Reborn Craftsman

Chapter 176 Bronze

"It's a pity that it's too late. Now that the bamboo building has collapsed, the bamboo bird won't fly back at all!" Village Chief Wang said helplessly.

"Yes!" This is where Boss Xiao is most desperate.

If he was lucky enough to see the true face and internal structure of the bamboo bird, he would die without regret in his life.

Mr. Xie, who was tied to the chair, couldn't help but said after listening to this conversation: "Hmph! Isn't it just an ordinary strange bird? I saw it just now. It's a living bird, and the feathers on the wings are all Look carefully, it’s not bamboo products, so don’t have those wild dreams all day long.”

"You know what a fart!" Boss Xiao couldn't help cursing.

Only then did he realize what a big mistake he had made in inviting this old man Xie to repair the bamboo building.

To have never even heard of the legend of bamboo birds in Dongyu Village is really an insult to the industry of bamboo craftsmen.

Seeing this, Village Chief Wang said, "Boss Xiao, don't be as knowledgeable as this old guy. The movement of the bamboo bird just now was made by Liu Xing. Should we send a few people up to have a look, maybe we may find something. .”

"Good! Good!" Boss Xiao nodded.

And at this moment, Zhang Xiaoyu poked his head out of the bamboo building, holding a strange-looking bronze vessel in his hand: "Village Chief Wang, send someone to pick it up quickly. Treasure!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a silence in the grain drying field, and then the pot exploded.

All the villagers who were helping around moved closer to the bamboo building, and looked up at where Zhang Xiaoyu was. When they saw the bronze vessel in Zhang Xiaoyu's hand, they all cheered.

"If you see it, I said that there is a treasure in the bamboo building in Dongyu Village. If you still don't believe it, seeing is believing this time!"

"It's a bronze ware. Er Gouzi from Shimo Village dug up one last time. It is said that it was sold for thousands of dollars! The bronze ware in the bamboo building in Dongyu Village is so beautiful, I'm afraid the price will be tens of thousands!"

"Don't talk about it, it's money. I heard from my grandfather that this bronze ware was used for sacrifices in the past, and it can't be sold for a few dollars at all!"

"Why is that little fish called a treasure!"

"It must be that there are other good things in the bamboo building!"

"Yes! I think so too!"

"What the hell! We haven't searched the bamboo building before, if we do, we will be discovered by Zhang Xiaoyu now?"

"It is!"

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There was a lot of noise in the grain drying field, which made Village Chief Wang very disliked, and he immediately roared: "Shut up, everyone, be careful if anyone talks nonsense, I will tear his mouth!"

Zhang Xiaoyu discovered the bronze ware, which actually did not benefit Dongyu Village at all, because the more precious the antique, the less benefit Dongyu Village would enjoy. This kind of thing had happened in the surrounding villages long ago.

These villagers also thought that if they could sell the bronze wares, they would get a share of the money, and they were just waiting to make his Spring and Autumn Dream come true!
As soon as this idea came to fruition, I heard Mr. Xie's insolent laughter: "Hahaha... I guessed correctly, there are antiques hidden in this bamboo building, but it's a pity that none of these antiques belong to Dongyu Village. It belongs to the country! Everything must be turned over.”

He said so, but his heart was bleeding. If he had known this, why would he have been so stupid to repair the bamboo building? If he found these bronze wares, he might not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of his life.

Boss Xiao sneered and glanced at Mr. Xie: "You don't need to worry about these antiques if they are not handed in. You should think about how you will spend your days in prison in the future!"

"Why... you want to sue me?" Old Xie was full of displeasure.

"No, it's my grandfather who wants to sue you!" Boss Xiao replied word by word.

"What... what?" Mr. Xie panicked after being taken aback for a moment, and wanted to ask clearly but didn't know how to speak.

Boss Xiao's grandfather, Xiao Tengfei, is a big man who can turn clouds and rain, and it would be a matter of one sentence to send him to jail! ~
I thought that with my friendship with Xiao Tengfei, the matter of the bamboo building could be treated as if it didn't happen, how could I have imagined that the final result turned out to be like this.

"I'm not reconciled, I'm not reconciled!" Old Xie frantically tried to break free from the rope in his anxiety, but in the next second, a stinky rag blocked his mouth, making him no longer in a mess.

Boss Xiao glanced at Mr. Xie with a sneer, and immediately after explaining a few words to Village Chief Wang in a low voice, he helped to take the bronze vessel that Zhang Xiaoyu handed over.

He took a closer look at the pattern of the bronze ware, and immediately laughed at himself: "It turned out to be an imitation, hehe... It seems that I am a little too happy!"

If it is a real bronze, it will be terrible, I am afraid that it will really be handed over to the country.

But it's just an imitation, and it is estimated that the country simply doesn't like it.

He, the Xiao family, didn't like it either, because the Xiao family wouldn't lose their reputation for a few imitations.

Seeing that Zhang Xiaoyu handed over several more calligraphy and paintings one after another, he was taken aback and hurried over and followed them cautiously. When he opened one of them and looked at the contents, his expression changed.

Old Xie faltered and wanted to read the content in the calligraphy and painting, but he couldn't even speak, and few people paid attention to him.

He didn't realize how failed he was as a human being until now, but it was too late to wake up now.

"What's the matter, is there something wrong with this painting?" Village Chief Wang asked out of curiosity.

"Let's talk!" Boss Xiao carefully placed the calligraphy and paintings in his hands on the wooden table beside him, and then brought Village Chief Wang to the grapefruit tree. Seeing that there was no one on the left and right, he said, "These calligraphy and paintings are probably all It's true, the one I saw just now is the authentic work of Zheng Banqiao, so just tell me how much this painting will cost to sell to me."

"This...how can this be done!" Village Chief Wang was a little dumbfounded when he heard this.

If he sells it privately, he can get a fortune, but how will the other villagers of Dongyu Village explain?

He didn't want to do something that he would regret for the rest of his life because of his greed for a moment.

But if you don't sell the calligraphy and paintings to Boss Xiao, and hand them over to the country as Mr. Xie said, I'm afraid you won't get any benefits at all.

Such a result is not what he wants, after all, no one wants to be two hundred and five.

But if he doesn't come up with an idea now, I'm afraid that the more people who know the inside story of the bamboo building, the more he can't help it!

Boss Xiao saw what Village Chief Wang was thinking, and he said with a smile: "I have been forgetting to remind you about something, Village Chief Wang. The country has said that antiques will be handed over, but those are priceless national treasures, and must be It will only be handed over with the consent of the owner, and it will never be an act of banditry."

"Then...then how did I hear that such things happened in several neighboring villages?" Village Chief Wang asked incredulously.

"There may be three reasons. The first is that this antique was obtained by robbing a tomb. In this way, no matter what it is, as long as the country finds it, it will naturally be handed over unconditionally. The second is an antique of unknown origin, no! It should be called a cultural relic. It will also be confiscated by the state, and the third is to smuggle the purchased cultural relics, which are not protected by law, and will naturally be confiscated!" Boss Xiao patiently explained.

(End of this chapter)