Upon thinking of this, Liu Jun's eyebrows twitched, and he smiled warmly, "Tianxiao is here."
"Yeah, it's been over a month since I last saw you, and you're still living such a carefree life, Brother Jun. How was the harvest today?" Wang Tianxiao said with a smile.
"Not bad, only two small silver carp came out." Liu Jun pointed to the small fish basket next to him.
Wang Tianxiao lifted the lid and found two small silver carp, about a foot long, frozen solid in the basket, motionless.
"To be able to catch fish in this kind of weather, you are probably the only one in the entire station who can do it."
"Haha, not at all."
People like to hear compliments. Liu Jun was originally very confident in his fishing skills, and when Wang Tianxiao said this, it hit the nail on the head, so he relaxed his guard a little.
"How are things going, Xiao Wang? Are you doing alright at Yangziling?"
"Just muddle along, it'll get by."
"By the way, I saw you riding a motorcycle yesterday. Where did you get it? That motorcycle must be expensive, right?" Liu Jun naturally shifted the topic to the motorcycle that he was interested in.
Wang Tianxiao smiled and said, "To be honest, it was a gift from a relative of mine."
"Oh, you have such relatives? I've never heard you mention them before."
“Don’t tell me you didn’t know, I didn’t know either,” Wang Tianxiao said with emotion. “It’s an uncle of mine who ended up in the south for various reasons, but he recently found his way back to his hometown and reunited with his family. And you know what? He’s doing really well in the south, he owns more than a dozen large factories with hundreds of employees. Oh, by the way…”
Wang Tianxiao pulled a bright green Guanyin pendant from his collar. "Look, this was also a gift from my uncle. I heard it's some kind of jade... jade... something, anyway, it's cool and refreshing, and very comfortable to wear."
"Jade?"
“Yes, yes, it’s jade. I heard it’s very valuable.” Wang Tianxiao agreed repeatedly.
Liu Jun looked at the jade in Wang Tianxiao's hand with extreme envy.
He had heard that many people in the south liked to play with this kind of thing, and a good one could sell for tens of thousands.
hateful.
Judging from the motorcycle incident, the jade in Wang Tianxiao's possession must be genuine.
He really hit the jackpot.
"Yes, it's very valuable. You should keep it safe and be careful not to lose it."
"Don't worry, I've kept it safe."
Wang Tianxiao twirled the Guanyin pendant around his finger a few times, preparing to put it back into his collar, but just as he was about to pull it back, the string of the Guanyin pendant suddenly broke.
"ah!"
He gasped in surprise as he watched the pendant slip from his hand, arcing gracefully before landing perfectly in an ice hole no more than a foot in diameter.
"Ah...this! My pendant."
Wang Tianxiao exclaimed in surprise and rushed to the entrance of the ice cave, where he lay down on the ice and looked down.
But what pendant could you possibly see underneath the ice?
Although the stream is mostly still in winter and doesn't flow much, and the pendant is heavy, it usually falls vertically near the entrance of the cave.
But in this weather, at this temperature, who would dare go down down to look for the pendant?
Wang Tianxiao wasn't a good swimmer to begin with, and with the temperature so low, he definitely couldn't go down.
"Oh dear, look what this mess has become!" Liu Jun hurriedly stood up, threw his fishing rod aside, and went forward to look into the hole, shaking his head repeatedly: "There's no way to find it now, we can't find it."
"What should we do? My uncle gave it to me. What if he asks about it..."
Wang Tianxiao was very anxious and looked panicked.
Liu Jun patted his shoulder with concern and said regretfully, "There's nothing we can do. At this temperature, no one can find the pendant inside. We can only wait until spring next year when the ice melts and the temperature rises, and then go down and look for it."
"Brother Jun, you're supposed to be a great swimmer, so you can't even do it?"
"How can I do that!" Liu Jun reacted strongly. "Although I'm a barely passable swimmer, do you know how cold the water is under the ice right now? Anyone who goes down there will get leg cramps and might never be able to get up again."
"Is there really no way out?" Wang Tianxiao looked dejectedly at the ice cave, unwilling to give up.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible." Liu Jun shook his head hurriedly.
"Oh well."
Wang Tianxiao stood up disappointed, losing interest in continuing the conversation. He said to Liu Jun, "I'm going back now, Brother Jun, you keep fishing."
"Hey, don't worry, this thing can't fly away once it falls in. We can retrieve it next spring."
"This is the only way."
Wang Tianxiao responded, but his tone was very weak, clearly indicating that he didn't believe he could actually find it next year.
Watching Wang Tianxiao leave the stream dejectedly and disappear down the mountain path on his way back, Liu Jun suddenly felt a surge of joy and almost jumped up on the spot.
What's wrong with me lately? I've been so lucky!
Is my luck about to change?!
"Fool, you have no idea that the water temperature under the ice in winter is not as cold as you imagine. Ice is like a natural glass that can trap the heat inside and make it difficult for the heat to escape."
Liu Jun stood there for a while, making sure Wang Tianxiao had left, before spitting triumphantly and sneering, "Serves you right for being so arrogant. Someone gives you a little something and you become incredibly cocky."
He turned to look at the cave entrance again, a greedy smile on his face.
"This is like a pie falling from the sky, incredible, incredible!"
Having come this far, why was he still fishing? He quickly reeled in his line, made a mark on the ice, and then ran home with his things.
Even he needs to prepare something before going into the water blindly.
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