Return to the small mountain village in 1986

All day today, Maozi did not come to the clothing store to find Gao Mingcheng, because he was going to Yangcheng tomorrow, so Gao Mingcheng took the initiative to find Maozi in the evening.

He knew Maozi's home. When he went there, he met a monkey. The monkey was wearing a dusty old clothes and carrying some wood from the construction site on his shoulders. The wood was damaged and could not be used again, but it could Used to make fire.

When the monkey saw Gao Mingcheng, he shrank suddenly and did not dare to look directly at Gao Mingcheng.

Since that incident, Monkey has changed his mind and no longer hangs around like before. Instead, he honestly found a construction site and moved bricks and cement at the construction site every day.

This year, at the national level, the economic development is not good, but with the reform and opening up, there are always people who make money first, so there are more and more people building houses every day.

Not to mention the county, even in the wealthier villages, people began to be enthusiastic about building houses. By the end of the 90s, except for a few needy households, most villagers had built new houses.

Seeing the monkey hiding from him, Gao Mingcheng didn't care. For the sake of the monkey's family, he had already let him go.

Gao Mingcheng came to Mao Zi's house. The two Mao Zi brothers were sitting at the door having dinner.

Because there were no wires, it was inconvenient to light candles and cook at night, so they ate early.

When Mao Zi saw Gao Mingcheng coming, he immediately stood up, quickly put down the bowl, raised his hand to wipe the rice grains from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, and said with a smile: "Brother Mingcheng, you are here, hurry up, please sit down!"

Mao Zi's brother sat quietly on the stool, glanced at Gao Mingcheng with a pair of innocent eyes, and then continued to eat the rice in the bowl.

He has a problem with his IQ. Although he is dull, he is very quiet and does not cause trouble very much.

"I heard that you received some more goods. Let me take a look." Gao Mingcheng said.

"Hey, wait a minute, I'll show it to you." Maozi said with a smile on his face, quickly ran back to the house and took out a bundle.

The baggage was made of old sheets, colorful and had a few small holes.

Maozi placed the bundle on the ground and opened it.

"Look, these are the things I received during this period!" Mao Zi pointed at the miscellaneous things and looked at Gao Mingcheng nervously, hoping that Gao Mingcheng could buy them all.

Mao Zi actually has no ability to distinguish antiques. He has not read any books and has no relevant teachers to guide him.

But he has been around the market since he was a child, and has heard many stories about his parents' shortcomings. He has also seen many houses and people while walking around the streets.

When he learned that canopy beds could be sold for money and ancient coins could be sold for money, he had a general concept that all things from the past could be sold for money!

This time, he used his expertise and received some bits and pieces again.

He had a small capital, so he didn't receive many things, and many of them were in bad condition. The only advantage was that those things did look a bit old.

Gao Mingcheng squatted on the ground and looked at the pile of things carefully.

Although it was evening, there was enough light outside the house to see all the details clearly.

Among the pile of bits and pieces, Gao Mingcheng spotted a bowl at a glance. Gao Mingcheng picked up the bowl, touched the mouth of the bowl, and said, "Has this bowl been baked?"

"Yes, I heard it was a bowl from a long time ago. I thought it was okay, so I accepted it. Brother Mingcheng, do you want this bowl?" Maozi stared at Gao Mingcheng intently.

Gao Mingcheng was not in a hurry to speak, but carefully looked at the money at the bottom of the bowl.

For porcelain antiques, the base price is a very important identification mark.

However, when Gao Mingcheng looked at the bottom mark, he knew that this porcelain bowl came from a private kiln, not an official kiln, because the bottom of the bowl only had a double circle with no words, and the porcelain body and pattern were rough and sloppy.

But what concerns Gao Mingcheng is that his skill in baking bowls is quite good.

Gao Mingcheng said: "This bowl is most likely from the Qing Dynasty, but it comes from a private kiln, the workmanship is average, and it has been damaged, so it is not very valuable."

When Mao Zi heard that it was not valuable, his expression fell a little, but he still asked eagerly: "What is a folk kiln?"

So Gao Mingcheng gave him some popular science on the differences between private kilns and official kilns.

Generally speaking, the official kiln models are more refined, beautiful, fine and moist than the folk kiln models, while the folk kiln models are mostly rough and sloppy.

This is also understandable. The products produced by official kilns are for the use of the imperial court, while the products produced by private kilns are sold among the people, and the products produced are mixed.

Gao Mingcheng put down the bowl and continued to look at something else.

Among this pile of things, there were also a few ancient coins and a Yuan Datou, as well as a bunch of rusty locks, which looked like they had been removed from some boxes and wardrobes.

In addition, there are actually several rocks with strange shapes.

Gao Mingcheng picked up the stone and played with it. He had no research on minerals, but he knew that some rare stones in good condition could be sold for a big price.

"Where did you find these stones?" Gao Mingcheng asked.

Maozi smiled sheepishly and said, "I exchanged the candy for some children. I think it's pretty. Can I sell it for money?"

"It depends on the buyer. If someone likes it, they will be willing to pay for it."

Gao Mingcheng had already read all the things and said: "Few of the things you collected are valuable. If you want to make a lot of money, you have to find a way to receive more and better things."

Maozi panicked, wouldn't he throw all these things into his hands?

He stared at the pile of things, feeling extremely flustered.

Its cost is small, so its ability to resist risks is also poor.

Gao Mingcheng glanced at Mao Zi and his brother, and then said: "Although these things are not valuable, they can still be collected. Well, this Yuan Datou is of good quality and may be worth some money."

Maozi's piece of Yuan Datou was cast in the [-]th year of the Republic of China. There are horizontal dots on the edge of Yuan Datou's rounded teeth. This is a common silver dollar on the market, so even in later generations, the price is not high.

But after all, it is a silver dollar, and it has a certain collection value, so it can be easily sold in the antique market.

Yuan Datou weighs seven cents and two cents, of which the proportion is silver, nine cents and one copper. Seven cents and two cents is approximately equal to 26.86 grams. The current price of silver is about fifty cents per gram. Calculated by weight, pure silver is worth 14 yuan, but it also contains [-]%. Ten out of ten copper prices are cheaper than silver prices.

However, because of its collectible and commemorative value, the market price would be at a premium, so Gao Mingcheng paid 15 yuan to acquire it.

When Mao Zi heard the price, his tense heart relaxed a little.He got this piece of Yuan Datou from an old woman in a village for ten yuan.

Now that he can earn five more yuan, he is satisfied.

As for the others, Gao Mingcheng also covered them all, but the prices were not very high, but for Maozi, it was still a profit.

After Maozi got the money, he looked particularly satisfied.

Gao Mingcheng said: "You continue to collect, and try to collect some of good quality. Some villages have produced Jinshi, Juren and Scholars in the past. You should also go and take a look. There may be some good ink ingots, inkstones and the like left. It’s valuable. There are also paintings painted by people in the past, as well as beautiful bottles and jars.”

"Hey, okay." Maozi nodded in agreement.

Seeing that Gao Mingcheng was getting ready to leave, he quickly said, "Brother Mingcheng, walk slowly."

At this time, brother Mao Zi, who had finished his meal, suddenly said to Gao Mingcheng: "Brother Mingcheng, walk slowly."

He was obviously imitating his brother's speech. Even the smiles on their faces were almost the same between the two brothers.

Gao Mingcheng also showed a smile and waved goodbye to their brothers: "Goodbye."

He carried a bundle of things and strode towards home.

When I got home, it was just in time for dinner.

The difference from Maozi's family is that their family will eat a little later. Sometimes customers come in unexpectedly, so they may eat even later.

"Second brother, what did you receive?" Gao Shufang looked curiously at the baggage brought back by Gao Mingcheng.Gao Mingcheng didn't hide it, he opened it in public.

As a result, Gao Shufang saw that they were all scraps of copper and iron. She couldn't help curling her lips and said with disbelief: "Second brother, does anyone really spend money to buy these scraps?"

The recovered items are indeed not very valuable, but they are still far from tatters!
Gao Mingcheng didn't want to pay attention to Gao Shufang. Although this sister worked hard to learn to read and read in order to marry well, her eyesight in other aspects had not improved much.

But this is normal. If it weren't for his experience in his previous life, Gao Mingcheng wouldn't know so much.

He gave a few simple explanations, but Zhang Jinling looked at the pile of things thoughtfully.

After finishing her meal, she decided to talk to Gao Mingcheng.

"My mother's family also has a few coins of that kind, but I don't know if they are worth anything." Zhang Jinling told Gao Mingcheng that a long time ago, someone in their village dug a jar, and the jar was full of coins of that kind. Later, some people said that it was from before The landowner was buried there.

Later, those coins were divided among the villagers, and Zhang Jinling also had seven or eight coins in her home.

After hearing this, Gao Mingcheng was a little surprised. He had never heard of this in his previous life.

"I'm going to Yangcheng tomorrow. Either you go back and bring it to me someday, or we can go to the village together after I come back from Yangcheng." Gao Mingcheng said.

It is not impossible to dig out buried coins from the ground like this.

In the past, when wars were raging or families were in trouble, it was common to bury copper coins that were inconvenient to carry and flee with only the gold and silver.

In ancient times, the coins circulating on the market were mainly copper coins. However, there were too many copper coins, but they were very heavy and extremely inconvenient to carry around. Later, in the Song Dynasty, Jiaozi, also known as silver notes, began to appear.

"I'd better go get it when I have time!" Zhang Jinling said quickly. She felt that Gao Mingcheng was very busy all day long and she didn't dare to let him go there in person.

As for myself, there is nothing important going on day by day, so I might as well go back to my parents’ home to see my relatives.

"Okay." Gao Mingcheng nodded.

After the conversation, Gao Mingcheng went upstairs to wash up first.

He is going to Yangcheng tomorrow, and he has to prepare all the things he will take to Yangcheng to sell, such as honey, antiques, etc.

There were no particularly valuable antiques or bezoars this time, but there were more than 600 kilograms of honey, which could be sold for a lot of money.

That night, many beauties refused to let Gao Mingcheng act recklessly, saying that they wanted him to recharge his batteries.

Gao Mingcheng said: "The purpose of raising elite animals is to fight for glory again!"

Many Mei understood the implication, and a blush appeared on her cheeks.

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Early the next morning, after Gao Mingcheng had breakfast, he said goodbye to his family, drove the tractor and headed towards the transportation company.

After arriving, it was the same old process, first checking the condition of the vehicle, and then loading my own goods into the vehicle.

The goods on this car are all porcelain, which also belongs to Fan Chengyao. When loading, they were not fully loaded, just to leave some space for honey.

"Brother Xiao, I'm leaving!" Gao Mingcheng waved goodbye to Xiao Jinfeng below.

Xiao Jinfeng also waved goodbye to him and said, "Bon voyage!"

Gao Mingcheng stepped on the accelerator, held the steering wheel, and drove the car out of the transportation company's parking lot, following the route he had traveled dozens of times.

Driving on the road, the scenery on both sides kept receding, and the wind blew in from the window, blowing Gao Mingcheng's hair back.

Gao Mingcheng touched the back of his head and thought, I need a haircut!

Okay, when you get to Yangcheng, go get a trendy haircut!

Gao Mingcheng hummed a song, feeling relaxed and happy all the way.

It was already the second day when we arrived at Yangcheng.

Before Gao Mingcheng set off, he greeted Fan Chengyao, so Fan Chengyao calculated the time and distance and knew the approximate time Gao Mingcheng would arrive.

When Gao Mingcheng got out of the car, he saw Fan Licheng at a glance.

They hadn't seen each other for more than a month, but Gao Mingcheng felt that Fan Li had grown a lot.

He touched Fan Licheng's head and said with a smile: "Did you eat Jin Ke La? You have grown a lot taller all of a sudden!"

"What is Jin Ke La? I didn't eat it! But I did grow taller!" Fan Licheng laughed and was in a good mood.

Boys develop later than girls, and Fan Chengyao has just begun to develop at this moment.

Because he was a grade-skip student, all the female classmates in the class were taller than him, which made Fan Licheng a little unhappy.

Now that he has finally started to grow taller, even if he is not as tall as those female classmates, he is very happy.

He felt that when school started, his classmates would be surprised.

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said: "Haha, height is hereditary. Your parents are both pretty tall. As long as you eat nutritiously and exercise, you won't be shorter!"

When he mentioned exercising, Fan Licheng's face fell.

He took Gao Mingcheng's hand, winked at him, and motioned for him to go aside and talk.Gao Mingcheng glanced at Fan Chengyao next to him, and then gave Fan Licheng a questioning look.

Fan Chengyao saw their little actions from the side and rolled his eyes speechlessly.

He took the initiative and said: "You go and talk, there are workers unloading the goods! As for your antiques, we will discuss the price later."

Boss Fan had already spoken. Gao Mingcheng had no worries and went to a secluded place nearby to talk with Fan Licheng.

"What's wrong?" Gao Mingcheng asked. He could see that Fan Licheng was worried.

Fan Licheng sighed like an adult and said quietly: "When I was in the capital, I was kidnapped."

Gao Mingcheng's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked up and down at Fan Licheng to make sure that there were no missing parts on him, and then he felt relieved.

"What's going on? Are you injured?" Gao Mingcheng asked with concern.

Fan Licheng felt Gao Mingcheng's concern and was in a good mood. He shook his head and said, "I'm fine. I ran out on my own the day after I was kidnapped."

Fan Licheng was quite emotional.

When I was in Hong Kong, due to the chaos in the market, there were many gangs and lone wolves, so the children of some rich people became important targets for kidnapping and extortion.

Many people in his stepfather's family had been kidnapped. When his mother first took him to Xiangjiang, she asked someone to train him on how to deal with kidnapping to ensure that he would be less harmed during the kidnapping process. .

Because most kidnappers are looking for money.

And once he is kidnapped, his mother will definitely be willing to pay for his ransom.

However, I didn't expect that he had never been kidnapped even once in Xiangjiang. The reason was very practical, that is, those people thought that he was just his stepfather's stepson, and there was no point in kidnapping him!
However, when he went to the capital to buy a house this time, he was kidnapped by a group of gangsters!

In the future, when I chat with those in my stepfather’s family, we will have a common language!Fan Licheng thought happily.

He told Gao Mingcheng the kidnapping process, and then sighed quietly: "After we came back from the capital, my mother hired a boxer from Foshan to teach me boxing." (End of Chapter)