Chapter 84 Found the Treasure
Ding Xiaodie discovered this well when she came here last time. She lay beside the well and observed it for a long time. The bottom of the well was not dry and turned into yellow soil. Instead, when she reached out her hand to the wellhead, she could feel a faint coolness inside.
This shows that although there is no water in the well, it can still store water and contains moisture.
So Ding Xiaodie coaxed Ding Xiang to play in the front hall for a while and asked her to look for any rare items.
The little guy trusted her very much and ran to the front hall to play. Taking advantage of this time, Ding Xiaodie quickly took out the cuckoo machine from her bag, twisted the handle a few times quickly with her little hands, and then aimed the outlet pipe at the wellhead.
After a while.
Coo... coo...
The cuckoo machine immediately started working diligently.
Seeing the crystal clear water pouring into the well, Ding Xiaodie was extremely happy.
This time we can let the cuckoo machine work longer, after all, such a deep well cannot be filled easily.
Just like that, after a while, twist the handle again, and after a while, twist the handle again, the cuckoo machine can spit out water non-stop...
"Cousin!"
Ding Xiang's cry suddenly came from the yard outside, startling Ding Xiaodie. She quickly fixed the cuckoo machine between two stones and ran out in a hurry: "What's wrong, Ding Xiang?"
"Look what I found?"
Dingxiang held a huge piece of paper with a dark, old color in her little hand. Fortunately, she was still young and did not think of asking her cousin what she was doing in the yard.
"Let me take a look."
Ding Xiaodie thought it was just ordinary paper. This was the government office, so it was not difficult to pick up paper.
When she took it and looked at it, Dingxiang pointed to the picture on it and said, "Look, isn't this a hill? This is a road!"
It’s true, there are mountains, roads and houses.
Oh my god, this is a map.
Ding Xiaodie suddenly became energetic. The last time she came to the yamen, she wanted to find a map. She did find one, but it was only a map of Yangliu Town, which was not very useful.
But the map in her hand at this moment was the entire territory of Northern Yan State.
This is really rare. You have to know how difficult it was to draw a map in ancient times. Even if there was such a map, it would be impossible for ordinary people to own it.
"Lilac, where did you find it?" Ding Xiaodie looked at the clear and densely drawn words and pictures on it, and her heart beat several times faster. Now she finally knew what era and place they had traveled to, and her understanding of the environment was more specific because of this map.
Dingxiang used her little hand to pull her to the front hall, pointed to a fallen piece of bread and said, "I found it behind it."
The plaque had the words "upright and open" written on it, and it should have been hung on the wall behind the desk. Perhaps because the upright person here ran away without caring about the lives of the people, which aroused the anger of the people, someone knocked the plaque down.
But no one expected that there was a national map behind the plaque.
"Lilac, you're awesome." Ding Xiaodie was overjoyed and pinched her little cheeks: "I'll give you some candy as a reward when I have some."
"It's okay, cousin." The sensible Dingxiang was afraid that her cousin would have to worry about finding candy for her, but she was still very curious: "Sister, what is this picture? Do you understand it?"
"I understand. Sister, tell you, with this map, we know where to escape to."
"Are we going to escape again?"
The little girl scratched her head in confusion. Yangliu Town is pretty good. Living in such a nice house is much better than when her family lived in Aozi Village.
But how could she know that resources are scarce and living space will be squeezed?
Ding Xiaodie smiled warmly and patted her head: "Don't worry, we won't run away again unless it's absolutely necessary! But you have to promise your cousin not to tell anyone about finding the map, not even your parents, understand?"
"Yeah!" Dingxiang nodded.
This map is very, very important, but if it is held in the hands of someone like Ding De, it will cause some unnecessary trouble. If he can selflessly share it with everyone, he would not be called Ding Lao Er!
Ding Xiaodie's worries are not unfounded.
For example, at this moment, when she took Dingxiang out for a walk, Ding De saw that the old woman was the only one in the house, so he touched the corner of the wall, turned around and went into Xiaodie's house.
"Mother, please open your eyes and save your son!"
When Ding De saw the old woman, he fell to his knees and squeezed his eyes hard several times, but not a single tear came out.
Wang Dafeng was squinting when a man suddenly knelt beside the bed. She was so frightened that she sat up and started cursing: "Second brother, you are going to die. When did you come upstairs? You walked like a ghost and there was no sound at all."
"Mom, I'm just afraid of disturbing your sleep!"
What kind of bullshit is this? It won’t have any effect if he kneels down and howls like that?
Wang Dafeng was so angry that she rolled her eyes, raised her hand to cover her pounding heart, and ignored him.
Ding De had no choice but to stand up: "Mom, please give our family some salt. The children are still young. How can they not eat something with a little salt?"
"What salt? Who told you we have salt at home?" Although he was a little confused, Wang Dafeng refused to admit it.
"Lilac told me that your family even puts salt in their breakfast. With such good conditions, can't you take care of me? The third brother and I are both your flesh and blood. My father died early, and like my eldest brother, I went to the fields to help you with the work early. I also used the oxen to work hard every day. I just hope you can do less. In your eyes now, is the third brother your only biological son, and I am not?"
As he was talking, maybe because he was too immersed in the role or because his conscience was really touched, Ding De's eyes became moist!
Wang Dafeng was stunned by what he said.
It is true that her three sons are her flesh and blood. Now that the relationship between her and her sons has reached this point, she used to feel sad, but now it is different. After her sons treated her coldly again and again, she has become calm and open-minded.
So now, I was actually not moved at all by Ding De’s words. I was just curious. I didn’t expect that this little bastard was so good at talking.
However, Wang Dafeng still followed his heart and cursed: "Go away, why are you pretending, second brother, let me tell you frankly, the conditions of the third brother's family are much worse than yours. It's true that we eat salt in the morning, but do you dare to say that we also eat salt in the afternoon? The little salt we have is left by the previous owner hidden in the cracks of the wall. Think about it, how much salt can be hidden in the cracks of the wall? If we don't eat it sparingly, the third brother won't have the energy to go out to work. If we say that there is really enough to take care of you, it is definitely not there."
"There is such a thing?" Ding De was surprised.
(End of this chapter)
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