My Wife Is My Life!

While waiting, Vana and Vivian heard the sound of something heavy falling from the back of the arched door and the cries of the old man. After a while, the old man finally walked out of the arched door, covered in dust.

His hair was completely white. It seemed that behind the arched door was the grocery. The old man must have hidden the treasures that he had collected, so he looked for them for a long time.

At this time, the old man was holding a lot of things in his hands, including the ancient bamboo slips, some metal containers, and small and exquisite bronze vessels.

Vana and Vivian hurried to look around the messy things. Finally, the old man muttered, "Stay away from me. These are all my treasures. You can't afford to pay for them if you break them." The treasures were held together in such a chaotic way. This old man was really careless.

Although Vana and Vivian were shocked by the old man's attitude, they could see that those things were really precious.

The mark on the bamboo slip was gradually broken, and some of the marks were even incomplete because it had been preserved for a long time. At this time, the bamboo slips seemed to be about to be broken, and it was hanging on the small bronze vessel.

Vana was eager to help put away the bamboo slips, but the old man was so stingy. He shook his shoulders and left Vana.

It was not until then that Vana and Vivian realized that this old man must be a real rich man.

But they didn't expect that this rich man was an elder, which was a little different from their imagination.

Soon, the old man found a counter, which was behind the bottles and jars. Among all kinds of antiques piled up, the old man put the treasures he had just found on the counter.

Vana and Vivian hurried across the crowded floor on tiptoe. As soon as they got there, the old man used a duster to dust off the dust, and the air instantly became turbid.

After coughing for a long time, Vana and Vivian fanned the air in front of them and continued to look at the old man. The old man was fiddling with his antiques and was unwilling to let go of them. He carefully rolled up the bamboo slips and opened them from right to left on the counter. Then he said lightly, "Do you know what period it is from?"

Vana and Vivian had been staring at the characters for a long time. Some of the characters were like bronze vessels, and some were like swords and halberds. They really didn't know what period the writing it was from.

Seeing that Vana and Vivian were silent, the old man smiled complacently. "This is a copy from the Spring and Autumn Period."

"What?"

Both Vana and Vivian found it incredible. If this was a copy from the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was carved on the bamboo slip, it meant that this bamboo slip had been preserved for a long time. The old man continued, "It's a weird story, which can be regarded as the kind of novels nowadays. Perhaps it is because the content is very attractive, so people have these copies." Vana was immediately interested, "Do you know what kind of weird story it is?"

The old man smiled mysteriously again. Then he looked at Vana, "I've studied these for most of my life. Although I'm not proficient in them, I must have gained something. In addition, when I was young, I traveled a lot and found some experts in relevant areas. Of course I know what it is."

Vivian couldn't help but be shocked and urged, "Then can you tell us what it is?"

The old man continued, "I heard that during the Spring and Autumn Period, at the riverside of the State of Qin, which is now a small town in northern Sichuan of H Country, people worked hard and lived a happy life. One day, a hunter came back from hunting and found that all the people in the village were missing. He was worried about what happened, so he went out along the road out of the village.

All of a sudden, the road in front of him became an illusion. It was foggy everywhere, and the plants around him began to grow quickly. The vines slowly turned into snakes that wrapped around his feet, and the leaves curled up like bugs and slipped into his clothes, scurrying around his skin.

The hunter thought something was wrong, so he shouted for help. Then thick smoke rose from the ground. He struggled to open his eyes and saw a scene that shocked him. It turned out that there was a black dragon in front of him. Its eyes were like bells, and its feet were as strong as cattle's. Its body was like that of a horse, and its tail was very short. The dragon looked very strange.

The black dragon heard the cry for help from the hunter, so it saved the hunter and rescued him from the illusion. After the hunter came out of the illusion, the black dragon disappeared. This is all the contents of this bamboo slip. Although the part about how the hunter entered the illusion was broken, several old friends and I still managed to make up this part."

It seemed that the story made up by people who were curious about the dragon at that time. And that was really a strange story.

After listening to this story, both Vana and Vivian sighed. Then, Vivian looked at the items on the counter and pointed at a baby-shaped object, which was the size of a hand. "Then, what is this?" The old man immediately looked at the thing that Vivian pointed at, and then picked it up and played with it for a long time. Then he said, "Have you ever heard of the baby pillow?"

Vana was a little confused, but Vivian immediately said, "I know that the baby pillow was developed in the early stage of Shang Dynasty. Generally, the baby pillow is made of porcelain, but this kind of antique is rarely preserved in good condition. I wonder if this is a product of that period."

The old man looked at Vivian with appreciation and nodded. He said, "Because of the rise of the baby pillow, all kinds of baby-shaped toys gradually appeared at that time. The toy in my hand, called the warm baby, is used by the rich women to play and warm in winter. As long as you pour some hot water into it, it'll keep you warm for a long time. Of course, there are many types of baby-shaped toys, such as tables, lamp seats, ornaments in boudoirs and so on. Most of them are loved by women. In order to give birth to their children, some women will even specially ask people to make such things on the bed."

Vana and Vivian were amazed by what they heard. They almost admired the ideas of the ancient people.

After looking at so many things, Vana and Vivian were only interested in the things the old man took out later. At the request of Vana and Vivian, the old man told them the origin of the small bronze vessel, the ink pad, the wood pad and other items.