My 1978 Hotel

Chapter 83: Pulling two boxes of treasures back to the B&B

"Ouch, I almost suffocated to death. I won't crawl under the bed anymore."

Li Feng dragged two wooden boxes back to the room. They were quite heavy, and he wondered what valuable things were inside. "I wonder what treasures the capitalists have?"

"what?"

Li Feng was a little confused when he opened the smaller box first. It wasn't just treasures, it was full of silver dollars. Not only was there half a box of silver dollars, but there were also a few yellow lumps. "The lumps are quite big, but this thing is hard to handle."

A wooden box and half a box of silver dollars and gold bricks, it's a good thing, but gold is not easy to handle, not as easy to sell as porcelain and jade.

Fortunately, in addition to silver dollars and gold, there was also a pair of not-so-large vases in the box.

"These two vases look pretty good."

Li Feng didn't know much about antique porcelain, but he could still tell that it was beautiful and had good texture.

"It looks like blue and white porcelain." He carefully took it out and looked at it. "Yongzheng period?"

"Is it the real thing, or a replica?"

Let's put it aside for now. The other box has more scattered items, mostly stationery like inkstones and washing machines, and some ancient books. "This jade paperweight is nice."

"Qilin or something."

It's probably an auspicious beast. I wonder if it's made of Hetian jade. It's quite smooth. Li Feng played with it for a while and put it aside. "This is a brush mountain. It's made of porcelain, blue and white. Maybe it comes with the vase?"

"Let it go first."

He took out the pieces one by one, and there were quite a few, probably about a hundred. "Such a red seal, could it be bloodstone?"

"As expected of a big capitalist, he has so many good things."

A complete set of four treasures of the study, and a stack of rice paper. Li Feng also didn't understand this thing, so he'd let the second brother take a look at it later. "These jade paperweights are quite nice, especially this one that looks like a parrot. Zhaoxia should like it."

As for the ink, I don't know why he took it with him, but since it's considered a treasure, it's pretty good. Li Feng didn't know much about washing it with water and using a few inkstones. "After all, I made a lot of money this time. This kind of one-time exploration scenario game is really good."

After packing up, Li Feng thought about buying a safe. Apart from anything else, such a large amount of gold cannot be left lying around. If it is really stolen by a thief, it would be a huge loss, and it would be difficult to even report it to the police.

Then there are these antiques and silver dollars, especially a large number of silver dollars.

"This bundle contains about a hundred pills."

Li Feng counted them and found a total of fifteen bundles, fifteen hundred silver dollars, which would be worth about a thousand yuan now. Li Feng's heart warmed after making an estimate. "Oh my god." "But it's hard to sell so many."

"Alas, there are about three or four pounds of gold. It's also not easy to sell."

Li Feng was a little worried, so he decided to buy a safe and treat it as an investment.

"For the rest, ask the second one to take a look first."

Things that are easy to sell without attracting attention can be exchanged for some money. After all, Li Feng is really short of money right now. "It's a pity that I didn't bring more boxes."

"I don't want to think about it anymore, go to sleep."

I just couldn't sleep for a while, always worried that someone had stolen my gold and silver dollars. I didn't fall asleep until after two o'clock in the middle of the night, and it was almost eight o'clock when I woke up the next day.

"Sister Wu."

After washing up and going to the kitchen, Li Feng asked Wu Tong if breakfast had been delivered to Li Muchen.

“It has just been delivered.”

"That's good."

Bean porridge, steamed buns, duck blood vermicelli soup, tomatoes and green peppers as toppings, stir-fried pork and vegetable salad, fruit, apple juice, coffee and pure milk.

Li Feng took a look and found that although it was not as good as some hotels and had fewer varieties, it should be acceptable among the B&Bs in the mountain village.

Li Feng had a bowl of knife-cut noodles with a few pieces of beef and some tomato and egg sauce, two steamed buns, and a glass of milk for a simple breakfast. "Second brother, a friend of mine brought some food. Can you help me check it out later?"

"Row."

Gao didn't think much about it. Li Feng didn't tell him about the one-time scripted exploration tour. He just thought that Li Feng had told his friends about himself and brought a few small items over for identification.

But when Li Feng placed a few things in front of Gao Ju, Gao Ju became completely dazed.

"Yongzheng blue and white porcelain?"

I'm a little unsure about the price. Just kidding, this is a rare piece. Now a good pair of Yongzheng blue and white porcelain may cost two or three million, or even more.

"Boss, what did your friend say?"

"They say it's been passed down in the family."

Li Feng said, "My family used to be capitalists, and these things were almost destroyed during that era."

Gao looked at it for a while longer, but couldn't see any problems. "Boss, I don't see many high-end products like this, so I can't guarantee it's 100% genuine." He couldn't see any problems, but the price was high, so he couldn't guarantee it was the real thing.

"No problem?"

"I don't see a problem with that."

Gao Jue said truthfully. "How about we find someone to help take a look?"

"Ah."

If Li Feng wants to take action, he must find someone to take a look.

"Boss Li."

Li Muchen and Li Muxiao came over. Li Muxiao planned to go back to the company. Li Muchen tried to persuade him several times but to no avail. He had no choice but to ask Li Feng to bring back a few pounds of knife loach.

Originally, Li Muxiao didn't quite believe that knife loach could strengthen the kidneys and body, but after eating it twice yesterday, he found that it actually had some effect.

This surprised Li Muchen quite a bit, otherwise he really wouldn't want to bring fish and shrimp home. This was a joke. It was unbelievable for a boss to bring two kilograms of fish and shrimp home.

"Mr. Li, young man."

Li Feng stood up quickly. "Hurry up and sit down. What's up, little brother?"

"I have something to trouble you, Boss Li."

While Li Muchen was talking, he didn't notice that Li Muxiao was staring at something on the table. "Boss Li, can I take a look at this jade paperweight?"

"of course."

I just saw it. This parrot jade paperweight meets the characteristics of Song Dynasty jadeware. The jade quality is also very good, it is Hetian white jade.

"Song Dynasty, Hetian jade?" "I didn't expect that Mr. Li is an expert." Li Feng didn't expect that this young Mr. Li also knew about jade. He talked about a lot of things as soon as he started.

"nice one."

Li Muxiao became interested. "I wonder if Boss Li has sold this jade paperweight?"

"Excuse me, Mr. Li, I bought this jade paperweight as a gift."

The parrot white jade paperweight has a cute shape and smooth jade texture. Li Feng plans to keep it for himself as a gift for his wife and is not planning to sell it.

"That's such a shame."

Li Muxiao was a little disappointed and glanced at the vase beside him. "Oh, this is blue and white porcelain?"

"Ah."

Li Muxiao didn't know much about porcelain, but he personally preferred jade and jadeite. "Yongzheng blue and white porcelain?" Looking at the inscription on the bottom, Li Muxiao wondered if he was dazzled. While he wasn't much of a porcelain collector, his grandfather was, so he knew the approximate price of Yongzheng blue and white porcelain.

If these two items are correct, they could be worth three to five million. But it's impossible for such a good thing to appear on the table of a mountain B&B restaurant. It's really strange.

"Yes, we also think it is from the Yongzheng era."

"I'm just a little unsure."

Li Feng did not hide it. Li Muxiao looked at Li Feng and Gao Ju. Could it be that these two vases were brought back this time?
"Isn't Grandpa Wu an expert in this field?"

Li Muchen whispered. "Boss Li, why don't you take it to Grandpa Wu to have a look."

"Mr. Wu?"

Li Feng was really surprised. Wasn't Mr. Wu the retired vice president of Jinling University? How come he could also identify porcelain?

"Yeah, I totally forgot about it."

Li Muxiao said with a smile. "Boss Li, if you want to verify the authenticity, you can go to Grandpa Wu. Grandpa Wu is a master porcelain appraiser in our Jiangnan area."

"What do you want to see my grandfather for?"

As they were talking, Wu Tong and Qin Yue arrived, accompanied by two puppies. It looked like they had gotten up early to play with their puppies. "Boss Li got two vases and was wondering if Grandpa Wu would be able to help him take a look at them."

"Oh."

Wu Tong was still thinking about this. She was not interested in it. "Grandpa and grandma are going for a walk. I'll tell grandpa when they come back."

"That's troublesome."

Li Feng put away the two blue and white porcelain vases and chatted with them for a while, then helped Li Muchen fill two or three pounds of swordfish. "Boss Li, take care."

"Come and play often when you have time."

After seeing Li Muxiao off, Li Feng returned to the B&B and told Li Muchen about taking the three hunting dogs into the mountains. "Okay, I want to go for a walk too."

"Then we'll go join in the fun too."

Qin Yue and Wu Tong agreed. Li Feng looked at the time and realized it was a bit late to set off. "It's a bit late today. How about this? Let's go for a walk in the mountains tomorrow morning while the weather is still cool."

"Row."

"Squeak."

As they were talking, the little weasel ran in, jumped onto Li Feng's shoulder, and pointed in the direction of the fish pond with a squeak. "What a greedy guy."

"Is this a weasel?"

Wu Tong and Qin Yue hadn't really noticed the little wolf yesterday, so they were a little surprised to see it. "Boss Li, did you raise it?"

"I guess so. They followed over there."

Li Feng did not hide it from Wu Tong and Qin Yue. They both knew what happened in Hanjiaba. Anyway, it could not be disclosed to the outside world, so there was no need for him to hide it.

"No wonder."

"But it's so cute."

"Looks so smart."

Girls all like these furry things. Their eyes light up when they see them. However, the little wolf seems to be unimpressed by Qin Yue and Wu Tong's enthusiasm. The little thing keeps squeaking in Li Feng's ears, and Li Feng is helpless.

"okay."

He patted the little thing, got up, fished out two small fish, and threw them to the little wolf. The wolf squeaked a few times and ran off with the fish. "This little thing is very picky about eating fish. It insists on eating fish brought from there. It won't eat fish or shrimp from the reservoir."

"so smart."

"Well, that's really interesting."

Well, Li Feng shouldn't have told these two girls. "I almost forgot, little brother, what are your plans for lunch?"

"Keep it simple."

Li Muchen said that there were too many dishes at the health banquet and he couldn't finish them all by himself.

"Okay, I'll tell Sister Wu."

"Why don't you eat with me?"

Wu Tong said, "Eating alone is so boring."

"Okay then, Boss Li, let's add the Jiangnan First Fresh."

"Row."

Li Feng told Sister Wu to merge the two tables into one. After lunch, Li Feng remembered the matter of the two bottles.

"Blue and white?"

Wu Zhenhua became interested. Yongzheng blue and white porcelain was a fine piece, but there were few genuine pieces in this small place. "Bring it here. I'll take a look."

"Thank you, Mr. Wu."

"Just call me Uncle Wu."

"Well, Uncle Wu, thank you for your help."

Li Feng went to get the blue and white porcelain vases. Wu Zhenhua didn't pay much attention to them at first, but when he saw Li Feng handing over the two vases, he said, "Hey, the shape and the blue and white material are all good."

(End of this chapter)