He has been dealing with these things with An Hongdou for such a long time and has made a lot of profit from it. Now, if he is asked to go back to farming, he will not be able to settle down.
"It's not that serious, so don't have that idea." However, since the person had already come, An Hongdou didn't think of chasing him away.
After all, Ergouzi had been working with her for such a long time, it was not reasonable for her to just abandon him like that.
It's just that she has been busy with school since she came to Jiangcheng. Plus, Ergouzi and Zhao Xiaoyue got married not long ago, and she doesn't know whether the couple are willing to leave their hometown, so this matter has been delayed.
After thinking for a while, An Hongdou said, "Brother Ergou, everyone wants to get rich, but life is the most important thing. How about this, if you are willing to stay in Jiangcheng, I will try to find a job for you, and then you can bring Xiaoyue over. Although you can't make a fortune, it's not as tiring as farming in the countryside. However, the situation in Jiangcheng is tense, so don't consider those crooked things for now. Maybe, after two years when the situation is less tense, it won't be too late for us to make plans."
"Really?" Er Gouzi's eyes rolled. If he stayed here to find a job, he could eat commercial grain in the future. Compared with doing those things secretly, no matter how much the salary is, at least the title will sound much better.
If we were to tell others about it, it wouldn't be bad to describe it as "bringing honor to the family."
"Sister, if you can really arrange a job for me here, I promise that I will listen to you in everything from now on. If you tell me to go east, I will never go west. If you tell me to beat a dog, I will never chase a chicken..." Er Gouzi made the promise immediately without hesitation.
An Hongdou watched him talk a lot quietly before saying, "If I remember correctly, I should have heard you say these words once before."
Er Gouzi looked a little embarrassed, "Well, I'm just saying this to show my determination to follow Sister Hongdou in the future!"
"Okay, stop talking nonsense and go eat." Seeing Aunt Wang coming out of the kitchen with the cooked noodles, An Hongdou hurriedly urged Ergouzi.
He had been hungry for a long time, and as soon as he heard about food, Ergouzi immediately felt his stomach growling.
Without saying anything else, he stood up and took the bowl from Aunt Wang. After thanking her, he sat at the door with the bowl in his hand and started eating without slurping.
There were no other empty beds in the house. Fortunately, the country people were not picky. An Hongdou took out a quilt and made a temporary bed for Ergouzi on the floor in the empty room upstairs. He fell asleep on the floor for the whole afternoon.
It would take a few more days for Shen Xiangzhi to go on vacation, and he didn't come back for lunch because he had something to do, so he didn't know Er Gouzi was coming until he came back in the afternoon.
The things in the bag that Ergouzi brought had been put into An Hongdou's space, leaving only the two paintings and a vase outside.
When Shen Xiangzhi was free, An Hongdou directly took the thing over and asked him, “Come on, help me see if this thing is real or fake?”
Although An Hongdou can read, he is not very familiar with whether this thing is real or fake.
However, I heard from Shen Xiangzhi that the Su family used to be wealthy, and many of the things recovered from the cellar were these, so he should know a lot about them.
“This is just an ordinary vase, totally worthless.” As expected, Shen Xiangzhi could tell at a glance that if he said this vase was an antique, he was definitely being ripped off, “Could it be that Brother Ergou brought it all the way from his hometown for you?”
If that's the case, it would be a big loss.
Not to mention the food needed to exchange for this thing, just the distance alone and the weight of the vase make it difficult to carry it.
Although she thought antiques were not that easy to find, An Hongdou couldn't help feeling a little disappointed when she heard that it wasn't even a fake and was just an ordinary vase.
As expected, those sayings that you can find antiques by visiting a scrap yard will only exist in novels.
Even if antiques are worthless, it is impossible for them to be everywhere and you can't just come across them.
Moreover, in this period, even if one had the items at home, they would definitely be hidden tightly for fear of being found. It would not be so easy to take them out.
I took the vase in disappointment and put it aside. I wanted to throw it away, but then I thought better of it.
Although the bottle is not precious, at least you can put flowers in it. What's more, Ergou brought it all the way from his hometown.
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Shen Xiangzhi exclaimed, "Qi Baishi's chicken painting, you two are really lucky."
When An Hongdou looked over, she saw that he had already opened a scroll and was looking at it carefully with amazed eyes.
The two paintings were one of a big rooster and the other of flowers and birds.
According to her opinion, the flower and bird paintings were more beautiful, but Shen Xiangzhi held up the chicken painting and admired it, saying it was a treasure from a famous artist.
Anyway, she didn't understand, and could only tell from his paintings which ones were valuable and which ones were not.
The flower and bird painting that she thought was beautiful turned out to be just a replica.
Only one of the three items was real. An Hongdou felt that if people like them who knew nothing about antique calligraphy and paintings really tried to get involved in this business, they would definitely lose everything.
Fortunately, one of them is real, so it’s not a loss. I’m still quite lucky.
She put both paintings into the space. Although one of them was a replica, it was also very beautiful, so she couldn't bear to throw it away.
As for the vase, she simply put it aside, ready to use it to arrange flowers another day.
"By the way, Brother Ergou has no plan to go back this time. Do you have any connections to help him find a job?" An Hongdou asked him directly.
"This is easy. I'll make the arrangements tomorrow." Chen Xiang knew, "Er Gouzi wants to stay here, so should Zhao Xiaoyue come with him?"
"It should be, but Zhao Xiaoyue hasn't come yet. I thought that Sun Caixiang is about to give birth, and she won't be able to stay in our house for long, so I wanted to ask her if she is willing to help take care of the child. If she prefers to go out to work, then I can arrange that for her, and we can figure out what to do with the family affairs later." An Hongdou thought, although the family needs help, taking care of a child is a meticulous job, and it still depends on whether the other person is willing to do so.
Otherwise, if you force people to do something they don't want to do, even if they do it, I'm afraid they won't put their heart into it.
"If you help Er Gouzi and his wife stay in Jiangcheng, aren't you afraid that... your elder brother and second brother will have some concerns?" Shen Xiangzhi asked her tentatively.
After all, working in the city is obviously much more attractive than farming in the countryside.
She helped Ergouzi, a cousin who was five generations younger than her, but her biological brother from the An family was still digging for food in the dirt. It seemed a little unreasonable.
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