Yan City is basically square in shape, spreading out from the center in all directions. Areas close to neighboring provinces and cities are considered suburbs. However, although they are suburbs, they are not actually remote. For example, the suburbs on the southwest side may not be comparable to the city center, but they may be more lively and prosperous than the urban areas of some second- and third-tier cities.
The eastern suburbs are the only exception. Unlike the northern suburbs with high mountains and clear waters for sightseeing, nor like the southwestern suburbs with large crowds and bustle, the vast fields and undeveloped land here are more like some wealthy rural areas in China, with fewer people and more land. The roads become more difficult to drive as you go east, and there are very few vehicles passing through.
Route 213 is the only bus that goes from the city to the eastern suburbs, but even so, the bus will only stop on the main road outside the village. To go further inside, you can only rely on private cars or your own two feet.
Jiang Chen got out of the car and saw a wide road and a row of three-story buildings. Although not prosperous, it was neat and lively, and did not look like a village. It was not until he walked forward along the small buildings to the end of the street and took the fork in the road a few dozen meters later that he saw the endless fields.
Jiang Chen stopped at the intersection for a while, waited for a farmer to pass by, asked him, and then followed his instructions. After nearly half an hour, he finally reached the Donghua Village he was looking for.
Compared to the field just now, this place was a bit more lively. The self-built houses were not too far away. A child with a sunburned face was playing on one side and talking and playing house with the big dog lying next to her.
It was around two o'clock in the afternoon, the hottest time of the day. There were no farmers working in the fields, and there was only one child playing nearby. Donghua Village also looked bigger than he had imagined. If he aimlessly tried to find an ancient coin that might have appeared today, he didn't know how much time he would waste.
Jiang Chen looked up and saw patches of green, forming waves with the breeze, rushing towards one place layer by layer, bringing with it a moist scent of soil and fresh air, which made people feel relaxed and happy.
Strolling under the pastoral scenery, the thought of picking up money faded. Although the family is short of money now, it is not without a solution. It doesn't really matter to him whether he has the ancient coin or not. He came here just now because he had nothing to do in the afternoon and it was more of a whim.
His mind faded, and Jiang Chen did not plan to leave immediately. He had lived in bustling cities in both his past and present lives and had seldom seen such scenery. In the interstellar era, he could only see it from the ancient images in the intelligent computer. Now that he was here, he naturally wanted to appreciate it a few more times before leaving.
Not far away, a fat cat was walking slowly towards him, holding a sparrow in its mouth. It raised its head when passing by Jiang Chen, and then walked past him again.
Jiang Chen didn't care and walked forward.
Not long after walking, they heard a childish voice shouting something with a rural accent and eagerness. Jiang Chen understood half of it and guessed the other half when he turned around and saw the chaos.
The fat cat that just passed by Jiang Chen was fighting with the big dog that had been lying next to the little girl. Although the big dog had an advantage in size, it was completely inferior to the cat in agility. The cat and the dog were fighting hard, but the little girl with high altitude red didn't know how to hide. She was not much taller than the dog, but she was trying to help with her claws and teeth.
Jiang Chen was startled and ran over.
He was tall and had long legs. He finally pulled the little girl out before she tried to join the battle. The little girl hugged his neck without fear. Her chubby face was full of anxiety. She waved her short little fingers and pointed at the cats and dogs that were still fighting: "Bad dog, hit Lai Fu! Lai Fu Lai Fu! Big brother, save Lai Fu!"
Jiang Chen held her and took a few steps back. His eyes fell on the cat and the dog. After looking around for a few times, he realized that the cat was called Goudan and the dog was called Laifu.
"Brother! Brother!" Seeing that he didn't help, the little girl twisted her body and struggled: "Laifu!"
Jiang Chen hugged her tightly, rubbed her head, and coaxed her gently: "Laifu is playing games with Goudan, they are not fighting, don't be afraid."
The little girl was stunned and looked at him blankly, then turned to look at the cat and dog fighting fiercely. Her big eyes were full of confusion, as if she was thinking whether to believe what she saw or what the big brother said.
After thinking for a long time, she felt that adults would not lie to children, so she felt relieved and asked in a baby voice: "Brother, do Lai Fu and Goudan also play house?"
Jiang Chen nodded calmly: "Yes."
"Will brother play house with Miaomiao?"
Jiang Chen held her hand for a moment and said with a smile: "Brother is an adult, adults don't play house."
"Oh..." The little girl was a little disappointed, her head buried in his shoulder, and the fat boy pointed at the ground: "Miaomiao wanted to play house, with Miaomiao as the boss and Laifu as the guest, but Laifu didn't know how to give money to Miaomiao and didn't know how to talk, so no one bought the bowls Miaomiao made."
Jiang Chen looked in the direction she pointed. It was some distance away from the battlefield, so everything there was still intact. There were a few stones stacked together with a strangely shaped mud lump on top. It might be the bowl in the little girl's mouth. There was also a banknote under the "bowl", which should be the money she and the big dog used to play house.
Paper money?
Jiang Chen's gaze, which had already moved away, suddenly stopped on the banknote pressed by the mud. The exposed corner looked very similar to the Hubei Official Money Bureau silver note he had seen in the hands of a collector, which was exactly the same as the ancient coin picked up by the boss.
"play house?"
"Yes!" The little girl shook her legs. She was not worried about the cat-dog fight and felt very comfortable in Jiang Chen's arms. She smiled brightly and said, "Miao Miao and Lai Fu's money for playing house!"
play house……
Jiang Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he roughly guessed how that person picked up the ancient coin. It was probably a child who took it out to play house and carelessly forgot to take it home, and then it was picked up by a passerby.
It’s normal that the child doesn’t know the value of these ancient coins. Do the adults in her family allow her to play with them casually?
"Miaomiao, do your parents know that you brought the money you used to play house with?"
"Grandpa knows!" Miaomiao blinked her big eyes: "Miaomiao doesn't have a father or a mother, only a grandfather. Brother, will you play house with me?"
Jiang Chen frowned, thinking that the elderly in the child's family probably didn't know the price of this ancient coin.
"Where is your home? I'll take you back."
Miaomiao pointed without any warning: "Over there!"
Jiang Chen sighed inwardly, grabbed her chubby little hand, and said seriously: "In the future, when someone asks you, you can't just tell strangers where your home is, understand?" At the end, he scared her: "If they are bad people, they will take you away."
Miaomiao was puzzled: "Is my brother a stranger?"
Jiang Chen: "Brother, everyone your grandfather doesn't know is a stranger."
"You will meet grandpa in a moment!" Little Miaomiao has her own logic: "And good-looking people are all good people!"
Jiang Chen: ...
At this time, the cat-dog fight stopped. The cat dug out the sparrow it had just been holding from somewhere, raised its head and walked away with an attitude of a winner. The big dog whimpered and ran to the little girl for comfort.
Jiang Chen put the little girl down. The little girl hugged the big dog and petted it, then took Jiang Chen's hand and said, "Brother, let's go back."
After saying that, she walked away, completely forgetting the ancient coin she had placed on the stone.
Jiang Chen had no choice but to turn around and pick up the banknote. The little girl saw his action and remembered it. She picked up her mud bowl and followed Jiang Chen closely, pointing the way to her home.
"Grandpa, grandpa!" The little girl shouted excitedly as she reached the door, "I'm back! I brought a big brother back with me!"
An old man with a hunched back walked out. His face was full of wrinkles and his skin was dark, but his eyes were clear and kind. After hearing what the little girl said, he first touched his granddaughter's head, then looked up and smiled at Jiang Chen: "Young man, who are you?"
"My name is Jiang Chen." Jiang Chen said, "Just now I saw Miao Miao playing alone on the side of the road, so I sent her back."
"Thank you." The old man smiled and said, "Would you like to come in and have a glass of water?"
Jiang Chen shook his head. The little girl pulled the old man's clothes and said, "Laifu and Goudan were playing house just now. Grandpa, it turns out that dogs and cats can also play house."
The old man thought of the most vicious cat in the village, and quickly grabbed his granddaughter to look at her, and asked, "Is it okay?"
Miaomiao was puzzled: "I thought Laifu and Goudan were fighting, and I wanted to help, but my brother hugged me and I didn't help. My brother said they were just playing house. Can you get hurt if you play house?"
The old man was stunned, and looked at Jiang Chen with a little more gratitude: "Young man, thank you, thank you so much just now. The cat in the village is too fierce. It not only hits dogs, but also scratches people. If Miaomiao is scratched or bitten by it, I don’t know what to do."
Jiang Chen shook his head, but still reminded: "Miao Miao is still young, you should try not to let her play outside alone in the future."
The old man smiled, his expression somewhat bitter: "I want to watch her too, but I have to go to the fields to water them every afternoon, and there's no one else at home, so I can only let her play by herself for a while. Nothing has happened before, thank you so much this time."
"You're welcome." Jiang Chen raised his hand and handed the ancient coin to the old man: "Old man, this is the money Miaomiao uses for playing house. Do you know what this money is?"
"Of course I know." The old man nodded and said with a smile: "I have a few at home, left by the elderly in the family, but they can't be used now, so they are just kept there, so I gave them to Miaomiao to play games."
Jiang Chen thought to himself, as expected. He took the ancient coin and simply explained the value of the coin to the old man.
The old man stared with his eyes wide open, unable to believe his ears: "How much do you want? How much can this money be exchanged for?"
"Now, a Hubei official money bureau silver note can be sold for at least 600,000 yuan, but if you don't rush and slowly look for buyers who collect ancient coins, it may be sold for more than 700,000 yuan."
"Seven, seven hundred thousand?" The old man repeated several times before asking, "Seven hundred thousand is not seventy yuan?"
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