sinovels Chapter 1565: The Treasure Cellar Opens the Strange Treasure Bottle
Chapter 1565: The Treasure Cellar Opens the Strange Treasure Bottle
Chapter 1565: The Treasure Cellar Opens the Strange Treasure Bottle
When Zhao Youcai was talking to Jie Chen about wild grapes that day, he also said: The roots of wild grape vines are red and the fruits are sweet.
The wild grape vine that Jie Chen held up had only a thirty-centimeter section left outside, except for the roots that were embedded in the soil.
This should have been done when the branches were being pruned and cleaned up, and the top part was cut off, and the remaining part was simply stepped on by foot.
Normally, this piece of grape vine should be buried in the snow, but looking at the traces of turned snow around the tree stump, it should have been turned out by Xie Chen.
"Brother Jun." Xie Chen grinned and said to Zhao Jun, "I saw a mark on this tree stump, so I just rubbed around in the four outer circles, and this guy really got something."
Hearing what Jie Chen said, Zhao Jun felt even more satisfied and nodded immediately, saying, "Xiao Chen, you have worked hard."
"Hi." Xie Chen said with a smile: "Brother Jun, why are you so hard-working? This is what I should do."
Zhang Yuanmin, Li Baoyu, and Li Ruhai all curled their lips, and saw the minister raising his hand, gesturing around and saying, "Brother Jun, I have looked at all the tree stumps in this area one by one. I have looked back and forth twice, and there is definitely no third one."
"Well done." Before Zhao Jun could say anything, Wang Qiang praised Jie Chen and said, "Thank goodness you are so careful, otherwise I don't know how much stuff would be lost."
"Haha..." Xie Chen smiled. He seemed to want to say something, but Li Ruhai interrupted him and said, "Brother, how about we build a fire around here?"
Zhao Jun didn't answer, but raised his wrist and looked at the time. It was already past ten o'clock. Zhao Jun glanced around, then pointed upwards and said, "Let's pick that today, and come back tomorrow to pick this."
The snow had melted, but the ground hadn't melted at all. If you wanted to dig a hole or dig the soil, you had to burn it.
If you burn it, you have to burn it for a while. After burning, you have to dig and dig, and treasure hunting is a job that needs to be done away from people, so you can't do it in two places.
The main reason was that before coming here, Zhao Jun had never thought that there were two treasures buried on the hillside. If he had known this earlier, he would have brought the Zhao family hunting gang with him.
Now we can only dig the place where the firewood is piled up, and leave this place for another visit tomorrow.
When Zhao Jun called out and went upstairs with a few people, Xie Chen stayed behind.
"What are you still doing?" Li Baoyu asked when he saw this: "Why? Are you not working hard after you have accomplished something?"
Li Baoyu thought that Xie Chen wanted to avoid digging and digging, but Xie Chen said, "I pushed away the snow on the four outer circles. I smoothed it out so that no one can see it."
It may take only a moment for a person to become enlightened. Since providing clues to Zhao Jun yesterday, Xie Chen has become a different person. Not only is his mind more flexible, but he is also more thorough in his work.
After hearing what he said, Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang praised Jie Chen again, which made Jie Chen laugh out loud. However, Zhang Yuanmin, Li Baoyu and Li Ruhai held their breath.
When Zhao Jun got to the top, he looked at the tree stump and thought of something. He said to the other five people, "Uncle, what do you think? I think we don't need to dig up all four outer circles, right?"
"Huh?" Wang Qiang was startled, and then he heard Zhao Jun continue: "I feel like we can't afford to dig all the way, so can we just dig this side?"
After hearing what Zhao Jun said, several people blinked their eyes, thinking it made sense.
Even if there were ten items hidden, they would have been buried in one pile. It was impossible to bury them in a circle, right? Then this pile was most likely facing the mark on the tree stump.
The six men hurriedly moved the firewood and burned it towards the mark as Zhao Jun had instructed.
The birch bark ignited the fire, and the dry wood became a raging flame, with the flames instantly rising to more than a meter high.
At this time, the smoke was thick, so the six people hid far away. Zhao Jun asked Li Ruhai to take out another big pancake.
Although it’s not time for lunch yet, it’s better to eat quickly so you can work better.
"Brother Li." At this time, Xie Chen nudged Li Baoyu and said, "Give me a cigarette."
Li Baoyu wanted to give Xie Chen a cigarette before, but Xie Chen was eager to make a contribution at that time and did not take the cigarette from Li Baoyu.
At this time, he wanted to smoke again, but Li Baoyu shook his head and said, "No."
Xie Chen: “…”
Li Baoyu said no, it was just a joke. Brothers can argue and quarrel, but it won't affect their relationship.
The six of them ate and chatted, talking about the Chamber of Commerce's business, Yong'an's spring hunting, and Zhao Youcai's hunting gang.
At this time, they still didn't know that Zhao Youcai had suffered a loss. When they talked about Zhao Youcai's half-life experience of mountain running, Wang Qiang said to them, "It should be said that my brother-in-law is a little unlucky. But the handle and experience are absolutely no problem."
"Yeah!" Zhang Yuanmin echoed, "Look, you've taught me everything."
"What are you talking about?" Xie Chen glared at Zhang Yuanmin, then thought of something and said with a smile: "My uncle Zhao wants to take me in, and my brother Li is his apprentice."
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was stunned, and then he heard Jie Chen hurriedly explain, "Brother Jun, I didn't agree, I didn't do it."
After saying this, Xie Chen laughed again and said, "I can't abandon the light and join the dark!"
Xie Chen's words amused everyone, but Zhao Jun, as a son, had to take care of Zhao Youcai's face, so Zhao Jun scolded Xie Chen and said, "It's not right for a minister to talk nonsense."
"That's right!" Li Ruhai continued, "Why is my uncle so dark?"
"I'm talking about the future." Xie Chen said with a smile. This kid has become more smart recently and can even tell jokes.
"Hey, Baoyu." At this time, Zhang Yuanmin turned to Li Baoyu and said, "If I don't want to do it, will you do it? Otherwise, you can just go and hang out with my uncle Li and the others."
"I won't go!" Li Baoyu said firmly, "I will just follow my brother, and no one else can help me."
"Oh my." The brothers were trying to sabotage each other. After hearing what Li Baoyu said, Jie Chen asked, "Are you so loyal?"
"Nonsense!" Li Baoyu glanced at Li Xianchen and said loudly, "I am hanging around with my brother, you can't tell where I am!"
When he said this, no one argued with him. Li Baoyu had been following the Zhao army since he was old enough to understand. In terms of seniority, no one in the Zhao family gang could compare to Li Baoyu.
"Yeah!" Seeing that Zhang Yuanmin and Jie Chen were silent, Li Ruhai said with a smile: "Brother, you are only loyal to our eldest brother."
"That's..." When Li Baoyu first heard it, he thought that Li Ruhai was praising him, but a smile flashed across Li Baoyu's face, and he realized what had happened.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Li Baoyu stretched out his hand to grab Li Ruhai. After Li Ruhai dodged, Li Baoyu pointed at Li Ruhai and said, "I am not bad in ability either. I am talented."
"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed. Li Ruhai was so happy that he started to talk nonsense. After handing Wang Qiang a pancake, he said to Li Baoyu, "You are still shy. Look at what you did the other day. You directly got rid of our eldest brother."
When Li Ruhai said this, Zhao Jun's face instantly darkened. It was quite embarrassing that day, but what happened that day was not Li Baoyu's fault, but Zhao Jun's own fault.
Xie Chen felt that he had seized the opportunity, and immediately stood up, pointed at Li Ruhai, and shouted: "What are you talking about?"
As soon as Li Baoyu finished speaking, Zhang Yuanmin said, "Why are you bringing up something that is not relevant to you?"
Li Ruhai also sensed something was wrong and hurriedly clasped his fists to apologize to Zhao Jun, but was grabbed by Li Baoyu.
"Brother!" Li Baoyu asked Zhao Jun, "I'll drag him away and slap him in the face!"
"Go to the side!" Li Ruhai pushed Li Baoyu's hand away and said to Zhao Jun with a smile: "Brother, if you need to write an article in the future, ask me to write it for you. I will tailor it for you."
"Okay, I'll wait for the next time." Zhao Jun also felt that Li Ruhai was more reliable when it came to writing. But Li Baoyu knew that Li Ruhai meant to write in the simplest form for Zhao Jun.
But Li Baoyu couldn't say it out loud, so he could only swallow the words back.
The brothers were arguing and time passed quickly. When the flames not far away went down, a few of them gathered over to warm themselves by the fire and continued to wait.
When the flames were higher than their ankles, Li Baoyu and Jie Chen took a shovel and scooped the still burning charcoal aside for later use.
Then, the two began to dig the soil in front of the tree stump. They dug the shovel about 30 centimeters away from the stump. Otherwise, if they were too close to the stump, they would dig into the roots of the tree and the soil would be useless even if it melted.
There are still many tree roots when digging at this location. The roots of a large tree that can be used as a timber are tangled and intertwined.
At this time, Zhang Yuanmin took the chain saw and started working. After he broke some tree roots, Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang used pickaxes to dig. When they were almost done, Li Baoyu and Jie Chen used shovels to dig out the soil.
The pit they dig cannot be small. If the pit is too small, when it reaches a certain depth, people will not be able to turn around in the pit, and they will not be able to work.
So the pit that several people dug was about three meters long and two meters wide. Such a large pit could accommodate two people, working back to back.
After burning for more than twenty minutes, we dug down from the broken soil surface, but we could not dig any further after digging less than half a meter.
The ground was frozen and I couldn't dig it with a pickaxe. But there was some burning firewood nearby, so I scooped up some firewood and poured it into the pit, then added the firewood and continued burning.
Burn and dig, dig and burn again...
This went on for more than four hours, and the six people were busy until after three in the afternoon.
The digging process was getting slower and slower because everyone started digging at the beginning. Now, there were only Li Baoyu and Jie Chen in the pit.
They were in the pit with their backs to each other, digging and throwing the soil out of the pit. At this time, the tip of Li Baoyu's head was exposed, which meant that they had dug more than 1.8 meters deep.
As it was getting dark, Zhao Jun, who was standing on a mound beside the pit, looked at Wang Qiang with a serious expression.
We won’t be able to work if it gets any darker, but how can we stop digging halfway?
"Let's take a look, nephew." Wang Qiang said, "Just after the fire is over, dig this one. If it doesn't work, we'll go back."
As soon as Wang Qiang finished speaking, he heard Jie Chen exclaim, "Hey, Brother Li, come here and take a look. Is there something here?"
After hearing what Jie Chen said, Zhao Jun, Wang Qiang, Zhang Yuanmin and Li Ruhai who were outside the pit all leaned towards the edge of the pit.
Li Baoyu went over, squatted down and touched it with his hand, then quickly raised his head and called Zhao Jun, saying, "Brother, it looks like a wooden board!"
"What wooden board?" Xie Chenshi bumped Li Baoyu with his shoulder and said, "Isn't that a wooden box?"
"Pah!" Zhao Jun outside the pit clapped his hands fiercely and said, "Baoyu, Xiaochen, hurry up and touch the edge."
It was said to be feeling the edge, but in fact it was to let Li Baoyu and Jie Chen use a shovel to explore.
The two brothers used shovels to expand the area. After about two minutes, Li Baoyu raised his hands, gestured horizontally to Zhao Jun and said, "Brother, it's this big."
After saying this, Li Baoyu gestured vertically again.
Zhao Jun estimated that the box that Li Baoyu was pointing at didn't seem to be very big, about half a meter long and wide.
"There's nothing next to it, right? No need to dig around?" Zhao Jun asked this question to ask if the box was completely within the pit bottom. If not, he would have to dig around the pit, which would be even more difficult.
"No need." Li Baoyu raised his head and asked Zhao Jun, "Brother, are we going to be stingy?"
"Pick!" Zhao Jun said, and took out a pair of pliers from his shoulder bag. Then he squatted down and used the pliers to pull out the nails that fixed the pickaxe head and handle.
Then, Zhao Jun handed the pliers to Wang Qiang, and he himself went down the pit with the pickaxe.
If they used shovels and pickaxes, the pit could only accommodate two people. If they squatted there and used the shovel and pickaxe to dig slowly, then Zhao Jun, Wang Qiang, Li Baoyu, and Jie Chen would have no problem.
At this time, the forest gradually darkened, and the pit became even darker. Zhang Yuanmin and Li Ruhai sat by the pit, holding torches in their hands to illuminate the people below.
There were four soldiers of the Zhao army, two of them using shovels and two using pickaxes, and they dug and pried at it. When half of the box appeared in front of everyone, the soil underneath was frozen and they could not dig it out any further.
"F*ck!" Zhao Jun cursed, "Stop digging, I'll dig this box open."
At first, Zhao Jun wanted to move all the boxes back home, but now that was not possible, he wanted to open the boxes and put the things inside back.
Anyway, there is only a broken pine box outside, so if we can't get it out, we can just leave it like that.
"Brother, stop digging!" Zhang Yuanmin stopped Zhao Jun and said, "You don't have the ability to dig deep and shallow. If you dig again, you will damage the things inside."
Zhao Jun knew that Zhang Yuanmin was skillful, so he immediately said, "Brother, then you come."
Zhang Yuanmin handed the torch to Li Ruhai, and then he did not rush down the pit, but went to get the chainsaw.
The chainsaw went down first, followed by Zhang Yuanmin.
After Zhang Yuanmin went down, he used a chain saw to open the lid of the box horizontally. His hands were steady and his sawing was gentle.
Soon, the entire lid of the box came off.
He opened the box and found a dark pile inside. With the torch lighting up the box, Zhao Jun reached out and found that the pile was made of rags.
Compared to the last treasure cellar, this one is deeper and made of antiseptic pine wood, so the contents of the box are well preserved.
"Shake it off, shake it off." Wang Qiang said, "Don't get anything stuck in the cloth."
Wang Qiang had a good idea, but there was nothing in the pile of rags.
The box was not big, but it was quite deep. After Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang took out the rags, they saw a vessel that looked like a narrow-mouthed vase inside.
This thing has a thin neck and a big belly. Its belly is as thick as a small basin used at home. Seeing this thing, Li Ruhai on the pit exclaimed: "Is it an antique?"
"What kind of antique is this?" Zhang Yuanmin frowned and said, "It looks like it's made of yellow clay."
"Okay, don't worry about what's burning." Wang Qiang said, "Nephew, hurry up and get rid of it. After that, we'll go home."
"Hey!" Zhao Jun responded, and when he tried to hold the big belly of the thing with both hands, he felt his hands sink and he couldn't hold it up.
"Ouch!" Zhao Jun's heart moved, and he thought: "There is something here!"
This chapter is to make up for yesterday's. I will continue writing today. It will be a little late. Brothers, go to bed first. I went to acupuncture again during the day.
(End of this chapter)