"Are you alright? Let me see." Zhou Bingxing bent down to help Ding Xiaocui up.

"Bingxing, don't worry about me, pick up the gold bars on the ground first," Ding Xiaocui said.

The fall was so sudden that all the gold bars in Ding Xiaocui's hand flew out.

Ignoring her scraped hands, Ding Xiaocui sat on the ground and groped around. She searched and searched but found nothing. Ding Xiaocui was now extremely anxious!

"Don't worry, let's look slowly together." Zhou Bingxing comforted Ding Xiaocui before squatting down to search.

Ding Xiaocui crouched down and expanded her search area.

It was too dark, and Zhou Bingxing and his wife searched for several minutes before finally finding all four gold bars.

"Xiao Cui, hurry back inside. I'll take care of things here." Zhou Bingxing handed all the gold bars he had found to Ding Xiao Cui and urged her on.

Zhou Bingxing was very cunning. He kept urging Ding Xiaocui to leave, not only out of consideration for Ding Xiaocui, but also for his own benefit.

Zhou Fugui could come back at any time.

As long as Ding Xiaocui wasn't there, even if Zhou Bingxing was caught red-handed by Zhou Fugui, he could use "I came to check if the things were still there" as an excuse.

As long as Zhou Bingxing denies taking the gold bars, Zhou Fugui can't do anything about it.

"Okay, be careful." Ding Xiaocui said before going back into the house.

Ding Xiaocui was filled with excitement.

These are gold bars!

This was the first time in Ding Xiaocui's life that she had ever seen what gold bars looked like! After returning to her room, she insisted on taking a close look.

After Ding Xiaocui left, Zhou Bingxing returned to the edge of the pit, preparing to seal the jar and bury it again.

After walking around the pit, Zhou Bingxing broke out in a cold sweat.

There was nothing on the ground except for a jar lid.

Could it be that... when he and Xiao Cui were looking for gold bars, the jar rolled into the pit?

Thinking of this, Zhou Bingxing quickly jumped into the pit and began searching carefully.

No! Still no!!

Zhou Bingxing was not giving up, so he quickly turned over the small mound of soil he had dug out again, but still nothing!

The jar, along with its contents, vanished completely.

No one passed by here just now, how could the perfectly good jar have disappeared?

Is this some kind of ghost?

Did his dad see them digging for gold bars and secretly run out and take the jar away?

Tomorrow, will his dad call him over and scold him in front of his older brother?

After filling the hole with a heavy heart, Zhou Bingxing dejectedly walked into his room.

After Ding Xiaocui returned to the house, she originally wanted to turn on the light to see what the gold bars looked like. However, the backyard had been pitch black, and she couldn't see them clearly.

After thinking about it, Ding Xiaocui held back.

Turning on the lights now would be like telling everyone that she and Zhou Bingxing secretly got up in the middle of the night to do something naughty!

Anyway, I already have the gold bars, so I can look at them whenever I want.

The most important thing now is to hide the gold bars.

Thinking of this, Ding Xiaocui grabbed a piece of clothing, wrapped the gold bars tightly, and stuffed it under her pillow.

After thinking about it, he still felt uneasy, so he took the cloth bag out from under his pillow, put it in the box, and locked it.

Ding Xiaocui patted the key to the box in her pocket, feeling quite satisfied.

From now on, she's a rich person!

Gold bars! Something only landlords and wealthy people in the old society had; I heard they were very valuable!

The bank in the county town has been buying back gold and silver. After a while, she'll have Zhou Bingxing take her to the county town to sell the gold bars at the bank. After that, she insists on buying herself one, no, several new outfits.

After hiding the gold bars, Ding Xiaocui was preparing to go to bed.

A ticklish sensation came from my left hand.

Ding Xiaocui scratched it, but it only made it itch more.

Did you get bitten by bugs while you were looking for gold bars in the backyard?

With a "Pah!", Ding Xiaocui spat on her hand.

In this day and age, many people believe that saliva can disinfect. They apply saliva after a fall or insect bite, thinking that doing so will help the injuries heal faster.

Ding Xiaocui had done this before and found it effective.

This time, Ding Xiaocui's "saliva therapy" failed. The area where the saliva was applied became even itchier, and not only itchy, but also had a tingling sensation.

Ding Xiaocui couldn't resist and scratched a few more times.

Suddenly, I felt a warm sensation on my fingertips.

Oh no, I scratched myself!

Ding Xiaocui came to her senses and licked her hand again.

"Ptooey! What's that stench of dead fish and rotten shrimp?" Ding Xiaocui muttered, then couldn't help but turn on the light with a "click".

What appeared before Ding Xiaocui's eyes was a swollen, bluish-gray hand.

"Ah~!" Ding Xiaocui couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

As soon as Zhou Bingxing entered the door, he was greeted by a high-pitched exclamation from Ding Xiaocui.

"Xiao Cui, what's wrong?" Zhou Bingxing asked hurriedly.

"Bingxing, my hand! Look, something seems wrong." Even if Ding Xiaocui had no common sense, she knew that something was wrong with her hand.

Ding Xiaocui hurriedly stretched out her palm to Zhou Bingxing, asking him to take a look.

In just a short while, Ding Xiaocui's palm swelled up again. Most importantly, the blood flowing from the wound was not red, but a dark red with a foul odor like dead fish and rotten shrimp.

"Did you just go and retrieve the dead fish?" Zhou Bingxing asked.

"No! I didn't go anywhere after I went back inside and this happened. Bingxing, am I going to die?" Ding Xiaocui asked, her voice trembling with tears.

Ding Xiaocui cried loudly, waking up both of her sleeping children.

"Mom, Mom, what's wrong?" Zhou Hongxia cried out in fright when she saw Ding Xiaocui crying.

"Mom, you're not poisoned, are you?" Zhou Jiaxiang squinted and asked.

Recently, Zhou Jiaxiang has been following Cao Laoliu to "learn skills".

Cao Laoliu was a master of all sorts of swindling and deception. When he was in a good mood, he would tell Zhou Jiaxiang some "stories of the underworld." The stories were wildly imaginative, a mix of truth and fiction.

However, this did not stop Zhou Jiaxiang from listening with great interest.

Among them are stories of "poison masters" who kill without leaving a trace.

Cao Laoliu said that people who are poisoned usually turn blue all over.

Zhou Jiaxiang only suspected poisoning when he saw Ding Xiaocui's bluish palms.

Zhou Bingxing was jolted awake by Zhou Jiaxiang's reminder.

"Xiaocui, wait a minute, I'll go ask Mom for money, let's hurry to the hospital." Zhou Bingxing rushed out the door.

Zhou Bingxing actually had four or five yuan left in his room.

However, Zhou Bingxing was used to it. He would always ask Ding Ermei for money when he had a headache or fever, and this time was no exception.

"Mom, Mom, something terrible has happened! Open the door right now!" Zhou Bingxing shouted as he ran.

Before Zhou Bingxing could knock, the door opened.

"Why are you calling me in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?" Ding Ermei's face was not good after being woken up from her sleep.

"Mom, hurry up and give me the money. Xiao Cui isn't feeling well. I need to take her to the hospital," Zhou Bingxing said anxiously.