I Inherited Fishing Bins in Canada
Episode 6
Shane Casson was shocked!
His mind trembled, his consciousness dispersed, and the floating boxes swayed and fell back to the bottom of the lake, stirring up the mud and making the surroundings murky.
After taking a deep breath, Shane Casson calmed down again. He once again tried to lift the box with his mind, and the two boxes slowly floated back.
However, manipulating the water to float the boxes was extremely difficult. This was completely different from the time he roamed the lake with his previous thoughts.
The box only floated about ten meters in height, but Shane Casson was already too tired to continue. The wooden box fell back into the lake again.
The feeling of being close to a treasure chest but not being able to retrieve it makes Shane Casson crazy. Finally, he found a solution. After taking a short break and recovering his strength, he used his mind to control the direction of the water flow, and rolled the treasure chest towards the shallow shore.
This way, he could save a lot of energy.
After hiding a treasure chest on the beach, Shane Casson put on his clothes and walked out of the hotel. He looked at the Ford pickup truck parked in front of the hotel and said to the owner, "Sorry, my grandfather's fishing spot has something to take care of. Can I borrow your truck for a minute? Hmm, I'll fill up the gas."
The fat white owner laughed and said, "Your grandfather is a big man, I admire him a lot. You can use as many trucks as you want for her sake. Of course, if you were to fill up the gas for me, it would be better."
Auerbach had introduced the identity of Shane Casson to his owner, and when he heard that he was the grandson of Hendery Casson, he even gave him an 80% discount on room fees.
It was late in the afternoon, and the small town was starting to get crowded. However, Treasure Lake was located five kilometers outside the city, and the surrounding area was still very quiet and silent, which made it easy for Shane Casson to act.
Utilizing the silence around him, Shane Casson used his consciousness to control the flow of water and pushed the two oak boxes onto the beach, then moved them into a truck tub.
After placing the wooden boxes, Shane Casson immediately drove the truck to the fishing ground. There were many houses in the fishing grounds, and he found a two-story maple wood building. Auerbach said that the place was formerly the residence of Shane's grandfather. Next to the building were two maple trees that his grandfather planted when he first arrived at the fishing ground.
After climbing upstairs, Shane Casson opened a small box. The iron chains surrounding it had been flaking out in the water. Inside the small building was a hammer, and he used it to crack the box with a loud bang.
After the box was destroyed, Shane Casson's eyes shone, because inside were scrolls of paintings sealed in plastic bags!
Shane Casson hastily opened the plastic bag, and due to its excellent sealing, the paintings were well preserved. He opened one of the pouches and saw a very good sketch of a poplar forest, conveying the feeling of the wind blowing on its leaves.
Initially, Shane looked for the signature of the artist who drew the sketch, but found none, only the letter "a.a.p."
"Who is this a.a.p?" Shane wondered.
Shane Casson lost hope that Arthur Ashod Pinajian was a great artist, not because he had never heard of the name, but because he had found another painting signed by the same artist, which depicts a red-haired girl in comic style.
The girl in the portrait was meek and voluptuous, and the artist's comic drawing skills were truly first class. Even portrait paintings can impress Shane Casson, who shows the talent of the artist.
However, Shane Casson had never heard of a master artist like Picasso, Van Gogh, or Monet who also painted cartoons.
Shane Casson sighed. He saw all the paintings, and all of them were Pinajian's works, over twenty paintings, including landscapes, portraits, and cartoons. The styles of these paintings range from sketches, color drawings, oil paintings, to abstract art.
Just when Shane Casson was feeling sad, a surprise came suddenly. As he opened the final painting, a blooming sunflower appeared in front of him, with the sentence beside it: "For my ever-moving life, Vincent Willem van Gogh!"
This sunflower was like a burning fire, with such a majestic style and such an intense color. When Shane Casson saw the signature on the sunflower painting, his heart was completely blazing: this is Vincent van Gogh!
Shane Casson vaguely knew that van Gogh's "Sunflowers" consisted of more than 11 paintings, some of which were lost or stolen. To make sure of this, he opened his phone and searched for related information on the internet.
Not wrong!
Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" are over 11. In a letter he wrote to his brother, he mentions that he painted a total of 24, with twelve sunflowers representing the twelve Christian apostles. In addition, he appointed members of his southern studio as twelve, plus himself and his brother, making it a total of 14 people, and he painted 14 sunflowers.
Shane Casson was so excited; his paintings could probably have been original items!
With an excited heart, Shane Casson hopefully opened a larger wooden box, hoping to find another 12 "Sunflowers" paintings. However, he was very disappointed when he opened it, because the box only contained a bronze statue.
The statue is not small, it is more than a meter tall. He described a muscular young man holding a sword in his right hand and a human head in his left. His left leg was bent, and he stood on top of the body of the enemy he had defeated. He looks very powerful.
Unfortunately, the oak box has been submerged in water for too long and becomes damp. Although the bronze statue has been made to be waterproof, it is still covered in rust. Shane Casson predicted that the statue would not get a good price even if it was sold for bronze. He placed it on the window frame beside his bed as a decoration.
Now that it was late at night, Shane Casson called Auerbach and said, "Old Man, I won't be staying at the hotel tonight. I'll stay in a small building on the fishing grounds. Then, when I cleaned my grandfather's room this afternoon, I found some interesting things. I hope you can come and see it tomorrow."
After asking about his health, Auerbach hung up the phone.
Shane Casson checked the water and electricity in the fishing village and it turned out that both were still functioning. He even turned on the Samsung TV in the bedroom and there was a program going on on the screen, the cable TV was still working.
After a quick march, Shane Casson walked into the small building. This way, it would be easier for him to explain where the paintings came from the next day.