Zhou Zhao picked up the small piece of gold on the ground, looked at it again and again with wide eyes, "Brother, look here is a piece of gold!"
Zhou Ruiyuan pushed aside the grass in front of him and strode to his side. Seeing a small golden thing in his hand, he asked in surprise: "Where did you come from?"
Zhou Zhao handed him the gold in his hand, "I just picked it up on the ground, I don't know if there is any more."
After saying that, he squatted down again and searched on the ground. ?.?????.ℂ??
After digging through a pile of dense grass, it was all filled with stones and black mud, and there was no trace of gold.
Zhou Zhao stood up straight and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "It seems there is no more sweat."
Zhou Ruiyuan looked at the gold in his eyes, frowned, and interrupted, "No, there is more."
Zhou Zhao looked at his eldest brother in confusion, "Brother, I see this is the only patch on the ground."
Zhou Ruiyuan shook his head, then pointed to a small mark under the gold, "What do you think this is?"
Zhou Zhao raised his head and took a closer look, and saw the word "Lu" written under the gold. However, due to the lack of gold, a corner was missing.
He was suddenly startled, "This is grandpa's gold!"
Zhou Ruiyuan nodded, "Before my grandfather ransacked his house, Butler Sun ran away with a box of gold ingots. If my guess is correct, this gold is most likely the same batch that Butler Sun took away."
Zhou Zhao was stunned with shock. He looked at the gold again and again, and said in confusion: "But didn't Butler Sun run away? How could the gold he took away be in the mountains?"
Zhou Ruiyuan slowly put the gold away and looked into the distance, "Steward Sun's hometown is in Wanzhou Prefecture, which is close to Qingzhou Prefecture. If you want to hide from others and return to the village, you have to take this path in the mountains."
Zhou Zhao suddenly realized, "This steward Sun ran away with the gold when he was facing a disaster. I think my grandfather would not let him go even if he was a ghost!"
Butler Sun is considered an old man in the Lu family and has always been loyal. Who would have thought that when the Lu family was facing a disaster, he secretly left the capital with the gold left by Master Lu.
Zhou Ruiyuan frowned, raised his head and looked around, "The gold was originally packed in wooden boxes, but now a piece suddenly fell out. Seeing as he encountered something on the way back, we can look for it again. Maybe he hid some of the gold here."
Zhou Zhao nodded heavily, "Okay, I'll look for it again."
Zhou Suiyuan followed him with a hoe to search.
The brothers searched for more than half an hour, but finally dug out a wooden box. Although they did not find gold, they confirmed Zhou Ruiyuan's statement.
Butler Sun indeed hid part of the gold in this mountain.
Just where in the mountain? You have to look for it slowly.
Although the mountain in Changliu Village is not high, it is very wide. It takes at least an hour to walk from west to east.
Zhou Zhao sighed, sat down and said, "Brother, forget it for today. We'll come back tomorrow."
Zhou Ruiyuan was also very tired. He looked at the sandalwood trees around him and nodded, "Okay, let's take these trees down today and look for gold tomorrow."
Zhou Zhao lay down on the ground after hearing this. After a while, he stood up again and picked up the ax to chop down the tree.
Zhou Ruiyuan stood up, patted the mud on his body, and helped cut down the tree together.
Not long after, the two of them carried two fine sandalwood trees down the mountain.
The two of them happened to pass by Cao's house when they were going down the mountain.
Du Damei happened to see them and quickly brought two glasses of water to the door for them both to drink.
When Zhou Ruiyuan and Zhou Zhao were drinking water, they heard Cao's voice calling from the Cao family's house.
However, Du Damei seemed to ignore her call and just did what he had to do. After Zhou Ruiyuan and the others finished drinking the water, he sent them to the front of the mountain with a smile.
After Zhou Ruiyuan and Zhou Zhao sent the sandalwood back, they went to the vegetable field again.
The two brothers fumbled and planted some more vegetables in the vegetable field.
Du Wanchun saw them go up the mountain, made some tea at home, and then boiled some eggs and sent them to the vegetable field.
The family stayed busy until dusk before returning home.
Zhou Ruiyuan took advantage of the late night when no one was around, took out the gold in his arms and told Du Wanchun about it.
Du Wanchun looked at the gold and said in surprise: "Sir, this piece of gold can be exchanged for at least one hundred taels of silver!"
Zhou Ruiyuan nodded, "Yes, that's right."
After Du Wanchun took the gold and looked at it, he thought deeply, "After all, with the gold we can buy a new shop."
Zhou Ruiyuan sat next to her, "Yes, we can indeed buy a new shop, but now is not the time."
"Why?" Du Wanchun asked.
Zhou Ruiyuan replied: "The entire Qingzhou Prefecture is the territory of the Fang family. If we don't cooperate with them, they will definitely find ways to make it impossible for us to do business in Chengyang County."
After hearing this, Du Wanchun hurriedly said: "Otherwise, sir, since we can't do business in Chengyang County, we might as well open the shop elsewhere. In this way, the Fang family can't control us, and we can have our own business." shop."
Zhou Ruiyuan nodded, "That's what I meant."
Du Wanchun asked: "Master, where do you think we should open the new shop?"
Zhou Ruiyuan raised his eyes slightly and looked into the distance. After thinking for a long time, he replied: "The capital."
