The story of a noble girl

Chapter 7

Is there any jade in the stone?
Lin Xiaoning woke up quickly, fished out a few stones, handed them to Xiaohu, and coaxed: "Wangzai, eat two more and see if it's jade."

The little fox turned his head away, ignoring the wet stones. "Is there any jade? Wangzai." Lin Xiaoning held up the little fox and smiled flatteringly, "Bite this piece, come on, my dearest Wangzai." The little fox turned his head and looked at the stone. A look of disdain.Lin Xiaoning carefully packed the piece of jade, and unwillingly took the few stones that the little fox disdained, and carried the little fox out of the space.

With ecstasy in his heart, Lin Xiaoning simply cleaned up, then opened and closed the courtyard door lightly, and then went to Mr. Lin's room. The eldest brother was also in the room, discussing with Mr. Lin about going to the city to sell prey tomorrow. thing.Although it is already autumn, the prey will still be stale after a few days, so I have to go to the city every now and then.

Lin Xiaoning calmed down and mysteriously took out the piece of jade and asked: "Grandpa, brother, how much is this jade worth?" The oil lamp in the room was very dim, and after the jade was taken out, there was a glimmer of light in the crack. Ying green light.Mr. Lin was shocked, he leaned close to the lamp to take a closer look, and shouted again: "Hurry up, Jiadong, take the dagger."He took the dagger and scraped along the cracks in the stone layer by layer. After a while, a green side of jade came out, and the room was full of brilliance.

Master Lin suppressed his mood and asked, "Ning girl, where did this come from?"

"It was the little fox who found it. I took it to pee, and it ran away, limping and running quite fast. I chased it to the foot of the mountain, and it found this stone for me. This seam was bitten by it, so I knew it was jade. Don't dare to delay, just hold it and come back." Lin Xiaoning lied without changing his face.

Space does not need to be known to family members. This kind of thing is difficult to understand and difficult to explain.

"This stone is a good piece of jade, Jiadong. I will go into the city with you tomorrow, and Ning girl will also go. Let Xiaoxiang take Xiaobao at home. This stone should be able to exchange for a lot of money." Mr. Lin said with a happy face, " Wangzi is a good fox, our family must treat it kindly in the future, and our family will no longer have to suffer from poverty."

Lin Jiadong squinted his eyes as if his eyes were hurt by the light of the jade, he was speechless for a long time, and finally managed to say: "Master is right, Xiao Ning is really precious."

Lin Xiaoning is too lazy to worry about whether the original owner is expensive or not. She has no memory of the experience of the original owner. Anyway, grandpa and elder brother always say that she is expensive, so it is expensive. If there is that space, can it not be expensive? Grandpa and brother Lin are so expensive. Superstitious, it is a good thing to understand her abnormal behavior as expensive.But now she only cares about whether the other few stones have jade.She said: "Grandpa, brother, like this, Wangzai picked up the side of the stone, there are a few more stones, but it looks like it doesn't like those few stones, I brought it too, you scratch it See if there is also jade?"

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Mr. Lin and Lin Jiadong each had a dagger and scraped the stone surface vigorously. Lin Xiaoning stood by the side and stared at the movements of the two of them with infinite expectation, "Yu, that's silver." Lin Xiaoning looked forward to it affectionately in her heart, People have the desire for money, so what if Lin Xiaoning was as insignificant as a chrysanthemum in his previous life, now he only talks about the present, as long as it is not obtained by shameless and despicable means, money is the most powerful symbol.The sudden good fortune brought by Wangzi filled Lin Xiaoning with a warm smell of copper.That frank and longing eyes are not at all like a 30-year-old girl.

Lin Xiaoning didn't realize that her personality had undergone earth-shaking changes in another world.

There were three people in a room with complex expressions. Mr. Lin and Lin Jiadong moved quickly, and the sound of daggers scraping stones kept coming and going. To Lin Xiaoning's ears, it was like the sound of heaven, extremely beautiful.

There are four stones in total, none of which have jade.

Mr. Lin said calmly: "It doesn't matter if you don't have it. After all, windfall wealth is not the right way. One has to work hard to get rich and keep rich. This one is enough to turn our family around. It's a great happy event. Don't be sad, girl Ning."

Lin Jiadong also comforted and said, "Second sister, don't worry, I am grown up now, and I am strong, so I won't make you suffer."

Lin Xiaoning was ashamed. After living for 30 years and receiving higher education, she even forgot this truth, and her face showed embarrassment: "Grandpa, I am greedy."

Mr. Lin said seriously: "The family is too poor. People who have been poor for a long time will naturally be greedy for money."

Grandpa's words hit the nail on the head, Lin Xiaoning sighed inwardly.

Mr. Lin looked like an old patriarch, arranging things for going to town tomorrow, what to buy at home, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, rice noodles and cloth to buy more for the winter, etc., and carefully took out a wooden box from the wooden box next to the bed. The wooden box was solemnly opened, and inside were some copper coins and scattered silver, as well as a silver hairpin and a pair of silver bracelets.

The old man cleared his throat and said: "Now that you are all grown up, and the family building is about to reach the age of marriage, I will also show you the family background. These silver taels were saved by the family recently, and there are more than eight taels. Ning girl, this jewelry is left to you and Xiang girl by your mother."

Lin Xiaoning watched Mr. Lin's bony hands unconsciously caressing the belongings, feeling inexplicably sad.

Mr. Lin said again: "I reckon that piece of jade is worth a hundred taels of silver, which is not much more. You two can discuss marriage next year, Xiaobao's illness can be treated, and the family can also be repaired... "

Before Mr. Lin finished speaking, Lin Xiaoning opened his bright eyes and said cheerfully: "Grandpa, leave Xiaobao to me, so don't worry about it. I guarantee that he will be better than anyone else in the village." The children are great, let’s buy land with money, let’s become a landlord, buy more land, isn’t it just to open up wasteland, just ask the villagers for advice, let’s buy another cow, so that our family can become a small landlord. I planted some of them at home, and then gave them to the villagers to grow some, our family has enough food and clothing, and is happy like a fairy.”

Mr. Lin and Lin Jiadong glanced at each other, then at Lin Xiaoning, and asked hesitantly in unison, "To be a landlord...?"

Lin Xiaoning replied affirmatively: "Yes, our family is the landlord of the village."

Mr. Lin and Lin Jiadong began to ponder...

Lin Xiaoning thought to himself: Grandpa is really a true hunter. He has a jade stone that can be exchanged for 100 taels of silver. He only thinks of talking about marriage and repairing the house. He has no thought of development and construction. Although this house is dilapidated, it can also shelter from wind and rain. , It is still very spacious, and there is no rush to repair it at all, but can it be used so early when talking about marriage? My elder brother is only sixteen years old, and I am only twelve, so it is too early to harm my health. No wonder the ancients did not live long.

Obviously, the word "landlord" is very attractive, and in a blink of an eye, the eyes of Mr. Lin and Lin Jiadong also brightened.

Mr. Lin said: "Jiadong, your second sister is right. Our family will no longer be a hunter. Although it is easier than farming a few acres of land, but..." Mr. Lin couldn't go on, Lin Xiaoning knew He thought of his dead son and daughter-in-law, his parents.

Lin Jiadong spoke very naively: "Grandpa, you have the final say on family affairs, that... being a landlord is pretty good."

Lin Xiaoning laughed out loud, the elder brother said that being a landlord is fine, he is really stupid to the extreme.

Mr. Lin was also amused by the elder brother's words, and he swept away the haze of thinking about his son and daughter-in-law just now.

(End of this chapter)