Chapter 31 Gold Brick
As soon as Du Fei returned to the courtyard, he saw several unemployed aunts and uncles gathering together, pointing in the direction of the backyard, obviously discussing about building a house.
When they saw Du Fei coming back, the third aunt, headed by them, immediately came over and said, "Xiao Du, you should go home and take a look! You called those barbarians and they will almost tear your house apart!"
Du Fei knew what he was doing, so he laughed and ignored it.
But when he came to the backyard and took a look, the scene shocked him.
In the backyard, there were furniture dumped from Du Fei's house, and Du Fei's two houses were already in a mess.
All the doors and windows on the front were cut out, the partition wall and the fire pit between the two rooms were knocked down, and the newspaper-paste ceiling was torn open, revealing the original beam and column structure of the house... ??
The five people headed by Lei Laoliu were still busy.
People of this era are hard-working, and with Du Fei's promise of ten days' work and fifteen days' pay, these people worked even harder.
Du Fei nodded secretly, parked his bicycle, and shouted to several people, "Old Lei, tell everyone to take a rest and eat while it's hot and strong."
Lei Laoliu, who was also covered in dust and holding a sledgehammer in his hand, stuck his head out of the room and shouted back.
After a while, five people came out one after another, dusted themselves off, washed their hands and faces with a basin of water, and took the lunch box Du Fei brought.
Several people were hungry after working all morning. When they opened their lunch boxes, they saw that they were full.
Most of the lunch box was made up of rice mixed with sorghum rice and millet, and the vegetable was stewed cabbage, carrots and vermicelli.
Aunt Qian knew that these people worked for Du Fei's family, so she packed the food in a special way, fearing that they would not have enough to eat, and let Du Fei sit on the wax.
Lei Laoliu and several workers were very satisfied with the food, secretly saying that the master's work was very particular.
Although according to the rules, if they go out to work for a day, the employer's house must provide them with a lunch.
> But food is just food, and it doesn’t matter what you eat. Some people just dug out some cornmeal flour pancakes, some rice porridge, a few pickles, and dismissed them.
While they were eating, Du Fei called Lei Laoliu aside and asked about the situation.
Lei Laoliu reported to Du Fei leisurely while eating.
"Don't worry, Leader Du, the demolition work will definitely be completed today. I have already contacted people, and the wood and water pipes will be brought in this afternoon. Tomorrow we will focus on the tap water and sewer projects."
Installing tap water is relatively simple, but sewerage is a bit more troublesome.
Du Fei asked to be able to use the toilet in the house. The sewer holes in the original courtyard were certainly not large enough.
Therefore, the sewer of Du Fei's house must be connected to the main pipe in the back street separately, otherwise it will be a real trouble if it gets blocked in the future.
Du Fei also understood that he must not save money on water and electricity pipelines, otherwise he would dig a hole for himself.
After several people finished eating, Du Fei took back his lunch box and didn't want to stare at this place, but planned to go find Chu Cheng at noon.
Lei Laoliu said before that some scarce supplies were difficult to obtain. Of course Du Fei himself didn't have any connections, but Chu Cheng definitely did.
Du Fei said hello and was about to go out while pushing the car.
As soon as he reached the Moon Gate, Lei Laoliu suddenly remembered something, stopped him, and followed him.
Du Fei was surprised, what's the matter?
Lei Laoliu quickly glanced around and saw no one nearby, so he whispered, "Leader Du, are you interested in something?"
"What is it?" Du Fei looked at him mysteriously and didn't know what he was doing.
Fame.
"Gold bricks, do you want them? They're the ones used in the palace in the past." Lei Laoliu raised his eyebrows and said, "I have a relative who has some."
Du Fei frowned and looked at Lei Laoliu who looked expectant, wondering what trick this guy was trying to play.
Speaking of gold bricks, of course they cannot be made of real gold, but a large floor tile that is very hard and can make a metallic sound when struck. The origin is as far away as Suzhou, and it is transported to the capital along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
However, this kind of gold bricks was no longer fired in the late Qing Dynasty, and even the imperial kiln factory in Suzhou that produced gold bricks closed down.
Now that Lei Laoliu suddenly said that he could get gold bricks, Du Fei's first reaction was that this guy was trying to fool him.
But then I thought about it, Lei Laoliu could drag his family with him, but the monk could not escape from the temple.
Section Chief Qian also told him clearly that he had a background in the Public Security Bureau.
Is this Lei Laoliu really willing to die for a little profit?
After thinking about it, Du Fei felt that the chance of Lei Laoliu deceiving him was low, and thought to himself, "Could he really get the gold brick?"
Thinking of this, Du Fei suddenly had an idea.
The white light and blue light in the portable space are all extracted from ancient artifacts.
As the old saying goes, gold in troubled times is worth antiques in prosperous times.
The country is far from prosperous now, and those antiques are naturally priced at a bargain price.
But no matter how low the price is, you still have to spend money to buy it. Although Du Fei has money, he is afraid of being targeted and cannot go on a big purchase.
When Lei Laoliu mentioned gold bricks just now, Du Fei had no idea at first.
Before he traveled through time, the large ceramic tiles used in ordinary home decoration were more exquisite and luxurious than gold bricks.
Besides, Du Fei's two rooms, even if they are covered with bunks,
Even gold bricks cannot become a golden palace.
So he refused without even thinking about it.
But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back, and his mind suddenly reacted.
These gold bricks are by no means newly fired, they must have been passed down from the past and have been around for some years.
If these gold bricks are put into the portable space, can they absorb the blue and white light?
Du Fei calmly asked, "Which dynasty is it from? How much is it?"
Lei Laoliu was secretly delighted when he heard that there was a way.
If this deal went through, he could also earn another commission, and hurriedly said, "The intact ones are less than 100 yuan, and including the ones with some flaws, there are a total of 150 yuan, which are left from the Jiaqing and Daoguang years."
Du Fei's eyes fixed. It has been 150 to 60 years since the Jiaqing and Daoguang years. The gold bricks from that time have been preserved until now, and they are definitely genuine cultural relics and antiques.
Du Fei asked again, "Where did the other party come from, and how much is the price?"
Lei Laoliu said, "In fact, this person is a relative of my wife. Because he is the third child, he is called Na San. His ancestors used to work in the Guangchu Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs..."
Du Fei only guessed it roughly when he heard it. In the final analysis, it was just some deceiving superiors and subordinates and enriching himself.
But he didn't believe Lei Laoliu's words.
It's just that the origin of this Na San and this batch of gold bricks is not important to Du Fei at all.
What he really cared about was the age of this batch of gold bricks and whether they could be used in the portable space.
After talking a lot, Lei Laoliu finally mentioned the price. "Leader Du, if we talk about the price, these gold bricks are really not cheap. I only thought of this because I saw that you were concerned about repairing the house and were willing to spend money..."
Du Fei heard that he was talking nonsense, frowned, and said unhappily, "Straight away, how much is it?"