Chapter 81 Gold Discovered
Zhou Ruiyuan, arm in arm with Du Wanchun, turned to leave.
"Husband, what did he mean by what he just said?" Du Wanchun had a rough idea of what the old man meant, but she was still a little unsure.
Zhou Ruiyuan helped her walk towards the carriage, saying, "You'll understand after a while."
He spoke with a smile in his eyes.
Du Wanchun was now certain of the old man's meaning; according to his words, the first child was already on its way.
After thinking about it, her cheeks flushed red, and her heart was filled with anticipation.
The couple boarded the carriage and headed towards Changliu Village.
When they arrived at the courtyard, all the family's belongings had already been moved into the temporary thatched house.
The old house has already been half demolished.
Aunt Zhou and Zhou Zhao cleaned up the thatched house and prepared a table full of dishes.
Du Wanchun immediately took the meat she was holding and put it inside, saying, "Mother, look, we have meat to eat again."
Aunt Zhou looked up and saw the meat Du Wanchun was carrying. Overjoyed, she strode forward, took it, and examined it closely. "You went to the market to buy meat again?"
Du Wanchun shook her head. "This slice of meat was a gift from Butcher Zhang's daughter. However, we bought the things Mother needs to make the balm."
As he spoke, he took out the beeswax and sesame oil from his pocket.
Aunt Zhou looked up and smiled, "Perfect timing! I picked a lot of mugwort leaves on the mountain today. I'll make some peppermint paste and some mugwort paste. I think I can sell them all."
Du Wanchun smiled and nodded in complete agreement.
"Mother, there are also shoes and fabric." Zhou Ruiyuan brought in the rest of the items.
The shoes have thick soles, which they usually can't afford, but Zhou Ruiyuan bought several pairs this time.
Aunt Zhou held the shoes in her hands with great delight. Looking at the black shoes in her hands, she felt as if she were dreaming when she recalled the days when she wore embroidered brocade shoes.
She held the shoes and sighed with emotion.
Du Wanchun quickly pulled her to eat together, and during the meal, she specifically mentioned the twenty catties of sandalwood.
Aunt Zhou glanced at the backyard. "Twenty catties? It seems we don't have much spice wood left."
Du Wanchun looked up and then smiled, "It's alright, we'll go up the mountain again tomorrow and look for it. Maybe we can still find it!"
"That's fine." Aunt Zhou nodded and continued eating.
By the time we finished dinner, it was completely dark.
The whole family should quickly wash up and go to bed.
Because it was a thatched hut, Zhou Ruiyuan was much more well-behaved than usual. He simply held Du Wanchun tightly in his arms, kissing her cheeks and forehead from time to time.
He always seemed to want to kiss her enough, as if he couldn't wait to bite her fair skin.
Du Wanchun loved his embrace, snuggled closer, and found a comfortable corner to fall asleep.
The next day.
Du Wanchun woke up early and found that Zhou Ruiyuan had already left.
As Aunt Zhou carried out the cooked porridge and steamed buns, she smiled and said, "Yesterday, Ruiyuan heard us say that we were going to the mountain to find fragrant wood, so he took Zhao'er up the mountain early."
Du Wanchun was somewhat surprised.
Aunt Zhou continued, "This child must have been worried that you would get tired, so he rushed up the mountain before you woke up."
Du Wanchun glanced back at the house behind her, then looked up at the mountain, and felt a surge of emotion. Zhou Ruiyuan wasn't good at sweet talk, but he often thought more than most people.
She slowly sat down and had breakfast with Aunt Zhou.
Meanwhile, on Mount Hefeng, Zhou Ruiyuan, carrying a bow and arrow, led Zhou Zhao deeper into the mountains.
Initially, we only found ordinary trees along the way, but as we went further in, we discovered several sandalwood trees, and even some rarer benzoin trees and precious agarwood trees.
These are all good ingredients for making spices.
Zhou Zhao was overjoyed and, ignoring the branches scraping his face, rushed forward, shouting, "Big brother, look!"
Zhou Ruiyuan looked up and was shocked to see so many precious spices and woods.
Just then, Zhou Zhao tripped over a rock and fell.
He quickly got up, patted his trouser leg, and looked at the rock that had tripped him.
I should have looked away; what I saw shocked me.
The stone had a small, pointed tip sticking out of the soil, gleaming with gold.
He quickly squatted down and brushed away the dirt, revealing a small piece of gold.
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