In the afternoon, the two of them got on the train home. Bai Xiaoqi was as excited as ever and opened the window to look outside.

When she arrived in Yangcheng, she came out of the train station, got into a taxi and looked out through the window. The closer she got to home, the more familiar the scenery outside the window became, and the more excited she became.

Go home, go home.

There has been no one living in the house for more than ten days, and the doors and windows in the house are closed tightly. It is also a hot summer day, and the sweltering heat is inevitable.

In addition, it also exudes a unique smell after being vacant. The first thing the two of them did when they returned home was to open the windows for ventilation, and opened all the windows that could be opened.

Then open the electric sluice gate and let the water sit for a while. If it has not been used for many days, a lot of rust and sediment will accumulate in it, and the water that flows out will look turbid.

When the flowing water became clear, Bai Xiaoqi took out the dirty clothes he had accumulated these days from his backpack and threw them into the washing machine for cleaning. Chen Shuo went to pack the backpack and put the things inside.

Put the bowl back in the kitchen quickly.

She turned the wooden box out, put it on the coffee table and opened it. Those messy things, such as bottle caps and round stones, were still inside, but she didn't throw them away. After all, they were her former treasures and had commemorative significance.

"...."

After Bai Xiaoqi came out, she frowned when she saw the contents inside the wooden box, and then looked away as if nothing had happened.

She was originally going to throw it away, but Chen Shuo refused to let it go, saying it was of commemorative significance, but she always felt that this guy had an ulterior motive.

For example, when I have nothing to do, I take out these things and laugh at myself, especially the bottle caps inside. Just seeing them makes me feel ashamed. I was really stupid before, and I actually took these bottle caps as treasures.

"I think this thing might be a good thing too."

Chen Shuo took the hollow ball out of the box and weighed it in the palm of his hand a few times. It felt like it was falling and it was quite heavy.

"This weight should not be made of iron, and the pattern on it is quite complicated."

Chen Shuo took the ball and turned it over to observe. The hollow pattern looked like it should be one bird, or two. The beaks of the birds were facing each other, symmetrical on the left and right. There were flowers underneath, and there were some other gaudy patterns beside it.

There is a ring in the middle of the outside of the ball, and there is a hook switch on it. Push the hook outward, and the ball will open. "Look, this thing can still be opened."

Bai Xiaoqi was about to go to the bedroom to clean up the room. Hearing this, he turned around and took a look, "I knew it a long time ago."

"Really? You are so powerful."

"Yes."

The sound floated from the bedroom.

Chen Shuo continued to sit on the sofa and observed the sphere in his hand. There were several rings grouped together inside the sphere. The combination reminded him of the armillary sphere he had seen in textbooks when he was a child.

But it's definitely not the case. The armillary sphere was used to demonstrate celestial phenomena in ancient times. What can this sphere demonstrate?

But let’s call it an armillary sphere. There is a small bowl in the middle of the armillary sphere.

He poked the bowl with his hand and looked at the structure of the armillary sphere. He got up and went to the corner of the living room to open the big cardboard box containing his childhood memories. He took out a marble from the inside, put it in the bowl, and closed the ball again.

superior.

Hold the ball in your hand and shake it for a few times, then look through the hollow gap. You will see that the size of the marble is two circles smaller than the bowl, but it is still sitting in the bowl and has not fallen out at all.

Sure enough, it looks like an armillary sphere. This is a gyroscope.

For some reason, Chen Shuo always felt that he had seen similar hollow balls like this somewhere. After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't recall it. He took out his mobile phone from his pocket, took a photo and sent it to Chen Jianwen.

I also took a picture of the wooden box, [Dad, can you help me find out what this wooden box and this ball are?]

Less than two minutes after the message was sent, the phone suddenly rang.

It was the old man who called. As soon as Chen Shuo got through, he came up and asked, "Where are you now?!"

Chen Shuo scratched his head and said, "At home."

"I'll be right over, don't go anywhere."

"You have to live..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a busy tone from Dududu on the receiver. It was obvious that Chen Jianwen had hung up the phone.

Chen Shuo put down his cell phone, looked at the wooden box on the coffee table, and then at the ball. His heartbeat was inexplicably fast. According to the old man's reaction, these two things seemed to be really good things.

He stood up and pushed open the bedroom door, "My dad said he would be over right away."

"ah?"

Bai Xiaoqi was startled. The cat ears on her head disappeared in an instant, and her long snow-white hair turned into black hair. "What are you doing here, uncle?"

"It's our dad."

"we..."

She opened her mouth but didn't come out. She looked at him with some embarrassment and turned her head back to spread the sheets.

Chen Shuo was amused for a moment and stopped teasing her, and explained: "Maybe he came here to help us identify things."

"Authentication of what?"

"It's the wooden box and the ball."

The two of them were talking, and before Bai Xiaoqi's sheets and quilts were finished, there was a knock on the door from the living room.

Chen Shuo went over and opened the door. Chen Jianwen was standing at the door. His forehead was covered with sweat, and most of his shirt was soaked with sweat. He came here on his bicycle, a distance of nearly four kilometers, and the whole journey took less than ten minutes.

The wind was so fast along the way that the chain of the car almost flew off. I was afraid that this kid might cause something to happen.

After Chen Jianwen entered the room, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked, "Where are the things?"

"On the coffee table."

Hearing this, Chen Jianwen turned to look at the coffee table. After seeing what was on it, he became less anxious and went to the bathroom to wash his face, wash his hands carefully, and then come out wiping his glasses.

"Hello, uncle." Bai Xiaoqi greeted obediently.

"Hello."

The old man paused slightly, put his glasses back on, and sat down on the sofa. When he saw the stone bottle caps and wooden beads in the wooden box, his brows instantly wrinkled. He pointed at the rags inside and turned to ask Chen Shuo, "Who is this?"

Did it?"

Chen Shuo was speechless and raised his chin to gesture in the direction of the kitchen. Chen Jianwen looked over and saw that Bai Xiaoqi was boiling water in the kitchen.

Chen Jianwen's lips moved for a while, but he couldn't say what he wanted to say. He pushed up his glasses, carefully took the wooden box in his hand, and began to observe carefully.

When I saw the photo before, I thought it was, but now I see it, it is definitely sandalwood and red sandalwood. And judging from the color and texture, the dark black has a purple rhyme. It must be at least four hundred years old.

After confirming, his expression was helpless and distressed. Isn't this a waste of things? Isn't it?

"This is sandalwood and red sandalwood!" He said this after holding back for a long time, trying to make the two of them recognize the value of this thing.

"Sandalwood and red sandalwood...is it expensive?" Chen Shuo was stunned. Bai Xiaoqi in the kitchen also looked over. Yes, is it expensive?

"What do you think?"

Chen Jianwen stared at him with his eyes. This boy has gone to the belly of a Shunan dog. Have you never heard of sandalwood and red sandalwood?

"Sandalwood rosewood is commonly known as small-leaf rosewood."

"Oh, then I understand." Chen Shuo was a little disappointed. Small-leaf red sandalwood seemed not expensive. A classmate of his had bought this kind of bracelet online before. It was quite a long one, and it was only fifty-eight. It also came with free shipping.

As for the wooden box, it is more than twenty centimeters long and about ten centimeters wide. It uses much more wood than the bracelet. It is estimated to be worth several hundred cents more.

"Dad, look at how much this box is worth. Is it worth a thousand?"

"one thousand?!"

Chen Jianwen exclaimed and looked at him like he was a fool at the entrance to the village, "Are you okay?"

"It's not even worth a thousand? Dad, why don't you take a closer look? There's still a piece of jade on it."
Chapter completed!