Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 453 Something good comes to your door

In Gao Guobing's living room, a Yamaha upright piano is placed in the most conspicuous position. Li Fei, wearing a goose-yellow dress, is sitting on the piano bench, playing music with concentration.

What she played was an ancient tune with oriental charm, "On the Water Side".

The beautiful melody floated from the keys, and the people sitting nearby were mesmerized by it.

Gao Mingcheng stood at the door and did not disturb them rashly. It was not until the song ended and everyone applauded that Gao Mingcheng walked in with his things.

"Mingcheng, why are you here?" Duo Mei was a little surprised to see Gao Mingcheng coming.

But others saw the meat in Gao Mingcheng's hand at a glance.

Li Fei's family was in a privileged position, but the two teachers she invited were from ordinary backgrounds. When she saw Gao Mingcheng holding a lot of meat, he looked envious.

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said: "I slaughtered a cow today, and I brought some beef to give to the teachers! Oh, I also picked some bayberries, which taste quite good. Each teacher can take a pound to eat."

The meat and bayberry have been separated in advance, and now he can just give it to Li Fei and the others directly. He puts the remaining beef and bayberry into the kitchen of Gao Guobing's family.

"I'm just here to deliver things. You can continue with class."

Gao Mingcheng didn't stay here long and was ready to leave after delivering the things.

Li Fei and others expressed their gratitude to him. They were very happy to be able to eat beef and bayberry.

After leaving Gao Guo's military headquarters, Gao Mingcheng drove the tractor to the transportation company and found Xiao Jinfeng.

In addition to delivering meat to Xiao Jinfeng, Gao Mingcheng also asked Xiao Jinfeng to arrange a trip to Yangcheng for him tomorrow.

The family has already collected a lot of old things, plus there is still more than a kilogram of bezoar, so Gao Mingcheng decided to sell these things as soon as possible and exchange them for cash.

Bezoar is expensive. Even if it is sold in the county, it can be sold at a high price, but if it is taken to Yangcheng, it will naturally be sold at a higher price.

Besides, there is no airtight wall in the world. If you sell bezoar in the county, no matter how well the confidentiality work is done, there is still a possibility that the news will spread. It is better to sell it directly to other places.

Xiao Jinfeng first thanked him for the beef and bayberry he sent, and then said: "Okay, you can come over at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. There happens to be a truckload of goods to be sent to Yangcheng. Oh, by the way, that truckload of goods is all honey!"

"Fan Chengyao said that his honey was selling well, so he decided to advertise in newspapers and TV, but the supply was not enough, so he asked me to help him collect honey here. It took me more than a month to collect this cart of honey. .”

Honey is sold in the county for seven yuan per pound. It is a high-priced nutritional product and not many people can afford it. However, Fan Chengyao customized a batch of glass jars and changed them to fancy packaging. The price doubled several times. It ended up selling well.

After all, it is a big city, and its purchasing power is much greater.

Gao Mingcheng's own beehives are almost full of honey. Next time he goes to Yangcheng, he can shake the honey and sell it.

At this time, Xiao Jinfeng had already eaten a bayberry. His eyes lit up and he praised: "Not bad, it tastes good, sour and sweet, just right! How much production do you have in the mountain? If there is more, you can wholesale it." Give me."

Gao Mingcheng said: "The yield is not much. Only one tree has a little more fruit, but it is only about fifty kilograms. For the other trees, ten kilograms is good. The yield will not increase until next year. This I will give everyone a share of the first batch, and I will try it first, and I will pick the rest and put them directly at the door of the clothing store and sell them slowly."

Hearing that the output was not large, Xiao Jinfeng did not force it.

The two talked for a while, and then Gao Mingcheng went back.

As soon as I returned to the clothing store, I saw Maozi.

Maozi was sitting by the wall in the backyard of the clothing store. When he saw him coming back, he grinned at him.

"Brother Mingcheng!" Mao Zi called sweetly. Seeing him like this, Gao Mingcheng knew that this man probably had something to ask of him.

"Is something wrong? If you have something, just tell me!"

"Hey, I see you are collecting old things outside, so I want to ask, do you want the bed from before?" Mao Zi looked at Gao Mingcheng expectantly.Gao Mingcheng jumped off the tractor and said quickly: "Tell me the details!"

Mao Zi was encouraged and then told the story in detail.

The news of Gao Mingcheng collecting old things outside was not big or small, but Mao Zi often hung out outside and had many sources of information, so he knew about it.

It happened that he knew someone whose grandmother had an old bed. The bed looked very beautiful, so he wanted to sell it for money, so he asked Maozi to come here first to talk about it. If the matter turned out to be true, he would share some money with Maozi.

No, Maozi came over in a hurry.

"A wooden bed... I should be able to keep it, but I have to look at it first to see if it's in good condition." Gao Mingcheng said. He knew that wooden beds in the past could be worth a lot of money, but they had never been confiscated because of the wood. The bed takes up quite a lot of space.

"Brother Mingcheng, let me take you to see it!" Mao Zi actively led the way. Seeing that it was still early, Gao Mingcheng followed Mao Zi.

Because he might buy a wooden bed, Gao Mingcheng drove a tractor there. About 10 minutes later, the tractor stopped under Mao Zi's guidance.

"Brother Mingcheng, that's the red brick house in front!" Mao Zi pointed with his hand, and then quickly led the way, but no matter how fast he ran, Gao Mingcheng could keep up steadily.

"Archie! I've brought brother Mingcheng! Take him to see the bed quickly!" Mao Zi said excitedly. In the red brick house, there was also a young man waiting there. When he saw Mao Zi bringing someone here, he immediately He opened his grandma's room and motioned for Gao Mingcheng to go in and take a look.

However, Gao Mingcheng noticed an old man about eighty years old sitting on a stool at the door. He knew that the bed must belong to this old man, so he did not rush to look at the bed, but said: "Old man, that bed is yours." Do you really want to sell?”

The old man opened his mouth to speak, but because a few of his teeth had fallen out, it was a little leaky.

"Hey, sell it! Sell it to my grandson to get a wife."

Okay, since the owner of the wooden bed agreed, Gao Mingcheng went in to take a look.

This is an old house, so the lighting and ventilation inside are very average.

The room is not big. There is an old-style canopy bed in the most eye-catching place. There are several red paint boxes against the wall. Part of the red paint on the boxes has fallen off, and the lock in the center is glowing. Some green patina.

Gao Mingcheng glanced at the complicated copper lock. Copper has always been a precious metal. This wooden box can be locked with a copper lock. Presumably, the old man's family was also wealthy when he was young.

"Brother Mingcheng, this is the wooden bed. Take a closer look!" Mao Zi and the young man stood on the left and right, both looking at Gao Mingcheng expectantly.

Gao Mingcheng only took one look and corrected them: "This style of wooden bed is called a canopy bed! Let me first see what kind of wood it is made of."

In addition to looking at the wood, he mainly looks at the age.

Canopy beds are typical Chinese-style furniture, and the most common ones are Ming and Qing styles. After Zheng He's voyages to the West, the fleet transported a lot of precious woods such as rosewood back from overseas. These precious woods enriched Chinese-style furniture.

If the canopy bed in front of you is a Ming-style rosewood canopy bed, its value will be immeasurable.

However, their place is only a small place, and the probability of encountering a rosewood canopy bed is still low.

Because it was summer, there was only one mat on the bed and a thin quilt piled on top. On the shelf above, there was an old mosquito net hanging. The mosquito net could prevent dust and mosquitoes from biting, allowing people to lie on the bed. , can have a peaceful sleep.

Gao Mingcheng first took a rough look at the whole thing, and then started to look at the details.

Most Chinese-style furniture has a mortise-and-tenon structure, so although the canopy bed may seem so big and difficult to transport, in fact, it can be disassembled and reassembled when it reaches the destination.

This bed is a bed with four posts and four poles. The wood is old mahogany. It is not painted but coated with a layer of tung oil. Although it has been washed away by time, the old mahogany is a hardwood and its wood grain is clearly visible. As for the wear and tear There aren't many parts.

Its overall workmanship is made of heavy materials and its body is tall. The fence, bedposts, dental boards, four legs and upper lintel are all carved with patterns, which are based on the theme of Huama landscape.

After reading it, Gao Mingcheng initially judged that this should be a canopy bed from the Qing Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)