Chapter 42 Dilapidated Houses
Although He Lao is old, his hands and feet are still very sharp and his body is healthy.
Hu Yang has done his family a great favor, he must be entertained, he asked his grandson to greet people, after all, they are the same age, and there are many topics, and there are not so many rules for chatting.
He went to the chicken coop to catch a chicken, killed a muscovy duck by the way, and called his son to ask him to take half a day off to come back, buy something by the way, and tell him what happened at home.
When He Wenqing's father received the call, he almost thought that his family had been deceived.
After listening to the explanation, he confirmed that the family really wanted to get rich, so he immediately asked the leader for a leave, and asked his wife to also ask for leave to go home.
"Brother Hu, the sun is a little poisonous now, do you really want to go out?" He Wenqing asked.
Hu Yang wants to walk around the village, on the one hand, he wants to see the scenery of the village, and on the other hand, he wants to see if there are any antiques in other homes, so he can't go home empty-handed, right?
"Sister Tang, do you want to be together?" Hu Yang turned his head and asked Tang You.
After all, girls are the ones who mind the most, even if the sun is not shining, they will bring umbrellas when they go out a lot, for fear that their skin will be tanned.
"Go, definitely go!" Tang Yu did not hesitate at all.
This time she followed Brother Hu, and she gained a lot. Not to mention the copper coin, just in the live broadcast room, the attention has increased by several hundred, and the gift income is more than ten times that of the past.
If she didn't want to be embarrassed, she would have wanted to pester Brother Hu in the future and follow him everywhere.
However, this kind of thinking is definitely unrealistic, people can take themselves for a day, it is already very face-saving, and they must know how to be a good person.
"Okay, let's go!"
Since Brother Hu said so, He Wenqing first found a few umbrellas at home, and then led the way in front.
"This house looks like it's about to collapse, can it still be inhabited?" Tang You saw a house on the side of the road, and there was a quilt drying at the door, thinking that someone was living there.
The house was in tatters, probably an old product from more than a hundred years ago, and it looked like a dilapidated house no matter how you looked at it.
He Wenqing shook his head: "No one has lived in it for a long time, and the quilt should be from that family." ”
He pointed to another house not far away, although it was a building, but it was only one floor, and it was still bare red brick on the outside, and there was no decoration at all.
He Wenqing hesitated for a moment, and finally revealed: "This family used to be quite rich in our village. I heard that I moved away before I was born, as if I was going to Hong Kong.
As you know, more than 100 years ago, Hong Kong was relatively prosperous, and many people took the risk of smuggling people to live in the past.
The family was different, and when they got into trouble, they had to pack up their things and run away. ”
As for what happened, He Wenqing didn't say anything, it seemed to be a taboo topic in the village.
"Tsk! There's a tree growing on the wall. Andy laughed.
The audience in the live broadcast room was also amazed, only to see that on the wall of that house, there was really a tree about the thickness of an arm, and it was a little leafy.
Populus Hu walked over, and everyone thought he was going to see the tree.
But when Hu Yang came to the door of the house, the door was unlocked and broke open. He crouched down in front of the door and stroked a stele-like object in front of the door with his hand.
"It can be seen that this family used to be a big family. Hu Yang said.
He introduced that it was a door, and the big families in ancient times would do this.
The door stone is generally placed on both sides of the gate of the ancient traditional building, which is used to display the decorative art of the courtyard that marks the level and status of the owner in ancient times, and produces the overall artistic decoration beauty of simplicity and elegance together with the door hairpin, threshold, door leaf and door frame, and has the symbol of auspiciousness, blessing and evil avoidance.
It complements each other with the building, harmonizes and unestablishes, plays the role of the finishing touch of the courtyard, and becomes an indispensable part of the traditional residential architecture.
"This carving, called butterfly into Lanshan, is a very classic door carving. You say, this family won't come back in the future, so this house should be considered ownerless, right?" asked Hu Yang.
He Wenqing shook his head: "It's not an ownerless thing, it's the public property of the village, it seems to say that the family gave the land to the village before leaving." ”
It seems that when people left, they didn't plan to come back, which is why they abandoned it so cleanly.
Hu Yang nodded lightly: "Then you have to tell the village that this door should not be damaged, it is considered an antique." Can I go in?"
He Wenqing was stunned, and then nodded: "Okay, you go in first, I'll go back." ”
He had to tell his grandfather about the news. This house is considered the property of the village, and since there are valuable things, of course you have to notify the people in the village, such as the village chief or something.
"Well, what are you going to do, you go and get busy! ”
In the house, it may have been left unattended for too long, a little damp, there are cobwebs in the corners, and there are some things on the wall, which have been unrecognizable.
Except for a table of eight immortals, which was empty, there was nothing to see.
"Is this table worth the price?" Andy asked.
It stands to reason that if it is left by the family He Wenqing said, it has been for decades, since there is no damage at all, the wood should be okay, right?
"Made of olive wood, it is considered a mid-to-high-end wood, and it is worth a little money. One or twenty thousand yuan!" Hu Yang said after observing for a while.
Olive wood has a high density, very solid wood, high hardness, bright colors, clear and beautiful textures, and is an aristocratic wood in Europe, which can be regarded as a luxury.
Hu Yang knows that some of Europe's precious collection knives are made of olive wood with handles, and some high-end ready-to-wear buttons are also made of olive wood.
In China, combined with its own beautiful texture, coupled with the traditional exquisite woodworking and carving technology, olive wood can create unparalleled wonderful patterns and patterns, such as olive wood bowls, olive wood chess cards, olive wood standing clocks, olive wood pepper grinding and so on.
It is relatively rare to make it directly into a table of eight immortals, after all, there are more consumables in this way.
"I have to say that the people who use olive wood to make the table of eight immortals are very tasteless, and it is a complete waste. This Eight Immortals table is very general in workmanship and is not a work of art, so it can only be dismantled and sold for wood. Hu Yang continued.
It can be sold to some wood carving craftsmen, and it must be wanted, after all, there is a lot of wood in this Eight Immortals table, and it is all large materials, and the space for recycling is relatively large.
After a while, He Wenqing led his grandfather in, followed by a sweaty middle-aged man.
"This is Director Chen of our village's village committee. He Wenqing introduced.
Director Chen was still a little puzzled, looking at Populus euphratica, so young, no matter how you look at it, it is unreliable!
However, on the surface, he was silent and happily shook hands with Populus euphratica. Knowing that the house contained valuable antiques, he rushed over.
When he was outside the door, he also learned that one of He Lao's watches was worth hundreds of thousands, and he was even more shocked.