Siheyuan: There are seven fairies in my house, I am so busy

When Zhang Jialiang found Qi Sixian, he came to a small courtyard, which was a courtyard with only one entrance.

Qi Sixian lived in the dilapidated house on the west side. This house was originally a dilapidated firewood room, which was used by the residents of this courtyard to store firewood.

Zhang Jialiang walked up and knocked on the door.

"Bang! Bang!"

A hoarse and old voice came out:

"Who is it?"

Zhang Jialiang quickly stated the purpose of his visit:

"I was introduced by Lao Deng. I need your help with something."

Old Deng was a street sweeper with Qi Sixian, and Zhang Jialiang happened to know Old Deng's son.

The voice in the room was hesitant, but agreed to let Zhang Jialiang in:

"Old Deng?

How can I help?

If you don't mind the mess in the room, come in first."

After Zhang Jialiang entered the house, he found that it was not big, only about 10 square meters, and was filled with various daily necessities.

These things were placed together in a mess, leaving only a small path for one person to enter.

A large area of ​​the room was occupied by an earthen kang, on which sat a shabby old man who looked to be about 50 years old.

According to Old Deng, Qi Sixian was only in his 40s, and it was probably his poor life that made him look like an old man.

"Uncle Qi, my name is Zhang Jialiang, and I'm a friend of Old Deng's son. I'm sorry to bother you this time.

I heard that you like to drink, so I brought some wine, peanuts and half a pound of pork head.

I need your help, how about we have a drink?"

Qi Sixian, who had drooped his eyes, heard that there was wine, meat and peanuts. His cloudy eyes suddenly opened and revealed a look of longing.

He hadn't had a drink or eaten meat for a long time. In such a difficult time, who could withstand being tested with such rare things?

Not to mention Qi Sixian who lives in this situation.

"real?

I haven't had a drink or eaten meat for a long time. I'm so craving for it!

You asked me for help, how can I help?

I'm an old man and can't do anything.

Forget it, never mind. Anyway, there is wine to drink and meat to eat. I will help you with whatever I can. If I can't help you, don't blame me."

Zhang Jialiang smiled.

"Okay, I'll do as you say. I'll help if I can, and forget about it if I can't. I will never blame you.

Let’s eat and drink first.

Oh! Your house is a mess, you need to find a place to put the wine and food."

After hearing what Zhang Jialiang said, the old man jumped off the kang very swiftly, and swiftly took out a table from somewhere, wiped it casually with his sleeve, and then took out two small broken stools and placed them in place.

"There are tables and stools. Look, it's ready. Let's get started!"

Zhang Jialiang was stunned. This old man was very nimble in his movements. He didn't look like the sickly man he looked when he first entered the room.

"Haha, you're awesome! If you have the ability, then start drinking!"

Zhang Jialiang put the Erguotou, pork head, peanuts and a few sesame cakes in his hand on the table. After opening the brown paper packaging, the two of them quickly started drinking.

Wine is indeed a great product to promote communication between people. Two people who didn't know each other before became familiar with each other very quickly after a few drinks.

They talked more and more while drinking and chatting. Soon, Zhang Jialiang got to know Qi Sixian's past and learned a lot about his current life.

At the same time, Qi Sixian also knew the purpose of Zhang Jialiang's visit to him, so he naturally agreed. Anyway, he was not required to do anything, just help to look at the antiques and identify them, and teach them the knowledge involved, which he was good at.

After they were toasting each other and waiting for the drink, Zhang Jialiang took the opportunity to take out a snuff bottle, which was one of the antiques he bought on the black market.

"Lao Qi, please help me see if this thing is a good one."

Now that the two of them are familiar with each other, Zhang Jialiang no longer calls him Uncle Qi, but simply starts calling him Old Qi.

Qi Sixian was also happy about this. He had no other pursuits now. His background was not good and he was alone without children. Now he just wanted to have something to eat and a drink when he was free. He was already very satisfied with this kind of life.

Originally, he and Zhang Jialiang were not familiar with each other, but after drinking and chatting, he also knew why Zhang Jialiang was looking for him.

He didn't want to care and couldn't care about Zhang Jialiang's thoughts. He had thought it through clearly. As long as Zhang Jialiang could provide him with some food and drink, he would help. This was exactly what he could do.

Although it is true that he was a playboy in his early years, his father was a famous and experienced antique connoisseur. He was influenced by his father since he was a child. Although he cannot be said to be a master, he is also professional compared to ordinary antique collectors and can identify most of the cultural relics and antiques.

For him, being able to exchange this useless knowledge for some food and wine was already a great deal.

He lived his life one day at a time. He didn't want to ask who Zhang Jialiang was or what he wanted to do, and he had no interest in asking. Helping him identify antiques in exchange for food and wine was just what he wanted.

Since having Qi Sixian, Zhang Jialiang has gradually accelerated the pace of collecting antiques.

Every time he collected a batch, Zhang Jialiang would take it to Qi Sixian to help identify it.

On the one hand, it was to ensure that people in the black market could not cheat him, and on the other hand, he could also learn how to identify antiques. Otherwise, the stereotyped knowledge in books alone would always be difficult to understand. Combined with actual operations, Zhang Jialiang's learning progress gradually accelerated.

Zhang Jialiang is an ordinary man. He collects antiques not as a hobby or a quirk. He just wants to preserve and increase their value and lay a solid foundation for his future life. It's just an investment.

Anyway, the past ten years, from now until before the reform and opening up and even to the 1980s and 1990s, were all good times to collect antiques. Now he has a lot of grain, but he can't do business, so it's a good time to exchange it for antiques.

Time flies, and soon it is summer. July 7 to July 13 is the time for the high school entrance examination. Zhang Jiating, the seventh sister in the family, passed the high school entrance examination quickly.

Zhang Jiating's academic performance was not very good and she could not get into high school, let alone technical secondary school. In this era, technical secondary schools were more popular and required higher scores to enter.

The natural result was that she was unemployed after graduation. She couldn't go to high school, couldn't get into technical secondary school, and now she has no job, so Zhang Jiating can only help Zhang Jiamei with housework at home.

In fact, it is not difficult for Zhang Jialiang to find a job for Qimei, but Zhang Jiating is too young now, only 15 years old. Zhang Jialiang does not want her to work so early, and his idea is to find a way to arrange a job for Qimei after she turns 16 in a year.

Now Zhang Jialiang's attention is on his sixth sister, Zhang Jiahui. Zhang Jiahui is the best student in their family, and Zhang Jialiang has high expectations for his sixth sister.