Jiang Sui and Xiao Lanlan followed Xiao Hechuan's line of sight and found that there were indeed several fish about three fingers wide in the pond. The three of them were very surprised.
"There really are fish. Let's catch them and bring them back for dinner."
Xiao Lanlan rubbed her hands. This kind of fish tastes best when fried. Fry until both sides are golden brown, sprinkle with chopped green onions, and cook over high heat until the sauce thickens. It smells delicious just thinking about it.
Jiang Sui agreed, saying that the water was running water, and after being stirred up it would settle down on its own after a while and become clean water again, so there was nothing to be afraid of.
Speaking of catching fish, this is Xiao Hechuan's strong point. When Lan Lan finished speaking, he had already taken off his shoes and went in. The water level was as deep as his knees. In this kind of weather, it was very comfortable to step on the water with your feet, and the mud and sand underneath was soft.
Jiang Sui also took off his shoes, rolled up his trouser legs and went into the water, and the three of them began to catch fish.
However, it is still very difficult to catch them with bare hands without any equipment. The small fish are very flexible, so they try to force them into a corner.
After working for a long time, Jiang Sui and Xiao Lanlan didn't catch any fish, but they had a lot of fun. Only Xiao Hechuan caught one.
Jiang Sui was feeling around at the bottom of the water when she suddenly felt something hard and oddly shaped like a stone.
Out of curiosity, she dug the entire stone out from the mud bottom and washed away the mud and sand in the water.
The stone floated to the surface, revealing its original appearance, but how could this be an ordinary stone?
If Jiang Sui was not mistaken, the golden, ingot-shaped thing in front of him was clearly gold!
She exclaimed in surprise for a moment, and couldn't help but blurt out a Chinese quintessence:
“Fuck!”
It's really not her fault that she has no manners. When a person is extremely surprised, it seems to be a subconscious action to burst out with the national quintessence. After all, her soul comes from the 21st century.
As she exclaimed, Xiao Lanlan and Xiao Hechuan looked at her at the same time.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Lanlan asked hurriedly and walked to her side.
Jiang Sui showed the big gold ingot in his hand to Xiao Lanlan:
"Look, what I found, gold ingots!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Lanlan was stunned for a moment. She looked at the big gold ingot in Jiang Sui's hand and swallowed, somewhat unable to believe it.
"Fourth sister-in-law, are you sure this is gold?"
Jiang Sui couldn't possibly admit her mistake. She had the habit of buying gold in modern times. Once she had money, she liked to buy some gold and keep it for appreciation. It was just that she was not lucky enough to enjoy it.
So, she was sure and certain that this was the real gold ingot.
"I'm sure, how could this be fake?" She handed the gold ingot to Xiao Lanlan and asked her to take a closer look.
I swear to God, Xiao Lanlan has never even seen a silver ingot in her life, let alone a gold ingot. It is normal that she doesn't dare to recognize it. Let alone Xiao Hechuan, he was just curious and watched from the side.
“This thing is so beautiful in its yellow color.”
How can it not look good? This is money!
According to the Daqing currency conversion, one tael of gold is equal to ten taels of silver. A gold ingot this big must weigh at least ten taels, right?
Xiao Lanlan didn't dare to confirm it, but she believed Jiang Sui. If Jiang Sui said it was true, then it must be correct.
"So we've made a fortune?"
Although Xiao Lanlan had never seen gold, she knew that one tael of gold was equal to ten taels of silver. Such a big gold ingot should weigh ten taels, right?
That's one hundred taels of silver, enough to buy a yard in the county.
Jiang Sui nodded. This was indeed an unexpected fortune, but she had a bold idea. Was there a possibility that there might be more than one gold ingot underneath?
The shape of this gold ingot is artificially created. If it is natural gold, it would be impossible to have a shape. This means that perhaps this gold ingot was hidden here by someone specifically.
The pond is so deep that when it is not dry, it is at least two meters deep. There has been no sign of human life around it for a long time, which means that the gold ingot has been thrown to the bottom of the water for an unknown period of time.
Because it has been at the bottom of the water for many years and has been washed by mud and sand, there are already mottled marks on it, and a lot of mud and sand that cannot be washed off is embedded in the scratches.
Although I don't know what the mood of the person who threw it down was, now that she picked it up today, it is hers and it is only right that she spends it in the future.
But maybe there is more to it, maybe more than just this one.
So she called Lanlan and Xiao Hechuan to continue feeling around in the mud and sand of the pool to see if there were any fish that had escaped.
Great minds think alike, and Xiao Lanlan thought so too.
So the three of them stopped catching fish for the time being and started searching for gold.
But after searching for a long time, he found nothing. He searched almost the entire bottom of the small pond but still couldn't find the second piece of gold.
A person's luck can only be so good. If he could find a second piece, it would be really unreasonable. For Jiang Sui, this is already a huge profit. It is not good to be too greedy.
"Fourth sister-in-law, you are really lucky. You can pick up gold ingots just by fishing in the water. I don't have such luck." Xiao Lanlan couldn't help but sigh.
"It's all coincidence." Jiang Sui is very low-key, but the smile on his face is real.
She has never had bad luck since she came into this world. It feels like she has saved up all the luck from her previous life in this one.
"Let's just go catch some fish. Touching rocks isn't fun at all."
Xiao Hechuan pouted and said dissatisfiedly that he had no concept of money now and was only interested in things he liked.
Although they picked up the gold ingots, they couldn't let go of the fish, so the three of them continued to catch fish.
After working for a long time, their feet were soaked and turned white. The water in the pond was stirred up by mud and sand, and the bottom of the water could not be seen clearly. The fish were all caught by Xiao Hechuan. Jiang Sui and Lan Lan focused on participation.
We caught five fish in total, which is enough to eat. In this weather, if there is no water, they will become smelly after a while.
The three of them discussed it and hurried home to tell Xiao's mother the good news of finding the gold ingots. Then they waited for their eldest brother and the others to come back and told them about finding the water source.
At times like this, there is no need to be so selfish and hide things. The most important thing is for everyone to get through this difficult time together.
Xiao's mother sorted out the remaining grain at home. With Jiang Sui's twenty taels of silver, she bought a total of 200 kilograms of flour, 200 kilograms of brown rice, and 200 kilograms of cornmeal.
In addition to the leftover grain from the previous year, the family still had 100 kilograms of flour and 80 kilograms of cornmeal that they ground themselves, as well as an additional 100 kilograms of potatoes and 100 kilograms of sweet potatoes.
There are also dozens of kilograms of red beans and mung beans, which are coarse grains and very filling.
There were still a lot of unsold sweet potato vermicelli, as well as over 100 kilograms of sweet potato starch that had not yet been made into vermicelli. With these added in, I definitely wouldn't starve to death.
Those little chicks have been raised for such a long time and are growing very quickly. In a few more months, they can be slaughtered and eaten for meat.
The Xiao family has a large population, and they are all grown men who can eat and work. However, due to Jiang Sui's foresight, he bought food in advance. Compared with other people in the village, they are much better off. At least they don't have to worry about starving.
Otherwise, it would be difficult for their whole family to survive in this drought with only the little food they had stored in the previous year.
But at this moment she didn't know that her daughter-in-law had prepared another big surprise for her.
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