Quick Wear: Men Farming and Women Weaving

When Yi Yongkang heard the old man's tacit consent, he took the little girl's hand and went to the back room.

When I opened the shabby door, a cloud of dust blew in my face.

"Pah, pah, pah, pah, pah."

"cough cough cough cough"

The two men were covered in dust and were frantically brushing off the dust on their bodies.

There were some broken furniture, tables, chairs and benches piled up inside. Some of the furniture and cabinets had been dismantled and the parts were left there.

Yi Yongkang saw that there were quite a lot of red sandalwood, as well as huanghuali, small-leaf red sandalwood, and rosewood.

Because of its location in the old city, all the furniture collected was scattered in various recycling stations. Most of them were sent here because of their bad background or because of the Red Guards' house searches during the liberation movement.

After rounds of inspection by the leaders above, the items sent here are no longer valuable or have become junk.

Yi Yongkang covered his mouth and nose and told Yan Jiedi beside him to wait for him at the door.

"Wait for me at the door. It's too messy inside. I'm afraid I might hurt you."

"All right"

Yan Jiedi was a little unhappy and didn't want to leave.

After much persuasion, he finally made the girl happy and wiped the sweat off her face.

Seeing that it was getting late, Yi Yongkang immediately went inside to look for precious jewelry or gold in the mezzanines or hidden places. There must be some that were missed and not found.

All the doors of a mahogany cabinet were removed, and the drawers at the bottom were pulled out. He walked forward carefully and repeatedly checked the drawers for any mezzanines. He looked at the area of ​​the cabinet and calculated the hidden mezzanines.

There is a peony pattern engraved on the top layer of the cupboard, and a layer of partition is hidden inside. When the partition is pulled out, a small drawer will appear.

He opened it and looked at the jewelry inside with a dazzled look, a whole set of imperial green jadeite jewelry, crystal clear and with very good water content. According to the future market price, it was worth a small courtyard house in Beijing.

Yi Yongkang immediately hid the jewelry into the space villa with his mind and continued searching with great excitement.

Found a relatively complete rosewood chair and huanghuali kang cabinet.

After some more knocking, he found some thicker wood. He felt that the knocking sound was a little bit wrong and realized that there was a space between the two layers. He took out a wrench and a vise and disassembled the space between the two layers.

They found a lot of gold rings, gold bars, and gold bracelets, and also found a precious lavender jade bracelet in the interlayer of a birch box.

After waiting for more than half an hour, I packed up the furniture to take away. I also picked out a lot of rosewood and found an extra piece of agarwood that was one meter long.

"Uncle, how much do you think these cost?"

Everything was piled up at the door.

The old man looked around listlessly and saw some books and a few relatively intact pieces of furniture, but he paid no attention to the remaining wood.

"These books are two dollars. The furniture you took is relatively intact and can be used again."

"I won't take advantage of you. You can take all the furniture and wood. I'll charge you eight dollars."

Yi Yongkang took out the cash directly.

After taking the money, the old man took a few glances at it. He didn’t expect that the boy had so much money on him. He must be very spoiled by his family.

Yan Jiedi happily put the picture book into her schoolbag.

"Xiaobao, how are you going to take the things you want back?" Menjiedi looked at the pile of things in front of her.

"It's okay. I'll go to the door and call a truck to take it back." Yi Yongkang asked her to wait here while he went outside to the street to call someone to take the things back.

By the time the two returned to the courtyard in Tongluoguxiang, the weather had already turned dark.

Yi Zhonghai walked back and forth anxiously at the gate, looking around.

With his sharp eyes, he saw someone not far away. It was his beloved son who came back. He finally felt relieved.

"Xiaobao, why did you come back so late?" He walked forward and took his son's arm to check his health.

"Jie Di and I went to the recycling station to look for something."

He also realized that he came back a little late, and lowered his head embarrassedly.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the old man pulling a cart next to him, and without asking his son what he bought, he went forward to help unload the goods.

Yan Bugui was watering flowers in the front yard. He looked towards the gate with a gleam in his eyes and directly told his three sons to help.

Several people used great strength to move all the furniture back to the east wing in the backyard.

Many neighbors were in the yard and saw the Mediterranean father and son moving things.

“These furnitures look pretty nice”

Experienced carpenters can tell the wood used in these furniture.

“It will definitely cost a lot of money”

An aunt in the front yard felt jealous because her own home had so few pieces of furniture while others had everything.

"These damned people only know how to bully me, an orphan and a widow. They should respect me."

Zhang looked at Yi Zhonghai and his son in front of her with gritted teeth.

Yi Zhonghai and his son pretended not to see Zhang and went straight back home.

Aunt Yi had prepared dinner long ago and was waiting for the father and son to come back to eat.

I saw several people carrying things here.

"Xiaobao, where do these things come from?" Aunt Yi pulled her son's hand and asked.

"These were all bought from the recycling station." Yi Yongkang saw that the people in front of him were also curious, so he didn't keep them in suspense.

The couple did not accuse their son of spending money recklessly. They thanked the three Yan brothers for their help, and Aunt Yi even gave each of them two candies.

The three brothers didn't expect that just by helping to deliver something, they could actually get two candies. They were so happy that they hid the candies in their pockets, fearing that someone would snatch them away.

When they returned home, Yan Bugui, who had been waiting for a long time, stretched out his hand to signal them.

On the other side, in the backyard, the Yi family lit an oil lamp and looked at the things on the ground.

"Dad, look, these woods are all very valuable."

"And this chair is made of rosewood, and this huanghuali kang cabinet is just right for my bed."

"You can decide these things yourself, but don't come back so late next time. It's not safe." Yi Zhonghai touched his son's forehead and warned him.

"Okay, stop saying those things. It's already so late. Don't let Xiaobao starve." Aunt Yi interrupted the father and son.

Aunt Yi said to the head of the family at the dinner table.

"Boss, I noticed something was wrong when I was out buying groceries this morning."

"There was very little snow this winter. I heard that the harvests in nearby villages were not very good."

Yi Zhonghai had already discovered the problem long ago and secretly bought a lot of food on the black market.

I also bought a lot of coarse and fine grains for the deaf old lady next door.

The deaf old lady, who had foresight, saw that the weather was abnormal this year and told Yi Zhonghai to buy more food to store at home.

Yi Yongkang felt much more relaxed when he saw that his parents had already prepared food supplies.

He ensured that the family would survive these three difficult years.

The weather in the city was getting colder and colder, until the end of the year, when there was a knock on the door.

He Daqing, whom I hadn't seen for several years, returned to Beijing in the cold wind.

Yan Bugui didn't open the door when he heard the knock. He asked a few questions about who was outside the door. When he heard the familiar voice, he knew that He Daqing had returned.

He Daqing, who had returned with lots of bags, was standing at the door, his face flushed by the wind.

"Master He, long time no see." Yan Bugui quickly opened the door and let him in.

"Teacher Yan, let's talk next time. I have to go back first." He Daqing returned to the central courtyard carrying the package.