Hearing her husband's words, Ye Xiao'e, who was cooking, stuck her head out of the kitchen with an apron and looked at her husband. Her face was filled with doubt.
"I don't know either. It was like this when I returned. Those who didn't speak much in the past always took the initiative to speak to me. I was just wondering what was going on."
Putting the briefcase in his hand on the shoe cabinet, Father Lin went into the kitchen and chatted about this as he helped Mother Lin.
However, after chatting for a while, the two of them did not understand what was going on.
As for Lin Yi, he was busy at the desk in his room.
On the desk, there was a large pile and a few small piles of various porcelain fragments. What Lin Yi was doing was looking for porcelain fragments from the same period.
However, a few hours had passed since he returned, but Lin Yi could only pick out all the blue and white flower fragments.
As for whether it was a blue and white flower of the same era or not, he did not know.
However, even so, Lin Yi was still exhausted. The main thing was that some of the porcelain pieces were fully white and no patterns could be seen.
Therefore, Lin Yi could not tell what it was.
"Damn! This is not human work!"
In particular, after throwing the grayish-white porcelain piece aside angrily, Lin Yi could not help but stop what he was doing.
He rubbed his aching head and muttered angrily.
At this moment, Lin Yi's door was pushed open from the outside. In the next moment, his father walked in.
"What are you doing? There's no movement at all. Your mother and I thought you were asleep. Is this studying? Why are you cramming now when it's too late? Sigh, don't learn first. Come out and eat quickly, eh?? What's this on your table? Porcelain fragments? Where did you get so many porcelain fragments??"
Originally, when he came in and saw Lin Yi sitting at the desk, he thought that this brat was making the best use of his time to study. He did not expect that when he walked in, he would discover that this kid was actually fiddling with porcelain pieces. Immediately, Father Lin was speechless.
No wonder this kid could not be so hardworking. It seemed that he was tinkering with this thing.
"Eh? That's not right. Don't you hate this thing the most? In the past, every time I asked you to go to the antique city, you were unwilling?"
When Lin Yi saw that his father had discovered it, he smiled awkwardly.
"Sigh, I'm just thinking that such a hobby should be inherited, right? Hehe, it just so happens that you can show me. I've been studying it for a long time but haven't understood these things. You're an 'expert' in this aspect, so this definitely won't stump you, my father."
He had originally only said this, but suddenly, Lin Yi's eyes lit up. It was fine if he could not tell. His father, an expert in porcelain fragments for more than ten years, was here.
With his father's help, wouldn't it be easy to categorize these simple porcelain pieces?
As expected, after hearing Lin Yi's flattery and the attraction of these porcelain fragments, his father immediately walked to the desk and lowered his head to look.
"Sigh, at least you have some judgment. You know my attainments in this aspect. It's not that I'm bragging, but with my attainments, I'm definitely not bad compared to those so-called experts!"
At this point, Father Lin paused for a moment and sighed.
"Sigh, but what a pity. The box of Yuanqing Flower Vase fragments that I obtained with great difficulty was hidden by your mother the day before yesterday. Otherwise, I'll let you see what a good thing is!"
At this point, Father Lin had already taken out a pair of white gloves from the pocket of his pajamas and put them on.
Just from the professionalism of putting gloves in these pajamas, it was obvious how obsessed Father Lin was.
However, what he said made Lin Yi laugh awkwardly.
That box of Yuanqing Flower Vase fragments was not hidden by his mother, but taken by his system…
Of course, since his mother was taking the blame for him, Lin Yi heaved a sigh of relief.
In any case, as long as he did not drink too much, Old Lin would definitely not dare to find trouble with Empress Dowager Ye.
Bang!
Just as Lin Yi was secretly laughing in his mind, he suddenly felt a headache coming on. It immediately hurt so much that Lin Yi grimaced.
However, before he could speak, he heard his father reprimand him in a disappointed voice.
"Kid, can't you learn something useful? What are you doing? Where's the classification?"
Looking at his father's posture of wanting to hit someone, Lin Yi resisted the urge to summon Empress Dowager Ye for help. Instead, he rubbed the back of his head in grievance and said, "Oh, Dad, I'm about to take the college entrance examination. If I don't get good results, it'll be because of you! The patterns of the same color are all placed together. Isn't my classification quite good? Is there a problem?"
Father Lin was completely speechless when he heard this. He reached out and casually picked up five fragments of different sizes from the pile that Lin Yi had already separated.
"This is what you separated? It's pointless! Not to mention anything else, just the colors and patterns don't match. There's also this. It's obvious at a glance that it's from the Qing Dynasty. There's also this and these two. It's obvious at a glance that they're from the previous century."
At this point, Father Lin reached out and took out three of the items from the previous century. He pointed at a larger porcelain piece and said, "Then, look at this. With the curve of this fragment and the pattern that leaked out, it's obvious that it's a large bottle or something. The remaining two look like small bowls and plates!"
Hearing his father's explanation, Lin Yi was dumbfounded. At the same time, he secretly regretted it. He was really stupid to have wasted an afternoon!
If he had known earlier, he would have directly given these two bags of porcelain fragments to his father to categorize. Sigh, he had miscalculated!
However, although he sighed in his mind, he could not help but give his father a thumbs up. Then, he said with admiration, "Heh, an expert is truly an expert. I knew my father is an expert in this aspect. You live up to your reputation! Sigh, it seems that I still have a lot to learn. However, I've also decided that I'll seriously observe how you differentiate these porcelain pieces tonight!"
Although he knew that his son was fooling him, Father Lin still enjoyed it. He chuckled and patted Lin Yi's shoulder.
"Yes, the studious child is worth teaching. Eh? That's not right, brat. Are you scheming against your father to work for nothing?"
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