Chapter 8

"Uncle Luo, uncle Luo, didn't you break it?"

"Damn it, I just broke into a ghost today." Luo Liguo shouted and waved to me.

I quickly picked up the backpacks and boxes scattered on the ground and was ready to carry them on my shoulder. When I looked up, I found that one of the men's face sank. His expression lasted for nearly three or four seconds, and the other man patted him on the shoulder.

"What's the matter with you? Do you want to go to the front outpatient shop?"

"It's OK, I'm ok. I blame myself for my carelessness. Fortunately, the ladder is not high, the box is strong, it doesn't look broken, and the fruit in it may not be broken. Of course, I can't fully guarantee this. Otherwise, open it now and I'll compensate according to the price."

"Well... It's easy to say, easy to say. Keep going. Just take a turn ahead."

"That's a lot."

"Uncle Luo, are you really okay?"

"It's really all right. I'll pick it. Don't worry, I'll just pay attention." Luo Liguo took it from me again.

Jiang Yilong whispered to me, "younger martial brother, did you hear me just now?"

"Hear what?"

"The noise seems to come from that box, a click."

I was stunned. Just now all my attention was focused on Luo Liguo, but I ignored others. "I don't think so."

"That may be my mistake."

We climbed the ladder sill, drilled another lane, turned a corner and came to a small yard with a single two-story building. One of them knocked on the iron door and shouted inside. A man ran to open the door.

"You three put your things in the lobby first."

"OK."

According to the order, he put everything in the main room. I thought they would give us money right away, but the man who had been smiling at us said, "wait outside first."

"OK."

Just out of the hall, I took a deliberate look at the hall. Two men were prying open the wooden box that Luo Liguo had fallen before. Due to some distance, I couldn't see whether the fruit in the wooden box was broken or not. However, I found that the expression on the faces of the three men suddenly changed significantly when the wooden box lid was opened.

I had a bad feeling in my heart and said to Luo Liguo, "Uncle Luo, maybe I broke just now."

"What's broken?" he just said and immediately reacted. "I didn't break it on purpose. Besides, I made it very clear to them before. If I broke it, I'll compensate them according to the price. Anyway, I just calculated it. If I calculated it at six yuan a piece, five pieces should be 30 yuan. If I broke it, I can still lose 20 yuan."

He took out the front door in his pocket and handed one to Jiang Yilong and me. I used to hate the smell of smoke. I always felt very choking and unpleasant. I've been with Luo Liguo for a long time. In addition, it's very good to smoke and relieve fatigue.

Just after two puffs, three men came out of the hall. We were happy and ready to receive the money. However, one of them took the lead in closing the iron door. Then, the three gathered around without saying anything. They picked up the sticks and benches in the yard and smashed at Luo Liguo.

It was the first time we met this kind of thing, and we were at a loss for a moment. Luo Liguo was hurt twice and cried out in pain. Jiang Yilong and I should come and pick up the shoulder pole in our hand and resist it quickly. Of course, we just resist. We don't have the courage to fight them. If we break them, we can't afford to pay. "Boss, tell me what you've done wrong. Just tell me what you've done wrong."

"Say, say a hammer and hit it to death."

"Boss, if you hit us again, we will fight back." the rabbit is anxious and has to bite. What's more, we are hardworking sticks. We don't have anything, but we have a cheap life and a brute force. We're really in a hurry. These three 90% can't do us. We know this, and they should know it.

Luo Liguo said hurriedly, "don't do it either. I know that things may be broken, but I said earlier that if they are broken, I'll pay according to the price."

"Can you afford it?"

"It's broken a lot. Count it. It's a big deal. We're running for nothing this time. What's great."

"You know a hammer," he yelled and said to the other two, "don't let them run away. I'll call first."

Surrounded by two people, and the iron door has been closed, we can't go if we want to. At this time, the bad feeling in my heart became stronger and stronger. In addition, another idea flashed in my mind.

Two minutes later, the caller appeared in our sight again. He didn't look at us. He smoked and said to the other two people, "he'll come right away."

No matter what we say, these three people didn't mean to let us go, not even a fart. After waiting for about ten minutes, a taxi stopped outside the iron gate and got off a man of thirty. Seeing this, one of them quickly opened the iron door. When my eyes focused on the man's face, my nerves suddenly seemed to be struck by thunder.

Jiang Yilong blurted out, "it's you."

The man was stunned. His sight fell on Jiang Yilong and thought for a long time. "It's you wild child."

These three people have never given us a result, just waiting for someone who can really decide. During this waiting time, the three of us were worried and afraid that we would really make a big mistake, and it would not end well at that time. However, we didn't expect that we actually knew the man who could really decide. It was the little Hu who forced me into the stealing hole.

"So you all know each other, that's good." Luo Liguo released with a heavy load.

He only knows one thing and doesn't know the other. When Jiang Yilong and I saw Mr. Hu, we thought it could not be solved so easily.

Mr. Hu smiled twice, glanced at the three of us, and finally came to me. He said, "you look familiar. If I guess well, you should be his brother. Hey hey, I didn't expect that you two really came to Chongqing to make a lot of money."

I smiled and said, "little Hu, we're just begging for food. If anything happens and offends you, please don't worry about us."

"OK."

"Little Hu, they..."

"Old acquaintance, put away your things first. Besides, this matter can't solve the problem." he pointed to us again. "You come in, too."

Then he came to the main room. Mr. Hu first glanced at the open box. His expression didn't change. He sat on the sofa and lit a cigarette. "You see first, and then we'll discuss how to solve it."

When little Hu came here, I already had a guess in my heart. This speculation was immediately confirmed when we approached the wooden box. The wooden box is not filled with fruit, but with thick straw. In the straw are three blue and white bowls, a jade Buddha statue and a jar with flowers on the surface.

"It's not fruit."

Luo Liguo is ignorant, and Jiang Yilong and I are even more ignorant. That's because under the sight, we can clearly see that the two blue and white bowls have been broken, and there are many cracks on the surface of the jar, which may be completely broken with a little force. I quickly bent down and completely assembled a blue and white bowl. The blue and white bowl was bright and colorful in the blue. It was inscribed in regular script, which was made in the Wanli calendar of the Ming Dynasty.

With a plop, I knelt in front of little Hu. "Mr. Hu, I'm sorry."

"Sorry, it's over?"

Luo Liguo was surprised by my reaction and wanted to help me up, but I insisted on not getting up. He said, "Qi, what are you doing? Although the fruit is not broken, it's just two bowls. I'll buy ten or eight in the market and compensate them."

"It's easy to say, eat a lantern grass." looking at Luo Liguo's ignorance, little Hu said, "do you know these two things are worth a lot of money?"

If the box is filled with genuine goods, even if I don't know the market situation of this antique, it must be nothing to say if there are 108000 blue and white porcelain bowls in the Wanli year of the Ming Dynasty. But if it's not genuine, how could they care so much. Thinking of this, my cold sweat had seeped out and quickly said, "I'm really sorry, Mr. Hu. We don't want this to happen, but now no matter what you say, it has already happened. Why don't you beat us to relieve our anger."

"Ha ha, there is nothing so cheap in the world."

"Mr. Hu, no matter what we say, we are all old acquaintances who know the root and the bottom. For this reason, please take it easy." Jiang Yilong suddenly said such a sentence, and deliberately increased his tone.

Little Hu's face changed slightly, looked at Jiang Yilong for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "Boy, I knew you were slippery. But you're right. Everyone knows the truth. There's no need to make it so stiff. Besides, I think you two brothers helped me a little. According to the rules of the road, I should share your share. In this way, the two losses are just the same as the original share, and you don't have to compensate for the money."

I was relieved and said a few thanks to Mr. Hu. Then I got up. "Mr. Hu, it's nothing. We won't disturb you."

"I want to go now? I told you to go for a long time?"

"Didn't you just say we don't have to pay for it."

"Yes, you don't have to pay for these two bowls, but there's another thing you have to give an explanation."

What was broken in the box was nothing more than two blue and white bowls and a jar. The blue and white bowl is something from the Wanli year of the Ming Dynasty. Although the jar doesn't know the specific age, it has exquisite patterns. Moreover, it is packed with these antiques, and it must be a valuable object. Little Hu doesn't need us to compensate for the blue and white bowl. This sentence just now must refer to this thing. "Mr. Hu, we are just Bangbang. We can't make a few hard money a day. We really can't afford to lose."

"Don't worry, it's not expensive. It's only a few hundred dollars," said Mr. Hu

I couldn't believe my ears and asked, "hundreds?"

"Yes. It's really worthless, but you should know what it is first."

If it's really worth only a few hundred yuan as little Hu said, we can really afford it. It's just a few days' hard money. "What is it?"

"Urn."