It is very unlucky for them to catch a dead person, but if they have already caught him, they must let him out of the water, otherwise the dead person may capsize their boat next time he gets out of the boat.

This was not the first time Wang Quansheng had encountered this situation. Although he was unwilling, he had no choice but to break the rules of his ancestors, so he let them continue.

When I pulled him out of the water, I found that what was hooked to the sledge was not a dead person but a black pottery man. At first glance, this black pottery man looked like something from ancient times. It was a half-crouching woman waiting for her life-size hands to make a movement. She should have been holding it.

Something.

Wang Quansheng saw it and saw that it seemed to be a terracotta figurine. In ancient times, if someone drowned and disappeared, his relatives would sink a pottery figure that looked like the missing person into the water and exchange it with the river god for the body to float up.

This thing was more unlucky than the dead. Wang Quansheng called it bad luck. But when they took a closer look at the pottery figure, they found that something was not right. The pottery figure had delicate lines, vivid movements, and peaceful expressions. It looked very delicate and did not look like it was made by a poor family.

Several people thought it was a grave man.

These people are very superstitious. They all know that this kind of thing is only found in graves. They realize that the rake they just rake may have hit some ancient tomb buried at the bottom of the Yellow River. They are so scared that they don't even dare to touch it, so they want to find this thing.

Throw it back into the water.

But there was a partner on his boat who stopped them. This man's nickname was Er Mazi. He used to make antiques. To objectively evaluate this man, he was more knowledgeable than Wang Quansheng. As soon as he saw this pottery man's eyes, he knew he was going to make money.

Already.

Let them put the pottery man on the boat and tell them that this thing is valuable and can be sold to the National Museum. Foreigners also like to catch this thing. It is a blessing from God.

Wang Quansheng was dubious after hearing this and said that there would be retribution for robbing dead people, but several young people believed that Er Mazi and a few others went down to rake a few more, and finally hooked a few large bronze objects shaped like night owls (I knew they were bird statues).

It is full of bird seal inscriptions.

The bird statue is about half a meter high, and the bronze rust on it is very corroded. As soon as Ermazi scratched the surface of the bird statue, the bronze rust fell off in pieces.

These small bronzes were fished out in the same way. Wang Quansheng had basically never seen them. He didn't know that these scraps of copper and iron were valuable at the time, but Er Mazi told them that some of these things were more valuable than gold. They could take as much as they could.

How much to take.

A few people were afraid and did not dare to fish more. Only Er Mazi was impatient. He raked underground and seemed to want to fish everything that could be fished down into the water. Their rake obviously hooked a very heavy object several times.

If this thing is hooked, the rake will not be able to lift up and will not move no matter what it does.

Er Mazi said that he might have hooked the coffin and refused to give up. Finally, the rake was straightened before hooking up a piece of bronze. Wang Quansheng didn't dare to mess around anymore. He said that the guy who was eating was an ancestor and it was unlucky to break it. The ancestors would blame it.

So they rinsed the things they caught and covered them with cloths. A few people did not dare to go ashore during the day and waited until night. Then a few people moved the things back to the village overnight and fled back to their homes.

Er Mazi had seen the world and knew that what he had done would lead to imprisonment, so he threatened a few people and told them that he would be shot if it was enough. He repeatedly warned a few people and swore that no one would tell anyone about it. Then the four of them divided the things into four parts.

They all found a place to hide them. Wang Quansheng buried these things under the stove in his home.

They waited for a few days and no one seemed to notice this. Er Mazi felt relieved and left the town with a small bronze piece. He told them to go to Taiyuan Mansion to ask his uncle to help find some customers to sell these things for money.

It was more than six and a half months ago that he called back a few days ago to say that he had found a customer and asked them to find someone to bring a few items for delivery.

In fact, several people were counting on this money at all. At that time, they hadn't seen Er Mazi for more than half a year. They thought this thing couldn't be sold and ran to see if they could get the money. Maybe even the travel expenses would be included. It happened that the farming was busy at that time and no one wanted to go to Wang Quansheng.

The most honest thing is to push this matter to him.

When Wang Quansheng came home and told his wife that she wanted to go out, her wife refused. As a result, the two of them had a big fight. In anger, he took the train to Taiyuan with his things.

Before coming, Er Mazi asked him to go to Nangong to find him. He asked around and found Er Mazi's uncle's stall, but there was no open door. It was his first time in the city and he had no place to rest, so he had to wait at the gate of Nangong and nest under a tree at night.

It took him seven or eight days to wait until he had almost spent all the money he had when he came. He didn't know what happened to Er Mazi, but he didn't show up.

He had a quarrel with his wife. If he went back home like this, he would not be able to hold his head up. He thought about it over and over again and said, "Isn't this place selling antiques? Sell these things and let the woman take a look at herself."

Not such a coward.

However, he was born unable to speak, and he didn’t know how to do business. He kept dangling his words, and those arrogant sayings of Nan Climb were also taught to him by Er Mazi when he was talking nonsense. He thought that this was really the case.

After asking several times, I was always given a blank look, but in the end, I didn’t take anything away. I spent two days squandering the money, and I ran out of energy and energy. I told my wife to scold me when I went back, so I had to go on living this day, so I was ready to go back after eating the noodles.

I didn't expect to run into us when I went to the countryside.

After Wang Quansheng drank some wine, he uttered the truth. Although his articulation was not very clear, I still listened closely and felt chills all over my body.

It's really hard to tell what's going on in the Yellow River. There's everything in the mud. I thought to myself, maybe I can catch a flying saucer next time.

But people who live by the Yellow River have basically heard this kind of thing from the old man, so this story may also be his nonsense. Although Wang Quansheng looks simple and honest, I can see that there is shrewdness in his bones. His honesty is just

Just because he has little knowledge does not mean he is really stupid.

I didn’t fully believe it for the time being and said to him: “Then you have already caught all these things?”

Wang Quansheng nodded and burped from wine and asked me: "I'm all here, but I still have some at home. Boss, have you seen and listened to these things, how much can you give me?"

I thought to myself that people like Er Mazi would definitely not give them a lot of money, and they would never imagine that this thing could be worth tens of thousands. But I can't be too greedy, so I pretended to look at it again and said to him: "It's a pity for you.

I buried it in the mud for you and buried it for you. I could have sold it for a higher price. Let’s not worry about the price. I will suffer a small loss and give you a little more. I will give you a thousand yuan for the next business.

Sample?"

Wang Quansheng sat on the ground with a "bang" and couldn't stand up for a while. I quickly pulled him up and said, "What's wrong with you?"

"Oh, my mother, this thing is really valuable. Six items are worth six thousand yuan? How much sand do I have to pay to earn so much?" Wang Quansheng said shakingly.

I chuckled and went out to ask the young master to help me prepare the money and said: "No, no, I will give you five thousand yuan for these five things. I don't want your bronze piece to be tatters."

Wang Quansheng also nodded and said: "I was confused by the drink."

While the young master was preparing the money, I continued to ask him what this bronze piece was?

Wang Quansheng said that it was two pockmarks peeled off from the big thing under the water and asked him to bring a piece up so that some experts could take a look. Then he asked me if I wanted it and gave it to me.

I was very interested in this thing, so I thought it would be better to obey the order, so I took it. At this time, the young master brought the money and I counted them to him one by one. He took it over and counted it several times before putting it in his pocket. He and I were equally careful.

After checking these small bronze items several times to make sure they were not fakes, I put them in my pocket.

Wang Quansheng was suddenly in a good mood and his tongue became more fluent. He asked him to pay the bill and asked the young master to serve the wine. I saw how much this guy could drink. He also ordered a bottle of white wine and a bottle of Fenjiu. By this time, he had already treated me

He kept pouring me wine as if he were a close friend, and even bought the rest of the things he had at home if he wanted to go to their village.

I have already made this idea in my mind, but I estimate that he still has a lot of goods in his hand. If he really takes one thousand yuan a piece, I can't take much with this little money, so I will hold him steady for the time being and wait for me to get it first.

I sold them and then ate up his inventory, so I said I would wait for the opportunity. The price I gave you for these things was high, mainly to save them for the next sale. After I bought them, I didn’t have much money left to sell them.

You can’t make much money, so keep it at home. When I get the funds back, I will go to your house to buy you. Don’t talk to your brothers about this. The price I will give them will definitely be lower than yours.

I have to pay you an introduction fee, right?

Wang Quansheng nodded in agreement, patted his chest, and promised to keep the things for me. He also left me a phone number in their town, saying that if you call this number and ask for Wang Quansheng, you can find him. Then he will treat me to a drink.

We ate for a while and talked about other things. Wang Quansheng said that he has been doing this business since he was a child. Counting this year, he has been doing it for almost thirty years. In the past thirty years, he has also seen many strange things, such as things fished out of the Yellow River.

Everyone said it was unpleasant, but he fished out more than a hundred dead bodies. Let’s not talk about the camels and horses he also fished out during this period.

Sometimes he can hook something alive. Last year, he hooked a red-haired turtle as big as a basin in the Yellow River, with ancient characters carved on its back. Later, his wife said that the turtle with red hair was a relative of the Dragon King.

It happened that their harvest was particularly good that year, and every time they set sail, they returned home with a full load. His wife said it was the Dragon King who was helping.

(When I heard this, I thought to myself that this old Dragon King really spared his time to help you pick up the rags here. You can really put yourself in a good position)

After that one time, they didn't dare to go to the place where the bronze was fished out. The flood season of the Yellow River is about to come. The water diversion dam on the upper reaches is too deep. The water flow is much faster than before. Otherwise, they can go there again to see what's good.

Something. Regarding the ancient tombs in the Yellow River, he had heard from his grandfather before that there were ancient tombs at the bottom of the Yellow River, but this was the first time he encountered it in person. He didn't believe it before. Generally speaking, the amount of yellow sand deposited by the Yellow River every year is an astronomical figure.

The things underneath should be buried very deep in the mud, so he couldn't understand how his rake could pick them up.

Wang Quansheng quickly drank two more bottles of wine. By now it was completely dark. He paid the money and stood up to say goodbye and wanted to go back overnight. At this time, I already wanted him to leave quickly. Otherwise, if he wasn't drunk, I would have to drink him to death. Even though he has a big tongue,

People don't have any particularly confused feelings. They know this guy is a drunkard, so they tell him to be careful and send him out.

When I got back to the hotel, the young master winked at me and asked me how my results were. I was in a good mood, but I drank too much. I made him two cups of tea and told him the whole process.

After hearing this, the young master was surprised: "How come there is such a thing in the Yellow River? Did people sink it there? Or was it repaired by gods?"
Chapter completed!