Fan Tiezhou returned home and told his wife about his father's visit to a friend in Wuxi.

Zhang Sanniang was so angry that she gritted her teeth, "I have been in your Fan family for almost ten years. I have never heard of your father going out to visit friends. Now Ning'er is admitted to school and asks him to pay for it, so he goes to visit friends. What does he mean? Is Ning'er still his grandson?"

Fan Tiezhou had no choice but to comfort his wife and said, "Maybe it's just a coincidence. Anyway, Daddy will come back. I'll ask him for money when Daddy comes back."

"Hmph! When he comes back, the daylily is cold. Now we are in urgent need of money, what should we do?"

"Or it's better to borrow it! I'll ask Uncle Shuigen to borrow five stakes of money."

Zhang Sanniang sighed, "We forgot yesterday that you rented someone's land and you have to give a deposit."

Fan Tiezhou was stunned. He really forgot about this matter. There are rules for renting land. If you rent ten or ten acres of land, you have to pay a deposit of one cent. He plans to rent fifty acres of paddy fields, then he will have to pay a deposit of five cents of money. If you buy cattle again, it will cost ten cents of money.

"Then ask Uncle Shuigen to borrow ten guan!"

Fan Tiezhou gritted his teeth, "When Grandpa Ning'er comes back, I will pay back the five-spot money first."

Zhang Sanniang hesitated and said, "Just just now, Wang's Erlang came to deliver two bags of rice, so I told him about your desire to sell fishing boats."

"What did he say?"

Zhang Sanniang had an indescribable bitter smile on her face.

"He wants that fishing boat, but his family has no money. At most, he can only give you five jin of money first, and give you the other half next year. What should you do now!"

Fan Tiezhou squatted down with his head in his arms, and he just couldn't get it together.

I wonder if he is willing to give my father the five-month stake! Why is it so difficult to do something if he wants to do something?

Just then, Fanning's voice came from outside, "This is my home!"

"Haha, I didn't bother me!"

Fan Tiezhou and his wife looked at each other, and Fan Tiezhou quickly got up and walked to the door, and saw his son leading a middle-aged man dressed in wealthy clothes outside the yard.

"You are..." Fan Tiezhou asked hesitantly.

Fan Ning smiled and introduced: "Dad, this is Mr. Zhou from the village. Come to our house to sit down!"

Fan Tiezhou was a little at a loss and waved his hand quickly, "It turns out that he is Yuanwai Zhou. I'm rude. Please come in quickly!"

Zhou Lin nodded with a smile, "That's to bother!"

He followed Fan Ning into the yard, and saw that the yard was full of various ingredients, and he smiled and said, "Have you started preparing New Year's goods so early?"

Zhang Sanniang said proudly: "This is the first place in my Ning'er exam in Yanying School, everyone gave me a gift!"

Zhou Lin looked at Fan Ning in surprise, "Shaolang actually won the first place in Yanying School, which is great!"

Fan Ning scratched her head embarrassedly, "It's just that she performed better on the spot, which made the insider laugh."

"You didn't say it earlier, I'm rude!"

He thought about it, then took off the topaz ring on his finger and handed it to Fanning, "I wish you a little bit of my heart, congratulations on your admission to Yanying School."

Fan Tiezhou hurriedly pushed it away, it was too expensive and they couldn't accept it.

Fan Ning found that the ring was exactly the same as the ring given to him by Zhao Xuezheng, so he asked tentatively: "Does Zhou Yuanwai know Zhao Xuezheng from the county?"

"He is my mentor, of course I know him."

"That's right. Yesterday Zhao Xuezheng also gave me a ring, just like this one."

Zhou Lin laughed, "That ring is a pair with this one, it seems to be God's will! You must accept this ring."

Fan Tiezhou was confused and he couldn't help but let his wife wink and asked him to cook tea quickly.

Zhang Sanniang was a little surprised. The brat had such a valuable thing, but he didn't know where he was hiding?

Zhang Sanniang glared at her son fiercely and turned around to settle the score with him.

She turned around and went into the house to make tea.

Zhou Lin sat down in the yard, Fan Ning ran back to the house to get three Taihu stones and handed them to Zhou Lin, "Prince, these three stones!"

Zhou Lin took over the Taihu stone, and one of the Taihu stones about one foot long surprised him and was really a seven-star moon-looking and formed naturally.

Fan Tiezhou could no longer suppress his confusion and pulled his son aside and asked in a low voice: "What are you doing?"

"Zhou Yuanwai likes to collect Taihu stones. He heard that I had a few Taihu stones, so he came over to take a look."

Of course Fan Tiezhou knew that Taihu stone was a precious stone. He shook his head and said, "The big Taihu stone is valuable. This kind of small stone is worth at most a few cents."

There are often stone dealers in the village to collect Taihu stones. They only take away this kind of small Taihu stone for a few cents or more than ten cents, so that everyone thinks that the small Taihu stone is not worth a lot.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Lin smiled and said, "Fan Shaolang, I will give you one hundred taels of silver."

‘One hundred taels of silver!’

Fan Tiezhou was stunned as if he was knocked on the top of his head by Lei Gong.

Fanning smiled and said, "If sold to the town Ricci Stone Museum, it will cost more than one hundred taels of silver!"

Zhou Lin pointed at him and shook his head, "You little sloppy, will I still lie to you? Let me tell you, the strange stone museum will collect your stone. Even if you know the goods, they will give you at most five jin of money. This is its market price. If you sell it to a stone hiding person like us, it is called a collection price."

"How much does the strange stone museum sell to you?" Fan Ning asked unwillingly.

Zhou Lin said angrily: "If you bargain, you can get up to eighty taels of silver. I will give you 100 taels of silver, which includes three stones. The other two Taihu stones are of the same quality, but they are good materials for carving."

At this time, Fan Tiezhou finally reacted and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I caught this stone when I was fishing. I gave it to my children for fun. If the official likes it, take it back and don't mention money."

"This won't work!"

Zhou Lin shook his head and said, "I won't want it if you don't charge money. And to be honest, this stone is the price in Pingjiang Mansion. If you take it to the capital and sell it to princes and nobles, the price will increase several times. I'm embarrassed to take advantage of this."

Fanning muttered, "Since you always feel like you have the advantage, then add some more!"

"Shut up!"

Fan Tiezhou turned around and glared at his son fiercely, feeling really annoyed. Why is his son as snobbish as a businessman?

Zhou Lin smiled and waved his hand, "Your son is not an ordinary person. Don't look at him with the eyes of an ordinary child. Actually, he and I have a tacit understanding, Fanning, right!"

Fanning smiled and said, "Sir, my third grandfather will also bargain!"

"Of course, last time I wanted to buy one of his stones, we couldn't negotiate, and the fight was red and almost started to fight."

Although Fan Tiezhou is kind, he is still an ordinary fisherman after all. He cannot understand the kind of bargaining fun among his close friends of literati.

Even Fan Zhongyan bargained, so he had nothing to say. Fan Tiezhou had to scratch his head and asked, "I think these three stones are almost the same. Why are these expensive but those two not valuable?"

"This is the difference between knowing stones and not knowing stones."

Zhou Lin said to Fanning: "Fanning, go and make a basin of hot water, don't be too hot!"

Fanning agreed, ran back to the house, and took out a basin of hot water for a moment.

"You guys look!"

Zhou Lin tried the water temperature and put the bottom of the Seven Star Moon-Seeing Stone into the water. In just a moment, the fog in the seven holes was rippling, and it quickly became one, just like clouds and mist lingering on the mountainside.

The Fan family father and son were shocked, "How could this happen!"

Zhou Lin smiled and said, "This is the wonder of the top-grade Taihu stone. After millions of years of water waves and erosion, there are countless fine pores inside, so as long as there is water vapor inside, it will emerge from some larger pores. Moreover, this Taihu stone has a very steep appearance, exquisite face and good quality. It is a rare fine product. Today I have gained a lot."

Fanning sighed softly, "I'm losing a lot!"

Zhou Lin grabbed Fan Ning over, "Boy, although I am a stone fool, I am not a fool. If Mr. Fan hadn't written to me and asked me to take care of you, I would let you enter my house? Will I buy your stone at a collection price? I will give you at most five jin of money, sober up!"

Fan Tiezhou was really embarrassed.

Fanning was not annoyed at all, and still smiled and said, "How can a real man cheat on his money? When will I go and get it?"

Zhou Lin smiled, "No wonder Mr. Fan said you are thick-skinned and you are indeed a little bit of realm. Don't worry! You can't be missing if you have one or two taels of silver."

"What money?" Zhang Sanniang came out with tea.

Zhou Lin rushed back to Pinshi and stood up and said, "I'll go back first. When I turn around, I'll ask the butler to send the money."

The Fan family father and son sent Zhou Lin out. Zhang Sanniang was anxious, but she didn't ask too much and had to follow behind.

Zhou Lin said to Fan Ning again, "If you have time, go to my place to sit. I will teach you how to taste the stone and distinguish jade."

Fan Ning was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed, "I will definitely go!"

Seeing Yuanwai walking away, Fan Tiezhou sighed, "Ning'er, we shouldn't have asked for so much money."

"Dad, if he didn't want to give it, he wouldn't have quoted this price at all. He said it himself that the price in the capital would be several times higher, and he would not suffer any losses!"

"But I still feel unkind."

"Dad, I'm actually very kind!"

Fanning pointed to his face and smiled, "Compared with others, I am more kind than anyone else."

"You shameless little guy!" Fan Tiezhou was amused by his son and couldn't help laughing.

Behind him, Zhang Sanniang raised her eyebrows, "Have you two finished speaking?"

She stretched out her hands, as fast as lightning, and grabbed her ears, "Come in and explain honestly!"

"Madam, let go!"

"Mom, you pulled my ears off!"
To be continued...