My grandmother married my grandfather in the early 1960s. Later, my grandfather picked up the antique business again. Although my grandmother didn't know much about it, she was influenced by it for more than 30 years.
Although she didn't know how to authenticate an antique, nor was she very clear about its value, she had heard of the names of some famous figures.
For example, Mr. Yang's master Qi Gong, Tang Bohu, the Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song, Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong...
"Xiao Jing, do you think this painting was really painted by Mr. Daqian?" After experiencing the initial shock, the grandmother hurriedly asked her grandson.
"Grandma, according to my judgment, this painting is very likely to be the work of Mr. Daqian, but I can't say it alone. I need to ask some masters to authenticate it."
"But your Grandpa Yang didn't identify the origin of this painting at the time."
"Grandma, my Grandpa Yang is not particularly proficient in calligraphy and painting. He specializes in porcelain, jade, and miscellaneous items. But it doesn't matter. During the Chinese New Year, several masters from the Palace Museum will come to visit Grandpa Yang. When the time comes, let them take a look and they should be able to determine the true identity of this painting."
Grandma clasped her hands together, muttered a few words silently, and then said, "Xiao Jing, if this painting is indeed a copy by Mr. Daqian, then it means that your grandpa didn't make a fool of himself when he exchanged the jade plaque for this painting that year, but found a bargain?"
"Of course. If this painting is finally identified as the work of Mr. Daqian, then my grandfather has missed out on quite a prize. This is Mr. Daqian's painting. If my grandfather's experience is taken into account, this painting will surely become even more famous."
"That's good, that's good! Even though your grandpa is confused and doesn't know anything now, I know that he has always been thinking about this matter. Sometimes he would talk about the painting to me after he got up in the middle of the night. He would talk about it for most of the night. This painting has become his biggest worry."
"Haha, grandma, after this painting is appraised before the New Year, tell my grandpa the good news. I believe my grandpa will be able to have a happy New Year."
Yang Jing's grandmother is getting old, and she sleeps less often. She often doesn't take a nap. In this way, Yang Jing accompanied his grandmother, and the two of them chatted incessantly. When they talked, they talked about Yang Jing's grandfather waking up from his nap, and then the hard-of-hearing old man joined in, and the noise in the room was like a quarrel...
The whole family arrived in the evening. Yang Jing's two younger sisters were also on winter vacation. Xu Jieying, my aunt's sister, is a junior in Chang'an and she had her vacation a long time ago. Li Yinuo, my uncle's daughter, is in the third grade and she also had her winter vacation yesterday.
Yang Jing's eldest cousin Sun Qiaozhe, with a big belly and holding her almost four-year-old son by the hand, also drove to her grandmother's house. Yang Jing's cousin's husband works in a heating company. Winter is their busiest time. When they are busy, they don't bring their children home for several days in a row. He didn't come this time.
Anyway, the whole family is together except my uncle-in-law who is far away in Pakistan providing electricity.
The reason why so many people got together was mainly because the old lady said she would treat everyone to hotpot.
A new Bashu hotpot restaurant opened at the entrance of the community where the old lady lived. The taste was very good, at least Chris and the other four had proven it. So after the old lady learned that the hotpot there tasted good, she invited the whole family to dinner.
My grandparents are both over 80 years old. Their combined pension is about 10,000 yuan a month. They don’t spend much money on a daily basis, so as long as they are happy, they will treat the whole family to a meal.
Except for Yang Jing's uncle, everyone in the Li family likes to eat hot pot. Strangely enough, Yang Jing's uncle doesn't eat beef or mutton, so when they eat hot pot at night, he orders several portions of pork for himself.
There are a total of fourteen people in the whole family, young and old. If you count the baby that my eldest cousin is pregnant with, there are fifteen people in total. They gather together to occupy the largest single room in this hot pot restaurant, which is extremely lively.
As for Chris and the other three, they ate outside alone.
It is said that Chris and his friends have also contributed to this hot pot restaurant. Tianqu is a small city and you rarely see foreigners there. However, this hot pot restaurant just opened last week and Chris and his friends became completely obsessed with the hot pot here and come here to eat almost every day.
The four of them, tall and strong, had dinner here every day, naturally attracting a large group of customers who were watching the fun. Especially Clark, who was the tallest but had the best language talent. Through this period of contact, Clark McCann had learned some simple Chinese. When eating, he would occasionally say a few words to the customers around him, such as "Nihao", "Hao Chi", "Mei Ji La", etc., which would make all the customers eating in the hall laugh.
Because of grandpa, the Li family always had dinner early and left early. They finished dinner at a little after seven.
What are they going to do after eating and drinking? Yang Jing's eldest cousin naturally took the children home, while Yang's mother, father, aunt, uncle, younger aunt, uncle, and aunt simply discussed rubbing their hands together, while younger cousin Li Yinuo clamored for brother Yang Jing to take her to the movies.
This little girl is the apple of the family's eye. Under the cultivation of her uncle, she has loved watching movies since she was a child. In the past, this girl was fine and only watched children's cartoons. However, in the past two years, this girl suddenly became fascinated by science fiction films. Whenever a science fiction film is released, this girl always asks her father to take her to see it.
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