dhibooks Chapter 118
Chapter 118
Gu Mingxi walked over to Gu Mingdong and sat down beside Gu Mingdong. She didn't want her elder brother to worry about her own affairs, but she didn't feel good in her heart, and she showed something on her face.
Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the matter? Who bullied my third sister?"
Hearing this, Gu Sanmei laughed, "Who can bully me."
Compared to the silly second brother and soft-tempered fourth sister, Gu Sanmei has always regarded herself as the protector of the old Gu family and never felt that she would be bullied by others.
"Why is that?" Gu Mingdong pointed to a group of children who were fussing about looking at the picture scroll, "If it's all right, can you let the second child take your job?"
Gu Sanmei pursed her lips, not knowing what to say for a moment.
She unconsciously scratched the ground with her toes, feeling a little embarrassed in her heart.
Although they are brothers and sisters, there are differences between men and women. In front of Gu Er Er, Gu Sanmei is always careless and carefree, but in front of her eldest brother, she often cannot let go.
Gu Sanmei didn't know where to start with this kind of "little matter" between men and women, and was afraid that if she said it, her elder brother would feel that she was making a big deal out of a molehill.
Gu Mingdong seemed to see through the worry in her heart, and said with a smile: "Why, what can't you say to my brother, is it possible that elder brother will still make fun of you?"
Gu Sanmei sneered, and then brought up what happened today, and said a little unhappy: "I said that I don't want to find a partner. They are so persistent, which makes me feel very annoying."
Even the girl with a sad face and her chin in distress, wearing simple and plain clothes, looked extraordinarily moving.
Gu Sanmei felt annoyed, because she really didn't want to talk to her, and she didn't mean to refuse or welcome at all.
Gu Mingdong is not surprised that someone likes his younger sister. Gu Sanmei is a little bit tougher, and she treats her second child with ruthlessness, but she has a good appearance and a good job. What's more rare is that she has studied but is capable.
Leaving aside the matter of her parents, Gu Sanmei herself is definitely the top class in ten miles and eight villages.
Gu Mingdong pondered for a while, and asked her: "You don't like people like Miao Taotao and Sun Ming, so what do you want in your heart?"
Gu Mingxi hesitated.
A long time ago, she wanted to find a man from the city to marry, so that she would no longer have to work so hard in the fields like her aunt, and maybe she could take care of her natal family.
But after a few years, Gu Sanmei finished junior high school and found a job. Now she doesn't need to rely on others, she can also eat commercial food by herself.
Not only can she support herself, she can also support her family with the extra wages, and she doesn't need charity from others at all.
Slowly, Gu Sanmei felt that her elder brother was right, why rely on others when she can make money by herself, there are too few reliable men in this world, not everyone loves their wives as much as their uncle, more often they are next door Liu Dazhu.
Especially after getting a stable job, although she is still a temporary worker now, she can become a full-time worker after one year of work. Gu Sanmei has gained confidence and her thinking has undergone a great change.
In other words, Gu Sanmei has always been a utilitarian, and getting married is just one of the means for her to achieve her goal of entering the city.
Now that the goal has been achieved, getting married is meaningless to her.
Listening to the elder brother's words, Gu Sanmei was silent for a long time before she raised her head and said, "At least someone better than me."
After finishing speaking, Gu Sanmei lowered her head, picked her nails and said, "Brother, am I too philistine?"
If it gets out, people outside will definitely say that she dislikes the poor and loves the rich, but she really looks down on those who are inferior to herself.
Gu Mingdong laughed, and reached out to knock her on the head: "Where are you a philistine, which girl can live a good life, and if she wants to suffer with a man wholeheartedly, that's called stupid."
It's like Qian Xiaoru likes Gu Mingnan, but Master Qian and Mrs. Qian are worried, so Gu Mingdong thinks it's reasonable. Anyone who has a daughter in the world would want to marry their daughter to a poor boy.
If you really want to marry a poor boy, you also need to check whether the other party's family is harmonious, whether there is any drag, and how good the character is.
Don't look at the slogan that the poorer you are, the more glorious you are shouting very loudly. When it comes to marriage, who doesn't first look at the conditions.
With the support of her eldest brother, Gu Sanmei's mood suddenly improved.
Throwing away the burden in her heart, Gu Sanmei held her chin and said, "Brother, I actually don't know what I like, but I think at least I have to be capable and know how to make progress, so that we can make progress together. There is no need to hold anyone back, other than that, he has to treat me well, not dislike our family, and respect elder brother as much as I do."
"Brother, am I demanding?"
Gu Mingdong commented: "It's not high, but I'm afraid it's hard to find it. People who are too good will look down on our family."
Mainly because of Gu Mingxi's current life circle, it is really not easy to find such a "high-quality" partner.
Gu Mingdong feels that his younger siblings are all good, but the conditions of the old Gu family are just like this, he is very self-aware.
Gu Mingxi said with a smile: "Then I will search slowly, and I will always find the right one. If I really can't find it, then I won't look for it. This is called Ning Que Wu Lan. After all, my elder brother will not drive me out. "
As he spoke, he stretched out his arms to hug Gu Mingdong's arm with a smile, which seemed a bit coquettish.
Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows, and just smiled: "Just think it out yourself."
He thinks differently from most people nowadays. He thinks that if he finds someone to marry casually, it is better to be single for the rest of his life. Marrying the wrong person is much more terrifying than not marrying someone at all.
Gu Mingxi hugged her elder brother's arm and leaned on his shoulder, feeling very happy in her heart. She felt that even if her parents were still alive, this would be the same for her, and she would even force her to marry, just like her aunt forcing her cousin Brother and cousin quickly find a partner, how can they be as comfortable as their brothers and sisters are now.
On the other end, Gu Liangchen, who was being pulled by the second uncle to look at the picture scroll, saw the third aunt acting like a baby with his father with sharp eyes.
Gu Liangchen ran over in a hurry, and took Gu Mingdong's other arm: "Dad, the painting that Sangu gave me is so pretty, come and see it."
Gu Mingdong walked over with strength, Gu Sanmei regained her good mood, and followed with a smile.
Spread out on the table of the Eight Immortals is a picture of peonies. Gu Mingdong was slightly surprised when he took a closer look.
Gu Liangxing was exactly like his second uncle, and commented on this painting: "There are no blue peonies in the world. This painting is not good-looking, it looks like a piece of green."
Gu Mingnan got approval, and immediately said happily: "Ah Xing's vision is exactly the same as that of Second Uncle."
Unexpectedly, it happened that Gu Mingxi overheard him, and each of them rewarded him with a chestnut: "You brat, you have no eyes like your second uncle."
"Ah Chen, Sangu specially picked this painting for you. Do you like it?"
Gu Liangchen pulled Gu Mingdong over, and smiled when he heard this: "Thank you Sangu, I think it's very pretty."
Gu Liangxing said aggrievedly: "It's really green and not very pretty, Xiao Yuner, do you think it looks good?"
Gu Yun looked at this and that, and finally insisted on her point of view and nodded.
Unexpectedly, Gu Liangxing saw it, and immediately said: "Look, Xiao Yuner also agrees with my point of view."
Gu Yun was so anxious that she quickly waved her hand.
Gu Sanmei pinched her eldest nephew's cheek helplessly: "You little bastard, I will make trouble with your third uncle, look at your sister in a hurry."
Gu Liangxing couldn't escape under her hands, and kept begging for mercy.
Gu Liangchen ignored his funny brother, pulled Gu Mingdong and asked, "Dad, do you think it looks good?"
"Very good, your third aunt has vision."
Gu Sanmei smiled and said, "Brother, there are still words on it."
Second Brother Gu leaned over to look: "What, what, what to look at, what spring is coming...these words are too hard to recognize."
"It's the Baibaolan protecting Xiaohan, and the Chenxiang Pavilion is for watching. Who will be the master of youth in spring, and the peony who will lead the beauty."
The four lines of poem that Gu Mingdong recited surprised all the children present.
The second brother Gu came back to his senses first, and clapped vigorously: "Brother read well."
Snapped!Gu Mingdong patted his forehead: "Don't play tricks."
He bent down to look at the painting carefully: "Third Sister has indeed picked up a treasure. This blue peony with gold thread should be the work of Master Zhang."
"Master Zhang?" Second Brother Gu asked in surprise.
Gu Sanmei looked at him strangely: "You know?"
"I don't know. I just think it's a good name. It's big and family. It's a good name." Second Brother Gu commented.
They have only just entered junior high school, and the last year is in turmoil. How can these "feudal remnants" be taught.
Gu Sanmei wanted to hit this brother again: "Then what are you talking about, I thought you knew who it was."
Gu Mingdong was a little bit interested, after all, this painter is well-known in later generations: "Look here, everyone, I mean Master Zhang."
"Master Zhang is a very well-known painter nowadays, especially in landscape painting. He is the master of all styles, and he is also the richness of the northern and southern sects."
As a result, when they looked up, everyone, big and small, was full of doubts.
Second Brother Gu even shook his head and said, "Yes, I don't understand."
Gu Mingdong smiled helplessly: "It's very famous, the person is still alive, and lives abroad, do you understand that?"
Second Brother Gu nodded quickly.
Gu Sanmei said, "It turns out that the artist is still abroad. No wonder they have to throw it in the recycling bin. If they are found, they will be shot."
Having said that, Gu Erdi also said: "Then we have to hide it well, so that no one will find out."
Gu Liangchen nodded his head, put away the picture scroll neatly, thought about it and stuffed it under the bed.
Gu Sanmei also said: "I thought it was an ancient painting, but the painters are still alive, and it is estimated that they will be worthless in ten years."
Gu Mingdong said with a smile: "That's not sure, maybe after ten or eight years, it will be worth a lot."
"How is it possible, I have never seen a painting that is still valuable." Gu Erdi expressed his disbelief.
Gu Mingdong didn't continue to explain. After all, why he knew Mr. Zhang and his paintings, it is impossible to explain clearly. Since the paintings are brought back, they should be kept well.
For the old Gu family, even the paintings of well-known painters are just a small episode. At this time, people don't realize how much a painting is worth, and they don't appreciate the charm of culture.
In the era of shortage of supplies, everything has to stand behind except for the big thing of filling the stomach.
The picture scroll was stuffed under the bed, and the next day, there was no delay at all for work, work, and school.
What Gu Mingdong didn't expect was that after a few days, Zheng Tong suddenly came to him.
After the beginning of spring, Gu Jianguo went to apply for another six pigs, and the heavy responsibility of raising pigs naturally fell on Gu Mingdong. He could get three work points every day with exception, and if the pigs were fat enough at the end of the year, he could get an extra reward.
In order to eat pork, Gu Mingdong is also very attentive to raising pigs.
On this day, Gu Mingdong just finished feeding the pigs, when he saw Zheng Tong standing behind him with his hands behind him, looking at him with a half-smile.
Gu Mingdong was taken aback for a moment, and quickly recalled what happened recently.
Wu Wei has paid off all the food owed, and Gu Yun is doing well in her studies, her grades are not bad, at least she is more attentive than Gu Liangxing.
"Mr. Zheng, can you stop staring at me like this, it's quite creepy." Gu Mingdong reminded lightly.
Zheng Tong chuckled, half of the original fairy spirit was lost: "I heard that your family got a painting by Master Zhang?"
Gu Mingdong was not surprised to hear that, Gu Yun often came to visit his grandfather, and also had a special way of communicating with old man Zheng.
"Why, Lao Xinsi also likes his words, so you want to ask me to borrow it to take a look?"
But Zheng Tong asked: "Is it a pair of blue peonies with gold thread, on which are written the peonies of Feng Qi in the Ming Dynasty, and there is a red seal of a great layman underneath."
Gu Mingdong was slightly surprised: "Have you seen it?"
Zheng Tong said with a smile: "I've seen it before, this painting was drawn by the old man watching him, but it's a pity that time has passed..."
What he said was full of emotions, Gu Mingdong just felt strange: "Are you here to talk to me about the past?"
Zheng Tong laughed: "You young man, don't worry, the old man came here specially to tell you that the painting in your house is a fake, a fake."
"Fake?" Gu Mingdong was puzzled.
Although he could tell from the words and seals on the painting that it was Mr. Zhang's painting, but his artistic accomplishment is just that way, it's really hard to tell the real one from the fake one, but he just subconsciously thinks that the third sister picked it up.
Zheng Tong said, "Because the old man knows where the real one is, so your pair must be fake."
"If you don't believe me, go back and take a closer look. The real one is vigorous and beautiful, and the overall coordination, while the fake one is weak and dull. Especially when he painted peonies, he first used light cyan to sweep out the general, and then used green layers to render. Special, very easy to distinguish."
This time, Gu Mingdong really wanted to paraphrase Gu Laoer's words, did he understand it?
Gu Mingdong didn't care too much, he just said: "If it's fake, it's fake. It was picked up in the first place, as long as the child looks happy."
Zheng Tong saw that he was very free and easy, and he didn't look annoyed or depressed at all, so he nodded approvingly: "The old man won't accept anything else, but your arrogance. This real painting can be a family heirloom."
Gu Mingdong laughed, he is not grand, but he has traveled through two lives, has supernatural powers, and there are ten large boxes with heavy treasures on the back mountain, so he will not be ups and downs because of the authenticity of a painting.
Suddenly, Gu Mingdong looked at Zheng Tong and asked: "Mr. Zheng, just now you said that you made this painting by looking at it. Do you still remember how many years it was?"
Zheng Tong was obviously impressed by this: "The 35th year of the Republic of China, 1946 AD."
35 years of the Republic of China?
Gu Mingdong's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly remembered that pocket notebook. The date on it was the 36th year of the Republic of China, which was only one year later than this painting.
Is this a coincidence?
With this in mind, in the dead of night, Gu Mingdong took out the fake gold thread blue peony scroll from under the bed.
The blue peonies in the painting are lifelike. Even though Gu Mingdong feels that his aesthetics are average, he still thinks this painting is very beautiful, and it is not something that ordinary painters can draw.
Perhaps because of preconceived ideas, the more Gu Mingdong looked at it, the more he felt that it was indeed a bit dull, that is, the legendary resemblance in shape but not in spirit, and he always felt that the fakes lacked a bit of taste.
But the artist himself is still alive, how can there be artificial fakes, isn't he afraid of being exposed?
Gu Mingdong's fingers slid down the scroll little by little, and the touch of his fingertips made him frown slightly.
He held up the painting and looked carefully at the oil lamp.
Suddenly, Gu Mingdong found a pair of scissors, and started cutting from the top.
After a few knives, the originally intact picture scroll was cut to pieces, and inside the picture scroll, a piece of paper hidden in it fell out.
It's actually a picture-in-picture!
Gu Mingdong's eyes narrowed slightly. The purpose of the original owner of this painting's counterfeiting was not to imitate it and sell it for money, but to hide a secret.
The slightly yellowish piece of paper was placed in the center, and Gu Mingdong took a closer look, and it turned out to be an IOU.
[Today, I rent a pill from the Buddha bone to save the common people.On the day when the world is stable, when the Buddha bones are returned. ——Jinan Xie Ling. 】
Buddha bone?Xie Ling?Thank you!
Just a few words shocked Gu Mingdong's spirit.
The information he had worked so hard to obtain from the pocket notebook before was only one surname and code name of the three families. Who knew that there would be a surprise today.
Gu Mingdong has to admit that his younger sister is lucky, and she can also pick up such a "treasure" in the recycling bin.
Xie Ling?
This name is too unfamiliar, Gu Mingdong recalled the names in the memory of the original owner, but none of them matched the name.
Sighing slightly, Gu Mingdong clipped the IOU in his notebook, and stuffed it back into the hole in the wall again.
The remaining fake was re-pasted back by Gu Mingdong. Although a cut was made, the main part was not damaged, and it can still be seen.
After finishing all this, Gu Mingdong stuffed the scroll back to its original flavor, and then lay down on the bed.
After experiencing more times, Gu Mingdong is not in a hurry anymore. After knowing this half of the information, he is not in a hurry and can sleep soundly all night.
The next day, Gu Mingdong woke up refreshed.
Before Gu Sanmei went out, Gu Mingdong said: "Sanmei, the painting like yesterday is very beautiful, even if it is used to paste the wall, if you see it again, bring it back."
Gu Sanmei naturally agreed.
Gu Mingdong suspected in his heart that from the treasure in the back mountain, to Du Pingping's family, the pocket notebook hidden in the carved canopy bed, and the fake painting found yesterday, all these clues could be connected together.
It is very possible that when the Du family fell apart during the war, the secrets hidden by the family were also scattered, so that the parts they used to make deals with the Qian family were not complete.
And Xiyuan Town was the former base camp of the Du family, and these scattered things were likely to end up in the hands of the surrounding people.
Gu Mingdong didn't express any hope for this, he just said it in passing, but unexpectedly, because of his own words, Gu Sanmei put all her efforts into picking the picture scrolls and brought back all that could be brought back.
These paintings failed to bring surprises to Gu Mingdong, but were preserved amidst the turmoil, avoiding the fate of being destroyed.
And Gu Sanmei comes into contact with these good things every day. At first, she only wanted to take them home to make her elder brother and nephew happy. own life.
In the blink of an eye, the weather is getting warmer, and the seedlings in the seedling fields are also growing rapidly.
On this day, Gu Jianguo and Gu Mingnan's uncle and nephew stood by the seedling field, looking at the lush seedlings, Gu Jianguo's eyes were full of joy, and he kept patting Gu Mingdong's shoulder to praise him.
"This year's seedlings are growing really well." Gu Jianguo said with satisfaction, "The germination is good, the seeds are good, and the fertilizer can keep up. As long as there are no major mistakes later, there will definitely be a good harvest this year."
"It's time to plant the seedlings in these two days, and then it will be according to what you said. The denser the seedlings are, the better."
Gu Mingdong was only responsible for nodding and smiling at the side, and his ability occasionally poked his head out to look at the seedlings, as if hen in charge looked at the chicks.
Every time he sees the small movements of the ability, Gu Mingdong always feels that it has its own thoughts, just like a naughty child.
Gu Jianguo didn't know anything about the existence of supernatural powers, and continued: "Little old Liu fanned the flames in the production team all day long, saying that this is not good, and that is not good."
"Seeing that the seedlings are growing so well now, he has made a fuss, and now he has nothing to say, Adong, thanks to the reliable method you came up with, third uncle has to thank you."
Gu Jianguo was just about to chat with his eldest nephew when he saw his wife rushing over.
"Adong, come here quickly, Auntie has something to tell you." Aunt Gu greeted.
Gu Jianguo was not happy: "Why do you have to talk about it at this time, A Dong and I are looking at the rice."
Third Aunt Gu said angrily: "There are only so many seedlings. You look at them every day, and you don't get bored by looking at them every day. If you don't bother A Dong, you still get annoyed. You drag A Dong to do something all day long, and you still feel that you haven't been exposed to the sun enough." Black."
Third Aunt Gu was also angry when she said that, when this man didn't become the team leader, she kept counting on him to be the captain.
Now that she finally got the job, Third Aunt Gu regretted it. When the thin old Liu was the captain, the Liu family did all the easy work, and the thin old Liu himself was very free.
He, Gu Jianguo, really regarded himself as a model worker, not to mention working from dawn to dusk, but also pulling his whole family to do it together, saying that he wanted to set an example for the members of the commune.
Within a few months, Aunt Gu's family wanted to force Gu Jianguo to leave, for fear of being dragged to work by him again.
At the end of the day, when he became the captain of the brigade, there were no benefits at all, and there were all disadvantages.
Third Aunt Gu snorted coldly in her heart, only nephew Adong was an honest person and didn't know how to avoid the third uncle's clutches.
Looking at Gu Jianguo as black as coal, he looked older, but Gu Mingdong was only wheat-colored, and the contrast between the uncle and nephew was obvious when they stood there.
Gu Jianguo didn't realize his wife's resentment, so he said eloquently, "Ah Dong and I are both on the production team's business. You just let your daughter-in-law do the trivial things."
Third Aunt Gu got angry: "If you have business to do, I can't have business to do? Gu Jianguo, you have become the captain of the team because of your feelings, so you have to call me on, right?"
Gu Jianguo frowned and said, "I didn't mean that, you took explosives today."
Third Aunt Gu glared at him: "Hmph, I'm too lazy to argue with you. I really have something serious to do here today. A Dong, someone just came to propose a marriage. Come with me."
"Come to propose marriage? Who?" Gu Mingdong asked strangely.
Aunt Gu smiled and said, "Who else is there, your Xiaoxi."
Gu Mingdong frowned: "Third Aunt, my Xiaoxi is still young, so I didn't plan to settle down now."
When Third Aunt Gu heard this, she was stunned: "This...Xiaoxi didn't tell you."
"His family said that Xiaoxi had been dating their son for several months, so he wanted to talk to our adults about marriage. The two families discussed and settled the marriage first."
Gu Mingdong frowned: "Impossible, my Xiaoxi has no girlfriend at all."
A few days ago, she even said that she would not get married. Looking at the shyness and sweetness that has not fallen in love at all, how could it be possible to talk to someone for several months.
Gu Mingdong believed his eyes, and his impression of the so-called marriage proposal family suddenly became worse.
Third Aunt Gu was not sure for a while, but when she thought of the one who spoke with certainty, she asked, "Could it be that the girls from Xiaoxi are thin-skinned, and they didn't talk to your big brother."
Gu Mingdong said with a cold face: "It's absolutely impossible."
"I'll see you."
He wanted to see who was ruining his sister's reputation.
The author has something to say: Remarks: Master Zhang is based on Zhang Daqian, just took a picture-in-picture, there won’t be too much space