Walking into the basement, Zhou Jimin was still thinking, it’s really hard work.

I originally thought it was just an ordinary gathering, but unexpectedly, today's harvest was not only an unexpected bumper harvest, but also a special inspection.

Awesome!

And the basement of this courtyard house was also an eye-opener for him.

So big!

The space in the basement is basically the same as the space in the backyard house.

The old man explained that this was a shelter built since the turmoil in the late Qing Dynasty.

Later, after several generations of transformation and reinforcement, it formed its current scale.

It can be said that this courtyard is a bunker.

If someone really sealed off the entire courtyard on the ground, the people in the basement could survive for about a month or two even if they couldn't get out.

Because there is a lot of food, dry food, etc. stored in the basement.

There are also several vents, which are exposed to the outside world. If you want to hide them, the possibility of being discovered is extremely small.

Everyone was shocked by the white-haired old man's explanation. How insecure must one be to build such an underground castle?

"If nothing can be done, wouldn't it be enough to leave the capital with your wife, children, and children? Why should you keep your hopes in the basement?"

If something goes wrong, the grain storage in the basement will eventually run out of ammunition. Will it be able to survive the blockade on the ground?

"You can't even survive in the place where your ancestors have lived for generations. If you go to other places, you must have a way to survive?"

The white-haired old man just asked a simple question without explaining much.

However, there was a hint of helplessness and persistence in his tone.

Zhou Jimin thought to himself that he was probably another stubborn old man.

When encountering a major disaster or event, everyone's reaction will be different.

Some people want to achieve fame and do not want to live in this world, some people are lingering and just want to live, and there are still people who are alive and dead.

After everyone looked at the layout of the basement, some people began to suggest that we should start the secret bidding now?

I don’t know when the inspection on the ground will be completed. Instead of waiting in boredom, I might as well continue what I just left unfinished.

This proposal quickly gained everyone's approval, and the secret bidding officially began.

Fortunately, the basement is large enough so that no one can see the price when writing it.

After writing, everyone puts the paper into a small box, and then everyone supervises it together, opens it to see the price, and the one with the highest price wins.

As a result, there is basically no room for everyone to play, so we can only rely on hard power.

Zhou Jimin is considered a catfish, so capitalists, white-haired old men and people like Wu Chengfeng don’t dare to offer low prices.

Soon, it will be time to get the results.

What Zhou Jimin didn't expect was that the group of people in front of him actually quoted a high price for the strange stone that he could not imagine.

Most of them were more than 20 large yellow croakers, but Wu Chengfeng was better and directly gave out thirty-six large yellow croakers, and even expressed his willingness to catch Yuxi again.

He is determined to get the rare stone, so he has such a high price.

As for the quotations for other antiques, most of them are about ten large yellow croakers, and they are not quoted individually, but the entire package price.

Wu Chengfeng saw the quotes for his four-piece set of jade seals. The highest price was Zhou Jimin, but he only quoted the price of fifteen large yellow croakers. He was so angry that he didn't know what to say.

Of course, the white-haired old man and the capitalists must know the origin of the four-piece Yuxi set, so the price of about ten large yellow croakers is not low.

However, Wu Chengfeng wants more.

It's a good thing now, the four-piece set of jade seals can't be exchanged for even one rare stone. It's really outrageous to open the door for outrageous things. It's outrageous.

Now that the quotes are out, if you want to sell, then sell. If you don’t want to trade, just pretend you haven’t seen the quotes.

The dragon-shaped stone was naturally sold by Zhou Jimin. Wu Chengfeng struggled for a while, but still used the four-piece set of jade seals to deduct fifteen large yellow croakers. Then he took out ten more large yellow croakers, and then asked the white-haired old man if they could borrow ten more.

A big yellow croaker, and then I got the strange stone.

When Wu Chengfeng got the strange stone, he couldn't stop looking at it.

But even if he fixed his eyes on the strange stone, he couldn't see any flaw.

I could only put it away with satisfaction, thinking that this dragon-shaped gem might actually be a rare treasure.

Next, Zhou Jimin spent all the twenty-one large yellow croakers given by Wu Chengfeng and bought seven antiques back.

The remaining antiques were divided among several capitalists.

However, the big winner is Zhou Jimin.

Thirty-six large yellow croakers were sold for just one strange stone, which can only be said to be a masterpiece.

After the transaction was completed, the atmosphere became much lighter.

However, not long after everyone was talking, Zhou Jimin suddenly frowned and raised a finger to his mouth, "Everyone, please be quiet first and listen to see if there is any movement?"

Although everyone had doubts, they still calmed down and listened.

There is a little bit of movement, could it be caused by the inspection on the ground?

Regarding this doubt, the white-haired old man shook his head and said, the basement is more than five meters above the ground, how could it be heard?

Besides, the movement didn’t come from the ground, but from the wall next to it.

Wall?

Everyone was shocked, could it be something dirty?

For example, rice dumplings or something like that.

The group of people in the basement claim to be well-informed and do not believe in myths and ghost stories.

But encountering such unbelievable things still makes them feel frightened.

Because the unknown is the scariest thing.

Everyone searched around and finally confirmed the source of the sound, which was behind the wall in front of them.

Moreover, listening to this voice, Dongjing becomes more and more awake.

It was the sound of digging into the wall. There was vibration, but it was not too small.

Ever since, everyone became nervous.

The white-haired old man even directly connected to the ground. He wanted to ask if the ground inspection had passed?

I really can't stay in the basement anymore. If I encounter something dirty, I won't be able to leave even if I want to.

Zhou Jimin put his ear against the wall and listened for a while. He was able to confirm that in a few minutes, the other side would be able to drill through the wall.

Hiss!

Everyone became even more nervous after hearing his judgment.

Unfortunately, the white-haired old man hasn't received news from the ground yet, so he can only wait.

If you return to the ground now, you may not know what will happen.

The movement on the other side of the basement wall might be something else besides dirt.

For example, touching the gold captain or something.

Everyone is praying that things will not develop in a bad direction, hoping that it is just a false alarm.

As time passed and while waiting nervously, suddenly, the wall was hit by Zhou Jimin with a stool.

A hole was made directly.

Revealing a pair of dark eyes on the other side, and a head completely wrapped in black cloth.

Obviously, the man opposite him was also frightened by Zhou Jimin's sudden move and froze in place.

Until Zhou Jimin reached out, grabbed the other person's arm, and suddenly pulled hard.

Stab!

The clothes on the opponent's arm were torn apart, but Zhou Jimin was quick and strong, and held on to the opponent tightly.

He quickly pulled the other party out.

Everyone was shocked. This man was a bit dark, had an unpleasant stench all over his body, and was very short, similar to someone with dwarfism.

"Who are you? Why did you come to my house?"

When the white-haired old man asked, Zhou Jimin didn't pay attention to this, but looked towards the passage.

There was actually a voice coming from inside, "Old Cao, how long will it take to dig?"

The sound is not very loud, but you can hear it clearly.

Just when Zhou Jimin was about to get into the passage and find the man, the man suddenly came out from the corner.

The two of them stared at each other, stunned for a moment.
To be continued...