NovelPantry Chapter 158
Chapter 158
Chapter 158
At this time of the heavy rain, the three people in the house were still worried, but the level of worry had been greatly eased.
The main reason is that although the rain has not weakened, the hail has disappeared.
The wind has also been significantly lowered a few notches.
According to common sense, when the wind and rain brought hail the most violent attack, the dilapidated house was hard. It was carried down. There is no reason why the whole house would collapse after the hail stopped and the wind and rain subsided.
The most troublesome thing now is that the house is leaking.
At the door of the wooden house, there is a 30 cm high threshold.
This sill was originally used to prevent the rain from outside the house from flowing into the room in rainy days-but now the tile roof is leaking, and the water that flows directly into the house is blocked by the sill and cannot drain out.
According to the current rate of water inflow, it is estimated that in the second half of the night, the indoor rainwater will be flush with the 30 cm threshold.
The three of Liang Teng had to roll up their trousers and move in the stagnant water.
Wu Xia estimated that the stagnant water could not rise to waist height, but he was not worried that it would cause any major harm.Just find it a little annoying to wade through the water.
Perhaps the only advantage of this remote wooden house in the deep mountains and old forests is that it has no electricity from the beginning to the end!
In a city, areas that encounter severe convective weather will definitely experience large-scale power outages.
I am used to the days when the electricity is guaranteed, but suddenly there is no electricity, and it is pitch black. I feel that this day is really impossible.
This dilapidated wooden house did not have high expectations for its "lighting conditions" from the very beginning. Wu Xia and Yan Qianyu even prepared 10 large rechargeable flashlights in advance.
Now that the storm is coming, the lighting problem is less prominent.
Liang Teng, Wu Xia, and Yan Qianyu were disturbed by the storm and water leaks, making it impossible to sleep peacefully.
He couldn't sleep for the third time, so he didn't bother to go to bed and lie down.
Just get together and chat to pass the time.
Wu Xia, Yan Qianyu, and Liang Teng chatted about their family affairs.
When the conversation got boring, the second daughter asked Liang Teng to tell a story.
Wu Xia also especially emphasized first: Don't listen to the stories of the rich.
She grew up in an extremely wealthy family. Perhaps, because she was too familiar with people and things in such a circle, she lost the novelty.Of course, she didn't want to listen to others tell about things she was familiar with.
Others can't get in touch with the circle of rich people, and the stories they tell often make Wu Xia's ears dull.
Now that she can "tell stories" by herself, Wu Xia bluntly told Liang Teng that she wanted to hear "stories from the poor."
It is a little difficult for Liang Teng to tell the "story of the rich man", after all, he has only become a "rich man" not long ago, and he lacks background.
But when asked to tell "poor man's stories," he was so full, it was easy to say.This is the background of his being a "poor man" for decades in two lifetimes.
"Then start with a 'poor man' story."
Liang Teng has a lifelike posture, and his expression and tone are very on point.
He recounted it eloquently: "She was born beautiful and was born in a very poor family. She remembers that when she was a child, her father's life was very boring, and she could only count money all day long, and so did her mother, who spent all day sweeping money. His family lived In the deep mountains, every time I go out to buy things, it is quite troublesome. It takes 5 hours to drive a Porsche, and 4 hours to drive a Mercedes-Benz. Although there is a helicopter at home, it is difficult to find a parking space when driving to the city, which is quite inconvenient. .”
"She occasionally goes out shopping. Her parents are afraid that she will be kidnapped, so she is protected by more than 20 bodyguards. Ordinary people are scared to run away when they see her."
"Because my family is in the deep mountains, it is very cold every winter. My father also said that it is very troublesome to go out to buy things, so there is no heater or quilt in winter. I can only burn money with my parents every day to keep warm. When sleeping, She can only sleep with the money covered (she thinks pounds are warmer)."
"I remember when she was a child, she peed her pants before she could run out of the room because the room was too big, so my father put a small motorcycle in her room so that she could run 10 meters in 1000 minutes. A flat room, through a 5-kilometer corridor, to an 800-square-meter toilet (unfortunately she often gets lost in the corridor)."
"Her father often said: Our life is very hard, you have to bear it! Later, thinking about it, her father is really a kind person! I still remember that there was a thief at home. Because the thief destroyed her father's house with a bomb. The safe made the gold coins inside keep rolling out, and finally crushed the thief to death. She felt that the thief was so pitiful, it hurts to be crushed to death by gold coins! He was not as lucky as the thief who was suffocated to death by banknotes before! "
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On such a miserable and rainy night, listening to Liang Teng's mouth-watering "poor man's story", the two daughters also listened with gusto.
Suddenly feeling trapped by the storm like being in a cage, the depressive mood gradually became cheerful.
Especially Liang Teng, who is very good at doing things.
At the end of the story, Liang Teng changed his tone and added some notes: "The name of that poor poor girl is actually very familiar to you, Yan Qianyu!"
Yan Qianyu didn't recover for a while, and asked in surprise: "What? I know that poor girl in your story?"
Liang Teng gestured with both hands, and said in a serious manner: "How could you not know him? The poor man's name is only two characters, and his name is 'Wu Xia'. Do you think you know him?"
Hearing that he used "Wu Xia" as a joke at the end, Yan Qianyu couldn't help laughing.
She couldn't remember when she had laughed so hard.
Wu Xia also couldn't help laughing: "Okay, Liang Teng, you originally wanted to make fun of me. This is not a good story. You have to tell a more tortuous and more serious story. It also has to fit the current environment."
This request is not difficult for Liang Teng.
He went on with the story.
In this situation, Liang Teng wanted to tell a story, and of course he told something that was in tune with the atmosphere.
Liang Teng looked at the leaky roof in front of him, and the whole house was "shivering" in the storm, and said seriously: "One night, God brought his disciples to the world, and they encountered a violent storm on the road. At that time, in the wilderness, there were only a few dilapidated houses of a poor family built on the side of the road. There were still lights coming out of the house."
"God and his disciples rushed over to knock on the door and asked the owner for a place to stay. The owner was an old man. His son and daughter-in-law were all gone because of a car accident, leaving only a child to live with his grandfather. Although the old man's family was poor, he was sympathetic. See He who went outside in a storm agreed to let God and his disciples stay in his house for one night.”
"The owner of the house was very enthusiastic. Knowing that God and his disciples had not eaten dinner, he slaughtered the old hen that laid eggs in the house and made a rich dinner for entertaining guests. Afterwards, he vacated the most spacious master room in the house for God. Stay with the disciples. Poor families are short of food and clothing, and worried that the guests will be cold at night, so the master gave his quilt to God and the disciples to cover. He only covers himself with a thin summer quilt.”
"The host's warm hospitality moved the disciple deeply, and he felt that it was necessary to repay the other party's kindness. But what should he repay? The disciple's ability was limited, and after thinking about it for a long time, he was so sleepy that he fell asleep, and he didn't think of anything good. way of repaying."
"But the next day, when the disciples came to sleep, they found that the master's watchdog had died of a sudden illness. The master's little grandson was hugging the pet dog, crying so sadly!"
"What is God doing at this time? The disciple who just woke up from his sleep saw God using his magic power to slowly crack a crack in the wall of the master's bedroom. If the crack continues to expand, I think the wall is going to come down."
"The disciples couldn't stand it anymore. Hurry up and hold God's hand to prevent him from continuing to cast spells to break the wall. At the same time, he used his limited mana to repair the cracked wall of God with great difficulty. The disciples Tired and panting like a cow. This is not surprising. He can cast it once a day at most, and then his mana will be exhausted, and he must accumulate energy for three days and three nights before he can cast it again."
"After finishing all this, the disciples said to God panting and dissatisfied: You have done something this time, it is too flattering. The owner of this house entertained us and really gave everything. But he is still so poor. .As the Almighty Lord, you not only do not allow this kind person to get good rewards, but also destroy the home he relies on, making his home worse...Are you still the benevolent Lord who loved all living beings before?"
"God responded with a tolerant smile to the doubts of the disciples. He waited for the disciples to calm down a little, and then slowly explained: things in the world are often not as they appear on the surface. You saw this family's pet dog violence Death, I feel very pitiful, but I don't know that when you were sleeping soundly last night, the god of death quietly patronized this poor family."
"It turned out that the torrential rain that night was accompanied by hailstones, and one of the largest hailstones smashed through the tiled roof where the little grandson lived, and just hit the little grandson's head impartially, killing him on the spot. The god of death visited this house , just waiting for a disaster to happen so that the little grandson can be taken away."
"At that time, I felt that this kind-hearted family was already miserable enough and should not have to endure such tragedies anymore. So I greeted the God of Death and asked him to be generous and let the little grandson go. Who wouldn't give that face to the God of Death? , it is impossible not to give me a face. He agreed. But in order to make the number on the 'life and death list' match, he took away the soul of this family's beloved dog. Quan regarded it as the beloved dog Die for the master’s little grandson.”
"I saved the little grandson of this family, but I didn't have time to stop the god of death from taking away the dog's soul. I thought, when the grandpa and grandson woke up the next day and saw the pet dog they regarded as their closest relatives, the inexplicable violence .death, must be very sad. So I plan to bring a surprise to his family with my power, and help them get out of the sad mood."
"It turns out that this family was very rich decades ago. Because of the war, his ancestors fled here with a pile of valuable gold, silver and jewelry. In order not to be stolen in the turbulent years The bandits were watching, and the ancestor of this family chose to build the gold, silver and jewelry brought out into the wall. As a result, the ancestor died in an accident. No one will know the secret buried in the wall..."
"However, the world's secrets can be hidden from everyone, but I, the Almighty Lord, cannot be hidden. Why did I use magic power to make this wall crack? The reason is that I hope that the poor grandparents can see To the rich fortune left behind by the ancestors within the walls.”
"Now is an era of peace. The grandpa and grandson have such a large pile of gold, silver and jewels. Just selling one or two pieces is enough to completely change their lives and their poor fate."
"All of this went very smoothly. Because of your obstruction, the secrets that have been buried in the wall for decades will continue to be buried in the end. Maybe this is the fate of the grandparents?"
"Originally, the two of them should have had a chance to change their fate, but you unintentionally ruined it. Therefore, you have to keep in mind that things in the world are often not what you see with your eyes!"
"..."
"It's a good story! It sounds good." After hearing Liang Teng's second story tonight, Wu Xia couldn't help but make fun of Liang Teng: "But I have a question, Liang Teng, you have already become a rich man. Say When you tell stories, you can’t do without all kinds of rich content. Have you ever dreamed that when you come to this deep mountain, there is also an unnamed treasure buried in this area, waiting for you to dig it?”
Liang Teng smiled and said: "Maybe I can really find a treasure in this deep mountain. When you know it, don't be too surprised."
Of course what he was referring to was the matter of moving the "Little Rose Sandalwood" wooden house in the "Shen Ying Mountain" back to the "King Mansion".
But how could Wu Xia comprehend this level of meaning now, only when he said it casually.
While they were joking with each other, Yan Qianyu discovered a strange phenomenon in the room.
She observed carefully for another moment, and finally her face changed slightly, and she said to Liang Teng and Wu Xia: "Did you notice it? There is something weird in this house!"
Hearing this, Liang Teng couldn't help but "chug" in his heart: Qian Yu must have discovered that this wooden house is made of red sandalwood, right?
But I heard Wu Xia ask: "Qianyu, do you find anything weird about this house? Tell everyone about it. I haven't found anything wrong for the time being."
Yan Qianyu said seriously: "I observed the leaking roof for a long time. According to the speed of the leak, it is almost equal to the water output of a half-turned faucet."
"And then? What do you want to express?"
Wu Xia couldn't figure it out for a moment.I have no choice but to continue to ask.
"What I mean is that the threshold of the door of this room is more than 30 centimeters. The accumulated water outside the door cannot enter, and if the accumulated water inside the house cannot be drained out. According to the normal situation, the roof leaks so seriously that now the indoor There should be obvious water accumulation. But have you seen the accumulation of water in the house?"
Previously, because of the portable torch used indoors for lighting, it was a miserable white light. Of course, the lighting effect was not as "brightly lit" as the electrified village.
To be honest, Liang Teng and Wu Xia really didn't pay attention to whether there was any water on the ground? !
Now that Yan Qianyu had specially reminded him, Liang Teng and Wu Xia had the consciousness to observe the underground carefully.
Seeing this, it immediately proved that what Yan Qianyu said was true.
No standing water at all.
At most, the ground is much wet.
"Is there a drainage system inside this wooden house?"
As soon as such an idea popped into Liang Teng's mind, he immediately denied it.
This house has always been lived in by the Chen family.In recent years, after other members of the Chen family moved to "Shenying New Village", only brother Chen Yongbin lived here for a long time.
Because this is a wooden house, "fire prevention" is the most important thing.Since the wooden house was built and moved in, the Chen family has never had an "open fire" to cook or cook in this house.
They are all more than ten meters away from the house, and a place similar to a "kitchen" is built with stones.If you want something cooked and hot, you can get it over there.
Since there is no need to cook in the wooden house, and there is no water pipe installed in the house, which of the Chen family would be bored and install a "drainage system" in the house?It feels completely unnecessary.
But now the roof is leaking.The interior of the house is at risk of standing water.
But now, everyone found that there was no water in the house.
It's a little weird!
Liang Teng is still hard to change his "poor man" thinking habits.
He couldn't help but think of another possibility: "Could it be that there was a 'basement' dug under this broken wooden house? The ancestors of the Chen family could collect all the most valuable things and hide them there." Basement. It is impossible to install a drainage system inside this house. The water did not accumulate. This can only be an explanation!"
The more Liang Teng talked, the more excited he became!
Thoughts flashed in my mind: deep mountains and old forests, ancient houses and secret caves.
No matter how you think about it, the following should be very "predictable".
There is no "treasure" worth over ten million hidden there, which makes me feel sorry for the "hardworking discoverers" like them!
Is it easy for the three of them?
It was such a rare rainstorm with hailstones, and happened to crack the gray tile roof... All kinds of coincidences combined together, it was very accidental to discover the existence of the "basement".
If there is no valuable stuff in it, wouldn't it be a joy for nothing? !
have to!This fellow Liang Teng is completely convinced that there is a basement hidden in this wooden house.
Wu Xia and Yan Qianyu agree that there is a possibility of a "cellar".This possibility is as high as [-]%.
However, Wu Xia believes that it is impossible to reach the level of a "basement".
The "basement" is habitable. The "cellar" is only used for storage.
There is no shortage of land in the mountains. I really need to dig a cellar, that is, to store some non-perishable food.More advanced, is to hide some wine and the like.
You know, this house has always been lived by the Chen family, and it was originally built by the ancestors of the Chen family.The Chen family has been poor for such a long time, what "treasures" can they contribute to you?
If there is wine hidden in the cellar, at most there may be a few bottles of famous wine such as "Moutai".
Liang Teng didn't agree with Wu Xia's judgment this time.
What a joke!
If he didn't know that the ancestors of the Chen family had such an astonishing amount of "small-leaf red sandalwood" to build houses, Liang Teng would have underestimated the ancestors of the Chen family.
But after knowing the secret of "Xiaoye Zitan", Liang Teng has reason to believe that the ancestors of the Chen family were "prosperous".
Precious woods such as "small-leaf red sandalwood" and "golden nanmu" have been very valuable since ancient times.
As long as the ancestors of the Chen family knew that they had the "small-leaf red sandalwood" with "ton" as the unit of weight, they would definitely be able to come up with [-] ideas for "making a fortune".
The most direct and rude ones can even sell these red sandalwood logs for money.
How could it be impossible to get money?
Liang Teng returned to "Condor Mountain" for the last time today and had time to carefully observe the walls inside the wooden house.
He found a suspicious point: it can be said that it is exposed to wind, rain and sun outside the house, and the wooden wall turns gray-black, so it is difficult to recognize the wood grain of the wood.But when it comes to the interior of the wooden house, the wooden walls have not changed color, but why is it so hard to tell that it is "small-leaf red sandalwood"?
After careful observation, Liang Teng had a vague suspicion: the obvious texture of the wooden wall was painted over with light gray paint.
It is precisely because of a layer of gray protective layer that the unique wood grain of "Xiaoye Zitan" is not made public.
Of course, it is not so easy for others to discover the true value of this dilapidated house.
To be honest, if Liang Teng hadn't read too many news reports before his rebirth and had "preconceived" ideas, he would have easily overlooked what kind of wood was used in the wooden house in front of him?
The old and outdated style of this wooden house is actually of no appreciation value.It does not meet the aesthetic standards of modern people.
But Liang Teng is a reborn person. He knew the secret of this wooden house long ago, so let's analyze why the wooden house is "camouflaged" with coating?He also had guesses.
Liang Teng's explanation is: the ancestors of the Chen family who built this wooden house must have known that they used "small-leaf red sandalwood", and they also knew that this kind of wood was extremely valuable.So he deliberately covered the wood grain with gray paint.
Since several tons of precious wood were used to build a house, such a "ridiculous" thing in the eyes of ordinary people, the ancestors of the Chen family could do it. It is estimated that he must not only have these "red sandalwood" to build a wooden house, but also more. A lot of rosewood wood.
It is estimated that the ancestors of the Chen family had exchanged a lot of "small-leaf red sandalwood" for a lot of wealth.
There are too many red sandalwoods, and it is not easy for him to sell them alone (ordinary people have too few channels. With Wu Xia’s background, how many red sandalwoods can be sold out).
Therefore, the ancestors of the Chen family sold part of it and used part to build the wooden house.
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Liang Teng deserves to have the imagination of "unconstrained style".
What's even more rare is that after he made the above guess, the more he thought about it, the more firmly he believed that his guess was infinitely close to the truth.
However, after making a guess, Liang Teng has been unable to find strong evidence to prove his guess.
Now an accident happened, a hailstorm and a storm that he hated very much made him discover the secret that there might be a "cellar" dug in the house!
Liang Teng felt that he found "evidence" all at once, proving that the ancestors of the Chen family should have amassed a lot of wealth.
And those wealth are most likely hidden in the "cellar" in this house.
Thinking of this, Liang Teng was more excited than anyone else.
He "huo" stood up, and said to Wu Xia and Yan Qianyu's two daughters: "Whether it's the 'basement' or the 'cellar', let's act now and find it first. Let's see what's inside. What are you hiding?!"
Wu Xia and Yan Qianyu lost all sleep in this bad weather.I was just about to find something to do to help me sleep.
After listening to Liang Teng's suggestion, the second daughter is also eager to try.
(End of this chapter)