Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 718 Source
"Actually, if your great-grandmother still has something from France, I'm willing to buy it at a reasonable price." After completing the transaction, Liang En said with a smile, "You know that some things can look worthless , but is actually quite valuable."

"If that's the case, you can visit my house." After hearing Liang En's words, the young man quickly invited Liang En. "My home is on this street, and the bar owner knows that I will wait for you at home." After finishing speaking, hmm them.

After the boy left, Liang En and the others quickly came to the bar counter of the bar and asked the boss about the specific situation of the boy named Lumbalin, and got more information.

According to the bar owner, the boy's father, named Lumbalin, died of illness early on.And his mother lost a leg when she stepped on a land mine in the country.So I can only feed three people here by doing zero.

"Blessed by the Buddha, although Lumbalin's mother has a disabled leg, she found a cleaning job here, and her son usually does odd jobs nearby, so the family can still survive here."

The bar owner put his hands together when he said this.After confirming the situation, Liang En and the others quickly finished their meal before preparing dinner, and then went to the home of the Lumbalin at the end of the street together.

Although this street is the most prosperous street in the whole city, the quality of the buildings is actually very average.To give the simplest example, the best rooms here are made of red bricks plus cement prefabricated panels.

As for the quality of the rooms that ordinary people live in behind the two ends of the street, there is no need to mention the quality of the rooms. Basically, all the houses are built of wood and iron sheets, which look very simple.

The Lumbalin's house that Liang En and the others are looking for is located in a tin house at the end of the whole street. When Liang En and Joan of Arc came to the door of their house, they happened to see the Lumbalin family having dinner.

"Sir, you're here." Lumbalin stood up and greeted Liang En.After seeing Liang En's arrival, the family of three were obviously a little shocked, because in their opinion, people like Liang En and the others should not appear in this place.

Soon, Lumbalin brought Liang En and the others into the room, then dragged out a box from under the bed and placed it in front of Liang En and the others.

"This is what my great-grandmothers brought from France, and basically everything is here. Everything in it is brought from France by my great-grandmother. As for the price, you can give it to me, because we don't know what's inside. come out."

"Okay, you can eat first." After moving the box out, Liang En and Joan of Arc each took a piece of torn newspaper and put it on the next step, then sat on the ground, then flipped through the contents of the box. thing.

The things in the box are basically common things, basically all European items in the 18th and 19th centuries, and most of them came from France.

"Why do you still have things like folding fans, parasol handles, and whalebone skirts in your house?" After opening a box above, Liang En frowned as he looked at the contents.

Because these things have no value at all to ordinary people, it is a bit strange for the person who went to France to earn money to support his family to come back with these things.

Because although the price of these things is not low, if you want to realize it, it is not a good choice in the past or today. It is not normal for a person who is eager to make money to own these things.

"My great-grandmother started as a maid in France, and later became the head maid." Lumbalin put the finished rice bowl aside, and then said. "It turned out that they happened to encounter World War II at that time."

"Her owner and his wife were Jewish bankers, so they were persecuted during World War II. In the chaos at that time, my great-grandmother successfully helped his family of four escape."

"We don't know exactly what happened here. The only thing we know is that my great-grandmother helped these Jews escape the massacre in those years until the end of World War II."

"Because of the psychological shadow left by World War II and the changes in the world situation, this French family finally left France and went to the United States, and this box contains the things they gave to my great-grandmother before they left."

"And when my great-grandmother came back, she got married soon, and then had our grandfather. In the process, all the things that could be sold were basically sold, and only those that could not be sold were left. Things remain to this day."

"So that's the case, then everything can make sense." Hearing this, Liang En nodded, because if it was for this reason, then it is very reasonable for these things to appear in Cambodia, which is far away from Europe.

After all, at that time Cambodia was part of the Indochina Federation, a French colony, so naturally many people here went to work in Europe, and some of them naturally got opportunities that others did not have because of better luck.

According to Lombardin, in addition to giving his great-grandmother a sum of money, the group of French people also allowed his great-grandmother to take away things they didn't want in the room.

So that's why the things in the box looked messy, because it was something that the banker of that family didn't want before he went to the United States, so the things left behind were naturally very messy.

Great-grandmother Lumbalin, who came out of poverty, naturally refused to give up anything of value, so she brought back all the things that already belonged to her when she returned home.

Although they sold most of the things in the box for their daily needs in the following days, there are still a lot of things left today, that is, Liang En and the others saw these things.

It's just that a lot of things have been sold decades ago, so what remains today are basically scattered and not very valuable things.

As for the original brooch that was originally surrounded by gold, it is a pity that the surrounding gold border was cut off and melted to raise medical expenses for Lumbalin's grandfather.

After all, the situation in that era was too tense. It is completely understandable for an ordinary family to take out some gold from the bottom of the box to treat illnesses, but a piece of exquisitely made jewelry is a bit too eye-catching and may cause unpredictable as a result of.

This is of course a very unfortunate thing.Because if the brooch is intact, it can be sold for about 15000 US dollars, but if there is not even half of it, it may be only 1/10 of the price.

But then again, this kind of regret is only a regret now. If they hadn't done that in the past, there would be no present for the Lumbalin family.

Fortunately, these things are not without any valuable things. For example, the umbrella handle of the previous foreign umbrella was made of ivory.

Considering that any ivory trade is now illegal, legal ivory like this is naturally more valuable.Even if this ivory part is the size of a gadget at best.

In addition, another valuable thing is a coin-sized silver badge. By identifying the Latin words on it, Liang En confirmed that it was a silver pilgrim badge from the Shrine of Our Lady of Hall in Belgium.

The circulation of this kind of thing was not small back then, but not many of them can be kept intact after so many years, and they have a certain collection value, and they can also be added to new jewelry.

(End of this chapter)