C85 (1/2)
The mountain was indeed filled with people, all of the nearby villages had all come, but not everyone could recognize Ling Chaofeng and Xiaowan, some people even shouted at them, ”If we can't dig here, let's go somewhere else.”
The Xiaowan whispered to her hubby, ”They must be afraid that we will snatch it away.”
Ling Chaofeng indicated for her not to make a sound, and they strolled around the mountain, heading to places with more people than the inns.
In that place, there were Auntie Chen's rumors that someone had dug up something and sold it to someone else.
As they approached, a few of them came running back from the house with a large bag of money, while the man said that he had bought a copper pot from here that morning and had sold it for thirty taels of silver at the antique dealer's.
Xiaowan watched as the group of villagers shouted out the price higher and higher. She didn't know where this dirty vase came from, but it was actually selling for 10 taels of silver.
At this moment, two of the younger ones came out of the mountain and dug out a sack of stuff. The crowd gathered around them and asked where they had dug it up, but the two did not say anything to them, they said: ”If you want it, I will sell it to you cheap, but if it's not worth to buy it, we will not care.”
Ling Chaofeng and the Xiaowan were gradually pushed away by the crowd, and the bidding grounds were bustling with noise and excitement. In less than an hour, all of the items in the gunny sack had been separated.
From their words, they knew that the antique dealer had received the goods in the morning and returned temporarily. He said that he didn't have enough money with him and would bring back a batch of items first. He would bring enough money in the morning of the day after tomorrow. Not only was it said that there were more treasures than they had imagined, the villagers were also warning them to not spread any more information to the outside world. Otherwise, if more and more people were to dig up treasures, they would not be able to earn any more money.
Xiaowan felt that things were going crazy, but the villagers' enthusiasm increased greatly. It was already sunset today, and there were still people walking around the mountain with lanterns and torches.
But there was always someone who could dig it up, and that was a pile. Others, such as Madam Xu and the others, walked around the mountain for a few days, but could not even find a single decent brick.
Xiaowan and Susu were drying themselves in front of the door. She said: ”I heard from them the other day, those who are coming to pick up the goods this morning, they are probably all waiting to sell.”
Susu sighed: ”How can it be so easy to earn money, Da Qing and I don't believe it.”
Xiaowan snickered: ”You and Da Qing, why are you not going along with me?”
Susu came up and pinched her waist: ”You only know how to bully me.”
However, Xiaowan happily said: ”I will wait until I marry you, then marry Miss Meng back, then that will be perfect.”
Susu shyly replied as she lowered her eyes, ”On the contrary, I'm not in a hurry right now. It's already pretty good right now.”
After they finished drying their blankets, they just happened to see Da Qing pulling a cart from the pier, with a customer asking him to deliver the goods, so they did not greet him. The Xiaowan said that she would call Da Qing in to eat lunch when she returned home, before leaving.
It was already noon, and as expected, Da Qing rushed back with an empty carriage. They were by the side of the road, and Da Qing got off the car and said: ”It's not good, the town's full of people. I heard from them that the antiques merchants said that they would come today, but they did not see anyone.”
Xiaowan remembered what her husband had told her the other day, that the antique dealer would definitely not appear the day after tomorrow. She immediately ran back to look for Ling Chaofeng and told him emotionally, ”Hubby, those two antique merchants really did not come.”
Ling Chaofeng said: ”They will never come again, this is just a facade. I wonder if there will be more things appearing in a few days.”
”What is it?” Xiaowan asked.
”These days, every family has come to dig the mountain and every village is empty. What do you think?” Ling Chaofeng sighed, ”When they come to their senses, I wonder if the gold and silver hidden in their homes are still there.”
When Xiaowan heard this, she trembled with fear. She was smart and asked, ”There are more than one or two people there, isn't it a bunch of swindlers and thieves?”
Ling Chaofeng said: ”The ones who are stirring up a ruckus, raising prices, bragging, are all in the same group.”
Xiaowan asked, ”Since you can see it, why did you …”
Ling Chaofeng looked up at her quietly: ”We are an inn, not a yamen. If you do what you need to do with the county magistrate, the county magistrate will not thank you.
Xiaowan sighed heavily: ”Pity those commoners, it's fine if they were cheated, but if the money hidden in their families were to be taken away, they would have no reserves left in their entire lives.”
”Therefore, the human heart cannot be greedy.” Ling Chaofeng smiled, ”Late at night, you are not greedy, I am at ease.”
Xiaowan muttered, ”With you, I don't dare to think of anything else. With you, I'm afraid the heavens would suddenly think of giving me too much, so I want to take some back.”
Ling Chaofeng said in annoyance: ”How could that be? I'll be guarding you for the rest of my life.”
After another night, this matter had become unavoidable. The antique dealer had disappeared without a trace. Some villagers discovered that the young people who could be dug up and then sold down the mountain were not from your village, nor from our village, but from some unknown place. At the same time, they had also disappeared.