Chapter 395 There's Treasure in the Ground
Yuan's wife swallowed nervously and said, "It should be. Let's dig around and see. Anyway, if it's not here, it's in this yard."
Old Yuan spat twice into his palm, took the shovel from his wife, and began digging the ground.
Shu Yu squinted. So, the mystery lies here?
She looked up and gestured to Da Niu. The two of them then quietly stayed put, watching Yuan Laoda dig the soil.
After a long while, Old Yuan took a couple of deep breaths and said, "Why haven't we found it yet? Is it not here?"
"Did we miscount? Should we start counting from the other side?"
"Let's go dig over there."
However, after a while, Boss Yuan sat down on the ground, frowning, "Still nothing. Could you have been fooled? There's no treasure in this yard at all."
Yuan's wife wiped her sweat. "It's impossible. He couldn't have lied to me about what he said before he died, could he? He said he hid it here last year. Back then, we hadn't separated our households yet, and the courtyard was empty and no one lived there. It makes sense that he hid it here; no one would have found it."
Yuan's wife received the news two days ago, when the Yuan family members were all detained in the county government office.
Although she harbored resentment, life had to go on. Two days ago, she went up the mountain to pick fruit and encountered a man who was on the verge of death.
I don't know how long this person has been on the mountain, but he looks disheveled and a bit scary.
He told Yuan's wife that he had a treasure buried in the courtyard, and he would reward her handsomely if she helped him retrieve it. This treasure was useless to Yuan's wife, but very important to him.
But there were still government officials guarding outside the courtyard at that time, so even if Yuan's wife wanted to reward them, she couldn't.
Moreover, she felt that since it was a treasure, it didn't matter who it was useful to or not.
She had already decided that she wanted to keep the treasure for herself.
So she gave that man a few perfunctory words, saying that she would go and get it in a couple of days when the officials were gone.
However, the man was already near death, and he couldn't wait for two more days; he died in less than half a day.
Yuan's wife was startled, fearing that she would be implicated in this matter, so she didn't tell anyone and quickly went down the mountain.
Later, a hunter from the village went up the mountain and saw the man's body. He quickly reported it to the official who happened to be near the Yuan family.
The officers quickly identified the man; it seemed he was someone who had disappeared a year ago.
Yuan's eldest daughter-in-law dared not inquire further, but she was the only one who knew that the Yuan family was hiding a treasure.
When her husband came home last night, she couldn't wait to tell Yuan Da.
Yuan Da recalled how his parents had resolutely declared they would sever ties with their fourth son when he was imprisoned in the county government. This gave him the idea. Once they severed ties, he could take back the house, and then he could freely dig up any treasures hidden inside.
Yuan's wife refused to believe she had been deceived. "He's almost dead, and he doesn't even know me. There's no benefit for him in deceiving me for no reason. Let's look again. You rest first, I'll take care of it."
She took the shovel from Old Yuan's hand and started digging herself.
After digging for a while without finding anything, she went back to the previous spot and started digging again.
After digging for about fifteen minutes, her hand suddenly stopped, and she exclaimed with surprise, "Honey, honey, I think I've found something!"
(End of this chapter)
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