Rebirth to 90s: Start from Scratch

The old man seemed to see Zhang Qianxiu's doubts, or perhaps the wood was too uncharacteristic, and said with a smile: "Boss, this wood is handed down from our ancestors, let me show you."

As the old man said, he found a piece of wood that had just been sawn away: "Look."

Zhang Qianxiu leaned over and took a look. The wood was really strange. The outer layer was light yellow like ordinary trees, but the inner circle was crimson.

Zhang Qianxiu remembered saying in an article that Pterocarpus striata was also a kind of medicinal material, and it smelled fragrant.

Trying to get up and smell it, there is no smell.

"Old man, didn't you say that red sandalwood has a fragrance?" Zhang Qianxiu asked as soon as he didn't understand, there was nothing wrong with it.

The old man was stunned for a moment, explained quickly, and said, "Little boss, this is only available when sawing, and it will definitely be gone for too long."

Zhang Qianxiu didn't know whether it was true or not, and tried to ask, "How can this wood be sold?"

"This lumber costs ten yuan a piece, and this log costs eight yuan a piece." When the old man spoke, there were still some lack of confidence.

This price is actually more expensive than pine wood, which is mostly about five yuan a piece, which is equivalent to a worker's wages a day.

Zhang Qianxiu was a little stunned for a while, he even suspected that these two old people had deliberately pretended to be such a deceit.

But looking at the two people's heartbeat gestures, they didn't look like they were pretending. When the old man spoke, his eyes were cautious.

Zhang Qianxiu didn't think that he looked at how good people are, but he believed that he looked at people by himself, and there was a little bit more accurate.

Seeing Zhang Qianxiu's silence, the old man thought he was bidding too high, so he hurriedly said: "Little boss, if you think the price is too high, we can discuss the price."

Zhang Qianxiu reacted. He didn't think that the price was high, but that the price was a bit ridiculously low.

The price of later generations of red sandalwood was several million a ton, and the last one could be sold for hundreds of thousands of a ton. Now you can buy one for ten yuan and eight yuan, which is incredible.

Zhang Qianxiu tried to move it. It is much more expensive than pine of the same quality. This one has been left for a long time. The pine is basically just cut from the mountain, and it will be lighter after drying.

Zhang Qianxiu said truthfully: "Old man, I have only heard of red sandalwood. Actually, I can't tell the difference."

When the old man heard this, he immediately gave Zhang Qianxiu a "science popularization" and explained: "Little boss, this small leaf red sandalwood is known as the emperor's wood. It was used by the emperor during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The real value of small leaf red sandalwood is in the middle. This circle of wooden heart, the outer circle is of little value, and the growth wheel of the red sandalwood is not very obvious, which is more difficult to observe. If you look at our wood, it is difficult to see the outline of the circle on the other trees."

Zhang Qianxiu took a closer look and could still see it vaguely, but it was really not obvious. He nodded and said, "I can't see it very much."

The old man continued to explain: "Also, the wood of Pterocarpus is more oily, but it looks a bit shiny. After sawing, you can see that it is very smooth. If it is polished and not painted, it is also very shiny. Use small leaves. Furniture made of red sandalwood is generally only varnished or polished, and looks as beautiful as the processed furniture."

Zhang Qianxiu's observation according to the old man's statement is indeed as he said, very oily, but there is no way to polish it now.

Seeing that Zhang Qianxiu didn't say a word, the old man continued: "Also, when this wood was just cut, it smelled of sandalwood. I don't have a knife or saw. Should I borrow one and cut it for you?"

Zhang Qianxiu actually had some faith in his heart. The most important thing is that the price is really not expensive, and the wood looks really good. It is twice as expensive as ordinary wood. For Zhang Qianxiu, there is no problem.

Zhang Qianxiu smiled and shook his head: "No need, old man."

"Then if you stroke the wood hard with a stone, you can smell a little." The old man tried his best to prove that his wood is red sandalwood.

Zhang Qianxiu didn't object to this. He picked up a hard stone on the ground, rubbed it **** a piece of wood, and then went up and smelled it. He really smelled a scent of sandalwood.

Zhang Qianxiu had never seen red sandalwood in his previous life, but he had smelled the scent of sandalwood! Many spices or sachets have the scent of sandalwood.

This scent is a bit different from the one bought in the last generation. It smells lighter and more natural.

"Old man, do you have another one? This is too little. I guess I can make a table. If there is more, I think I will use this for the entire furniture." Zhang Qianxiu asked.

Seeing that Zhang Qianxiu wanted to buy, the old man was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly: "There are some, there are still many at home, there are too many, we can't move in."

Zhang Qian corrected himself to speak. A middle-aged man who sold Zhang Qianxiu's pinewood reminded him in a low voice: "Boss, they have been selling this wood for almost a month. At the beginning, all the wood vendors asked. Their prices dropped again and again. It was down to five yuan each time, and the wood vendors paid two yuan, but they didn't sell it."

"We haven't seen this kind of red sandalwood. If you put it plainly, isn't it just wood? It's not gold. Don't be fooled."

Zhang Qianxiu looked back at the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man thought Zhang Qianxiu was upset, and quickly explained: "Boss, I have no other meaning, just to remind you, it doesn't matter if you don't want my tree, after all, everyone's money is not brought by the wind."

In fact, Zhang Qianxiu still admired this middle-aged man very much, no matter what, he was kind.

There are so many people in the market, many people have been surrounded by this time to watch the excitement.

The middle-aged man spoke, and others said: "Yes! Little boss, their wood is just a little bit big, and it sells so expensive. It's several times more expensive than ordinary wood."

"Young man, don't buy it. Their price changes every day. When I first asked, I called twelve yuan, so I can buy two or three big pine trees. How big is that? It's still ten meters long."

"They've been here for half a month, no one asked."

"Yeah! So many people in the timber business are collecting timber here. If it were really good timber, it would have been taken away long ago."

The two old people were so embarrassed by these words that they wanted to find a place to get in. They stood on the side with their heads down, their wrinkled faces were not bloody, and the old woman even burst into tears.

Most of the wood sold by these two old men was sawn off. There were five or six pieces of large and small pieces. The largest piece was about 30 centimeters in diameter, but only about one meter in length. It looked like a wooden pier. One circle is the color of ordinary wood, and the middle is dark.

The others are all dark. It should have been peeled off the outer layer, leaving only the wooden heart inside. The largest is the bowl with a thick mouth, and the smaller is only thick at the wrist.

But without exception, these are old wood that has been stacked for many years.

Zhang Qianxiu was still wondering whether or not to buy it. Seeing that things had already become like this, he didn't sell these woods. It was estimated that the two old men would be embarrassed to come later.

The two old people have been here for a month, so it means that they still want to sell some money, maybe there is an urgent need?

Even if there is no urgent need, the total of these pieces of wood is only a few dozen yuan, and Zhang Qianxiu doesn't care if it is lost.

"Everyone, thank you for your kindness, I am quite fond of this wood, and I am going to buy it back and try it." Zhang Qianxiu said with a smile, "Thank you for your kindness!"

No one thought that with so many people breaking, Zhang Qianxiu would actually want to buy it.

Some people also think that Zhang Qianxiu is ignorant of good people, and whispered: "It's really a prodigal son, it's not money to take the old man's money!"

"It’s not enough for fools these days! Even if it’s the red sandalwood they are talking about, isn’t it just a piece of wood? A three-meter piece of wood costs ten yuan or eight yuan, and a large pine tree that is seven or eight meters long is only three to five yuan. Separate the wood, several times as much as this."

"That is, if you buy ten bucks of pine, the wood that will be opened will be at least seven or eight times that of this one."

Zhang Qianxiu didn't care about the people around him. He deliberately missed it. However, he hadn't seen red sandalwood in his last life and couldn't accurately analyze it, but he also had the intention to do good deeds. A few dozen yuan is not a big problem for him. Even if it's not red sandalwood, it doesn't matter.

"Old man, you can calculate the amount of money, I will give you the money, you don't need to help send it, I will find someone to carry it back." Zhang Qianxiu said with a smile.

The old man suddenly burst into tears, grabbed Zhang Qianxiu’s wrist, choked and said, “Little boss, I...I’m really red sandalwood, I didn’t lie to you, my ancestor, the official Zhishang Shu, when I was young, I still had it at home. There are hundreds of acres of fertile fields. This is really red sandalwood. I didn't lie to you. It is small leaf red sandalwood."

The old man tried his best to prove that his wood was red sandalwood, and he was not a liar.

Zhang Qianxiu could feel the old man's trembling hands full of power. At this moment, he felt that what the old man wanted was his innocence, not selling the wood.

At this moment, Zhang Qianxiu seemed to feel an ancient scholar's "pedantic" aura and character in the old man. This character is that I would rather die innocently than live in humiliation.

This kind of character is stupid in the eyes of a pragmatic person.

Zhang Qianxiu held the old man's hand with his backhand and said with a smile: "I believe you, I know that this kind of small leaf red sandalwood is not available in China. It is all shipped from abroad. If nothing else, shipped back from abroad is worth your price. "

The old man didn't expect Zhang Qianxiu to know this, so he nodded excitedly: "Yes, it's from Java."

The state of Java was called Ah San during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Zhang Qianxiu nodded: "I know this. I want these woods. You can calculate the price. Where do you live? I will see with you later. If there is something suitable, I will buy some more and I will make furniture."

At this time, the old man was not embarrassed to say that it would cost ten or eight yuan each, and said, "Little boss, that counts as five yuan for you. There is a total of six yuan, thirty yuan."

Without saying anything, Zhang Qianxiu took out thirty yuan and handed it to the elder: "Old man, click on it, thirty yuan."

Three sheets of ten yuan, the old man nodded gratefully after taking it: "Yes, yes, yes."

"Then you come with me, I will wait for your house to see, okay?" Zhang Qianxiu asked.

Now that I was ready to buy it, I would simply use this kind of wood to make it. Zhang Qianxiu felt that the wood was almost all red sandalwood. Even if it wasn't, it looked good, and it was not bad anyway.

"Good, good." The old man answered again and again.

Zhang Qianxiu immediately found a few people who specialize in porters in the market and asked them to help deliver them. He led the two elderly people in the car and led the way.

The wood you bought earlier cannot be returned, you can only take it back.

People in the lumber market looked at Zhang Qianxiu and they left, and began to discuss again: "This is how stupid people have a lot of money!"

"It seems that I want to find some unusual wood for fishing. This time it is 30 yuan! I think that wood can be worth five or six yuan."

"Do you think people who are stupid and have a lot of money every day? Those two old people waited for a month, but you still can't make the 30 yuan a month?"

"Yes!"