Chapter 186 Sending the Gold Back to Earth "Awake?" ...
"woke up?"
When Sang Zhitao opened her eyes, she saw her sister sitting in front of her bed. The gentle light, like sunlight, shone on her, creating a halo around her and giving her a sense of holiness.
"elder sister?"
She looked up, rubbed her neck, glanced around, and said with a knowing look, "She really is back."
"What's wrong?" Sang Lezhi asked worriedly, placing his hand on the back of her neck.
Sang Zhitao shook her head: "It's nothing, just a bit of a stiff neck. Why would you be here, sister?"
"Eat something first, we can talk while you eat," Sang Lezhi said, pushing the food in front of her instead of replying directly.
Sang Zhitao, completely bewildered, took a sip of water and ate a few bites of her favorite breakfast before urging, "What exactly happened?"
Sang Lezhi smiled and patted her head: "I'm on vacation recently."
"Taking a vacation?" Sang Zhitao was a little surprised. Her older sister was a research fanatic who devoted herself to studying soybeans and would never take a vacation unless there was something important to do.
Her heart skipped a beat at the thought, and she couldn't help but grab her sister's hand: "What happened?!"
Seeing the panic on her face, Sang Le quickly explained, "It's nothing, it's nothing."
As she spoke, she took Sang Zhitao's hand and placed it on her lower abdomen: "You're going to be an aunt."
Sang Zhitao stared blankly at her sister's flat stomach beneath her palm, feeling utterly bewildered and unable to react for a moment.
"Silly girl." Seeing her dazed look, Sang Lezhi couldn't help but poke her forehead, looking like she was trying not to laugh.
Sang Zhitao then realized what was happening, her face filled with surprise and joy: "Ahhh! I'm going to be an aunt!!"
She paced around the room several times and jumped around for a while before finally calming down her excitement: "How many months pregnant? Do we still want it? Where's my brother-in-law?"
Sang Lezhi pulled her closer: "Alright, alright, don't get agitated."
“It’s been three months already. Your brother-in-law is applying for a new shift schedule so he can come to the inner area to be with me. My brother also knows this and even bought a villa as a birth gift for the baby.”
“My brother-in-law’s family…” Sang Zhitao frowned, her face showing hesitation as she thought of her brother-in-law’s parents.
Sang Lezhi paused for a moment before continuing with a smile, "Your brother-in-law is also an orphan."
Sang Zhitao was taken aback, somewhat surprised: "You're an orphan too?"
Sang Lezhi stroked his sister's head and explained with a smile, "He is a descendant of a martyr. He only had one grandfather who was still alive before, but he passed away a few years ago."
Sang Lezhi thought it best to take this opportunity to explain things to her sister, so she continued, "My mentor and his grandfather were old friends, and he acted as a go-between. At that time, I couldn't find you, but I knew that his grandfather was a general and had some connections, so I agreed to help. I didn't expect that I would actually find you."
Sang Zhitao then realized that her brother-in-law's family had helped her find them, and her previous slight dissatisfaction with them disappeared.
“He also has two uncles, but they are not from the same mother as his father, and their relationship is not very close, which is why he spends the Lunar New Year with us.”
Sang Zhitao recalled that her brother-in-law had spent the New Year with her, and she thought it was because his family was open-minded. After all, the older generation always felt that their daughter-in-law and son should spend the New Year with them.
“Oh, my sister-in-law is an orphan too, we are orphans, my brother-in-law is an orphan too, our family is really…” Sang Zhitao couldn’t help but sigh.
Sang Lezhi then realized what was happening and said with a smile, "That's a blessing from heaven that made us a family."
“Yes…” Sang Zhitao looked tenderly at her sister’s lower abdomen. If her brother had more children in the future, their family would always be together and never be separated.
As she spoke, Sang Zhitao thought of the gold hidden in her sleeve and hurriedly reached for it.
"What's wrong?" Sang Lezhi looked at her, her face full of curiosity.
Sang Zhitao briefly recounted her experience.
Sang Lezhi hurriedly contacted the outside world through internal communication. After a while, he hung up and said to Sang Zhitao, "Alright, let's go outside. I've asked the base leader to have someone clear out an open space."
"And your sister-in-law is there waiting for you, so she can give you a check-up while she's at it."
Sang Zhitao didn't hesitate, changed her clothes, and went out with him.
After several twists and turns, we arrived at the small square, where quite a few people were already waiting.
Especially knowing that she brought gold from the cultivation world, the materials team and the physics team were the fastest and the most complete to arrive.
At this moment, they stared intently at Sang Zhitao.
After briefly greeting everyone, Sang Zhitao took out two palm-sized gold bricks from her sleeve.
She tossed it forward gently.
"Bang!" The ground kicked up a cloud of dust, and two black shadows appeared in the dust.
Once the dust settled, the dazzling giant gold brick glittered in the sunlight.
"Wow!" Everyone was at a loss when they saw the two giant gold bricks, each five meters by five meters.
"This is the first time in my life I've ever seen so much gold," a young researcher in the materials group exclaimed.
“Who says otherwise?” his fellow disciple echoed.
The group of people sighed for a long time, but none of them dared to step forward.
After all, the feeling of facing a mountain of gold is just too exciting.
"Qinglong said that this kind of gold is helpful for their cultivation and can also be used as a material to forge magical artifacts. I think you can compare it with the gold on our Earth and see if there is any difference."
Upon hearing her words, the professor from the materials group took the first step, carefully touching the gold mine and feeling its mirror-like surface, which seemed to be formed naturally.
After a long while, she walked up to Sang Zhitao, and the old lady with a full head of white hair bowed deeply to her.
This action startled Sang Zhitao: "Professor Lian!"
The old lady was helped up by Zhang Su and Sang Lezhi. After wiping her eyes, she looked at Sang Zhitao and said, "Your contribution to the country is much greater than you imagine. Gold is not only wealth but also a very important scientific research material."
Sang Zhitao waved her hands repeatedly, about to say a few words of modesty, when Li Mingguo's voice came from behind her: "That's right!"
"It's truly amazing..." Li Mingguo couldn't help but exclaim as he looked at the five-meter-high gold brick in front of him.
"Tao Tao, you've worked hard." Looking at Sang Zhi Tao again, Li Mingguo's eyes flashed with heartache.
Sang Zhitao finally spoke modestly: "It's nothing, it was a gift from Qinglong."
Li Mingguo didn't continue to express his gratitude, but in his heart he was thinking about how to reward Sang Zhitao.
"Let the materials team take a small sample for composition analysis first, and the physics team can disassemble it for experiments after the analysis is complete."
After making a quick allocation, Li Mingguo hesitated for a moment as he looked at the gold bricks: "Find someone to get a tarpaulin to cover them up; they're attracting too much attention."
Sang Zhitao glanced at the gold bricks that were gleaming brightly and assumed that Li Mingguo thought that having the gold there would hinder everyone's work.
But others knew that Li Mingguo was worried about being observed by outsiders. Recently, foreign countries, led by Country A, had not been very well-behaved, sending swarms of flies and grasshoppers into China's borders.
However, no one would tell Sang Zhitao about this. They wouldn't let a girl who was fighting for her country in a strange world be troubled by a group of bandits in their own home, especially since the bandits possessed absolute power.
"How many days can Tao Tao stay this time?" After arranging everything, Li Mingguo walked up to Sang Zhitao. "After the materials team analyzes the gold, the government will estimate the price and then give you the money."
“I’m leaving tonight, but I don’t need the money, right?” Sang Zhitao looked at Li Mingguo in surprise.
Li Mingguo shook his head repeatedly: "It has to be calculated. The spirit stones and other technologies you brought before have been calculated, and even the subsequent technology development has been calculated for your commission. I remember the card is with your brother."
As he spoke, he looked at Sang Lezhi.
Sang Lezhi nodded, and Zhang Su followed suit, saying, "Yes, there are many zeros in there. Last time, your brother asked if he wanted to give you some pocket money, but he found out that you were much wealthier than him, and he was so ashamed that he worked overtime for a whole month."
Sang Zhitao never expected that the government would keep sending her money.
She didn't spend much money; her food, clothing, and accommodation were all provided by the government, not to mention the group of young ladies at the base who doted on her and made all sorts of jewelry and clothes for her.
She doesn't go out often because her brother gives her pocket money. The only big expense she might have is in-game purchases, but she's a fan of cosmetic items.
She is also quite focused, playing the same game for many years, and never spending tens of thousands of yuan a year.
Li Mingguo was well aware that Sang Zhitao was unaware of the situation, since they had always known whether the money in the card had been touched or not.
Of course, the reason for this concern is also because of the fear that someone might steal the data or that there might be corrupt individuals within the banking system.
They even managed to catch a few corrupt officials who were tempted by the money.
"I heard from Lezhi that they're going to give you a mountain of gold?" Li Mingguo hesitated. "Just leave the mountain of gold in the cultivation world. Don't bring it back."
"Wealth is a powerful motivator..." he sighed heavily.
This left Sang Zhitao completely confused, but before she could ask, Sang Lezhi and Zhang Su exchanged a glance and pulled her back to their room to chat.
Knowing that Sang Zhitao would be going back that night, the other groups did not come to disturb them.
At night, Sang Zhitao returned to the world of cultivation as she had said.
The lights were still on in all the research labs at the base, and Li Mingguo's office was brightly lit.
"I heard that Tao Tao brought Kingsoft this time?" The First Elder looked at the documents in his hand with some curiosity.
Li Mingguo nodded: "Hmm, I don't know if it has any other uses."
“Gold… Our country’s gold reserves have never been high. With Tao Tao’s help, the pressure might not be so great.” The Third Elder’s face was filled with joy.
The Second Elder frowned: "We cannot rely entirely on the child."
The Third Elder's expression stiffened, and he couldn't help but retort, "I didn't say it was all thanks to Tao Tao, it's just a fact."
The Second Elder looked at him with displeasure: "A country with a population of over a billion, its gold reserves are actually held by a kid in his twenties. You have the nerve to say that, but I have no nerve to listen."
Snap!
The Third Elder slammed his fist on the table: "Then what do you suggest we do! Those wolves in Country A are trying to create another financial storm here, relying on our oil and gold reserves! How many gold reserves does our country have that we can withstand?"
"Saving the country is an adult's business. If we let the kids help, we might as well just hang ourselves!" The Second Elder slammed his fist on the table, not to be outdone.
"Alright!" the elder said coldly, rubbing his temples.
As soon as he spoke, the two arguing people immediately stopped.
“This matter should indeed not rely on the child.” As soon as he finished speaking, the Third Elder was about to retort, but was silenced by a look from him.
“But the country is indeed in a critical moment…” The Second Elder stared wide-eyed, about to say something.
The elder gave him a similarly oppressive warning look.
"We weathered the previous two financial crises, and we can definitely do it this time too. Notify all departments to calculate the available funds, and see if we can get some domestic state-owned enterprises involved. We absolutely cannot let Country A succeed."
Although everyone was still dissatisfied with the elder's instructions, they said nothing and turned to arrange their own affairs.
Li Mingguo sighed and exited the online meeting.
"Base Chief, this is a list of research results submitted by the teams below." The secretary handed over the research results submitted by various groups at the base.
Li Mingguo's eyes lit up when he saw one of them, and an idea came to him.
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