Butler Seldon said that when he was a child, he often saw Alfred doing experiments in the annex building, and heard some very strange "noises" from time to time. Butler Seldon was very curious about the annex building when he was a child, but Butler Seldon's father, Old Seldon, never let him go to the annex building to play.
It was not until he grew up that Seldon found out what the annex building was used for.
Nowadays, the annex building is rarely used, and no one lives there except for the servants cleaning every day.
Yang Jing walked along the corridor into the annex building. The annex building was not high, only two and a half stories high, but it occupied a large area. The annex building was empty. The rooms that were once filled with experimental equipment were no longer there, leaving only empty rooms.
There were some furniture in a few rooms on the second floor, but Yang Jing had no interest in them. As for the attic on the top floor, it was also empty.
After walking around upstairs, Yang Jing came to the basement of the annex building.
Compared to the empty space above, the equally large basement was undoubtedly much more crowded. The basement was well-ventilated and well-protected, so at least Yang Jing didn't feel damp or cold. Perhaps for this reason, there were a lot of things piled up in the basement that hadn't been used for who knows how many years.
Yang Jing casually flipped through these things and found that most of them were from the 1950s and 1960s. Of course, there were also some things from the 1930s and 1940s.
This reminded Yang Jing of the job he and Fatty did when he was studying abroad, which was to clean up garbage for wealthy people.
The things in this basement may be garbage to the DuPont family, but thirty years later, these things will be enough to make the garbage disposal workers so happy that they can even see their back teeth.
For example, this set of National Geographic magazines from 1890 to 1842, although the magazines from 1888 and 1889 are missing, all the National Geographic magazines from this 52-year period are included.
If this set of magazines were put in thirty years, it would be eligible for auction, not to mention a flea market, and it would definitely fetch a very high price.
In addition, there are some books, periodicals and magazines published in the early 20th century, which would also be valuable if kept thirty years later.
There were many different things in the basement, some of which were obviously put in by the servants later, but some of which were obviously put in by the original owner of the manor.
For example, in a corner in the southwest of the basement, there were some broken experimental equipment, some tables and chairs, and some sundries. Although these things were very old, they were still arranged in order. Obviously, these things should be some things that Alfred had damaged in the laboratory, and he ordered the servants to move them down.
Among these things, Yang Jing also found some good things, such as the two test benches, the desk and several chairs, which were all made of fine teak.
Teak is a high-end wood for making high-end furniture. Although it is not as valuable as sea yellowwood and red sandalwood, it is definitely a precious wood. In the past, many royal families in Europe used teak to make furniture.
These teak furniture pieces that look very worn out are actually not in any bad condition. The worn-out appearance is just a superficial phenomenon. With a little tidying up, they can be revitalized. Especially since these pieces of furniture were once used by Alfred, they are even more extraordinary.
But Yang Jing couldn't figure out why the DuPont family left these things here.
Now, with the purchase of this manor, all these things belong to me completely.
Yang Jing's favorite thing is to buy a house and then find a bargain. Although the value of those old magazines and books or the teak furniture is far less than that of real antiques, the most exciting process is to find valuable things among the garbage that the previous owner doesn't want.
Especially when Yang Jing found a piggy bank in the drawer of the desk and found two glittering gold coins in the piggy bank, Yang Jing's excitement almost reached its climax...
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