Chapter 3 Grandpa's Relics
Looking at his younger brother and sister who were cleaning and thinking about the fact that he still had nearly 6,000 yuan in foreign debt, Mu Zhengfeng, who was reborn, also began to have a headache about how to make money. In his previous life, this amount of money would be nothing.
But now, the nearly 6,000 foreign debt is not a small amount. If you rely on farming to pay back the money, you will probably have to pay it back until the year of the Monkey and Horse. Just a few acres of thin fields in your own home, so you can make money by growing grain. Don’t really expect it.
"What will I do?"
Mu Zhengfeng, who was trapped in thinking, first conducted self-examination. But when he thought about some of the things he was good at, he couldn't do anything at all. The reason was very simple. After retiring from the army in his previous life, Mu Zhengfeng went abroad to wander alone.
He has worked as a mercenary and a personal bodyguard for others. Later, he fell in love with adventure and eventually lost his life on the last adventure. With his current age and identity, many of these skills may not be used.
The money comes quickly when robbery comes, the question is, what can this be done?
Thinking of this, Mu Zhengfeng could only shake his head and smile bitterly: "This is really a penny that can stump the hero! Find some practical ways to make money, make some money first, pay off the debt, and live a good life in your family."
Mu Zhengfeng, who had made some decisions, began to sort out the remaining wine and ingredients for the funeral. The ingredients can be kept and used at home in the future. Wine, water, hookah, etc. can be returned to reduce some foreign debt.
Looking at the dark old house, Mu Zhengfeng quickly walked into the old man's room. Most of the clothes and bedding that the old man used before were burned out. But Mu Zhengfeng didn't move much in the room.
"Pack up the things and keep them useful, and throw them away if they are useless!"
Thinking of this old house, he was sold by himself not long after his previous life. After returning from this life, Mu Zhengfeng also felt that this old house did not leave many memories of happiness to him, but on the contrary, there were many memories of pain.
Standing in the old man's room, Mu Zhengfeng thought for a while and said, "If that guy had the idea of his own old house, maybe he could ask him how much more money he would ask for in this life. He would feel uncomfortable if he always owes others money."
As for selling the house, Mu Zhengfeng also considered where the three siblings lived. I dare not say anything else, I believe it is still okay to build a house that can live in people. Besides, even if he doesn't want to sell the old house, some people will force him to sell it.
Looking at the several wardrobes and boxes in the room, Mu Zhengfeng first opened a few wooden wardrobes and found out all the clothes belonging to the three siblings and folded them neatly. Many of the remaining clothes were worn by his parents in their early years.
Compared with the people in the city, the three Mu Zhengfeng, who have been used to being poor since childhood, really have no new clothes. Compared to the younger sister, she can still change into new clothes every year. Mu Zhengyan, who is the younger brother, is the most unlucky and always wears the rest of his brother.
Looking at the clothes, most of them had patches, Mu Zhengfeng also smiled bitterly and said, "I have lived a shabby life! I don't know how I survived in my previous life."
Although I know that most rural children are like this, and the Bailin Autonomous County where Mujiazhai is located is a multi-ethnic poor county, with many poorer families than the Mu family. I am already grateful that I have never been hungry.
Some clothes that were obviously not worn were picked out by Mu Zhengfeng and threw them aside. When the wardrobe was cleaned up, the clothes that were picked out could be worn and used were put back into the wardrobe. Now it looked much more refreshing in an instant.
After sorting out these things, Mu Zhengfeng began to turn his gaze to the wooden boxes pulled out from the top of the wardrobe and under the bed. Because the old man was walking in a hurry, he didn't explain many things, and Mu Zhengfeng really didn't know what was in the box.
Looking back on my previous life, when I was selling these boxes for the old house, I didn’t open them or care about them, and I asked the guy who bought the house to deal with them. Now, I thought about it, I was really stupid in my previous life!
"Although I definitely don't have anything like gold and silver. But there should be some good things in these boxes!"
After finding the key left by the old man, Mu Zhengfeng also started to unbox the treasure hunt. He opened the first large wooden box, but saw a new set of cotton wool inside. He took it a few times, confirmed that there was nothing, and closed it again.
When I opened another box, I put some old-fashioned cotton clothes in it. These clothes were only seen every winter in Mu Zhengfeng's memory. However, most of these old cotton clothes were only seen by the old man and his father.
The family is worth a lot of money!
Even if these things are not worth much in Mu Zhengfeng's eyes, they are things worth collecting for the old man. In winter, if there is no warm cotton coat on his body, he may not be able to survive that day.
Just when Mu Zhengfeng thought that he could not find anything good at home, he opened the wooden box dragged out from under the old man's bed, but the things inside made Mu Zhengfeng's eyes lit up. A few strings of ancient copper coins, several porcelain bottles and porcelain jars.
He took out a string of copper coins wrapped in yellow cloth. Looking at the well-preserved copper coins, Mu Zhengfeng picked a few and looked at them and found that these copper coins were from the Qing Dynasty. Some of them should be of good price if they were willing to sell them.
"If you have the opportunity to go to the provincial capital, you may bring some copper coins and exchange them for some money."
After looking at the copper coins and then looking at the porcelain bottles and porcelain jars, he was delighted to find that these bottles and jars were mostly made in the Qing Dynasty. With Mu Zhengfeng's eyes, selling these bottles and jars is enough to pay off their debts.
Realizing this, Mu Zhengfeng also smiled bitterly and said, "I was so stupid in my previous life! No wonder that that guy bought his own old house back then, and was as happy as a fox who stole a chicken. His eyes looked at me like a fool."
But as a country boy who was only sixteen years old and had only been to the county town at the farthest, how could he know that these seemingly useless copper coins and porcelain can be exchanged for a large amount of money when taken outside? Moreover, he didn't know that there were these in his house in his previous life.
Even because the old man passed away in this room, the three brothers and sisters didn't dare to enter this room. They were reborn and returned. Mu Zhengfeng, who was used to life and death, naturally would not feel that there was anything good to be a taboo.
After carefully identifying the things in this box, Mu Zhengfeng didn't understand. Why didn't the old man think about selling the things in the box after being poor for so many years? Or, the old man didn't know that these things were valuable?
Mu Zhengfeng, who couldn't figure it out, then opened the last box. What surprised him was that when the box was opened, there was a black box inside. What surprised Mu Zhengfeng even more was that this small box was very heavy.
"This should not be a box made of wood, right? Judging from the amount, it should be a box made of copper and iron."
While thinking about this, Mu Zhengfeng took out a short cane placed next to the small box. Touching the patina on it, Mu Zhengfeng carefully identified it and confirmed that the short cane should be made of iron wood.
"I've seen the old man play with this stick before. Maybe it's related to the secret hidden by the old man!"
Mu Zhengfeng, who put down his cane and carried out the small box, found a copper lock with a 'Shi' character hanging outside the small box. From the string of keys, he found a copper-shaped key and opened the small box.
Looking at the thing placed inside, the one placed at the top was a token engraved with inscriptions. There was only one seal script on the front, and Mu Zhengfeng clearly recognized it. This should be the word "wood".
On the other side of the token are several seal scripts with smaller fonts, which are centered around the pictographic character "Shan". Seeing this token, Mu Zhengfeng suddenly remembered that his grandfather handed him a ornament before he died.
After touching his chest, Mu Zhengfeng tightened his whole body and said, "Why is it gone?"
Chapter completed!