it! It is said that jade nourishes people, and people nourish jade. You are so old now, you can play with this plaque when you have nothing to do. When you are a hundred years old, you may be able to polish this plaque."
Hearing what Gege said, the old man was happy. "You are really good at talking, girl. Well, since Xiao Jing insists on honoring me, an old man, wouldn't it be unfair to Xiao Jing if I don't accept this plaque? Well, I will accept this plaque, and I will try to make you a piece of heirloom jade by the time I am 100 years old..."
The old man took the jade token with a smile, rubbing it in his hands happily. It was obvious that the old man liked this jade token very much.
Yang Jing and Gege looked at each other and smiled.
The two of them were about to say goodbye and leave when the old man suddenly said, "Xiao Jing, you just said that you plan to open a private museum in the next few years. I wonder where you plan to choose the location of this museum? Is it in Yanjing or our Tianqu?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
