Chapter 56 Locked Ebony Box
Chinese architecture emphasizes symmetrical beauty. The decorations on both ends of the roof ridge are called "kiss beasts" and are always symmetrical on the left and right.
On the roof of the main house of this residence, the beast on the left is a whole circle larger than the one on the right, which is obviously unreasonable from an architectural point of view.
Shen Anan looked around and found a simple ladder made of wood in the corner of the yard.
Shen Anan guessed that it might be used by the old lady who climbed over the wall to grow vegetables before, and she didn't take it away later. Shen Anan tried it and found it was quite sturdy.
The ladder is just not long enough and it’s still a little short of the roof.
After looking around, Shen Anan finally placed the ladder next to the courtyard wall next to the main house, so that she could climb up the courtyard wall first and then climb from the courtyard wall to the roof.
The green tiles on the roof were a little fragile due to their age. Shen Anan controlled her steps and slowly approached the beast on the left side of the roof.
There is a circle of small holes on the beast in front of him, and there seems to be something inside. The beast is actually hollow.
There is a concave part at the bottom of the beast's mouth, with a black object embedded in it.
Shen Anan took out a small knife from the space, reached in from the edge, and pried it up with force.
I saw a square black object being pried out, with several wires attached to the bottom. After pulling the wires outwards, a small square box was pulled out.
Shen Anan studied it carefully for a moment, and finally found out the truth about why the house was haunted.
The small box inside the kiss beast is a radio, and the black thing embedded in the bottom of the kiss beast looks like a solar charging panel.
Shen Anan pressed the play button on the radio, and sure enough, she heard the voice of a woman singing.
It seems that the owner of this house doesn't want anyone else to live in it, so he used this device to create the illusion of a haunted house.
Shen Anan looked at the solar charging panel in her hand with some curiosity. She didn't expect that there would be such a high-tech product at this time.
Moreover, the modification of the entire device is very ingenious. The radio is not only connected to the solar panels, but also has a small timing device. It is probably because of this that the sound of women singing can be heard in this house every night.
It seems that the original owner of this house is not an ordinary person!
Hey, that’s not right, there seems to be something in here!
Shen Anan put away the radio device, took out a flashlight from the space, and looked inside the hollow space in the middle of the kiss beast.
I saw there was a wooden box at the bottom, and Shen Anan took some effort to take the box out.
The entire box is only half the size of a palm and seems to be made of fine ebony. After wiping off the dust on the surface, the whole thing is shiny black.
There is a small copper lock on the box, and the whole box feels light.
Could it be that this box is the system’s reward for the fourth-level sign-in point?
Seeing that it was getting late, Shen Anan suppressed his curiosity, put the box into the space, and returned to the ground from the roof along the original route.
Anyway, the things are already in my hands, so I'll study them carefully when I get back to the guesthouse in the evening.
Shen Anan locked the house with a thick chain again. If a brick factory really opened in the village in the future, she would probably come to the county from time to time. It seemed that she could renovate the house later, so that she would have a place to stay when she came to the county.
When we got back to the reception, Shen Yuanhao had already returned.
As soon as he saw Shen Anan, Shen Yuanhao couldn't wait to talk about today's progress.
"An An, I have found someone to buy the job. He is willing to pay 450 yuan. After the recruitment exam is over the day after tomorrow, we can go to the Personnel Department to handle the formalities."
"450?"
Shen Anan was a little surprised. Although being a worker in a furniture factory was indeed a good job in this era, one had to start from the first-level worker when entering the factory, and the monthly salary was only about 30 yuan, so 450 yuan was considered a high price.
It is no exaggeration to say that this price, in this era, is enough to marry off two sons.
Shen Yuanhao looked at his sister's cute look with her eyes wide open and couldn't help but rub her head.
"It's just a coincidence. Section Chief Xu of the factory's security department has an only son in his family. He has been in poor health since he was a child. If he goes to the countryside, the child may never come back in this lifetime."
"It just so happened that the factory only had three vacancies for this job, so I was willing to spend all my savings to buy this job for my son."
Shen Anan was a little surprised: "Are there so few recruitment quotas this time?"
It seems that they really owe Deputy Director Zhao a big favor.
Before, she thought that although the quota was hard to come by, it was normal for Deputy Director Zhao to have two reserved quotas since he was in charge of personnel.
I didn't expect the number of recruits this time was so small that even the chief of the factory's security department couldn't get a vacancy. It seems that Deputy Director Zhao had put in a lot of effort to come up with this vacancy.
Shen Yuanhao also felt a little emotional: "Deputy Director Zhao really helped us a lot this time. I don't have much to thank him for. It's really..."
"An An, what do you say? I'll give half of the money I earned from selling my job to Deputy Director Zhao?"
Shen Anan interrupted quickly: "No, Uncle Zhao didn't help us for money, this is too distant, let's come to the county to visit Uncle Zhao more often, and the two families can just get along as relatives."
Judging from the fact that Deputy Director Zhao declined the dinner she invited him to before, it seems that he really just wanted to help them.
This kind of friendship is rare, and it would be vulgar to talk about money.
However, they must always repay this kindness.
I heard from Tang Tian before that the director of the furniture factory will retire next year, and Uncle Zhao is also one of the competitors. She has quite a few books about furniture in her space, and I can take some time to study them. Maybe I can be of help, but it’s too early to think about these things now.
"By the way, An An, you went to the brick factory to investigate the market today. How was the situation?" Shen Yuanhao asked with some concern.
Previously, when An An mentioned to Deputy Director Zhao about building a brick factory in the village, he and his eldest brother were shocked. Although An An said that she knew about it, they, as her brothers, couldn't help but worry.
Building a factory is simply too far-fetched for the country people who have been working in the fields all year round.
Shen Anan just remembered that the reason she went to the county to sign in was to go to the brick factory to investigate the market, otherwise her fifth brother would not let her go to the county alone.
"I've learned that the brick factories in the county are indeed seriously under-producing. As long as our red bricks are of good quality, we shouldn't have any problems selling them."
"But..." Shen Yuanhao was still worried, brick-making is also a technical job.
Shen Anan assured: "It's okay, Fifth Brother, don't worry, I won't show off. If I wasn't sure, I wouldn't mention this matter."
"This matter must be approved by the villagers. I will investigate first. If the villagers disagree, then forget it. You can rest assured now, right?"
Shen Yuanhao temporarily suppressed his worries: "Then you must be careful when you go out these two days, or I will go with you tomorrow!"
"No, no, Fifth Brother, I will definitely be careful." Shen Anan waved his hand quickly.
"Oh well."
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