Zhen Zhen was not in a hurry to go to Bingcheng with the big yellow croaker, she appeared in her own barn in a flash, and when Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen were not at home, she hurriedly opened the old sack in the barn and found a set of bright Bei's old and disrespectful clothes when he was a child quietly returned to the mountains.

Standing on the edge of the stream in the mountains, Zhen Zhen put on old clothes, untied the rope and messed up her hair, grabbed a handful of mud from the water, smeared the eye sockets and nose twice, and splashed her face again. Some soil. Packing herself up, Zhen Zhen looked at the reflection of the stream, not to mention her body was dirty, her face was even darker, it was horrible to see.

Zhen Zhen sat on a stone by the water, first sent her consciousness to Bingcheng to observe the situation of the Meng family. At this time, Mr. Meng had already packed several large boxes of his collection of antique calligraphy and paintings, and looked at the empty study reluctantly, his face full of sadness.

"Master!" The housekeeper brought a cup of tea and put it on the table. Master Meng looked at him with a bit of sigh: "Old Guan, you have been with me for more than 20 years."

"Yes, my lord." Lao Guan said with a bit of nostalgia on his face: "If my lord rescued me from the hands of the Japanese devils twenty years ago, I am afraid that I would not have been here long ago."

After lighting a cigar, Mr. Meng took a deep breath, and the smoke spread as he spoke: "When your wife and children died, you haven't remarried in these years, and you won't come back when your wife dies. My hometown, can my nephew from my hometown still be in touch now?"

"In the past few years, there have been intermittent correspondence, and they also send some money and tickets to their homes every New Year's Eve. They have been counting on me to help, and they are quite friendly to me." Lao Guan replied: "But I didn't tell them I What do I do outside, I send all the letters to the factory, and I remember what the master taught me before."

Master Meng nodded, opened the suitcase on the bookcase, took out a handbag and handed it to Laoguan: "There are 1,000 yuan, a letter of introduction, a train ticket, and some food stamps, cloth stamps, industrial stamps, etc. Things, you put away."

Lao Guan's expression froze on his face, his hands were trembling, and before he could speak, tears fell first: "Master, you don't want me anymore?"

"It's not that I don't want you, it's that I really can't take you away." Master Meng stood up and patted Lao Guan's shoulder: "These years we have been called master and servant, but in fact, I have always regarded you as a brother, a well-developed You followed me when I was in trouble, and you didn't leave me when it was difficult, but now we have to separate. Laoguan, to be honest, I'm not sure whether we can get on the boat after we drive to Tianjin. It's better for you to go back to your hometown than to follow me. ."

"Master, when you go outside, you have to have someone to run errands and take care of you. Besides, you have to have someone to bring tea and water. What should I do if I don't follow you?" I have lived for more than 20 years, sir, I am not afraid of death, let me follow you."

"The prosperous age is not too young, and he should support these things. Laoguan, my family is from a capitalist background, and now it seems that the only way is to leave this road as soon as possible, you don't have to suffer with us, or go back to your hometown and live a good life. Let your days go." Master Meng stopped talking about this topic, put his handbag in his arms, and then hugged him heavily: "You have been with me for so many years, and you know the most difficult to control. It is the human heart. The 800 yuan I give you here is the Great Unity, and the remaining 200 yuan is exchanged for gross receipts and loose change. There are 10, 20, 50, and 10 yuan, which is enough for daily expenses. You When you get home, you must hide your money, don't put too much outside, and if something happens, there is a way out."

Lao Guan wiped his face, looked at Mr. Meng with tears in his eyes, and nodded with a choked sobs: "Don't worry, sir, I know all this, when I get home I still live in my old house, and those nephews want me to come and sit at home. , I can live by myself if I don't come."

Master Meng nodded and let go of Lao Guan's shoulders: "I put some old clothes with patches in the warehouse downstairs, you can change them before leaving." Lao Guan nodded and looked at Master Meng steadily. At a glance, he knelt down and kowtowed heavily.

The door of the study was closed again, and Mr. Meng got up and walked to the window. After about ten minutes, the old man dressed as a peasant walked out. He staggered out with a torn sack on his back.

Standing in the yard, Lao Guan turned around and glanced at the bungalow where he had lived for many years, his face was full of tears. He touched the lush flowers in the courtyard, raised his head as if aware of it, and made eye contact with Mr. Meng, who was standing at the window on the second floor. Master Meng waved his hand with his cigar, Lao Guan raised his arm and wiped his tears with his sleeve, then turned and left. Standing at the window to calm down, Mr. Meng pressed the burning cigar into the ashtray.

Mrs. Meng was still packing her things. At this time, Haohua's master bedroom was in a mess. The lids of various jewelry boxes were open, and people were dazzled by diamonds, pearls, rubies, and emeralds; all kinds of exquisite cheongsams, handbags, and piles of furs. When the bed was full, Mrs. Meng almost turned over the treasures at the bottom of the press box.

Mr. Meng endured the impatience in his heart and said in a calm voice as much as possible: "These can't be taken away. Pack the jewelry in a box, and I will sell it together."

Mrs. Meng immediately became anxious: "My jewelry is superb in terms of quality and size. If you sell it, you may not be able to buy such a good quality."

Mr. Meng rubbed his eyebrows wearily: "We must leave here in a simple and low-key manner. I tell you, even the clothes you bring with you should be as simple as possible. You quickly pack up and put our two clothes in one In the suitcase, I went out and asked my old friends to see if anyone was willing to buy antiques."

"All the people who take the boat to Hong Kong Island are celebrities from all walks of life. Why don't you bring some jewelry." Mrs. Meng bit her lip unwillingly.

Master Meng took two steps and looked back: "We are going to escape, not to travel. If you can't bear your jewelry and clothes, why don't you stay."

Mrs. Meng said in a sentence without emotion, her heart went cold, and she saw that Mr. Meng left without looking back. Mrs. Meng did not dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly followed Mr. Meng's request and tried to stuff the things that the two could use into the room. in a suitcase. She dared not to look at the dazzling jewelry any more, she endured the heartache and closed the jewelry boxes one after another, and put them all into the empty boxes, waiting for Mr. Mengmeng to deal with them.

Zhen Zhen didn't show up right away when she saw that Mr. Meng came out of the house, she didn't have much concept of the value of gold bars and antiques in this era. Thinking that Mr. Meng is willing to go out to negotiate a transaction, but now, looking at the situation, it seems that there are not many who dare to buy, so it is better to follow and see how much can be exchanged.

Obviously, Mr. Meng didn't have much hope for his transfer of antique calligraphy and paintings, but he was reluctant to throw away those treasures like this. As for those friends in the wine market and business, Mr. Meng didn't even dare to ask, for fear that he would be sold if he walked away.

Mr. Meng didn't take the family car, but walked there. Fortunately, the capitalists in Bingcheng didn't live far away. After walking for about ten minutes, they arrived in front of a western-style building.

After ringing the doorbell, the housekeeper came out and looked at Mr. Meng for a while, and hurriedly opened the door to invite him in: "Why did Mr. Meng go out at this time."

"Come to visit your husband." Mr. Meng walked in quickly, but as soon as he entered the living room, Mr. Meng stopped.

"Why didn't Mr. Meng go in?" the housekeeper behind asked, and then shouted: "Master, Master Meng is here."

Inside, a man about the same age as Mr. Meng was overjoyed when he saw Mr. Meng: "Brother Meng, come in quickly, I was going to visit you tomorrow."

Looking at the boxes and cages all over the floor, Mr. Meng had a bit of bitterness on his face: "Brother Bai is also going to leave the ice city?"

"What? You too?" The two of them looked at each other with a wry smile.

"I got news that this campaign involves a power struggle, and this kind of thing cannot be seen in a day or two. Instead of staying and watching, it is better to evacuate when the situation is not serious." Bai The husband handed Mr. Meng a cigarette: "Why are you free today?"

Mr. Meng sighed: "I also planned so, but I can't take the antique calligraphy and painting jewelry at home. I wanted to ask you if you want to buy it? But seeing your posture..." Mr. Meng shook his head, then immediately Remembering that Mr. Bai has a lot of connections, he can't help looking at him expectantly: "Brother Bai knows a lot of people in the antique collection, do you think who can get rid of the antiques in my family, the Manqing porcelain and so on, that's all. My Yuan Qinghua is a rare treasure, and that calligraphy and painting..."

Mr. Bai shook his head with a wry smile: "I don't lie to you, brother, I didn't even look for a way to find a way, the golden antiques of a prosperous age, not to mention your collection, there are so many treasures in my family, I don't know if I can sell three large yellow croakers. ."

"Why is it so worthless." Mr. Meng beat his chest and paused: "If it weren't for the fear of bringing too many things and easily revealing whereabouts, I would be reluctant to sell one."

"Do you think I'd give it up?" Mr. Bai looked at the pile of boxes in the living room with a heartache: "To be honest, bro, I'm leaving early tomorrow morning, and the tickets for this journey have been bought by someone. It's just a few hours. , if I can't find someone to take over, I can only leave things here."

Thinking of the rumors these days, Mr. Meng's face turned pale: "If those people broke in, wouldn't these treasures be ruined by them?"

"What if it's ruined? You can't risk your life for these dead things." After taking his last puff, Mr. Bai persuaded Mr. Meng seriously: "Listen to my brother, if someone buys it, there is no price negotiation. If you give me the money, just sell it, one day of delay will add another day of danger." Master Meng left the Bai Family Mansion heavily, Zhen Zhen watched Master Meng come out, and her consciousness quickly returned to her body.

Standing up from the side of the stream, Zhen Zhen checked her outfit again against the stream, her figure fell onto a big tree not far from Master Meng in a flash.

Seeing Mr. Meng coming over, Zhen Zhen slid down the tree trunk, holding a dime in one hand and a piece of candy in the other, and ran quickly to Mr. Meng's side, showing a silly and innocent smile: "Master , someone asked me to speak to you."

Master Meng looked at the unkempt little girl in front of him, his eyes shifted to the cash and candies in her hand, he thought that Zhen Zhen was a child who was randomly looking for a letter from the roadside, and could not help looking around nervously: "Who is there? Called you here? What's the matter?"

"Someone asked me to send you a message, asking if you sell those antique calligraphy, painting and jewelry, two big yellow croakers?" Zhen Zhen smiled innocently, but she didn't look at Mr. Meng, but stared directly at the candy in her hand .

"Really?" After talking with Mr. Bai just now, Mr. Meng was ready to give up those treasures. He didn't expect to turn around as soon as he went out, but looking at the child in front of him, he remembered the buyer who refused to come forward. , Master Meng immediately became alert again after the ecstasy: "Who asked you to bring it? How to deal."

Zhen Zhen blinked her eyes, showing a thoughtful look, in the anxious look of Master Meng, she suddenly realized: "Oh, yes, he said that if you agree, you can pay for gold bars first, antique calligraphy, paintings, jewelry and so on. Don't worry, just leave it at home, he will pick it up himself."

Master Meng hesitated for a while, then turned to look at the Bai Family Mansion not far away, Zhen Zhen immediately added: "By the way, that person asked you to ask Mr. Bai for help, if he is willing to give up his love, that person is willing to give three big Yellow croaker."

In all fairness, even though there are some rare treasures in the collection of the two, it is considered a kind person to be able to offer this price at this time. Mr. Meng hurriedly ran back to the Bai family mansion, and after a while, Mr. Bai hurried out with Mr. Meng.

Looking at the child like the little beggar in front of him, Mr. Bai was stunned. He looked at Mr. Meng and asked in disbelief, "You mean her?"

"It is estimated that he is here to spread the word." Master Meng replied, then squatted down and asked that Zhen Zhen, "If we agree to where to get the big yellow croaker."

Zhen Zhen was eating the toffee with relish when she heard the question from Master Meng, and then she handed over an extra paper bag that came out at some point in her hand. Mr. Meng and Mr. Bai looked at each other and hurriedly took over. Seeing that no one was coming, they quickly opened a corner carefully, revealing a touch of gold inside.

Mr. Meng quickly wrapped the paper, Mr. Bai didn't think Zhen Zhen was dirty, he took her hand and said softly, "Let's talk at home, there's a lot of candy there."

There were already people walking this way, Zhen Zhen hurriedly nodded her head, and when Mr. Bai's mansion was in, Mr. Meng couldn't wait to put the paper bag on the coffee table, violently tore off the paper outside, and placed it neatly on the table. Five large yellow croakers appeared together in front of everyone.

Master Meng and Mr. Bai are both people who have been immersed in the business field for decades. There are also many people who have passed this gold bar. Once they get started, they will know the truth by looking at the quality.

Mr. Bai looked at Jin Zi with a kind smile: "Little boy, what did the person who asked you to pass the message say?"

Zhen Zhen repeated the words again, and then emphasized: "When the person gave me this package, he said that you must leave early in the morning, the door and door are locked, and the things can be put in the house."

"Then how does he pick up the goods?" Master Meng asked, but Zhen Zhen replied with a blank expression, as if she didn't understand the meaning of the words.

Mr. Bai waved to Mr. Meng, ordered the servants to bring two packs of biscuits and one pack of toffee to Zhen Zhen, and patted her on the head genially: "My little friend, thank you very much."

Zhen Zhen hurriedly ran away with her things in her arms, Master Meng asked Mr. Bai hesitantly, "Brother Bai, whose handwriting do you think this is?"

Mr. Bai shook his head: "Maybe it's the government or a high-ranking official, no matter which force it is, it must be someone who is extremely familiar with us, otherwise he wouldn't be able to value things so accurately without seeing them. We don't have any ill intentions, otherwise we wouldn't give the big yellow croaker first. Just for this, we haven't donated money to them for building roads and schools in vain over the years." Mr. Meng nodded, stood up and picked up the two that belonged to him. Big yellow croaker: "Since this is over, then I'll take my leave."

"Farewell!" Mr. Bai cupped his hands.

Zhen Zhen watched Master Meng leave, and turned back to Beicha in a flash, not at all worried that those antique treasures bought with five large yellow croakers would be swept away. Mr. Bai and Mr. Meng have always been Confucian businessmen with excellent reputation in Bingcheng, and they have done a lot of good things. Just based on their character and past principles, Zhen Zhen did not bargain, but generously paid the big yellow croaker according to their psychological expectations.

Back in the mountains, Zhen Zhen took off her tattered clothes and threw them aside. After a day of sunbathing, the water in the stream was very warm. Zhen Zhen simply went into the water and washed her body while playing with the fish.

The next morning, Zhen Zhen ate breakfast and went out alone as usual, the family members had long been used to Zhen Zhen not being at home, and they didn't even say anything other than telling her to come back for dinner at the same time.

Quietly landed on a tree near the Meng family's house, Zhen Zhen swept the Meng family mansion with her consciousness, it was already empty. Zhen Zhen's figure disappeared from the tree and appeared in the Meng's living room. saw more than a dozen boxes over one meter high neatly placed in the living room, Zhen Zhen opened one of the boxes, and there were boxes of different sizes in it, just opened a larger box, and saw that there were sponges and soft materials inside. There is a beautiful porcelain in the middle of the cloth. Zhen Zhen doesn't understand antiques, so she can only open the flat bottom to see the inscription below, which reads the Yongzheng Year of the Qing Dynasty.

didn't have time to look at them one by one, it's not safe to put things here, no one knows when the powder guards will rush in, Zhen Zhen hugged a box, and with a flash of consciousness, she took the box to the depths of Beicha virgin forest. After a busy morning, Zhen Zhen not only brought back the antiques, calligraphy, paintings and jewelry of the Meng and Bai families, but also moved back the books, desks and chairs in the study. It's not that she has plucked her hair, it's mainly the Ming Dynasty huanghuali furniture in these two study rooms, which is also very valuable.

All the previous things were moved back, and the remaining bits and pieces Zhen Zhen didn't want to let go.

After finding a place where the trees were not dense, Zhen Zhen found a mountain without tree roots, and let the boxes sink one by one. Now don't have time to take a closer look, will appreciate it later. The boxes were all buried in the soil, but this pile of furniture made Zhen Zhen worry, it would definitely be destroyed by the strong wind and rain on the mountain after a long time in the open air, but in the soil, Zhen Zhen felt that it would not be preserved. good idea.

After walking around these Ming Dynasty furniture twice, Zhen Zhen finally set her sight on the lush trees nearby. As Zhen Zhen's gaze moved, trees rose up one by one, their roots were intertwined, the trunks were tightly attached and grew firmly together, and soon Zhen Zhen was surrounded by towering trees. When the 200-square-meter area came out, only the lower side was missing two trees, as if the door had been deliberately left. With a wooden wall, the roof is the most important thing, Zhen Zhen looked up at the top of the tree, and made a gentle tug gesture, all the branches on the wooden wall suddenly hung down in the middle, intertwined with each other, A sloping roof was built.

Because everything is controlled by Zhen Zhen, the branches keep growing and shrinking during the construction process, until they are completely closed together. Zhen Zhen quickly ran to the outside along the reserved door, admiring the wooden house she built with her supernatural powers.

Because there are tree roots in the ground, Zhen Zhen is not worried about the firmness at all, the only thing she is afraid of is that these small joints will leak water. She waved her hand, and leaves spread out from the roof and wall, and one pressed One piece, from a distance, is a green house.

Zhen Zhen excitedly moved all the furniture into the tree house, and returned to Bingcheng to bring back all the beds, quilts, sofas, coffee tables, and even the kitchen. In Meng's and Bai's homes, there is no need to cook on the stove anymore. Now, the eyes of a row of liquefied gas tanks are shining, even the gas tanks with pots and stoves have been moved back. In the cupboard, in addition to all kinds of rice and noodles that are eaten every day, rare treasures such as bird's nest, shark's fin, sea cucumber, fish maw and dried scallops are even more in the cupboard. It didn't show anything, Zhen Zhen worked hard all day, and finally moved everything back to Beicha, looking around, the house that was luxurious and rich a day ago is now only a bare wall.

Zhen Zhen clapped her hands and smiled with satisfaction, just as she was about to leave, a loud noise came from outside, watching a group of pink guards with pink armbands jumping over the wall and jumping into the yard one by one outside the window, Zhen Zhen smiled mischievously, then immediately The figure disappeared into the house.