Chapter 59: Baby on the Gobi Desert
"Didn't we kill a barbarian spy on the way here? That's the credit we got by killing this spy!"
Yun Huachun started with the spies and told how they were all taken to the middle of the camp for interrogation that day. He also told what the general asked him.
Although there are some parts that he made up, most of them are true.
"I told the general that this spy was killed by people from our village. After hearing this, the general said that he wanted to reward you, so he let everyone out, stuffed food in the car, and asked us to continue walking.
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"The soldier on the road said that I was a relative of the general. He was complimenting me. The general checked my life experience and made fun of me. I guess the soldier heard it. What kind of relatives are these relatives who are eighteen poles away?
?In this way, we are all one family from ten miles apart and eight villages."
"Everyone knows that there is no one in my family anymore. I have lived in the village for so many years and have never left. If I had a relative who was a general, then I would have defected to him long ago."
"But I am really not close to the general at all. Otherwise, why wouldn't he leave me in the military camp and give me an official position? Isn't this better than fleeing? He didn't give me anything good. If you don't believe me, let the big guys take a look.
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After Yun Huachun finished speaking, he looked at the changes in the expressions of the people around him.
Why are each of their eyes brighter than before?
"Yun Xiucai, are you telling the truth? Is this really the food that the general personally rewarded us with?" Shi Fang said with trembling hands, his whole face glowing red.
"If you don't believe me, you can go back and ask the general yourself?"
"I have performed meritorious service for the general! The general has given me a reward!" A naive man in the crowd said with a smile. He helped when beating the barbarians.
But those who didn't take action were embarrassed.
When they were beating the barbarians, they hid at the back, but Yun Xiucai told the general that people from the village were fighting together.
Each one of them was immediately ashamed and wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in.
"Then...then I want to thank the general properly and kowtow to the general." Shi Fang said excitedly, tugging on Yun Huachun's sleeve.
"Yes, you shouldn't kowtow to me to thank me. You should kowtow to the generals. They released us and rewarded us with food."
Shi Fang loosened his crutches and immediately knelt down again.
But it’s not the direction towards Yun Huachun, but the direction from which it came.
His forehead was smashed to the ground, and his face was covered with dirt.
Everyone in the village followed his example and knelt down.
There was a long line of people kneeling down, it was very spectacular.
Even the little baby who couldn't speak was led by adults and knelt on the ground.
"Thank you General for your kindness!"
"Thank you General for your great kindness!"
Excited and loud voices echoed in the empty wilderness.
Zhong Da looked at Yun Huachun with softer eyes.
Since Yun Huachun explained, the atmosphere in the team has become lively to the extent visible to the naked eye.
We would talk about this when we were chatting on the street.
"If your grandfather were still here, he would be so happy that he couldn't sleep for several nights. Your father and I were also rewarded by the general..." A man with a half-white beard said, holding a pair of children in his arms.
"My dear grandson, this is the food rewarded by the general. You must be smart after eating it..." An old woman held her grandson's hand.
"Daughter-in-law, mother, please eat more, the food given by the general is delicious." A man happily shared it with his family.
It's as if the things given by the general are shining with golden light. If you eat them, you can eat them twice and honor your ancestors.
Yun Huachun felt very relieved about this situation.
As long as everyone feels that this is their own contribution, no one will remember that he is related to the general.
He only has his wife and children, no one else.
As we were about to leave the Gobi Desert, a child's surprised voice sounded in the motorcade.
Then the elders brought him to Yun Huachun, holding up the stone in his hand and asking.
"Xiucai Yun, my son picked up a stone. It's very beautiful. Can you help me see if this stone is valuable?" Ishida asked with concern.
Yun Xiucai has seen the world and knows a lot.
Yun Huachun took a look and saw that it was a piece of quartz.
Quartz is available everywhere and is not expensive.
But this piece is different. The transparency is close to that of glass. Although there is some fog in the middle, it does not affect the overall effect.
It's a pity that it's only about the size of half an egg, and it should have been polished into an oval shape by the surrounding sand.
"It's valuable. You can keep it and exchange it for some money, but not much." Yun Huachun estimated.
"Thank you Yun Xiucai, thank you Yun Xiucai!" Ishida happily took his son down.
Yun Huachun also vaguely heard the conversation between father and son before they left.
"Let your mother grab you a bowl of pickles to eat tonight!"
"Dad, I want to eat meat."
"Where can I turn meat into meat for you?"
It is not a secret in the team that the Ishida family picked up a valuable stone.
There are too many colorful stones on the Gobi Desert. Some children picked some up for fun, but the adults were too busy to think about it.
Hearing that the stones could be sold for money, many people prepared to pick up some stones and asked Yun Xiucai if they were worth the money.
Not long after, a group of people came to Yun Huachun holding stones.
"Yun Xiucai, look at this stone..."
"Is this Yun Xiucai's house worth?"
There were so many people, and Yun Huachun's mouth was dry and exhausted from speaking, so he suggested that the convoy stop directly and let him speak.
The villagers were very excited after hearing this, and they happened to talk about what stones were valuable so that they could pick up some and bring them back.
But Yun Huachun is not like the villagers expected, turning stone into gold.
"The stones you picked up are actually not worth much."
As soon as he said this, everyone's enthusiasm was cut in half.
"But the stones on the ground are still valuable."
The enthusiasm came back immediately.
Yun Huachun randomly picked up a few and showed them to everyone: "Look at these, the colors are bright and beautiful."
"This is called agate stone, this is called golden silk jade, these are all mud and stones..." Yun Huachun said one by one.
Various stones are used in indoor slate decoration, and he knows a little bit about them.
"You have seen some beautiful-colored stones, as well as these shiny stones that look like meat. They are quite valuable. If someone wants them, a bag can be sold for more than ten cents." Yun Huachun said, his face darkening.
"But it might not be sold! Because it's too small, people want to make a string of beads with different colors. I've heard of people wearing gold hairpins and silver hairpins, and some people wear wooden hairpins, but I've never heard of people wearing stone hairpins.
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Many women burst into laughter.
Also, if they wear a carved wooden hairpin, it is considered bright and bright, but who would wear a stone hairpin?
"I won't stop anyone who wants to pick up stones. I will pick up some beautiful and shiny ones. If you see a stone that is as translucent as water, then it is valuable."
"Otherwise, I can only pick up a bag of stones and throw them to the children to play with..."
After hearing this, everyone had a plan in mind.
Ishida was already secretly happy that the stone in his house was the kind of translucent stone that Yun Xiucai mentioned.
Yuntao came up and took a look at the small stones piled around her father.
Chapter completed!