Zhou Yan also pulled Liang Xiaonan and squatted there, opened the basket on his back, revealing half a basket of potatoes.
The man looked twice and didn't say anything.
The two of them started making gestures with their fingers. Liang Xiaonan didn't know what they were making. She lowered her eyelids and pretended to be stupid. She had a vague guess in her mind, but she was not sure.
After a while, the man stood up and left with the basket on his back. Zhou Yan also took the basket on his back, holding Liang Xiaonan's hand and following him.
People who don't know will think that they don't know each other, they are just a few ordinary country youths walking across the street.
The man carried the basket through Jiefang Street, then through Zhongshan Road, and finally reached a small road called Guanghui Road. An hour had passed.
In a dilapidated courtyard near the river, the man stood at the door of an inconspicuous, abandoned courtyard, and finally spoke: "There is no one at home, it's just me, come in."
This kind of private transaction is actually a man chasing a wolf - two fears! Zhou Yan and Liang Xiaonan are afraid that the other party will set a trap in the yard, and the other party is also afraid that these two people are here to step in.
During the sign language exchange just now, Zhou Yan told the man that a man named Zhao asked him to come here a few months ago, otherwise the man would not have taken them to his warehouse.
There is a dilapidated yard outside, but there is another world inside. The house is an old-fashioned house with a corridor, and there is a foot-long stone pier under the cement pillar.
The courtyard from the second entrance looks dilapidated, but the doors and windows are intact.
"You can call me Pioneer, what can you give me in exchange for it?" In this kind of transaction, the real name will definitely not be mentioned. What Pioneer, he said his name is A Mao A Gou, it doesn't matter, as long as the things are real.
"Potato, you've heard, right? The signature dish of Wanghulou Restaurant, potato, is this one, I have it."
"How many do you have? How do you change them?" Pioneer has obviously heard of potatoes and probably has eaten them.
"You can get as much as you want," Zhou Yan said firmly, "We will send it to you immediately after we see it."
Xianfeng swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva and said, "Let me show you something." He opened the door of the main room and went in first.
Zhou Yan and Liang Xiaonan followed in and found that it looked like a grocery warehouse, with bottles, cans, tables, cabinets, and step-down beds piled everywhere.
Liang Xiaonan saw several scrolls and manuscripts at a glance. She picked them up and looked through them. They turned out to be letters and copybooks from famous people. The scrolls were calligraphy and painting from the Tang Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty.
There is also a sack on the ground, which contains coins of various dynasties, as well as some foreign coins, thousands of large and small.
The entire room was filled with calligraphy, painting, antiques and the like piled on the floor and in baskets on the tables.
She was very shocked!
"These things used to be good things, but now we can't even eat them..." Liang Xiaonan only said half of the words.
The pioneer obviously wanted to get rid of it, saying: "If you want these things, take them away if you give them food. It's best to do it as quickly as possible. The sooner the better."
Nowadays, everyone hides these famous calligraphy, paintings and ancient coins. They cannot eat or drink them. Keeping them will bring disaster.
Zhou Yan: "Is there anything else? Let me see."
Pioneer: "Just wait."
He opened the door to the west room and took out two watches from inside. They looked like they were still 80% new and they were foreign goods.
"The original value of these two watches is more than 300 yuan. If you want to exchange them, you can exchange them for 200 kilograms of potatoes."
At this time, watches were very rare. When young people put them on, they immediately became the trendiest guys on the street!
Zhou Yan and Liang Xiaonan were thinking about the same thing at the moment. This kind of watch was not rare for them. Liang Xiaonan was attracted by the antique calligraphy and paintings in that room, but Zhou Yan didn't see what he wanted.
Liang Xiaonan and Zhou Yan looked at each other and immediately understood. Liang Xiaonan said: "We don't want watches. Do you have anything else?"
Pioneer was very happy, but he was reluctant to take out many of his things. Liang Xiaonan said: "We are all in your territory, and you don't want to show me anything. When I get the real money and platinum things, I won't give you anything."
Me, we are also at great risk."
"Bring the things over here, and we'll have the money and the goods."
From the first moment Liang Xiaonan saw this man, he knew that he was very cautious and shrewd. He could actually guess where he got these things from, and he must have gotten them back secretly.
He was in a hurry to take action. Liang Xiaonan actually didn't want to give him too much, but he was able to get so many things secretly, which could be regarded as indirectly protecting the old objects.
"There's no point in testing each other. Personally, let's calculate the value of the things in your main room and the west room, and how much food is needed to exchange them?"
Only then did Pioneer open the door to the west room. Liang Xiaonan and Zhou Yan had several "wechat" people. Those who didn't know better thought he had robbed a supply and marketing cooperative.
Toothbrush, spearmint toothpaste, bar soap, toilet soap, Daqianmen cigarettes, Jinshajiang cigarettes, Spring City cigarettes, table tennis, volleyball, gauze, harmonica, poker, pins, pen pen water, sewing needles...
It was more complete and richer than the supply and marketing cooperative. Liang Xiaonan also saw three or four brand new large fishing nets and several rolls of plastic sheeting.
This is a good thing. She wants to raise fish, but fishing nets are hard to buy, and there are no such good nylon threads. Plastic cloth is also a good thing. She can grow wheat and corn, and plastic cloth has more uses.
"You calculate the price of these things in the West House, and I will help you deal with the things in the main room. We will calculate the price of 200 kilograms of potatoes in that room, and the things in the West House..."
She doesn't really want these things from Westinghouse except fishing nets and plastic sheets, but if she doesn't want them, Pioneer will be suspicious.
Liang Xiaonan picked part of a room full of supplies in the West House. He asked for 1,000 kilograms of potatoes and an additional 500 yuan. Liang Xiaonan said that he would just give you 1,500 kilograms of potatoes. Now you can't even buy potatoes with money.
It has been agreed that the goods in these two rooms, a total of 1,700 kilograms of potatoes, will be traded here in three days.
After talking here, Zhou Yan said to Xianfeng: "If you have a way, take me to see Rong Yongtai's things. If I can find good things, I will give you extra reward."
Pioneer shook his head: "Rong Yongtai's collection was destroyed!"
"You can contact us again, even if it's just one piece. If we can find it, we can discuss it. If not, forget it."
Pioneer looked at them several times: "I'm afraid you will be disappointed. All his things are gone."
Liang Xiaonan now understood a little bit. When Zhou Yan came today, the things in the two rooms were not his purpose. He wanted "Rong Yongtai's things."
Before leaving, in order to show their sincerity, Zhou Yan and Liang Xiaonan left half the basket of potatoes with Xianfeng, and Xianfeng happily said to Liang Xiaonan: "You can take whatever you want."
Liang Xiaonan was picking things in the west room, and Pioneer kept watching with vigilance. Finally, Liang Xiaonan took 30 packs of cigarettes and two packs of sugar.
When the two of them went out, the pioneer saw them walking out without looking back. He followed closely and said in a low voice: "You have to come on time. It's best if you can come in advance. These things may not be saved at any time."
Zhou Yan's lips curled up and he said nonchalantly: "Since you are worried, you can find someone else to exchange for it. I don't have to worry about selling my things, and your things are not difficult to get."
Pioneer immediately said: "No, no, no, I can wait. Oh, it would be great if you could all take me away today!"
While the three people were talking, they heard a commotion outside and a group of footsteps approaching.
Pioneer's face changed drastically: "You guys, hurry up and leave through the back door."
He pointed to the corner door at the back, locked the front door in a panic and ran out.