Rebirth 13, starting from the big demolition treasure hunt

Chapter 5 Red culture collection is currently hot
This is a two-story red brick house with two floors. The roof on the second floor is flat and covered with cement boards.

The stairs to the second floor are outside the house near the south wall.

The house looks very old, and the exterior wall is in its most original state. The red bricks are exposed on the surface without any painting.

This house was probably built in the 80s, almost 30 years ago.

Standing just now at the door of the house of a resident who had recently moved out, he had already seen the word "Demolish" written in red letters on the wall at the entrance of the house's yard.

The gate to the yard and the door and windows visible from the outside were all smashed out.

There were some broken bricks scattered on the ground near the gate.

I didn’t see the door, but it was probably an iron door. The bricks on both sides of the door were pried and smashed down. The demolition people must have taken it and sold it.

Standing in the yard, Wu Yuansheng glanced at the basic situation of the yard:

There is a kitchen built near a courtyard wall. This kitchen is a herringbone-shaped building with blue bricks and gray tiles.

Next to the kitchen is a small woodshed with some firewood piled in it.

There is also a stone grindstone, a large old whetstone, a laundry mallet, and a wooden washboard placed along the wall in the extra space where firewood is not piled.

There are two small men's and women's toilets and a shower room on the wall opposite the kitchen woodshed.

There is a not too big chun tree next to the toilet. There is also a large vat, some flower pots, and several slightly larger jars in the yard.

However, someone had smashed a big hole in the tank, probably by someone who demolished the house.

Some flower pots still had flowers planted in them, and some flower pots were also smashed.

There were some broken glass shards and some broken jars and jar fragments on the ground in the yard.

After seeing the basic situation in the yard, he began to search in the yard.

Among the flower pots, he found that one flower pot was made of very good material, made of purple sand, while the other flower pots were all made of pottery or ceramics.

This purple clay flowerpot is square and looks old.

Taking the flowerpot in his hand and looking at it, Wu Yuansheng saw some specks of sand on the surface of the flowerpot.

One of the four sides of the flowerpot depicts the scene of "Happy on a Branch", which is a magpie standing on a branch.

Two of the other three sides are engraved with text, and one side is engraved with bamboo patterns.

These words were written in Kuangcao font. Good Chinese characters were written in Kuangcao, and some of them he didn't recognize at all.

However, he could clearly see the date below, which was [-].

"Something from a special era!" he thought in his mind.

Generally, things from special eras are more valuable.

Based on what he learned when he came into contact with antiques in the past year and a half, he knew that treasure appraisal programs on TV have become very popular in recent years, and red cultural collections are currently popular.

Although some items were not very valuable, they were in great demand. Later, many folk museums with such themes were opened across the country.

And things from this special era are in greater demand in the antique market.

It is not like a few years from now when some things are easy to sell. Basically, as long as they are brought to the antique market, someone will buy them.

In recent years, due to the large-scale demolition and construction, people from all walks of life have made it easy to make money.If you have money, more people will be willing to buy and consume.

After a few years, more things will be demolished in the demolition area, and the same kind of things will be available in many places, and the prices will become cheaper.

Taking advantage of the current popularity, you can look for more things in the demolition area.

If you have something that can be sold at the right price, try to sell it as early as possible.

Don’t be reluctant to sell, and don’t think that things will become more valuable the longer you keep them.

Many times, the more things are stored, the less valuable they become.

These are some of the actual conditions in the collecting circle that he has learned over the past year and a half.

Of course, I'm talking about ordinary things here, some really good things, which are worth money at any time.

Afraid that the flowerpot might be incomplete or damaged, he checked the flowerpot again and found it to be intact.

There was some soil in the flowerpot. Wu Yuansheng found a small stick that looked useful in the firewood pile beside the courtyard wall, and took out all the soil inside.

Taking this small flowerpot, he searched again in the yard. After finding nothing else of value, he walked into the kitchen.

What came into view was an earthen stove about 1.2 meters high. The stove was empty, and the two iron pots on it had been taken away.

Connected to the stove and at right angles to it is a table for cooking and placing things. The table has two layers, upper and lower, and is covered with white ceramic tiles.There are some bottles, oil and salt jars, cutting boards and other things on the upper floor.

There are some bowls, soup pots, pottery basins and other utensils on the lower floor.

There is an old cabinet next to the desk. The cabinet looks to be made of solid wood and has been around for some time.

There are also some things hanging on the wall of the kitchen, such as dried corn leaves, dried chili peppers, dried garlic lumps, dishpans for washing vegetables, rags, etc.

There are a few old side chairs, a small solid wood table and other furniture on the ground.

Wu Yuansheng put the purple sand flower pot on the table, and then began to look for valuable things in the kitchen that could be exchanged for money directly at the antique market.

Among the objects on the upper and lower floors of the desk, he carefully checked and found that there was only a small jar available.

As for the other bowls and jars, although you can take them back and use them yourself, if you sell them to people who collect antiques, they will definitely not want them.

This small jar is porcelain sauce color. The round jar has a cow-nose lid. The jar looks like it was from around the 50s.

Wu Yuansheng opened the lid of the jar and took a look and found that there was still some oil inside. It seemed that the jar was filled with oil.

In addition to the oil, he saw a small spoon inside. The spoon was bronze, and it looked like it was made of copper.

Taking the spoon out of the oil can and looking at it carefully, he found that the handle of the copper spoon was like a twist, and the tail of the spoon was also engraved with auspicious patterns.

This spoon looks old at first glance.

Taking off a rag from the kitchen wall, Wu Yuansheng wiped the copper spoon first, then he took the oil can to the position in front of the stove where the pot was placed, and poured the oil into the stove.

After wiping the oil in the oil can with a rag, he put the copper spoon back into the oil can, put the cow nose lid back on, and then put the can on the small table in the middle of the kitchen.

After looking at the things on the kitchen counter, he opened the cabinet next to him and continued to look for valuable things in the cabinet.

This solid wood cabinet has three layers: upper, middle and lower.

The upper and lower floors each have a double-open cabinet door, and the middle floor has two drawers.

Wu Yuansheng first opened the double-open cabinet door above. After opening the cabinet door, he found that there were three layers inside.

Among the things placed on the upper floor are some plates for serving vegetables, glass jars, and large soup bowls for serving soup.

In the middle are some enamel cups, enamel rice jars, enamel plates, wooden spoons for serving rice, and a rolling pin.

On the lower floor are some wine glasses for drinking and some porcelain spoons. These wine glasses are either glass or porcelain.

He carefully checked everything inside the cabinet door and found two enamel supplies with good themes and pictures.

One is an enameled plate with a torch painted on its face.

It says "A single spark can start a prairie fire!" and the bottom of the plate is printed with the words "State-owned XX Enamel Factory, 1969".

The other is an enamel cup with a pattern on the surface of a soldier wearing a green military uniform.

There are also several lines written on the surface of the enamel cup: "I will not offend others unless they offend me", "If someone offends me, I will offend them"!
The base of this enamel cup is printed with the words "XX Enamel Factory, 1970".

It can be seen from the base models of the two enamel products that they are items from a special period.

Don't underestimate these two enamel daily necessities. In the eyes of ordinary people, they may think they are outdated items and they will not want them if they see them.

But when you get to the antique city, the bosses who collect red culture will rush to buy them in the past two years.

Wu Yuansheng put away the two enamel cups and put them on the small table in the middle of the kitchen.

Then he opened the two middle drawers of the old cabinet.

Some seasonings such as peppercorns, cinnamon, and star anise packed in convenience bags are placed in the drawer. Of course, in addition to seasonings, there are also some noodles, dried fungus, vermicelli, dried mushrooms and other edible items placed inside.

Seeing that there was nothing he wanted in the drawer, he opened the double doors below.

As soon as the cabinet door opened, his eyes lit up.

A colorful porcelain winter melon jar appeared in front of him.I saw the picture of "Eastern Red Tiananmen" painted on the surface of the jar.

Picking up the jar and looking at it, he found that part of the lid on the jar had been broken off.

If you sell it, having this lid is worse than not having it. If the lid is broken, people will pick on it and deliberately lower the price.

When selling jars, he would definitely not bring this lid with him.

Except for the lid, everything else is intact.

Wu Yuansheng placed the jar on the small table in the middle of the kitchen.

(End of this chapter)