The old man was stunned for a moment, looking at the stump, which was full of bumps and a lot of tree tumors. This kind of wood is the most difficult to split, and the angle is also the most tricky.

"What are you doing without chopping wood?" There is only one stump left, what else can I do? There are not enough materials for the stool!

Zhang Fan observed carefully and found that the cut surface of the stump was like a beautiful landscape map. The grain of the wood and the texture of the nodules were naturally formed, and he remembered that this wood had a special name, called shadow wood, or gall wood.

It does not refer to a specific type of wood, but to all scarred trees in general. Scarring, also known as "gall knots", is the result of the diseased proliferation of trees and is a natural morbid beauty. The galls are large and small, the small ones are mostly found in the body of the tree, and the large ones are mostly found in the roots of the tree.

After the gall wood is dissected, it will present a unique pattern pattern due to the different texture of the tree species, such as grape pattern, landscape pattern, sesame pattern, tiger skin pattern, rabbit face pattern, etc. Because of the special grain of the wood here and the strange effect, it has always been loved by people.

"Ebolby wood, huh?" Zhang Fan asked.

The old man nodded: "The old mountain dug it up, this tree has not borne fruit for many years, and it looks sick." I saw that its branches and leaves were blocking the sunlight from a dry field below, so I simply cut it down. ”

Zhang Fancai explained to the old man: "This kind of wood with long nodules, some people outside call it gall wood, according to the different tree species, the price also changes, in general, it is still quite valuable, and it is a pity to use it as firewood." ”

"Valuable?" the old man was startled, and looked down at the piece of wood.

He didn't understand, such wood, firewood is troublesome, how can someone like it. They use wood to make furniture in the countryside, and they all like wooden planks without scars.

For example, they like to use cedar wood to make door panels, and if they find that there are "scars" on the wooden panels, they will cover them with paint to make the façade look better.

Why is it that people out there are just the opposite, and someone specifically likes this kind of thing?

Zhang Fan couldn't explain to the old peasants, and it was very difficult to correct the deep-rooted ideological concepts. Of course, there is no need to explain so much, just know that it is worth it.

More than just gall, ebony is a type of olive wood.

As far as he knows, olive wood is also considered a high-grade wood. Especially on the European side, it belongs to the aristocratic wood. Its density is high, the olive wood is very solid, the hardness is high, the olive wood is brightly colored, and the grain is clear and beautiful.

For example, the word "olive branch" is the one that people hear the most.

It is a symbol of peace and victory, and it is often used in the Olympic Games, woven into rings, and worn on the heads of the winners, although it is a little "green", and no one should not envy it.

Many high-end luxury goods in Europe, such as France's national knife Opinaire, have launched high-end collection knives with olive wood as the handle, and many high-end ready-to-wear buttons are also made of olive wood, and many high-market positioning of various commodities are naturally made of olive wood as the raw material for their wooden parts.

In China, some manufacturers are also actively developing various commodities with olive wood as raw materials, combined with its own beautiful texture, coupled with traditional Chinese exquisite woodworking and carving technology, olive wood can create unparalleled wonderful patterns and patterns, such as olive kitchenware, olive wood chess cards, olive wood standing clock, olive wood pepper mill and so on.

The high-grade wood, coupled with the excellent performance of the gall, made Zhang Fan conclude the preciousness of this stump.

In particular, the pattern above really resembles a Chinese landscape map, and the magic of nature is often more shocking.

Seeing that the future grandson-in-law seemed to like it very much, the old man nodded: "If you like it, you can carry it back!"

Anyway, he didn't appreciate it, and as for what Zhang Fan said, he estimated that it was only three or five hundred! After all, how much is a tree? A better one has a few hundred yuan.

Some time ago, some people from outside entered the village and wanted to buy the big black olive tree in the center of the village, and the price was 5,000 yuan, but some people persuaded the village chief to simply cut it down, so as to save the place.

"I'll carry it back?" Zhang Fan was stunned, and then hurriedly waved his hand: "That's not good, it's a little more valuable." ”

He understood that the old man had seriously underestimated the value of this piece of wood, and then said, "Otherwise, I will help you ask how much it is worth." ”

After speaking, he took out his mobile phone, took several clear photos of the cut surface of the stake, and sent them to Yang Lao's disciple Pang Li. He heard that Mr. Yang carefully carved the gloomy wood and was bought at a high price of more than 6 million, Zhang Fan just congratulated, people make money with their ability, what are their eyes?

He had also contacted Yang Lao's disciple Pang Li privately several times, and his personal relationship was okay. Pang Li swept Zhang Fan's vegetables and poultry, so he had a good impression of Zhang Fan's family.

This scene happened to make Zhao Yuqing come out and bump into him, and he was surprised.

"Senior brother, you know a lot. Zhao Yuqing usually stayed outside and also went to college, but she didn't have this kind of vision. In other words, the profession is different!

Although the relationship between the two was preliminarily confirmed, Zhao Yuqing still called Senior Brother Zhang Fan, feeling a little more cordial and not too insensitive.

Not long after, the rest of the Zhao family also came out and were surprised to learn that there was a valuable piece of wood at home. They looked around at the piece of wood for a long time, but found nothing to be worthy.

Zhao Yuqing noticed the naturally formed landscape map of the faceted surface, and was amazed, no wonder the senior brother said that it was valuable.

After a while, Pang Li called back, and a roaring voice came from inside: "Brother Zhang, is the wood still in your hands? ”

Belch!

Zhang Fan said depressedly: "I don't understand anything, what price do you ask me to offer? ”

He was honest, he didn't know much about the market price of timber, so it was really difficult for him to make a price. After all, it's not my own thing, the price is less, I feel sorry for the Zhao family, and they don't do it if they shout too much.

The next sentence came from the mobile phone, it was Yang Lao: "Comprehensive estimate, how about 30,000?"

Yang Laokai's price is not very high, and he combines many factors. After getting your hands on it, carefully handling it can multiply the profit several times, or even more than ten times.

Hundreds of thousands of works are nothing in Yang Lao's collection. What he really likes and values is the natural pattern of the wood grain.

After some carving and retouching, he is not ready to sell the work, and collects it himself.

When Zhao Liu's family heard the word "30,000", they were all dumbfounded, especially the old man, who patted his chest very luckily: Fortunately, I didn't chop it as firewood, 30,000!

Zhang Fan didn't make his own opinion, and looked at Old Man Zhao: "Old man, is this price acceptable?"

What else do they can't accept, old man? What do you want to do if a tree stump sells for 30,000 yuan? People who are very easy to satisfy, and are even afraid that the other party will regret it, immediately nodding their heads again and again: "Sell! Of course it is sold." ”

Their family is not very poor, but 30,000 yuan is still a huge amount of money.

Zhao Yuqing's eyes were full of brilliance, she had only been a teacher for more than 3,000 a month! She might not be able to save 30,000 yuan a year, after all, she would have to spend it.