Tiedan was young and after digging for a while, he became a little tired. Then he turned around and saw several villagers squatting behind him, and he sat down on the ground in fright.
"Tiedan, what's wrong?"
Aunt Ma put down her sickle and turned around to see the villagers behind her. She was instantly angry and said, "What are you doing squatting behind us? You're scaring my son."
"Sister Ma, you are lucky to be able to dig for gold. We are following you and maybe we can dig for gold soon." An uncle smiled honestly at Aunt Ma. In fact, he was planning to dig out gold once Ma Yufen found it. , he and others took it as their own. When the time came, everyone insisted that they had dug it themselves, and Ma Yufen couldn't tell clearly even with her whole body and mouth open.
While her mother was talking to everyone, Caifeng secretly stepped back and buried the broken gold she had hidden in her sleeves.
Tangtang said that they must let others dig out some gold before they will believe that there is real gold in the wasteland.
Otherwise, they will target the mother.
"Erya, come on, dig here."
Caifeng waved to a little girl in the village. She was Aunt Liu's daughter. Because of what happened yesterday, Aunt Liu did not dare to show her face. She was also jealous that there was gold in the ground, so she asked her daughter to dig it.
Erya was only seven years old this year, wearing ill-fitting clothes. She grinned at Caifeng, nodded, and came.
She didn't care what the adults were saying.
She only remembered that when she went out today, her mother said that as long as she could dig for gold, she would have chicken legs to eat at night.
The fragrant big chicken drumsticks make Erya's mouth water just thinking about them.
Suddenly, she felt the sickle dig out something shiny.
She had never seen gold before, so she bent down to pick it up, blew off the mud on it, and asked Caifeng stupidly: "Sister Caifeng, is this gold?"
When Caifeng saw that Erya had dug up the gold she had buried, she immediately stood up and shouted, "Look, Erya has dug up gold. There is really gold here."
This sentence made all the villagers who were working hard, as well as Village Chief Zhao, immediately rush up.
"Let me see."
Village Chief Zhao took the gold from Erya's little fingernail-sized piece of gold. After confirming it repeatedly, he smiled and said, "It is indeed gold. I didn't expect that this piece of land that has been deserted for decades actually contains gold. "
This sentence undoubtedly gave the villagers a shot in the arm.
Turning around, he immediately started digging more intensively.
"Village, village chief, grandpa, I dug this gold, can you return it to me?" Erya also wanted to exchange the gold for chicken legs.
"Erya, no matter who digs out the gold today, it must be handed over to me first, and then I will distribute it uniformly."
"But I dug the gold, shouldn't it belong to me?"
"Erya, you have to think this way. If the village chief hadn't agreed to your digging for gold, you wouldn't be able to dig for gold, right?"
Caifeng's words made Village Chief Zhao very satisfied. Ma Yufen had indeed taught the two children well, and yesterday, she gave herself all the gold she had dug up earlier.
After I went back and weighed it, I figured it wouldn't be a problem to exchange it for three or four taels of silver.
Erya thought about it and still wanted to eat chicken legs: "But..."
"Erya, stop talking, let's go dig again." Seeing Village Chief Zhao's face darken, Caifeng pulled her away and said, "You are still young and can't get involved in adults' affairs. When you go back, tell this matter Let your parents argue with the village chief and grandpa."
Erya thought it made sense and continued to dig for gold seriously.
No one spoke, only the sound of the sickle and everyone's growing tiredness.
Until, Village Chief Zhao’s eldest son, Zhao Hu, dug gold.
"Little Tiger, well done."
After digging for less than two hours, two people had already dug up gold. He stood up and looked at the endless barren fields.
No, this wasteland will completely rewrite the fate of his Zhao family!
Until the sun went down, a total of five people dug out gold and pieced it together, which amounted to more than half a tael.
Village Chief Zhao was very excited. If it weren't for the strong wind here and seeing everyone shivering from the cold, he would have led everyone to dig all night.
"Okay, let's go down the mountain first. Remember, no one is allowed to say anything about what happened today. If anyone leaks any information, get out of Anxi Village." The villagers who followed have all lived in Anxi Village for generations. , if you are driven out of Anxi Village, you will lose your foundation, so everyone keeps these words in mind.
"Village Chief Zhao, you go down the mountain first. I see that everyone has cut a lot of dry grass today. I want to sort it out and take it home to use as firewood." After Aunt Ma said this, she naturally waited for them to leave and went to follow them. Niu Tangtang reported.
"Okay, then you three, remember to go down the mountain after you're done."
"Thank you, village chief."
Everyone who was extremely disgusted with Aunt Ma yesterday is now very grateful to her, and naturally they will not doubt her motives.
"Cai Feng, Tiedan, come here and help mom. Let's finish it early and get down the mountain early."
"good."
Village Chief Zhao turned his head, looked at the three busy people, and nodded slightly: "Yufen is the one who really knows how to live."
When no villagers could be seen at all, Aunt Ma took her children to the small courtyard.
Niu Tangtang, who was already standing at the door to greet them, saw the three people coming in. He immediately hugged Caifeng and said, "Caifeng, you did a great job today."
"Tangtang, you don't know, I was almost scared to death."
Caifeng patted her chest and was shocked when she saw a few people standing in the room. She quickly pulled Niu Tangtang and asked in a low voice, "Is this the person my mother said you picked up?"
"Yes, let's go inside. Let's eat first. You must be hungry."
After dinner, Tiedan and the three children went next door to play.
Niu Xiaowang was leaning on the door frame, watching the four children and listening to Niu Tangtang and the others.
He is indeed a good and conscientious bodyguard.
"Tangtang, the gold is now in the hands of Village Chief Zhao. It is probably impossible for him to return it."
"It's okay, a little bit of gold. Someone gave it to me. It's free of charge. If I don't give him an advantage, how could he take the bait?" Niu Tangtang chuckled. "Tomorrow, Village Chief Zhao will definitely bring more people to dig for gold. I will also Prepare to let the news out and let Yunlai Village know about it. Then it will be a snipe and a clam fighting for the fisherman's profit. Aunt Ma, I'm just sorry that you were hurt a little yesterday."
"Tangtang, don't take it to heart. Ever since Caifeng's father left, there have been many unpleasant things said in the village. If I get angry every time I hear it, I will be pissed to death." Aunt Ma joked to herself, "Besides, I gave all the gold to Village Chief Zhao last night. At least Village Chief Zhao will remember me for a long time."
"I now understand who Caifeng learned her intelligence from." Niu Tangtang gave a thumbs up to Aunt Ma, "I admire you, I admire you."
"Tiedan is also smart. Tiedan wants to make a fortune and earn a big house for my mother to live in in the future."
At some point, Tiedan also came over, with a serious look on his face.
Tong Yan Wuji's words made everyone laugh.
