Rebirth 13, starting from the big demolition treasure hunt

On the third day after returning from ZY City, that is, on the 3rd, it rained for four or five days in a row.

Wu Yuansheng remembered that at this time in his previous life, a park was being built at the Lao Xiwan landfill and the riverbank of the old street in XZ District, and a greening project for the riverbank along Yanjiang Road was being carried out.

During that period, which lasted almost half a year, he would go to the construction site on and off to "hunt for treasure."

The old Xiwan landfill was once a place where people reclaimed land and grew vegetables. With the construction of the park project, the landfill was re-excavated and transported, and now the general outline of the park has been formed.

The place where he once died of overwork, he went there again recently because of the rain and construction work.

No longer using a metal detector, he used to just look for items that were washed out by rain.

Because flowers and grass needed to be planted in the park, the brick debris, stones, and porcelain pieces mixed in the soil were all picked up by the landscaping workers and thrown into the road construction area nearby.

(There are many pedestrian “greenways” in the park.)

In the past, Wu Yuansheng would often look for "junk" in the places where they threw it.

Sometimes if you are lucky, you may pick up one or two ancient bricks or stone fragments with words or patterns on them.

He could pick up discarded porcelain pieces every day.

The dirt yard has the rubble dumped from the old city. Among the large number of "objects" thrown out or dug out by excavators, you can also see stone foundations, stone millstones, stone bars and other stone artifacts.

If there were any items that were not too heavy, he would also carry them to the car and take them back.

To build the park, there are two fixed locations on the riverside, about 2 kilometers apart. Almost every day, a dredging ship will unload sand and gravel at one of these two locations.

Sometimes when he got tired of walking, he would go to the place where the pebbles were unloaded.

It’s not that he likes strange stones, he just wants to see if there are other items mixed in.

The mood of treasure hunting now is different from that in the previous life.

At that time, it was for "survival" and to make money.

Now, it's totally just a hobby.

After all, Wu Yuansheng doesn't like to do other things.

This kind of walk outside not only exercises the body, but also brings the fun of finding some unknown objects. He personally feels that it is incomparable to doing anything else.

"Those two porcelain figures you threw away this morning were quite interesting."

"What's the point? To do that, he must be a person with unclean thoughts!"

"Why is it not clean? Don't you do that with your husband when you go home?"

"It's fine to do that, but to make that thing out of something and burn it into a porcelain figure, isn't that a hooligan's behavior! I threw it away, why didn't you pick it up and take it back with you?"

"You already said it's related to gangsters, why would I pick it up? If I bring it back, others will see it and say something bad, and they will think I have bad thoughts!"

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Time soon came to late May. That morning, he was walking around the park being built in Lao Xiwan when he suddenly heard the voices of two middle-aged women in their fifties chatting not far away.

What they said sounded like they had picked up a porcelain figure from the "Spring Palace" series.

Not knowing whether it was thrown nearby, Wu Yuansheng didn't say anything and started searching among the pile of rocks here.

Compared with porcelain pieces or other porcelains, porcelain figures such as the "Secret Play Picture" are rarer and more valuable.

The older generation, perhaps due to the influence of traditional concepts, are conservative about certain things and are unwilling to say or mention them, especially women.

But for some collectors who have seen a lot, they are no longer surprised.

After searching for a while, I didn't see any other valuable items except a few useful porcelain pieces.

"Just now I heard you guys say you threw away some porcelain figurines. Can you tell me where you threw them? If I find them, I'll buy you some water later!"

Since he couldn't find it, he didn't plan to waste any more time and asked the two middle-aged women directly.

"It's not enough to just buy water, we also need to buy two watermelons. In addition to water, we want to drink a big bottle of rock sugar and snow pear!"

Hearing his question, one of the middle-aged women said.

"Okay! When I find the porcelain figurine, I'll buy it for you. I often hang out here, and you all know me. I will definitely not default on my debt and be dishonest!"

"Well, I'll tell you where the Porcelain Man is. See that newly planted tree over there? The Porcelain Man is right next to the pile of rocks over there. It's easy to find. Just go and look and you'll find him!"

Another woman said to him.

The location she mentioned is not far from here, about 50 meters away, and there is no one there now.

"Forget it. It's close. I'll go with you so that you don't deny it later and say you didn't pick up the thing."

Said the woman who spoke earlier.

After saying that, she stood up, left where she was working, and walked towards the tree.

Wu Yuansheng followed behind her.

"Are you an antique collector? I often see you walking around this park."

The woman chatted with him as they walked.

"I guess so! If you find something you like, you can buy some. Do you have any antiques at home? If so, you can bring them over for me to see."

"No! Antiques are very valuable. If I had those things, I wouldn't come out to work."

"You're right! Where are you from? Sometimes I see you guys have a 'special car' to pick you up when you go to and from get off work."

The so-called special car is a small truck with many people sitting in the truck.

"We all live near the airport, and the boss of the greening project here is from our area!"

When the woman said this, he could imagine that in some engineering projects, no matter where the boss was from, many of the workers working under him were also from that place.

This is the same as "If one person succeeds, the whole family will benefit."

The two chatted and walked to the place where she said the porcelain figure was thrown.

When she saw the porcelain figurine, the woman did not pick it up, perhaps because of her "conservative" mindset.

Wu Yuansheng picked it up quickly.

The porcelain figures are standing, with the woman in front and the man behind, like an erotic painting.

The porcelain is very fine and white, with some colors in some places. The highest is about 10 cm high and the width is about 7 cm. It is not complete, and there are some defects on the feet of men and women.

Judging from the year, it was made during the Qing Dynasty. The male porcelain figures have typical long braids.

“Is something like this worth money?”

When he returned after picking up the things, the woman asked him.

"If it were intact, it would be worth a few hundred dollars! Now that the leg is broken, it is not worth much. There is a saying that goes, 'If a porcelain has a hole in it, its price will drop by 99%'. The price difference between a complete piece and a broken piece is too big!"

The several hundred dollars he mentioned is the purchase price. There is no fixed market price for this kind of thing. Buying and selling depends entirely on personal preference.

As far as he is concerned, the thing is in his hands, even if the foot is now damaged, he will definitely not sell it unless he gets 120,000 or 80,000 yuan.

Of course, he has no plans to sell.

For him now, the title of "collector" is well deserved.