NOVEL NEXT Chapter 19
Qin Huairu led He Yuzhu to the house to chat.
He Daqing sat in the yard with Qin Shouyi and chatted.
To be honest, the living conditions of the old Qin family are not bad.
A two-entry courtyard, although they are all adobe houses, can definitely be regarded as a wealthy family in Qinjiazhuang, otherwise Qin Huairu would not have graduated from junior high school in this era of low literacy.
In addition, Qin Huairu has two older brothers, a sister, and a younger brother. The eldest and second brothers have already started their own families and moved out. The eldest sister married to a neighboring village, and the only younger brother is still in junior high school.
It stands to reason that with the conditions of the old Qin family, they should be rated as a rich peasant family.
However, the fact is not so.
Because Qin Huairu's grandfather was once the captain of the guerrillas in Qinjiazhuang, and even Qin Shouyi and his brothers had participated in the guerrillas.
Later, the old man died before liberation, and two of Qin Shouyi's five brothers died. The old Qin family naturally became a martyr's family, and was taken care of by the upper level, and had a very high prestige in Qinjiazhuang.
When He Daqing heard this, he suddenly understood.
No wonder Qin Huairu had a junior high school education, and the names of the girls in the old Qin family were different from those of ordinary girls in the village.
It turned out that there was another reason.
He said it.
With Jia Zhang's personality and character, how could she possibly look down on ordinary village girls? It turned out that the old Qin family was really extraordinary.
As for why Qin Huairu's family disappeared in the TV series and lost contact with Qin Huairu and the old Jia family?
He Daqing felt that there were only a few possibilities.
The first possibility was that when the TV series opened, Qin Huairu's father Qin Shouyi had died, and her brothers had separated from the family. In addition, given Jia Zhang's personality, it was normal for the two families to lose contact. The second possibility was that the old Qin family had a conflict with the old Jia family, and the old Qin family was unwilling to care about the old Jia family's relatives.
Don't say there is no such possibility.
In fact, this possibility is very high. Think about the three-year disaster in the late 1950s. The Qin family had a large population and must have had a hard time. It was inevitable that they would ask the Jia family for help. Given Jia Zhang's character, it would be strange if she was willing to help. So it was normal for the Qin and Jia families to lose contact.
The last possibility is that the screenwriter was lazy and simply made the Qin family disappear.
However, no matter what the reason, based on the fact that Qin Huairu only has a junior high school education, we can know that the Qin family's family situation is not bad.
At least in the early 1950s, when Qin Huairu had not yet married into the Jia family, the Qin family was definitely not bad.
"Hey, Brother Qin, your teapot and teacup are pretty good."
Although He Daqing didn't know much about antiques, he could still feel that the teacup in his hand and the teapot on the table were not ordinary.
Beautiful and exquisite!
This set of tea sets was better than all the tea sets he had seen in Fengze Garden in his memory.
"Hey, not bad, this teapot and teacup, I finally got it from Mr. Zhou when I was fighting the landlord. Someone offered me 20 kilograms of grain to exchange with me, but I refused."
Qin Shouyi said proudly, as if he was proud of his decision at that time.
"It is indeed good, it should be a good thing. This is the first time I have seen such a beautiful tea set."When He Daqing heard that this tea set was snatched from the landlord's house when he was fighting the landlord, he was more and more sure that this tea set was a good thing.
But he didn't care, and he didn't think about collecting antiques.
The first is that he didn't have the money.
The second is that he is not good at it, and he doesn't understand it, let alone think about getting rich by antiques.
Finally, and most importantly, the antique business is too complicated. For him, who knows nothing, it's okay to collect some for fun in turbulent times. If it is really peaceful, if he values these things too much, he might be blinded and fall hard in this regard. To put it bluntly.
For ordinary people, playing with antiques is no different from gambling. If you want to get rich by picking up bargains, you are more likely to be cheated and lose everything. There will be many opportunities to make a fortune in the future, so there is no need to run around on your own. Playing with antiques in an unfamiliar field.
In addition, antiques are valuable if you say they are valuable, and worthless if you say they are not valuable.
You dare not buy or sell precious national treasures, that is illegal.
If you insist on talking to He Daqing about the value of ordinary cultural relics and old things, their historical research value and so on, he won't understand.
So in He Daqing's future plans, antiques and curios can be played with, but they are definitely not the main thing, not to mention spending a lot of money to buy antiques and build a museum.
Isn't that just a waste of time? It's totally unnecessary.
So He Daqing didn't do what some protagonists of period novels do, who would want to grab some good things that look like antiques when they see them. Instead, he smiled and said,"Then Brother Qin, you'd better keep these teapots and teacups well.""
"As the saying goes: gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times. If this thing is really an antique, when people's living conditions improve in the future, who knows, someone might be willing to spend a lot of money to buy it."
After saying that, He Daqing did not forget to add in his heart,"So I plan to exchange the money in my hand for gold!"
It's not that He Daqing is not optimistic about the future of peace and prosperity.
It's just that the large-denomination banknotes of 50,000 yuan in his pocket make him feel insecure.
When the second set of RMB is released in 1955, two 50,000 yuan banknotes can be exchanged for a big black ten. God knows to what extent these 10,000 yuan banknotes in his hand will depreciate.
And in the next 30 years, if you really want to buy some good things, such as a courtyard house or something, gold is definitely stronger than RMB and easier to sell.
So before the full opening, He Daqing is not going to keep too many banknotes in his hands, let alone antiques.
"If you like it, just take it when you leave. This thing is just a decoration for me and I don’t need it on weekdays.
Qin Shouyi thought that He Daqing was interested in the teapot and teacup, and said generously.
He Daqing heard it and waved his hands and said,"No, no, I just think it’s beautiful and it should be a good thing, so I remind Brother Qin to keep it well on weekdays and don’t let children break it."
"If you really want to drink tea or water, ordinary large porcelain bowls will do. They are sturdy and convenient."
This is not He Daqing's excuse, but he really has no idea about teapots and teacups, and he can't do anything to cheat acquaintances and friends.
Not to mention that the tea set in front of him may not be an antique, even if it is a real antique, it doesn't matter.
Because these days, antiques are really worthless.
Especially the things from the Ming and Qing dynasties. They are not everywhere on the streets, but there are a lot of them. They are not as rare and precious as they were after the great era. There is no need to bury hidden dangers for yourself because of these things and affect your relationship with friends.
Skipping the topic of teapots and teacups.
He Daqing and Qin Shouyi talked about other things, such as this year's harvest, the policies from above, the prices in the old city, the ongoing war to resist the US and aid Korea, etc.
Anyway, they talked about everything, and they were very good at talking, and they deeply understood the essence of the old city Kanye.
Just like what was said on the Internet in later generations, if you take a taxi on the street in the old city, the driver can talk to you about all kinds of things, economy, politics, and people's livelihood for half a day, and there is nothing they don't know. With an authentic Beijing dialect, listening It is very interesting, and is not inferior to the storytelling on the stage.
For example, when watching the TV series"Siheyuan", many people think that Shazhu is a poor talker. In fact, this situation is normal in Sijiu City. The poor talkers in Sijiu City are also inseparable from the hundreds of years of rule of the previous dynasty.
Because the bannermen like to tell jokes very much, when the Eight Banners children have nothing to do, they think about how to make their words more interesting.
As the upper class follows the lower class, over time, the people of Sijiu City have also been influenced by the bannermen, and have inherited this habit of poor talk and chatting, which has become a local feature.
If you listen to them talking about all sorts of things, and you can also echo a few words and support them, they will talk more vigorously.
So when He Daqing chatted with Qin Shouyi, it was basically Qin Shouyi who was talking, and he listened on the side, and from time to time he echoed a few words of support, which made him happy.
Qin Shouyi was so satisfied with him that he almost decided on the marriage between the Qin and He families................................
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