Chapter 24: Chapter 0024: Finding Treasure in the Trash 4_1 Chapter 24: Chapter 0024: Finding Treasure in the Trash 4_1 Having selected all the books she could, Feng Qingxue moved to the yard.
The old furniture piled up like a mountain, most of which had already fallen apart. Very few were intact, and if they were, it was ordinary wood, scarce in quantity. The isolated pieces, however, were of high-quality wood, including rosewood, Wamara, and mahogany…
Seeing this, was there anything Feng Qingxue didn’t understand?
The good wood furniture had fallen apart precisely because they were broken during raids, some even bearing signs of being burned.
These belonged to wealthy families. Only the wealthy got raided.
As it approached noon, the sun shone bright. Those unloading waste materials and weighing them weren’t in the yard anymore.
Feng Qingxue acted swiftly and stealthily, quietly collecting the best furniture parts into her space, then picked out the second-best with common wood such as walnut and wingceltis all mixed together, neatly piled up on the side along with the other two pieces of furniture.
One was a small square table made of old elm wood, the other was a teak bench barely holding together.
Fearing any detection, Feng Qingxue purposely messed up the pile of old furniture, making it appear on the surface no pieces of wood were missing.
Following this, Feng Qingxue turned to other places, pulling out a large brass kettle for boiling water, some big and small bowls and dishes, jars and pots, all are porcelain, covered in dust, their original beauty could no longer be seen. Also, she found many broken porcelain pieces.
Before weighing, the staff carefully checked, mainly inspecting textbooks to see if there were any inappropriate papers hidden.
As for the wood and bowls, dishes, jars and pots, the staff didn’t pay much attention.
“Comrade, the wood is a total of one thousand four hundred and fifty-two pounds, one cent per pound, you need to pay me fourteen Yuan fifty-two cents. Waste paper is also one cent per pound, thirty-eight pounds, you pay me three yuan eight cents. Those few bowls, dishes, bottles, pots and broken porcelain, you give three yuan. This large copper pot weighs three pounds, three yuan.” The staff calculated the total, fifteen yuan fifty cents.
Feng Qingxue gladly paid the money, but then was worried about how to transport everything home.
Seeing her still lingering, the staff was puzzled. When he found out her difficulty, he couldn’t help but smile, pointing to a flatbed cart not far away. “Comrade, use that flatbed cart to pull it home. Just return it tomorrow.”
Feng Qingxue was taken aback, “You trust me to use it?”
“What’s there not to trust?” The staff found her reaction amusing, “Just take it and remember to return it.”
“That’s okay, thank you. May I ask your honorable surname?”
“Thank you, Uncle Li, I will return the cart tomorrow.”
Uncle Li appeared as honest as he looked, he helped her organize the table, stool, and the wood, books onto the flatbed cart, and tied down everything with two hemp ropes to prevent them from falling off.
“Uncle Li, thank you, thank you.”
Feng Qingxue was physically weak, she put part of the stuff into her space halfway, only after sweating profusely did she pull the cart home, and it was already dark.
Feng Qingyun was sitting at the door, when she saw her return, he jumped up, “Older sister, you’re back!”
“Qingyun? Weren’t you at Uncle’s house?” Feng Qingxue wiped off her sweat.
“They were going to bed at my uncle’s house, so I came back.” Qingyun circled around her, “Anyway, everyone is poor now, no one wants to trick my mouth that wastes food!” She knew what her sister worried, worrying that she would be kidnapped.
Feng Qingxue patted her head lightly and turned to move the stuff from the cart into the house one by one.