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Chapter 2929 Guan Xiaoguan, go study hard!
Just as the two were chatting enthusiastically, Wang Xia and Guan Xiaoguan rode back together on their bicycles. As soon as she entered the yard, she saw Wang Yue and called out,
"Brother, Mom wants you to come home for dinner!"

Wang Yue turned around and saw Wang Xia and Guan Xiaoguan, each riding a women's multi-speed bicycle. Judging from the sweat on their foreheads, they had clearly ridden quite a bit.

Wang Yue smiled and said to Grandpa Guan, "Grandpa, I'll go back for dinner now and come back after get off work tomorrow."

Grandpa Guan simply waved his hand, then swayed back and forth in his chair as if he were asleep, his voice unusually lazy.

"You can stay here to eat tomorrow, instead of all of you having to rush back!"

Wang Yue wasn't embarrassed at all and immediately said with a smile, "Uncle Guan, are you really inviting me, or are you just pretending and asking me to treat you? I can let my sister go back first today, so I'll stay here for dinner."

Grandpa Guan never expected Wang Yue to be so shameless; he was practically comparable to Han Chunming!
However, Grandpa Guan felt that such a person was perfect for collecting antiques, since without enough shamelessness, one couldn't find a bargain.

If you rely solely on your financial resources to buy antiques, collecting them can truly bankrupt you.

As for the so-called "bargain hunting," it's nothing more than using one's skills and acting to get those who don't know the ropes to sell you their treasures.

To put it nicely, this is called finding a bargain; to put it bluntly, it's taking advantage of people's lack of knowledge about the market and then using deception and persuasive tactics to gain an unfair advantage.

Of course, there is also a way to make money from antiques by taking advantage of the other party's opportunity to farm.

However, such opportunities are extremely rare!

After all, anyone who sells antiques knows a little bit about them, and even if they're unsure, they'll ask a fellow dealer for help.

Only those who hold antiques but have no idea of ​​their value are the most easily deceived.

However, Grandpa Guan didn't care. He believed that even if he didn't take action, someone else would, just like if a gold ingot fell on the street, someone else would pick it up even if he didn't.

Grandpa Guan was kind enough to give an extra two yuan, so that the person who owns the antiques could at least make some money.

That's why Master Guan was very cautious when teaching his apprentices, always making sure to assess their character.

Han Chunming has been with Grandpa Guan for half the time. Grandpa Guan's only concern is that Han Chunming likes to take advantage of others, and he is worried that he will suffer a great loss.

Wang Yue's eye for antiques is quite good. Grandpa Guan thinks that if Wang Yue really likes antiques, he might take a different path from Han Chunming, which is to buy them directly with money, so that some people who own antiques can actually make some money.

Wang Yue didn't know what Grandpa Guan was thinking. After he went back, he told Grandpa Guan about his plan to learn about antiques.

In fact, many of the long-time residents of Hanjia Alley, or even the Eight Great Hutongs, know a thing or two about antiques and can have a lot to talk about when they chat.

So Wang Qingshan and his mother didn't have any objections after hearing this, they just told Wang Yue not to always go empty-handed.

Of course, Wang Yue didn't really come empty-handed; when he visited the house the next day after get off work, he brought a flask of wine.

Grandpa Guan didn't stand on ceremony with Wang Yue. Seeing that Wang Yue had bought some good wine, he prepared a few side dishes and invited Wang Yue to have a couple of drinks with him.

Wang Yue did not refuse, but before he could drink, Guan Xiaoguan and Wang Xia came over together.

The two little girls' eyes lit up when they saw the snacks Wang Yue and Grandpa Guan were drinking with.

Seeing this, Wang Yue smiled and said, "If you want to eat, sit down and eat with us. Why be so polite?"

Although Grandpa Guan lives separately from his son and daughter-in-law, he had guessed that his granddaughter would come, so he prepared quite a lot of food. He also spoke up.

"Yes, go get two more sets of bowls and chopsticks, Xiaoxia can stay and eat too."

Wang Xia looked at the delicious food on the table, couldn't help but swallow, glanced at Wang Yue, and then asked uncertainly, "Can I stay for dinner too?"

Wang Yue smiled and nodded, saying, "Just remember to wash the dishes later."

Wang Xia quickly sat down next to Wang Yue, then casually said, "No problem, I wash the dishes at home anyway."

She glared at Wang Yue and said with dissatisfaction, "You haven't helped me even once!"

Wang Yuecai didn't want to take the blame and didn't want to give others the impression that her parents favored boys over girls, so she directly explained more about her family situation.
"What are you saying? Before I went to the countryside as an educated youth, I was the one who helped a lot of the time. After I left, if you don't help, who will?"

Seeing Wang Yue say this, Wang Xia said angrily, "But after you came back, you didn't help me anymore."

Wang Yue said again, as if it were perfectly reasonable, "Look, since I came back, you're the only one who doesn't earn any money. You can't just sit around doing nothing; you have to do some work."

Wang Xia was once again rebuffed, so she could only pick up a piece of meat and chew it fiercely, as if she were taking a bite out of Wang Yue.

Guan Xiaoguan was immediately amused; she found it very entertaining to watch the brother and sister bickering. Even Old Man Guan noticed that the atmosphere had become more lively, no longer as dull as before.

After the group finished their meal chatting and laughing, Wang Xia took the initiative to wash the dishes. Guan Xiaoguan, being the lady of the house, naturally couldn't let Wang Xia do it alone, so the two young girls squeezed into the kitchen to get busy.

Wang Yue noticed their ages and remembered that they were both in their second year of high school, which at that time meant they were in their final year.

At this time of year, high school students are basically like sheep being let loose, with very few actually studying seriously.

After all, following a series of setbacks, many teachers and students no longer felt that studying was useful, since they would all eventually have to go to the countryside to become educated youth.

But Wang Yue knew things wouldn't stay this way forever. Thinking of the upcoming resumption of the college entrance examination, he suddenly said...
"Uncle Guan, do you have any old high school college entrance exam questions here?"

Grandpa Guan must have a sharp mind to collect so many antiques. He immediately realized that Wang Yue's words were probably not so simple, so he asked curiously,
"Why do you need the college entrance exam papers? Your sister is also in her second year of high school, are you preparing for her? Isn't the college entrance exam not allowed now?"

Wang Yue nodded, then shook his head and said, "I do have that idea, but I'm going to take a look myself, just in case it recovers this year."

After listening to this, Grandpa Guan thought it made a lot of sense, so he said to Wang Yue,

"Are you still going to study antiques? If you're going to read books, you won't have that much time, will you?"

After all, in Grandpa Guan's opinion, Wang Yue had to work during the day and come to study antiques at night, so how could he have time to look at high school textbooks?

After all, Wang Yue is just a junior high school graduate, so it's practically impossible for him to take the college entrance examination directly.

But Wang Yue smiled and said, "Uncle Guan, don't worry. I've been a sent-down youth for the past few years, and I've already studied all the junior and senior high school textbooks."

Moreover, I have a job, and even if I didn't need to take the college entrance exam, my job would be very easy.

I was thinking that if my sister and Xiao Guan could study hard, they could find an easy job if the college entrance examination were reinstated.

Even if the college entrance examination isn't reinstated, it's always good for them to read more books.

Grandpa Guan thought it made a lot of sense, but he was still thinking about his other apprentice, Han Chunming.

When Han Chunming was in junior high school, he started learning about antiques with Grandpa Guan. Grandpa Guan thought that a child wouldn't be able to keep it up, so he taught him a little. But he didn't expect that Han Chunming would stick with it and even stop going to school. That's why he didn't even graduate from junior high school.

You know, in the past, dealing with antiques was a real risky business, but Han Chunming persisted in learning from them, which is quite remarkable.

Later, when Han Chunming was sent to the countryside as an educated youth, Grandpa Guan thought that after he went to the countryside to work, Han Chunming would no longer study antiques.

To Grandpa Guan's surprise, Han Chunming continued to deal with antiques after arriving in the countryside, and even helped him buy some.

Moreover, Han Chunming was doing very well in the countryside, unlike other kids who couldn't make it in the department at all.

Grandpa Guan thought that if someone like Han Chunming really encountered the good thing of the resumption of the college entrance examination, he might do better in the future.

It wasn't that Grandpa Guan believed Wang Yue's words so much; it was just that old people like him understood that in the past, because there was no shortage of talent and not enough job positions, they didn't allow people to take the college entrance exam.

But now the situation is different. Even the initiative to send people to the countryside has been canceled. It's clear that they've recovered from that setback and now they need talent.

Grandpa Guan's idea was good, but Han Chunming might not be willing to accept it.

When Han Chunming came here to find Grandpa Guan, he happened to see Wang Yue chatting with Grandpa Guan while Wang Xia and Guan Xiaoguan were giving each other pointers on their studies.

Grandpa Guan then said to Han Chunming, "Chunming, I remember you didn't even graduate from junior high school, right? Why don't you learn from Xiao Guan and the others?"

Han Chunming shook his head vigorously, like a rattle-drum, and said very firmly,
"Sir, let's forget it. I'm fine with reading, but I get sleepy when you ask me to listen to lectures."

Grandpa Guan could tell that although Han Chunming spoke as if he were joking, he clearly didn't want to learn.

Grandpa Guan didn't press the matter further, but just sighed and said, "Just don't regret it later."

Han Chunming immediately and confidently said, "Whoever regrets it is a little dog."

Han Chunming made a very confident statement, but less than two months later, when the news came that the college entrance examination would begin in a month, Han Chunming really regretted it.

Actually, most people don't know about the college entrance exam. The problem is that Wang Yue keeps reminding Guan Xiaoguan and Wang Xia, so the two girls study very hard. But they are also worried that they are studying in vain, so they ask their teachers from time to time. Their teachers are so annoyed by the constant inquiries that they have also asked higher authorities. As a result, they actually received news that the exam might be reinstated.

(End of this chapter)