"Forget it, it's inconvenient for a girl like you to live here. If you want to buy a house in a community like this, we can go see if there are any rooms upstairs here tomorrow." Qiao Meng also said.
"How can I ask you to pay for me to buy a house? There are still a lot of things to spend money on in the store. Besides, my stay in Jade Pavilion is quite comfortable. I just said it casually, it's nothing."
Ge Yuling rejected this idea outright. She didn't want Qiao Meng to waste so much money on her again. It was enough to know that he had this heart.
"Okay, master, I have to go to Tianlao today. I agreed to become a disciple. You have been doing a lot in the past two days, so you can rest here now." Qiao Meng said with concern.
"Well, go ahead and take me to say hello."
"Okay."
In this way, Qiao Meng and Ge Yuling went out together and drove to Deyi Building. Because they have been busy preparing for the stone gambling conference recently, there are many places there, and it is convenient for a few people to discuss, so Tianlao and the others just stayed there.
Come down.
Along the way, Ge Yuling was also very curious, "How did you get to know people like Tian Lao and the others?"
"It's nothing. It was Brother Chen who set up the bridge for me, so it was naturally a lot easier and more convenient." Qiao Meng replied casually.
"I see. No wonder I said how could you suddenly know so many masters?" Ge Yuling seemed to have an enlightenment.
Since there were not many vehicles on this road, Ge Yuling drove much faster than Qiao Meng who took a taxi a few days ago.
After parking the car first, the two entered Deyi Building together. As soon as they entered the lobby on the first floor, Qiao Meng saw a familiar figure from behind, walked over and patted him on the shoulder.
“Whiteness?”
The person being photographed turned around and said with confusion: "Brother Qiao, why is it you?"
"I was just about to say, why are you here? Don't you work in Gulou City?" Qiao Meng was more confused than him. It was indeed Baidu, but why was he here?
"Oh, I have a day off today, and Stone Street is almost closed at this time, so I came here to try my luck." Baidu said with a smile, rubbing his head.
After hearing this, Qiao Meng laughed and said: "Why do you like playing stone gambling so much? I thought you were just playing a few games before, but now I realize that you are addicted."
Hearing Qiao Meng say this, Baidu seemed a little embarrassed, "Brother Qiao, why are you here too? Are you here to gamble on stones? Can you help me experience the great sense of accomplishment?"
"It's all my luck, but luck doesn't happen every time." Qiao Meng said very modestly.
Baidu was a little disappointed, "Brother Qiao, you are too humble. If you rely on luck, then it's impossible for so many people to be less lucky than you, right?"
"Baidu, I thought you were a very elegant young man, but now you are so clingy." Qiao Meng looked at him strangely.
Baidu sneered and said: "What kind of aristocratic son can I be? If that were the case, how could I still be working as a waiter in Gulou City? I must have been at the top here and gamble a lot."
Although Baidu tried his best to transform into a person without connotation, concealment is still a concealment. That awkward look was still captured by Qiao Meng, but he just didn't want to reveal it yet, and there was no need to do so.
"Let me tell you, since you know that you are still working as a waiter in Gulou City, and although you earn more than the average office worker every month, it is only about 10,000 yuan, why don't you know how to save some money? You
Don’t you still have a wife?” Qiao Meng didn’t want to reveal it, but he could ask some questions to make him reveal it invisibly.
"This... is because I have a wife, and I am about to be a father, and my salary is simply not enough, so I thought of gambling to see if I could make more money at once. It is not easy to make money for milk powder." Bai Duyi
He looked very helpless.
After listening to what Bai Du said, Qiao Meng felt even more helpless. What kind of logic does this kid have? Is it okay to do a full set of acting? More than ten thousand a month is not enough, and then gambling on stones is enough? What if you don't win?
A reduction of more than 10,000 yuan? Still not professional enough.
Ge Yuling also stood up at this time and said: "Baidu, you are wrong to do this. If you feel that the money is not enough, you should make some safe investments instead of spending money here."
"I can't help it. I don't have much experience or skills, and I just know a little bit about this industry." Baidu looked pitiful again.
"You..." Ge Yuling didn't know what to say at all now. The previous impressions of Baidu's temperament were all gone now. She was not as good at observing everyone's details as Qiao Meng, but only for those who cared.
She will become different.
"How about it, Brother Qiao, can you teach me that I won't treat you badly when I make money? A handsome and talented person like you is the most suitable person to have a younger brother like me. When the time comes, I will
If you succeed in your studies, you will gain face, right?" Baidu has really started to get into the act now, pretending to recognize his elder brother as his younger brother, and acting more and more like him.
Qiao Meng said in a rather weird tone: "You boy, you really can say anything just to let me teach you. You are not at all like the smooth-tongued person you are now when I first met you."
Baidu's face changed when he heard this, and he started to say seriously again: "Brother Qiao, you also know that I am begging you like this because I am really in trouble. In fact, I have lost a lot of money recently, and I don't know what to do.
Explain it."
"If you have a problem, go to the police? If you can help me, why do you need the police?" Qiao Meng said boringly.
"If the police are willing to take care of it, I won't look for you." Baidu said rogue again. Now he felt that Qiao Meng was really difficult to deal with. He didn't play his cards according to the routine at all and was too unpredictable.
"I can't teach you anything now. Come with me to the top floor later. You choose a piece on it. I'll explain it to you while I'm on the side." Qiao Meng didn't want to have too much entanglement with Bai Du.
Yuling reminded her again and had no choice but to think of such a way.
Baidu immediately said with a smile: "Thank you, Brother Qiao."
Shaking their heads, the three of them went up to the sixth floor together.
"Master, are you all here?" Qiao Meng saw Tianlao and the others studying something as soon as he came up.
"Xiao Meng is here, and he's bringing his friends. Come over," Wang Zhe called.
"Master, this is my friend, Baidu. He also wants to learn about stone gambling, so I brought him here to observe. I don't know if it's convenient."
"Of course there is no problem. Are you here?"
Wang Zhe agreed to such a trivial matter without much thought. As for Ge Yuling, they also learned about it at the banquet. Everyone nodded and said nothing more.
"I'm here to formally become a disciple." Qiao Meng replied.
"There is no need for so many etiquettes. Times have changed, and we don't need to be so rigid about trivial matters. As long as I recognize you as my apprentice and you recognize me as your master, nothing else matters." Tian Lao said indifferently.
"Yes, master."
"Master, I don't know what you were looking at just now. You were so absorbed in it, it seemed like a painting." Qiao Meng asked curiously.
"Right..."
Chen Shicheng thought of something and said: "How could I forget? Xiaomeng is now the treasure appraiser of S City. We who are gambling on stones have nothing to show for it, and God refuses to tell us directly.
We might as well let him appraise it for us."
"Yes, that should be the case."
"Okay." Several people agreed.
"Xiao Meng, since you are here, take a look at this painting. This is Dong Boren's work." Tianlao said with a smile.
"What? Dong Boren? You're right?"
Hearing what Tianlao said, Qiao Meng was not surprised at all, but Baidu was very surprised and couldn't help but blurt out words.
This Dong Boren was a very remarkable person. He also had an alias called "Zhi Hai", and he once served as a general in the palace of Doctor Guanglu.
He was born with many tasks and no ancestral records. The Boren Tower and figures are unparalleled in modern and ancient times. He also created a new painting style called boundary painting. As the name suggests, he uses boundary rulers and leading lines when painting.
Zhang Yanyuan, a master of the Tang Dynasty, commented on Dong Boren's paintings like this: The figures on Boren's tower are unparalleled in ancient and modern times, and the miscellaneous paintings are skillful and varied. Among them, the Taoism and interpretation images include Taoism in disguise and Maitreya in disguise.
Dong Boren wrote many works in his life, but few of them have been discovered to this day. Now that they are actually studying the works of such a great writer, it is no wonder that Baidu is so surprised.
"Baidu, you seem to be very interested in this painting? Could it be that you like Dong Boren's style?" Qiao Meng would ask without hesitation as soon as he caught his flaw.
This actually made other people present very curious. This guy looked young, but his performance just now showed that he clearly knew what kind of person Dong Boren was, and he must have done some research on his works.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to be so surprised.
Baidu felt embarrassed and felt a little nervous. He knew that if he didn't explain a suitable reason, Qiao Meng would probably guess that he was not just an ordinary waiter.
So he said: "No, actually I don't know the Dong Boren you are talking about very well. The reason why I am so surprised is because I know that almost none of his works have been handed down. So why would I know about it?"
"It's not because I have done any research on the antiques industry that I know about it. It's because I used to work in many antique shops, so I would hear some of them. This happened to be the one that impressed me the most."
"Oh, that's it. I thought, little friend, you had some thoughts on this work and could explain why." Tianlao said thoughtfully.
"No, no, I just heard about it. I didn't expect you seniors to have such a thing here. I'm also curious whether it's true. Let Brother Qiao identify it." Baidu quickly changed the subject.
After everyone heard what he said, they no longer had any interest in caring about whether he knew anything. They all looked at Qiao Meng, wondering what he would do next.
"In that case, let's get ready." Qiao Meng no longer had the idea to ask further questions and directly changed the subject.