Spend time in the mountains until the sun is about to set.
Return to the village, deliver firewood to a few houses, and then sit in front of the door and wait.
Niu likes to go home after dark.
It was estimated that when their dinner was almost finished, Jia Zhengjin went over and knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Niu Xi opened the door and looked outside.
"I am Niu Shun." Jia Zhengjin asked in a low voice, "Has Uncle Bao slept?"
"What? Didn't I pay you for the firewood?"
"no!"
"Oh!" Niu Xi said calmly, "He went to bed after eating, and I'm going to go back to the room to rest. If something happens? Can you call him?"
"No need!" Jia Zhengjin said quickly, "Actually, I'm not here to see Uncle Bao."
"Why don't you ask him to come to my house?"
"I...I have something to do with you."
"Looking for me?" Niu Xi looked at this neighbor whom he didn't know very well in confusion. His father Niu Bao was very smooth and often visited him, but he basically didn't say a few words to him.
"Is it convenient to come to my house?" Jia Zhengjin asked softly, "I have something I want to ask you for help with."
"We don't know each other that well, right? Everyone in the village says you are an honest and kind person, unlike me who hangs out all day long, so you are not afraid of being led astray by me?"
"I don't think you are as unbearable as others say." Jia Zhengjin pretended to look around carefully, "Xizi, although we don't interact much, we are neighbors after all. And I often send firewood to Uncle Bao, so I know you and your son somewhat.
.If you don’t really need something, I won’t come to you. If you can come to my place, I will only delay you for a while.”
"..." Niu Xi looked Jia Zhengjin up and down, seeming to be thinking. After about a few minutes, he nodded slowly, "I have to get up early to go to the county tomorrow, and I'm going to bed soon. Please keep the story short, don't
It’s a waste of my time. If I can help, I will help you. I can’t help you find someone else.”
"Okay! Come on, don't wake up Uncle Bao." Jia Zhengjin turned around and ran to Niu Shun's house.
Niu Xi turned around and closed the door, then followed lightly.
Taking Niu Xi into the thatched house, Jia Zhengjin carefully checked the surroundings, made sure no one was around, closed the door gently, and brought him to a wooden table with candles: "Sit down!"
"You have something to say." Niu Xi was not polite and sat directly on the wooden bench.
Jia Zhengjin nodded, turned around and went to the bed next to the firewood pile in the corner, turned his back to Niu Xi and pretended to rummage, then took out a silver ingot from his virtual backpack.
But after thinking about it for a while, he put away the silver ingots and exchanged them for dozens of copper coins. He brought them to the table with both hands and poured them onto the table with a "clatter".
When Niu Xi saw these coins, he showed a puzzled expression: "Shunzi, what does this mean?"
Jia Zhengjin and Niu Xi sat across from each other and said in a low voice: "Xizi, do you know what this is?"
"Nonsense! Copper coins." Niu Xi rolled his eyes, "You sell firewood every day and save it? I thought you didn't even have enough to eat!"
"No!" Jia Zhengjin pretended to be mysterious and whispered to him, "The money I earned from selling firewood was indeed not enough to eat, and I didn't save these. It was an unexpected windfall!"
"Stealing? You shouldn't. People in the village say you are honest."
"How could I steal anything?" Jia Zhengjin said quickly, "Actually, I picked up this money on the mountain."
"Cut!" Niu Xi stood up directly after hearing this, turned around and left.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Jia Zhengjin hurried over to stop him, "Why are you leaving?"
"You can continue to go up the mountain to pick up money! I'm going back to sleep." Niu Xi obviously didn't believe it.
"No! Xizi, I didn't lie to you." Jia Zhengjin forcibly pulled him and asked him to sit back, "Listen to me first."
"What do you want to say?" Niu Xi was a little impatient.
After Jia Zhengjin asked him to sit down, he asked in a low voice: "Do you want to get rich?"
"Who doesn't want to get rich? You won't let me go up the mountain to pick up money, right? If you really want to be rich, why can't others pick it up?" Niu Xi said coldly, "What are you going to do?"
"Xizi, please listen to me first." Jia Zhengjin calmed his emotions, then turned around and took out a silver ingot from the virtual backpack, carefully wrapped it in his sleeve, and slowly moved it to the table.
Niu Xi couldn't see what was under his sleeves and stared at the other person in confusion.
When Jia Zhengjin lifted up his sleeves to reveal the silver inside, his eyes widened and he showed a shocked expression.
This large ingot of silver is not what Niu Shun, who chops firewood every day, can earn. Even the village chief's family only has some scattered silver, and it is impossible to get such a complete ingot with such beautiful quality.
Probably only the wealthy households in the county can get this kind of silver ingot.
"Where did it come from?" Niu Xi couldn't help but swallowed, feeling his mouth was dry.
"Do you believe me?" Jia Zhengjin asked softly.
"How can I believe it if you don't explain it clearly?" Niu Xi's eyes moved away from the silver ingot and fell on Jia Zhengjin's face.
"Xizi, I won't hide it from you!" Jia Zhengjin stood up, pretended to check outside the door to make sure no one was around, then returned to the table and said softly, "I had a dream last night. In the dream, I saw my mother
Standing next to me, she told me that my parents had done good deeds during their lifetime, and the blessings should be on me after death. My mother asked me to go to the cliff where she fell. There was enough gold and silver for me to spend several lifetimes there.
Treasure.”
"It's just a dream, can it come true?" Niu Xi looked at him confused.
"I think so too, but the dream is so real! And my mother repeatedly asked me to go and have a look." Jia Zhengjin said, "So when I was chopping firewood today, I couldn't help but be curious and go there. To be honest,
I was also worried about what I would do if I encountered a jackal, tiger, or leopard. But I was lucky. There were some poisonous snakes and poisonous insects there, but there were no wild beasts. Guess what? When I got to the bottom of the cliff, I followed the path my mother said
I actually found a very hidden cave along the path."
"Cave?"
"Yes! My mother said that there is heaven and earth in the cave, and there are gold and silver treasures everywhere." Jia Zhengjin said softly, "Don't tell me, I just walked around the entrance of the cave today and saw a rotten small wooden box, and this is what's inside.
Ingots of silver, and many copper coins. It is estimated that there are really countless boxes in the cave, containing countless gold and silver..."
"Is there such a thing?" Niu Xi's eyes widened and he asked hesitantly, "You...you told me this, aren't you afraid that I will tell it to others?"
"Although we don't have much contact, we live next to each other. I have watched you since I was a child and know your character." Jia Zhengjin said, "To be honest, I didn't want to tell anyone at first. It's best to make a fortune by myself.
Besides, this was originally brought by my mother in a dream, and it should belong to me. But there is a huge maze inside the cave, and the entrance is sealed. I don’t know how to get in. You also know that I don’t understand these twists and turns.
I tried my best to get around it, but I couldn't open it. I don't know many people, and there are even fewer people I can trust. After thinking about it, I think you, Xizi, are the most reliable. And you often travel outside and have seen the world, so you can definitely do it.
Find a way to help me enter the maze. As long as you are willing to help me, we can unpack the gold and silver in the maze and share it equally. But we can't tell others, this is our secret, okay?" (To be continued)
