Chapter 032 Several Salaries

"Move? Or throw it away?"

"Moving." Tang Yuan calmly answered the third person who asked her this question. She didn't want to say throw it away because the person who asked the question first almost bought it from her basket for free at the moment she hesitated.

After finally carrying a basket of things back to the scrap yard, Shen Wenyu asked, "Where did you pick up this basket of scraps?"

Tang Yuan looked at her intently.

"This can't be..." Shen Wenyu hesitated and took a closer look. "It doesn't look like it's real, does it?"

"I took it out of the store myself, so should I take it back?" Tang Yuan kicked the basket in front of her.

"No, no, no, I think this must be true," Shen Wenyu said immediately, bending down to flip through it. "Look, look, I said, the beautiful things are hidden underneath."

Tang Yuan also bent down and saw the things hidden underneath: "You are quite careful. If these things are real, this hundred dollars is worth it."

"I've already told you that we don't sell fakes," Shen Wenyu said, a little excited. "When do you think the prices of these things will go up?"

"It may be as short as three to five years, or as long as seven to eight years, or even more than ten years, but it will definitely become more valuable as time goes by." Tang Yuan is confident about the future situation. The value of antiques will not increase until at least the 1990s.

But if you just want a slight increase, the 1980s will do.

"It will take so long..." Shen Wenyu hesitated.

"When I save the money, Sister Shen will transfer half of the share to me?" Tang Yuan took the initiative and pulled the basket towards himself.

"Go away, I won't turn around. I'm telling you, I know a little bit about antiques. The older something is, the more valuable it is. Even if I don't sell it, I can keep it for my children. It's only fifty yuan, not five hundred yuan. I'll keep it," Shen Wenyu held the handle of the basket. "Let's divide it now. When the situation is better, you can just give me what I want. What do you think?"

"Okay." Tang Yuan nodded reluctantly.

Considering the good relationship between her and Shen Wenyu, she actually hoped from the bottom of her heart that Shen Wenyu could keep the antiques at home.

At this moment, neither of them really understood the value of the antiques, so now was the right time to share them.

Before long, the basket of antiques was divided into two. For this reason, Shen Wenyu even took out a brand new basket specifically for these antiques.

This is different from the books, calligraphy and paintings that Tang Yuan had collected before. It is still unknown whether those things are real or fake, and they may all become waste paper in the end. But these are real antiques, and they will be valuable sooner or later in the future.

In addition to the baskets, Shen Wenyu also took a shoulder pole so that she could carry the two baskets.

"This new one is mine."

"Write your name on the basket and put a note with something written on it."

“Good idea!”

Shen Wenyu immediately took red ink and wrote his name on the basket. Of course, he only wrote "Yu" in the end. At the same time, he counted the things in the basket one by one and wrote a list according to the appearance of the things.

Tang Yuan didn't say much this time and let her write. Otherwise, if there were more or less things later, she wouldn't be able to tell clearly.

Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly. It is better to settle them now than to quarrel later.

“By the way, can you still get the eggs?” Shen Wenyu asked her after writing the note.

"How much?" Tang Yuan did not explain.

"Come here once every half a month and bring me ten eggs each time." Shen Wenyu's family was well off, and he couldn't eat too many eggs. Ten eggs in half a month, plus the monthly quota of tickets, meant he could have a bowl of egg custard every day, which was pretty good.

"Okay, I'll come in half a month."

After talking to her, Tang Yuan left carrying two baskets, with dirty old goods still placed on top, making it impossible to see what was underneath.

Returning to the game space, she placed the basket belonging to Shen Wenyu in a corner, took out all the things that belonged to her, and washed them one by one.

Most of what she got from the scrap yard were calligraphy and ancient books, and this batch was basically bottles, jars, plates and other utensils, including flower and bird plates, landscape vases, blue and white vases, ceramic bowls, incense burners, and a bag of coins at the bottom.

The things that Shen Wenyu took away were similar to hers. They were things that would basically not appear in the scrap yard. Even if they did, the two of them would not be able to recognize them.

Tang Yuan didn't know much about antiques, but after washing these bottles and jars, even she could feel the ancient charm of these things, especially the dirty ones, which looked particularly beautiful after washing. No wonder the owner of the antique shop hid them so well.

She placed all the washed bottles and jars neatly in the corner to avoid being kicked accidentally when going in and out. There were seven or eight large and small ornaments. Even if they could only be sold for tens of thousands of yuan each, they would still be worth hundreds of thousands of yuan.

You can buy this batch of antiques for only fifty dollars, which is worth it no matter how you look at it.

After putting away the antiques, she planned to find a way to buy an antique display stand.

Since it is an antique, it should naturally be placed on the antique display shelf.

After collecting the antiques, Tang Yuan's life returned to normal. On the other hand, under Sun Dong's strong encouragement, Zhao Zhiqiang successfully parted ways with Liu Zhiyong and got three pigs.

Although these three pigs may not seem like a large number, one of them is a pregnant sow.

But there is still one "sick pig".

"Zhao Zhiqiang is very stubborn. I tried to ask him several times, but he was unwilling to sell the sick pig." Sun Dong told Tang Yuan the whole story. Liu Zhiyong gave the sow to Zhao Zhiqiang just to force a sick pig into his hands.

After all, mercurochrome is not a real rash and will fade away naturally over time. However, these people did not take the trouble to raise pigs and did not even think about bathing them, resulting in those "sick pigs" remaining sick after so many days.

"You said Zhao Zhiqiang is a serious person, right?" Tang Yuan asked.

"Yes, he is not only serious, but also very persistent. Otherwise, I would have found a way to get the sick pig from him a long time ago," Sun Dong said with a worried look on his face. "Yesterday, he proposed to kill the sick pig and bury it on the spot. Fortunately, I stopped him, saying that it would make too much noise and might scare the sow. He reluctantly agreed not to do it. But we can't really kill the sick pig, it would be such a pity."

"Who said we should slaughter sick pigs?" Tang Yuan raised his eyebrows and looked at him and said, "People can be cured of their illnesses, but does it mean that pigs are terminally ill?"

Sun Dong looked at her suddenly: "Sister Fang means... but he has been watching..."

"It's so easy. Just say that the sick pigs need to be isolated and temporarily taken away to where you raise chickens. During this time, wash the pigs and send them back after the red medicine on their bodies has completely faded. The pigs are fine now. Can he still insist on slaughtering them?" Tang Yuan asked him back.

Sun Dong responded and slapped his knees hard: "What a good idea! I said I would come to see Sister Fang. You must have an idea. If the pigs are not sick anymore, can they be slaughtered and sold?"

Tang Yuan: "Is everything ok now?"

"No problem," Sun Dong shook his head and said with a smile, "To be honest, the pig has grown quite big. We finally persuaded Zhao Zhiqiang, but he insisted on burying it. We had no choice. Now, we can just wait for the money and pork to be divided at the end of the year."

"You are not done yet," Tang Yuan poured cold water on him. "Of the three pigs that Zhao Zhiqiang was assigned, strictly speaking, only one was in good condition. The other two were sick or pregnant. How much do you know about raising pigs? If a pig really gets sick, do you know what to do? Do you know how to help a sow give birth? Do you know how to take care of the piglets after giving birth so that they can safely pass through the weak period?"

"This..." Sun Dong frowned.

"Since we are going to raise them, we must raise them well. If they are not raised well, our investment will be wasted," Tang Yuan said. "In my opinion, you should find a way to understand how to raise pigs and take good care of them. Only when you raise pigs well can you consider making money in the future."

"Then who should I ask?" Sun Dong was at a loss.

"Do you raise pigs in your village?" Tang Yuan asked him.

Sun Dong nodded: "Yes."

Tang Yuan: "Are there many?"

Sun Dong: "Not many, just three pigs. They said there was swine fever a few years ago, so they didn't dare to raise more... Then should we... No, didn't Zhao Zhiqiang and his team raise pigs well before... Were they lucky?"

Sun Dong looked at Tang Yuan cautiously and continued, "Now that you put it like that, I have lost my confidence."

"Your village has few pigs, but there are always places that raise more, and there are places that are specifically for raising pigs," Tang Yuan said to him in detail, "Since this is the situation in your village, you can use this as an excuse to ask your uncle to send you to a pig farm to learn how to raise pigs, how to avoid swine fever, and how to fatten pigs..."

"Hiss..." Sun Dong took a breath, "No, Sister Fang, what's wrong with your brain? You can actually come up with such an idea? If I learn how to raise pigs, maybe I can get work points for raising pigs in the village in the future! Earning several wages for doing one thing, this is too cool!"

"You have to learn well. It's okay to have three pigs now, but if you raise a few more in the future, if something happens, it will be a loss of thousands of dollars." Tang Yuan said meaningfully.

Sun Dong took another deep breath and became more determined to learn how to raise pigs: "If others can raise pigs, so can I. Don't worry, Sister Fang, I will definitely study hard. Let me think about how to raise it..."

"Well, then you think about it here first. I'm leaving first." Tang Yuan stood up with the basket and left the dilapidated house.

Sun Dong left a little later, but arrived home much earlier than usual.

As soon as he got home, he went to find the captain, who was his uncle.

Whether it was raising chickens or pigs, the captain knew what they were doing and had always been behind the scenes to cover it up. This time was no exception. Even the place where Sun Dong found to raise pigs was led by him.

The mountains are large, and young people don't dare to enter many places. The captain is knowledgeable and knows which places are deep but safe, so he was able to locate them so smoothly.

He had thought that the matter had come to an end, but when Sun Dong told him about this today, he realized that things were not that simple.

But for the village...

"Let's raise a few more pigs in our village?"

"As long as I learn how to raise pigs, wouldn't it be natural for our village to raise a few more pigs?" Sun Dong said excitedly, "When your reputation is big, even if the matter is exposed... just in case, the villagers will protect you, right?"

The captain knocked on the corner of the table several times with his cigarette holder.

He has his own selfish motives, but if it can help the villagers live a good life, he will naturally be happy to do it.

The harvests have been good in recent years, so it might be a good idea for the village to raise a few more pigs. When the quota of pigs is paid, every household in the village can get more pork.

"It's possible, but you can't learn to raise pigs by yourself. You need to ask a few more people to do it. Just pay attention to the tail behind your buttocks."

"Okay, I'll listen to you!"