Chapter 453 Good things come to your door
In Gao Guobing's living room, a Yamaha upright piano is placed in the most conspicuous position. Li Fei, wearing a goose yellow dress, is sitting on the piano stool, playing the song with a focused expression.
She played "By the Water", an ancient style song with oriental charm.
Beautiful music floated up from the piano keys, and the people sitting nearby were mesmerized by it.
Gao Mingcheng stood at the door and did not disturb them rashly. It was not until the song ended and the crowd applauded that Gao Mingcheng walked in with his things.
"Mingcheng, why are you here?" Manyu Mei was a little surprised to see Gao Mingcheng coming.
However, the others saw the meat in Gao Mingcheng's hand at a glance.
Li Fei's family is well-off, but the two teachers she hired are of ordinary backgrounds. When they saw Gao Mingcheng holding a pile of meat, they looked at him with envy.
Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "We slaughtered a cow today. I'll give some beef to the teachers! Oh, I also picked some bayberries. They taste pretty good. Each teacher can take a pound to eat."
The meat and bayberries had been divided in advance, so now he could just give them to Li Fei and the others. He put the remaining beef and bayberries in Gao Guobing's kitchen.
"I just came here to deliver something, you guys continue with your class."
Gao Mingcheng did not stay here for long. After delivering the things, he prepared to leave.
Li Fei and others expressed their gratitude to him. They were very happy to be able to eat beef and bayberry.
After leaving Gao Guobing's house, Gao Mingcheng drove the tractor to the transportation company and found Xiao Jinfeng.
In addition to delivering meat to Xiao Jinfeng, Gao Mingcheng also asked Xiao Jinfeng to arrange a trip for him to Yangcheng tomorrow.
The family had already collected a lot of old things, plus there was more than a pound of bezoar, so Gao Mingcheng decided to sell these things as soon as possible and exchange them for cash.
Bezoar is expensive and can be sold at a high price even if it is sold in the county, but if it is taken to Guangzhou, it can naturally be sold at a higher price.
Besides, there is no wall that is impenetrable. Selling bezoar in the county, even if the confidentiality work is done well, there is a possibility that it will be leaked. It is better to take it directly to other places and sell it.
Xiao Jinfeng first thanked him for the beef and bayberry, then said: "Okay, come over at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. There just happens to be a truckload of goods to be sent to Yangcheng. Oh, by the way, that truckload of goods is all honey!"
"Fan Chengyao said his honey was selling well, so he decided to advertise in newspapers and on TV, but the supply was insufficient, so he asked me to help him collect the honey here. It took me more than a month to collect this truckload of honey."
Honey is sold in the county at seven yuan per pound. It is a high-priced nutritional product and not many people can afford it. However, Fan Chengyao customized a batch of glass jars and changed the packaging to fancy ones. He increased the price several times, and it sold very well.
After all, it is a big city, and the purchasing power is much stronger.
Gao Mingcheng’s own beehives will soon be full of honey. Next time he goes to Guangzhou, he can shake the honey to sell.
At this time, Xiao Jinfeng had already eaten a bayberry. His eyes lit up and he praised, "Not bad, it tastes good, sour and sweet, just right! How much is your mountain production? If there is a lot, you can wholesale it to me."
Gao Mingcheng said, "The yield is not high. Only one tree has a little more fruit, but it's only about 50 kilograms. For the other trees, it's good to have 10 kilograms. The yield will increase next year. I will share this first batch with everyone. I will try it first. For the rest, I will pick them and put them in front of the clothing store to sell slowly."
Hearing that the production was not high, Xiao Jinfeng did not force it.
The two talked for a while, and then Gao Mingcheng went back.
As soon as I returned to the clothing store, I saw Maozi.
Maozi was sitting against the wall in the backyard of the clothing store. When he saw him come back, he grinned at him.
"Brother Mingcheng!" Maozi called so sweetly. As soon as Gao Mingcheng saw him like this, he knew that this man probably had something to ask of him.
"Is there something wrong? If so, just say it!"
"Hey, I saw you collecting old things outside, so I wanted to ask, do you want your old bed?" Maozi looked at Gao Mingcheng expectantly.
Gao Mingcheng jumped off the tractor and said quickly: "Tell me in detail!"
Maozi was encouraged and told the whole story in detail.
Gao Mingcheng's collection of old things outside was not a big deal, but Maozi often hung out outside and had many sources of information, so he knew about it.
It just so happened that he knew someone whose grandmother had an old bed that looked very beautiful, so he wanted to sell it for money, so he asked Maozi to come here first to test the waters. If the deal went through, he would give Maozi some of the money.
Look, the Russians came over quickly.
"As for the wooden bed... I should be able to collect it, but I have to check it out first. It has to be in good condition." Gao Mingcheng said. He knew that the wooden beds in the past could be worth a lot of money, but he had never collected any because they took up a lot of space.
"Brother Mingcheng, I'll take you to see it!" Maozi led the way actively. It was still early, so Gao Mingcheng followed Maozi.
Because he might buy a wooden bed, Gao Mingcheng drove a tractor there. After about ten minutes, the tractor stopped under the guidance of Maozi.
"Brother Mingcheng, it's the red brick house in front!" Maozi pointed and led the way quickly. But no matter how fast he ran, Gao Mingcheng could always keep up steadily.
"Aqi! I brought Brother Mingcheng here! Take him to see the bed!" Maozi said excitedly. There was also a young man waiting in the red brick house. When he saw Maozi and his men coming, he immediately opened his grandmother's room and motioned Gao Mingcheng to go in and take a look.
Gao Mingcheng noticed an old man in his eighties sitting on a stool at the door. He knew that the bed must belong to this old man, so he didn't rush to see the bed. Instead, he said, "Old man, do you really want to sell that bed?"
The old man opened his mouth to speak, but because several of his teeth had fallen out, there was some air leakage.
"Hey, sell it! Sell it and let my grandson find a wife."
Okay, since the owner of the wooden bed agreed, Gao Mingcheng went in to take a look.
This is an old house, so the lighting and ventilation inside are very average.
The room was not big. An old-fashioned bunk bed was placed in the most eye-catching place. There were several red-painted boxes against the wall. Some of the red paint on the boxes had fallen off, and the lock in the center was covered with a little green copper rust.
Gao Mingcheng glanced at the intricately shaped copper lock. Copper has always been a precious metal. This wooden box can be locked with a copper lock, so the old man's family must have been wealthy when he was young.
"Brother Mingcheng, this is the wooden bed, take a closer look!" Maozi and the young man stood on the left and right, both looking at Gao Mingcheng with anticipation.
Gao Mingcheng took only one look and corrected them: "This style of wooden bed is called a bunk bed! Let me see what kind of wood it is made of first."
In addition to looking at the wood, he mainly looks at the age.
The bunk bed is a typical Chinese furniture. The most common ones are Ming and Qing styles. After Zheng He sailed to the West, his fleet brought back a lot of precious woods such as rosewood from overseas. These precious woods enriched Chinese furniture.
If the canopy bed in front of you is a Ming-style rosewood canopy bed, then its value will be immeasurable.
However, this is just a small place, and the probability of encountering a rosewood bed is still not high.
Because it was summer, there was only a mat on the bed and a thin quilt. On the shelf above, there was an old mosquito net hanging. The mosquito net can prevent dust and stop mosquitoes from biting people, so people can lie on the bed and sleep well.
Gao Mingcheng first took a quick look at the overall picture, and then began to look at the details.
Most Chinese furniture has mortise and tenon joint structures, so don’t be fooled by the size of the bunk bed, which seems difficult to carry. In fact, they can be disassembled and reassembled when you reach your destination.
This bed has four pillars and four poles. It is made of old mahogany. It is not painted but coated with a layer of tung oil. Although it has been weathered by time, old mahogany is hardwood and its wood grain is clearly visible. There are not many parts that are worn out.
The overall workmanship of the building is heavy, and its size is tall. The fences, bedposts, aprons, four legs and lintels are all carved with patterns based on themes of flowers, horses and landscapes.
After Gao Mingcheng finished looking at it, he initially judged that this should be a bunk bed from the Qing Dynasty.
(End of this chapter)
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