Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 361 Two Jars
Following Wang An's order, everyone started digging the ground again.

The entire Lesser Khingan Range is very large, and the depth of the permafrost layer is also different.

From south to north, the permafrost layer gradually becomes deeper.

In villages like this, because there is less vegetation, the permafrost layer is basically about 2 meters deep.
In this mountain area, because there are too many trees and the leaves and grass are relatively thick, the permafrost layer is basically only about 1.5 meters deep.

This time we only dug more than one meter deep, and before we dug out of the permafrost layer, we saw something again.

There was a muffled sound of "clang", and someone's ice pick broke some hard object buried in the soil into pieces.

"Oh shit, what's that noise? Is there something underneath?"

"There must be something there. My ice pick seems to have hit a rock."

"It's not a stone, it looks like a pot or a jar or something. You see, the soil seems to be leaking a little bit, so there's nothing underneath."

"Quick, where's the shovel? Clear out the top layer of dirt and see what you've touched."

"Hey, it's coming."

Soon, after the soil was cleared out, a piece of the jar fragment came out.

"Hold the pickaxe, please enlarge the hole. The hole is too small and I dare not dig hard at it."

"Oh, well, here comes the pickaxe."

Then the rhythmic sounds of "bang", "bang", and "bang" of the pickaxe digging the ground began to sound.

When digging the ground with a pickaxe like this, people normally take turns to do it, but this time they dug in three directions at the same time.

After a while, the man with the big shovel started shoveling deeper.

Then, the people holding ice picks and shovels worked together to dig deeper.

I have to say that this job requires people with relatively strong strength, and there must be enough people, otherwise the frozen hard soil would be impossible to move.

Nearly two hours later, a deep pit with a diameter of about 2 meters and a depth of about 1.5 meters was finally dug out by a group of people.

And the things in the middle of the pit were fully displayed in front of everyone.

Those are the two jars.

To be precise, they were two identical clay jars, but the top of one of the jars had been broken into pieces, revealing something wrapped in butter paper.

Both jars are about 40 cm high, 30 cm in diameter, and are roughly the same thickness from top to bottom.

Wang An jumped to the bottom of the pit, bent over and stuck out his butt, then used his waist to exert force and picked up the intact jar.

The bottom of the jar had passed the permafrost layer, so it was not frozen.

After picking up the jar, Wang An's heart was instantly filled with joy.

Because the weight of this jar is not light at all, it weighs about 80 or 90 kilograms, which can be said to be extremely heavy.

Wang An guessed that the jar was filled with either gold or silver, otherwise it would never be so heavy.

After carrying this jar out, Wang An wanted to carry the broken jar away.

Wang An just exerted a little force and the jar broke completely. Then the packages of things wrapped in butter paper inside were all scattered at the bottom of the pit.

Just by looking at the shape of the butter paper packages, Wang An knew that the butter paper was filled with money!
Moreover, all the money was stuffed tightly into the jar, but the jar was not full.

So Wang An took out the flour bag he carried with him and put the butter paper bags into the bag while checking the quantity.

No more, no less, exactly 40 packs. If they were all filled with Da Tuanjie cigarettes, that would be a total of 4 yuan!
4 yuan, what does it mean in this era?
You have to know that Brother Jiu is just a small boss who deals in "earth tobacco balls".

If we don’t count the things in the other jar, and just count the money, this is already a considerable sum!
Naturally, everyone had their guesses when they saw what was in the jar, but no one interrupted in this matter.

Although everyone is a relative, once they enter the mountains, no matter their age or seniority, they have to obey the leader.

After Wang An packed all the butter paper packages, he climbed out of the pit.

After thinking about it, Wang An looked at everyone.

It can be seen that everyone's eyes are filled with excitement and excitement. These are all money!

Seeing that everyone, including his father, remained silent, Wang An said with a smile:

"We are all here, and there are no outsiders. Let's talk about it. Should we divide it now, or divide it when we get home?"

But after Wang An finished speaking, he waited for a while, but still no one spoke.

Wang An understood immediately that everyone wanted to divide up now, and anyone who wanted to divide up after returning home would definitely say it out.

However, Wang An was very understanding of this kind of thing, because money is something that people all over the world value, and that should be put in their pockets.

Everyone will have a feeling, that is, only the money in your pocket truly belongs to you!

Everyone has the same idea.

Wang An did not hesitate any longer and simply poured out all the butter paper in the flour bag.

Then Wang An said with a smile: "Come on, come on, let's divide the money, hahahaha."

Hearing Wang An's words, everyone smiled and sat around Wang An.

As long as you enter the mountains, whether you are releasing people, calling for help, or driving people into the mountains, you are counted by the number of people, not by household.

After all, everyone is a whole, and when it comes to working hard, everyone works hard. If there is any danger, everyone faces it together.

So, dividing the money is a very simple thing.

Without anyone helping, Wang An tore off the butter paper himself, gave one to each person, then tore off another and gave it to another, and so on.

After everyone, including Wang An himself, had received two stacks of Great Unity, there were still 12 untorn butter paper packages left.

Then, Wang An divided the items among two people, one at a time.

Finally, there are 5 left, which means 5000 yuan.

After everyone got 2000 yuan, there were still two stacks of money and 2 yuan left, which was 200 yuan, so Wang An stopped dividing it.

At this time, not counting the remaining 2200 yuan, each person already had 2700 yuan in his hands.

Wang An said with a smile: "These are mine, is there anything wrong with that? Hahahaha"

Wang Dashu said happily after hearing this: "That must be correct, we are getting a bargain here."

After Wang Dashu finished speaking, others also echoed him.

In these mountains, everyone will consciously abide by the rules for entering the mountains.

Although Wang An basically did no work, but as the boss, no one can deny that everyone can get a share of the money, and Wang An's contribution and merit are the greatest!

After distributing the money, Wang An pointed to the intact jar and said to everyone:

"There should be a lot of good stuff here, which is definitely more valuable than the little unity we have, but we don't have time to divide it up. Let's divide it when we get home. Is that okay?"

In fact, everyone has been guessing what is in this jar, but no one will open it unless the leader gives the order.

After hearing what Wang An said, everyone suppressed their curiosity and echoed:

"No problem, there's nowhere to put them after we divide them, haha."

"Yeah, these two stacks of big unity coins are getting in the way in my pocket."

"Well, I don't mind being in the way, or you can just put it in my pocket."

"Get out of here, or I'll put you in my pocket too."

Hahahaha. Everyone laughed.

As to whether he was laughing because of this sentence or because of the two stacks of money in his pocket, it is unknown.

(End of this chapter)