The snow in the yard was as thick as outside, but because of the wall, there was less cold wind and it was warmer.

Cao Zhen closed the door, "I'll go to the main room to see if there is any power." "This house has not been inhabited for several years, and I don't know if the power has been cut off.

Jing Sa informed the village cadres and looked around at the dilapidated courtyard, "It's a pity that this house is a lot, in S City, this can be regarded as a first-class mansion!" ”

In old Beijing, a real estate like a courtyard house can be grabbed by someone with an opening price of 100 million.

"What a mansion, eerie, it's like a haunted house." Xiao Chen complained.

The camphor tree in the yard is not pruned all year round, blocking the sun, and the sun is very bright outside, but it is dark and a little weird inside.

"Coward! It's just not a few years of no one staying! ”

Cao Zhen poked his head out of the main room, "Come here, there is electricity in the house." ”

So they all went into the main room.

The most important room in the courtyard is the main house, sitting north and facing south, in the old society, the ancestral tablet is generally located in the middle of the main house, so the main house is the highest status in the whole house.

The main house of the Du family, the depth and height are quite large, there are three rooms, the building is elegant, the structure is ingenious, the winter is warm and the summer is cool, but unfortunately no one has lived in it for a long time, the corner of the wall is covered with spider webs, and the remaining furniture is a layer of ash when touched, and the dust will be scattered when it is blown slightly, and it will make people's throats itch.

There is a copper stove in the middle of the main hall of the main house, there is a large kettle on it, and there are some coals in the stove below, and the color is not deteriorated except for the dust, Cao Zhen lit the fire, lit the stove, boiled a pot of water, and when the hot steam came out, the house was warm.

Looking at the furnishings in the house, although dusty, it is not difficult to see that these furniture are all good colors, yellow pear, red sandalwood, mahogany, the style is simple, are some years of old objects, a corner of the Duobao Pavilion carved cumbersome and complex, polished very smooth, by no means is now the furniture city can buy things, the drum table, drum stool, incense table, and Duobao Pavilion is a complete set, the overall style tends to the Ming and Qing dynasties, the refined and elegant style even people who do not know how to do it know that it must be worth a lot.

She didn't know what the situation of the Du family was like when they were alive, but when she looked at these things, she knew that she was living a very luxurious life, just like the family background of a landlord in the old society.

This is the same as what I knew at the beginning, I thought it was just a little rich, but now it seems that it is not at the same level at all.

Therefore, doubts also arise, can a family who makes a living by opening a bookstore save such a family fund?

A multi-treasure pavilion carved with red sandalwood, how many books do you have to buy to afford it.

Could it be something left by the ancestors? But according to the information found by the police, the Du family is an ordinary bookseller, although the last three generations are considered scholarly, but they are all poor, there is no family property at all, and the Du family and his wife are self-made.

She looked at Jing Sa, "Where is the Du family's bookstore?" ”

"It seems to be in a small town not far from the village, I don't know the specifics, or you wait for the village cadre to come and ask, he should know more details."

She nodded.

Xiao Chen saw that the water was boiling, took out a thermos cup, and made a cup of tea for Wanwan, the tea leaves are the best Longjing, after brewing, the tea fragrance is overflowing.

Jing Sa and Cao Zhen smelled it, so they asked for it with a shy face.

After waiting for about ten minutes, an old man in a green military coat staggered in.

When Jing Sa saw it, he immediately got up to greet him, "Huang Lao, right?" ”

The old man took off the felt hat on his head, revealing a full head of silver hair, he could see that he was in his old age, he was on crutches, his legs and feet were slightly unstable, but his body was very tough, he nodded, he walked to the fire and warmed his hands, "Comrade police, let you wait for a long time, I am the head of this Huangjiatang!" ”

Huangjiatang is the name of this village, as the name suggests, the residents here are surnamed Huang, it is an ethnic group, there is a ancestral hall in the pond, enshrined in the ancestors of the ancestors, there are hundreds of years of history, there are also people with foreign surnames, but not much, the Du family is one of them.

Cao Zhen motioned for Xiao Chen to contribute some tea leaves to make a cup for Huangtang Chang.

Xiao Chen is not stingy, anyway, it is not his money that is spent.

After the old man sat down, he asked straight to the point: "Huang Lao, where is the Du family's bookstore?" ”

Huang Lao took a sip of tea and said slowly: "It's in the town three miles away from the village, but after so many years, the shop has long changed hands." ”

"When did the Du family move here?"

"About fifty years ago, that year there was a junior in the village who wanted to go to the big city to do business, so he sold the ancestral land to Lao Du, oh, it is the land of this house, Lao Du built this house and has lived here since then, this house was built by himself, but the shop was rented, and then Lao Du and his wife died in a car accident, Du Fu's girl closed the bookstore, and after the lease expired, the landlord rented it to others, and now it seems to be a small supermarket."

"Do you know what kind of books you bought?"

"Doing business is all about making a living, selling whatever is popular, there is no unity, children's books, textbooks, famous books, everything."

"Business is good?"

"I don't know about this, but Lao Du is very generous, it should be good, or how can I build such a big house, after living in the village for a few years, Lao Du married a daughter-in-law, the daughter-in-law is not from our village, but also a foreigner, said that the family was set before, stable in the village, and the business is also good before the person was taken over, to say that Lao Du this person, there is really nothing to say, but whenever there is anything in the village, he is the first to come out to help, the village was short of water decades ago, to find someone to dig a well, Lao Du paid for it without saying a word, Whenever the ancestral hall repairs Lao Du always donates money and contributes, the people in the village are very exclusive of aliens, but seeing Lao Du is refreshing, after a long time, he will treat him as his own family, but unfortunately his life is too thin, it is the prime of life when he suffered a great disaster, and the only single seedling is also ......" Huang Lao shook his head and sighed with embarrassment, "Du Fu's girl has changed greatly since Lao Du and his daughter-in-law left, and the people in the village have helped because they are worried about Lao Du's goodness, and they can help them, but the girl just doesn't open her eyes, like crazy, she scolds when she sees people, and she rushes after scolding, After a long time, who is willing to stick her cold ass with a hot face? But the people in the village are simple, and they don't care much about her, and later Zhao Di found out that she was missing, and the people in the village are also easy to find, for fear that something will happen to her, for this matter, several old elders in the village are also heartbroken, but they can't find anyone, thinking that young people may be tired of life in the village and go out for a walk, maybe they will come back one day, so they found someone to take turns to help take care of the house, but in recent years, the young people in the village have gone out to work, and there are few people in the village, and they are all old people, and their energy is limited, so they are not so enthusiastic, especially in the past two years, There is a shortage of manpower in his own fields, so no one comes, I originally wanted Du Fu's girl to come back sooner or later, but I didn't expect ......" He wiped the corners of his eyes, "The life of this family is really bitter." ”

It's really bitter, the last family is all dead, and there is no one left.

"Although no one has taken care of it, it can be seen that everything in it remains the same, and there is not a single one, and you also have a heart."

The family is dead, leaving a huge house, the village is not rich, and I haven't seen them break in and divide things, which shows how simple the people in this village are.

"That's of course, Lao Du helped the village so many things before his death, how can we do that kind of thing for people to go to tea and cool, a few years ago, there were really a few young and ignorant people who wanted to come in and steal something valuable, but fortunately they were found to be arrested, or they really lost the face of the villagers."

"Have the relatives of the Du family ever visited?"

Huang Lao shook his head, "Lao Du didn't see him and his relatives when he was alive, but there are a lot of people coming and going in business, after he and his daughter-in-law died in a car accident, we also asked Du Fu if she wanted to contact the relatives of the Du family, but she refused to say anything, and then when she disappeared, we also wanted to contact her, but I really don't know how to find someone, Lao Du, this person, everything is good, it is to spoil this daughter, but it is also human nature." ”

"How?"

"Did you see the camphor tree outside when you came?"

Everyone nodded.

"Lao Du's daughter-in-law was born a pair of daughters, Lao Du was very happy, and spent a lot of money to drag people from a distant place to buy two camphor trees back, I wanted to ask for a lottery, and made a camphor wood box as a dowry for my daughter when she grew up, but I never thought that when I was one year old, I fell down the stairs and broke my neck, and it was too late to save it."

She was surprised: "Du Fu is a twin? ”

"Yes! I hugged the big one when the two dolls were full moon, hey......" He took out his long-rod pipe, lit it and took a puff, "What about this person, I really don't know what tomorrow will bring?" ”

The smell of dry tobacco is not very good, but the old man smokes it deliciously.

Xiao Chen waved his hand in disgust, thinking that the smell of smoke was not good for her health, and wanted to ask the old man to extinguish the smoke, but was stopped by her eyes.

"Huang Lao, does the Du family have any other business besides the bookstore?"

"I haven't heard of it, Lao Du is a down-to-earth person, who takes care of the bookstore wholeheartedly, and never engages in opportunistic things."

She muttered, "That's weird......"

Jing Sa asked, "What's the blame?" ”

"There is only one bookstore, if it is in a big city, there are many people, the demand is high, it is not impossible to make a lot of money, but in this place, how many books can be sold in a day?"

"This ......" Jing Sa was stunned, "Does this matter?" ”

She didn't answer, but asked Huang Tangchang again, "What kind of person is Mrs. Du?" ”

"Lao Du's daughter-in-law?" Huang Lao said with a smile: "It's a big beauty, Lao Du can baby her, like she is not in good health, Lao Du is reluctant to let her come out to meet people, she rarely shows up in the village, it is rare to see once, once in order to repair the ancestral hall, I went to find Lao Du, happened to see once, beautiful is beautiful, but the face is not good, always sad face, like a sick Shih." ”

"Is my mother's family a big family?" Maybe it's all this Mrs. Du.

"She has been married to Lao Du for so many years, and she has never seen her mother's family come, and I heard Lao Du say that it is an ordinary family."

Ordinary people?

Where did the rich family wealth of the Du family come from, it may not have been given by others.

"By the way, I heard that the Du family has collected several ancient books, which were later sold by Du Fu, does Huang Lao have an impression?"

"Impressions, impressions! I heard that one sold for hundreds of thousands, and we wondered what ancient books were so valuable! I heard Huang Shun say, oh, Huang Shun is an idler in our village, he always likes to wander around, and he will peek at other people's homes when he has nothing to do, and when he heard him say, the people who come to buy them are directly trading with cash, so he was curious and wanted to see what those books looked like, but he didn't see anything, those books were tightly wrapped and packed into a strange box. ”

"Strange chests?"

"Well, that's what he said, and when he asked him what was weird, he said the box was full of ice."

Hearing this, she was very surprised.

Chinese calligraphy and painting have a long history, and many famous people's paintings and calligraphy in history have been rare because of wars, famines, man-made damage, etc., so they are more precious, and they are quite particular in the collection, because in the process of collecting, these fragile paintings and calligraphy are easy to be damaged, moth-eaten, mildew, etc., and once they occur, the value of the collection will be greatly reduced.

One of the biggest natural enemies is dampness, which is prone to mold when it is wet.

In particular, the old calligraphy and paintings, which are old, are stained with a lot of dust and microorganisms, and improper storage will easily cause mildew and insect pests.

Disinfection is generally common fumigation, or putting an appropriate amount of rue, musk, mangweed, camphor, etc. in the painting box, sealing for a period of time, can also have the effect of disinfection.

However, I have never heard that books are stored with ice cubes, and ice cubes will have a lot of moisture, which is not equivalent to providing conditions for the growth of moths and mold.

------Off topic------

The horror was postponed, and I forgot a big foreshadowing...... Hehe, I guess you must have seen this foreshadowing.

Hahaha......

In fact, when it is revealed, it will suddenly dawn on you.

In other words, I've been suffering from insomnia lately, I'm obviously sleepy, I just can't sleep, I go to bed at three o'clock, and I can wake up at six o'clock.

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