Chapter 14: The Great Harvest
As soon as Su Bei poured spiritual water on several small vegetable patches around the yard, the old man walked back from outside with his hands behind his back.
"Grandpa, how's it going?" asked Su Bei pretending to be curious.
"Last night's thunder was too weird, not to mention that it didn't rain just thunder, your uncle and they also found nine new scorch marks on the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, and some people said that he heard nine thunders last night, if this is the case, isn't it every thunder that hits the big locust tree? This is too weird, and I don't know what the sign is. The old man said with some concern.
Although the old man is also an intellectual, after all, he is a rural person, more or less influenced by traditional superstition, and last night's thunder was too strange for people not to guess whether this was some kind of hint or omen from God.
"Grandpa, even if it's some kind of sign, it's definitely a good sign, and the number nine is a good number, an auspicious number. Su Bei said with relief on the side.
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At one o'clock in the middle of the night, Su Bei suddenly got up from the bed and walked outside the house, it was dark outside, the weather had changed today, and there was only a faint amount of starlight in the sky.
As soon as Su Bei quietly walked out of the courtyard gate, he felt some movement behind him, and when he looked back, a black earth dog came out from behind, officially a black girl, Su Bei was afraid that the cry of the black girl would wake up the grandparents who had fallen asleep, so he hurriedly moved his heart and moved Xiaohua into the space.
Now in addition to a large number of plants in the space, there are only a few insects such as bees and butterflies in the animal aspect, and there are no large animals, and the black girl is the first mammal to enter the space class.
After receiving the black girl, Subei came to the big locust tree at the entrance of the village.
"Su Huai, come out. β
A green light flashed out from under the dead locust tree, turning into a big man of about one meter nine, which was the locust tree demon in northern Jiangsu-Su Huai.
"Sir. Seeing Su Bei, Su Huai immediately knelt on the ground and respectfully called the master.
"Okay, in the future, when someone calls me boss when he is there, don't bow down, let you secretly learn the knowledge of human beings, understand the society on the earth, how are you learning? Su Bei waved his hand and motioned for Su Huai to get up and speak.
"Yes, sir, I understand. Su Huai stood up, without any expression on his face, with a tall and sturdy figure, he looked very cold.
Su Bei nodded: "Well, how is the thing I asked you to do?"
"Sir, I found quite a few things, all in a cave over there. Su Huai pointed to the mountains and forests north of the village.
Su Bei was overjoyed when he heard this, but he didn't expect Su Huai to find something underground, and hurriedly said, "Take me there." β
Su Bei followed Su Huai to a cave halfway up the mountain in the north, and before he arrived, Su Bei knew which cave Su Huai was going to take him to, that cave he often went in with Su Ming and them when he was a child, and the rocks inside were strangely shaped and shining in the light.
What Subei saw was a huge iron cabinet with a lot of moist dirt left on it, apparently just dug up from the ground.
"Sir, this cupboard was dug out of a valley more than ninety miles away, and you see, there is a lot of gold in it. Su Huai went up and opened the cabinet.
Su Bei stepped forward and took out the strong flashlight in the space, the iron cabinet was divided into three layers, and the upper two layers were placed with some ancient books and picture scrolls, as well as a few thick black books, the bottom layer was oversized, and there were gold bricks neatly stacked, and Su Bei was dumbfounded.
Su Bei pressed back his excitement, pulled out the top scroll from the top layer of the book scroll, opened it, and couldn't help frowning, the scroll has been buried in the ground for too long, the loss is great, and this landscape painting has been blurred by moisture.
Several calligraphy paintings and ancient books were opened in succession, and all of them, like the first painting, were damaged by different Cheng dΓΉ.
Su Bei kept shaking his head, and finally could only look at the second layer, the things on the second layer were wrapped in a thick layer of kraft paper, Su Bei couldn't help but look forward to it, with the protection of kraft paper, the things on the second layer should be relatively intact.
There are not many things on the second floor, except for two black books, there are only three objects wrapped in brown paper.
Su Bei first took out two thick black books, opened one, and there was something written by someone with a pen, although he was very vague, but Su Bei still saw at a glance that these words were Japanese.
"Difficulty: This iron box was buried by the Japanese in the ground back then?" Su Bei couldn't help but think as he looked at the vague Japanese on those yellowed papers.
It's a pity that Subei doesn't know Japanese, and the self on it is blurry, it looks like two bills, with several dates on them, all of which are from 1940.
Su Bei estimated that this might be the bill of a Japanese army unit when the Japanese army invaded China, and now that so many years have passed, these things are useless at all, so he threw them aside, Su Bei took out the three things included in the second layer of kraft paper, opened one of them, and looked at it, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
The first painting scrolls and ancient books were all Chinese works, but in this one it was actually a Western landscape painting.
A scattered stone wilderness, with some strange little trees curving, and in the distance is a green jungle, and a temple is in the middle of the jungle, in the sun, which is particularly mysterious. In the lower right corner of the painting there is also a line of the artist's signature - Vincent.
Who is Vincent?
Su Bei couldn't help but wonder in his heart, how could there be this Westerner's painting here, and when he opened the other two brown paper packages, they were all paintings signed by Vincent.
Three paintings, two landscapes, one figure.
The figure was drawn of a middle-aged Westerner, with a thin face and a black beard, who looked weird.
These three paintings are wrapped in brown paper, which is obviously more important to the person who placed them in the iron cabinet, at least than the Chinese paintings and calligraphy on the first layer, and they are also sealed with brown paper, which is relatively well preserved. It is not eroded by underground moisture.
"The paintings and calligraphy on the first floor are all scrapped, they have become defective products, and they are not estimated to be worth much, I don't know if these three Western paintings are worth anything, who will this Vincent be? Su Bei muttered, continued to wrap the three paintings in brown paper, and then moved his gaze to the third layer below.
Looking at the gold bricks neatly stacked all over the third layer, Su Bei smiled.
In any case, so many gold bricks are already a great harvest.
"Su Huai, I'll give you a task, you use the escape technique to go to a place where you can go online, find out who this Vincent is, and then come back and sue me. "Su Bei didn't want to leave Zishan Village for the time being, so he summoned his newly accepted registered disciple.
"Yes, sir. β
Su Huai answered, and then turned into a green light and drilled into the bottom and disappeared.
Su Huai is worthy of being the locust tree demon of Yuanying's cultivation, and his work efficiency is extremely fast, and in less than half an hour, Su Bei has not finished counting the gold bricks, and he has already inquired back.
After listening to Su Huai's report, Su Bei couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
Vincent is actually the signature of the famous Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent Willemvan Gogh (1853-1890)!