Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

"Actually, if your great-grandmother still has things she brought from France, I would also be willing to buy them at a reasonable price." After completing the transaction, Liang En smiled and said, "You know some things can look worthless. , but actually quite valuable.”

"If that's the case, you can come to my house and have a look." After hearing what Liang En said, the young man quickly invited Liang En. "My home is on this street. The bar owner knows that I will wait for you at home." After saying that, they agreed.

After the boy left, Liang En and the others quickly came to the bar of the bar and asked the owner about the specific situation of the boy named Lombalin, and got more information.

According to the bar owner, the father of the boy named Lombalin died of illness very early. His mother lost a leg when she stepped on a landmine in the countryside. So I can only make a living here to feed three people.

"Buddha bless, even though Lombalin's mother has a disabled leg, she found a cleaning job here, and her son usually does odd jobs nearby, so the family can still survive here."

The bar owner clasped his hands when he said this. After confirming the situation, Liang En and the others finished their meal quickly before preparing dinner, and then headed to Lombard's home at the end of the street.

Although this street is the most prosperous street in the whole city, the quality of the buildings is actually very average. To give the simplest example, the best rooms here are made of red bricks and cement prefabricated boards.

As for the quality of the rooms where ordinary people live at the two ends of the street, there is no need to mention them. Basically, they are all houses built of wood and iron, which look very simple.

The home of Lombalin that Liang En and the others were looking for was located in a tin house at the end of the street. When Liang En and Joan of Arc came to the door of their house, they happened to see Lombalin and his family having dinner.

"Sir, you are here." Lombalin stood up and greeted Liang En. The family of three was obviously shocked after seeing Liang En's arrival, because in their opinion, people like Liang En and the others should not appear in this place.

Soon, Lombalin brought Liang En and the others into the room, then pulled out a box from under the bed and placed it in front of Liang En and the others.

"These are the things my great-great-grandmothers brought from France. Basically, they are all here. Everything in them was brought by my great-great-grandmothers from France. As for the price, you can give it as we don't recognize the things inside. come out."

"Okay, you can eat first." After taking the box out, Liang En and Jeanne each took a torn newspaper and put it on the steps next to them, sat on the ground, and then looked through the contents of the box. thing.

The things in the box are basically all common things, basically European items from the 18th and 19th centuries, and most of them come from France.

"Why do you still have things like folding fans, parasol handles and baleen skirts in your house?" After opening a box above, Liang En frowned as he looked at the contents inside.

Because these things have no value at all to ordinary people, it is a bit strange for the man who went to France to make money to support his family to come back with these things.

Because although these things are not cheap, if you want to cash them out, it was not a good choice in the past or today. This is not normal for a person who is eager to make money to own these things.

"My great-grandmother started out as a maid in France, and later became the head maid." Lombard put the finished rice bowl aside and then said. "It turned out that they happened to encounter World War II at that time."

"Her owner and his wife were Jewish bankers, so they were persecuted during World War II. During the chaos at that time, my great-great-grandmother successfully helped his family of four escape."

"We don't know exactly what happened here. The only thing we know is that my great-grandmother helped these Jews successfully escape the massacre in those years until the end of World War II."

"Due to the psychological shadow left by World War II and the changes in the world situation, the French family finally left France and went to the United States, and this box contains the things they gave to my great-grandmother before leaving."

"And when my great-grandmother came back, she got married quickly, and then had our grandfather. In the process, basically all the things she brought back that could be sold were sold, leaving only those that really couldn't be sold. Things are still there today.”

"So that's the case, then everything makes sense." Liang En nodded when he heard this, because if this was the reason, then it would be very reasonable for these things to appear in Cambodia, far away from Europe.

After all, Cambodia was part of the French colonial Indochina Federation at that time, so naturally many people here went to Europe to work, and some of them naturally got opportunities that others did not have because of their luck.

According to Lombalin, in addition to giving his great-grandmother a sum of money, the French people also allowed his great-grandmother to take away things they didn’t want in the room.

So this is why the things in the box look messy, because these are things that the banker of that bank did not want before leaving for the United States, so the things left behind are naturally very messy.

Great-grandmother Lombalin, who grew up as a poor person, naturally refused to give up anything of value, so when she returned to her country, she brought back all the things that belonged to her.

Although they sold most of the things in the box in the following days to meet their daily needs, there are still a lot of things left to this day, which is what Liang En and the others saw.

It's just that a lot of things were sold decades ago, so what's left today are basically some scattered and not very valuable things.

As for the previous brooch, it was indeed made of gold around it. Unfortunately, in order to treat Lombard's grandfather, the gold frame around it was cut off and melted to raise medical expenses.

After all, the situation in that era was too tense. It was perfectly understandable for an ordinary family to use some gold from the bottom of the box to treat illnesses. However, a piece of exquisitely made jewelry was a bit too eye-catching and might cause unpredictable consequences. as a result of.

This is of course a great pity. Because if the brooch is in good condition, it can be sold for about $15,000, but a broken piece that is not even half of it may only be worth 1/10 of the price.

But then again, this kind of regret is only a regret now. If they hadn't done that back then, there would be no present for Lombalin and his family.

Fortunately, these things are not without any value. For example, the handle of the previous umbrella was made of ivory.

Considering that any ivory trade is now illegal, legal ivory like this is naturally more valuable. Even though the size of this ivory part can only be used as a small gadget.

In addition, another valuable item was a coin-sized silver badge. By identifying the Latin text on it, Liang En confirmed that it was a silver pilgrim badge from the Shrine of Our Lady of Haar in Belgium.

The circulation of this kind of thing was not small at that time, but not many of it can be completely preserved to this day after so many years. It has a certain collection value and can also be added to new jewelry.