The host of the quick travel is lacking in virtue for eight generations

After Qin Yuanfeng and Huandi returned with Li's parents, Hu Xuan got busy, taking Jiabao with him.

He runs to Baijiatun every day, so Jiabao has to keep an eye on things here. As a result, Xiao Yun is the only one left at home. She is quite happy to be alone and occasionally goes into her space to meet up with Yun Sheng and Yao Yao.

Of course, he wouldn't fool around with Xiao Lei and the other two, and at least he wouldn't use this body. He still had that much principle, so Hu Xuan was at ease.

Actually, he didn't need to go through this trouble, since it wasn't his responsibility. But since Lu Jinzhi approached him and he was the one who fulfilled the exchange conditions, he couldn't give the credit to anyone else.

So he planned to personally lead the Lu family grandfather and grandson up the mountain to investigate, and then tell the commune cadres what he found. By then, they wouldn't be able to get rid of him when the report was submitted.

Of course, we had to bring Grandpa Xiao and Jia Duo Bao with us when we went up the mountain. On the surface, it was to provide an extra layer of insurance, but the real intention was to give the Xiao family a share of the profits as well.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he told Grandpa Xiao about it, Grandpa Xiao said, "This matter is actually quite plausible. There are rumors that there is gold in the mountains around here, but no one knows exactly where it is, and no one dares to go up the mountain to look for it."

There are wolves, bears, and tigers in the mountains; one wrong move and you're done for. Even if you manage to dig it up, you still have to be alive to enjoy it. Everyone knows the math.

Hu Xuan and the rest of the Xiao family looked at him in surprise. Even Grandma Xiao said, "I've never heard of this before, and I've never heard you mention it either. Who told you this?"

Grandpa Xiao tapped his pipe on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed). "I heard this when I was a child. Back then, my family lived at the east end of the village, and an old man surnamed Yu lived next door."

His wife died young and left him no children, so he especially liked us kids and loved telling us stories.

He said that his family has been practicing geomancy for generations, which involves finding mineral veins and assessing feng shui. They were the ones who came to inspect the imperial mausoleum before its construction.

Because emperors could not be buried on mineral veins, imperial tombs were chosen to be places where the wind could be contained and energy could be gathered, so that the country would be stable forever. Therefore, they were all located in places where there were mountains behind, water in front, trees, and thick soil.

Mineral-rich areas are usually barren and unstable, so they can't be considered places where the land can gather energy and remain stable forever.

Another point is that mining in ancient times was associated with wasting manpower and resources, and emperors, being high above, could not be associated with such things.

So it's definitely not on the mountain where the imperial tomb is located, but our mountains are huge, so maybe it's on the nearby mountain.

“The imperial tombs were moved a long time ago, so maybe it’s because of this?” Xiao Laogen offered a different perspective.

Grandpa Xiao shook his head. "The relocation of the imperial tombs wasn't because of that. I heard Grandpa Yu say that the reason for the relocation was that the mountain's shape had changed. Before, the tombs were backed by mountains and faced water, but later the water flowed to the side, which would affect the descendants. So the emperor at the time moved them to Liaoning Province."

Although I was still young at the time, I remembered it after being told it so many times by Grandpa Yu. Back then, I often heard him say: "Observe the shape of the mountain, distinguish the color of the stone, listen to the sound of the water, examine the grass and trees, there is cinnabar on the top and gold below..."

“There’s cinnabar above, and gold below…” Xiao Laogen’s eyes lit up, and he asked, “Dad, is there more after that?”

Grandpa Xiao frowned and thought carefully, "The rest seems to be... with a magnetite above and copper and gold below. But I can't remember it very clearly."

Xiao Laogen rubbed his hands excitedly. "This is the key to finding minerals! If we follow this, will we find gold? Gold! Who doesn't love gold!"

Fox Xuan also smiled and said, "Grandpa, this news is crucial. We might actually find gold on this trip up the mountain, and then our family will be commended again."

Grandma Xiao said worriedly, "Going up the mountain in spring is too dangerous. It's the time when wild animals come out, so you have to be extra careful."

Hu Xuan quickly assured her, "Grandma, don't worry, we will bring more people and guns, and try our best to find them within three days, whether we can or not."

Grandpa Xiao also said, "My old bones are still strong, and besides, we have Duobao. He can even drive away a black bear."

……

Two days later, after everything was ready, Hu Xuan led the Lu family grandfather and grandson, Grandpa Xiao and Jia Duo Bao, and two trusted subordinates, carrying guns and necessary tools, up the mountain.

The two subordinates were named Li Zheming and Zhang Jianzhong. They were both demobilized soldiers who were not high enough in rank to be assigned jobs. They were unwilling to stay at home and farm, so they just loitered around the commune. Seeing that the two were good at fighting, Hu Xuan recruited them.

……

Instead of taking the path to the imperial tomb, they went around the lake from the other side of the main group and climbed another mountain peak.

Because there was no road, we could only carefully move forward along the gaps in the mountains and trees, carefully observing the surrounding mountain shapes, rock colors, vegetation, and so on.

As they walked, Old Master Lu Huasheng suddenly stopped, walked to a small patch of rocks ahead, squatted down and picked up a stone: "Look at those rocks, there should be copper mines underneath. Copper mines often contain gold mines. If we walk a little further, we might be able to find a gold mine directly."

Everyone crowded around and picked it up to look at it, but apart from Lu Jinzhi, no one else understood anything, including Hu Xuan.

However, he possessed divine sense and directly probed the underground area. He then raised an eyebrow, realizing that this old man Lu was indeed quite capable.

Just then, Jia Duo Bao suddenly bared its teeth and growled in one direction. Everyone looked in the direction it was facing with some confusion, but did not see anything.

A minute later, two black wriggling figures appeared on the ground. As they drew closer and became clearer, they turned out to be two black bears!

Then a low growl could be faintly heard. Everyone quickly found cover under trees and stood up, raising their guns, including the Lu family grandfather and grandson.

The bear stopped about a hundred meters away from them, and the two huge black bears slowly piled on top of each other, and then... swayed.

This is... doing something naughty...

Oh, by the way, spring is here, and it's mating season for animals again.

The group exchanged somewhat embarrassed glances, and Hu Xuan spoke first: "Let's leave here first, without disturbing them."

The others nodded and tiptoed in the opposite direction, keeping their guns pointed at the two bears.

Xiao Yun also saw this scene through the camera attached to the Jia Duo Bao (a convenience store chain) and burst out laughing. These people's expressions were really funny.

The group stayed on the mountain for two days and one night, and once they found a spot, they quickly descended the mountain.

There was no other way; they were tired of seeing animals in pairs everywhere, so they also ate a few pairs of lovebirds to satisfy their hunger.

At this point, if we waited decades, even if this place were discovered, it might not be able to be mined because there are too many wild animals, and they will all be protected in later generations.

After descending the mountain, Hu Xuan held a private meeting with the commune secretary and others. Afterward, he and the secretary led a group of people to the county and did not return until six days later. They also brought back mining personnel from the province.

Before he left, he brought Xiao's mother to the commune to take care of Xiao Yun. Although it wasn't necessary, Jia Bao had also left with him, leaving only a pregnant woman at home. It was hard to feel at ease.

After Xiao Yun's mother, Yang Xiaohua, arrived, Xiao Yun's carefree days came to an end. She could no longer eat junk food, watch movies and variety shows, and forget about entering her spatial dimension. Xiao Yun's mother even slept on the same kang (heated brick bed) with her every night.

After much anticipation, Hu Xuan returned, only to find that he had taken his men back to the brigade to continue working. So, Xiao Ma stayed behind until the busy farming season began, at which point she had no choice but to return.

Xiao Yun finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was indeed difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. After indulging in himself for a while, he couldn't stand having people around him anymore.

At this time, Hu Xuan also returned. After all, that was not his job, so he only needed to participate and didn't need to keep an eye on things. There would be someone else in charge later.

Half a month later, Qin Yuanfeng and Huandi returned, bringing with them a lot of local specialties, mostly dried goods, cured meat, sausages, and fish.

One portion was reserved for Xiao Yun, and the rest were distributed among Xiao's relatives. To be honest, nothing tastes as good as fresh food, at least the locals aren't used to it, so everyone just tried it out.

The days went back to normal. Huan Di and her husband's house was repaired, and her brother-in-law in the county town asked his family to send them a set of furniture. Qin Yuanfeng wanted to pay for it, but the other party refused.

My second sister's husband also sent a lot of things. He even helped find people to get the bricks and tiles for the house repairs and arranged for a truck to bring them over.

Grandpa Xiao and Dad Xiao cleaned it up, so they can move in right away when they come back.

Meanwhile, the village primary school was also built. It was in the same courtyard that Zhang Hong had chosen. The house was completely demolished and rebuilt. It was a mud-brick structure, with adobe bricks on the bottom and bricks on the top. The roof was higher than that of ordinary houses and was covered with tiles. Of course, an insulation layer was added in the middle.

The windows are made of glass; Hu Xuan got them through connections. Even now, old houses in the village still use paper windows, with only one or two panes of glass at the bottom of the entire window.

After the start of the primary school year, Qin Yuanfeng officially began his teaching career. He even asked Xiao Yun for a lot of relevant video materials to study secretly, which shows his dedication.

In the last month before Xiao Yun's due date, Huan Di also found out she was pregnant, which made Qin Yuanfeng extremely happy. According to his spiritual age, she was several thousand years old, so he really had reason to be happy. This was truly a case of having a child late in life.

That guy would run to the commune every day on his days off, either to buy his wife delicious food or to drag Hu Xuan and Xiao Yun to learn from him. Xiao Yun got so annoyed that she threw all the books and materials that Hu Xuan had been reading at him, and only then did he stop.

On the evening of the 28th day of the fifth lunar month, Zhuo Suixin was born. The name was chosen by Hu Xuanyi as soon as he knew the gender of the child, and it means that everything will go smoothly and as desired.