Volume 1 Memoirs Chapter 18 The Triangle Lid Coffin
I was shocked and began to approach, because I didn't know what was going on there, so I didn't dare to swagger up.
After approaching slowly, I didn't dare to touch the stone pillar with my hands, and around the stone pillar, I walked past the lion with teeth and claws, and through the door, I walked directly to the coffin.
When I looked closely, I realized that this coffin was not ordinary. Although it is also the appearance of a Hunan specialty, the triangular cover. However, the red color of the whole body is not brushed paint, and the surface is not smooth.
The whole coffin, not only the lid, but even the bottom, is hollowed out and carved with unknown lines. This pattern, I look a bit like a decorative pattern. But the patterns don't need to be in rows, the arrangement is so regular, right?
I can't understand it, anyway, I know, it's good that I don't have a phobia of intensity, otherwise looking at this coffin would be enough for me.
I walked around the coffin, and there was nothing behind it except for a white stone moire against the wall. Leaning against the wall, as I give it, is a free-standing wall carved from white stone that stands behind the coffin. It's not too high, about two or three meters, a little thick, about two red bricks flat.
The wall is moire carving, which I know and is often seen on TV. But in the middle is a flat plate, there is nothing, and when you look closely, you feel that there is engraved handwriting on it, but you can't see it clearly. Other than that, there is nothing else.
Speaking of the coffin, the coffin and the lid are inlaid with four wedge wooden buckles, which are very reliable. If you want to open it, you have to dig out the wooden buckle, but the wooden buckle is inlaid in a double fan shape, and there is no seam, and it is a bit unrealistic to get it out empty-handed.
As a result, I have a bit of a pain in the ass. Fei Lao came in with great strength, is it for sightseeing? Sightseeing tours are just tours, is it all over if you look at such a superficial thing?
At that time, I was not easily satisfied, you must know that these things will definitely set off a big storm if they let out the wind. How many people will be willing to pay the price of blood just to see that, even if it is a stone pillar. And I, after reading it, didn't say anything, and then simply touched it with my hands.
It didn't count if I touched it, because I was too unwilling, and I didn't find any danger, so I climbed onto the coffin and rode on it with my hand. Anyway, there's nothing to do, and if I don't do something, I'm afraid I'll regret it and itch when I go back.
After venting, I had to go back the way I came. Because of the experience, I was able to return a lot faster.
On the shore, Cheng Zhi was irritable and pinching the rope to hit the water, and as soon as I got out of the water, I was slapped by the rope he threw off.
I was already unwilling and angry, but this slap immediately ignited me. Jumping ashore, he couldn't help but say, and he opened his bow left and right according to the goods, and he was furiously flattened. That thing was beaten by me, and it wouldn't resist.
After venting again, I finally lay comfortably on the grass. Poor Chengzhi was beaten inexplicably by me, and I thought it was the fire that the rope threw at me.
I ignored him, and after a while, the guy came over with a hippie smile on his face, leaned next to me, and asked me about the situation below.
I vented my anger, so naturally I didn't hide it from him, and I said it one by one. As I was talking, I noticed that this guy's pupils were getting smaller and smaller, and then they all shone out. I finally knew that he was no less interested in this kind of novelty than I was.
Later, as soon as we got together, we went back first, borrowed a bundle of rope and hoses, brought a crowbar, and came back tomorrow!
But the luck was really bad, and although we took a leave of absence, it rained heavily the next day. Finally, when the rain stopped, it was late in the evening, so the plan had to be scrapped.
In the following time, the boss did not give us leave at all, and once we asked for leave, we deducted our salary. In the past few years, the salary of summer workers is only five or six hundred yuan, and you have deducted it from us, so what do we earn? So we had to put this plan on hold until the end of the summer vacation.
After returning to school, all four of us, except for Cheng Zhi, broke up with his girlfriend whom he met at the sterilization tableware factory. It's a pity that I've been playing with my little sister for two months, and I haven't really mastered it.
But this kind of thing is not a matter for us at all, and it is over after it, and we have never missed it. Some people may say that we have no heart and lungs, and we don't care about feelings. But this can't produce any feelings, a total of two months, in addition to our four young men in the factory, there are only three old drivers left, all in their thirties, those dishwashing students are not interested in them, right?
So don't you just play with us.,Although I used the title of boyfriend and girlfriend after playing.,But nothing happened.。
After returning to school, Cheng Zhi and I still mentioned this plan from time to time, and the other two people also knew about it.
Therefore, later, the four of them together decided to break through.
And at that time, something happened in my family that made me the most decisive part of exploring these monuments and fiddling with antiques.
That is, after my summer work, my family suddenly launched a demolition plan to build a highway in our place to connect to the holy land of the Red Revolution.
My uncle's house happened to be on the verge of planning and was going to be demolished. And my home, separated by a distance, is exempt.
At that time, the compensation was not high, a house as big as my uncle's house, or two floors, and then a kitchen and a pig house, three or four hundred square meters were definitely much, but after it was demolished, it only paid 220,000 yuan.
This is helpless, and we people here seem to have this consciousness at that time, that is, we cannot stop the development of the holy land of the red revolution.
Therefore, my uncle's family moved to the side of the provincial road and planned to rebuild the house. But as soon as it totaled, 220,000 yuan was used up to build a rough house, and there was no money for decoration paint. Even if it is counted in savings, it can only be decorated on one floor, and the upper floor, and the sunning flat land, you can't get it.
Rural farming, there is no cement to dry the grain floor, that is very inconvenient. What's more, my uncle's house was built on the periphery of the village group, and it would be very inconvenient for them to dry millet or something.
At this point, I thought there was no way but to borrow money to get through. However, this is when someone gave them an idea. This person can also be regarded as the head of our Chen family, he can be regarded as a distant relative, and he is familiar with my cousin.
They didn't know how to talk about it that day, but they talked about the old rice jar at their uncle's house. The relative of the family later went to see the tank, and as soon as he patted his thigh, he decided that it was a valuable antique treasure.
The uncle's family, who is short of money, is not happy to hear this? Quickly ask how much this thing is worth. The relatives of the family didn't understand the price, so they said don't worry, let him call, and let the provincial city do this business friend.
This friend of my relatives is the owner of an antique shop, because they are all friends and relatives, and he is also sincere. After reading it, the clapper said that it was worth at least two fingers.
Two fingers, in their line, that's 200,000! But my cousin didn't believe it, he had a little bit of knowledge, so he said, this thing is clay, not porcelain, only porcelain is valuable.
The owner of the antique shop smiled mysteriously and said, "Brother, you understand." It is true that porcelain is valuable, and pottery, no matter how old it is, will not be too valuable.
And your tank, the age is not far away, the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty. But it's worth the money! I don't hide it from you, your tank really can't cover the price, but the rice inside can.
At first glance, this rice is not the same age as this tank, and the age of rice is far away. I can only identify porcelain, jade and whatever, and I really don't understand this grain. It's definitely not going to come cheap, though. So, I say two fingers at least. If you sell it in the future, the price is higher, and you can make up for it.
That's all for this, what else can my uncle's family say? At first, my uncle refused, saying that it had been passed down by my grandfather, and that he would wait for someone who could understand the truth to appear. But my cousin came up with a big rhetoric, saying that grandpa passed on this thing just to make the life of future generations better, and now we are really short of money, isn't this just improving? This grandfather still blesses the family.
In the end, the uncle couldn't stand the grinding and agreed to make a move.
In this way, this rice cylinder full of controversy was sold, 200,000! My parents and I have been red-eyed for a long time. You know, until now, my family still lives in an adobe house. That's why I didn't let the boys come to my house to play.
Later, my father also asked the relative of the family to come to see the old bed left by my grandmother, thinking that it would be worth a few bucks, and then sold it, and made up a little more, plus the subsidy for the collection of farmland, and also built a house.
But when the relative of the family came to see it, he laughed, saying that this thing was worthy of firewood, and it was not worth anything at all. It is also said that this thing is a rotten street thing, and every household in the countryside has leftovers, and some are even from the early Ming Dynasty, which is also worthless.
After saying that, this relative made fun of my dad with a face, saying that he was crazy about money, and such a thing was actually embarrassed to ask him to come and see, wasting his time.
My dad was so angry with him that I almost didn't do anything, and my mother brought a basin of water to splash.
But it was this incident that made me interested in valuable old things, and it also made me change my plan. I also mentioned this point in the subsequent discussions. That is, after priing open the coffin, find something valuable, take it, and sell it!
The three of them were shocked when I said it, because our original plan was just to open it, look at the scarce things, find a camera to take pictures, and then use it to pick up girls, tell stories, and gain knowledge. I didn't even think about completely destroying the coffin, and then covering it after seeing it. I never thought about taking the things inside, it was a dead man's thing, and I didn't dare to take it anyway.
But after I talked about what was valuable, the three of them changed their minds, and then one by one they said that they would go back and think about it carefully before planning well.
So the matter was delayed again until after the midterm exams.
It was Cheng Zhi who came to me that day and said that the three of them had already figured it out. Although it is said that it is not in accordance with the rules to take things from dead people, and this kind of behavior is against the law and will be criticized.
However, good things are meant to be seen by everyone, these are all ancestral things, how can the world see the glory and splendid civilization of the ancestors if they are not dug up? And these things will be broken if they are buried for a long time, and after they are dug up, those who can collect them will definitely have to protect them, which is much better than burying them in the ground.
What's more, aren't the ancestors the descendants of the blessings? Isn't this buried writing just to bless us poor descendants?
And then when it comes to violations, if you don't say this, I won't say it, who knows? There are four of us, and whoever says it will have an impact on themselves, and the big deal is that you don't use this set when picking up girls. When you have money, won't you have it?
Everyone figured out this level and immediately became excited again. Then gather together for the last time, and finally decide, two days later, take advantage of the weekend to set off.
Our quartet is already notorious in the class, even in school. So, we basically spent the class in a pleasant sleep. In the afternoon, I simply don't show up in class.
Taking advantage of this time, we went to the city and borrowed ropes and hoses again. However, this time I borrowed four people, which was a bit much, which aroused the suspicion of Chengzhi's relatives.
However, Cheng Zhi lied without blinking, he made an excuse, saying that he was going to go to Xiangjiang to fish, and these things were his new fishing plan.
What's even more ridiculous is that his relative really believed it, and even asked him to bring some fish from the Xiangjiang River to eat.