59 Rat Brother's Offering

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Ikegani Aike didn't know that there were treasures buried in the Liao family's old house.

When Mr. Liao was burying something, he first tricked Liao Xiangyun out.

As for Liao's mother, she was frail and sickly. She lay in the house all year round to recuperate and had no idea what was going on outside.

So it wasn't until Mr. Liao ran away with his belongings and his concubine's son that the two realized something was wrong.

Seeing that all the valuable things in the house were gone except for the few remaining dowries that Liao's mother kept close to her, the mother and daughter thought that they had all been taken away by Mr. Liao.

It never occurred to him that the things he could carry with him on the escape were limited. Most of the things he couldn't take away were buried in the ground by Mr. Liao, waiting for an opportunity to come back and get them in the future.

Unfortunately, all the plans came to nothing.

Mr. Liao certainly didn't expect that before he even had the chance to return to the mainland, he would be killed by his concubine and his rebellious son.

Liao Xiangyun didn't even know that something was buried in the Liao family's old house, and Chi Gu Ai was even less aware of it.

Although she didn't know, she found out after she completed the transfer procedures at the Housing Authority and returned to the Liao family's old house.

This time it was all thanks to the animal affinity skill that made Iketani Ai's scalp tingle.

A little mouse that was almost a spirit was attracted by her animal affinity skills and probably mistook her for its master and offered her sacrifices.

At that time, Chi Gu Ai received the key from the staff of the street office and entered the Liao family's old house alone.

I want to see what the old house is like now after being destroyed by so many residents over the years, and whether it is still worth repairing.

If it costs too much money to repair it, she won't do it.

She is not from the capital, nor does she live here all year round.

Even if this courtyard house becomes more and more valuable in the future, there is no need to spend a lot of money to repair it.

When Iketani Ai entered the door, she was blinded by the illegal structure behind the gatehouse.

There were probably two families living here before. Two extra sheds were built behind the originally spacious gatehouse, almost blocking the entrance and leaving only a narrow corridor.

After walking out of this corridor, Iketani Ai's eyes suddenly became clear for a moment, but she was soon speechless by other illegal structures.

The situation in the east and west courtyards and even the backyard is not much better than that in the front yard.

In this small courtyard with three entrances and one courtyard, the area of the illegally built sheds alone is larger than the original area of the house.

After being occupied by these shacks, the originally spacious courtyard looked particularly crowded and chaotic.

I heard from the people in the street office that there were about ten households living here before, with nearly a hundred people.

So many people live in this small courtyard, and Iketani Ai's scalp tingles just thinking about it.

No wonder they have to keep expanding their shacks because there is no room for them to live. The living conditions of the people in the capital are really too bad.

In fact, it is not just the people in the capital who have poor living conditions. These days, the living conditions in cities across the country are the same.

Due to policy reasons, the housing needs of ordinary people are seriously mismatched with the country's supply.

The situation will not be alleviated until a few years later when the government relaxes housing policies, changes the housing allocation system, and promotes the commercialization of housing.

Ikegani Aixin felt lucky that she had traveled through time and space to a small county town with a small population.

If she became a resident of the small courtyards in the capital, living in a small and crowded shack with many people, she would be suffocated to death.

Looking at these illegally built sheds, Iketani Ai decided to arrange for someone to tear them down later.

These illegally built sheds not only affect the appearance of the courtyard, but are also very dangerous.

If a fire breaks out accidentally, there will probably be no chance to rescue the people. These illegal houses will all catch fire in a flash.

Especially since these houses are all made of wood, they burn faster.

Just when Chi Gu Ai was wondering whether to ask the people in the street office for help or ask Xu Zhongye to introduce her to someone who could demolish the sheds, a chirping sound suddenly came from one of the sheds.

Ai Iketani was familiar with this voice.

Ever since her Animal Affinity skill had been passively upgraded, she had been running into rats quite often.

Although the system helped lock most of her abilities, she is no longer as scary as she was at the beginning and cannot attract any animal.

But cats, dogs, and some more intelligent mice are often attracted to her and run out to get close to her.

After going through so many experiences, Iketani Ai's courage has been tempered.

To be more precise, it's a numb habit.

Now, when she saw a mouse suddenly appear and crawl onto the back of her feet, squeaking at her, she was not as surprised as she was at the beginning.

Although she is no longer afraid, it is impossible for her to treat mice as cats or dogs and get close to them.

The little mouse, which was the size of a palm, felt a little disappointed when it saw that Iketani Ai ignored it after calling for a long time.

Then, as if he thought of something, he suddenly jumped off Iketani Ai's shoes and went back into the shed.

Iketani Ai thought the little mouse had completely left, so she breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to continue patrolling the courtyard.

But after a while, the little mouse came out again.

But this time, the little mouse that reappeared had something in its mouth.

The sun had not yet set, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the thing in the little mouse's mouth, reflecting a dazzling light.

Iketani Ai was stunned for a moment when her eyes were dazzled by the light.

Then the little mouse crawled all the way to her feet, put down what was in its mouth, and pushed it towards her in a flattering manner.

'Hey, this is for you.'

The little mouse, who has lived in the courtyard since birth, knows that humans like these golden things the most.

One time, it sneaked out in the middle of the night to look for food and saw a young couple living in the backyard giggling at a thin gold ring.

It had never met a human being that made it feel so friendly. Seeing that Iketani Ai was somewhat repulsed by it, it instinctively wanted to please her.

There is still a lot of gold in its cave. If Ai Iketani likes it, she can continue to offer it as an offering!

Looking at the little mouse dancing, pushing the little yellow croaker on the ground and squeaking at her, Iketani Ai immediately understood what it meant.

After being speechless, I was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

This little mouse is really smart and knows how to please people.

Iketani Ai picked up the small yellow croaker and was stunned after taking a look at it.

The casting style of this small yellow croaker and the printed words on it are exactly the same as the small yellow croaker she got from the iron box passed down from Liao Xiangyun.

Seeing that Iketani Ai was stunned with the golden cancan and still ignored it, the little mouse probably felt that the offering was not enough and slipped into the shed again.

Not long after, it appeared again with a small yellow croaker in its mouth.

Looking at these two identical small yellow croakers, Iketani Ai immediately reacted.

She suspected that there might be treasures buried underground in the Liao family's old house!

The excitement of discovering the treasure immediately swept over Iketani Ai's body.

She grabbed the little mouse with shining eyes, not caring about its dirty appearance, and used the sound of the pliers to squeeze it.

"Little mouse, where did all these things come from? Are there any more?!"

It’s no wonder that Ikeyani Ai is so picky about the little mouse. Who wouldn’t like a windfall?

In particular, these are most likely things that the old man surnamed Liao buried underground and did not have time to take away.

Thinking of this, she became even more excited.

The Liao family was considered a wealthy family in the capital back then. Although many valuable things were taken to the port city by the old man, there were definitely more things that could not be taken away.

Didn’t you see that even a little mouse could easily send out two small yellow croakers? It shows that there are still a lot of them in its hole.

Seeing that Iketani Ai liked it, the little mouse also chirped excitedly, without any reluctance to give the thing away.

The clever little mouse immediately understood what Iketani Ai meant.

It immediately struggled and called out twice, asking Ikeyani Ai to put it down first, and it would take her to dig for treasure.

In addition to these golden things, there are several large boxes underground.

The boxes were covered with iron sheets, which its teeth couldn't bite through, and it didn't know if there was anything delicious inside.

The little mouse rolled his eyes and made his own plans.

It's obvious that this man is stronger than it. When the box is opened, half of the delicious food will be given to him.

It was guarding those big boxes, but had been coveting them for a long time.

Ikeya Aika didn't know what the little mouse was thinking, so she followed the little mouse into the shed.

Then a hidden rat hole was found in the corner of the shed.

The little mouse quickly got into the hole, ran a few steps, and when it saw that Ikegami Ai didn't catch up, it turned back and chirped at her to hurry up.

Ikeyai blinked and couldn't help but poke its little head.

"I'm not a little mouse like you. I can't get into such a small hole."

As she spoke, she motioned the little mouse to wait a moment, then got up and went outside to find a hoe.

Someone had opened up a small vegetable garden in the backyard, but it was forgotten during the move. Although she didn't find the hoe, she did find a three-toothed rake.

This rake is definitely not as useful as a hoe, but it will work.

Ai Iketani returned to the shed with a three-pronged rake.

However, after pointing at the hole in the corner of the wall, Iketani Ai stopped again.

It would definitely not be a good idea to dig from here, as it would easily collapse the already unstable shed.

She didn't want to wait for the shed to collapse and bury herself in it.

So Iketani Ai gestured to the little mouse twice, indicating that it could dig another hole from the outside, and then she dug along the hole outside.

The little mouse Douzi stared at Ikegani Ai for a while before he understood what Ikegani Ai meant.

It chirped twice and then went into the hole, ran for a distance, and started digging with a panting sound.

Iketani Ai waited for a long time but the little mouse didn't show up. She thought it had run away, but it suddenly ran in from outside.

Looking at the muddy little mouse that squeaked at her and asked her to follow it, Iketani Ai thought for the first time, "Wouldn't it be nice to have a treasure-hunting mouse as a pet?"

They are all living beings. You can't discriminate against species just because mice are not as good-looking as cats and dogs.

Ai Iketani followed the little mouse outside with a three-pronged rake and started digging along the hole the little mouse had made in the open space outside.

She now had plenty of strength, and in a short while she had dug a big hole in the ground along the rat hole.

Just as she was about to continue digging, there was a clang and the three-toothed rake hit something hard.

When Iketani Ai looked down, she found that she had dug up the treasure trove.

A corner of the iron box was exposed in the pit, and there were also a lot of small yellow croakers and jewels scattered in the soil.

Looking at the gold, silver and jewelry scattered on the ground, Iketani Ai couldn't help rubbing her hands excitedly.

Although I don’t know what’s in the iron box, the gold, silver and jewelry scattered on the ground are worth a lot of money.

In the iron box left by Liao Xiangyun, all the small yellow croakers were donated by her, leaving only a few pieces of jewelry.

I didn't expect that I would get so much in the blink of an eye.

Iketani Ai continued digging and dug out a total of four large iron boxes and three small iron boxes.

Each of the four large metal boxes was as high as her knees. The locks were violently smashed open by Ikeyani Ai with a three-toothed rake. Inside were antique porcelain and various calligraphy and paintings.

These were relatively large, fragile and difficult to carry, and were all kept by Mr. Liao.

As for the three small iron boxes, except for one that was bitten by a mouse because the iron sheet was rusted and the gold, silver and jewelry inside were scattered, the remaining two were still tightly closed.

After smashing open the two small iron boxes, they were found to be filled with gold and silver jewelry.

Chi Gu Ai had to be thankful that Mr. Liao was afraid of alarming Liao Xiangyun and her daughter, so he did not ask Liao's mother for the deed to the old house when he ran away.

Otherwise, these things would never reach her hands.

Because Liao's mother's family was still prosperous when she married into the Liao family, in order to show her appreciation for her daughter-in-law, the Liao family's lady-in-law gave the title deed of the old house to Liao's mother for safekeeping.

Old Mr. Liao didn't think of taking the title deed of the old house back from Liao's mother. Not only was he afraid of alarming Liao Xiangyun and her daughter and adding two more burdens, he probably also thought that he would have a chance to come back to the mainland in person.

When the time comes, with him, the head of the Liao family, stepping forward, he can take back the Liao family's old house even without the land deeds or house deeds.

However, he didn't expect that the world would change and people's hearts would be unpredictable, so he no longer had the chance.

These things also benefited Ai Iketani.

With these, Iketani Ai felt that even if she died completely in the future, she wouldn't have to worry about the rest of her life.

Of course, Iketani Ai is not that insignificant.

She still has to continue working to accumulate energy for the system so that she can go home as soon as possible.

So, the excitement of finding treasure only lasted for a moment and then dissipated.

No matter how many good things she gets, she won’t be able to take them away in the future.

When she returns to her own world, won't all these things go to Chi Jianjun and Chi Gufeng, the father and son?!

How could this be possible? Just thinking about it made Iketani Ai so angry that she went crazy!

But if she had to donate all these things, she would really feel reluctant.

After all, she is just an ordinary person and cannot be so selfless.

Just when Iketani Ai was hesitating whether to donate all the treasures on the ground, the system spoke.

By consuming a certain amount of energy, it can temporarily create a small storage space.

Although the area is not large, only one cubic meter, it is enough to hold these things.

Iketani Ai's eyes lit up instantly.

Although consuming energy to create a space would delay her return home, she still planned to open the space.

That's a portable space.

One cubic meter is a bit small, but with this space, it will be much more convenient for her to do anything.

"So can I bring these things back to my world in the future?"

The system answered no.

Since this is a parallel time and space, the historical trajectory is almost the same as that of her original world.

She could take things like gold, silver, and jewelry with her, but if she took things like antiques, calligraphy, and paintings with her, there was a high probability of a car accident.

Therefore, it is better not to bring calligraphy, paintings and antiques with you if you can.

Ai Iketani expressed her understanding of this.

She also didn't want to take the calligraphy and paintings back and end up with the unpleasant situation of the authentic ones turning out to be fakes.

Since it’s useless to bring calligraphy and paintings back, it’s better to leave them in this world.

However, she didn't want these things to fall into the hands of Chi Jianjun and his son in the future, so she decided to find an opportunity to donate them.