Simply take the box out.
"Come, come, everyone, take a look. This is windfall, and it's legal. What are your thoughts?"
Upon hearing about the unexpected windfall, Cheng Chao immediately perked up.
"What can such a small box hold... Holy crap! Is this another gold mine?"
Simply holding the water cup,
"I don't know if it's a gold mine, but it's legal, it just can't be exposed to the light of day for a while."
Jian Liye also came over to take a look.
"What gold mine? This isn't... wait, isn't it?"
"Isn't this your grandfather's? Where did you pull this out from?"
"Wow! Uncle Li, you know him?"
Jian Liye was speechless.
"What are you saying? That's my father-in-law's property. It's been there for so many years. I ate and drank there plenty of food and drink when I was young. I treated it like my own home. Do you think I don't recognize that emblem?"
"I only took it because I saw it there, so I felt justified. But how did it end up in someone else's hands? Dad, do you know anything about it? I have absolutely no recollection of it."
Jian Liye scratched his head, thought for a moment,
"Logically speaking, I shouldn't know, since I only spend a few days a year at home anyway. But I should think I know a little bit about it,"
Jian Dan and Cheng Chao immediately straightened up, both of them attentively listening to the lesson.
Jian Liye, “…”
I rubbed my head, somewhat speechless.
"I heard your grandfather mention it once, saying that you can't put all your eggs in one basket. He didn't say the specifics, but he always said things like, 'Those who live near the mountains live off the mountains, and those who live near the water live off the water,' and 'The East Mountain rises again, the West Mountain falls.'"
At the time, I was completely confused and asked him what he meant. He shook his head and said that these things are only needed as a last resort, and if they do appear…
Jian Liye looked at his daughter.
"That means the Su family can't keep these things, so let's not dwell on it. They'll be left to those who are destined to have them."
The hand that was simply resting on her chin slipped, almost causing her to blink.
"No, Dad, are you sure this is what Grandpa said? Is this a matter of not putting all your eggs in one basket? Doesn't this make us a spendthrift?"
Cheng Chao was also stunned. He had been very serious and solemn, thinking that Grandpa Su had some profound plan, but it turned out to be just this.
"Uncle Li, are you sure? It doesn't feel like he's leaving a legacy for his descendants. It feels more like he's deliberately creating a spectacle to stir up some conflict or dispute. Could it be that he actually has some major enemy who's deliberately planting this as a time bomb?"
Jian Liye thought about it carefully again, then shook his head firmly.
"That's all I know. There might be other arrangements, but as you know, I'm rarely home. It wouldn't make a difference if he told me these things, so it's normal that he didn't tell me, right?"
The brother and sister exchanged a glance, speechless. They felt that knowing this little bit of information was worse than not knowing it at all.
"Let's take a look at the treasure map first and see if we can find any clues."
Hearing a child's voice from inside, Jian Liye quickly left.
"You guys do the research, I'll go see the kids."
Watching his retreating figure, which he practically fled from, Jian Dan wanted to sigh.
"Why do I get the feeling that he seems a little guilty?"
Cheng Chao didn't turn his head, intently studying the blueprints.
"Is there?"
Then stop guessing. Even if he's feeling guilty, if he doesn't want to talk about it, he won't tell you no matter how you ask.
"Don't worry about him for now, look at this picture,"
Cheng Chao turned the blueprints around.
"It looks exactly like the blueprints for a gold mine, so it should be in this direction?"
This route should still be in the mountains, right? But which mountain? This old man has really posed a difficult question.
Jian frowned and thought back; it seemed the old man had never actually mentioned these things to her.
"He mentioned mountains to me, oh right, idioms, the idioms he most often recited to me, 'The rising sun in the east, auspicious purple clouds coming from the east,' could they be related?"
After staring at it for a long time without seeing any sign of anything, Cheng Chao was also somewhat discouraged.
"This is like looking for a needle in a haystack! Maybe we should ask your old fox later; his brain works much better than our blockheads."
Simple and unconvinced,
"You're the blockhead! I'm smarter than you, okay?"
"You think you're smart? Then you tell me, where is this?"
Just then, Qin Qinghuai came in carrying breakfast. He turned around briefly and complained.
"Brother Huai, he bullied me, and he even called you an old fox."
Cheng Chao immediately widened his eyes.
"Hey! That's going too far. Isn't this like using someone and then discarding them?"
Make a simple funny face.
"Then you didn't solve the problem either, you still have to rely on my brother Huai."
Qin Qinghuai found these words very pleasing.
"So what if he's an old fox? He's still my brother-in-law, so I'll forgive him."
"So, have you cracked the blueprints?"
Simply shake your head.
"No, in fact, I seem even more confused."
She repeated what Jian Liye had said.
"I had thought about it a lot, but I still couldn't figure out what Grandpa was thinking. It was like he deliberately placed it in many places and was waiting for someone destined to find it. I just thought, is this normal?"
Qin Qinghuai set out breakfast and then took his daughter, who had just woken up, from her nap.
"Eat first, then sleep. When you have the energy, you can start researching again. Maybe you'll find a clue soon."
I gently pinched my daughter's chubby cheeks.
"Alright, food is essential for life, let's eat!"
The things on the mountain may not be discovered for a while, but those hideouts have already been blown up. You could say that half of the capital is in an uproar. How could these people let such an uproar pass them by?
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