Rebirth of the Legend of the Red Age

Chapter 15: First time finding a bargain: beams and furniture

The tiring day passed quickly. The family of three had a simple relocation meal in the new house and then went back to their respective rooms to rest. They agreed to have a relocation banquet at Desheng Building the next day or the day after tomorrow when they had time.

Wang Li’s parents didn’t notice it the whole afternoon. Wang Li’s eyes were shining and he was very excited.

After Wang Li returned to his room, he could no longer contain his excitement. He somersaulted several times on the spot and punched his fists to vent his joy.

The reason why he was so excited was that he benefited from the carpentry knowledge he learned from his grandfather. He could quickly identify the types of wood, which wood was more valuable, and what style of furniture it was.

This afternoon, when he was cleaning up the two main rooms, he found that the beds in the two rooms were 1.8 meters by 2 meters mahogany frame beds. Although they were not red sandalwood or huanghuali, they were also relatively high-end rosewood.

After careful inspection, he found that there was basically no sign of use. It should have been custom-made by Shopkeeper Sun using rosewood in recent years.

If they were really old items, he would feel uncomfortable and not use them. Who knows how many previous owners had died on these beds.

In addition to the two wooden beds, the two main rooms also have two pairs of Qing Dynasty rosewood official hat chairs and two square tables, and finally two large ash wood cabinets. Perhaps because the material is too abundant, rosewood was not used to save money. The size is no smaller than the modern custom-made wardrobe that covers the entire wall.

The west wing at the first entrance should be the original kitchen and dining room. The kitchen is quite normal, with two stoves, two large storage racks and a cupboard. These are all made of normal pine wood, and they are quite old at first glance, but they are well preserved.

He found a surprise in the dining room, there was a rosewood eight-immortal table and eight red rosewood dining chairs. It should be because they were in a hurry to move, and the environment outside was turbulent, so it was difficult to take away the big items, so they were left in the room.

There was nothing surprising in the three back rooms. In the past, the back rooms were where servants lived. Therefore, there were no valuable furniture, just some ordinary wooden tables, chairs, benches and beds.

In fact, the above furniture are the small heads found this time. The real big head was found after he helped his mother clean up the first courtyard. He went to the second and third courtyards to check the situation when he had nothing to do.

At first he didn't care, just two pieces of broken walls, some burnt gray bricks and the original roof beams, and the rest were some waste. But when he walked past the main house of the third courtyard, a beam more than ten meters long and nearly 30 centimeters in diameter, which was slightly carbonized by the burnt, caught his attention.

It is possible that the structure of the house was destroyed during the fire, causing the beams and columns to fall to the ground first. Instead of being burned, they were only blackened by smoke and the surface was slightly carbonized.

The reason why he noticed it was that he smelled a woody fragrance when he passed by it. Although he didn't know what kind of wood it was, based on the knowledge he learned from watching his grandfather work as a carpenter for many years, he knew that the material of this wood should be very precious.

At the same time, he also thought that in the past, dignitaries were very fond of using precious wood as the main beams of their homes. This not only showed their status, but the precious wood also had the effect of repelling insects.

So he immediately took out his hunting knife and scraped it gently on the beam. Soon he showed a surprised expression because he found that it was a golden nanmu.

This discovery surprised him, because in the feudal dynasty, it was illegal for common people or officials to have such things at home, and they would be beheaded. The most famous one should be Heshen in the Qianlong Dynasty, who had a hall made of golden nanmu in his home, and this was also one of his crimes.

Wang Li analyzed that this might have been hidden by Manager Sun’s ancestors, and Wang Li had to admire his courage and connections.

After determining the value of the beam, Wang Li immediately checked all the well-preserved beams and columns in the second and third courtyards one by one. Finally, he found six red sandalwoods with a length of 6 meters and a diameter of 10 centimeters in the ruins of the second and third courtyards.

After discovering these precious woods, he did not make anything known and decided to wait until tomorrow to find his father to transport the seven pieces of wood to a warehouse against the wall of the garden to prevent them from being exposed to wind and rain.

What he was most thankful for was that the surfaces of these pieces of wood were carbonized by the fire, so they had not been corroded after being placed in the open air for all these years. When they were needed, he could just scrape off the surface layer.

(End of this chapter)