Thank you for the reward from Jie Cuo Ren and Nan Zhong Hai warriors, thank you for giving Xiaobu a lot of support, thank you!

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  "You're going too? Great! Today, you and I will make that old man go bankrupt!"

  As he spoke, He Chang and pulled He Lanruo out of the house.

  Chang Tai hung up the phone and muttered to himself: "That kid is not bad, he promised not to tell that old man, and indeed he didn't."

  He didn't believe a word He Gan said about Lin Yue's lack of interest in carving, because the other party never told him a single truth. Things that weren't true were said to be true, things that didn't exist were said to exist, and something with only a little value was exaggerated to be extremely valuable.

  However, He Chang believed that sentence "This month he followed me every day to learn ceramics" a bit, since he spent a month learning ceramic appraisal, the incense burner should have been left behind. But nothing can be taken for granted, let's take another look when the kid comes today, if it really doesn't work at all, then consider it. The kid's character was so highly praised by He Lao that it must be absolutely good, but virtue comes first in taking disciples, however, there are many people with good virtues, and not all of them can be taken as disciples. On the other hand, it's probably hard to find someone who is both virtuous and likes carving.

  He originally set the exam question to test whether Lin Yue was sincere. If he went home and practiced diligently, it didn't matter if he missed a few or even one, as long as he came back after a month, he would accept him as an apprentice. However, He Changhe's words changed his mind, making him realize that Lin Yue wasn't just interested in carving, but also had other pursuits, which was a taboo for learning a craft. If Lin Yue performed poorly when he came, he would let He Changhe have him. But if he did well and could hit one or two roots, he would fight to the death with He Changhe for this apprentice. Apprentices were easy to find, but those worthy of passing on the mantle weren't easily found.

  Right, can't let it go!

  Chang Tai made up his mind.

  At this time, he heard his door ring, and he smiled slightly, knowing that it was his disciple Li Qingmeng who had come. Li Qingmeng's diligence made Chang Tai very pleased, as there were not many young people like her who were willing to learn, especially since she was a girl, and it was even more difficult for her to have this kind of heart and endure this kind of hardship.

  However, female disciples are not suitable for carving, but suitable for design.

  Before long, He Chang and He Lanruo arrived at the door of Chang Tai's house, still opened by Li Qingmeng.

  "Hello, Dream!" He Lanruo smiled sweetly and greeted as soon as she saw Li Qingmeng.

  "Hello, Yueyue." Li Qingmeng's face lit up with a smile as soon as she saw He Lanrue, like the gentle blooming of spring flowers, making He Lanrue and He Changhe suddenly feel the warmth of spring, as if they were basking in the spring breeze.

  "Big sister Qingmei smiles so beautifully." He Lanyue walked up and hugged Li Qingmei's arm, acting coquettishly.

  He Changhe and He Lanruo accompanied Li Qingmeng, while he directly walked into the house and shouted loudly as soon as he entered: "Old Chang, where are you?"

  Upon hearing He Changhe's shout, He Lanyu and Li Qingmeng exchanged a smile, and He Lanyu couldn't help but stick out her tongue playfully.

  "Study." Chang Tai's lazy voice echoed out of the study.

  "Speak up, what did you call me here for?" He Chang walked into Chang Tai's study and directly pulled out a chair to sit on.

  "Can't you just call me over for nothing? Don't forget, we're old friends of many years." Chang Tai was completely unbothered by He Changhe's attitude of not treating him like an outsider.

  "Cut the nonsense, what's the point? I gathered from your tone over the phone that you want to poach my disciple. Don't worry, you won't be able to." He Chang was quite confident in himself.

  "That's not necessarily true, don't forget that last time you brought that kid to learn carving, it means he is still very interested in carving." Chang Tai smiled slightly and sat steadily on the fishing platform.

  He Chang and Gang wanted to refute, suddenly came back to taste, angrily staring at Chang Tai: "Good, so you really want to rob me of my apprentice! I knew you old man had no good intentions!"

  "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, after all these years I thought that collecting stones and ceramics would have improved your temper, but it seems your temper is still so impatient. It looks like the saying 'three years old to see big' is true, when I was young I always felt that you were not someone who could calm down."

  "Hum! You think you're so big at three? When I was three, you were still following me around with a runny nose. I thought you were a bad egg even back then. Otherwise, how could you still be wetting your pants at two?"

  When He Chang and Jie exposed his shortcoming, Chang Tai's old face turned red, and he immediately said angrily: "You're not much better, you stole someone else's pumpkin and were found at home, but you said I was the one who stole it. As a result, my dad beat me up."

  He Chang glared at him and said, "You still have the nerve to say this. You're the one who said you liked to eat sweet potatoes, so I went to steal some for you. Of course, you ate the most, now you want me to take the blame for you?"

  When He Chang heard this, Chang Tai became even more unwilling and angrily said: "What do you mean I ate a lot? More than half of it was eaten by you, and the remaining one that didn't taste good was given to me! It was clear that you were saying in front of me how delicious the calabaza was, and I couldn't resist the temptation to let you steal some. Later, I realized that the desire to eat was yours, but you made me take the blame!"

  Two nearly seventy-year-old white-haired old men who were about to hold their great-grandchildren blushed and argued over childhood matters, with a high possibility of escalating into physical confrontation.

  He Lan and Li Qingmeng, who were chatting in the living room, couldn't help but burst out laughing at the sound of the two old men arguing inside, their faces flushed with mirth.

  Listening to her grandfather's childhood anecdotes, He Lanruo's eyes kept rolling around, as if she was plotting something.

  He Lanrue's arrival made Li Qingmeng very happy, with a smile that lasted for several minutes, more than he had in the past week. To men, He Lanrue was like ten little devils, but to women, she was a complete delight.

  The war of words in the study finally did not escalate into a physical fight, and the two parched individuals stopped, staring at each other with wide eyes. If looks could kill, these two old men would have been riddled with holes long ago.

  Chang Tai finally thought of something to ease the tension, saying: "Alright, you must not have eaten when you came to my house this morning. After talking for so long, you must be starving by now. Go to the kitchen and make some food for me to eat."

  "For you? You're dreaming! But you woke me up from my bed, and even brought my precious granddaughter along. She's only eaten half her meal, so even if you won't cook for me, you have to cook for her, right?" He Chang looked at Chang Tai with a smug expression, as if saying "you're done for".

  "Yuanyuan is here? You didn't tell me earlier. If I had known she was coming, I wouldn't have wasted so much time talking nonsense with you."

  As he spoke, Chang Tai hastily got up and walked out of the house.