The 87th day of being eavesdropped
Gu Jinshui was afraid that he had made a mistake, so he went up and carefully took down the painting. Although this painting "Spring Mountain Couple" was covered with a layer of yellow, it looked refreshing.
This painting was all in ink, and only the old man's robe was dipped in light red. This should be a painting by Tang Yin in his later years. From his brushstrokes, we can see that in his later years, he was used to using both central and side strokes, with small areas of dots and cuts. The light and dark treatment was also different from the early days, with white in black, which was very unrestrained and open.
If it was just this, Gu Jinshui could not make a conclusion.
He dared to make a conclusion because of a trace, a faint tea stain on the lower left corner of the frame of the painting.
This painting is clearly the lost painting that his master had mentioned to him.
Gu Jinshui was happier to get this than to go to Xi'an. He hurriedly put the painting away and planned to go to the old man the next day to let him see if it was this thing.
Liang Ying was a little surprised to learn that Gu Jinshui had found such a thing in that house, and asked, "How did this painting end up in that yard?"
Gu Jinshui said, "It's hard to say. I only know that this painting was a treasure of my master's and he never showed it to anyone. If my master hadn't told me before that he had accidentally let tea wet the mounting, I wouldn't have believed that it was such a coincidence."
Isn't it a coincidence?
This painting has been lost for more than 20 years, and Xi Han thought he would never see it again in his life.
When the painting was unfolded, his hands trembled, "Yes, it's this painting. Where did you get it from?"
"Master, don't get excited," Gu Jinshui hurriedly helped the old man to sit down. The old man was also quite old. If he got excited and something bad happened, he would be in great trouble. "I saw this in the yard I just bought. I guess it belongs to the original owner. If you want to know, I'll go back and ask."
"Okay, okay."
Xi Han nodded repeatedly. He looked at the painting in front of him with an unprecedented solemn expression on his face. "Please help me find out."
Gu Jinshui had been learning skills from the old man for so many years, but he had never seen the old man with this expression. He guessed in his heart that this painting might have some origin with the old man, so he spared no effort to find the original owner to inquire.
When the original owner heard about the painting, he was stunned for a moment. He drank tea and pondered, "I do have some impression of that painting. My father bought it from someone at that time. Is there something wrong with this painting?"
It had only been ten years since the criticism and struggle, and everyone was a little sensitive.
Gu Jinshui knew that in order to get people to tell the truth, he had to tell the truth first, so he said, "This painting originally belonged to one of my elders. My elder was also criticized a few years ago, and when he returned home, everything was missing. My elder didn't want to pursue the matter, but just wanted to find out how it got to your family."
He didn't say that the painting was a big deal. Tang Yin's paintings are worth a lot of money. If he said it, it would cause more trouble.
"Oh," the original owner nodded in understanding.
He looked around and whispered, "This painting was sold to my father by that Red Guard captain. Actually, my father didn't want to buy it. It was obviously a fake, but you know that at that time, you couldn't beat your opponent, so you paid for it."
"Do you know where this person is now?"
Gu Jinshui realized that this person might be the key.
The original owner shook his head and smiled bitterly, "You wouldn't believe it. After we rehabilitated him, we also inquired about this person, but he packed up his things and ran abroad. Don't you think this is ironic?" It
's not very ironic.
Most of the people who made trouble during that period were for their own selfish desires. Now that the chaos has been rectified, all the people they had harmed have stood up. How can these people not be afraid?
Besides, they had copied so much stuff in those ten years. Those stuffs were enough for them to live a good life abroad. They would be foolish not to run away.
Gu Jinshui knew what was going on. He asked the man's name, thanked the owner of the house and went back to see Xi Han.
When Xi Han heard that the man had run away, he was stunned, "Running away, that's really his character."
Gu Jinshui boiled water to make tea for the old man, and asked indirectly, "Master, from your tone, you know this man."
"How could I not know him."
Xi Han closed his eyes, "This man is the godson I adopted before, and he was the one who criticized me at the beginning. That day I was criticized and went home, and saw that everything in the house was empty, so I guessed that he took everything away."
"Master," Gu Jinshui was stunned, the kettle on the stove was bubbling, and his face was red in the light of the fire, "Didn't you say that the man was called Xi Chuan? This one is called Lin Dahai."
"That's him," Xi Han opened his eyes, "Lin Dahai is his real name. He broke off relations with me after criticizing me, so he changed back to his original name. I didn't expect that he would run away."
Xi Han's hand was holding onto the armrest, and the wrinkles on his face were filled with deep hatred.
Gu Jinshui hurried over to pat him on the back and said, "Don't be angry. What if he ran away? Now our country is open, and we can go abroad. Just wait, I will definitely avenge you in the future!"
Xi Han grabbed Gu Jinshui's hand and shook his head. He sighed and said nothing.
The world is so big and there are so many people. How could it be so easy to find such a person and take revenge?
Because of this, the old man was a little depressed for several days.
Gu Jinshui was filled with regret. If he had known that this matter would bring up his old man's past pain, he would not have mentioned it.
His old man was so old now, and he secretly remembered this hatred. It would be different if he avenged him in the future.
Gu Jinshui went to Lin Dahai's house to inquire about it. Lin Dahai had a wife and children, but when he ran away, he ran away alone, taking away all the small things in the house.
His wife and son were so thin that they were just a bag of bones, and they still relied on doing laundry to make money to eat. Looking at this situation, it was wishful thinking to ask his wife and children for information.
Helplessly, Gu Jinshui had to suppress this matter for the time being.
Gu Yinxing's wedding can be said to be the biggest event in the Gu family in recent years. Hearing that she was getting married, He Daniu and his family specially sent two slaughtered pigs. When the pigs were pushed into the big courtyard by the ox cart,
everyone in the big courtyard came to see it.
This time, many people from the He family came to the city. He Daniu, He Erniu and He Sanniu all brought their wives and children to the city.
The He family was prosperous, and the Gu family could hardly accommodate them all.
He Chunlian was both happy and surprised. She hurriedly asked Liang Ying to bring out dried fruit snacks to entertain the guests, and muttered, "Brother, you are really something. Why did you push the pigs here when you came? These two pigs are worth a lot of money. How much money can you make by raising them by the end of the year?"
"Little sister, you are wrong. We only have one niece, Yinxing," He Daniu smoked a cigarette, his dark face relaxed, full of festive smiles, "She is getting married, if we don't show our support, how can we let her call us uncle?"
"My uncle and aunt are so good to me."
Gu Yinxing said sweetly, and took out maltose to make a cup for everyone, "You must come to my wedding."
"Of course, we have thought about it. We are here to help you. We will leave the next day after Yinxing's wedding."
He Erniu said happily.
He Chunlian smiled and said, "Second brother, you don't need to help with Yinxing's wedding. They will hold the wedding in a hotel. We can just go there the day after tomorrow. Since you are here, you can have fun in Beijing these few days. I will arrange a place for you to stay."
He Chunlian was secretly glad in her heart. This was thanks to Jinshui who bought a three-story courtyard house before. Otherwise, it would be a headache to find a place to accommodate so many relatives.
"Hotel, how can we go to a hotel?"
Erniu's wife widened her eyes and said in surprise: "This money is so much, it's so decent to set up the wine at home, there are so many pork outside."
Chen Liying said: "Second daughter-in-law, we don't need this little money, not to mention it's so convenient to set up the wine in the hotel, we don't have to worry about anything."
The second daughter-in-law was not very happy after hearing what the eldest sister-in-law said.
She glanced at the eldest sister-in-law's current dress. Her clothes were clean and tidy, and she didn't look like a patched man. She was wearing a watch on her hand, and her face was much whiter than before.
If she went out, who would believe that she was an old rural lady.
"I heard that the person Yinxing married has some background in the family?"
He Sanniu squatted on the kang and asked.
He Chunlian smiled, "It doesn't have any background, it's just more respectable than other people's families."
She changed the subject, "You didn't eat on the way, it's almost noon, I'll ask Yinxing to treat you to a restaurant."
When they heard about going to a restaurant, everyone's attention was immediately diverted.
The He family came, and He Chunlian was both happy and busy. She and Liang Ying worked hard all day and finally settled the relatives from their hometown. Then they returned to the big compound.
The two slaughtered pigs were still in the yard.
When He Chunlian entered the backyard, she saw a group of people surrounding the pigs, pointing and talking.
Some children were so greedy that they drooled, grabbed the pig's tail and stuffed it into their mouths, and were hit by their mothers.
Huang Xirong said sarcastically: "Oh my, look how generous they are to give us these two pigs. The Yan family is a wealthy family. If they saw the relatives of the He family, they would be so laughing that their heads drop out."
"Sister Huang, don't talk nonsense. Yan Yan doesn't seem like that kind of person." Mr. Guo retorted.
Huang Xirong sneered: "He is not, and neither are their relatives and friends. Look at their relatives and friends, they are all officers and soldiers. Gu Yinxing's relatives are all peasants."
When she said this, her eyes glanced at the crowd, and she said proudly with her hands on her hips: "I'm making this clear, Gu Yinxing and Yan Jian will not last long."
"Huang Xirong!"
He Chunlian pushed everyone aside and walked forward.
Huang Xirong didn't want Gu's family to come back so soon, and an embarrassed look flashed across his face. Then he said righteously: "He Chunlian, I'm telling the truth. Your relatives should not go to your daughter's wedding banquet to embarrass themselves, so as not to make people laugh."
"You should keep this to yourself."
He Chunlian was not polite, "It was your daughter who was laughed at for the wedding banquet before. Look at the family your daughter married. People in our compound couldn't eat enough when they went there."
Don't hit people in the face, and don't expose people's shortcomings.
Song Mei's embarrassing wedding banquet is still often talked about. Now that He Chunlian is there, everyone smiles in tacit understanding.
Huang Xirong was embarrassed and pointed at He Chunlian, "Okay, let's wait and see, I want to see how your wedding banquet can go?!"
He Chunlian ignored her and instead invited the neighbors to share a few pounds of meat to take home and enjoy.
Everyone immediately agreed, who would care about what Huang Xirong said.
Huang Xirong was so angry that her face was about to twist.
She went back to the house, throwing things around. When she heard people outside complimenting He Chunlian so much, her eyes turned red, "I don't believe that the Yan family can be interested in those peasants in your family."
Although there are not many members of the Yan family, there are indeed people who don't like Gu Yinxing.
For example, Yan's father Liu Yulan and their youngest son were quite disdainful of the fact that Yan Wan was going to marry Gu Yinxing.
Liu Yulan is also a person who takes pleasure in misfortunes. She never minds the excitement
. When she knows that the wedding date of the Yan family and the Gu family has been set, Yan's father is very upset about it, but he can't do anything about it. He talks about this marriage to the wives every now and then. "Our old Yan is really angry." Liu Yulan put down the gilded ceramic cup in her hand and sighed softly.
Mrs. Cai asked, "What's the matter? What did Chengzhi do?"
"Yun Yin, don't you know that it's the eldest son of old Yan who is getting married." Mrs. Chen, who knew the situation, sympathized and said, "I heard that he is marrying a little nurse."
"Ah, Yan Qian's child is in good condition, why did he find a nurse?"
Mrs. Cai said in surprise.
Liu Yulan said, "Actually, the nurse didn't have much to lose, but the girl's family..."
She paused, "I heard that the old man and the old lady spent a lot of money on Yan Ran's marriage, and Yan Ran's aunt also ran around, so the betrothal gift is this amount."
Liu Yulan whispered a number.
Everyone was shocked. Mrs. Chen said, "Oh, this girl is so valuable. How much savings do you two old people have? I'm afraid it will all be emptied out."
"Who said it wasn't? Otherwise, Old Yan wouldn't be so angry. It's not impossible for us to marry a daughter-in-law from a small family, but we can't be so greedy. Isn't this buying people?" Liu Yulan hinted, "It's our child's fault for being spineless. Otherwise, he could find anyone else but a woman like this. The girl has a brother. I don't know whose family the money will stay in in the future."
Everyone here is smart. Who could not understand what Liu Yulan meant.
Everyone sighed for a while, and their impression of Gu Yinxing was greatly reduced.
Liu Yulan retired after her success, and she was very relieved.
She didn't think that what she did today was a small matter. You know, the diplomacy of the wives has always been effective. Today, these wives are all famous big mouths in the circle. As long as they spread the word, it will not only destroy Gu Yinxing's reputation, but also Yanyan's image in the eyes of the older generation.
A man who only pursues beauty, no matter how capable he is, is not worthy of being reused in the eyes of outsiders.
Gu Yinxing never thought that he would be in trouble while he was at home.
On the wedding day, just after dawn, Gu Yinxing was pulled up by He Chunlian. She wore a bright red cheongsam with gourd-shaped buttons. The bright color made her skin look like white porcelain. Her dark hair was tied up, revealing her slender neck. She wore a pearl necklace. Each pearl was the size of a quail egg. When she put it on, all the women in the room were stunned.
This necklace was Liang Ying's dowry for Gu Yinxing, but outsiders didn't know about it, so they thought it was sent by the Yan family to save face for the Gu family. There were
quite a few people who envied her. When
she drew her eyebrows, painted her lips, put on powder, put on her leather shoes and walked out, Yan Qian and others who came to welcome the bride were stunned.
"Yan Qian, what are you doing standing there? Are you so happy that you've gone mad?" Xu Rulin and his friends immediately started to make a noise.
Yan Qian blushed for
the first time. He held Gu Yinxing's hand, and his hand was shaking. He Chunlian, He Daniu and others were sitting at the top. When Yan Qian pulled Gu Yinxing over to bow, He Chunlian couldn't help but have tears in her eyes. "Yan Qian, our Yinxing will be entrusted to you from now on. You must treat her well."
"Mom, I will never let Yinxing down." Yan
Qian glanced at Gu Yinxing and said loudly.
"The bride and groom kiss each other, kiss each other." No one knew who started the noise outside, but everyone followed suit.
Gu Yinxing's cheeks were red, her eyelashes curled, and she was usually noisy, but now she was very shy.
Xu Rulin and others couldn't help but feel jealous.
"Damn it, God is still reasonable, this old tree of Yan Jian can actually marry such an iconic wife."
Yan Jian was embarrassed and stingy, so he only kissed Gu Yinxing's cheek. People inside and outside the house immediately started to make a fuss, "It doesn't count, it doesn't count."
"Okay, it's getting late, you guys hurry up." Gu Jinshui came out and changed the subject, "Don't delay the time."
Everyone knew Gu Jinshui's temper, so they didn't dare to mess around.
Everyone surrounded the bride and groom and went out. There was a row of eight cars at the door, all Toyota Crowns.
People from the surrounding alleys came to see the excitement. It was a great achievement to be able to borrow a car for a wedding these days. The Zhao family sent two cars that day, but today they had eight, and they were Crowns.
The He family and others were all shocked.
They knew that Yinxing had found someone special, but no one expected him to be so generous.
Eight cars were enough to take the Gu family and other relatives around.
Grandpa Yan, Grandma Yan and others in the bridal chamber couldn't wait any longer. Father Yan still had a gloomy face today, which made everyone more certain that the legendary future eldest daughter-in-law of the Yan family must be top-notch and not presentable.
"You can't blame Old Yan for being angry. Who's son would be happy to marry a daughter-in-law like this?" Mrs. Cai whispered.
"If you ask me, the two elders of the Yan family were quite wise before. Why did they nod and agree to let such a woman enter the Yan family this time?" Someone curiously asked. "
Hey, maybe they are trying to get the emperor to control the princes."
Mrs. Wang hinted.
While everyone was talking, Liu Yulan and her mother-in-law had smug smiles on their faces.
"Here they come." Someone ran in and said, "The convoy is back."
Firecrackers rang out, and the relatives and friends of the Yan family came out to see the bride and groom, especially because of the recent rumors. Everyone was curious about what the legendary foxy woman looked like.
But when they saw Gu Yinxing, they were a little surprised.
Although Gu Yinxing was born in a poor family, he had a lot of knowledge and experience.
She never felt that she was unworthy of Yan Yan, so she behaved very generously today, not at all the petty-minded people thought.
And He Chunlian and others were not like the people who sold their daughters for fame and fortune as people imagined. They were all well-dressed, and the most important thing was that they were all good-looking, which made people like them.
"This family looks good, not like a poor family." Mrs. Cai said to Liu Yulan in surprise.
An embarrassed look flashed across Liu Yulan's face, and she lowered her voice and said, "This donkey dung is only good-looking. When you look at their dowry later, you will know that this family is just pretending to be rich." After
Gu Yinxing and Yan Qian paid their respects to the elders, some people started to clamor to see the wedding room, so Aunt Yan led Yinxing and the others to the back.
Yan Qian's wedding room is for two families, but it is smaller. The wedding room is in the north room at the back.
The dowry of the Gu family was delivered yesterday. It was filled with eight boxes and beddings that filled the room.
The men stayed in the front, and the women ran to the back to watch the excitement.
Some praised the beautiful quilts, and some praised the beautiful boxes.
Liu Yulan smiled and asked, "Yinxing, what are these your dowry? Let us have a look and broaden our horizons."
Gu Yinxing was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at He Chunlian and Liang Ying.
He Chunlian knew that this person was Yan Yan's stepmother, and also knew that this person was not easy to get along with, so she smiled and said, "Mother-in-law, how come you don't know? All the dowry in this room is our Yinxing's dowry."
"How is this possible?!"
Yan Chengzhi's daughter-in-law blurted out with disdain in her tone.
Aunt Yan immediately frowned, "Daughter-in-law Chengzhi, if you don't know, don't talk nonsense. These are the dowry of daughter-in-law Yan Qian. You have been busy recently and didn't come to help, so you didn't know."
Aunt Yan still saved face for Liu Yulan, and also warned Liu Yulan not to make trouble today.
But Liu Yulan had been preparing for so long these days just to embarrass Yan Qian and his wife, so how could she let it go.
She was sure that the Gu family must be pretending to be rich, and those boxes might be filled with worthless things, so she smiled and said, "Yes, I've been busy taking care of my grandson recently and I can't handle it. Since they are all the dowry of daughter-in-law Yan Qian, let's open them and let everyone see. They must have brought a lot of good things."
Liang Ying understood what they meant. They
were here to make fun of their family.
But they were not afraid of showing off their dowry. "Then open it, Mom, what do you think?"
"Open it, our family doesn't have much dowry." He Chunlian reacted quickly and nodded slightly, "Please don't make fun of me."
"How could I?" Liu Yulan said no, but there was a hint of a smile on her lips.
Aunt Yan saw it and felt disgusted, but she didn't say anything.
Liang Ying and Chen Liying came over and opened the boxes one by one.
"This is 1,800 yuan in cash as our dowry."
"This is a set of gold jewelry given by her brother and sister-in-law."
"This is two sets of antique Qing Dynasty Daoguang porcelain given by her brother..."
"This is given by Mr. Lan..."
"This is given by Mr. Xi..."
As the things were laid out one by one, the women's laughter in the room became quieter and quieter, and everyone's eyes gradually widened.
After Liang Ying finished reading Gu Yinxing's dowry, the room was silent.
He Chunlian smiled faintly and said, "Alas, there is really no way. My family is not very rich, so I can only give this little dowry to my daughter. I'm making fun of you."
Making fun of me?
Whose joke?
He Chunlian's words were like a slap in the face to everyone. Don't look at the ladies in this house, but whose dowry is as rich as Gu Yinxing's. Just the dowry of 1,800 yuan and the antiques are enough to open their eyes.
When they were eating the banquet, they saw that Mr. Lan, Chen Dengxing and others were invited to come. Gu Jinshui was chatting and laughing with these people, and he almost dropped his eyes.
Didn't someone say that Gu Yinxing was a small family with nothing?
Who can afford such a dowry, and who can have such a strong relationship?
At the wedding banquet, everyone kept looking at Liu Yulan. They all felt that Liu Yulan's words were really untrustworthy. They had previously thought that Liu Yulan was a good person, but now they have realized her ill intentions towards her stepson and have secretly decided to keep their distance from her.
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