Rebirth 1981 starts with saving the sisters from the neighboring village.

Peng Wanhua has always been very knowledgeable about antiques. In short, he knows nothing about antiques.

I am also afraid of buying fake and shoddy products or being treated as a stick, so except for the occasional silver dollar and jade, I rarely touch anything else.

"By the way, the cultural relics store!"

Peng Wanhua slapped his head and suddenly remembered this big opportunity that could be missed!

Nowadays, many cultural relics can be bought and sold in stores. As long as you hold the foreign exchange coupons, you can choose any cultural relics that will increase in value thousands or tens of thousands of times in the cultural relics store.

"Damn! I almost missed this good thing!" Peng Wanhua wanted to slap himself.

In his previous life, he was a serious lover of ancient porcelain. Since he had no foreign exchange, he could only stare at the dazzling array of porcelain cultural relics in the cultural relics store.

As soon as my mind wandered, I remembered this matter.

In 1978, in order to attract foreign tourists and earn foreign exchange earnings, four state-owned cultural relics stores were established in Shanghai to wholesale cultural relics. People who wanted to buy things in these stores had to hold their passports to enter.

Note, this is wholesale!

wholesale!

wholesale!

Representative works of dozens of famous calligraphers and painters such as Xu Beihong, Fu Baoshi, Pan Tianshou, Li Keran, Qi Baishi, Feng Zikai, Zhang Daqian, etc. can be freely bought and sold.

Other porcelains from past dynasties, ancient and modern calligraphy and paintings, ancient bronze enamels, gold and silver lacquerware, jadeware, bamboo and wood ivory carvings, hardwood furniture, inscriptions, seals, etc. are all available.

There are cultural relics shops not only in Shanghai, but also in Beijing, right on Liulichang Cultural Street!

In his previous life, it was because he had no money and was a stickman who didn't understand the value of these antiques in the future. As a result, Peng Wanhua obviously had opportunities but missed them in vain. Whenever he thought of this, his thigh almost broke with regret.

Then I remembered that Peng Wanhua would never miss it!

Thinking of this, he suddenly became impatient.

After all, those antiques worth tens of millions of dollars in future generations are now openly waiting for him to buy in the store. If he goes there for less than a day, more people will buy them.

And thinking about those cultural treasures being taken to foreign countries, Peng Wanhua felt that he was shouldering a major task and historical mission!

In other words: you must buy it! Buy more! The purchase will break the bank!

However, this matter must be considered in the long run. First, he has no foreign exchange, and second, he does not have a foreign passport, so he is not qualified to buy it.

With this matter at ease, Peng Wanhua entered the bedroom carrying three sacks of jade and ancient coins.

He lowered his head and looked under the bed. He had stuffed two sacks of jade, silver coins, and some other things before, and they were already full.

Then he went to the solid wood wardrobe nearby and opened the easternmost cabinet. In addition to two pieces of clothing, there were several clean quilts and quilt covers.

There are several boxes in the upper wardrobe compartment, which contain the silver coins and agate jade he bought before.

Looking at the shining silver coins, the precious mutton-fat jade, and the colorful agates, Peng Wanhua couldn't help but take a few agates and play with them.

When you shine it against the light, the color changes as the angle changes.

This makes Peng Wanhua have to sigh at the uncanny craftsmanship of nature, which can create such magical things, which makes people unable to put it down.

In fact, agate is not only found in China, but also in many places in the world, such as South America, Central America, Australia and other places. South Africa is also rich in a kind of agate with beautiful lace-like striped patterns. In addition, agate is one of the Seven Treasures of Buddhism and has been used to ward off evil spirits since ancient times.

It can be said that it is a rare good thing that combines beauty and meaning.

Peng Wanhua played with it carefully for a long time before finally letting it go.

Then he moved the clothes to the nearby closet, stuffed all the quilts and quilts into the big closet in the second sister's room, and finally stuffed three sacks of stuff under the closet.

It seems like I need to find a bigger place to put my things, otherwise I won’t have anywhere to put the antiques I buy in the future, Peng Wanhua thought in his mind.

Now he has seven courtyard houses under his name. Except for the two here on Kunming Lake East Road, the other five are all in Dayouzhuang.

Of the five buildings in Dayouzhuang, the largest one is under construction. Among the other four, three smaller ones are rented out. Only the larger one can be vacated. However, it is currently being used as a warehouse by Zhang Bin. For a while, I probably won't be able to spare any time.

If that huge Changle courtyard could be built, it would be a good place to hide treasures. Thinking of this, Peng Wanhua became more concerned about the progress of the renovation of Changle Courtyard.

"It's dinner." The eldest sister called from the kitchen.

Peng Wanhua responded and temporarily took his mind back from buying cultural relics.

"Wow, there are also peanuts and pig's trotters. This is so delicious." Peng Wanhua entered the kitchen and saw the braised pig's trotters that had just come out of the pot. He couldn't help but salivate and reached out for chopsticks.

The eldest sister patted his hand and said, "Wash your hands before eating!"

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In the days that followed, in order to understand the renovation progress of Changle Courtyard in real time, Peng Wanhua went to Dayouzhuang almost every day.

The dilapidated courtyard houses should be demolished and preserved.

There are many dilapidated places in the entire courtyard. Almost [-]% of the rooms have been demolished, with most of the rooms being wing rooms. Only about [-]% of the rooms are in good condition.

Peng Wanhua didn't plan to rebuild those wing rooms, since they couldn't house that many people anyway, and the courtyard was originally a combination of three large courtyards connected together, so there was no need to separate them.

As time goes by, Changle Courtyard slowly becomes completely new.

The whole building is divided into three entrances and three roads. The first entrance from the south is the front yard, which connects the east and west. All the wing rooms have been removed, leaving only the room in the north.

The second entrance is the middle courtyard, which also connects the east and west, and most of the wing rooms have been pushed out.

The third entrance is the large backyard. The east and west roads have been opened up, forming a huge and open back garden.

Looking at this big backyard, Peng Wanhua felt so beautiful that he took two sips of the hot tea brought by the foreman while explaining some things to him.

"The water supply and drainage of the house must be well done to prevent waterlogging and moisture. The backyard wall must be heightened and a barbed wire fence must be placed on top." As he said this, Peng Wanhua gestured. The wall was only over two meters high.

According to his idea, it should be at least three or four meters high, not to mention five meters, and the barbed wire fence should be put up to prevent supper.

He will definitely have a lot of collections in this yard in the future, and safety is the first priority.

"Build a few more rows of solid wood shelves in the rooms in the middle courtyard and backyard. Mahogany or teak will do. The key is to make them strong. I will have use for them in the future."

Peng Wanhua thought to himself: If I don’t put in more airs, where would there be room for those jade antiques?

The foreman carefully noted that he had been told by Zhang Bin before that the person in front of him was the real owner of the yard, and all arrangements were subject to Peng Wanhua's wishes.

The grading work in the backyard has been completed, and we are currently digging deep into the lake. Taking advantage of the fact that there is less rain, it will be easier to dig out.

Other new construction will have to wait until March and April, when there is less rain and the climate is relatively dry, suitable for concrete solidification.

The foreman sorted out the follow-up arrangements for Peng Wanhua piece by piece. Peng Wanhua made some calculations and found that the front yard is expected to be ready for occupancy in the first half of this year, while the middle yard and back yard will take less than half a year.

On this day, Peng Wanhua came back from Dayouzhuang in the evening and met Li Wei and Li Wei who had returned from the south at the entrance of the alley.