Chapter 199: Family Treasure
"This generation used to be the old lady's house, and the faΓ§ade of several streets was there." Kui Ye whispered in Song Enli's ear.
Song Eun-li nodded.
It's no wonder.
Generally, it is enough to take one and a half pieces for the palm eye, Mrs. Tong takes out so much at one time, it is definitely not a fool, she is very confident in her vision, and it is expected that Kui Ye will not be backwater, so it is more likely that she wants to tell Song Enli in this way that these things are nothing to her, and by the way, Song Enli's strength will be tested on the side, if she can't eat so much, she may at most transfer the money and food that should be given to Kui Ye, instead of coming to such a trip in person.
Mrs. Tong took the two of them to swim around like a river, but just when Song Enli guessed where the destination was, she suddenly stopped.
There are trees all around, and there are no buildings at all.
"There's an emerald jade cicada in that bag, it's a fake." Song Enli took out the jade cicada from her pocket and spread it out in her palm.
Mrs. Tong smiled, "How could it be fake." β
called Ah Tai, in fact, Ah Tai Tong is not very old, she looks like she is forty or fifty, she can see that she was well maintained in the early years, her temperament and figure are all there, and there is a kind of dignity that comes out of her bones, but her appearance has been destroyed by wind and frost, and her hair is half white.
"Things are not fake, the year is fake, the objects of the Republic of China were made into the Song Dynasty, as we all know, the antique style of the Song Dynasty prevailed, although this thing is quite like that, but the fire is still a little owed, after all, it is a bit foreign and not foreign."
"Good eyesight."
"Passing the prize." Although the year was fake, Song Enli did not return the jade cicada, "Mrs. Tong, I came sincerely, as long as you have the goods, we can negotiate the price." β
She knew that the destination must not be far away, and the old lady stopped suddenly, probably still not at ease, to make a person who has been in wealth and glory for half a lifetime so unsteady, indicating that those things that are about to appear are extremely important to her, and there must be no few.
Mrs. Tong took away the jade cicada in her hand, with a little tenderness in her eyes, "My old man has been surfing the sand all his life, and the only time he has gone is this thing, I have to keep it for him, and I will come underground to laugh at him." β
The moonlight illuminated the ragged clothes on her body into a gorgeous dress, and she still vaguely looked like a kuotai of the Republic of China.
"You're from the capital?" The old lady's accent is obvious in Beijing.
Mrs. Tong nodded, "It's over, don't mention it, talk about how much it's worth to take a bag, I don't want money." β
"You want food?" As soon as Song Enli asked, Kui Ye immediately calculated: "It is estimated that it is only three or four catties, a few cents per catty, and it is only a mouthful of grain in exchange." β
"I didn't ask you." Mrs. Tong glanced at him, and Kui Ye smiled embarrassedly.
The two women were talking in a panic, and he had a hard time listening here.
Song Enli is worried about asking for money, the banknotes are not easy to get, and it takes a few thousand yuan to work hard for half a day, and it may be out in one handful, and when he hears that the other party wants food, he feels a lot more at ease, "You just have to speak, let's not go through the black market, according to your conditions." β
"Five hundred pounds of refined flour, one hundred pounds of soybean oil, and three half-meter-long young pigs."
According to the price on the black market, these things can cost thousands of dollars, and they are not necessarily available in the market.
Although she can buy high-priced grain in Shanghai without tickets, she can't exchange these things for money, and she is a bourgeois reactionary, even if she takes the money to the store, no one can sell it to her.
Kui Ye felt pain for Song Enli, he felt that she was a mistake, he wanted to open his mouth and pay it back, but Song Enli stopped him, "Okay, you wait for me here, Kui Ye, you come with me." β
She left Mrs. Tong in the woods, took a little detour with Kui Ye, and took out ten bags of fifty catties of flour, ten barrels of soybean oil and three piglets from the space.
The advantage of trading with smart people is that there are no worries, and when Song Enli and Kui Ye pushed so many things in front of Mrs. Tong with a board cart, the old lady didn't show any strange expression.
"Let's go." She even had a little laugh.
Kui Ye pulled the cart, Song Enli pushed it behind, and the thing that was 1,000 catties smaller was sinking terribly.
Directly across the road from the grove is an abandoned old-fashioned villa, a lonely one, towering among the grass and trees, most of the area has been occupied by creepers, which looks eerie and terrifying, a bit like a scene in a ghost movie.
The place is supposed to be relatively remote, and there are no residential areas nearby, so the house was spared from being torn apart by a large number of people.
The main gate has been sealed, Mrs. Tong took two people to enter the door from the backyard, the garden is very large, it is estimated that it will take three or four minutes to drive around, there is a large European-style fountain in the center, white marble throughout, Venus with broken arms stands in the pool covered with fallen leaves, looking at the world with compassion.
Mrs. Tong did not take the two into the house, but went around to a dry well in a corner.
She groped around the wall, not knowing where she had pressed, and a shallow stone staircase popped out of the dry well, allowing two people to enter and exit at the same time.
"You help me carry the things off." Mrs. Tong instructed Kui Ye to take Song Enli down the stone stairs.
There is a door at the bottom of the well, which is made of stone, and there is also a brick-like structure painted on it, which is so three-dimensional that even if you stand facing each other for a while, you can't easily tell the difference between it and the wall.
"I'm Manchurian." Mrs. Tong groped for the mechanism on the wall again and opened the stone door.
The surname Tong is the Tong Jia clan in the Qing Dynasty, inlaid with yellow flags, and was once the main marriage object of the Qing royal family.
She had never seen anyone in her life who could have such an innate nobility in ragged clothes.
"I can understand that you want food, but I'm afraid there will be a sound under this pig pass, right?"
"You don't have to worry about that." The bottom of the well is nine bends and eighteen bends, and there is a large basement.
"I was just born when I lost the country, my Ama had the foresight, and prepared other identities early to live in seclusion with my mother, and sealed a large number of objects brought out of Beijing here, as well as the things that my husband's house was transported overnight before the house was raided, too many people died for these things that life does not bring to death, and now you can take over, to be honest, I am happy in my heart, since I was raided, I am always worried that these things will be found, I am afraid that I will not be able to protect, I will be sorry for my parents and husbands under Jiuquan......" Mrs. Tong pushed open the last door at the end of the aisle, "Now I can finally sleep soundly." β
The room is full of gold.
Silk and satin, treasures, antiques, silver bars and gold ingots...... Densely packed with large dark red wooden chests, the body of which is neatly decorated with copper nails, this is a family's treasure house, but also a family's history.
But this room is prosperous and rich, but in the end, it only changes the food of the cart outside.
Song Enli suddenly felt sadness, "I can assure you that I will be the last master of these things." β
Mrs. Tong nodded, "I can see that you are a cherished person." β
Kui Ye carried a bag of flour down on his waist, "Hey, where to put it?" β
"You feel free." Mrs. Tong turned around and went out, without any nostalgia, and raised her chin to Kui Ye, "You come with me." β
"You old lady didn't speak politely at all." Kui Ye muttered, and struggled to carry the flour bag and follow her away.
Song Enli took a closer look at the secret room again, imprinted every detail into his mind as much as possible, and then moved the things inside into the space one by one.
Except for a few court clothes hanging on the "gantry", most of the things are kept in large wooden boxes, so it is easy to pack up.
She threw it in, and Ah Wu quickly helped her put it neatly in the space.
An hour later, Song Enli came out of the secret room, which was already empty.
Kui Ye just carried the last little piglet down and sat at the door of the secret room, "Old, I wanted to carry three hundred catties in one breath back then, but now I can't move a little and gasp." β
"Where's the stuff?" Song Eun-li asked him.
Kui Ye pointed over there, "There is a Xiaoice cellar, strange and magical, how long has it been and there is still ice." β
"It's nothing, like this, a family building a house is as particular about building a mausoleum." Song Enli found Mrs. Tong in the ice cellar, "You should know that there is no 100% safe place, and these things can't be managed for long, if you need it in the future, you can always find Kui Ye, he will bring me news, what you gave me is very important to me, I won't leave you alone." β
"No need." Mrs. Tong waved her hand and refused, "Whoever said that he would definitely be able to live until that time." β