Great Power Army Reclamation

Chapter 408 A prudent old man

After returning from dinner, Ye Yuze drank tea with Mr. Zheng as usual, while Laorou and Na Wu continued to play with the rags until twelve o'clock in the evening. Mr. Zheng couldn't bear to go back to sleep, and Na Wu followed him to say goodbye.

It was getting so late, so Ye Yuze naturally didn't dare to let them leave by themselves. Mr. Zheng was easy to say, and he would be home as soon as he left the courtyard. But that fifth master Ye Yuze really doesn’t know where he lives? I'm going to drive.

Na Wu waved his hand: "I'm in the alley next to you, you don't need to send me away." After saying that, he stepped forward and walked away by himself.

Ye Yuze couldn't rest assured, so he and Lao Rou helped him back. It was said to be the alley next to them, but this alley was separated from them by a road, and the alley was very narrow. When a three-wheeler approached, people on the other side would probably have to cling to the wall to avoid it.

The doors of those five houses are not small, but very shabby. And the door was open. Ye Yuze was wondering why no one at home had left the door open. He had already stepped in with his legs, and he realized it when he looked up.

It turns out that this is a large courtyard. The so-called large courtyard was originally a courtyard house. Later, more families moved in, and the buildings were built in a disorderly manner. The courtyard is barely big enough for people to enter.

Na Wu lived in a courtyard with three entrances, and he lived in the east room at the end. After asking about it, I realized that the entire courtyard originally belonged to Na Wu and was later confiscated. The street arranged for some homeless households to move in. As the first few households multiplied, the population in the yard exploded.

In 1981, when the policy was implemented, house property rights were reclassified to Nawu. It's just that there is no way to evict the people in the yard, so the housing authority has no choice but to regard these people as tenants and pay the rent to Nawu on time every month.

However, the rent is not paid to Nawu, but to the Housing Authority. One family earns 1.5 yuan a month, and now there are six families living in the yard including Na Wu, so Na Wu can get 6 yuan and 50 cents from the Housing Authority every month.

However, these five families all have children who are married and living single lives, and the houses in the yard were built by themselves. This family does not pay rent, saying that it is not an official house.

Those five don’t have jobs, so they don’t have pensions. However, because he is relatively well-established in the antiques industry, there are always people looking for him. Naturally, no one can use him in vain. Every time he does a job, he will be given three and two dollars. This way, a few times a month would be enough for him to eat.

After entering his house and turning on the light, the house was also dark. It turned out that the old man had covered the windows with newspapers. There was a musty smell in the house, and I didn't know what was coming from it.

After arranging for him to lie down, Ye Yuze took the old man home. The old man was very excited along the way. He seemed to want to say something, but after looking around, he didn't say anything. It wasn't until he locked the courtyard door and the house door that he leaned over to Ye Yuze and whispered:

"Yuze, master just identified them all for us. There are a few good things that are not allowed to be sold, and they will be worth a lot of money in the future!"

Ye Yuze also listened for a while at the beginning. Asked: "Are they those copper coins you mentioned?"

The old man nodded so frequently that Ye Yuze was worried that he would shake his head off. "He said how much is it worth now?"

The old man picked out two copper coins with Xianfeng Chongbao written on them and put them in Ye Yuze's hands. Ye Yuze weighed the heavy coins, which seemed to be much heavier than the other coins.

"Put these two away! Master said you can't sell them for less than 200,000 yuan!" Old Rou said solemnly.

Ye Yuze was shocked, "Why don't you sell these two things for less than 200,000 yuan? Only a fool would spend 200,000 yuan to buy such a thing!"

The old man looked serious: "It's not that two are worth 200,000, but each one is worth 200,000!"

Ye Yuze wanted to tease him a few words, but was he crazy about money? After thinking about it, it was impossible for Mr. Zheng to hire an unreliable person for himself. Could it be that there was really something good?

Ye Yuze asked, "How much did you spend on these two things?"

The old man scratched his head in embarrassment: "I paid 50 cents for the jar when I bought it. I didn't ask for any money. The master said that the jar can be sold in the market for 500 cents. That thing is from the late Qing Dynasty. Things from folk kilns are worthless.”

Ye Yuze almost spit out the sip of water he just took into his mouth. He looked at the old man curiously: "Brother, tell me, how much did you spend on the five hundred yuan I gave you?"

Xu Laorou took out the money with some distress and handed it to Ye Yuze's hand. Even the money spent on eating on the road during those two days totaled 32 yuan and 48 cents.

Ye Yuze didn't want to talk for a moment. He couldn't afford to lose this person. He got back something worth hundreds of thousands. The cost price of 20 is too expensive for you. Is this justified? He threw the money back and went to bed.

At night, Lao Rou was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. Ye Yuze was so noisy that he couldn't sleep, so he kicked him to the west room and asked him to make pancakes by himself. He couldn't bear to stay up with him.

Early the next morning, Laorou ran out while Ye Yuze was practicing. I bought a bunch of breakfast, such as tofu curd, bean juice, sesame seed cakes, fried dough sticks, and steamed buns.

Ye Yuze looked at him and asked, "Who are you planning to send it to?"

The old man looked at him even more strangely: "This belongs to the two of us. I just sent it to Master. Don't you want to have breakfast?"

Ye Yuze didn't want to talk anymore. He grabbed a sesame seed cake and wrapped it in fried dough sticks and ate it. He was tired. He was full after eating one set of sesame seed cakes and fried dough sticks, leaving three sesame seed cakes and two fried dough sticks. There are also about ten steamed buns and a bowl of bean juice, and the old meat is all cleaned up.

It's just that when I drink soy juice, I obviously feel uncomfortable, as if I'm holding my nose and pouring it down. Ye Yuze couldn't stand it any longer and advised: "If you don't like it, just don't drink it. I won't drink it like that rancid swill."

But the old man shook his head firmly: "The things people in the capital like to drink must be good things. People here are so smart, how can they drink bad things? My master also wants this."

Ye Yuze expressed his immense admiration. This theory is simple and direct. Although there will be deviations, the general direction will not be wrong. This is the herd mentality. But what impressed him even more was the old man's appetite. No wonder he could ride three hundred kilometers with two big baskets on his back. This was even more powerful than lightning.

After dinner, Ye Yuze followed Laorou to Panjiayuan. There is a morning market there. Originally, some rural people came to sell some vegetables and local products. I don’t know when, but more antiques, calligraphy and paintings started to be sold here. Then slowly the other stalls were crowded out and it became a simple antique market.

This market is very unique. The stalls are almost ready at dawn and must be closed before eleven o'clock, so it is called the morning market.

The two of them walked around for a while, and it turned out that it was just as Na Wu said. Anyway, there were none of the more precious copper coins he mentioned. It was so easy to find a few Xianfeng Tongbao, but the weight and color were not right.

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