Kneeling in front of my wife’s tombstone and crying bitterly, I was reborn

Come to think of it, it's not impossible. After all, this used to be the Cao family's land.

Moreover, it would have been extremely difficult for Cao Shi to acquire such a large fortune without the support of his ancestors.

It is very likely that Cao Shi’s ancestors were once wealthy and powerful, but it is unknown whether they were officials or businessmen.

However, looking at the architecture of the Cao family's old house, Shen Qiansan estimated that it was more likely that Cao Shi's ancestors were businessmen or landlords. Because if they were officials, the specifications of the house would be much higher.

In ancient times, the regulations of a house were strictly regulated by the identity of the owner. No matter how rich a person was, if he did not have an official rank, he could only build an ordinary house.

This difference can be seen from the Cao family's old house and the Zhang family's compound.

There are clear records about the Zhang family's old house, and their ancestors were officials. Therefore, the Zhang family's old house is much more advanced than the Cao family's old house.

But no matter what, it is certain that the ancestors of the Cao family were rich. Otherwise, there would not be so many ancient coins buried here.

Shen Qiansan didn't know when these ancient coins were buried. Could it be that Cao Shi didn't know about this?

If he knew, he would definitely dig it out and take it away when he sold the house.

Shen Qiansan's thoughts raced as he considered whether or not he should tell Cao Shi about this.

Because there are so many people present today, this matter may reach Cao Shi's ears later.

If I don't tell him myself and Cao Shi finds out, will he start to argue with me?

But soon, Shen Qiansan remembered that Cao Shi only said that he was going to the south, but he didn't say where he was going, and he didn't leave an address. Therefore, even if he wanted to tell Cao Shi, he didn't know how to contact him now.

"Third brother, what's the difference between these copper coins?"

Seeing Shen Qiansan staring blankly at the copper coin in his hand, Wang Shi couldn't help but ask.

Shen Qiansan came back to his senses and said truthfully: "These copper coins are considered fine products, better than the previous ones."

"Is it valuable?" Wang Shi asked excitedly.

Even though these copper coins belonged to Shen Qiansan, he was still very curious.

After all, they were the ones who dug it out.

If it is really valuable, it will be face-saving to tell others about it later.

Well, we are the ones who have dug up treasures!

Shen Qiansan said: "It's not worth much money now, but it has a certain collection value and will be worth some money in the future."

He was also telling the truth.

It is only 1991 and the market economy has just developed. Although people's living standards have improved, most people have only just solved the problem of food and clothing and have not yet reached the level of affluence.

The prosperity of collecting often occurs in prosperous times.

In his previous life, the rise of China's antique industry was not until after 2000, and it did not really prosper until 2010.

In other words, it is at least another 10 to 20 years away.

Moreover, among the ancient coins he is holding, except for the Kaiyuan Tongbao coin which is worth some money, the other ones have a market price of only a few hundred or a few thousand.

Even though that Kaiyuan Tongbao coin might be considered valuable in the eyes of ordinary collectors, for someone like Shen Qiansan who was once the richest man in the world, it could only be said to be worth a small amount of money.

Of course, these ancient coins are just a few of the ones in this pottery jar. There are still many ancient coins in the pottery jar, and it is not ruled out that there are more valuable ones in it.

I just haven’t seen it yet, so I don’t know.

When Wang Shi heard Shen Qiansan say that it was only worth a little money, he immediately thought that it was worthless.

All we can say is that he misunderstood Shen Qiansan's meaning.

After all, two people have different criteria for judging how much money is.

It's like a billionaire and a working-class person looking at a thousand-dollar piece of clothing.

In the eyes of billionaires, a piece of clothing that costs one thousand yuan is worthless; but in the minds of the working class, a piece of clothing that costs one thousand yuan is definitely a high-end consumption.

Different levels, different perspectives, and different standards of judgment.

Wang Shi thought these ancient coins were worthless, so he didn't take them seriously at all. He said with some disinterest, "Look at what's in that big jar?"

He still hoped to dig out some treasure.

Otherwise, it would be a waste of time to wait for so long without doing any work.

"Then take a look!"

Shen Qiansan didn't have the mood to pour out all the ancient coins in the small pottery jar and check them one by one, so he agreed.

After putting the few ancient coins in his hand back into the small pottery jar, Shen Qiansan opened the big pottery jar.

reel!

Jade!

There are also orange and yellow strips.

There wasn't much in the big pottery jar, and Shen Qiansan and Wang Shi saw it all at a glance.

“There really is a treasure!”

Wang Shi was excited and shouted loudly.

Wang Shi didn’t know what the three scrolls were. He thought they were probably calligraphy or paintings, and he wasn’t interested in them.

There were four or five jade pieces, all of which were small in size. He did not understand jade and could not tell its value.

But he recognized the orange-yellow strip.

Isn’t that the small yellow croaker mentioned in TV dramas!

In the minds of most ordinary people, small yellow croaker is a very valuable thing.

After a rough count, there were actually about ten of them.

No wonder he shouted with excitement.

"Manager Wang, what treasure did you find?"

"What is it, Manager Wang, tell me!"

"..."

The workers standing on the pit couldn't help getting excited when they heard that there was a real treasure. They stretched their necks and looked at the big pottery jar with eager eyes, and started asking questions one after another.

Even Li Jing's eyes were full of anticipation, and she stretched her neck to look towards the mouth of the large pottery jar.

Just can't see anything.

"Little yellow croaker, do you know?"

"There are small yellow croakers in the jar!"

Wang Shi looked at the workers on the pit and said in a rather ostentatious manner.

Like Wang Shi, several workers still knew what small yellow croaker was.

"Little yellow croaker, isn't that a gold bar?"

"Yeah, I've only seen gold bars on TV, but I've never seen them in person."

"I have to check it out later!"

“Not only look at it, but touch it.”

"Yes, touch it, let us also get some good fortune!"

"..."

When they heard that there were small yellow croakers in the jar, they became even more excited and started talking and laughing.

In their hearts, only gold is the most valuable.

Unlike Wang Shi and several other workers, Shen Qiansan was more concerned about those scrolls.

It is true that gold bars are valuable, but the weight of gold bars is fixed. The value of a gold bar can be calculated based on the gold price at the time of sale, and it will not be more or less.

But the contents of the scroll are different.

Looking at these scrolls, most of them are calligraphy and paintings.

Although the size of the scrolls does not appear to be large-scale calligraphy or paintings, judging from the fact that they are wrapped in several layers of oil paper, it is clear that the owner at the time attached great importance to these scrolls, which is why they were wrapped in such layers.

This in itself shows that these calligraphy and paintings are of great value.

It depends on whose calligraphy and painting it is.

If it is from a famous master, it would be really valuable.

Shen Qiansan couldn't help but look forward to it.