"Why does it take so long to go out to buy a meal?"
"Boss, I just met a girl selling things. She happened 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 evening.
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 it.
To avoid attracting attention, we all changed into dark clothes so that we would not be able to see clearly 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 it is on the mountain, it is flat on all sides, with a wide view and no houses to block it. 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 do it well and take a break."
"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 something?" 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?"
Now the Luoyang shovel is of no use, and it's not an ancient tomb. I nodded and said OK, let's dig down.
Brother Yu is so strong that he can bring up a layer of soil with a shovel. Every time he pulls up the tiles from the ground, I quickly pick them out. Some of them are ordinary and can be seen clearly, so I throw them away.
Those with soles looked unusual, so I put them directly into the snakeskin bag, took them back, and washed them in the daytime.
Compared with robbing tombs and digging holes, this job really has no technical content. If you don't have the skills to rob holes, it is very easy to miss. It all depends on luck. Brother Yu also digs casually, digging wherever there is soil.
In less than half an hour, I filled a large sack. I didn’t have time to take a closer look, so I tied it up and threw it aside, while I picked up a snakeskin bag and filled it again.
"Beep..."
"Beep..."
Suddenly! A burst of electricity came from the intercom, which startled me.
Brother Yu quickly turned off his own. This was because our two walkie-talkies were too close and interfered.
"Hey, hey, hey! Who spoke just now, what's the situation!"
I could hear Brother Yu clearly as soon as he turned off the intercom, and immediately I clearly heard Bean Sprouts urgently reminding me: "Hidden! Hidden! Someone is coming!"
Immediately, Xiaoxuan's voice came from the intercom.
"I saw it too, several people! Brother Yu Yunfeng! Stop! Hide quickly!"
Suddenly he said that someone was coming, and he was probably the patroller Ma Fengfeng said. I was scared to death. I didn't even hear what he said clearly.
I hurriedly pulled Brother Yu to lie down, and my whole body was lying on the broken porcelain pieces.
Here at the Long Kiln ruins, there is a low wall built with red bricks, about 1.2 meters high. Brother Yu and I are lying on the ground. If visitors don't look down, normally they won't be able to see us.
At this time, no one dared to speak on the intercom.
Only a few minutes later, I heard voices coming from not far away.
Judging by the voices, there were at least three people.
"Uncle Bao, are you sure there is no one at this time?"
Another person's voice was a little rough. He said: "I'm sure, those mountain rangers are also paid. They are more punctual than the fucking alarm clock. They will come when the time is up, and no one will come before the time."
"call...."
"Then I'll be relieved. I'm just afraid that someone will get caught while we're doing it."
Listening to the conversation between several people, I felt a thump in my heart and thought, damn, are they here to dig out porcelain pieces?
But the next second, a few words between them overturned this idea in my mind.
The man said: "Uncle Bao, look here, there are so many old porcelain pieces. Why don't we dig out two bags and take them away."
The man named Uncle Bao replied: "Xiao|Pie, why are you digging up all this junk? Only a bad guy would dig up this stuff."
"Uncle Bao, could you please stop calling me a kid? Bian, it's Bian Dao, what you call me is too unpleasant, uncle."
"Okay, I know about peeing."
These people are not mountain patrollers, nor are they stealing ancient porcelain pieces, so what are they doing in the mountains late at night?
Suddenly, someone among them flicked a burning cigarette butt.
The red and smoking cigarette butt fell right into Brother Yu's back collar.
Brother Yu didn't dare to move, and slowly frowned.
"Then let's get to work, shall we, Uncle Bao?"
"Well, let's begin."
Soon.
I heard a buzzing sound, like a chainsaw cutting wood.