[Chapter 199 Chapter 199 Four Olds]
The person standing at the door is Joan.
Seeing Shen Yuyao coming out, she pointed outside and said, "Someone is looking for you at the gate."
"Someone is looking for me at the gate. Who is it?" Shen Yuyao was surprised.
She couldn't think of anyone she knew who would find herself here and not come in.
"It should be the younger of the two brothers who went to buy books with you before. I don't know how long he has been waiting at the door. If I hadn't seen him and asked him, he wouldn't have come in." Qiao An said.
When she heard it was Chen Bing, Shen Yuyao was even more surprised.
She thanked him quickly and went back to the house to change her clothes.
Seeing that there was nothing else for Qiao An to do, he was about to leave, but was stopped by Shen Yuyao.
Shen Yuyao took out a long silk scarf from the space and hurriedly chased after him.
"Joan, wait a minute!"
She handed over the scarf and said, "My aunt sent it to me from Hai City. I think this color suits you very well. Do you like it?"
It was a light beige silk scarf with a bunch of goose yellow forsythia flowers hand-embroidered on it. It looked simple, elegant and bright.
It matches perfectly with the quiet and gentle Joan.
Moreover, no matter who gets this fabric and this embroidery, they will never be willing to give it up.
"For me?" Qiao An didn't expect Shen Yuyao to give her such a beautiful scarf. She was immediately surprised.
She wanted to say, "This must be very expensive, right? I'll give you the money."
But she knew that Shen Yuyao would definitely not take her money.
This made Qiao An, who was usually not good at speaking, completely at a loss for words for a moment. He looked at Shen Yuyao with his mouth open for a long time but didn't say a word.
Shen Yuyao was in a hurry to find Chen Bing and didn't care what Qiao An was thinking at the moment.
She nodded when asked, "Yes, it's for you. I also have this scarf, it's very comfortable to use, I hope you like it."
"I like it." Qiao An said quickly.
"As long as you like it." Shen Yuyao had already put on her clothes, closed the door and walked towards the front door.
Looking at her back and then at the scarf in her hand, Qiao An was stunned for a long time before silently returning home.
This was the first gift specially given to her since she was a child, other than her grandfather and her own family's Mr. Feng.
Those sent by parents do not count.
Joan didn't think it was for her.
Those were simply sent over as face-saving work, and they were not even done for themselves, but for Lao Feng.
When she got home, Joan walked to the dressing mirror, tied her scarf, and looked at herself in the mirror.
The more I watch it, the more I like it.
She tilted her head and rubbed her face on the silky material, feeling very comfortable.
While Qiao An was looking in the mirror, Shen Yuyao had already walked quickly to the gate and saw Chen Bing, who had shrunk himself into a small shape and was hiding behind a tree.
"Xiao Bing, why don't you go in now that you're here? Tell the sentry uncle that you're looking for me, and they'll send someone to report to my house."
Shen Yuyao walked over and pulled the little guy out from behind the tree.
She looked around: "Where's your brother? You didn't come here by yourself?"
Chen Bing nodded: "I came here by myself."
As he spoke, he looked around, and after making sure that no one was paying attention to them, he took out a porcelain bowl that he had stuffed into his arms and was already warm.
He quickly stuffed the porcelain bowl into Shen Yuyao’s hand and whispered, “Aunt Shen, my brother asked me to give this to you.”
After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave, but was grabbed by Shen Yuyao.
"Why are you leaving? Come back with your aunt to eat something. I'll take you back later." Shen Yuyao said as she took the little guy's hand and led him to the staff quarters.
It's already October now. Although it's not winter yet, because we are near the sea, the breeze feels wet and cold when it blows on our bodies.
I don’t know how long the child had been standing outside, he must have been frozen to death.
It feels like ice when I touch it with my little hands.
Probably because of his bad background and the discrimination he had suffered since childhood, Chen Bing was very afraid of the sentry standing guard at the door.
When registering at the door, he was timid and stood close to Shen Yuyao, holding her hand tightly.
It was not until Shen Yuyao brought him home, sat him down at the dining table, and poured him a glass of sugar water that the little guy came to his senses.
Chen Bing took the sugar water and drank it sip by sip carefully. After he warmed up his body after a few sips, he sighed with contentment.
Then he held the bowl and looked at Shen Yuyao, and said expectantly: "Aunt Shen, take a look at what my brother and I found for you. Do you like it? If you like it, we will find it for you later!"
Only then did Shen Yuyao look at the things the little guy brought her.
This is a white porcelain covered bowl. The porcelain is delicate and white. The edge of the bowl is inlaid with a thin brown border, which looks very delicate.
What makes this covered bowl unique is that it is painted all over with a long ancient poem written in blue and white, with beautiful poetry and elegant handwriting.
Shen Yuyao took the covered bowl and examined it carefully.
Although she didn't know much about the history of this world and couldn't tell which dynasty this thing came from, she could tell that this covered bowl should have been made not long ago.
And it should have come from a folk kiln rather than an official kiln.
This can be immediately distinguished from the shape and exquisiteness of the porcelain.
In other words, this covered bowl is probably not that precious.
But whether it is precious or not depends mainly on whether the person who owns it likes it.
For example, Shen Yuyao likes this covered bowl very much at this moment.
She thought it was demure and chic.
The text above is also very interesting.
As for whether it is valuable or not, it is not that important to Shen Yuyao.
She looked at it for a long time, then looked back at Chen Bing and asked, "Xiao Bing, where did you and your brother get this thing?"
Chen Bing had obviously been waiting for Shen Yuyao to ask.
When she asked, he immediately started talking excitedly.
Chen Bing told Shen Yuyao that Siqin went home last night and told the older brothers that she wanted something related to calligraphy.
The kids didn't understand what calligraphy was, but after analyzing it themselves, they realized it was something with words engraved on it!
So the children went their separate ways.
"When I was collecting scrap in the south alley, I saw a family with a bowl like this in their house. When my eldest brother mentioned it this morning, I remembered it.
Then I went with my brother.
My brother said that we can’t go directly to that family to buy it, otherwise they will definitely ask for a price, and then we might spend more money, and we might not be able to get it back even if we spend the money.
Then we found the grandson of that family and gave him two pieces of candy and ten cents..."
In addition to giving candy and money, the brother also scared the child, saying that the porcelain bowl used to hold salt in their home was one of the "Four Olds" and that if it was discovered, the child would be arrested and paraded through the streets!
Sure enough, the child was not easily frightened. After a few words, he exchanged the bowl with them for candy and money.
Of course, Chen Bing would not tell this to Aunt Shen.
Before coming here, his brother warned him to watch his mouth.
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