Mountains and seas close at hand

Song Banyan pressed the bridge of his nose, planning to wash and sleep.After standing up, a sudden inspiration flashed.

Thatched cottage in the west of the city?

She hurriedly looked through the notes she had made before: the thatched cottage in the west of the city, its first name was Fangzhou, and Li Jun, the governor of Songzhou, built the garden.At the beginning of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, the You brothers in Taizhou rebuilt the former site, and the scale was no longer what it used to be.Gone now. ①

Song Banyan glanced over the paper and took a long breath.

There is an additional sentence at the end of the notes, and my own notes are clearly visible: You brothers, and later built a pen building in the You family compound in the east of the city.It is said that it faces the thatched cottage in the west of the city from north to south.The You Family Courtyard has been destroyed, only Biying Building remains.21 steps away from me.

It turned out that this cane belonged to the You family, so the ancestral house was so easy to find!

Song Banyan carefully folded the note, washed and slept happily.

The next day he was refreshed, and when he went out to see Commander You, he greeted him with a smile on his face, "Are you still here to see me off? You're too polite."

Seeing that her hands were empty, Commander You carried a small bag on her back, feeling more at ease, and said with his hands behind his back: "Xiao Song, what time is the bus? I'll treat you to morning tea."

Song Banyan smiled and said: "No need, it will be too late after eating."

With the remaining 350 yuan in her pocket, she walked across the Dongcheng River and took the 903 bus to Youjiadun, Jiangyan District, Taizhou.

Youjiadun is a small village with an unremarkable name.There are only dozens of families in the village, and most of them still work in the city.

On the afternoon of September 9, the weather was still hot.There is no farm work in the fields, and the elderly in the village are reluctant to turn on the air conditioner, so they chat in small groups in the shade.

"I heard that Guojiaba built roads and demolished many houses."

"Let's have a big dream, how can you get it. I heard that your granddaughter won't come back for a blind date?"

"The old three are cheap! The children are busy, you know? The boss thinks highly of them, and their boss is very nice... What are you thinking, girl, girl boss!"

While talking, a man ran over there.With a head of white hair, holding a big red plastic bucket, he shouted out of breath: "Come on! Send something!"

The grandpas and grandmas were surprised and delighted at the same time, they surrounded the people and asked non-stop.

"It can't be fake, it doesn't cost money. Look at this plastic bucket, it's of good quality. Oh, it's called... what's it called? Rural scientific expedition condolence team! There are not only basins, but also towels, teacups and washing powder... just to answer Question. Me, he asked me who is the president of the country?"

When the old people asked clearly that they didn’t need money, they suddenly became lively, inviting friends and companions, and hula la flocked to the entrance of the village.

Youjiadun is not big, there are only a few old houses.In the early years of Daoguang in the thatched cottage in the west of the city, the You family had already moved to Taizhou city.The ancestral home is at least 200 years old.Song Banyan drove the battery car, and it took him 3 minutes to find it—half a dry wall. ②

Song Banyan didn't understand Qing history, and he didn't know anything about Qing Dynasty residential buildings.But for the archives, she visited the streets and alleys and saw many ancient sites.

The ancient buildings in Taizhou have their own characteristics.The appearance is simple and the details are ingenious.Daiwa gray walls and blue brick floors, the front hall and the back hall are arranged on the axis, the roof is curved and the tiles are curved, and the beams and lotus piers are ingeniously carved.Just like the water and soil here, like the people here, they are unpretentious and exquisite. ③

In the 26th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, it was stipulated that all common people's houses should be no more than three rooms and five frames.

This helped Song Banyan a lot, because Taizhou people behaved well.The Ming Dynasty has died for more than 100 years, and the Qing Dynasty has also been in decline, and the rituals have collapsed, and the custom is still strictly adhered to here.No matter how strong the family assets are, there are three rooms and one entry, with five beams in the structure.

Song Banyan selected a location, bent down and picked up a broken butterfly tile.She raised her hand and threw the tile aside.Take out the shovel from the plastic bucket and shovel it down with one shovel.

The location was very accurate, after digging half a meter, Song Banyan was convinced that the treasure of the You family was right below, because the cooked soil came out.

Native soil is like a layer cake, layer by layer.The color is uniform and the texture is pure. This kind of soil is called raw soil.The cooked soil is turned over and filled in manually, and the texture is very messy.It is one of the skills of archaeologists and tomb robbers to distinguish cooked soil from native soil.

Song Banyan listened to all directions, and his men made drastic moves.After digging another twenty centimeters, the shovel touched something.Song Banyan was overjoyed and left to speed up.

As she expected, Taizhou is a deep water town.If you dig too deep, groundwater will come out, so the treasures of the You family will not be buried too deep.This is also the reason why she dared to take risks alone.

Song Banyan dug out a jar with a lid of Wanhua brocade, and hurriedly put it into the storage box of the battery car without wiping off the dirt.Fill the soil roughly and cover with turf.

Song Banyan unscrewed the bottle cap and washed the dirt off his hands.Step on the battery car and drive slowly towards the village.Passing by a low courtyard, she waved her hand and threw the shovel into it.

A van was parked at the head of Youjiadun Village, and the driver was surrounded by a group of uncles and aunts.

"No, really not!" The driver shouted hoarse, sweating profusely.Seeing a battery car approaching in the gap between the crowd, he suddenly saw the savior and shouted, "Xiao Song!"

The villagers looked towards the group, and Song Banyan met their gazes and showed a bright smile: "Thank you everyone, this survey on the quality of urban and rural residents has been successfully concluded. Now, please make room, is that okay?"

The villagers looked after each other, and none of them would admit that they had no quality, and finally retreated silently.

Song Banyan's words were like Moses opening the sea, and the van regained its freedom.The driver took the battery car and tried to push it into the van.The villagers also rushed forward to help.

"Thank you everyone. You don't need to give it away, let's go home." Song Banyan waved his hand lying on the window, took out only ten yuan from his pocket and handed it to the driver.

The driver was taken aback and didn't answer.Surprised and somewhat embarrassed, he said, "Didn't you agree to be [-]?"

Song Banyan smiled and said: "The one who bought you cigarettes just worked hard for you." Seeing the driver take it, he said, "Uncle, I'll give you another hundred. You send me to the new campus of the Muyuan, but Let’s go to Qintong first.”

The driver readily agreed: "Success."

"Okay, let's walk around Qintong Town for a while and stop at the Shuidu Market."

Qintong is also in Jiangyan District, but it is one north and one south of Youjiadun. After 45 minutes, we arrived at the place.Song Banyan unbuckled his seat belt, and said to the driver, "I'll go in and get something, and it will take up to 10 minutes, which is just the time to smoke two cigarettes."

The driver nodded and got out of the car together.Anyway, the battery car is here, even if people run away, it will cost more than one hundred and eighty dollars if you sell it.

Song Banyan walked straight into the market, but stopped around the corner.Looking back against the wall, I saw the driver looking around looking for a small shop to buy cigarettes, so I felt relieved.

She checked on the Internet before she came, and there is an antique shop here that has been open for a long time.Sure enough, when I asked passers-by, I got the news immediately.After walking for less than 1 minute, I saw a retro facade.

On the door plaque is written gold characters on a black background - Baohua Antiques.

As soon as the boss looked up, he saw a young girl coming in.Qintong Ancient Town is a little famous, so there are often ordinary tourists who stray into the store.But in their line of work, people believe in three-pointers when they look at things and people.

The boss narrowed his eyes, thinking that he might be someone in the industry, so he said, "Girl, what do you want to buy, and give me something else?"

It is a custom in the antique circle to buy and sell among peers, and "sell" is called "even".

Song Banyan walked up to the boss, took out five silver coins from his pocket, and placed them one by one on the table.

The boss saw Guangxu Yuanbao, Yuan Datou, Sun Xiaotou, Yingyang, and Japan Longyang.

There are a large amount of silver dollars, many types, and many existences.The price is not high, and ordinary collectors can afford it, so it has always been popular.

Silver dollar collection is considered an introductory class. The boss picked up the five silver dollars, took a look, and smiled at Song Banyan: "Yuan Datou has 5 in the third year, Xiaotou 4, Yingyang 2, and Guangxu Jiangnan Dangshi 6." Zhang, 4 for Long Yang. 21, I'll give you [-], let's make friends."

Song Banyan smiled and said, "Okay."

The driver leaned against the van, took a deep breath, and exhaled a smoke ring.With a glance, he saw the guests standing not far away.The driver let go of his hand, lifted his toes and twirled.As soon as he stepped on it, he began to feel distressed.

Song Banyan walked over, opened the car door and said, "Let's go to the pastoral school."

When they arrived at the place, Song Banyan cleared the fare.I bought a big school bag at a small roadside shop and put the Wanhua brocade lid jar in it.Go to the battery car rental store, return the car, and take away the ID card and crutches.

Song Banyan hailed a taxi on the side of the road: "Go to South Railway Station."

After buying a ticket, Song Banyan didn't enter the station, but walked around outside, seeing that the time was about the same, he walked into the exit.

At this time, the passengers from the previous group were almost gone, and the exit was empty, so she looked particularly eye-catching. The guard immediately stopped her when he saw this: "Hey, what are you doing?"

Song Banyan kept walking: "I lost my things in the car."

There was still 10 minutes to drive, and the ticket inspection had already started. The bus driver stood by the bus, seeing something wrong with the ticket in Song Banyan's hand, took a look at it, and asked, "Why didn't your ticket be inspected?"

Song Banyan pointed at the ticket gate: "I don't know, I was pushed over."

The bus driver took a closer look, and the ticket must be fine... Didn't check the ticket?He cursed in a low voice: "The iron rice bowl is not afraid of falling, these little mothers."

In order to avoid the security check, Song Banyan, who let the ticket inspector take the blame, scratched his forehead and got on the bus nimbly.

The car was speeding, and three hours later, she was already in Shanghai.

There is no night in Shanghai, only the sunlight turns into lights.She shines brightly, day and night.She has a variety of styles and fascinates all beings.

Song Banyan randomly found a hotel and opened a private room.

The first thing to do when entering the room is to take out the lidded jar of Wanhuajin and wipe it clean.She didn't know much about antiques, she looked at the colorful patterns on the brocade floor for a long time, and only vaguely remembered that this gaudy painting style seemed to be popular since Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty.

However, she didn't know much about Qing history, so she only saw the four-character inscription on the bottom of the pot - Jiaqing year system, with regular fonts and no borders.Presumably it came from a folk kiln somewhere in the south of the Yangtze River, and I don't know how much it is worth.

The lid jar is round and round, smaller than a football.Most of the wax seal on it had been scraped off by Song Banyan.After opening it, there was a jar full of silver dollars inside.

In addition to Guangxu Yuanbao, Yuan Datou, Sun Xiaotou, Yingyang, and Japan Longyang.There are also Chuanyang, Zhanyang, Tongbao of each dynasty.There is also a red velvet bag at the bottom, which contains a wooden box and two gold rings.

Song Banyan opened a box, and suddenly there was a loud noise in his head.There was a precious stone in the box, the color was like amber, and the strange thing was that there was an ancient coin embedded in it.

Song Banyan was stunned for a long time, carefully took out the thing, looked at it over and over again under the lamp, and sighed in a low voice: "...It turned out to be a mother's coin."

Putting away the treasures close to her body, Song Banyan happily wiped the silver coins and arranged them in piles by category.

After counting, wrap them in rolls of paper and put them back in the lidded jar.Put on your bag, buy a set meal, and find an Internet cafe.

If you don't learn, you won't succeed. If you don't ask, you don't know.

Song Banyan turned on the computer and spread out the notebook.I started to search for silver dollars, and found that except for some treasures, the price of silver dollars is very transparent.The owner of the antique shop in Qintong didn't kill customers, he really wanted to make friends.

Song Banyan said in his heart: Reciprocity is a courtesy, so leave the two gold rings to him.

Looking at the purchase price given on the Internet, Song Banyan did the math: 280 silver dollars, I am considered a small fortune now.

Immediately, his brows were filled with joy, knowing that the ancient book in Old Man You's hand was already in his pocket.She looked up the nearest antique market on the map.Only after this investigation did I find that there are so many antique shops in Shanghai.

Not only are there so many, but also many surprises.

The author has something to say: ①You brothers: Eugene Cheng, Jin Biao.

② Clear water wall: The wall without plaster on the wall is called clear water wall, and the process requirements are relatively high.

③ "Talking about Taizhou Ancient Architecture" Huang Bingyu

④ Butterfly tiles: Butterfly tiles are small green tiles with an arc-shaped cross section.