Rebirth 13, starting from the big demolition treasure hunt

Having come to the "iron counter and box stall", he began to stroll along this long row of stalls with various antiques, strange stones, or second-hand goods from demolished areas placed on both sides.

The antiques here are a mixture of real and fake, unlike the outsiders in the big venues, who basically sell fakes.

While looking around, he discovered that on a stall specializing in second-hand goods from demolished areas, there were several file bags printed with images of great men and the words "The sea voyage depends on the helmsman" placed on the stall.

Wu Yuansheng took the file bags and looked at them. They were not empty.

I looked at the years and saw that they were all from the 60s. I counted the number and found that there were 7 in total.

He randomly picked up a copy and started reading it. It also contained a file, which contained an explanation of the problem:

For example, this person in the file took advantage of his position during his tenure. On a dark and windy night in a certain year, he and others stole 200 kilograms of wheat from the collective warehouse, and he himself received 80 kilograms.

Wheat is 0.32 yuan per catty, totaling 25.6 yuan.

One day in a certain year and month, I stole 30 kilograms of sorghum by myself.

Sorghum is 0.17 yuan per catty, totaling 5.1 yuan.

In a certain month of a certain year, he and other cadres stole 160 kilograms of beans, and he took 60 kilograms for himself.

Beans are 0.24 yuan per catty, totaling 14.4 yuan.

In a certain year and month, he stole 300 kilograms of millet and took 100 kilograms for himself.

Millet is 0.35 yuan per catty, totaling 35 yuan.

In a certain month of a certain year, he sold 500 kilograms of radishes from the village and divided the proceeds among himself together with another person.

Radishes were 0.03 yuan per catty, and he took half of them, totaling 7.5 yuan.

In a certain month of a certain year, he bought a cart for the village and paid 42 yuan in total. When he reported the expense, he reported 54 yuan, which was 12 yuan more. He took the money.

In a certain month of a certain year, he bought cotton cloth for the villagers. He colluded with other cadres to overreport the number of people who received the cloth and privately took 28 feet of cloth at 0.2 yuan per foot, totaling 5.6 yuan.

In a certain month of a certain year, he went to the city forage station to sell 1150 kilograms of straw at 0.08 yuan per kilogram, totaling 92 yuan. He did not give the money to the village, but spent it himself.

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The years in the case spanned four years, from 4 to , and there were thefts almost every month. Sometimes, the number of thefts in a single month was as high as four or five times, almost once a week.

(There is also the fraudulent appropriation and private use of collective property.)

In addition to financial problems, he also had promiscuous relationships with three women.

After putting this file away, he opened another one and started reading it, which was also about explaining the problem.

This tax is mainly for “embezzlement”, which was the amount of money he embezzled from the sale of various agricultural products (including grain crops) in the village while working as the village chief (and part-time accountant).

After putting away this document, he took a quick look at the other documents.

The content is largely the same.

However, in one of the "file bags", Wu Yuansheng found several letters of introduction from the early 1970s.

These letters of introduction are letters of introduction for cadres. The content is all about "appointment", with quotations, images of great men, and the words "Respectfully wish you... a long life" written on them.

After reading these, he packed them all up.

After asking the stall owner the price, he said it was only 20 yuan. Wu Yuansheng did not bargain and just paid him 20 yuan.

After looking at his stall for a while, I found a toy gun that fired round plastic marbles. I tried it out and found the air pressure was quite high, so I estimated it could shoot about 15 meters away.

I asked the boss about the price again, and he said 10 yuan and no bargaining.

The price was less than a bowl of beef noodles, so Wu Yuansheng bought it as well.

The toy gun should be from around 2000 and does not have plastic marbles. This type of gun is no longer allowed to be produced.

He bought this just to collect it and use it as a prop. Looking at it can make him think of many things.

As there was nothing else he wanted, Wu Yuansheng left the stall.

Going forward, there are people selling stamps, cigarette labels, wine labels, and various old bills or other paper items.

The market for these collections was very good in the past few years, but now that they are no longer rare or special species, no one is interested in them anymore.

Those who once spent a lot of money to buy and collect them have seen their value depreciate by more than half.

After a brief look at their stall, he left.

In the middle part of the stalls, there were several people selling rare stones, and there were also a few people standing in front of the stalls choosing and buying stones.

He didn't like collecting stones. He just took a quick look and left.

"Boss Wu, I received two more photo albums and some scattered photos. Do you want to take a look?"

When he wandered over to Boss Li’s stall, his overbearing wife greeted him.

At this time, Boss Li was also sitting in front of the stall. He didn't say anything, but just smiled at him.

This was not the first time that Wu Yuansheng bought their photos or other things.

Their stall mainly sells used books, as well as some second-hand goods from demolished areas.

"Let me see!"

After he finished speaking, Boss Li's wife took out the photo album and the scattered photos in the convenient bag and placed them in front of him.

Both albums are large, square in shape, with a side length of about 35 cm.

Unlike some photo albums I have seen before, these two albums look more exquisite. One has a cloth cover with exquisite peony flower patterns woven on it.

There is a small rectangular metal sign on the front with the word "Photo Album" written on it.

The other cover has a pattern of a beautiful celebrity, and is made of hard paper, which looks much more upscale than that of ordinary photo albums.

Wu Yuansheng first picked up the photo album with a cloth cover and started looking at it.

Turning to the first page, he saw a photo of an old Audi car.

There were two people standing at the back of the car, one old and one young.

The older one was a lady who looked to be in her seventies, and the younger one was a little girl of three or four years old.

The photo is dated: 97-4-4.

From the license plate number “鄂”00003, it can be seen that this should be the car of the third most important person in a certain city.

I looked at the other photos on this page, including photos of meetings, photos of him carrying a briefcase for inspection, photos of his life at home, and a large group photo.

A photo of the meeting with the date on it: December 90, 12.

The group photo was taken in October 1988.

Looking back, there are black and white photos of him in military uniform when he was young, some photos after he started working, and photos of his daily life.

Judging from the houses, cars, other architectural styles, and daily necessities used in these photos, the latest ones were made before 2000.

After reading this one, he picked up another photo album with pictures of celebrities on the cover and looked at it for a while.

Both albums belong to the same family. This one has several photos from a later period, which appear to be from after 2000.

The little girl standing next to the Audi in the photo has grown up. There are photos of her when she was seven or eight years old, and twelve or thirteen years old.

A person who used to be a leader has retired and took photos of scenic spots while visiting various places.

After finishing looking at both photo albums, he began to look at the scattered photos in the convenient bag.

There are many scattered photos, and they are very diverse, including black and white photos as well as color photos.

I simply took a few large photos and looked at them. There were graduation photos from the 2000s, s, or after .

There are also group photos of some units.

These are not in conjunction with the previous two books.

"how much is the total?"

Without wasting any more time to look at it carefully, he asked the price.

"For all the photos, give me 200. There are quite a lot of photos, at least 1000."

Boss Li’s wife thought about it and then said.

"Okay! 200 is 200, give me this unused notebook."

Wu Yuansheng looked around his stall and pointed to a diary with a red cover.

"Okay, take it!"

Boss Li’s wife agreed.

After paying her 200 yuan and not finding anything else needed, he asked them to put the photo albums and photos in plastic bags into a large bag, put the diaries in as well, and then left with their things.

Then, while walking around this row of iron counters and box stalls, he saw several more security equipment.

They are stun guns, portable miniature electric shock tools.

These were from the 5s and were already scrapped and broken, but as props they were cheap, only yuan each, so he bought them all.

(If you want to buy real security tools, you can currently purchase them from relevant shopping platforms using your mobile phone.)

After that, he didn't find the items he needed at the iron box stall, so he went to the stalls selling second-hand goods from demolished areas in the large venue that he had not visited.

I bought three more things:

A fine small jar from the Makou Kiln and a pair of stone locks.

Among them, the small jar is a four-handled wine jar, about 30 cm high, with a small mouth, a long neck and sloping shoulders, a bit like the shape of a vase, with a spout, yellow glaze, and the word "wine" on the surface. The rest of the place is decorated with patterns of wheat, sorghum and rice.

This jar costs 600 yuan.

The stone lock is made of bluestone, rectangular, about one foot long, 15 centimeters wide and 20 centimeters high. There is the word "Wu" carved on the surface, and a tiger head pattern on each end. Each one weighs 20 kilograms.

A pair of stone locks, 800 yuan.

The wine jar and stone lock both date back to the Qing Dynasty.

After buying these things, he asked the stall owner to help him take the stone lock to where the van was parked.

After putting all the items away, I returned and continued shopping.

After visiting the open-air venue, there is a store warehouse selling second-hand watches and daily small appliances near a row of antique shops.

Every weekend morning, this store will be open for half a day, and many people will come to buy some practical electronic products or daily necessities.

Wu Yuansheng also went over there to take a look.

Also on sale this time are some second-hand health products, such as "Dendrobium officinale", "American ginseng", "Ganoderma lucidum", "donkey-hide gelatin", etc.

All are packaged and unopened.

While looking at it, some others thought it was good and were choosing to buy it.

There were also drugs for men to prolong ejaculation, and two old men (one in his fifties and the other in his sixties) bought some.

He didn't buy these things, he just watched the fun.

Shopping is convenient nowadays. You can buy it by searching on any short video platform on your mobile phone. There are many varieties and you can choose and buy them anytime and anywhere.

After looking around for about 10 minutes, he went to look at some acquaintances' shops and chatted with them for a while. Then he strolled around the large venue and the iron counter and box stalls again, and took the oil painting of the little girl that he had purchased from Boss Zheng's stall to the van.

He looked at the time and it was almost 11 o'clock, so he drove away.