The Tempting Educated Youth Married to a Rough Man-Chapter 157 - 153: Gold Ingots and the Treasure Map
Hongguo has always had a pretty good impression of Mr. and Mrs. Xiao, especially Mrs. Xiao, in whom she saw the shadow of her own mother.
"Well, now we just have to watch Xiao Chenye~"
Wen Ran detected Hongguo’s discontent and helplessly asked, "Why? You’re not satisfied with him?"
"Hmph," Hongguo sulked, holding onto Wen Ran’s arm, "It’s not exactly dissatisfaction, it’s just that seeing him so popular every day is really annoying."
It’s understandable, just like this afternoon, when two idiots suddenly appeared out of nowhere, mocking her in a strange tone—it would frustrate anyone.
"Sis, when you come back, you must watch his attitude! If he feels indifferent about this, you should seriously reconsider."
"You cheeky brat, trying to teach me now?"
"What, what’s wrong with that? Sis is only a year or two older than me, and besides, three unskilled shoemakers combined can match one Zhuge Liang! I’m not that smart, but being a third of Zhuge Liang isn’t a problem!"
Wen Ran couldn’t help but laugh, "You’ve learned pretty fast, even know proverbs now?"
"Yup!" Hongguo raised her head proudly like a little rooster, "Sis, don’t worry, I won’t embarrass you at school."
Speaking of school, Wen Ran suddenly remembered, "Wait, weren’t you supposed to be at school today? Did you skip class?"
Hongguo: "...?"
She awkwardly responded, "Sis, I went to town with you today, plus Sister Xingxing is at home too."
Wen Ran gasped in surprise, oh my, this was big.
The two little brats were rebelling.
They skipped school together!
"Skipping class?"
Hongguo was silent for a moment, "Maybe today is a break."
Wen Ran: "."
She laughed out loud, "Hah, you little rascal, you scared me."
Wen Ran hadn’t been to school for a while and couldn’t even remember the days of the week. Nearly wrongfully accused them, hahaha, quite embarrassing.
Back home, Wen Ran saw the face basin stand had already been cleaned by Hongguo, naturally air-dried by now.
It was an old piece.
Coated in fine red lacquer, made with good wood, even the craftsmanship was quite excellent, just worn out, so it didn’t look very nice.
She lifted it again and still felt the weight was off.
After thinking, she decided to dismantle the stand with her bare hands.
When Hongguo finished washing up and came into the room, "Sis, the stand brought back today is still pretty sturdy. I’ve tidied it up, it can hold the washbasin later. I..."
Seeing the scattered stand on the ground, Hongguo was rarely left speechless.
Wen Ran licked her lips, "Uh, well, this can also be used for firewood."
Hongguo instantly agreed, "Sis, I think you’re right."
Wen Ran found the stand’s secret, by the four legs, she clicked her tongue and started breaking off the wood piece by piece.
Crackling and snapping sounds filled the air.
Though Hongguo didn’t understand what Wen Ran was trying to do, she simply found a basket at the door, planning to gather the wood blocks to light the stove tomorrow morning.
"Ding~ Clang~"
A piece of golden yellow gold jumped out from the cracked leg, falling to the ground, making a melodious sound.
Wen Ran: "!!!"
She instinctively looked into the broken piece, there was more!
Wow! What a find.
Hongguo, walking in with the basket, was shocked too, "Sis~"
"You rascal!" Wen Ran picked up the gold piece, jumped off the ground joyously, "That fall you took today was really something!"
If not for her, who would have thought that the pitch-black stand had secrets inside.
No wonder female leads in time-travel stories love to find treasures at junkyards.
Teehee, they were actually onto something.
Wen Ran tossed the gold piece to Hongguo, "Catch!"
She rolled up her sleeves, ready to tear down the next leg.
Three pieces of gold per leg, twelve pieces in total for four legs.
Holding it, it was heavy, weighing four or five pounds.
"Sis, am I dreaming?"
"No!" Wen Ran hugged Hongguo’s neck, stuffing the gold piece into her hands, heavy enough that Hongguo could barely hold it.
"Feel it, is it real?"
Hongguo couldn’t quite grasp it, only knowing to giggle foolishly, the gold piece slipped, hitting her foot. It hurt, and she was dazed, "Sis, felt it, really real!"
Really painful!
She carefully took a bite of the gold piece, clicking her tongue, "Not hard, but has a weird taste."
Wen Ran almost burst out laughing, having such an amusing brat at home really was entertaining.
The Songzhu lying under the eaves couldn’t take it anymore, swaying its big tail, took advantage of their distraction, and bit the gold piece.
It had seen this stuff before, but by smell, knew it couldn’t eat.
But seeing these two-legged creatures eating it, it must be delicious!
Eat, eat, eat!
Take a big bite!
The Songzhu broke a tooth, its world fell apart, cursed while waddling away.
The more it walked, the angrier it got, kicking the gold piece a couple of times as it turned back.
Wen Ran picked up the gold piece from the ground, "This stuff is our good luck, half for each.
For now, it’s not safe; I’ll keep it. When you’re older, I’ll give it all to you."
Hongguo shook her head, "Sis, it’s all yours. If not for you, even if this thing tripped me to death, I’d never know there was a secret inside."
Sometimes, people’s vision and courage can determine their wealth.
Like her, even if she was lucky enough to bring it home, she’d just clean it up as a face basin stand. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
The gold was indeed at home, but who would’ve thought it was hidden in the legs of the face basin stand?
"Alright, telling you all this now is useless. When you’re older, I’ll give it all to you."
For now, a little pocket money is possible.
Wen Ran pulled out a wad of cash from her pocket, Hongguo joyfully grabbed one one-dollar bill and five ten-cent bills, "Sis! That’s enough!"
"Fine."
For the rest of the face basin stand, Wen Ran had Hongguo tidy it up and throw it in the kitchen, burn it tomorrow as a way to destroy evidence.
But Hongguo was eyeing the stand’s base, itching to try.
She went outside for an axe and started banging away.
Ooh ooh ooh~ Treasure hunt!
Wen Ran didn’t stop her, walking around the room a few times, discreetly storing the gold while Hongguo was distracted.
Just as Wen Ran was preparing to climb into bed for a good night’s sleep, Hongguo suddenly yelled, "Sis, there’s more!"
Wen Ran: "!!!"
If you say that, I’m not sleepy anymore, oh!
She crawled up, slipped on her shoes, and hurried to Hongguo to take a look.
The wood chips had already been cleared by Hongguo.
From the base, she pulled out a piece of parchment, shook it, and could still smell it.
It had been hidden in wood for a long time, so the sheepskin’s musky smell had mostly faded, leaving some of the unique wood fragrance.
"Ah~" Hongguo was disappointed, "This isn’t worth anything."
Wen Ran’s heart skipped, thumping.
Thinking, whether this thing is valuable is really hard to say.
The more she thought, the more cunning she found the person hiding it, damn, even knew to add a safeguard.
If following Wen Ran’s thoughts, pulling out twelve pieces of gold from inside, you’d be satisfied and destroy the rest.
Then it would achieve the protective effect.
Wen Ran felt this was a treasure map!
