29. a basement

The big grinding disc had obviously not been opened for a long time, and it took a lot of effort to turn it away. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

With the excitement of treasure hunting, Li He looked at the slowly unfolding hole, and a staircase appeared below.

The width of this staircase is not very large, and it requires people to lie down and move down little by little, and when Old Man Li walked down, Li He followed closely behind.

The space here was very narrow at first, but the further down he went, the larger the space around him became, and Li He breathed a sigh of relief from the feeling of crowding that had always been close to the stairs with his back and now feeling like going down the stairs normally.

You must know that what you are most afraid of when going down this staircase is this sense of narrowness, which seems to be unscored, aggrieved, and very depressing.

Psychological insecurity.

The staircase led down for a full minute, and according to normal judgment, it was at least twenty meters high.

Looking at Li He, who was stunned, Old Man Li smiled, then walked to the side, found a wooden switch, and turned it on.

The entire basement lit up immediately.

Li He first looked down, and looked up to see that there was an electric light hanging in the middle of the basement, and the light flickered and flickered, obviously in disrepair, and I don't know if it will suddenly burst out.

However, with this electric light, you can see the surrounding basement clearly.

There are no jewels, no gold and silver treasures, it is like walking into a room that has not been cleaned for a long time.

Covered in dust and dirt. That's what it feels like to be first.

At this time, under the illumination of the light, Li He really understood how big this basement is, the area is very large, it is really big.

The only thing that is incredible is that Li He couldn't find a single spliced stone crack in his sight, whether it was on the ground or on the top of his head.

Li He's gaze stayed on the ground ten meters away for a long time, hoping to find traces of the combination, but in the end he was disappointed.

The ground is unified, and the stone slabs are all connected and stretched forward, as if they were in such a state when they were first built.

Li He squatted down and placed his palms flat on the ground.

The stones on the ground were shockingly cold, like ice that would not melt for thousands of years, and Li He shivered violently, and then quickly withdrew his hand.

Now I feel like I'm in front of me like an ice vault with a gap, and as soon as I step inside, I'm in danger of being frozen.

Old man Li said proudly, "Boy, the value of 5,000 flowers, this area covers the entire house, and there are more than 50 square meters."

These 5,000 yuan bought the courtyard of the three temple streets, not to mention that there is such a large space and such a basement under it now.

Even if he is a human being in two lives, Li He's mentality is calmer than anyone else's, but at this moment, he can't help shouting in his heart: "Make a big profit, make a big profit." ”

Under the flickering light, Li He carefully looked at every furnishing around him.

There were wooden shelves all over the walls, but they were empty, with only a few dust and cobwebs.

It seems that this basement has not been used for a long time.

Thinking about the familiarity of Li He turning on the light just now, and following the familiarity of the switch, Li He was sure that Old Man Li must have known about the existence of this basement.

Li He asked suspiciously, "Uncle Li, I've never heard of any basement under the Beijing Hutong?"

Not to mention this life, even in the previous life, he had never heard of the mystery here.

Old man Li took out the dry tobacco, and Li He hurriedly helped light the fire.

Li He looked at the vigorous flames of the match, and lost his mind, where is the vent?

This is a sealed basement, there is only one staircase entrance, and it is impossible to circulate air through such a small opening in such a deep basement.

Old man Li took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Hehe, this is actually an ice house, which used to be used by rich and wealthy families to escape the heat in summer." How strange can it be? You're just rare and weird. This house is also an old house, handed down from the hands of the old Yu family's great-grandfather, with a long history, the old man lived for more than seventy years and liked to collect old objects. If you look at those rows of shelves, they used to be full of collections, and there were a lot of good things. ”

Seeing that Li He nodded, Old Man Li continued: "Old Yutou's great-grandfather is very good at making paper people, that is, people who burn the dead, and Lao Yutou's father also inherited the craft, but when it comes to Lao Yutou's generation, it is said that he advocates the spirit of the new youth, but in fact, he walks the horses and birds, and smokes big cigarettes in the kiln." This craft was abolished, and most of the old Yutou's family property was lost, and when it was about to be liberated, Lao Yutou ruthlessly let his brothers, as well as his wife and children, take most of the remaining family property to Hong Kong"

Li He didn't think much about this, but looked at the basement, and threw out the doubts just now, "Uncle Li, where is this vent, this is at least more than 20 meters underground, and the air can be so good"

"This is built in imitation of the tomb, you will go out to see, the four corners of the house are mounds of soil, there is a pair of soil ques on the south side, two pairs of stone people, a pair of Shihua tables, those are all secret mouths, the middle is hollow, the surface is lime paste, you can't see it" Old man Li talked eloquently.

"But I see that the slate is all tightly fitted, where can I get the breath?"

Old man Li took a step forward, gently pushed a wall, and with a creak, it was actually a stone door.

How could there be space, Li He's jaw was about to fall in shock.

Pushing open the stone door, the inside area is not large, only the size of an ordinary bedroom, and there is light penetrating in.

"This is the air vent above the pond, and there are four stone gates next to it, all of which are exactly the same, nothing unusual."

Li He was curious and closed the stone door for a while, and opened it again after a while, but there was no gap between the stone door and the wall, and Li He could only sigh that the ancients were really ingenious.

Old man Li pouted and said, "Let's go quickly, there's nothing to see, the good things Lao Yutou has already moved away." Anyway, it's yours now, and I'll study it slowly in the future."

Li He smiled and said, "Uncle Li, I don't even know how to thank you." ”

Old man Li took the lead and walked towards the entrance of the cave, ready to go out, "Don't talk about those useless things, add me more excellent wine, it's more useful than anything else"

Li He followed behind and said with a smile, "That's a must." Then Uncle Li, if we move in the afternoon, I won't have time for class the day after tomorrow, so it's better to take advantage of the free time in these two days to fix it all at once."

Old man Li nodded silently.

However, Li He is also a small family owner now, especially those antiques, and it is not so easy to move.

Mahogany rosewood furniture, tables, chairs and benches can be found by others.

However, porcelain is fragile, and it is obviously not suitable to find someone else.

Especially small pieces such as jade, wrenches, snuff bottles, etc., find someone else to get one for you, and there is no place to cry.

It is even more unsuitable for fanfare, only to shoot quietly.

It seems that only a few people can do it themselves.

Su Ming was dusting around with a feather duster, Su Ming sighed, and looked at the old man Li who walked into the hall, "If I find a few brothers, it will take a while." “

After speaking, he glanced at Li He again, and Li He said with a smile, "Uncle Li, yes, it's no problem to clean, but painting the wall is a technical job, it's better to find a small worker, and it will only take half a day."

Old man Li frowned, "If you want to be lazy, you two will say it directly." You two don't have time, I'll do it."

Li He and Su Ming glanced at each other, and they were really helpless when they met the old stubborn donkey.