At this moment, an old man was helped out by someone.
“You’re back, Bayi, triumphant!”
“Old Party Secretary, are you in good health!”
Upon seeing the old Party Secretary, Lao Hu and Wang Fatty quickly stepped forward to help him up, their faces full of smiles.
It seemed that this was the old Party Secretary who had taken good care of the two of them. He must be in his sixties or seventies now.
“Come, come, come in, come in!”
The three of them followed the old Party Secretary into the house.
Lao Hu walked along and asked curiously.
“Yanzi, where is your husband? And why are there only old people, children, and women in the village, where are the men?”
As soon as he entered the village, Lao Hu noticed that, apart from the elderly and children, there wasn’t a single man to be seen.
They couldn’t all have gone out hunting, could they!
“Sigh, don’t talk about it. A few years ago, there was a big earthquake, and Niu Xin Mountain was shaken open, revealing an ancient tomb. As a result, an archaeological team came, and all the men in the village were hired to work!”
“They provide food and accommodation, and pay three yuan a day!”
Yanzi shook her head and explained.
This had brought a considerable amount of income to the village, so all the men in the village who had nothing to do had gone to work.
Now Lao Hu was dumbfounded, and he realized that the ancient tomb must have been leaking.
But he didn’t know for sure yet, so he would keep his cards close to his chest for now and inquire later!
Didn’t there still be those earthenware jars? He could make a fortune from them, couldn’t he?
Lao Hu didn’t know that Bai Tian Yu had already glanced around and found that there wasn’t a single house that had any earthenware jars left.
They had basically all been collected, and even if there was anything left, there wouldn’t be much.
Not everyone was as high-minded as the old Party Secretary. Some people would definitely have kept some for themselves.
After handing out the local specialties and other things, the three of them sat down on the kang with the old Party Secretary.
“Let me introduce you, this is my childhood friend, Bai Tian Yu.”
“Just call him Xiaobai, old Party Secretary!”
You’re the Xiaobai, your whole family is Xiaobai!
Glancing at Wang Fatty, Bai Tian Yu smiled helplessly.
These two troublemakers!
Staring at Bai Tian Yu’s face, which was barely twenty, the old Party Secretary hesitated.
“Don’t fool me, you two. He’s your childhood friend? He looks more tender than the youngest girl in our village!”
At this time, the old Party Secretary’s son also said.
“Yeah, this kid looks at least ten years younger than you, you’re really making things up!”
Seeing that neither of them believed them, Wang Fatty wanted to explain, but Lao Hu stopped him.
“Yeah, we were just kidding, right, Xiaobai?”
“Hee hee hee!”
Damn it, taking advantage of me, Lao Hu, you’ll pay. When we’re alone, I’ll make you feel comfortable!
And that fat bastard, don’t think I didn’t see you sniggering over there!
Glancing at Lao Hu, Bai Tian Yu didn’t say another word.
“Why are you two back at this time? You must have made a lot of money to bring back so many good things!”
Without being curious about Bai Tian Yu, the old Party Secretary’s son poured them all a cup of wine.
Lao Hu smiled and said.
“We didn’t make money outside, we just wanted to help our fellow villagers get rich together?”
“Yeah, old Party Secretary, the economic situation outside is booming, so we two brought Tian Yu here, and we want to help our fellow villagers get rich together!”
Wang Fatty and Lao Hu, singing in unison, were really slick in fooling the old Party Secretary.
Bai Tian Yu watched from the side and rolled his eyes.
But as expected of the mountains, the spiritual energy here was indeed thicker than in the capital city.
Although it wasn’t as thick as the White Cloud Daoist Temple, it was still pretty good.
He’d quickly finish eating and go back to cultivate.
Taking advantage of the fact that these people were chatting, Bai Tian Yu continued to eat and drink like crazy. After all, these guys didn’t want to eat anyway.
He guessed that Lao Hu and Wang Fatty would have no appetite once they learned the truth.
“Good, good, good, indeed, children of the mountains, you’re really good!”
The old Party Secretary’s son was overjoyed and his mouth could hardly close.
And the old Party Secretary, due to opening mountains and blasting, his ears were a bit bad, and he couldn’t hear clearly. Seeing his son laughing, he also laughed.
“Good, good, good!”
Wang Fatty saw that the time was right, and he couldn’t wait to ask.
“Old Party Secretary, I remember you had a lot of earthenware jars in your backyard?”
Seeing this, Lao Hu was a bit speechless.
This fat bastard only cares about money. As soon as he thinks about money, he can’t wait. He really can’t hold his horses!
The old Party Secretary’s son was puzzled.
“Why are you asking this?”
“Didn’t we make a fortune in the capital city? It’s because of these old things, like those earthenware jars of yours. Over here, they’re only used to pickle salted vegetables.”
“But in the capital city, these earthenware jars can be sold for hundreds of yuan!”
Lao Hu was afraid that Wang Fatty would talk nonsense, so he spoke up in advance.
“Here, you call it an earthenware jar, but in the hands of collectors, it’s called a work of art!”
“How much?”
The old Party Secretary’s son was stunned. How many earthenware jars would that buy?
“So that’s why we three came here. We want to help our fellow villagers get rich together. We’ll collect the old things in the village, take them to the capital city and sell them, and we’ll split the profits 50-50. What do you say?”
After saying that, Lao Hu took a sip of wine and, together with Wang Fatty, looked expectantly at the old Party Secretary.
“Oh, you’re too late!”
Unexpectedly, the old Party Secretary and his son shook their heads, looking regretful.
“What’s wrong?”
Lao Hu and Wang Fatty had a bad feeling about this!
Especially after hearing about the archaeological team nearby, their feelings were even worse.
“If you had come a few months earlier, it would have been fine. The archaeological team came last month, and they collected everything in a ten-mile radius, not leaving a single thing!”
“The old Party Secretary is high-minded, he handed over everything!”
The last sentence, the old Party Secretary’s son didn’t know whether it was praise or sarcasm.
Upon hearing this news, Lao Hu and Wang Fatty looked at each other, and were instantly dumbfounded.
Wang Fatty opened his mouth, but couldn’t utter a single word.
And Lao Hu instantly lost his appetite.
Even though there were still many delicacies on the table that he hadn’t tasted in a long time, he had no appetite whatsoever.
However, unlike these two, Bai Tian Yu was eating happily.
The food these days was all organic, especially here in the mountains. The wild chickens that they raised were delicious.
Delicious!