"Okay, it's yours, it's all yours, nobody will take it from you."
Zhuang Mingcheng stroked his wife's hair, coaxing her like a child.
After a while, he approached Lu Fangfang and asked her curiously about how she found the gold nugget.
"It was found in the small lake west of where you cut down the spruce trees. There should be a gold mine on that mountain."
Lu Fangfang didn't want to hide it anymore and told everything in one go.
"I scooped up a few grains of gold from the lake this morning, and I put one in my pocket. It's all your fault for following me so closely at noon; you lost them all."
Zhuang Mingcheng turned to look at his wife's shirt. No wonder he saw her looking for something as soon as he came in; she was looking for Jinsha.
Gold mines, gold sands...
After pondering for a while, he got off the kang (a heated brick bed), picked up the little Tibetan fox from the ground, and rubbed it vigorously.
"Well done, you little rascal, you've even got the knack for treasure hunting! I'll boil you some eggs today as a treat. You're such a good boy."
"Awoo~"
Upon hearing the word "egg," the little Tibetan fox immediately barked excitedly.
"Meow~"
Little Flower sat on the ground, clearly unhappy.
Seeing that Zhuang Mingcheng was looking at it, it got up and slowly crawled into the kang hole.
After a while, under Zhuang Mingcheng's curious gaze, Xiao Hua came out carrying a gold nugget wrapped with red thread.
Lu Fangfang: "..."
She darted off the kang (a heated brick bed) and scooped up Xiaohua in her arms.
"You unfilial son! Don't even think about me scrubbing your back again."
She took the gold nugget out of Xiaohua's mouth, hugged it to her chest, and quickly ran back to the kang (a heated brick bed).
Zhuang Mingcheng had just agreed to let her keep the gold nugget, but Lu Fangfang still felt uneasy, as if this spendthrift man wanted her to hand it over.
"Lu Fangfang, what is this? We are husband and wife, revolutionary comrades who are to spend our lives together. We must be honest with each other. How many pieces of gold did you pick up?"
Zhuang Mingcheng, his face dark, put down the little Tibetan fox and turned to pounce on his wife.
If Xiaohua hadn't picked out this piece of gold, he would have been kept in the dark forever.
His wife is like a squirrel, always hoarding things. This time, she really surprised him.
"That's all, that's all. Just these two pieces. One was picked up by the little Tibetan fox, and the other by the little flower. They gave them to me, and they're both mine. I swear on my integrity."
"Comrade Lu Fangfang, your current guarantee is something I can't believe."
Zhuang Mingcheng grabbed his wife's leg and pulled her directly into his arms.
He thoroughly searched his lover's body, leaving no spot untouched.
"Ouch, it itches, it itches, no, I'm really done, please don't, you have to believe me..."
After a while, seeing that he hadn't found anything, Zhuang Mingcheng turned to look at the little flower on the ground. "Little flower, is your mother hiding anything else? Tell me, and I'll cook you some eggs."
"Meow~"
Xiaohua gave the two of them a disdainful look, got up, and walked outside.
When it reached the door, it turned around and saw the little Tibetan fox still inside, and couldn't help but call out.
"Awoo~"
The little Tibetan fox didn't really want to go out; it was still waiting to eat eggs.
However, seeing that Xiao Hua looked like she was about to bare her teeth, it immediately followed obediently.
Zhuang Mingcheng: "..."
The little flower he grows is really intelligent; even a four or five-year-old child wouldn't be as smart as it.
Yeah, it's a little awkward.
It seems that I still can't be too intimate with my lover in front of Xiaohua in the future.
"Comrade Zhuang Mingcheng, I think you're just using the gold-hunting as an excuse to act like a scoundrel!"
Lu Fangfang lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), looking at him with a resentful expression.
Honestly, she had already told him about the gold mine, and this spendthrift man still didn't believe her. She was so disappointed.
"I didn't! Husbands and wives should be honest with each other!"
Zhuang Mingcheng spoke with righteous indignation.
He held the red string and looked at the gold nugget in his hand.
This gold nugget, about the size of a thumb, is even more beautiful than a large gold nugget; it's entirely golden and extremely attractive.
He rubbed it against his hand, deeply moved.
My wife is truly a good person who gets good rewards. If she hadn't saved Xiaohua and the little Tibetan fox, she wouldn't have such good luck now. She deserves all of this.
"Pah, what nonsense! Is this what being honest and open means?"
Lu Fangfang was so angry she wanted to tear Zhuang Mingcheng apart. She turned around, pinned him down, and ripped off his clothes.
If we're going to be honest with each other, then let's all just not wear anything!
"Give it to me, this piece of gold is mine, it's all mine."
Zhuang Mingcheng chuckled, raising his arm to avoid his wife's outstretched hand.
"Comrade Lu Fangfang, I only realized today that you are such a money-loving person. Why did you tie a rope to this gold nugget?"
Seeing that she couldn't get the gold, Lu Fangfang suddenly sat down to the side.
Rubbing her eyes, she said with deep emotion:
"I want to wear it around my neck, so that if I lose money again, I won't have to go hungry, I won't have to beg with your military uniform photo in my hand, I won't have to endure other people's scorn, I won't have to sleep in graves, I won't have to..."
Zhuang Mingcheng was still smiling.
His smile vanished the moment his lover uttered those words.
He felt that if he listened any longer, he would definitely burst into tears.
His heart ached terribly, so he quickly sat up, hugged his wife, and silenced her with a kiss.
"No, no, I, Zhuang Mingcheng, swear that such a thing will never happen again."
Holding the red string, he personally put it around his wife's neck, then silenced her with a kiss, intending to soothe her wounded heart with love.
"Hey, stop messing around. You've been working all day and you're all dirty."
Lu Fangfang pushed him away.
Touching the gold nugget hanging around her neck, she looked down and felt a surge of pride. She was now someone who owned gold jewelry, a far cry from before.
"Mingcheng, do you know how to drill holes? I want to drill a hole in a gold nugget so it won't get lost when I hang it..."
"No, that would mean less gold."
"Forget it, let's drill another hole."
Seeing his wife talking to herself, Zhuang Mingcheng couldn't help but laugh.
He got up, propped himself up on his arms, and carefully examined the gold nugget around his lover's neck. He thought it was very beautiful and especially complemented his wife's fair skin.
"Give it to me, and I'll find the tools to make a small hole for you. It won't cost much less gold."
"You must keep the gold dust that comes out; don't waste it."
Lu Fangfang took off the gold nugget from her neck and handed it to Zhuang Mingcheng.
She walked naked to the desk, took out a small tin box from the drawer, and then turned around and went back.
"I found these few grains of gold in the stream. You can decide what to do with them."
Despite her heartache, Lu Fangfang tossed the small tin box to Zhuang Mingcheng.
Her Golden Lake, her Golden Creek, her financial freedom—all gone, vanished.
Her heart was in so much pain that Lu Fangfang stared at Zhuang Mingcheng, and the more she looked at him, the more she wanted to kick him away.
He'll squander this family's wealth sooner or later.
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