Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

After Wang An finished speaking, He Liang immediately said:
"Several boxes? My goodness, where did you get so many boxes of Ming Dynasty porcelain?"

At this moment, Wang An was still thinking about how much less money he could get for those plates and bowls, so he blurted out something unfounded:

"Hey, it was dug up from a graveyard in the mountains. The graveyard had been dug up before, and all the good stuff was gone. All that was left were a bunch of unwanted plates, bowls, vases, and the like. The firing technique was so-so, it wasn't worth much money."

After a pause, Wang An said in a deep voice:

"I'm thinking that in a few years, once all those valuable antiques have been sold, my Ming Dynasty plates and bowls should be worth something."

The plates, bowls, vases, teapots, and other items that Wang An retrieved from the tomb were mostly from the Ming Dynasty, as evidenced by the fact that all the copper coins buried with him were from the Ming Dynasty.

Although the antique market has heated up considerably, and the prices of even very ordinary antique porcelain like this have risen, they still don't meet Wang An's expectations.

However, the purchasing power of money was extremely strong at that time, while money would only become less and less valuable in the future. Therefore, it would be worthwhile to sell these useless items now and use the money to start a motorcycle business.

Sure enough, as soon as Wang An said they were just ordinary plates and bowls, He Liang and Ma Guoqiang immediately lost the will to ask any further questions.

It is no exaggeration to say that there were still quite a few antique porcelain pieces in the folk at that time, but most people only used them as ordinary plates and bowls.

Upon hearing this, Ma Guoqiang frowned and said with a worried expression:
"Those foreigners aren't stupid, do you think they'd buy it?"

He Liang immediately echoed:

"Yeah, so they'll buy it. But they can't possibly carry it home by the box, can they? If they sell it piecemeal, how long will it take? When will we be able to collect enough foreign exchange certificates?"

It must be admitted that what these two people said makes a lot of sense.

Because antiques are generally not relevant to ordinary people, and they are not particularly useful to foreigners either.

As for newspaper reports about wealthy foreigners spending large sums of money to buy fake antiques, that's basically all nonsense.

Do you really think these foreign tycoons are fools? They come to China to make money, not to be taken advantage of. Besides, a real fool couldn't possibly make that much money, let alone become a tycoon.

As for the so-called fakes, well, that's just laughable. Whether something is a genuine antique or a fake is just a matter of a few words from certain people. As for why those people say such things, that's an open secret.

Wang An waved his hand and said:

"If we sell it like you're saying, how long will it take? Let's go directly to auction houses in Hong Kong. They've reopened their borders with the mainland, and the antique craze started there. We don't need to worry about US dollars, Japanese yen, or British pounds; we can just buy Hong Kong dollars."

Upon hearing this, He Liang and Ma Guoqiang's eyes lit up immediately.

He Liang slapped his thigh and said with a happy expression:
“Yes, that’s right. We happen to have two routes that go through Hong Kong. Hurry up, do you have a phone in your village? I’ll call Harbin right now and have them connect with the auction house in Hong Kong. Hahaha. It’s all thanks to you, Xiao An, that you have such a sharp mind.”

After He Liang finished speaking, Ma Guoqiang suddenly said:

"Qiangzi, wait a minute, what's the rush?"

Turning his head, Ma Guoqiang said to Wang An again:

"Xiao An, could you show us what your batch of porcelain looks like? That way we'll have a better idea of ​​what it's like."

He Liang immediately realized what was happening and said somewhat embarrassedly:

"Every day, all they do is advocate for foreign exchange; it's driving me almost crazy, hehehe," Wang An chuckled, standing up as he dressed.

"We need to go up and down the house to check; the things were all left there this afternoon."

Wang An's family had a total of two pieces of porcelain. One batch consisted of ordinary porcelain that had been dug up from a tomb, and both were stored in the lower storeroom.

The other batch consisted of exquisite porcelain pieces brought back from the rocky mountains, but this batch was kept in a secret room.

The main items were the porcelain pieces brought back from the rocky mountains. These were the finest pieces that the Japanese devils had looted from China back then, and even at that time they were still quite valuable. Any one of them could probably be worth at least three or four hundred yuan.

Although three or four hundred yuan may not seem like much, compared to the wages and prices at that time, it was equivalent to the money an average person could save in one or two years.

Wang An did not intend to sell these exquisite porcelain pieces now, mainly because selling them now would result in a huge loss.

Upon hearing this, He Liang and Ma Guoqiang immediately put on the cotton-padded coats that were placed aside and followed Wang An outside.

Upon entering the lower room, Wang An pointed to six wooden crates covered in a layer of dust and said:

"Those six boxes contain them, feel free to look around."

However, as soon as the two entered the lower room, their eyes did not fall on the large wooden boxes, but instead looked at the various interesting things stored in the storeroom.

There are moose heads, red deer heads, sika deer heads, and ram heads hanging on the wall, all with complete antlers; there are red deer spines that are still intact and dried; and various bone fragments, bear horns, yellow sheep horns, and blue sheep horns.

There are also deer penises that are being air-dried, leopard skins that are being dried in the shade on wooden frames, leopard cat skins, and hanging sheep skins.

There were also various furs that had already been shaped and air-dried, just piled up haphazardly, including bear skins, wolf skins, gazelle skins, roe deer skins, deer skins, squirrel skins, wild boar skins, and so on.

Besides these items related to mountain animals, there were three burlap sacks in the corner against the wall. Two of the sacks were filled with large coins, that is, copper coins.

The other sack was also filled with animal-related items: tusks of various animals, mostly wild boar and wolf tusks, along with a considerable number of jackal and bear tusks, and a smaller number of badger, lynx, and fox tusks, which filled about half a sack.

Of course, there were no tiger teeth or leopard teeth inside; those were too precious and had been kept by Wang An.

However, it is obvious that apart from leopard skins, sheepskins, and sheep heads with long horns, which are relatively valuable, the rest are just things that are not worth much money.

Because valuable items like leopard penis and spine, tiger bone and penis, as well as acquired bear bile, ginseng, and musk sachets, are all kept in the back room of Wang An's house.

There's no way around it, these things are too valuable, and it's a bit unsettling to keep them in the downstairs room.

Even if it's not stolen, I'd be heartbroken if a new rat bit me.

The reason they are called "newly arrived rats" is because there are no rats left in Wang An's house; they have all been cleaned up by the two lynxes, the eagle, and the dog.

As for the leopard skin and sheepskin, these two valuable items were not kept in the back room, it was because they had not been properly dried in the shade. If they were kept in the room, they would very likely spoil and rot. They had to be completely dried before they could be stored away.

After looking around, Ma Guoqiang said with great emotion:

"Hey Xiao An, you've got quite a few decent stuff these days. You've been working on these in the mountains for the past few years, haven't you?" (End of Chapter)