In the afternoon, when everyone was at work, the villagers finally had something new to talk about.
Instead of rehashing the old stories of Sun Changsheng, Zhang Yuping, and Wang Xiuli, they talked about Lu Yuan's housewarming party.
In the past, when we met, we would always greet each other with, "Have you eaten?"
Today, everyone's asking, "Did your husband go to Lu Yuan's house for dinner?"
Then they started chatting.
"I heard there's a lot of meat, pork, chicken, and rabbit. It's so delicious. My husband ate four bowls and he's stuffed."
"That's right, my husband even brought a bowl home. It was really delicious."
"And those white steamed buns, they were so big, fragrant and soft, I've never eaten such delicious steamed buns before."
Those who can speak so eloquently are people whose families had men who helped build their houses and who attended the banquets.
Those who didn't go were almost heartbroken to death upon hearing these words.
The most bittersweet one was Yang Caihong from the educated youth settlement.
When she saw Hongxia get up earlier than anyone else to help with the move in the morning, she secretly mocked her for being stupid. Not only did she not work to earn work points, but she also brought gifts over.
He's such an idiot.
But later, when I saw people returning to the educated youth settlement, they not only brought meat, vegetables, and steamed buns, but also meat.
I felt incredibly regretful.
I should have known she would have gone to help too.
She even complained to Wen Moxue that she had prepared such a good meal but hadn't invited her.
No matter how uncomfortable I felt, I couldn't go and freeload a meal. However, two people from the educated youth settlement did go and eat, and brought back some dishes.
She then set her sights on the two of them.
They felt the two shouldn't eat alone and wanted to share the vegetables, steamed buns, and roe deer meat. Their reasoning was that they were eating together anyway.
Hong Xia and He Shenghua were naturally unwilling.
"It's true we're eating together, but that doesn't mean we have to hand over all the good stuff. We're bringing out the meat, what can you bring?"
“It’s not that we don’t have it. We’re a team, so we can’t be so petty. Your selfishness is undermining our unity.”
It's quite a big hat to put on her, but Hong Xia is no pushover.
“Why not? Didn’t Yang, the educated youth, buy a pound of glutinous rice strips at the commune a few days ago? Shouldn’t you share them too? And those money coupons you’ve saved should also be shared by everyone, otherwise it will undermine unity.”
Yang Caihong was rendered speechless by the rebuttal, and the other educated youths also knew they were in the wrong, so they didn't say anything more.
This incident, however, exacerbated the conflicts within the educated youth settlement.
Those who were eating together also parted ways.
Lu Yuan and Wen Moxue were unaware of the commotion at the educated youth settlement at home, and even if they had known, they wouldn't have cared or paid attention to it, thinking it had nothing to do with them. Little did they know there would be more to come.
Of course, the two of them don't have time to worry about that right now.
On their first night in the new house, the two finally found an opportunity to dig for treasure.
In the old house, Lu Yuan was digging the ground with a hoe, while Wen Moxue and Grandpa Liu were shining flashlights.
"Uncle Liu, didn't you say to dig down one meter? I've already dug down a meter, why haven't I dug anything yet? Could it be that you remembered the wrong spot?"
Grandpa Liu said firmly, "Impossible, absolutely impossible."
"Are you so sure?"
"Of course. I haven't moved the location of that chamber pot since I buried it."
Lu Yuan asked, "Don't you take that urinal out every day to drain urine?"
"It's bound to collapse."
"Is it possible that sometimes when you empty the pee and then put it back in the same spot, it won't be in the same place anymore?"
The old man wanted to say it was impossible, but after thinking about it carefully, he wasn't sure anymore.
After all these years, if the location changes from time to time, the changes over such a long period of time are not insignificant.
"Oh dear, I'm getting old, I don't remember very well. It's good enough that I can remember there are things underground."
Lu Yuan's lips twitched.
Well, it seems we really did dig in the wrong spot.
After analyzing the situation, Lu Yuan selected a new location to start digging. This location was about one meter away from the original digging spot.
"Isn't this too far?" Old Lu asked uncertainly.
"Let's dig it up first and then talk about it."
About half an hour later, Lu Yuan dug another large pit, nearly a meter deep.
This time it went smoothly. When it got to about a meter away, there was a loud bang.
All three were startled, exchanged glances, and saw surprise in each other's eyes.
"Be gentle, don't break the jar," Grandpa Liu reminded him.
Lu Yuan stopped using a hoe and switched to a shovel.
Two hours later.
Lu Yuan was panting heavily when he threw down the shovel and plopped down on the ground.
Damn, he's exhausted.
Looking at the two large water vats in the pit, Lu Yuan was speechless.
Where's the jar you were promised?
These are clearly two large water vats, so how did they become jars?
"Uncle Liu, are you sure this is a jar?"
Grandpa Liu chuckled and said, "Pretty much, pretty much."
Wen Moxue's eyes lit up as she stared at the two large water vats. "We're going to be rich! We're going to be rich! Lu Yuan, we're going to be rich!"
Wen Moxue tried to pry open the lid of the large vat, but the lid was tightly sealed and she couldn't move it.
Then he looked at Lu Yuan and said, "You do it."
Lu Yuan waved his hand, "Let me rest for a while."
Wen Moxue had no choice but to wait. But she couldn't wait any longer and kept poking at it.
"Uncle Liu, what's in these two big vats?"
Old Liu chuckled mysteriously, "You'll find out what it is in a moment. I guarantee you'll never have to worry about food or drink for the rest of your lives."
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