I'm still looking for favorites and recommendation tickets. I'll update at midnight and reserve tickets for my brothers and sisters today!
Li Du knew about Mount Humphreys. It was a famous tourist attraction in Flagstaff.
The mountain had hundreds of flowers in the spring, was suitable for hiking in the summer, and had golden pines in the fall. In the winter, there was a snowfield. There were tourists all year round.
Clyne was wrong about one thing. Humphreys didn't have a long history. The name of the town came from the mountain. It was just that the town was trying to create history for the sake of tourism.
Hans had a better understanding of this town. He waited for Clyne to shut his mouth, then explained further.
"Don't expect to find anything valuable in the storage units here. Our goal is to find animal and plant specimens, hunting rifles, high-quality wood furniture, and some music equipment.
"Humphreys is a famous hunting ground. Every spring, summer, and fall, people come here to hunt. There are many good animal specimens here. As for the musical instruments, there are many music lovers in town. Every weekend, they have live music performances. "
Li Du asked, "How can a small mountain town like this attract so many music lovers?"
To be able to support live music performances every weekend, the number of music lovers here would definitely not be small.
Hans said, "Humphreys is very good at promoting itself. It calls itself the birthplace of Arizona country music, and some country music lovers gather there."
Li Du said, "Then why doesn't it promote itself as the birthplace of American country music?"
Hans shrugged. "Americans are a little stupid, but not to the point of being idiots. Who would believe that kind of nonsense?"
The car sped along Route 66, all the way to the mountain. When the mountain became clear, they had reached their destination.
The storage company in Humphreys was called Folk Songs Storage Co., Ltd. It was a new company. The old storage company had closed down. Hans said it was because of the bad economic situation in the United States.
Li Du couldn't tell what was bad about the economic situation. He had seen the statistics. This year, there were an average of 1,400 storage units being auctioned every day. This meant that people were giving up a lot of old goods. If the economic situation was really bad, Americans wouldn't be so wasteful.
They arrived in town on a Thursday. The auction would be held the next day, so they only had to wait one more day to attend the town's weekend concert.
After finding a random restaurant in town to eat, they went to the Folk Song Warehouse Company in the afternoon.
There were only five storage units up for auction this time. According to Li Du's experience, there would be even fewer storage units when the auction started. It would be good if there were four left.
He released the bug into the first storage unit that was up for auction. It was a medium-sized storage unit, and the items inside were messily arranged. There were some inflatable toys placed at the entrance, which were the inflatable animal models that were commonly seen by children.
Looking at these toys, Li Du shook his head. These things were not worth much. Even a brand new one would only cost one or two dollars. These second-hand toys could only be disposed of as trash.
The little bug passed through the box and flew in. Behind it, there were carving knives, hammers, axes, and other miscellaneous tools. There was also a complete toolbox with many different types of things inside, such as circular knives, straight knives, triangular knives, stone carving hammers, stone carving chisels, and so on. He searched online and found that these were all tools for carving.
The discovery of a series of tools made Li Du curious. It was obvious that this was the storage of a sculpting enthusiast or sculptor. Why were there no sculptures in the storage? Instead, there were many inflatable toys?
He had an idea and let the bug fly into a triceratops inflatable toy. When the bug passed through it, its field of vision remained dark. The inside of the toy was solid and not filled with air.
The bug then flew into the plesiosaur and rhinoceros toys. The result was the same. Its field of vision was still very dark, and there were no holes that inflatable toys should have.
Seeing this, Li Du understood that these were not inflatable toys as he had guessed. These were some sculptures. However, the sculptor had a very wicked sense of humor. He had actually made the sculptures look like inflatable toys.
Second-hand inflatable toys were not worth much, but toy-style stone sculptures were very valuable. Especially since these sculptures were obviously new and not second-hand, they would be even more valuable.
He controlled the bug to search the storage unit carefully and found a total of 55 of these sculptures.
All the stone sculptures were red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple. There were all kinds of dinosaurs, animals, and birds. The carving skills were excellent. From the outside, it was impossible to tell that these were sculptures. They were exactly the same as those inflatable toys.
The second, third, and fourth storage units were all ordinary family storage units. There was nothing valuable in them, so they were not worth bidding for.
The fifth storage unit was also a family storage unit. There were old televisions, old refrigerators, and other electrical appliances. Li Du was about to leave in disappointment when the bug flew into the storage box and saw some children's toys.
The owner of this storage unit seemed to be rich. There were many toys in the storage box, and many of them were brand new. One of the storage boxes was filled with Barbie dolls. There were about 20 of them, and most of them were in plastic boxes that had not been opened yet.
Seeing this, he thought of the children in Mother Mesa's welfare home. He had promised to give them Barbie dolls. He had wanted to buy some, but now that there were dolls in the storage box, he might as well bid for them as gifts.
After searching all five storage units, Li Du had completed his mission. All he had to do now was to attend the auction the next day.
With Hans leading the way, they drove to a hostel by the road. This hostel was called Grant Family Hostel. There was a kitchen, a washing machine, a microwave, and other electrical appliances in the room. The interior design was very homey.
The three of them chose a room with three bedrooms and one living room. The price was 220 dollars. Li Du said, "That's not cheap."
Hans said, "Of course, but this is not Phoenix. There are no good restaurants here. If we stay in a normal hotel, we won't be able to eat."
Li Du frowned. "Sh * t, what do you mean?"
Hans pointed to the kitchen and said, "I mean, you can use your cooking skills to your heart's content here. Aren't you happy?"
"Happy my ass. You want me to cook? Dream on. "Li Du laughed and carried Ah Meow into the first room.
In the end, this room was considered the second bedroom. It was not big enough, so he went to find the master bedroom and moved in, leaving the second bedroom for Clyne.
Hans said unhappily, "Hey, why should I stay in the smallest room? D * mmit, I found this hostel and paid for it. "
Li Du said, "Because I have to take care of the three meals, so I need to stay more comfortable. Clyne is the driver. He must be tired from the journey and needs to stay more comfortable."
Hearing this, Hans said helplessly, "Sh * t, I have nothing to say to that!"
Grant Family Hostel could cook by themselves. It was located in a good location. There was a Carrefour supermarket next to it, and a Greyhound bus station across the street. They could pick up and drop off passengers for free in town.
This way, it would be very convenient to buy groceries and alcohol, as well as travel.
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