During this period of time, Chen Yi had been eating all kinds of delicacies and eating all kinds of beautiful women. Naturally, he would not lose weight.
Uh…Actually, it could also be that there were too many beautiful women around him recently, and he really couldn't keep up with the nutrition.
However, Grandma was almost eighty years old. She shouldn't have been able to tell at a glance.
It was mainly because Chen Yi was away from home all year round. The old man always felt that he would not be able to eat well and wear warm clothes outside, so he felt that he had lost weight.
Chen Yi naturally accepted this kind of care from his elders.
Squatting quietly in front of the rocking chair, he waited for the old lady to look at him from head to toe before pulling Azurite, who was behind him, forward.
"Grandma, this is my girlfriend, Liu Li. I brought her back especially to show you.”
The old man's spirits were lifted when he heard that. He looked at Azurite, who was standing obediently at the side.
He waved his hand happily and said,
"Come, come here. Let grandma take a look.”
This was because Chen Yi had told Liu Li before that the old man was born into a scholarly family and had a conservative mindset.
Therefore, Liu Li was wearing a conservative floral dress today. Her long hair was casually draped behind her head, and she wore a pair of glasses.
She didn't even put on any makeup. She appeared completely confident without makeup.
However, her entire temperament had become calm and elegant at this moment. She was like a well-educated young lady from a noble family.
The more the old man looked, the more satisfied he became. He held Azurite's little hand and began to talk in a low voice, forgetting about his biological grandson.
Seeing that his grandmother liked Liuli very much, Chen Yi was naturally very happy.
Feeling relieved, he whistled and went to the courtyard. He and a few cousins began to help the old man clean up the courtyard.
Although the old man's hands and feet were still agile, he was still old.
Although she usually took care of the yard, there were still some things like weeding that were not convenient to do.
Since the group of juniors had come, they naturally had to clean her up.
A group of people were cleaning up the courtyard when they saw Azurite, led by the old man, enter the room and bring out a large wooden box that was nearly the height of a person. She placed it on the stone table in the courtyard.
"This…can't be?" Eldest Cousin clearly recognized what it was and asked in bewilderment.
"What is this?" Eldest Cousin's husband looked at her shocked expression and said blankly.
"Guzheng!" Eldest Cousin answered. Then, she thought for a moment and added,
"The guzheng of the previous dynasty has probably been around for 150 years.”
When her husband first heard that it was a zither, he did not have much of an expression. However, when he heard that it was something from the previous dynasty and could now be considered a cultural relic, he was instantly dumbfounded.
"This…can still be played?"
The old man asked Azurite to bring out the guzheng, and his meaning was self-evident.
"I don't know, but I often listened to Grandma play when I was young. Later, Grandma got old and couldn't play anymore, but she still treasured it very much. She didn't even let us touch it.”Chen Yi's second cousin explained.
Speaking of which, Chen Yi's cousins had been taught by his grandmother since they were young. They more or less knew a little about instruments such as guzheng and pipa.
However, this zither was said to be the dowry of Grandma when she married Grandpa. The old man never let them touch it.
Chen Yi did not expect that his grandmother would be willing to give this treasure to Liu Lidan.
However, just as everyone in the courtyard was in shock, a fashionably dressed woman around 24 or 25 years old and a man around her age suddenly walked in.
Sensing that the atmosphere in the courtyard was a little off, the woman looked around and saw Azurite and the zither in the box in front of her. She immediately guessed what had happened.
This was naturally Chen Yi's third uncle's daughter, Zhang Ningxue.
Beside her was her fiancé who was about to marry her.
The moment she saw the zither, Zhang Ningxue was stunned at first, then she screamed,
"Grandma, why did you get someone to bring this out?”
Zhang Ningxue also knew how to play the zither. Although her level was average, she knew the true value of this zither.
According to the old lady, this was a zither given to her by Liao Ping, a great scholar of the previous dynasty, after her ancestor was admitted as the top scholar.
There was Liao Ping's seal on it, so it couldn't be fake.
Such an ancient zither with a history would definitely fetch a sky-high price if it was auctioned!
Zhang Ningxue had coveted this zither for a long time. She had pestered the old man several times, but the old man refused to give it to her.
Saying that she wasn't good enough would only ruin the precious zither that had been passed down from her ancestors.
He didn't expect the old man to bring out the violin today. It seemed that he wanted a strange woman to play it.
Although the old man refused to give it to Zhang Ningxue, Zhang Ningxue was still his granddaughter. When the old man was 100 years old, the zither would still be hers.
After all, Zhang Ningxue's father was the best among his brothers. Although he rarely came to the countryside to see the elderly, he spent the most money to support them.
When the time came, it would be natural for Zhang Ningxue to take the zither.
Therefore, Zhang Ningxue, who had long regarded the zither as her own, naturally could not be as calm as Chen Yi's other cousins.
Other than shock, Zhang Ningxue was also furious.
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