The happy little days of the Ye family

The beams in the hall are made of high-quality wood, and the house is also a brick building. There are only a few places where the roof leaks, but the overall condition is pretty good.

The other main houses are all made of fine blue bricks and tiles, and most of them are still in good condition, but the roof tiles are broken a lot, and most of the side rooms and side rooms have collapsed.

This house is really big, with 10 main rooms alone and more than a dozen wing rooms. Plus the kitchen, utility room, and firewood shed scattered here and there, there are more than 30 rooms in total.

There is a backyard about the same size as the front yard behind the house. Like the front yard, it is also overgrown with weeds. The weeds in it are taller than Ye Qingqing.

It looked a bit eerie. If it weren't for Mrs. Ye and Mr. Ye accompanying her, Ye Qingqing would not have dared to come here by herself.

Ye Qingqing helped Mrs. Ye stand on the stone table so that she could see the whole view of the back yard.

There is a beautiful pavilion and a small pond in the backyard. There are also some lotus flowers in the pond. Unfortunately, no one has taken care of it for many years. The water in the pond is a little dirty, and the lotus flowers are not growing very well.

After a few people walked around the house, Mr. Ye ignored Mrs. Ye and Ye Qingqing, rolled up his sleeves and started working.

Most of the dozen or so wing rooms have collapsed. These wing rooms are all built with blue bricks. Mr. Ye plans to take out the intact green bricks and take them home to build rabbit sheds and pig pens.

Ye Qingqing and Mrs. Ye each took a small hoe and prepared to dig excitedly. The two of them had a hunch that they would definitely be able to dig up some treasure today.

Mrs. Ye and Ye Qingqing analyzed: "The main house is usually occupied by people with more status in the family. These people usually have more money. We will start from the main house."

Ye Qingqing nodded obediently and followed Mrs. Ye into a main room with great interest.

The big bed, wardrobe and table are all there, but they are all relatively old, and the room is full of dust and cobwebs.

Based on her many years of experience in hiding money, Mrs. Ye simply and roughly removed the table and wardrobe, and then excavated.

Fortunately, it had rained heavily in the past few days and the ground was still a little damp. Mrs. Ye dug the ground easily.

Ye Qingqing searched carefully under the bed and in the closet.

Ye Qingqing found a hidden compartment under the bed, but unfortunately it was empty and the things had been taken away long ago.

There is also a small mezzanine at the top of the cabinet, but unfortunately it is also empty.

The contents of the dressing table had been taken away long ago, but a delicate and beautiful jewelry box was left behind.

Ye Qingqing picked up the jewelry box. The box was not big but a little heavy. It should be made of fine wood.

The carved patterns on the box are also very beautiful. Ye Qingqing plans to take this jewelry box back.

Mrs. Ye also dug a ceramic jar in the ground, but unfortunately it was also empty.

Old Mrs. Ye dug up all the ground in the house, but unfortunately she still found nothing. The grandfather and grandson moved the wardrobe back to its original position, and then a glittering golden gourd the size of a finger fell out of the wardrobe.

Mrs. Ye picked up the golden gourd with a smile on her face. This golden gourd was small and cute. Mrs. Ye estimated that it probably cost about one yuan.

Mrs. Ye said excitedly to Ye Qingqing: "One tael of gold is equal to ten taels of silver. One penny of gold is one tael of silver. This trip today is not in vain."

"Milk, let's quickly see if there is any other gold in this cabinet."

Before he finished speaking, Ye Qingqing, a little money-lover, was already rummaging through the cabinet impatiently.

Mrs. Ye patted the cabinet that was about to fall apart several times, but unfortunately no second golden gourd fell out.

Thinking that the beams could hide things, Mrs. Ye helped Ye Qingqing stand on the table and swept the beams above with a broom, but unfortunately she didn't find anything.

Then the grandfather and grandson went to the second house, but unfortunately found nothing.

The two of them were not discouraged and searched several main houses in succession, but still found nothing.

At this time, there was only the last main room left, and Mrs. Ye and Ye Qingqing had high hopes for it.

This main house is much larger than the other main houses searched before, and the carvings on the beams are more exquisite. It can be seen that it is a house where a respected person in the family lives.

However, this room was empty. There were no furniture such as wardrobe, big bed, table and dressing table, leaving only an empty room.

The two rolled up their sleeves and started digging in the ground with small hoes. The house was paved with stone slabs, and although the house was old, the floors were still very hard.

The grandfather and grandson dug slowly, but they had a hunch that there must be treasure hidden in this house.

The grandfather and grandson dug for a long time before digging up two bluestone slabs. Finally, Mrs. Ye simply called Mr. Ye over to dig together.

Mr. Ye was very strong and quickly dug out all the floor in the house.

Mr. Ye looked at these stone slabs that were still intact and said cheerfully: "This floor can still be used. It would be good to transport it back and use it to build a pig pen or a rabbit shed."

Mrs. Ye and Ye Qingqing ignored these bluestone slabs and dug wildly in the ground with small hoes. Hard work paid off, and Mrs. Ye dug out a ceramic jar.

Mr. Ye and Ye Qingqing gathered around excitedly, and Ye Qingqing urged Mrs. Ye to quickly open the ceramic jar.

Mrs. Ye carefully opened the ceramic jar and was a little disappointed to see that there were only two silver hairpins of poor quality inside.

Mrs. Ye took out two hairpins. The hairpins were of very poor quality. How could a wealthy family use such poor hairpins? He must have disliked the poor quality and didn't take it away on purpose.

Mrs. Ye threw the silver hairpin to Mr. Ye, picked up the hoe and continued digging on the ground, while Ye Qingqing took a closer look at the ceramic jar.

Mr. Ye felt that there was something wrong with the weight of the silver hairpin. It felt heavier than silver of the same volume.

Mr. Ye scraped the surface of the silver hairpin with his nails and found that the silver powder could be scraped off. Mr. Ye scraped hard again, and after the silver powder was scraped off, a trace of golden light was revealed.

Mr. Ye and Ye Qingqing looked at each other, and then excitedly scratched another silver hairpin, and sure enough, a golden light was revealed.

Ye Qingqing quickly called Mrs. Ye over and told Mrs. Ye the secret of the silver hairpin.

Mrs. Ye was so happy when she saw the golden light emerging from the two hairpins that she quickly put the two hairpins away.

Old Mrs. Ye said with a smile: "These two golden hairpins are probably the trump cards kept by the owner of this family."

"I don't know whether it was because we didn't have time to tell future generations, or because they missed these two gold hairpins because they didn't know the goods. Anyway, it gave us an advantage in the end."