Han Dachang, who served as the governor of Shanhai Province during the Republic of China, is a warlord to put it bluntly, this person does not have much ink in his stomach, but he prefers to show off a bit of literary talent, and he also left a lot of "poems", pick one that is more "popular": there are frogs in Mingshui Lake, and the frogs croak, but when they hear the quack, there may be a toad. Basically, it's something like this.

"Yours in the front yard and backyard houses?" Mao Zhu stared at the words on the marble and asked in surprise.

"When I got married, it was still the second floor of the house, and now only half of the second floor is my house with my wife." The old lady pointed to one of the entrances. It turned out that this two-story building was divided into two parts because it was no longer a house. Except for the half where the old lady lives, the other half is actually one on the first floor and one on the second floor.

Naturally, the east and west wings and the backyard houses also have their own occupants, and the old Overseer's mansion in the past is now basically a miscellaneous courtyard. It's just that it has become a cultural relics registration and protection unit, and it is not allowed to be transformed without permission.

"This Han Dachang ・・・・・・" Mao Zhu hesitated and didn't know how to ask.

"He is my husband, and my wife is his son." The old lady didn't hide it.

Back then, in addition to the main house, Han Dachang married a total of four aunts, but it was also strange, all the births were girls, and Han Dachang was once worried about the Han family's incense. But he was lucky, once drunk and used a maid, the maid's belly actually bulged, and she became pregnant in October and gave birth to a big fat boy. The maid's mother married into the Overseer's mansion by virtue of her son.

This big fat boy grew up with a golden key, so he was naturally spoiled. Han Dachang himself doesn't have much ink, and he really invested in his son, and he can't let him read through the twenty-four histories and learn astronomy and geography. However, in this environment, this son does not work hard, but he is very good at playing, especially likes to play antiques, and has collected a lot of good things. Later, he also worked at the Cultural Affairs Bureau.

In the special era of ten years, he naturally became the target of criticism, and most of the things in his collection were destroyed, but fortunately he buried some in the yard in advance, and even hid some in the hollows of the big trees. By the time he was paid back his salary and hired to work in the museum, the house had become a miscellaneous courtyard, and later his sons had moved out one after another.

"No wonder there are so many good things at home, but it's a pity that they were taken away by a few grandchildren." Mao sighed secretly.

When I opened the door and entered the room, it was decorated in an antique manner, but several conspicuous places in the living room were empty, needless to say, there were things left. "Listening to your accent, it doesn't look like a Shanzhou person." Mao asked casually.

"I am from Guangdong Province, and my father and husband used to be friends, but later separated from each other, but they settled on a baby." The old lady didn't hide it, but after saying it simply, she said, "Young man, you sit down for a while, and I'll go get something for you to see." ”

Mao nodded and sat down.

When the old lady returned to the living room, she was holding two boxes, one large and one small. The large box is about a foot square and made of wood, and the small box is a rectangular brocade box, about the size of a book.

Mao glanced at it one by one, this wooden box was made of iron wood, an old object that opened the door. It's just that this wooden box is like a square pimple, no lock, no buckle, no seam, and I can't find a place to open it. Mao Chai couldn't help but look up at the old lady suspiciously.

"This wooden box is actually my dowry, which I brought from Guangdong Province back then. My father gave me this wooden box because he knew that my husband liked to play antiques, and he also got it by accident, so he added it to his dowry. The old lady said, "After I brought it, my husband liked it too, but he never opened it." ”

Mao Zhu looked down at the wooden box carefully, the top cover of the wooden box was not flat, there were four narrow edges, and the middle was slightly sunken, like a very shallow "pool". In the "pool", there are small moving square planks, each of which has embossed figures, as if the whole can form a complete picture, but it is obviously disrupted, a bit like an unfinished puzzle

"These planks ・・・・・・," Mao Zhu vaguely understood.

"My wife said it was a trap box. The puzzle above is the lock of the box, and when you put together a complete figure, the box is opened. "However, he did not open it for a long time, and then he simply gave up." To be honest, I'm not interested in this either, but this box is very hard and old, so it should be considered an antique, right? ”

"You're really right, this is Tieli wood, although Tieli wood does not belong to mahogany, but it belongs to hardwood, and many furniture in the Ming and Qing dynasties are made of ironwood." Mao Chai said, "And I also look at the old, I personally think it's something from the Qing Dynasty." Why wasn't this taken by your grandchildren? ”

"This wooden box, and this brocade box are put together. A long time ago, once I was packing up my things, just picked up these two boxes, suddenly thought of the soup stewed in the kitchen, and I was busy holding these two boxes to the kitchen, when I looked at the soup, I looked around, the kitchen cabinet for spices was relatively safe, so I put it in it first. When people are old, they forget it, and they forget it when the soup is ready. When I thought about it later, I didn't clean it up again. So, only these two things were not taken by the grandchildren. The old lady explained it in detail.

Mao nodded one by one, and said in his heart that it was really not easy, leaving these two things, "Then how much do you plan to sell this box?" ”

"I don't understand this, to be honest, it's useless for me to keep this box, you guys who do antique business, just give an estimate." The old lady said.

Mao Zhu thought about it again, to say that this old iron power wood box, something from the Qing Dynasty, is not large in size and clear in wood, and it is not difficult to estimate the price. However, this box is so ingenious, I am afraid that there are very valuable things hidden in it, and the old lady is so kind and sincere, I am really embarrassed to hide it from her.

"It's such an old lady, this box itself, if you want me to collect it, just rush this puzzle, 10,000 yuan is worth it. But this kind of mechanism box, there is usually something inside, I am afraid that the things inside are particularly valuable; However, it is also possible that something has been taken away and the puzzle has been disrupted again. Now it's this hard to estimate, if it's high, I'll lose, and if it's low, you'll suffer, to put it bluntly, it's a gamble to see if there's anything in it. Mao said seriously.

"That's it, young man, I'm not short of money, I just want to get back that pen holder, after all, it's my wife's favorite object to play with when she was alive. Since you said that this box can be worth 10,000 yuan, which is more expensive than the pen holder, you leave the pen holder, take the box away, let's exchange one thing for another, who will let me take care of the loss first? Then you will not suffer. "The old lady was very simple.

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