Rebirth 13, starting from the big demolition treasure hunt

In a blink of an eye, it’s May Day again.

On April 4, the Fengqing Street Antique City Antique Exchange Group sent a message saying that another antique house fair would be held on May Day this year.

The location is still at the "Shengjing Yijia" Hotel.

Although he knew the news, he didn't have time on this May Day.

The weddings of Yi Xiaoyue's college roommates Yang Guilian and Liang Bin, and the weddings of He Ronghua, who worked together to start a company, were all scheduled for May Day.

They called a few days ago and asked him to attend and drink their wedding wine.

He also promised to go.

If you have good things in hand, you don't necessarily have to sell them at antique house fairs or other exchange meetings. He has now become very bearish on such activities.

On the morning of the 30th, Yi Xiaoyue took him with her and got on the high-speed train to Hunan Province and arrived at Yang Guilian's home.

If I book my tickets in advance from my hometown, it will only take about four hours to get there.

Because He Ronghua was also getting married on May Day, he hurried back after having lunch there.

(Yi Xiaoyue will be a day late. After all, they can't both leave. She and her college roommates will have to stay there for an extra day or two.

On April 4th, for him, he was a little tired from the round trip and went to bed very early at night. )

On the 28th, Mr. Goatee Song, who he met at a real estate fair, called him and asked him if he had found those gray-brown beads that were shaped like quail eggs.

He never got beads like that again.

However, you can buy some beige porcelain beads from Master Xu and Uncle Pan, the doorman, in Huimin Street.

Wu Yuansheng told him the situation.

(He doesn’t plan to sell what’s left of the previous porcelain ball.

They must have made some money buying those beads from him, otherwise they wouldn't have called him to ask him again. )

Knowing that he had similar beads, Boss Song asked him to take them over to see if he could buy some.

On the morning of May Day, he got up very early, went downstairs to have breakfast, and first went to "Xincheng Home".

I took about a third of those beads, put them in two large and sturdy convenience bags, and took them to the "housing fair" site.

He later went back and counted the porcelain beads he purchased. There were more than 11200 porcelain beads in total, and there were more than 200 that were damaged.

When they arrived at the "Shengjing Yijia" hotel where Boss Song and his friends lived, Chen Guangxing and Zhou Anming saw him as soon as they got out of the elevator and asked him what he had brought.

He opened the convenience bag and let them look at it.

After discovering that they were old porcelain beads, they said they wanted to buy them, meaning they wanted to cut off their beards.

After Wu Yuansheng told the two people about the situation, they said they would buy a bag.

Thinking that Boss Song and the others might not finish buying it, he sold a bag to the two of them.

Because the beads are not as beautiful as the previous beads, the price discussed is 20 yuan each regardless of size.

(The previous taupe ones were about 45 yuan each.)

They counted the number and found that there were 1672 coins in this convenience bag. They took 28 more coins from that bag and made up a round number of 1700 coins.

(Old porcelain beads are not expensive at this price. After all, they are also collectibles.)

It's easy to transfer money now, just use your mobile phone. After paying the money and chatting for a while, he took the bag and went to Boss Song's place.

(They were trading at the corner of the pedestrian stairs just now, otherwise there would be a lot of people walking back and forth. It would not be good if there were too many people gathered together. Wu Yuansheng did not intend to sell one or two, even if the price was higher. )

Seeing him bringing the beads over, Boss Song called his partner, Boss Bald King, over.

After looking at them, they knew that these porcelain beads were old and dated to the Qing Dynasty, so they discussed the price.

Wu Yuansheng still did not ask them to raise the price. After saying a price of 20 yuan, no matter how big or small, they readily agreed.

After counting the number of beads, there were 1613 in total.

The two quickly paid him the money and asked him to take it if he had it.

In this regard, he said that there were some, but he had something to do in the morning and would not have time until the afternoon.

The porcelain beads in his hand were the same as those before. He only planned to keep some for collection or give them away later, and sell the rest.

After checking the time, it was almost nine o'clock, which was still relatively early, so he started walking around in various rooms.

Looking around Boss Song's room, he found a piece of wood that was quite special.

The bottom of this piece of wood is long, and the upper part is curved. It is about 6 cm long, 5 cm wide, and has a maximum height of about 4 cm.

The material of the wood was huanghuali. Wu Yuansheng didn't know what it was used for.

I asked Boss Song and he said it was a "gavel tree."

I also explained to him that the gavel tree is also called Qipai, Xingmu, Jie Fang or Fu Chi.

It has the function of solemn legal hall, reminding everyone not to make noise, strengthening the authority of officials, and frightening those under trial.

Seeing this, he found it quite interesting. Judging from the patina of the wood, it should be an item from the Qing Dynasty.

When asked about the price, Boss Song said it would cost at least 2000 yuan.

Because it belonged to Huanghuali, Wu Yuansheng thought it was worth the price, so he bought it.

This is a knowledgeable person. If you buy it from someone who does recycling in the demolition area, you might be able to buy it for less than 200.

Of course, if you are a recycling person and go shopping at other people's homes, you may not pick up wood like this when you see it.

In other people's rooms, he bought another bluestone buffalo and two photo albums.

The "buffalo" is not that big, only seven or eight centimeters in length and four or five centimeters in height. It is not too old, during the Republic of China period.

When he bought this, what suddenly came to his mind was the image of "I ride a green ox".

I bought it because I suddenly had some insights.

It's a bit of a "seeing things and thinking about them" and contemplating artistic conception, similar to seeing some photos or other scenes.

The price of green cattle is not expensive, 300 yuan.

There are many places for demolition. At this "housing fair", many people sold items that they purchased from the demolition area.

The two photo albums I bought must have come from demolition areas.

One of the photo albums is from the 1980s and contains many scenes of the countryside.

The other one is from the 1990s and contains photos of construction units, including some photos of project foundation laying and construction.

This kind of photo album is not considered an antique and is not expensive. Two copies cost 100 yuan.

After shopping around ten o'clock, he went home.

(I didn’t have enough time and didn’t visit all the rooms. Wu Yuansheng planned to come over and take a look when he had time in the afternoon.)

During this period, they met Manzi and Li Laoer. They probably heard Zhou Anming tell him about buying his porcelain beads and asked him to sell some to them later.

To this, he also agreed.

After putting away the purchased items, he washed his hands, hugged Wu Qi, and took Song Yuping with him, and they went to Dongchen New District.

He Ronghua's wife, whose name is Zhao Xia, is two years younger than him. She is good-looking. He has met her several times before. She seems nice and generous.

After arriving, the couple came over to say hello to him, and Wu Yuansheng took the gift by the way.