Lan Guoer came out of Jinyuan and found three children playing in the mud in an abandoned house in the alley.
This should have been a two-story courtyard before, but now it is so dilapidated that it can't even be called a courtyard.
Lan Guoer remembered that when they first moved to Jinyuan, there were still some ruins here, barely supporting a few houses.
But in the past year, people who were renovating their houses nearby came here to pick up bricks and tiles in order to buy less materials. Over time, the place was demolished and scrapped to the point that not even knee-high walls were left.
Only the five thick stone steps at the gate reveal the prosperity and glory of the past.
The sun was warm near noon. Old Lady Lan and Qinghe sat under a big tree in the old courtyard, talking and laughing as they looked at their three children, their eyes full of kindness.
"Mother!"
Seeing Lan Guoer coming, Xiao Nuan waved her muddy little hands and ran towards her. The two pigtails on her head swayed as she ran, which was very cute.
Lan Guoer reached out to stop the little girl from approaching.
The dress she was wearing today was the latest model just made by Mrs. Wei and her family. It was made of pure cashmere and would be difficult to clean if it got stained with mud.
Seeing the little girl stop, she squatted down, smiled and tapped her little nose lightly.
"Is mud fun? It's all over my little face. I look like a little kitten!"
"Fun!" The little girl nodded crisply, then pointed to the basin-sized mud pit she had dug.
"Mom and Nuannuan will dig together, we will find treasure soon!"
"What treasure is Nuannuan digging for?"
Lan Guoer thought the little girl was just talking in a childish way and playing house, so she didn't take it seriously. She walked to the mud pit with her and squatted down, watching the little girl digging the mud out with great effort.
"There are so many sparkling treasures in here! When Nuannuan digs them out, she'll give them all to mom to wear."
Little Nuanrou's chubby little hands kept digging the hole, and he smiled at Lan Guoer while digging.
Lan Guoer's eyes couldn't help but flash when she heard the little girl's detailed description.
Yuan Yi once quoted Yuan Lanxi's evaluation of her three children, saying that her three children were extraordinary.
The eldest son’s special abilities have already been revealed, and the second son’s fighting ability should not be underestimated!
The only thing about her little daughter was that she was pretty, well-behaved, and articulate, but she really didn't find anything special about her.
Seeing the little girl digging the soil in front of her with full confidence, as if she had already seen something inside, Lan Guoer had a vague guess in her heart.
"Baby, tell mom, can you see what's inside here?" Lan Guoer leaned close to Xiao Nuan and asked in a low voice.
Xiao Nuan blinked her big, bright eyes and nodded vigorously, pointing to the mud puddle at her feet with curiosity. "Nuan Nuan can see it! Can't Mommy see it? Look, it's right here, a whole box full of them."
Lan Guoer took a deep breath! Could it be that her little daughter had a pair of X-ray eyes?
To confirm this guess, she rolled up her sleeves and started digging the soil with Xiao Nuan.
"Nuan, can you tell Mommy how deep we need to dig to get those shiny things out?"
Lan Guoer was blinded by her groping! If the thing the little girl saw was a few meters away, she wouldn't be able to dig it out even if she broke her hands!
"Look, it's only this deep. Come on, mom!" Xiao Nuan pointed to the mud pit. She didn't know that she was different from ordinary people, and thought that what she saw, others could see as well.
Lan Guoer looked at the muddy pit with an embarrassed look on her face, "Nuanbao, Mommy's eyesight isn't as good as Nuannuan's. Can you please let Mommy take care of Nuannuan?"
Xiao Nuan tilted her head in confusion, stretched out two dirt-covered fingers and gestured, "It's almost there! Mom, let's dig!"
Lan Guoer breathed a sigh of relief. According to the distance Xiao Nuan pointed out, it should only be twenty centimeters, and no professional tools would be needed. She found a branch nearby to replace her fingers, and her speed instantly increased a lot.
Soon, the branch hit resistance and Lan Guoer let go of the branch. She knew that what Xiao Nuan was talking about should be underneath.
Lan Guoer used her hands to push away the surrounding soil, revealing a small brown wooden box.
The box is not big, the top is only about the size of an A4 paper. Although it is a bit decayed, you can still see its former exquisiteness.
She carefully took out the box and gently brushed off the dirt on top.
"Mom, please open it quickly! There are so many beautiful beads inside." Xiao Nuan squatted beside Lan Guoer and urged in a baby voice.
Lan Guoer and Xiao Nuan looked at each other with puzzled expressions.
She is now certain that her little daughter has the ability of clairvoyance, but if this ability gets out, her little daughter will probably never have a peaceful life.
"Mom, what's in here? Can we open it together?"
When Xiao Ling and Xiao Lie saw Lan Guo'er digging in the soil with her sister, they gathered around. When they saw what they had dug out, they curiously urged Lan Guo'er to open it quickly.
Lan Guoer looked around and saw no one else except Old Madam Lan and Qinghe.
She wrapped the box in her skirt and whispered to the little ones, "If outsiders see this box, they will fight with the babies for it. Let's take it home and look at it later, okay?"
When the little ones heard that someone else would come to snatch it, they immediately fell silent!
"Mom, let's go home quickly?" Xiao Lie urged Lan Guoer to go home.
At home, Su Guoyu had already left. The sound of chopping vegetables came from the kitchen, where Tang's mother was preparing lunch.
Lan Guoer took the three children straight back to the room.
"Mom, hurry! You can open it now." Xiao Nuan pulled at Lan Guoer's clothes and said impatiently.
Lan Guoer didn't care whether the little girl's hands were dirty or not. She put the box on the ground, and the little ones immediately formed a circle around it.
The latch on the box had fallen off halfway due to corrosion. Lan Guoer pulled it out with a little force and opened it. Sure enough, there was a box of jewelry inside!
"Look at this, mom. Isn't it just like what Nuannuan said, sparkling?"
Xiao Nuan took out a pearl necklace, waved it in front of Lan Guoer, and handed it to Lan Guoer, "This looks best on Mom! Mom, put it on quickly."
Lan Guoer had collected a lot of jewels in her previous life, and she recognized at a glance that this was a string of valuable deep-sea pearls.
The size of the beads is indistinguishable to the naked eye. Each one is round and smooth, emitting a faint luster, just like the twinkling stars in the night sky.
Lan Guoer looked at the pearl necklace in her hand and estimated that the diameter of each bead was about 20cm.
She knew that natural pearls of this size were extremely rare and were almost always auctioned individually in later generations. She had never seen a necklace with such uniform color and size.
You can't wear this out these days! It's too ostentatious!
Lan Guoer put the necklace away and continued to look through the things in the box.
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