Chapter 339 Things from Guangzhou

The next day, the father and his two sons got up early and prepared to go to the nearby tricycle station to take a "three-legged chicken" to Xiguan.

On the way, they met a few aunts carrying baskets and preparing to sell food at the train station. Su Yiyuan went over and bought three tea eggs and three glutinous rice chickens to eat for breakfast later.

The bamboo baskets carried by the aunts were covered with a layer of white fine cloth inside and on top. When they took things, they wore white gloves on their hands, which gave people a feeling of being clean and hygienic.

Fu Manhua watched from the side and couldn't help but sigh, this is worthy of Guangzhou. If this were in Guangxi Province, these people would be so conspicuous and would have been arrested long ago.

After arriving at the station, Su Yiyuan called a "three-legged chicken", and half an hour later, they arrived at Xiguan.

It was Su Yiyuan's first time here, and he was slightly excited.

The Su family's roots are in the Haishi area, and they came to Guangzhou later. The Su family's house is not in the famous Xiguan mansion check-in location in later generations, but in a location a little further back.

Moreover, the architectural style is more modern, with a bit of the feeling of a later single-family villa. Strictly speaking, it can't be regarded as a traditional Xiguan mansion, it can only be said to be a Xiguan dwelling.

Su Tingde led the two of them to walk along the main street, went around to a private house in the back, took out the key and opened the door.

Su Yiyuan looked around and whistled. It's a pity that he was not born at the right time, otherwise he would have experienced the wealth of his family.

Su Tingde glared at him and pushed the door open.

There is a large pool in the yard and a rockery next to it, but there is no water now. The carvings on the doors and windows inside are also quite antique.

Fortunately, the Su family was able to preserve it, otherwise it would have been smashed during the Four Olds Movement.

Su Tingde hired someone to clean the house every year. Except for some dust, the house was not too dirty. The furniture was also covered with a layer of cloth to reduce damage.

While the mother and son were visiting, Su Tingde walked to one of the windows, counted from top to bottom, and pressed hard on the sixth blue brick.

Then he went to the utility room next door and removed the junk on the third shelf. As expected, he saw three bricks protruding from the back.

When Fu Manhua and Su Yiyuan saw Su Tingde coming, they followed him.

Su Tingde instructed Su Yiyuan to pry up the three bricks.

The three bricks were only half a brick, and after prying them open, a round hole was revealed inside.

Su Tingde took out a round object, pressed it on the hole, twisted it a few times, and after hearing a click, he asked Su Yiyuan to move the wooden shelf behind with him. He fumbled around the corner of the wall for a while, and then used all his strength. The wall actually slid inward like a sliding door, revealing a half-walled compartment.

There were several boxes in the compartment. The boxes were not big, they were the kind that were flat and easy to carry.

The father and son looked at each other and carefully took down all the boxes.

There were eight boxes in total, six larger ones and two smaller ones.

Su Tingde opened the two smaller boxes first. They were full of small yellow croakers, neatly arranged. Su Tingde roughly counted them and found that there were about 120 in each box.

Of the other six boxes, one contained Hong Kong dollars and currencies from Western countries, one contained guns and ammunition, and the other four contained valuable items.

There were jade jewelry with excellent water head, gold jewelry with exquisite workmanship and inlaid gems, paintings by famous artists, many kinds of gems, and even a small box of diamonds.

In the 1940s, diamonds had just become popular abroad, and Su Zhongli also talked about it when he heard foreign friends talk about business opportunities. When he went abroad to do business, he directly bought a bag of cut products, hundreds of them, all of which were more than 2 carats.

At that time, diamonds had just become popular, unlike in later generations, when they were tied to love and were hyped up far above their own value.

He wanted to see if there was a market for them in China, but the country was in the midst of war at that time, and people were more interested in gold,

so Su Zhongli gave up the idea. Later, he put the bag of diamonds into his own prepared retreat. Yangcheng was Su Zhongli's last resort, a retreat in case Haishi was unable to leave. Once used, it would mean that the situation was very bad, so the things prepared here were all delicate, easy to carry, but valuable.

So although the things in Yangcheng seemed to be much less in quantity than Haishi, the value was actually not much different.

When Su Zhongli was distributing the items, he was thinking that since the family business was handed over to his eldest son, he could give his younger son some extra money, so he distributed all the things in Haishi to Su Tingqian.

Su Yiyuan looked at these things and his eyes became starry. As a grown man, he felt that those jewellery were good things. If they were sent to Hong Kong for auction, wouldn't they sell for a sky-high price?

"Old man, you've made a fortune!" Su Yiyuan patted Su Tingde fiercely.

Su Tingde didn't care, but was patted by Su Yiyuan and staggered. He was so angry that he blew his beard and glared. If he had known, he would not have let this rebellious son come.

"What kind of fortune?" Su Tingde cursed in a low voice, "Does your family need money? You don't want to keep the things left by our ancestors properly, but instead you want to sell them for money?"

"I'm telling you, don't touch these things."

"First see if your uncle's things are safe. If not, you have to give him half of these things. Keep the rest for emergencies, or pass them down as heirlooms."

Su Yiyuan touched his nose. He was so happy for nothing. He was even thinking of selling some of the things and buying a house with his younger sister.

Su Yiyuan saw that the old man said that things should not be moved, but the two elders started to pick and choose, and asked curiously: "What are you doing? Didn't you say that these things should not be moved?"

"We have a lot of connections to do that. Others have helped us, so we have to give them a thank-you gift." Fu Manhua explained.

In fact, she wanted to give money, but that would be suspected of bribery. She discussed with Lao Su at the beginning, and when the matter was settled, she would come and see if there was anything suitable as a thank-you gift.

Now that she has looked at these things, they are suitable as thank-you gifts, but it is a bit painful to give them.

In the end, the couple chose two paintings by famous artists, a pair of bracelets, and a jade necklace. These things are already in exquisite boxes, so they can be directly put into the luggage bag and taken away.

"Dad, how about I take some too? You all took some, and I'm the only one left empty-handed." Su Yiyuan looked at Su Tingde eagerly.

Su Tingde wanted to curse again, but was stopped by Fu Manhua.

"Then you take two small yellow croakers." Fu Manhua said, and was about to open the box containing gold bars.

"Don't take the gold, just give me a few shiny things." Su Yiyuan pointed to the small box containing diamonds.

"That's a diamond." Su Tingde said unhappily.

Su Yiyuan's eyes lit up. It turned out that this was a diamond. He had heard him talk about it before when he was chatting with Brother Fa. Now there is a popular thing called diamond in Hong Kong. A small diamond on a ring is sold at a very high price.

"Then give me a few diamonds." Su Yiyuan said, and quickly picked up the small box containing diamonds and took out several of them. Su Tingde was too late to stop him.

Seeing that Su Tingde was about to get angry again, Fu Manhua hurriedly said: "Okay, he has taken it, give it to him."

Su Tingde "humphed" and agreed. He had heard his father talk about this before, and it didn't seem to be something particularly expensive.

Seeing that the old man agreed, Su Yiyuan tore a piece of paper, carefully wrapped the diamonds, and put them in the secret pocket of his schoolbag.

After putting away the things, the father and son put the box back into the compartment, restored all the things to their original positions, checked that there were no traces of damage, and then cleaned the place without leaving any suspicious clues.

In the afternoon, Su Yiyuan went to school, while Su Tingde and his wife went to clean another house. They didn't need to hire someone to clean it this year.