Chapter 12: The Mysterious Wooden Box
My grandfather's room was located in the innermost part of my aunt's yard. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
This courtyard has an area of three acres of land, which is the ancestral property of the eldest aunt's family, and Ye Qiu is used to calling this a compound.
It is said that there are still five or six places in the aunt's house just such a yard, plus more than a dozen shops along the street outside, the aunt has become a full charter wife.
Wan San and Lao Zhang Zeng jokingly said Chen Fei, what are you doing all day long, just wait to be the "second generation......
This house, sitting north facing south, the gate facing east, as soon as you enter the gate, there is a wide gatehouse,
The area of this gatehouse alone is already equivalent to the living room of Ye Qiu's house.
Out of the gate building is a very large yard, the yard is very beautiful, there is a garden, there is a vegetable field, after the aunt and the aunt and the aunt retired
It is very pleasant to raise flowers and vegetables in the yard.
There is also a basketball hoop on the south wall of the courtyard, which was installed when Chen Fei was still living here.
Later, after Chen Fei got married and moved away, the basketball hoop has always been standing there, which is a proof that Chen Fei once lived here.
In the middle of the courtyard is a large three-story villa, which is the main house of this courtyard.
There is a row of partial houses on the east and west sides of the courtyard, and few people usually go in.
Continue to the north from the aisle on the main landlord's side, and after going around the main house, there is a small courtyard again,
There is a small stone platform one meter square in the small courtyard, and a chessboard is painted on the stone platform, and there are chess pieces on the chessboard.
Everyone usually accompanies their grandfather to kill a few games here when they have nothing to do.
There are three bungalows in the innermost part of the small courtyard,
This is where my grandfather lived. When my grandfather moved from his hometown, he came to these three bungalows, and he said that it was similar to the house in his hometown.
So he didn't go to anyone's house, so he lived in these three bungalows, and he lived there for more than ten years.
People like to live in bungalows when they are old, one is down-to-earth, and the other is more convenient to live, who wants to climb the stairs with crutches all day long.
Ye Qiu walked to the door, the door was unlocked, so he pushed the door and walked in.
The furnishings in the house are very simple, and I feel like I have returned to the homes of rural people in the eighties and nineties.
In the middle of the living room is a square table with low legs, and there are several benches next to the table.
But it is made of the finest ash wood, and it is said to be older than my aunt's age.
There was a grandfather's tea set on the table, and the teapot was also old, full of cracks, but it did not leak, which was very strange. The tea bowl is covered with thick tea stains,
My grandfather never brushed, and he didn't allow others to brush,
Once my aunt took advantage of him to go out and cleaned his tea bowl.
Who knew that when he came back, he lost his temper, saying that drinking tea with a washed tea bowl could not taste tea......
There is nothing else in the living room.
In the past, he also installed modern homes such as TVs, air conditioners, and sofas.
It won't be long before he finds someone to clean it up, saying that he can't enjoy it......
There is a doorway on each of the east and west walls of the living room, which leads to the other two rooms.
Ye Qiu knew that in the room to the west, there were some tattered quilts, torn cotton jackets, torn mattresses, broken shoes, and other tattered children.
It's all the "belongings" that my grandfather brought from his hometown.
No matter how others persuade him, he just doesn't throw it away, saying that it is worth breaking his family, and he also teaches others to learn to live......
To the east was my grandfather's bedroom, and the things he used often, the more valuable things, were usually kept in the drawer of the old-fashioned desk in the bedroom.
The old desk was too old to be old, three of the four legs were broken, two of which had been rebuilt with other wood, and the other
Broken legs are replaced with bricks.
There are three large drawers on the front of the desk, Ye Qiu has turned over each one, and there are some loose changes, medicines, keys, cigarette bags, books and other miscellaneous items in the drawers.
But he didn't have his grandfather's household registration book, ID card, medical book and other documents.
In addition to this desk, there was only one bed left in the bedroom, which was also brought by my grandfather from his hometown, and it was a rather old wooden bed.
Although it is old, it is still quite sturdy, and there is no shaking sensation when you sit on it, and there is no sound.
Ye Qiu carefully rummaged through his grandfather's futon and pillow, but still didn't find any documents......
Huh, this is really strange, strange, strange, all the places that can be found, where can grandpa put his documents? Ye Qiu felt quite puzzled.
Could it be placed under the bed? Ye Qiu remembered playing hide and seek with his friends when he was a child, and he would often hide under his grandfather's bed, and he still vaguely remembered it
There seems to be a large rectangular wooden box under the bed......
So, he leaned down, lifted the sheet that was hanging on the edge of the bed, and looked in. Sure enough, a large wooden box lay quietly in the innermost part of the bed.
"Hey, don't say it's true. Ye Qiu couldn't help but feel a little proud.
But then he felt that he was a little proud,
The front of this large wooden box was against the wall, and the locks were not visible, and there were no handles around it, but it was very heavy.
Ye Qiu leaned over and spent a lot of effort, but he couldn't move it for half a minute, and he couldn't exert his strength at all.
"My grandfather, how did you remove it when you usually use it, and can this unlucky thing be used......
Ye Qiu grumbled as he withdrew from under the bed, sat on the ground, and gasped for breath.....
"It's even harder than my dad's safe, what's in it?
Hey, how can grandpa have any good things, except for the pile of rags in the West House......" Thinking of this, Ye Qiu began to retreat.
"But my grandfather's ID hasn't been found yet, and I can't afford to go back like this. Nine times out of ten, those documents are in this box.
But I just can't get it. It's really not possible to find someone to help, but who can you look for? Looking for Chen Fei? It's not suitable, Chen Fei is a big old man
How is it possible to do this job. It's even more inappropriate to find an aunt or an aunt's husband, and I'm going to have to be criticized, and I can't even handle this little thing......
Ye Qiu was depressed and threw himself on the bed, "Hey, I'm a slurry brain, I can't move the box, I won't move the bed?"
Thinking of this, Ye Qiu suddenly came to his senses again, as if he had discovered a new continent.
So he quickly got up and moved the bed with his hands. Although this bed is also very heavy, it can be carried with much more force than moving the box.
After a while, the wooden bed was completely removed, and the large wooden box revealed its true face.
Ye Qiu carefully looked at this large wooden box, this wooden box looked older than all the other household items in this house,
Its original color can no longer be seen. The box is full of potholes and undulating conditions, and it feels like it has experienced a baptism of war.
A thick layer of old putty covered it, and after rubbing, it actually emitted a soft luster......
Ye Qiu put his hand into the gap between the box and the wall, and with a strong pull, the metal lock on the front of the box was revealed.
A large bronze lock locked it securely......