Chapter 132 What a blessing, what a good fortune!
Little Yuanbao picked up Little White Hair and brought him to Cai, "Mother, this is the one that we dug out from the riverbed. My second brother said it was a treasure-hunting dog!"
Dabao took a stone and hit the jar hard.
Blah!
The jar broke.
Everything inside rolled out.
Half of them are ancient coins, about ten chains, with about a hundred coins in each chain.
Half of them were silver ingots, some large and some small, some weighing dozens of taels each and some weighing only one or two taels each. They were all discolored by black and yellow mold, but if rubbed with a cloth, they would definitely turn back to silvery white.
Finally, at the bottom of the jar, there were a few small yellow croakers lying quietly.
Small yellow croaker does not change color for a long time and is very easy to recognize.
Cai was so excited that her hands and feet were shaking.
"We really found a treasure!"
They just sat in the house and did nothing, but on the first day of the New Year, God gave them money.
I wish you a prosperous new year!
What a blessing, what a good fortune!
Dabao and Erbao had already swiftly fetched a bucket of water and a rag to wipe the silver ingots.
The ancient coins are also covered with rust and need to be cleaned.
After finally cleaning up and counting, there were a total of four small gold bars, or four small yellow croakers, each weighing about two taels.
The total amount of silver ingots was about two or three hundred taels.
There are ten chains of ancient coins, each chain contains a hundred coins. These ancient coins are no longer the coins commonly used in the Da'an Dynasty, but are from several ancient dynasties. This shows that the person who buried the coins has a history of at least two or three hundred years.
I don't know whose ancestor buried it, and there is no way to find out.
Now that Xiao Baimao has found it, all of it belongs to Xiao Yuanbao.
Cai was so excited that her hands and feet were shaking. "This is the first time mother has seen a small yellow croaker. A small yellow croaker is worth a lot of silver. With so much silver falling from the sky, we can use it to buy a lot of land."
Dabao said, "You can deposit the silver in the silver shop and exchange it for banknotes. Keep the little yellow croaker for now. We have locks and cabinets at home, so we are not afraid of theft. You can give it to your sister as a dowry in the future. This is the first fortune that Little White Hair has found for her, and it is worth commemorating."
Cai readily agreed, "Okay, okay, mother still has more than a hundred taels of silver notes here. With these, I estimate that I can get more than four hundred taels, and I can buy more than twenty acres of good land..."
Erbao naturally had no objection.
Erbao asked, "What about these old coins? They can be exchanged for silver, right? Or should we keep them for family use?"
Who knew that little Yuanbao suddenly spoke in a baby voice, "Mom, second brother, baby wants these ancient coins..."
Several people looked at Xiao Yuanbao and asked, "Give you a string to play with?"
There are 100 pieces in a string, which should be enough for fun.
Little Yuanbao shook his head and said, "Baby wants all of them!"
"Ah? What do you need so much for? Sister, so much money, hanging on your body, is so heavy! You can't even lift it..." "Can't lift it" is an exaggeration. Xiao Yuanbao can lift an adult and play with sandbags, so how can he not be able to lift ten strings of money?
"No, mother, I want these ancient coins to make Five Emperors' Coins. The Five Emperors' Coins are round on the outside and square on the inside. These ancient coins are well-cast and have experienced a long period of accumulation. They have a certain aura and are just right for making Five Emperors' Coins. Five ancient coins are used to make one Five Emperors' Coin." Little Yuanbao explained.
She had already taken a liking to these ancient coins.
I already had a little plan in mind.
Cai couldn't help but ask, "What is the use of the Five Emperors' Coins?"
"Mother, it can bring good fortune and ward off evil! It's a good thing. If you hang it in the house, it can also increase Feng Shui luck..."
Dabao and Erbao's eyes lit up.
This sounds amazing.
Cai then asked, "If you want to sell it, wouldn't it be more expensive than the amulet?"
"Yes, amulets are better used on people because they are convenient to carry. The Five Emperors' Coins can ward off evil and bring good fortune. They are better used to protect houses and absorb feng shui, and they have more functions." Little Yuanbao chattered.
Her father had a string of Five Emperors' Coins in his hand, which was a great magical tool.
Dabao and Erbao looked at each other and it seemed that the most valuable things in the jar were the ancient coins!
No gold or silver can compare to it.
Five ancient coins can make one set of Five Emperors Coins, so a string of one hundred coins can make twenty strings, and one string can be sold for fifty taels, which is not too much, right? That's one thousand taels!!
Ten strings, ten thousand taels? ! !
Ouch! That’s a whopping price!
Dabao and Erbao calmed down their flustered moods and said, "Okay, I'll leave all the ancient money to my sister."
Then, Dabao looked down and saw Little White Hair again, "Mom, from now on, add meat and bones to Little White Hair's meals."
The more Cai looked at Little White Hair, the more she liked him. "Great! Just let Little White Hair eat the same food as our Little Yuanbao. Whatever Little Yuanbao eats, we'll give it to Little White Hair."
Little White Hair barked with joy...
It was happily decided.
At this time, someone came to pay New Year's greetings.
Cai quickly hid all the things and went out to entertain the guests.
Dabao took a basket to the riverbed and picked up all the snacks that were thrown there.
Snacks are also food. Nowadays, there are too many people who are short of food and clothing. If you waste food, you will be struck by lightning.
They had just come from the brink of poverty, and they couldn't forget their roots after becoming rich.
After picking up the food, he continued to take Little Yuanbao and Little White Hair to visit the houses that had not yet finished greeting them.
Most people in the village have come to their house to pay New Year's greetings, and they should return the favor.
It was Tang Xianming's house. Xiao Yuanbao and the others didn't go there. They even spat when they passed by.
At night, Sanbao regretted it so much that he beat his chest and stamped his feet after learning that he had missed the exciting treasure hunt in the riverbed with Little White Hair because he did not wait for his sister.
I kept talking about it for half the night.
Even in dreams people talk in their sleep, so listen carefully.
It was something like, "Little White Hair, from now on when I go out, you must come with me and take me treasure hunting. I also want to bring back a jar of silver..."
Cai heard it late at night and her sleepiness was almost gone because of his laughter.
These naughty kids are funnier than each other.
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The second day of the Lunar New Year is the day when married women return home.
Cai wanted to go back to visit the Cai family in Qili Town.
She had been married for so many years, but had never returned to her parents' home on the second day of the New Year. Besides, the children had no relatives to visit. On this day, most of the children in the village would go back to their grandmother's house with their mothers, except Xiao Yuanbao, and she was afraid that they would miss the visit too.
So, I mentioned it to my eldest and second child.
Both children agreed.
So the family went to Cai’s house in Qili Town to pay New Year’s greetings.
Little Yuanbao likes lively atmosphere, so she was naturally happy. When she learned in the morning that she had to visit relatives and wish her grandmother a happy new year, she wanted to set off without even washing her face.
When the little white-haired boy saw that his owner was about to go out, he happily waited at the door.
Cai laughed, "You are a little dog, you have to help guard the house. We have babies at home, but no one is at home to watch over them. How can we do that?"
Suddenly, Little White Hair went back to the house with his head down and a sad look on his face.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Cai took a few children to walk to the town, which took them half an hour. As a result, there were very few businesses open in the town.
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