Chapter 42 Dog Head Gold

Believe it or not, there really is something down there!

The yellow dots are about the size of sesame seeds, but feel solid to the touch.

Li Banxia didn't care about the dirt; she instinctively stuffed it into her mouth and bit it. The golden soft stuff was chewable...

She bit down!

She bit the sesame seed flat.

But who cares about that!

What she was really concerned about was whether there was actually gold beneath the gold-attracting plant!

Li Banxia was overjoyed.

In the past two years, the price of gold has been around 90 yuan per gram. This tiny grain weighs at least 0.2 grams, which is 18 yuan. Digging up just a few of these can be equivalent to her monthly salary!

Li Banxia looked up, her eyes widening as she surveyed the vast expanse of money-attracting grass before her.

In my mind, I plan out this area as a month's salary, that area as a month's salary, this block as a month's salary, that block as a month's salary...

Before I knew it, I'd counted to several dozen months!

Li Banxia felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground. She braced herself with her hands and exclaimed in surprise, only then realizing that she had been holding her breath and counting while drawing pictures and calculating wages.

Trembling and panting heavily, Li Banxia gripped the small hoe tightly. A fire seemed to ignite in her heart, filling her with indescribable energy. She buried her head and dug deeper.

But there were no sesame seeds the second time.

After searching several times without finding anything, Li Banxia wiped his sweat, thinking he hadn't dug deep enough, and grabbed a money-attracting grass to dig deeper.

Dig until the roots of the gold-absorbing plant disappear, and you'll see sesame seeds again.

She finally let out a tense breath, glanced back at the few gold-attracting plants that had been tossed aside without a single sesame seed, and came to a conclusion.

Not all money-attracting plants contain gold.

With such a large patch of gold-attracting grass, Li Banxia could dig up one seed at a time with the small hoe in his hand and put it in his pocket. If he couldn't find any, he would put the gold-attracting grass aside and continue.

Li Banxia dug for an unknown amount of time. Her fingers were blistered and bleeding, and she gasped for breath several times in pain, but she did not loosen her grip on the hoe.

They dug until night fell, their bodies soaked with sweat time and time again, before finally managing to turn over the entire bottom of a large patch of gold-attracting grass.

Yellow sesame seeds, tiny specks, dotted the ground beneath the gold-absorbing grass.

Li Banxia reached into his pockets with both hands, estimating that there were two large handfuls of sesame seeds, weighing at least several hundred grams, but he didn't know how much would be left after purification.

But no matter how much, it's definitely a lot of money.

Li Banxia wiped the sweat from her forehead. Her face was covered in mud from her hands, making her look both disheveled and funny.

Unaware of her surroundings, she looked up at the dark forest, then at her shirt, which was filthy from her muddy hands, and simply took it off, leaving only the short sleeves underneath.

She carefully folded the shirt, making sure the two piles of sesame seeds wouldn't leak out, before placing it at the bottom of her basket, covering it with herbs, and then carrying it on her back.

After walking a dozen steps away from the area covered by the money-attracting grass, Li Banxia frowned and stopped, turning back to look at the patch of land she had dug up completely.

It feels like such a large patch of gold-attracting grass only yielded a few tiny specks, which doesn't quite fit the description of a 'gold mine guide'.

Li Banxia hesitated for a long time, then decided to go all in, took off his basket, picked up his hoe again, and followed his intuition to find a spot to continue digging.

Her intuition was spot on!

Li Banxia dug up a palm-sized piece of gold nugget, covered in honeycomb patterns, at a depth of about 20 to 30 centimeters from where she had stopped!

It is reddish-yellow in color and shaped like a dog's head, but also somewhat like a horse's hoof.

Li Banxia's breath hitched, and looking at the gold dog head in her hand, her head felt dizzy.

In her past life, she refused her eldest son's wife's suggestion on the grounds of "speculation and profiteering," so she didn't have this trip back to her parents' home today, nor did she have this trip into the mountains to collect herbs.

Of course, there was no story of her accidentally wandering into the deep mountains while searching for medicinal herbs, or getting lost on the mountain where she had played since childhood.

She wouldn't have seen this vast expanse of money-attracting grass and dug up so many yellow lumps.

This is……

Is this a perk she got from being reborn?

The night wind howled, and Li Banxia got goosebumps all over. Hearing rustling sounds in the distance, she quickly put the dog-head gold into her basket, covered it with herbs, put it on her back, and continued walking in the direction she had chosen.

Without moonlight, she couldn't see the road clearly. Li Banxia knew she would be down the mountain in two hours, and she hadn't brought any torches or other light sources, so she was practically walking in the dark.

After walking a short distance, you should touch the tree trunks on both sides to check the growth of moss.

I don't know how long I walked, but in the distance, I saw several faint lights, flickering on and off, and heard shouts carried on the wind, "Xiaxia..."

"Little sister!"

"Pinellia ternata!"

"Xia girl!"

Every voice was familiar to Li Banxia: the one who called her Xiaxia was her father, the one who called her Xiaomei was her second brother, and the rest were either neighbors or playmates who had watched her grow up or grew up with her.

Li Banxia felt relieved and raised his hand to respond to them, but suddenly heard a tiger's roar.

A deafening roar, accompanied by a foul stench, blew in from her left.

Li Banxia's body stiffened.

Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a large insect casually walking towards her.

Her pupils suddenly contracted, and she instinctively gripped the dagger in her hand, slowly turning around to face the giant insect.

A chill ran from the soles of her feet straight up to the top of her head. Li Banxia couldn't help but shiver, and didn't even dare to breathe heavily.

In the distance, everyone who heard the tiger's roar stopped in their tracks.

"Did you hear that? Isn't that the sound of a tiger?"

"...We can't go any further. If we run into a big tiger, we'll all be stuck here."

"Uncle Li, Banxia might not be in this direction. Let's look in that direction..."

"Yes, there was a tiger's roar, but I didn't hear Banxia's voice, so it shouldn't be in that direction!"

"just in case……"

"There's no 'what if'!"

A group of people started arguing. Li Erge glanced sideways and exchanged a look with Li's father.

Father Li sighed softly and shook the torch. "My second son and I will go closer to take a look. You all stay where you are or go back first. If we really encounter a tiger, there's no reason for us to risk our lives..."

The group of people looked at each other in bewilderment.

Li Erge, holding a torch, took the lead and strode quickly toward the direction of Hu Xiao.

Mr. Li smiled slightly, nodded to everyone, and strode after them.

After walking a dozen or twenty steps, Li Erge whispered to his father, "Dad, let's hurry, I have a bad feeling."

"Walk!"

Li's father's expression changed slightly, his hand gripping the torch tightened instantly, and he quickened his pace.

As they walked, the two called Li Banxia's name. The tiger roared again, and the father and son exchanged a glance, both realizing that something was indeed wrong.

My feet have already started to accelerate as I run.

Brother Li rushed ahead, but after running for less than two minutes, he suddenly braked.

Li's father, who was behind him, almost bumped into him and quickly stepped aside.

Just then, she witnessed Li Banxia confronting the giant insect, and her heart jumped into her throat. "Xiaxia!"