Rebirth 13, starting from the big demolition treasure hunt

Chapter 56
He had just arrived at the door of the household on his electric tricycle and was about to ride the bike through the gate when his cell phone rang.

After looking at it, he saw that it was the old Wu who sold him old wine. He answered the phone:

"Boss Xiao Wu, when Lao Wang and I were demolishing an old house, we found a bamboo sculpture from the ceiling. It looked like an eagle and had words written on it. Do you want it?"

Old Wu said directly after he answered the phone.

Lao Wang's voice can still be heard on the other side of the phone. He seems to be saying something like "a journey of thousands of miles, what age or something."

"Where are you? Let me come over and take a look first!"

Wu Yuansheng didn't know the specific condition of the bamboo carving, whether it was damaged or not, and when it was made.

When buying something, you can only judge its value after seeing the actual object.

"Here at Ermi Factory, you walk along the pawnshop street. When you get to the gate of Ermi Factory, call me and we'll come over." Old Wu said again.

When he was looking at the demolition area of ​​the Ermi Factory, he walked past it and it was less than 200 meters away from his current location.

"Come here now, I happen to be nearby, I'll be there in 2 minutes!"

"Okay! Lao Wang, let's pack this thing up and take it over now."

After Lao Wu hung up the phone, the next words were not meant for him.

It seems that we can’t dig up these Polygonum multiflorum for the time being.

Putting away the phone, he rode a tricycle and walked directly to Ermi Factory.

When Wu Yuansheng arrived, Lao Wu and Lao Wang had not arrived yet. After waiting for 2 minutes, they came over with bags.

The bags they were carrying looked different. The one Lao Wang was carrying seemed to have a thick section of bamboo, and a large part of it was exposed from the mouth of the snakeskin bag.

Lao Wu mentioned it and it looked heavy.

"Come on, let's go look inside the house of the residents who have moved over there! There are many people coming and going here, so it's not good to see it.

Maybe there are elderly people nearby who know who owns this bamboo carving.You should understand what I’m saying! "

Lao Wang walked to Wu Yuansheng and said to him.

What he said makes sense. After all, it is really not good for more people to see it. Even if the demolition households have moved away and don’t want their things anymore, and they have picked up and missed them, the less people know about it, the better!

Make a fortune in silence!

Lao Wu and Lao Wang demolish other people's houses here every day. Over time, many people from the surrounding residents will know them.

When they sell things, they must be as secretive as possible!

"Of course I understand!"

As he spoke, he followed them to the nearby house where the doors and windows had been smashed and the residents had moved out.

This house is a two-room, three-story red brick house that looks to be 40 or [-] years old.

The interior has been newly renovated, probably to earn renovation fees. The walls inside the house are covered with solid wood cabinets everywhere.

"Let's go to the second floor!" Lao Wang said again as soon as he walked into the house.

The three of them then went up to the second floor.

Once you reach the second floor, you won't be afraid of being seen by others.

"Take a look at this bamboo eagle sculpture first!"

When the two of them took out the items from the snakeskin bag and placed them on the floor of the room, Old Wu said to him.

The snakeskin bag that Lao Wang was holding just now contained only a very thick piece of bamboo with a diameter of about 20 centimeters and a height of about 1 meters.

One end of the bamboo is very round and regular, and the other end is carved with the head, body, tail and other parts of the eagle.

They are a whole, and the places where the head, body and tail are carved should be bamboo roots.

This was the first time he had seen such thick and thick bamboo. The surface of the bamboo was golden yellow, with dots of sand-like patterns on the surface.

On the middle and upper position of the bamboo, close to the head, there are carved the words "Pengcheng thousands of miles, the ninth day of the seventh month of the Jiaxu year, Lengzhou."

"These two wings and this wooden base are made of thick bamboo. Press the wings and put them on the base, and it can stand!" Lao Wu pointed to the two bamboo carved wings on the ground. A round, thick tree trunk with a diameter of about 40 centimeters and a height of about 20 centimeters said to Wu Yuansheng.

Wu Yuansheng picked up the wings and looked at them, and found that the wings were carved according to the curvature of the bamboo trunk.

After taking a look at the round piece of wood, he didn't see what kind of wood it was. He picked it up and tested the weight. Suddenly he felt it was very heavy. Just such a piece weighed forty or fifty kilograms.

He looked carefully at the color of the wood. It was dark brown and the wood was very dense. He suddenly remembered that he had seen a plane made of this kind of wood. The plane was made of ironwood.

"Do you know what kind of wood this is? Isn't it very heavy?" Lao Wang said to him after watching him try the wood.

"I know, it's made of ironwood. This wood is used to make some tools, and it's not very expensive."

No matter how valuable something is, he can't tell them it's valuable. If that's the case, how can he buy things and lower the price?

This iron wood is an old wood, which can be considered as a collector's item and of very good quality.

After attaching the wings and placing it on the seat, Wu Yuansheng took a look at the eagle and felt that it had been carved very sharply, fiercely and delicately!

He carefully inspected the entire bamboo sculpture and found no major defects or damage. Even if there was a small bump, it was very subtle and had little impact.

Judging from the words "Jiaxu Year" just written on the bamboo surface, this bamboo eagle sculpture with "a journey of thousands of miles" is at least several decades old.

"How much do you plan to sell it for?" After seeing this bamboo sculpture, he began to ask about the price.

"It must be worth hundreds of dollars! If you ask someone to carve such a big object now, they won't help you carve it if you don't have thousands of dollars, not to mention it costs money to buy materials!" Lao Wang said.

"Yes! We won't ask you for more. You give us 600 yuan and you take this thing." Old Wu also said.

"Okay, then it's 600 yuan, I want it!"

He didn't bargain. For such a large piece of material, hand-carving, and ironwood base, the material cost alone was more than 600 yuan.

After paying the money, he was about to remove the wings and reinstall them. When he saw the snakeskin bag beside Lao Wu, he found that there were still some things in his bag.

"Old Wu, what else is in your bag? Why don't you take it out and take a look?"

Out of curiosity, he asked.

"It's a good thing, you'll know after you see it for yourself! But you definitely won't want this, and we don't plan to sell it!"

Old Wu said to him with a somewhat mysterious look.

It's a good thing, but I don't want it yet, and they don't plan to sell it.What it is?He became more curious.

Since he was allowed to see it, he had no reason to hesitate, so he just took his snakeskin bag over.

Opening the bag, he found that there was an old canvas handbag inside, and the things were packed in the canvas bag.

Taking out the bag, he looked at the contents.

Now he finally understood what Lao Wu meant.

"How is it? Is it a good thing? If you are a man, you will like to see it!" Old Wu said again, as if you must also like to see it.

"It's not suitable for children. Xiao Wu hasn't found a girlfriend yet, so it's not suitable to watch this. Let's take it and go! There are still two windows in that house that haven't been demolished. Go there early to complete the task, lest the boss comes over and accuses us of being lazy. !”

Lao Wang said to Lao Wu, and after saying that, he turned around and went downstairs to leave.

"Let's go. I'll call you next time I get something!"

When Lao Wu picked up the old canvas bag and left with him, he also said to him.

What he saw just now in their old canvas handbag were several books, such as "Man and Nature", "In the Mood for Love", "Nude Photography", etc.

There are also some discs with Japanese words written on them and the images are "island action movies".

These two items are not serious. I guess I saw these things in the house of the demolition households and took them out separately, intending to take them back and study them carefully.

When they installed the bamboo sculpture before, they did not wrap it in newspapers. When Wu Yuansheng installed it again, he found some newspapers and wool from the house of the relocated household and rewrapped them to protect them.

Looking at the words "Leng Zhou in the year of Jiaxu" on the bamboo carving, he guessed that "Leng Zhou" should be the person who carved the bamboo carving of "Peng Cheng Wanli".

(End of this chapter)