C84 (2/2)

Xiaowan looked forward to see the world, ”Master.”

Inside the Qingling Village, how could Madam Xu admit that she lost the child? After Wen Juan returned home, he received a solid beating that made everyone outside the door hear him. The Aunt Wang came to persuade him that the child had returned, and told him not to hit the child anymore.

Madam Xu then told her to get some food to eat as she untied her backpack. Inside it were snacks for children to eat, and then she got some food to take back to her family.

Wen Juan weakly said from the side, ”This was given to me by big sister …”

Madam Xu scolded: ”Shut up, you're hungry for three days, let's see if you're honest or not.”

Aunt Wang took a piece of cake and gave it to her, then smiled: ”Don't worry, your mother won't give you food. Go eat at my aunt's house. ”But you're not allowed to be naughty next time. If you disappear, your mother will cry until she's blind.”

Madam Xu still had some lingering fear. She couldn't blame herself for losing her child. She threw her daughter out to eat, poured a bowl of cold water and drank it all up, then sat on the brick bed and panted heavily.

Aunt Wang said, ”That brat from Xiaowan, she was just soft-hearted, you see.”

Madam Xu rolled her eyes: ”That's her blood sister, she doesn't care, she's worse than beasts.”

Aunt Wang laughed: ”There's still a long way to go, we don't know what day will come, and how will your relationship change? Don't be anxious, from the looks of it, she still sees Wen Bao and Wen Juan as brothers and sisters.”

Madam Xu rolled her eyes and called her daughter over. Wen Juan was afraid of getting beaten up, so she stayed far away from her mother and asked her how to find an inn. Wen Juan told her everything, and sure enough, Xiaowan brought her back without thinking.

Aunt Wang whispered to Madam Xu, ”Take good advantage of these two children.”

Madam Xu nodded her head, but she still had one more thing to take care of, and she didn't believe that she wouldn't be able to find any treasures. Her daughter was also a burden, so she said: ”Tomorrow, you guys can take care of the house, your wife and I will go to the mountain, don't run around, if you run around, I'll break your legs.”

That night, Xiaowan was completely finished off by her husband. She shouted weakly that she did not want to, and was about to fall asleep in Ling Chaofeng's embrace. A pair of big white rabbits on her chest also jumped up. Ling Chaofeng let out a pained laugh and quickly covered her with a blanket.

Xiaowan held onto her chest and said anxiously, ”Master, they dug so randomly, what if they find our cellar? Wouldn't that mean they have really dug a treasure?”

Ling Chaofeng said calmly: ”How deep do you think they can dig? They are anxious and envious of the others.

Xiaowan was not at ease, ”What if we were to find them?”

The villagers were digging on the mountain. Although it was not a mountain peak which shot straight up to the clouds, it was still a proper mountain, and if they could dig to the ground, it would at least take a few months, not to mention how deep the cellar was. Furthermore, the location of the underground cellar was actually right below the inn.

The Xiaowan watched with unease as Ling Chaofeng spoke again, ”Moreover, a large amount of goods have been moved away recently.

”It's been shipped away?” Xiaowan looked at Ling Chaofeng. Could it be that she came to visit Susu's home to transport her away? Otherwise, why would she be at home and have no one come to pick up his things?

”Didn't you see it last time? There are other doors leading to other places in the cellar.” Ling Chaofeng laughed, ”It was from there.”

The Xiaowan said in a strange tone: ”Really, I saw it last time, but I didn't notice it after that.”

What Ling Chaofeng found interesting was that since the first time he went back to the cellar, although he claimed that the gold and silver treasures were hers from time to time, she didn't go there. His nature wasn't greedy for money, he was just joking normally.

At this moment, he muttered unhappily, ”My treasures are all gone … ”Husband, I haven't really touched it yet. Didn't you say that everything there is mine?”

Ling Chaofeng laughed: ”The chest of gold you touched is still here, and the jewelry is also here.”

”Really?” young lady was immediately happy, she did not want to see it for herself, so she leaned on her master and said happily, ”Then I am at ease.”

Even though he said that, the next day, on the quiet road, there were still many people, even more than the day before. Xiaowan and Susu stood on the road and looked around, muttering, ”They won't be in the fields for a few days, the grass should be growing by now. There hasn't been any rain in these two days, how can they not water it?

When noon arrived, Auntie Chen cut off the leeks that she grew and brought them to the inn. She walked all the way here and was told by Xiaowan that he wanted to get her to go back in the carriage.

However, the aunt said in a fresh voice, ”I came all the way here to watch the fun. ”Those people are truly insane. If they cannot be dug up by themselves, then they would go and buy the treasures that others have dug up. They would even rush to buy them. They said that they might be able to buy treasures cheaply and increase their value tenfold in one go.”

Ling Chaofeng frowned slightly as if he had realized something. In the afternoon, he changed into a set of casual clothes and brought along a young lady who was wearing a cloth shirt and bandanna as he brought his hoe to the mountain.