"Xue Chen, what are you going to do? Come back quickly!" Ning Xuanxuan shouted with a trembling voice. She was really frightened by Xue Chen's weird actions.
For a moment, the horror stories that were about to happen came to her mind, including the desolate and dilapidated old Taoist temple hidden deep in the old forest, three young men and women, a man haunted by evil spirits, and two women who were in shock...
Xue Chen turned around after hearing the shouting, with a smile on his face, waved to Ning Xuanxuan and Xue Qi, and said loudly: "Come here."
"No, we won't go there." Perhaps it was a psychological effect. Ning Xuanxuan saw Xue Chen's sinister smile in the shadow of the Taoist temple, and couldn't help but hold Xue Qi's arm tightly.
Xue Qi also shook her head rapidly, with an anxious look on her face, and she was still stepping back little by little.
Xue Chen looked at the two people in surprise, and touched his nose in confusion. He didn't know what happened to these two people, and ignored them. He turned over and jumped on the altar table in front of him, and came to the statue of the Patriarch of Shangqing.
Later, he clasped his hands together and said "offended", and then used his hands to push the statue down heavily.
"Clang!"
The heavy clay statue fell from the altar table and landed on the ground, making a loud noise. The entire Taoist temple trembled, and the statue immediately fell to pieces and broke into more than a dozen pieces.
Xue Chen jumped down from the altar table, his eyes were shining, and he glanced at the broken pieces of mud on the ground one by one. Finally, he picked up the severed head of the statue of the Shangqing Patriarch, held it in his arms, and strode outside.
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The two women outside saw Xue Chen's series of weird actions and were frightened for a long time. Now when they saw Xue Chen holding the head of the statue and walking towards them, they were so nervous and scared that they could hardly breathe.
"You two, guess what I found?" Xue Chen said loudly with excitement that could not be concealed.
Xue Qi saw that Xue Chen's eyes were clear and he didn't look like he had been possessed by dirty things in the legend. He swallowed and asked worriedly, "Brother Chen, are you okay?"
"What can happen to me?" Xue Chen walked over with a smile and mysteriously showed the head of the clay statue in his arms to the two of them, "Look, what is this?"
Ning Xuanxuan followed Xue Chen's instructions and took a look, her face changed slightly, and she asked in surprise: "That's...gold?"
"Yes, it's gold!"
Xue Chen picked up a piece of gravel from the collapsed Taoist temple wall from the side, pressed the mud tire in his hand with one hand, and smashed it down with the other hand. After hitting it more than ten times in a row, all the mud blocks wrapped around it were chipped away.
Xue Qi stood aside and watched quietly, her mouth opened involuntarily. She couldn't believe her eyes. Inside the head of the clay statue was a large piece of gold cast into an oval shape! On the surface, it looked like
It’s bumpy and ugly, but it’s gold and there’s no mistaking it!
Ning Xuanxuan was also shocked by the scene in front of her, and blurted out: "Why is there gold in this? Whose is it?"
Xue Chen picked up the exposed large piece of gold in his hand, shook it, pondered for a while, and said: "I guess the wealthy family who built this Taoist temple hid it inside. I remember
My dad said that a wealthy family was robbed because there was too little gold and silver, and a lot of people were killed. I wonder if it was because the gold was hidden here."
"As far as I know, in the past, wealthy families had the custom of hiding gold and silver. On the one hand, it was to prevent it from being stolen. On the other hand, in case the family declined, it also had the capital to make a comeback. The founder of the Sanqing Dynasty was hidden in the Taoist temple.
The image is indeed very innovative, no one would have thought of it."
He secretly thought it was a fluke. Fortunately, he had good eyesight and noticed the flash of golden light. After confirming that there was something wrong with the statue of Patriarch Yuqing, he looked through it. When he saw such a piece of gold hidden inside, he was very shocked.
joy.
Xue Qi stepped forward and touched the gold piece, her face flushed with excitement, and she sighed: "Wow, it's such a big piece, it must be worth a lot of money."
"It's indeed not small. I estimated it. It should be more than two kilograms, but it is definitely not a thousand pure gold. If a small part is excluded, then according to the current market price of gold, it should be around 500,000 yuan." Xue Chen estimated in his mind.
After a while, he said.
The reactions of the two women were also different. Ning Xuanxuan was shocked by such a large piece of gold because she had never seen such a large piece of gold. But when she heard that it was worth half a million, she simply said, "Oh,"
Five hundred thousand is nothing to her.
But Xue Qi covered her mouth with one hand, opened her eyes wide, and screamed: "Brother Chen, you said it was worth five hundred thousand, my God, five hundred thousand, that's a lot of money, Brother Chen, you are rich."
Xue Chen was amused by Xue Qi's reaction. Five hundred thousand was indeed a huge sum of money, especially when the money fell from the sky. It confirmed Fatty Wang's joke that what fell from the sky was not a pie but a gold cake.
, turned out to be true.
"He who sees it has a share, Sister Xuan, little sister, when the gold is sold, I will divide the sum between you two." Xue Chen said with a hearty smile.
Ning Xuanxuan smiled lightly, pursed her lips, and said nonchalantly: "I don't want it, you should keep it for yourself."
Seeing that Ning Xuanxuan didn't want it, Xue Qi was embarrassed to accept it. She bit her lip and whispered, "Brother Chen, you discovered this piece of gold. How can we divide it?"
Ning Xuanxuan tugged on Xue Qi's arm: "Sister Xiaoqi, you don't have to refuse. Don't give up. I can give you my share and buy more beautiful clothes when you go to college."
Xue Qi's little head was already a little dizzy. In her opinion, this was a piece of gold worth half a million yuan. Even if she got a small piece, it would be worth tens of thousands of yuan. But why did these two people say so?
Whatever you want, you can divide it as much as you want, and you have to give it to yourself as a gift. I am not dreaming.
"Xue Chen, remember to give my share of the money to sister Xiaoqi." Ning Xuanxuan reminded.
"No problem, she's my little sister too." Xue Chen laughed, wrapped her up in her coat as soon as possible, picked it up and carried it on her back, "Let's go back, let's go back."
Although the receipt of spiritual energy this time can be said to be almost zero, the trip was not in vain. There was such a huge unexpected harvest, which is very worthwhile.
After going down the mountain, the three of them arrived at the door of their house. Xue Chen saw Xu Deji, the younger brother of the third aunt's family, cleaning his car.
"Brother Chen, are you back?" Xu Deji wiped the sweat from his forehead and said hello.
"Deji, there is no need to wipe the car. Anyway, there will still be a load of dust on the car when we drive back to Haicheng tomorrow." Xue Chen said.
"It's okay. I have nothing to do when I'm free. I like to wipe it. It looks good after it's wiped clean." Xu Deji smiled and wiped the car with a rag. He suddenly saw Xue Chen carrying something in his coat and asked casually, "Brother Chen
, what are you carrying on your back?"
"Good stuff." Xue Chen took back the car key from Xu Deji, opened the trunk, and locked the gold nugget in together with his coat.
Xu Deji didn't pay attention and casually guessed: "It's a bag of wild mushrooms, brother Chen. Let me tell you, roll the mushrooms on top and fry them in oil. They will be fragrant. You should bring a plastic bag before going up the mountain to avoid getting all your clothes."
Already."
Xue Qi moved her lips, wanting to tell Xu Deji that there were not mushrooms, but gold, a large piece of gold, but thinking of Xue Chen's instructions, she did not say anything.
On the way, Xue Chen told Xue Qi not to tell anyone about the discovery of gold nuggets in the Taoist temple after returning, not even to his own family.
Xue Chen did this not because he was wary of his relatives, but because he was afraid that someone would be lax and spread the word. Once people in the village knew about it, things might become troublesome.
If the villagers knew that he had found a large piece of gold in that Taoist temple, within a day, the Taoist temple would be completely razed to the ground and cease to exist. Even the ground would have to be dug three feet deep. This is
He didn't want to see it, so it was better to let the Taoist temple slowly fall silent in the mountains and forests, and not let anyone disturb or destroy it.
Furthermore, although the Taoist temple has long been abandoned and does not seem to belong to anyone, once gold is discovered, there is no guarantee that someone will jump out and say that they are the descendants of the wealthy family who built the Taoist temple.
And will the village committee declare that the Taoist temple is the property of the country and ask him to hand over the gold nuggets? Then solemnly issue him a certificate and a bonus of 500 yuan?
In order to prevent all this from happening, Xue Chen could only hide it, and even did not plan to tell his parents for the time being, so as not to worry about the gain and loss.
After entering the house, Xue Chen saw his fourth uncle Xue Hongyou, who had visited yesterday, and said happily: "Fourth uncle, when did you come here."
"Hey, Xiaochen is back from going up the mountain? I've been here for a while, but I didn't want to come over to see you." Xue Hongyou stood up and patted Xue Chen's arm, "I heard that Xiaoqi is going to Haicheng for some time tomorrow, please excuse me.
Take care of her."
"Fourth uncle, what you said is too unreasonable. Xiaoqi is my sister. Isn't it my duty to take care of her? Besides, Xiaoqi is going to college and is no longer a child." Xue Chen said with a hearty smile.
When Xue Qi saw her father there, she really wanted to tell Xue Chen that he had picked up a large piece of gold in front of everyone. She kept it in her heart and didn't say it. She couldn't help it, but when she thought of Xue Chen's promise to share the
Giving her a stroke made her very excited again, as if she was holding a little rabbit jumping around in her arms.
"Well, good, now Xiaochen has become successful, Xiaochao has also established himself in Sunan City, and the next generation of our old Xue family has finally left the farm." Xue Hongyou sighed with a smile on his face.
After seeing off his fourth uncle, it was already lunch time. His parents went to the kitchen to cook. Xue Chen fetched a basin of water and washed himself shirtless in the yard, washing away the sweat and dirt from climbing.
Ning Xuanxuan leaned sideways against the threshold, making a sound in her mouth, humming, and said with a slight smile: "I didn't expect that your muscles are quite stylish, and your complexion is also pretty good. You are much better than those in the gym."
"Hey, Sister Xuan, can't you avoid it?" Xue Chen said speechlessly when he saw Ning Xuanxuan looking at her shirtless, not blushing at all, and commenting with gusto. (To be continued)