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Xu Miao excitedly explained to Village Chief Han, "Uncle Han, our Han Village is going to be prosperous! This stone is a treasure. With it, our Han Village won't even need to farm!"

After Xu Miao finished speaking, he didn't bother to explain further to Village Chief Han.

He also asked Han Laoer to break up all the stones on the ground and carefully put the broken pieces into the stove.

Village Chief Han was completely bewildered by Xu Miao's words! What the hell? Burning stones?

This is so rare! And there's no need to farm?

Village chief Han's head was in a mess.

Village Chief Han thought to himself, "This stone can burn, and it can save us from having to farm? Could it be that A Miao is talking in his sleep?"

If the people of Hanjia Village don't farm, what else can they do? They have been farming in northern Xinjiang for decades. If they don't farm, what will they eat?

Are you all going to drink the northwest wind?

Xu Miao waited until the gravel was put into the furnace before he explained the coal mine matters to the Han father and son.

"Uncle Han, this stone is called coal. It can replace wood in combustion. When it burns, it is much more powerful than wood."

"Once these coals are dug out from the ground, our Hanjia Village will make a lot of money by selling them."

"This thing can be used by every household. It can be used for cooking, heating, and even for smelting iron."

"Look at those blacksmith shops in Dingzhou City. They still use wood to smelt iron. Once we have this coal mine, the iron smelted with coal will be stronger than the iron smelted with wood."

Xu Miao excitedly described it to the Han father and son.

After listening to Xu Miao's explanation, the Han father and son gained a new understanding of this stone called coal.

If this black stone is really like what Xu Miao said, it can be used for heating, cooking, and even smelting iron.

That’s really a treasure!

While Xu Miao was talking to the Han father and son, the fine coal in the stove began to burn, and the smoke from the stove dissipated.

A ball of red flame appeared in front of the Han father and son.

Village Chief Han stared at the flames in the stove, stunned. His eyes were as big as copper bells, and his mouth was wide open enough to fit an egg. "This stone can really burn!"

"I see this flame is even more vigorous than the flame of burning wood. Ah Miao, you have made a great contribution to Hanjia Village!"

"With this stone, the people of Hanjia Village no longer have to worry about having nothing to keep warm, and the children no longer have to go around collecting firewood."

The children in Hanjia Village studied with Mr. Wang in the morning, and followed Chun'er to collect firewood in the afternoon.

Without firewood, there would be no cooking utensils, so the task of collecting firewood was done by the children in the village.

As Xu Miao and the others were talking, Chun'er came running back in hurriedly from outside the yard.

"Second Miss, is there a fire in our house?"

"I just heard from the villagers that there's smoke coming out of our yard, but what's on fire?"

Chun'er remembered that when she left home, the fire had already been extinguished by her.

A villager she met on the road just now told her that there was smoke coming out of the house. She thought she had not noticed it and that the fire was not extinguished.

He hurried back and was relieved to see Xu Miao and Village Chief Han and his son at home.

Seeing Chun'er's anxiety, Xu Miao quickly greeted Chun'er: "It's okay, Chun'er, our house is not on fire. I was just testing a new thing. With this thing, Chun'er won't have to lead the children to collect firewood in the future."

"Just let the children study well."

Xu Miao brought Chun'er to the fire, pointed at the flame and said, "This burning thing is called coal. We will use it to cook from now on."

"In the winter, we also use this to burn the stove. It's better than wood."

"There's a lot of this stuff under that dirt pile in Hanjia Village. We don't have to collect firewood anymore."

In the afternoon, Village Chief Han called several villagers from Hanjia Village and asked them to dig deeper and wider the pit that had been dug by Han Lao Da and his brothers.

Xu Miao also watched with them.

The deeper they dug, the brighter the coal blocks that emerged. The quality was visible to the naked eye and was better than the ones Xu Miao and the others had taken back at the beginning.

Village chief Han took home a basket of the best and brightest stones. He wanted to try out whether these stones, which Xu Miao called coal, could be used for cooking.

The villagers saw that Village Chief Han had been busy with them for a long time.

They took a large basket of black stones home and chased after Village Chief Han, asking, "Village Chief, what are you going to do with these black stones?"

"Village Chief, you have some new invention, right?"

Village Chief Han turned around and shouted fiercely, "You bastards, I'm going to take these stones home to cook!"

After hearing this, several villagers burst into laughter: "Village Chief Han, you must be so busy that you're confused. Can stones be used for cooking?"

"That's right, I've never heard of stones being used for cooking. If stones can be used for cooking, what's the point of all that wood?"

Village Chief Han...you haven't heard of it, and neither have I. We're all ignorant!

Village chief Han did not explain much to these villagers, mainly because he couldn't explain it clearly.

He looked at Xu Miao for help, and seeing that Xu Miao didn't say much, he took the basket of coal and went home to ask Aunt Han to cook.

It’s not that Xu Miao doesn’t want to explain for Village Chief Han, but she is still not sure whether the people of Hanjia Village can use this coal mine.

Coal mines and other minerals have always been under state management. Even though this coal mine was first discovered by their Hanjia Village, it is not known whether it can be mined at will.

Village chief Han returned home with a large basket of coal. Without bothering to explain anything to Aunt Han, he just followed Xu Miao's example in the afternoon and lit the fire in his own home.

Han Lao Da and Han Lao Er had listened to Xu Miao's explanation of the burning stone in the afternoon, and followed Aunt Han to explain it to her.

When the smoke from the fire dissipated, Boss Han placed the iron pot used for cooking at home on the stove and started cooking with coal.

Aunt Han circled the stove curiously and asked Village Chief Han, "Grandpa, can this black stone do the job? I see the flames in the stove are quite strong. If this black stone can cook rice, we won't have to use wood anymore."

"I just heard from Lao Er that A Miao said this black stone can be sold for money? Is that true?"

Before Village Chief Han had the chance to explain to Aunt Han, Old Man Liu knocked on the Han family's door and ran to his house to watch the fun.

As soon as Mr. Liu entered the Han family compound, he started shouting.

"Old Han, I heard you brought a basket of black stones home for cooking?"

"Why, can this stone be burned?"

Uncle Liu is the know-it-all in Hanjia Village. He is always there for the taking wherever there is a problem.

Seeing that Mr. Liu was also curious, Village Chief Han pointed to the boiling water in the iron pot on the stove and said to Mr. Liu, "Look for yourself, this hot water is made by that black stone."

"Tell me, can this black stone be used for cooking?"

When Mr. Liu heard that the hot water in the iron pot was heated by the black stone, he, like Aunt Han, was very curious and walked around the stove.

"Good Lord, I've never heard of stones being used for cooking."

"How did A Miao find this black stone? We have been in Hanjia Village for so many years, how come we didn't realize there is such a treasure in our village?"

Village Chief Han... He didn't care how Xu Miao knew that this black stone could be used for cooking, but he did hear Xu Miao say that this black stone could be sold for money.

A Miao also said that this black stone is called black gold. Anything that can be compared with gold must be a valuable thing.

It seems that what Xu Miao said was right. Their Hanjia Village is going to become prosperous this time, and they might not even have to farm anymore.