Rebirth 13, starting from the big demolition treasure hunt

While he was watching, Master Xu walked to a box, opened the wooden box, and took out four items from inside.

A lion made of stone, a broken bronze Buddha statue, a blue and white porcelain tea cup, and a candlestick imitating Ge Kiln.

The lion is not big, with hydrangeas on its feet. There is a drum-shaped mat connected to it. The overall height is about 16 cm, the maximum length is about 13 cm, and the width is about 10 cm.

Such a lion looks like a desk lion at first glance, and the year is the Republic of China period.

The bronze Buddha statue has many parts missing, with only the upper part of the waist remaining, about 12 centimeters in height.

Looking at the head, it should be in the shape of a Bodhisattva, and it dates from the Qing Dynasty.

A blue and white porcelain tea cup, the size of an orange, with a bat pattern painted on it.

The candle holder imitates the Ge Kiln, has a double-layer disk shape, is about 20 centimeters high, and looks very small and unique.

Two pieces of porcelain are also from the Qing Dynasty.

There seemed to be something inside the box, some "beads" of varying sizes.

The larger ones are the size of table tennis balls, while the smaller ones are only as big as sparrow eggs.

The color of these beads is beige, which is somewhat similar to a batch of gray-brown beads he found earlier, similar to the color of quail eggs.

When putting the things on the ground, Master Xu said that these two items were the best ones he had picked up recently.

He also lamented that he was not lucky enough to pick up a complete one.

Regarding his sigh, Wu Yuansheng just said that there is nothing you can do about picking things up in the dirt. Many of them are incomplete.

Without wasting any time, they negotiated the price of the items for sale.

There are 37 stone foundations, all priced at 10 yuan to 20 yuan each, which costs 500 yuan together.

(These were inconvenient to put in the van, so he planned to go back later, ride the tricycle over, take them away, and put them in the yard of the villa.)

The porcelain tiles weigh about 300 kilograms and cost 2000 yuan together. There seems to be a small amount of rough porcelain inside.

Desk lions usually come in a pair, but individually, the value is much lower. This stone lion costs 200 yuan.

The bronze Buddha statue cost 600 yuan. Fortunately, it was the upper half. If it were the lower half, no one would buy it for 100 yuan.

Blue and white porcelain tea cup, 300 yuan.

Candlestick imitation of Ge Kiln, 800 yuan.

He carefully looked at these two pieces of porcelain and found that they were both in good condition, with no problems such as lines or gaps.

In addition to these, there are also some other miscellaneous items, such as glass products, bone products, etc., which cost a total of 500 yuan.

There are half a box of beige beads of various sizes. In terms of quantity, there must be between seven and eight thousand beads.

Judging from the few beads where they were chipped or damaged, they were all porcelain.

(But Master Xu didn’t understand this. When chatting, he said that the beads were stones. Wu Yuansheng did not refute. For ordinary people, it is not surprising to think that they are stones.)

Looking carefully, these beads were of a different year and shape from the ones he had found at a road construction site in the suburbs.

These dates are much later and appear to be from the Qing Dynasty.

The beads are rounder than the taupe ones.

I did not see such beads in the earthen field, which means that they must have been picked up by Master Xu in one pot.

Wu Yuansheng asked him how he found these beads.

Master Xu said it was in a sewer.

The old sewer he was talking about was probably from the Qing Dynasty.

In addition to him, Uncle Pan, the janitor at the construction site, also picked up some and took them back. If he wants to buy, he can contact him.

The two discussed the price, and the beads were packed together for 3000 yuan.

At this price, if you buy these beads, you are definitely missing out.

After calculating the total price, it was 7900 yuan.

"Master Xu, I see you have packed your things. Are you ready to move out?"

After driving the van in, loading some items, and paying the money, Wu Yuansheng asked him.

"Yes! We will move out today. The house will be demolished the day after tomorrow. Except for the big catalpa tree, all other buildings will be demolished."

As Master Xu spoke, he looked at the catalpa tree in the yard again.

The big catalpa tree is considered an ancient tree, with a history of more than 300 years. It is rare in such a location in the urban area, so it is normal to protect it.

"Boss Wu, you will send the things back later. Please come over and help me deliver these items to where I live. I will pay for the travel expenses."

He went on to say something else.

"Okay! Forget about the travel expenses. We are so familiar and can be considered friends. It's only right that we come over to help you deliver things."

The two chatted for a few more words, and then he drove away in the van.

When he arrived at the gate of the construction site, he saw Uncle Pan. Wu Yuansheng stopped the car and stopped to say hello to him.

Asked about the porcelain beads, he quickly took them out.

Just put it in a snakeskin bag beside the wall of the "container" in the guard room.

Not as much as Master Xu picked up, only about one third of it.

After talking about the price of 1000 yuan, Uncle Pan agreed.

In addition to these beads, he also picked up some porcelain pieces. He took the time to pick them up, but they were not many, about fifty or sixty pounds, and there were both coarse and fine porcelain.

The quality of the porcelain tiles was not very good, so he gave Uncle Pan 300 yuan.

After paying the money and taking the purchased items, he left.

After putting away those items, Wu Yuansheng got on the tricycle again and took back all the unfinished stone foundations.

(Originally I planned to help Master Xu "move" first, but he said there was no need to worry and he would transfer all the purchased items first.)

Master Xu is a local. His home is in the suburbs in the north of the city, about half an hour's drive away.

This place is not very far from Yugang. In the next two years, it was also a demolition area. All the houses in the nearby and further villages were demolished.

For a period of time last year, he also searched for items in nearby garbage dumps or road construction areas.

From his memory, he also knew the general conditions of these places.

In my previous life, I went treasure hunting in the suburbs here, and it was already the end of demolition.

In the nearby areas, either houses or factories have been built, or green parks have been built.

Just like the river embankment near Lao Xiwan and the green belt along the river, there is a large ditch here, and later a small green belt was built.

I remember that he was beautifying the environment and digging the mud in the ditch. He also found 64 silver dollars in a small area of ​​soil.

Most of these silver coins belong to Yuan Datou, and there are also two Sun Chuan silver coins and one Qing silver coin.

The discovery of these coins made him happy for a long time.

Of course, besides silver dollars, he also detected some other things.

(It is possible to find valuable items by cleaning up the silt in old ditches, or cleaning up the sand and gravel in some old river channels.)

He must have told his family that Master Xu’s wife prepared a table of meals for noon.

(They may have to move out. He called Wu Yuansheng at seven in the morning.)

While eating and chatting here, he talked about some things about the surrounding garbage dumps and demolition matters.

Master Xu also has some experience in treasure hunting in demolition areas and construction sites for several months.

Although he doesn't go to the dump, he has heard a lot about people going to the dump to pick up things, and he is no stranger to these.

The nearby demolition villages and garbage dumps will also become good places for him to hunt for treasures.