"Why does it take so long to go out to buy a meal?"
"Boss, I just met a girl selling things. She happens to be from Shuijihoujing, so we chatted a little more." I put the lunch box on the table.
"Oh? The Gulong Kiln is right in the back well..."
"Yeah." I said.
Ma Fengfeng runs a small business and works part-time as a tea-picking girl. Nowadays, tea-selling girl seems to be a derogatory term. Isn't it a popular saying: "The tea that grandpa worked hard to grow is unsaleable. Please help my sister."
It wasn't like that in those days.
I learned from Ma Fengfeng that there are more than a dozen ancient kiln ruins on the mountains of their Houjing Village, including Gongyu, Anwei Mountain, Taishi Cave, Niupilun, Dalu Houmen Mountain, Battalion Changqian, etc.
Sister Shi doesn't want ordinary kiln-building porcelain pieces, such as ordinary black gold, rabbit hair, persimmon red, gray back, etc. She doesn't want them. She wants these low-end products I just mentioned, and she wants them in large quantities.
I didn't dare to chat with Ma Fengfeng for too long, for fear that she would find out my intentions. I never thought of what she would say.
She looked directly at me and asked: "Hey, do you want to go to our Shuiji Village to steal porcelain pieces?"
This sentence choked me up. I pretended to be calm and said no, how could it be? Where did you think of it?
She smiled half-heartedly and said, "Be careful. The year before last, my brother went digging with a group of strangers. He was discovered and chased by others. He fell off the mountain and broke one of his legs."
Because it was our first time to come to Nanping, we didn’t know much about the local conditions. In fact, in recent years, the locals have been crazy about digging up the Long Kiln ruins, and they have been repeatedly banned. However, most of these people don’t want porcelain tiles, but want to build mountains of those piles. Among the porcelain pieces, a complete piece was found and sold in the antique market.
After resting for a day and a half at the foot of Wuyi Mountain, we went to Shuiji Village and decided to go up the mountain to start digging that night.
Why I said it was simple before is because compared to ancient tombs, kiln sites are exposed on the ground and can be seen from a long distance.
Those rotten porcelain pieces covered with mud were piled one on top of another to form a hill.
There is a small road that can go up to Nanshan Mountain. It is very smooth, but the slope is too steep, otherwise you can drive up there.
To avoid attracting attention, we all changed into dark clothes so that we would not be visible at night.
After waiting quietly for half an hour, I asked in a low voice: "Boss, Ma Fengfeng said there are people patrolling this mountain, but we haven't seen anyone in the past half day."
Because we are on the mountain, it is flat on all sides, has a wide view, and is not blocked by houses. He turned his head and said to me: "Once we start working, we will be exposed to the open air. Don't be careless. When working here, you must be well ventilated."
"One person digs, another person picks and bags it."
"There are big mountains to the south, so don't worry about it. The rest of the people are out in the east, west, and north, and they all have walkie-talkies."
"clear."
"receive."
"Do it."
Brother Yu and I put the walkie-talkies on our waists, and they spread out in different directions to keep the air out.
A good place to hide.
Xiaoxuan squatted in the grass and sat her head behind a stone, while Dou Sprout climbed up the tree.
There was still a little light in Shuiji Village at the foot of the mountain. The surroundings were quiet and only the slightest sound of wind could be heard.
"How about it? Can you do it?" I pressed the intercom and asked.
"fine."
"fine."
"I don't see anyone here, you can do it." The last voice came from Dou Sprout.
"Let's go, Brother Yu."
I quickly ran over with a shovel and sack. I first used a flashlight to look at the broken porcelain pieces exposed on the ground. They were layered with soil, layer by layer.
I picked it up casually and rummaged around for a while, but it was not what I wanted. It was too common. It was sold by the pound in the local market, and it only cost a few yuan per pound.
"Let's take a look at Yunfeng. Can we dig from here?"
