As soon as he heard that there were old objects, Wang Yi was immediately overjoyed.

It seems that this trip to the movie was an unexpected joy.

Boldly took him into Lijiazhuang, a very ordinary fishing village, the scale is larger than the production team of Tianya Island, and there are two or three hundred seagrass houses scattered in an orderly manner, and there are also red brick and blue tile houses during the period.

Judging from the appearance of the village, Lijiazhuang is much stronger than the Wang family production team, and there are several new houses in the village, and they are all red brick and blue tile houses, not afraid of wind and rain, with large doors and windows, and living in a bright and comfortable house.

Duobao Island covers a large area, the village is easier to plan, the streets here are more neat, and the stone roads of the island are all flat and well-connected.

It would be dinner time, with white smoke coming from many chimneys and a clear smell of food in the streets.

Wang Yi hurriedly walked over boldly, wondering in his heart.

Anyway, he had walked past many bungalows in '22, but he had never smelled such a strong smell of food as in '82.

It doesn't make sense.

In 22 years, there is more meat, more oil, more seasonings, and it stands to reason that it is easier to produce the flavor when it comes to meals, and in 82 years, every household is reluctant to put oil and no seasoning, so how can such a clear fragrance of meals come out?

Wang Yi pondered that it might have something to do with the degree of closure of the kitchen.

In 22 years, even in rural areas, most of them have range hoods, and in 82 years, they are all earthen stove kitchens, and there are no exhaust fans, and when it comes to cooking, the doors and windows must be opened to remove the smoke.

Even some people's kitchens are open, that is, in the corner of the yard, a shed is built on both sides of the wall to shelter from the rain, and the stove is underneath, so that the fragrance of the stir-fry must come out.

This was the case with the house they were going to.

As soon as he boldly pushed the door, a dog barked wildly and rushed up, and the man in the yard hurriedly shouted: "Da Hei, come back!" ”

The big black dog stopped and roared.

The bold lifting of the big foot makes it hesitate.

The owner came and kicked it, and it grabbed its tail and whimpered and ran away.

The man in the coarse Lenin suit smiled when he saw the boldness: "Captain Wang is here?" Come to the movies tonight? It just so happened that the food at home had just come out of the pot, so let's take two bites together. ”

When he saw Wang Yi again, he quickly wiped his hand on his clothes and stretched it out: "Oh, is this the principal Wang of your Tianya Primary School?" ”

The clothes were rubbed open to reveal a vest with the words 'Agricultural Dazhai' written on it.

Wang Yi shook hands with him politely: "What principal, I am a formal faculty member in the whole school, you can call me Xiao Wang." ”

He didn't think it was right when he said it.

Fortunately, he has experience in this aspect: "It's called Mr. Wang, Mr. Wang, this is Mr. Wang, who is respected by our whole production team, but it's amazing." ”

"Teacher Wang, this is Li Yanhua, a comrade of the Duobao Island militia, who has been chatting under the lights in our team for the past two nights."

A young man came out of the house and shouted, "Dad, where are the dishes?" Hurry up and get on the table, I'm waiting to eat and watch a movie, I have to eat quickly! ”

Wang Yi said: "I'm disturbing you to eat, you see that we are coming abruptly and we haven't prepared gifts, and it is also bold to be bold, don't tell me in advance that you want to come and disturb your house, otherwise I will bring something up." ”

"This happens to be your meal, I still have some peanuts in my pocket, you leave for the next meal, this thing is spiced peanuts in the city, it tastes very good."

He also had a package of vacuum-packed spiced peanuts in his pocket, and handed it to Li Yanhua.

Bold felt that he was too polite: "Teacher Wang is not necessary, I have a good relationship with Lao Li, today we are not looking for him to be a guest, but looking for him to go to his uncle's house to have a look." ”

Li Yanhua smiled and nodded and refused the peanuts handed by Wang Yi, but the young man at the door heard that spiced peanuts ran out, and looked curiously on tiptoe.

Wang Yi threw the peanuts to him and said, "The dish is here, hurry back to eat." ”

The young man was overjoyed when he looked at the big bag full of peanuts and immediately went back to the house.

Li Yanhua was angry, but he just scolded his son a few times and didn't go in to snatch the peanuts out.

He tried his best to invite the two of them in for dinner, but Wang Yi refused, so Li Yanhua asked: "Listen to the bold meaning, you want to go to my eldest uncle to see the old things?" I'm leading it to see his red coral? This one looks better than the old object. ”

I grass!

Wang Yi's heart suddenly exploded with a rolling thunder.

Red Coral!

That's really good stuff!

Red coral is a type of coral, but because some of them have a very beautiful texture and look like gemstones when polished, they are organic gemstones.

This kind of coral only grows in the deep sea, the shallowest is also in the sea area of 50 meters, often grows in the sea at a depth of one or two hundred meters, it is very precious, it has been regarded as a treasure since ancient times, it is one of the seven treasures of Buddhism in the eyes of Buddhists, and it is a rich and auspicious thing in the eyes of ancient dignitaries and nobles.

Red corals are essentially made up of polyps, which, like other corals, grow very slowly and are only found in a few special straits, so they have been prized since ancient times.

Moreover, it is not only precious in China, but also in Southeast Asian cultural circles and even European and American cultural circles.

In the 22nd year, the exploitation of red coral natural resources has been banned, and there is also an international ban, and red coral is not allowed to be traded across borders.

The reason why Wang Yi learned about the situation of red coral was that he once saw a news that someone pretended to be confused and brought back a batch of red coral ornaments from the book, and then was handed down by the customs, because of the huge amount of money and went to prison - at that time, the news reported that the red coral he was carrying was worth tens of millions!

So when he heard that there was red coral here, Wang Yi was happy and helpless.

I'm glad that if I can harvest red coral from 82 years ago, I will definitely make a lot of money, but unfortunately even if he can bring it to 22 years, I am afraid he will not be able to sell it.

He is not willing to touch illegal business.

Seeing his expression change, Li Yanhua smiled: "Principal Wang, don't you know that my eldest uncle's house has red coral?" You're surprised. ”

Wang Yi shook his head and said, "I really don't know, I didn't tell me anything, just said that there were old objects in your house that brought me over." ”

"But we don't have red coral on this side of the sea, do we? How can your uncle's family have these things? ”

Li Yanhua said: "My eldest uncle is rare, we don't have it here, but there are still little devils in the Baodao Strait, and he went to the ocean to fish when he was young." ”

"As you know, the trawls used in this deep-sea fishing are all big nets and deep nets, and they sometimes fish against the bottom of the sea, and they will catch the stony corals on the bottom of the sea, and then occasionally they will catch red corals, which is rare for my uncle at that time."

Wang Yi secretly said that I am also rare, but unfortunately it is of little value to me.

So he smiled and said: "A gentleman doesn't like people, since these red corals are your uncle's treasures, let's not go to the door to see them, the old man may be taboo." ”

Li Yanhua glanced at him in surprise, he didn't expect Wang Yi to answer like this.

Bold was also surprised: "Teacher Wang, don't you go to see it?" Wasn't that a trip for nothing? ”

Wang Yi explained: "It's not a question of whether we go to see it or not, it's that people may not be willing to let us see it." ”

Li Yanhua hurriedly said: "Willingly, willingly, if you want to go and have a look, Mr. Wang, I will take you over to have a look." ”

At this time, his other son came out again and ran out barefoot: "Daddy, my mother beat me!" ”

A woman shouted angrily from behind: "Get back, don't go out and be embarrassed!" The peanuts and rice people gave to your father, and you grabbed them and ate them? Death! ”

The boy cried and said, "Who made it delicious?" It's crunchy and fragrant, it's delicious! ”

Wang Yi secretly said that the spiced peanuts were indeed delicious, and he was going to pass the time when he was going to watch a movie.

Li Yanhua went in and persuaded a few words, and then came out with a black-faced steamed bun and said, "Let's go, while the movie hasn't started and it's still dark, I'll take you to my uncle's house to have a look." ”

He boldly said again: "Captain Wang, my eldest uncle has a very strange temper, and he has been beating singles all his life, if he provokes you at that time, don't worry." ”

Boldly smiled: "Look at what you said, I'm still an ignorant child or what?" ”

The old man lives in the northwest corner of Lijiazhuang, which is an old seagrass house, and the courtyard wall is in tatters, which is supported by wood so that it does not collapse.

Li Yanhua pushed the door in and shouted, "Daddy, have you eaten?" I'll send you a steamed bun. ”

An old man looked through the door of the main house: "It's the second child, I haven't eaten, what are you eating before it gets dark this day?" How did you remember to bring me steamed buns today? ”

Li Yanhua said with a smile: "There are guests from Tianya Island, and people want to see your baby, so I will bring them over to have a look." ”

When the old man heard this, he frowned.

Not very happy.

Li Yanhua asked, "What's wrong?" Aren't you smug ......"

"I'm proud of myself, and it's not my turn to make you proud." The old man interrupted him angrily, "Are you like the boss, looking for outsiders to ask for my things?" ”

"You two are dogs who can't hide oil in their stomachs, and turtles can't hold meat in their mouths! You brothers are not good things, so you want to join up with outsiders to rob me of this bit of family foundation! ”

His temper was indeed temperamental, and all of a sudden he was furious.

Li Yanhua was accustomed to his temper, and he was also annoyed: "Who wants to rob you of something?" This is Wang Xiangyi, the captain of the Tianya Island militia team, and the soldier under Wang Xianghong's old branch secretary! ”

Wang, Wang Xiang stinks?

Wang Yi looked at the bold in amazement, and boldly looked up at the sky.

No wonder the people on the island call him a nickname and no one calls him by his name, this name is really unwanted!

Wang Xianghong's fame is useful here.

The old man looked at the bold and asked, "Are you a soldier under Wang Zhishu?" ”

Boldly nodded: "Yes." ”

The old man shook his head: "I don't believe it." ”

Boldly glared and said, "What's not to believe in this?" What kind of temper do we have? If anyone is out there pretending to be his person to take advantage of others, he will definitely lead our militia team to arrest people! ”

The old man laughed when he heard this: "Well, it's the temper of the Wang branch secretary. ”

boldly pointed to Wang Yi and said: "This is Teacher Wang of our Tianya Primary School, and our branch secretary admires him now!" ”

"Admire this hairless young man?" The old man shook his head again: "I don't believe it." ”

He asked Wang Yi, "What's your name?" ”

"My name is Wang Yi."

"What's your father's name?"

"My father's name is Wang Xiangwen."

The old man asked several times in a row, verified the information, and found that they were indeed from Tianya Island, so his face looked good: "It turned out to be the person of the Wang branch secretary, and the person of the Wang branch secretary can be trusted." ”

He continued, "You want to come and see my baby?" ”

Wang Yi said: "Yes, we have never seen such a good thing, we have only seen the introduction of red coral in books before, but I didn't expect that we really have this treasure on the outer islands." ”

"The book says that the thousand-year-old corals are red for thousands of years, red as blood, bright red as drops, and I also heard your nephew say that they are very delicate and beautiful, but we don't believe it, it's that we all want to open our eyes."

Hearing him say this, the old man's heart became happy: "Isn't that beautiful?" Young people, you don't understand, from the perspective of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign history, red coral has a high status. ”

"Coral in our country has always been a symbol of auspiciousness and wealth, specially used to make precious handicrafts, in the Qing Dynasty, some officials wore hats and pearls of red coral, guess, what kind of official is this?"

Wang Yi said: "What is it like? ”

The old man clapped his hands and said, "Second grade master!" ”

Wang Yi suddenly showed a solemn expression.

The old man continued: "The lamas and monks in Tibet all hold prayer beads, you know, right? Among them, only the rosary of the most powerful living Buddha is red coral, because red coral is the eight treasures of Buddhism! ”

Li Yanhua said: "Daddy, don't talk about what you have or don't have, people are coming for red coral, you can show others." You show it to others, and I will ask Xiao Ming and Xiao Bao to come to you to play on Sunday. ”

The old man smiled on his face: "That's okay, but they don't want to stay here when they come, see that I don't have anything good here." ”

He said a little stupidly, and was not very happy to let the three of them into the house.

As soon as you go in, there is a strange smell unique to the elderly into the nose, and when the wind blows, there is a stench wafting in, and the house is an old seagrass house, small and cramped, with poor wind permeability and poor lighting.

The furniture in the house was shabby, there was a kerosene lamp on an old wooden table, the dishes and chopsticks for lunch were not cleaned up, and then there was a stove, a water tank, and a few small wooden stools, and nothing else.

There was a little more furniture in the bedroom, but the door was closed very tightly, and when the old man went to the bedroom to open the door, Wang Yi glanced at it and saw that it seemed to be quite full.

There is a large wooden box at the door, and there are small boxes inside.

He carefully moved one out of it, and boldly and earnestly wanted to go up to help, and the old man suddenly scolded anxiously: "Get out of the way!" ”

The temper of the bold came up on the spot.

Wang Yi coughed.

Daring's temper went down again on the spot!

The old man carried the box to the dining table, opened it with a thick cloth, and then opened it:

A bright red girl has appeared!

The girl is a fairy child, with a handsome face, stepping on auspicious clouds, carrying a flower basket on her arm, and snuggling up to a crane beside her, lifelike, the characters are expressive, the clothes on her body, the flowers in the basket are carved out, very delicate, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is ingenious.

Wang Yi's eyes almost popped out!

Not red coral, or rather, not primitive red coral, but red coral carvings.

And this carving is obviously not recently carved, it has traces of time on it, and the old man should always play with it, so its appearance has been shiny.

That's where it comes in!

Red Coral can't be traded on the Market, but previous Red Coral artwork can!

Of course, there is a time limit for these works of art, and they must be old objects, otherwise someone smuggles red coral in to make carvings and sell them, wouldn't the ban be useless?

Wang Yi's heart was suddenly moved.

Bold and excited, he reached out to touch it and said, "This little thing is so beautiful." ”

The old man slapped him hard: "Get out of your balls!" Don't touch, only watch, if you don't want to see it, get out! ”

Li Yanhua hurriedly stopped the bold look.

It's bold enough, it's just a palm-sized thing, what's the spirit? I smashed it for you in six years!

Wang Yi looked at the statue and couldn't help sighing: "It's amazing, it's amazing!" ”

As a result, he casually praised it, but it caused the old man to smile: "You're talking about my carving skills, aren't you?" ”

Hearing this, Wang Yi was taken aback: "This is what you carved?" ”

This is clearly a master's craft!

The old man nodded proudly: "Yes, I carved it, I carved it in 58 years, it will be young and steady, but now it won't work, more than 20 years, I don't have that ability." ”

Li Yanhua said with interest: "My father's carving is amazing, specializing in carving stones......"

"It's all about carving red coral to practice, that's nothing, it's not worth bragging." The old man said so, but his expression was even more proud.

Li Yanhua understood his temper, so he followed his words and said: "You haven't seen my father's true ability, do you think this little boy is amazing?" Far from it! ”

"Big Daddy, you take out the Jinggangshan Huishi and show them it, shock them!"

The old man shook his head suddenly: "What are you doing with that?" Do they deserve it? Ordinary people can't see it, no, don't pass it on to me, if it weren't for the 68 years to deal with the group of young people who went to the mountains and countryside to keep my treasures, I wouldn't have taken it out! ”

"Don't be like the boss, you don't have a heart to say anything."

Li Yanhua asked, "What's wrong with my eldest brother?" ”

The old man said unhappily: "He didn't know where he met a few outsiders, dressed like a human dog, in fact, it was not a thing, and he wanted to trap these treasures of mine when he came." ”

"I tell you two that your brothers should die as soon as possible, and don't beat me for these precious scores. Hmph, I'm going to take it in a coffin when I die. ”

boldly said: "I'm sorry, now I don't let me be buried when I die, I ask for cremation, and I don't allow coffins!" ”

The old man was ruthless: "Then I will smash it before I breathe, and smash it into powder and pour it on my grave!" ”

Wang Yi waved his hand and said: "Old man, don't talk about this first, I see that your old health is very healthy, don't worry about this matter, you still take care of your body, let's strive to live for another fifty years!" ”

The old man pointed at him and said, "You young man can talk, I know, you want the red coral statue too, don't you?" When I opened the box just now, I saw your eyes, the same as when I first saw red coral! ”

Wang Yi smiled dryly: "Who doesn't want such a beautiful thing?" But don't worry, a gentleman doesn't take people's favor, and if you don't want to sell it, I won't buy it. ”

The old man said: "You are the soldier of the Wang branch secretary, the king branch secretary has saved the lives of several members of my family, it stands to reason that if you are rare, I will be willing to sell you a piece, I have to give the Wang branch secretary face." ”

Wang Yi was pleasantly surprised.

The old branch secretary has a really big face, and he is saving people everywhere, he has saved Zhao Laowhip who drove the big car at the county wharf, and he has also saved the old couple here?

The old man continued: "But you can't afford it, if you can put it aside a few years ago, when these statues were old and worthless. ”

"Now that the reform and opening up has come, foreigners are here, hum, red coral must be valuable, this thing is rare."

Wang Yi said calmly: "Red coral is indeed rare, as you said, it has been very valuable since ancient times, Shi Chong and Wang Kai Doufu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, they smashed a two-foot-high coral tree at that time, it is not red coral." ”

The old man laughed: "Wang Zhishu's soldiers are different, to be honest, how can it be like the boss brought those few,, even told me that this thing was caused by the blood of the sea monster sinking at the bottom of the sea, unlucky, let me deal with it quickly!" ”

Saying that, he got angry and scolded him at the sky.

Li Yanhua was also very angry and said, "My eldest brother knows someone." ”

Wang Yi and the other father and son were in a better mood, and asked carefully: "Old man, how much do you think this red coral sculpture is worth?" ”

The old man said, "Anyway, you can't afford it as a teacher." ”

Bold and uneducated, he said: "Uncle, don't blame me for speaking ugly, I'm uneducated and straight, you say that red coral is valuable, but where did you come from?" Do you have the money to buy it? ”

Wang Yi said: "Brother Li told us just now, this is the old man who came back from the sea when he was young. ”

Boldly laughed: "Mr. Wang, you are simple, the people who go to the international sea to catch fish are all sea wolves, all of them are not only ruthless but also cunning, can they not know the value of red coral?" Oh, and if you catch red coral, give it to Uncle Li? Isn't this nonsense? ”

The old man said, "You are really right, why would they give it to me for nothing?" But the boat belongs to my family, and I bought it from my own main net or asked others later! ”

"Just now I said that Wang Zhishu saved the lives of the two of us, how do you guess he saved it?"

Li Yanhua whispered: "My ingredients are not good!" ”

Boldly asked, "Why don't I know?" Our two islands are not far apart, and I will touch the situation of your Lijiazhuang. ”

Li Yanhua said: "Our family moved over, and it was Wang Zhishu who secretly sent our family over. ”

"Actually, our family is an outsider in Lijiazhuang, but Lijiazhuang is big, and there are several surnames, and there are many relatives who came to join during the three-year disaster, so no one still remembers that my family is a foreigner."

The old man said: "Yes, my family's money is that I lost, but I lost well, if I hadn't lost the money when I was young, hum, my family couldn't run away if they wanted to run in those years, and they would definitely be criticized!" ”

Li Yanhua was in a very bad mood when he mentioned this, and muttered: "You are quite proud." ”

Wang Yi said: "Then old man, what price are you willing to sell me for this red coral statue?" I can't afford it. ”

The old man held out a finger.

Boldly exclaimed: "A hundred? You're so daring! ”

The old man sneered and shook his head.

Bold breathed a sigh of relief: "Ten yuan, this is almost ......"

"Ten thousand!" The old man didn't bother to take care of him, and directly reported the bid to Wang Yi.

Daring and Li Yanhua both straightened their eyes on the spot.

Wang Yi shook his head like the old man.

Okay, let's take it as a long time today, this old man knows the value of red coral very well, and it is impossible for him to get red coral as easily as he picked up the first set of renminbi on Tianya Island.