Koi baby helps his mother farm and becomes the richest man

Zhou Yu carried An An on his back and walked to the front of the team, making many detours at An An's suggestion.

After walking for another half an hour, they turned into a valley.

Zhao Hu couldn't help but exclaim: "I grew up in the mountains, but I've never been to this place!"

Qin Ying smiled and said, "The mountains here are too big. Not to mention you, even the older generation may not have walked all of them."

An An said sensibly, "Let's take a break. I see everyone is tired."

Zhou Yu glanced at Qin Ying and saw her wiping her sweat with her sleeves, so he said, "Okay, let's eat something and drink some water."

Xu Xia built a fire as quickly as possible, and Zhao Hu pulled some dry grass over to use as a cushion on the ground.

Qin Ying took out the dry food and water bag she had brought with her and shared them with everyone.

An An drank just a little water and then jumped up: "I'll go for a walk, I'm not tired!"

Zhao Hu said sourly, "That's right! You have it the easiest!"

But a moment later, An An came back with a shiny object in both hands and stretched it towards the fire. "What is this? It tripped me!"

His tone was still angry.

Qin Ying looked up and saw that the object was irregular in shape. Looking at it coldly, it was about the size of a fish weighing more than two kilograms. It was translucent and reflected colorful light in the firelight.

"Hey!" Zhao Hu immediately jumped up and reached out to take it. "Could this be some good treasure?"

He turned it over and over for a long time without making any sense, so he turned around and handed it to Zhou Yu: "Sir, you are knowledgeable, please give me some advice."

Zhou Yu took it in his hand, pulled a handful of grass to wipe off the dirt on the surface, looked at An An calmly, and raised the corners of his lips, "This is a piece of crystal."

He then explained to everyone, "Crystal is also known as 'water jade'. It is divided into different grades, some are valuable and some are not."

An An pretended to be ignorant and acted as a mouthpiece for everyone else: "So is this worth anything?"

"Yes," Zhou Yu nodded. "This crystal is transparent and clean, without any impurities. It can be said to be of top quality and very valuable."

Zhao Hu and An An immediately cheered softly, and An An even said, "We're getting rich! We're getting rich! I told you there are so many good things in our mountains, right?"

That’s why my mother didn’t let me dig the grave, otherwise I would have gotten more treasures!

This kind of pure natural product is not as valuable as the ones that have been finely processed if you sell them, but there is no other way. I can't do what my mother doesn't allow me to do!

Now that they had made a discovery, everyone couldn't sit still anymore. They lit a few torches, put out the fire, and covered it with soil. Zhou Yu lifted An An up and let her sit on his shoulders. "You show us the direction. Let's go to where you found the crystal first."

An An raised her hand happily and pointed: "That's over there!"

Crystals can refract light, so it's easy to spot. They found a dry riverbed not far ahead, and at the bottom of the riverbed, there were clusters of crystals scattered around.

Zhao Hu was so shocked that his jaw dropped. After a long while, he said, "So... so this is what crystal looks like... just like, like big flowers!"

Qin Ying's heart was also pounding. She had only seen a palm-sized crystal paperweight on her father's desk when she was a child.

My father said it was a gift from his teacher and he had always treasured it, but unfortunately later...

The quality of that paperweight is not as good as the crystal that An An found.

Zhou Yu walked along the riverbed with a torch for a while and came back saying, "This is a small crystal mine. I roughly calculated that there are clusters of crystals like this within a radius of more than ten feet, and the quality is quite good.

"It's impossible for us to take them all away at once."

Qin Ying said, "Sir, why don't we take as much as we can take away first, and then dig a hole and bury the rest, mark it, and you can send someone to dig it up later."

She still remembered what An An had advised her.

Zhou Yu hurriedly said, "Since we all found it together, it's natural to do it the same way as last time..."

"Sir!" Qin Ying said first, "No! The jadeite we were given last time was already very valuable. We can't take it anymore.

"You are the father and mother of our Qin County. You can use the money you get from these things to benefit our people. This is better than anything else."

Zhao Hu also said, "Yes, sir! My mother always taught me to be content and to cherish what I have. Country people like us cannot bear too much blessing. It is not good to have too many good things.

"My sister is right. We've already gotten a lot. This time, we'll just take a little as a souvenir!"

Zhou Yu was about to say something more, but An An yawned and said, "My mother is right! My uncle is also very reasonable! Uncle Zhou, that's it, I'm so sleepy! Let's go back to sleep!"

Next, Zhou Yu refused to let Qin Ying fan the fire anymore, so he lit a fire high up and asked her to take An An to rest. He, Zhao Hu and Xu Xia were responsible for burying the crystals they found.

It is easier said than done. It was not until dawn in the east that the burial was completed.

Zhao Hu wiped the sweat from his forehead and took a breath. "Alas, it will be noon by the time we get back!"

Xu Xia smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't let you go hungry. You guys take a rest first, I'll go get some game."

An An had already woken up and followed Qin Ying to pick some wild vegetables and brought back a lot of edible berries.

After finishing breakfast, the group walked down the mountain, and each person's backpack was filled with crystals that they could carry.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, they separated.

Qin Ying and Zhao Hu's backpacks were filled with more herbs. An An, fearing to burden them, refused to let anyone carry them and instead held Qin Ying's hand as they walked.

But she had short legs after all, so she couldn't walk fast.

Zhao Hu thought of a way. He broke off a large branch, covered it with thick weeds, asked An An to sit on it, and he walked while dragging the branch.

An An liked it very much and was laughing happily all the way.

The sun rose higher and higher, and Qin Ying was afraid that she would get sunburned, so she broke some willow branches and weaved a straw hat for her.

The three of them walked along the canal towards the village. On the way, they met a few villagers who were weeding in the fields. They greeted each other and then went their separate ways. No one thought it was strange. They just thought that they had gotten up early to go into the mountains to collect herbs.

I can't envy you for that, because I don't know any herbs!

They quickly returned home. Aunt Zhao was so anxious she was spinning around in circles. Only when she saw them return did she finally feel relieved. She winked at them and said, "I told you not to go out so early in the morning, but you wouldn't listen! You're all wet with dew, aren't you?"

The lie she made up for the Zhou sisters was that the three of them got up early in the dark to dig wild vegetables.

An An laughed and hugged Aunt Zhao's legs and said coquettishly: "Grandma, my mother dug up a lot of herbs!"

Zhao Hu opened his jacket as if offering a treasure, "Mom, look! Pheasant eggs! We can have a new dish for lunch!"